Chapter 33

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"CHALE BAKA mahulog ka!"

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"CHALE BAKA mahulog ka!"

"But I want to play here, Mama," he said using his cute little voice that I couldn't resist.

Agad ko siyang nilapitan and patted his head. "You can play somewhere else, but not on top of the coffee table anak. It's dangerous, baka mabalian ka." Chale pouted while gently nodding his head.

I hugged him before bringing him to his playroom instead.

"Love you, Mama!" he yelled before I could leave the room.

I slightly chuckled, "I love you too, sweetheart," I replied before leaving him in his playroom.

Pagbalik ko sa living room ay nakasalubong ko si Manang Yolly.

"Ma'am Lindsey may delivery po ulit kayo," sabi niya bago iniabot sakin iyong malaking box.

"Salamat po Manang Yolly,"

I immediately opened the box at hindi na ako nagulat na puno iyon ng mga bagong damit at laruan para kay Chale. There was a note inside the box, but just like the hundred boxes that I've received in more than a year, there's still no name of the sender.

Dinala ko sa kwarto ni Chale iyong box at doon inayos iyong mga damit at bagong laruan niya. When I first received a box full of baby clothes and toys, Chale turns one year old. Nagulat nalang ako na may dumating na malaking box sa bahay pero walang nakalagay sa note kung sino ang nagbigay. I was feeling skeptical at first kaya hindi ko ginalaw iyong box but then almost every month may dumadating na box sa bahay.

Wala akong maisip na pwedeng magpadala nito dahil wala namang may alam na anak ko si Chale kung hindi ang pamilya ko at si Lara at mga kasambahay namin.

It's been four years since that fateful day.

My graduation day was supposed to be the most joyful day of my life. But he abandoned me with no explanation...

I pursued him after the graduation ceremony. I chased after him so we could talk, but he didn't give me the chance. He just left in a hurry after receiving his diploma, and that was the last time I saw him.

The man who broke my heart...

Ang dami kong tanong. Ang dami kong gustong sabihin sakaniya pero hindi ko siya mahanap. He changed his number. He left his condo, and I even went to his parent's house, but the house was already put up for sale.

Nawala nalang siya ng parang bula... Basta sinabi niya lang na ayaw na niya akong makita at maghiwalay kami. Ni wala man lang siyang paliwanag kung bakit o kung may nagawa ba akong mali.

Basta nalang niya akong iniwan...

Basta nalang niya sinira lahat ng pinangako niya sakin.

Kaya wala akong choice kung hindi itago sakaniya ang anak namin. He left me and his son. He didn't even let me talk to him para nasabi ko man lang sakaniya na may anak kami. Para nalaman man lang sana niya na iyong pinapangarap niyang sariling pamilya niya ay matutupad na...

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