GARDEN OF MEMORY

CHAPTER 01

FAMILY BOND

"We're here" masayang boses galing kay papa, at agad na kaming bumaba

"wow" just that coming out in my mouth, i can't believe what i saw, isang maganda at malaking garden ang bumungad samin, nakikita ko ang iba't ibang mga bulaklak tulad ng rosas ng siyang pinanggalingan ng aking pangalan, napaka ganda nitong tignan dahil ito ay naka tanim sa gitna ng mga maliliit na damo para siyang isang red carpet, hindi ko maiwasang kumuha ng litrato dahil sa ganda nito

Habang ako ay abala sa pag kuha ng litrato sila mama naman ay abala sa pag latag ng isang malaking blanket, at nilagay ang mga pagkain at iba pa.

habang unti unti akong napunta sa isang maganda at malaking mala kastilyo at agad ko itong kinuhanan ng litrato gamit ang aking Digi cam.

Sa kaligatnaan ng aking pag kukuha ng litrato bumukas bigla ang isang napakalaking pintuan because of my curiosity dinala ako ng mga paa ko sa loob ng isang kastilyo

"Who the hell are you?" boses ng isang lalaking bumungad sakin at halata sa mukha n'yang galit at nagtataka- kahit galit pa ito nag umaapaw parin ang kanyang ma among mukha tila ba parang hindi ito lumalabas ng kastilyo because of his angelic handsome face, hindi man lang ako natakot sa kanya tila ba parang nakita ko'na s'ya

" I'm Ro-se"- utal utal kong sabi sakanya dahil sa mga titig n'ya, gusto ko nalang talagang magpa kain sa lupa nakakahiya sa kanya ang boses kung nauutal

"Whatever who you are just answer my fucking question, anong ginagawa mo sa kastilyo namin?" his voice are turning into a baritone, naramdaman ko nalang ang pag init ng aking mag kabilang pisngi, no!!! dapat hindi n'ya makitang kinikilig ako, I'm just a stranger, no it's called outsider

"are you magnanakaw? sorry but we don't have a gold here, credit cards you want?" may halong biro pa sa tono nito, namimikon

" excuse me... i have credit card too, what do you think i'm super poor?, sa ganda kung 'to" i rolled my eyes to him and crossed my arms dahil sa inis, gaga tung taong 'to may limang credit cards kaya ako, pa kain ko'pa sayo e, imbes na kikiligin na sana ako kaso nainis naman ako sa taong 'to

" binibini chill, i'm just kidding, obvious naman sa mukha mo palang na hindi ka magnanakaw, a digi cam? shocks! that's so expensive one - bigla na lamang n'yang kinuha ang hawak hawak kung digi cam, abay bastos pala 'to, kunti nalang pasensya ko, para na akong sasabog sa galit

"binibini mo mukha mo, old brat! - agad akong umalis dahil sa inis kahit tinatawag n'ya ako ay hindi ko ito pinansin

KHALIL

I felt so bored, so I decided to get up and go outside. I was wearing a simple coat. I was just going to our garden, that's all.

I was about to go out when I was suddenly surprised by a woman who entered our house carrying a digital camera.

I was so surprised that I immediately asked her; even though my expression was angry, it was like she was blushing. I didn't know if it was because she was flustered or scared. She was so weird but cute.

I asked her if she was a thief. Actually, I just wanted to tease her because she was cute; I thought she'd be even cuter when she got annoyed. But obviously, based on her gorgeous face, she wasn't a thief.

She looked so expensive. I also took her digital camera, and her expression was too cute.

She was so beautiful when she got angry, but I didn't know her. I mean, as she said earlier, "Rose." What a beautiful name, like her. I saw the annoyance on her face, so I stopped teasing her. "Binibini, chill," that's what I said.

"Binibini mo mukha mo! Old brat!" Anger was evident in her voice. She was so mean. I was just acting respectful. I was about to introduce myself, but she ran outside. She was so weird.

I went back to my room because Ist the urge to go out.

ROSE

"where did you go?" - laking gulat ko ng may biglang nag salita sa likuran ko at ito pala ay ang aking kapatid lamang

"ate Issie naman e!, bakit mo ako ginugulat?" galit kung tingin sa kanya

"let's eat" she said in her nonchalant voice

"k fine"- agad na kaming nag lakad nandito lamang ako sa likuran ni ate hindi naman 'yan magpapatabi, so mean to me

pagdating namin ni ate agad akong tinanong ni papa."san 'ka nanggaling Rose?"

"just exploring dad" i give him a sweet smile para iwas sermon, that's me. " okay, then let's eat, we take a picture first" i'm so happy when i seeing my family with a pretty smiles i never forget it

nakauwi na kami pero hindi ko parin malimutan ang nangyari kanina, lalong lalo na sa lalaking 'yon, hawak hawak ko ang isang litrato kong isang kastilyo habang tinititigan ito, tao ba talaga 'yon? grabe naman talaga s'ya lang mag isa sa kastilyong 'yon, what if? a ghost? no fucking no- napa sigaw ako dahil sa aking mga iniisip at agad ko namang tinakpan ang aking bibig dahil baka magising sila mama, i forgot, it's already midnight