Let's pretend, Parker

A/N: Fan fiction. I'm with Parker since Chapter 1 sa Just The Benefits, but I'm okay that Imogen chose Shiloah. I think Imogen should not break herself anymore, and Shiloah's gonna be good to her. Pero kasi... Parker, being Parker, he'll leave your head full of what if's. So here it is! (Lagi na lang akong gumagawa ng fanfiction ng stories ni Ate Ariesa dahil fantard nya ako. Haha!)

So in this story, Parker's fine, (I know that's nearly impossible but hey, this is fiction) but crippled, and Imogen chose him over Shiloah. (Sorry, Shi!) Let's pretend, okay? x

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Parker was miraculously healed.

After undergoing multiple surgeries that probably costed Kach Yapchengco-Palma millions of dollars, Parker gained his eyesight back. At times, he'll hear buzzing in his ears, but other than that, okay naman ang sense of hearing nya. Pagkatapos din ng ilang tapal ng balat sa mukha nya, he was almost recognizable. He was back. He was Parker Yapchengco again...

... and Imogen Harrison was once again his.

Pumapasok na rin sa eskwelahan si Preston. The kid calls him Papa, while Imogen taught him to call Shiloah Daddy. Hindi rin naman nya maaalis ang karapatan noong santo ng Alabang sa bata, dahil nag-donate ito ng sperm and contributed a lot in the... making.

Psh. Trabaho ko 'yon dapat, eh.

He can't deny that Shiloah will always be a part of his life and Imogen's, as well as Preston's. He had been Imogen's anchor for the past months he's gone, scraping together anything that was left. Gusto man nyang ibalik iyong katangahan nyang sumugod sa apoy para iligtas ang isang non-existent Imogen sa loob ng bahay, hindi na nya magagawa. Gustuhin man nyang bayaran ang Ate nya sa sobrang daming gastos nito sa pagpapa-opera sa lahat ng naging damage sa katawan nya, hindi nya rin magawa, because he'd been home-based ever since. 

Sina Quin din ang bumibisita sa kanya. All in all, he'd been something he hated to be: useless.

Technically, hindi sya useless. After months of therapy, bumalik sya sa dati. Nawala na rin ang suicidal thoughts nya, and he was thankful because no one booked a flight to Switzerland for him. Kach had been giving him work na pwedeng gawin sa bahay.

And there's Imogen.

There's something about her that makes him struggle through life. Iyong para bang, makita lang nyang ngumingiti sa kanya si Imo, masaya na sya. Para ngang nawala na lahat ng hormones nya sa katawan (because he won't be able to do some mind-boggling sex with his situation) and he was just contented seeing Imogen in his arms. He was so happy with the fact that Imogen comes home to him everyday, and sleeps next to him.

Iyon lang, masaya na sya.

But it wasn't always happy, of course. Kaya na naman nya ang sarili nya, pero kapag nakikita nyang si Imo na nag-aalala, hindi nya rin mapigilang... maawa sa sarili. Kay Imo. Kay Preston.

Sa sitwasyon na meron sila.

"Imo, baldado lang ako," he joked, when she insisted na sya na ang magpapaligo kay Parker during their first few months. "Hindi ako tanga na hindi marunong maligo."

He saw Imo laugh it off, but he can't forget that feeling in his chest.

Paano kung iyong santo na lang ang pinili mo, Imo?

Minsan, parang gusto na lang nyang makita si Imogen na magdasal ng rosaryo limang beses sa isang araw kasama iyong santo, kesa makita nya itong nag-aaalala sa kanya kada oras.

"Imogen," he told her once, after sending Preston to sleep. "Pwede ba tayong mag-usap?"

Tinitigan sya ni Imogen ng matagal. "Parker, not that one again."