ANNA
I don't know why I allowed Joaquin to go. Why the hell did I not let him stay? But part of me wants to see Carlos I want to know his reasons why he left wihout a word. I also want to know if I still feel the same way for him. I know it's unfair for Joaquin but I have to do this.
When Nathalie and I entered Joaquin's office we saw him. He was standing in the center of the office and Nathalie will not even look at him.
"Anna!"
"Carlos."
"How are you?"
"We're okay Carlos."
"Is this Nathalie?"
"Yes."
"Hello Nathalie. You're a beautiful girl. How are you? I'm Carlos.... I'm your dad."
"No, you're not my Dad. My Dad is Atty Joaquin Escudero. Not you."
I did not try to correct her or reprimand her. I just let her say what's on her mind.
"I know you hate me. I know you both hate me."
"No. I don't hate you. I don't know you, will I hate you?"
Gosh! We never really talked about Carlos with Nathalie. I don't know if she knows about him or not. I thought she knows about Carlos. We tried to talk to her one time about him but she told us not to talk about people who are not here.
"Mom, can we go home now? Daddy and I are going to talk about school remember?"
"Oh, you call him Daddy?"
"Yes I call him Daddy. He does not have a problem with it. Mom? Let's go home."
"Nathalie, can we talk? I mean your Mom, you and I? Please? Anna?"
"Not now Carlos. You can't just come back in our lives when you want to. We have been living our own life for 15 years without you. And we have Joaquin to think of. Mabait nga siya because he sacrificed a lot to give us what you should have given us. So no. We will not talk to you kung kailan mo gusto."
"Okay Anna. I respect that. Pero please, don't close your door on me. Huwag naman. I just want to tell you why I had to do that. I'm back. I will not leave this time. Please Anna, give me a chance."
"I guess you better leave Carlos. I'll let you know when we're ready to talk to you."
"Anna, please."
"We'll call you."
"Okay, I'll go but I'll be back"
He looks exactly like Joaquin. Everything. Did I love Joaquin because he looks exactly like Carlos? Is that why I can not move on? Who am I inlove with?
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