ViceRylle: Pagbigyan Muli (Love On Top Book 2)

Roadtrip (Part 2)

Pagkatapos magdasal ni Vice ay minulat na niya ang kanyang mga mata at nakita naman niyang naluluha ang anak niyang si Miggy habang taimtim na nananalangin. After a few seconds, Karylle also finished praying. Vice held her hand and pointed his lips at his son. “Mukhang ang lalim ng mga sinasabi niya sa Diyos ngayon ah.” He whispered to his wife. Tumayo naman agad si Kiara para tumabi sa mommy at daddy niya. Nakita rin niya na umiiyak na ang kakambal kaya napatanong agad siya sa mga magulang niya.

“Why is Kuya crying?”

“We don’t know anak. Let’s just ask him after he prays ha?” sagot ni Karylle.

After a minute, Miguel was done. He turned around and saw his sister and parents look at him. He sat at the bench for a while to secretly wipe his tears. The three of them sat beside him to talk about things. Kiara was seated at her mom’s lap habang si Miggy naman ay nasa gitna ng mga magulang niya.

“Miggy, is everything alright?” the kid just gave his mom a nod and a smile.

“Anak, sabihin mo lang kay Mommy and Daddy kung may problema..”  said his father.

“I just prayed, Dad. Nothing to worry about.” He answered with a small smile. Tiningnan naman ni Karylle si Vice to signal. Kaya naman di na niya maiwasang magtanong sa anak. ”Pwede ba namin malaman ng mommy mo kung ano yung prayer mo?” at first he didn’t want to force his son, pero mismong si Miguel na rin ang nagsimulang magkwento.

“It’s my first time to open up about this topic. Kaya it’s gonna be a little hard.. It was pretty obvious since you already saw me cry a bit earlier.”

Natawa naman ng konti si Vice dahil sa sinabi ng anak niya, kaya tiningnan siya ng mag-ina niya. “Ang conyo mo kasi. Mana sa nanay..” kinurot nalang siya ng asawa at binigyan ng ngiti ng mga anak. “Okay sige na Miguel.. ano na yung sasabihin mo.” And so he continued.

“For the past two years I felt abandoned. I know it hurts to hear that dad, but really. I was hurt. Especially from the moment I knew that you and mom are not in good terms, I felt like this was gonna be the end of everything.” Inakbayan na ni Vice ang anak dahil nasasaktan na rin ito.

“Mom, I know Kiara’s not supposed to know everything. But we’re getting older too..”

 

“Know what, Kuya?” his sister asked.

“Mommy, nagsinungaling ka sa amin. And it was one of the painful moments ever. I never thought you could do such thing to us. I didn’t know na hiwalay na pala kayo ni Dad kaya tinakas mo kami papuntang Amerika. You made me believe that Tito Yael was just your friend. Pero hindi pala..”

Tiningnan naman ni Vice ang asawa niya na namumula na ang mga mata sa kakaiyak. Pati ang anak na babae ay naluluha na rin dahil sa mga naririnig na salita galling sa kapatid niya. Gusto ni Karylle na ipagtanggol ang sarili, pero alam niyang kailangan niyang intindihin ang sinasabi ng anak niya dahil nagkamali rin naman talaga siya at nasaktan niya ang mga ito.

“I pretended that I was okay. But I was really hurt, mom. That’s why I did my best to contact sina Lola sa Manila when we were in Singapore to ask for help. Luckily, I was too smart to find the iPad that you kept which gave me access na makatawag sa kanila.” Miggy smiled after wiping his tears.