Delgado Cousins #3: Kaden Theodore Delgado (Someone You Loved)

CHAPTER X: TEMPORARY

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CHAPTER X: TEMPORARY

KADEN

Everything went well after I talked to Raya. In the end, she only needed my financial support habang nagpapagaling ang bata dahil hindi kaya ng kinikita niya lang sa pagiging painter ang medical bills ng bata. And I agreed to support them. Then she went back to Dumaguete.

A few months had passed after that, and I was overwhelmed with the news of Ayla's pregnancy.

Pero hindi na rin mawala sa isip ko na may isa pang bata na nangangailangan din ng atensyon ko...

I've really become so greedy, even though I know that I just can't have it all at once. At kailangan ko pa ring mamili...

I also experienced growing up without a father, but I unknowingly let another child and my own child grow up without a father by his side.

But I didn't know about him. Raya didn't tell me that she was pregnant when she left. At ngayon lang siya lumapit sa akin dahil hindi na rin niya kakayanin simula nang nagkasakit ang bata.

Kaya naman ramdam ko rin talaga ang guilt ko nang makita ko ang bata sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon. He looked so weak and fragile. Dahil siguro may sakit siya. At wala ako sa tabi niya while he suffered from his illness.

"Ano ang sakit niya, Raya?" I had asked Raya.

They came from Dumaguete, and Raya told me that they were advised by the doctor to move here to Manila so the child could recover from his illness. Nang malaman ko sa secretary ko, pinayagan ko sila. At hindi ko na rin napigilan ang sarili ko na puntahan din ngayon sa ospital ang anak ko at para makita ko rin siya.

"Komplikasyon sa dugo, Kaden. He already had that when I gave birth to him. Kaya pabalik-balik na rin kami sa ospital habang lumalaki siya. Pero sinabihan na rin ako ng doctor na maaring mauwi na nga sa cancer ito ngayon." Raya looked so worried as she was about to cry while telling me about it.

And I just comforted her while we were at the hospital, waiting while the doctors did some tests for the sick child. My child.

At pagkatapos ay nagkaroon din ng pagkakataon nang wala na ang mga doktor na naipakilala ako ni Raya sa bata. "Kaiden, anak, this is your dad..." Raya introduced.

Habang unti-unti naman akong lumapit sa hospital bed niya. Then I saw his small lips trembling as he looked at me. "P-Papa..." he called me that.

At parang may nag-init din sa kalooban ko. I also felt emotional. Raya was already crying beside us, dahil sa tagpo naming mag-ama.

I gently embraced my son. And I told him that everything will be all right. I will do everything I can and ask the good doctors to treat him very well so he could get better soon.

At simula noon ay halos palagi ko na rin binibisita ang anak ko sa ospital. Hindi na rin kaya ng konsensya ko. Hindi ko siya kayang pabayaan lalo na ngayon. Especially with his weak state that I saw in the hospital. I felt so bad about myself being a father. Kaya gusto ko lang din sana na bumawi sa anak ko.