Against the Odds l VICEION AU

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vice

"did she come out in her room yet?" anne asked.

"hindi pa... she doesn't wanna talk to neither any of us." i sighed.

"sis naman kasi, kung mag kakaroon kayo ng confrontation ni ion wag nyong gawin sa school ng mga bata.." she said handing me a glass of wine.

"hindi ko rin alam kung paano kami na punta sa ganoon." i said.

it's been three days since that incident and after that i didn't get to talk to scarlette again.

"i get that she's hurt, don't she think i'm feeling like that too?" i said.

"you can't blame her vice..she's a kid and it's a lot to process.." she said.

she have point but it's my daughter and i can't stand her suffering just because her father made a stupid mistake.

"si argus kamusta naman?" she asked.

i sighed.

"ayun, he has no idea..mas mabuti ng hindi nya alam" sabi ko.

"whatever you feel is the best, wag mo lang sagarin ang lahat. everything has limitations vice." she said.

i didn't say anything.

"i'll try to talk to scarlette.." she said before leaving me in the living room and going upstairs.

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finally, pag tapos i-try ni anne sa kausapin si scarlette ay pumayag na syang lumabas ng room nya para makipag usap sa amin.

we were now sitting in the dining area facing each other.

she's just looking at me.

"d-do you want something? nagugutom ka na ba 'nak?" i asked and went to the kitchen to prepare her something to eat.

"what did tita anne say? i'm really gla-" i didn't get the chance to finish my words when he said something.

"ma, please stop." she said.

i turned to look at her.

"what?" i asked.

"please stop acting like everything is okay, stop acting like you're okay." she said while looking at me with tears in her eyes.

"scarl-" i didn't finished calling her name when she came right to me and hug me.

"i'm sorry you had to go through this alone ma.." she sobbed.

my heart softened.

"silly, i'm not alone...i have you and argus."ni chuckled before wiping my tears and hugging her back.

"but you don't even have a plan of telling us kung hindi ko pa nalaman." she said before looking at me.

"that's because i don't want you to think that your father is a bad man." i smiled.

"pero hindi naman ma diba?" she asked.

i shookt my head. "no, he's a good father and a good..husband at some point." i said.

"to be honest ma? i know there's something wrong na talaga, that's why i kept asking if you and papa are okay and lagi mo namang sinasabi oo but i know it's not true...turns out i'd get the right answer." she said.