Teach Me How to Love (Complete)

~✲QOMH 3✲~

~❁✲❁**♥**❁✲❁~

I was rummaging through our important documents hidden in our safety vault when I came across a letter sized white envelope. Memories after our wedding reception came back to me again.

Patapos na yung celebration namin noon nang lapitan kami ni Zanny ni Bradley, Kuya Justine's friend and lawyer. He was invited in our wedding. He handed me that envelope and told me that the letter inside was written by my brother for me and he was asked to only give that to me when I'd decided to finally adopt Jem and Katie. Natatandaan ko pang binasa namin yun ni Zanny pagkauwi namin sa mansiyon dahil hindi naman na kami nag-honeymoon that time dahil nga malaki na yung tiyan niya.

I took the envelope from the vault and went to our bed and sat on the edge of it. I took the letter out and bagan reading again what's written in it in Kuya's neat handwriting.

Dear Lance,

By the time you're receiving this letter, alam kong wala na kami pareho ni Katelynne rito sa mundo at nasa pangangalaga mo na yung dalawang anak namin. I'll be asking Brad to give this letter to you as soon as you've decided to finally adopt my two children to make them completely and legally yours. Siguradong takang-taka ka kung bakit naisipan kong gawin ito. Siguro nga isusumpa mo pa ako sa umpisa dahil mapuputol yung kalayaan mo dahil sa responsibilidad na ibibigay ko sa 'yo. But I had this ill feeling that I needed to do this as early as possible. And I need to trust my judgment that you're the perfect person whom I could entrust my precious children with.

Kapapagawa ko lang kahapon kay Brad sa Last Will and Testament ko para sa mga bata. It really felt weird to do that at the very young age. Pakiramdam ko kasi tinataningan ko na yung sarili kong buhay. But I was getting really bothered because these past nights, I was always having nightmares about someone breaking into our house and planning to hurt all of us including my children. Ang dami kong nasasagasaang malalaking mga tao sa korte and Daddy and I were both receiving death threats lately kaya natatakot na ako para sa safety namin ng pamilya ko pati na ng mga magulang natin.

Kaya para makasiguro sa welfare ng mga anak ko ay naisipan kong i-secure na yung future nilang dalawa. I've decided to leave them in your care just in case something bad might happen to me and to Katelynne. I know we're not in good terms kaya alam kong iisipin mo agad na bakit naman sa 'yo ko pa naisipan na iwan yung mga anak ko lalo na dahil nag-e-enjoy ka pa sa buhay mo ngayon at nagagawa mo lahat ng mga bagay na gusto mo.

Lance, pwede ko naman iwan yung mga anak ko kina Daddy at Mommy but I've decided to do this dahil hindi lang buhay ng mga anak ko yung gusto kong maging maayos. Gusto kong maging seryoso ka na sa buhay mo at maging tuwid din yung landas na tinatahak mo and this is the only way I could think of for that to happen. Leaving my children into your hands would teach you a lot of lessons in life just how much it had taught me also so many things in life that I didn't know before. I know that it will push you to open up to people around you, to learn how to trust and love again, to become a good man, and become responsible guardian and father to my children. Alam kong magagawa mo yun. Tandaan mo na kahit walang kwenta ang tingin mo sa sarili mo o sa tingin mo ay wala rin kwenta ang tingin namin nina Mommy at Daddy sa 'yo ay hindi nawala kahit kailan yung tiwala ko sa kakayanan mo. You are much better than me in so many ways. Much stronger and much determined. I'm sure that you will never abandon my children and take them for granted because you are a very good and caring person deep inside. Nakikita ko yun tuwing sina Gab at Misty ang kasama mo. Kaya nga nakasisiguro ako na darating yung panahon sakaling mawala kami ni Katelynne na aakuin at yayakapin mo ng buong puso yung responsibilidad bilang isang tunay na ama sa dalawang anak ko.