FIVE YEARS LATER...
"Mommy! Mommy!"
Dahan dahang iminulat ni Aphrodite ang kanyang mga mata. Isang cute na cute na batang lalaki ang bumungad sa kanya. He was giving her a lot of kisses on her face.
"Good morning, my baby prince," she greeted him with her sweetest smile and hugged him. Then she kissed him on his cheeks.
"Good morning, mommy!"
"Why so early, my baby?"
"Mommy, did you already forget? We're going to the museum today, remember? Uncle Wan is already waiting downstairs," he said excitedly.
"Okay, baby. Let's get ready," she kissed her one more time before she got up. "How did you know that your Uncle Wan is already here?" tanong niya dito habang naglalakad sila patungong restroom.
"I woke up super early, Mommy. Earlier than Aunt Shi."
"Eh? You went downstairs alone?" She squatted to face him.
"A-ahm..." he looked really cute feeling guilty.
Hindi niya napigilan ang sariling pisilin ang mga pisngi nito. "What did I tell you about going down the stairs, baby?"
"I-I'm sorry, Mommy. I-I just thought I can do it already because you said I am already a big boy. And Uncle Wan escorted me back upstairs, mommy."
"Hmm. I said you're already a big boy, and a big boy should obey his mommy, right?"
Yumuko ito. Naawa naman siya kaya niyakap niya ito agad. Yumakap din ito ng mahigpit sa kanya. "You know why I don't allow you to go to the stairs alone, right?"
He nodded. "Mommy will be sad and cry a lot if I get hurt again. I'm sorry, Mommy. I won't do it again. I promise."
"Good. I love you, baby."
"I love you too, mommy!" he kissed cheek.
She smiled and kissed him back. "Okay, let's take a bath now, baby."
"YOU"RE SPOILING him too much," Aphrodite said to Wan Suk. They were in the Natural History Museum of Paris. A week ago, Lee Wan Suk promised her son to let him go to the museum. Her son, Zhaniel, loves dinosaurs. When Wan Suk told him that there were a lot of dinosaur bones in the museum, he started to ask them to let him go there.
"Who could resist his charm?" nakangiting sabi ni Wan habang pinanonood nila si Zhaniel na masayang masayang pinagmamasdan ang mga dinosaur structures doon.
"Oh well. That's my baby prince anyway," she said.
"When do you plan to go back to Korea, So Ah?" biglang tanong ni Wan.
"Hmm."
"They are waiting for you."
"They are not waiting for my son though."
"They will love your son as much as they love you once they know about him."
"My son isn't ready yet for any controversies. I want him to have a peaceful life."
"Mommy!" tawag sa kanya ni Zhaniel.
Naglakad ito patungo sa kanila.
"Yes, baby?"
