Keep Her Safe

KHS 01

I grew up knowing the truth. Daddy Lucho told me a hundred times about how he saw me on the orphanage that the Baez-Garcia owns, that was sort of our bedtime story every night, kaya noong nagkaisip na ako that's when everything made sense—why everybody treats me differently, why feel ko minsan outcast ako. 

Sina tito Chaos and tito Charm, iba ang pagtrato saakin compare sa pagtrato nila sa mga cousins ko, I do feel their love for me pero iba talaga eh kaya nung nalaman ko na sister pala nila tito Chaos and tito Charm si mommy Chandria Tyna which is also my name doon ko narealized why siguro iba ang pakikitungo ng mga titos ko sa akin at kung bakit tinatawag ako ni tito Charm nang chanchan while everyone calls me Chanty kasi hindi pa nila ako tanggap. 

Nevertheless, daddy Lucho is always there for me, loves me unconditionally and wantosawang sinasabihan ako na I complete him.

And yes, my parent's story was incest pero nagkatuluyan sila in the end kasi nalaman nila na ampon lang ni lolo Crave si mommy then kinuha si mommy ng tunay nyang parents. Kinasal pa nga sila ni daddy but months after that namatay si mommy kasi may leukemia sya. 

And yes again, I am named after my mommy Chandria Tyna or Chanty 'cause daddy said the first time he met me naramdaman nya ang naramdaman nya noong unang nakita nya si mommy, he felt complete.

When I turned third-grade nilipat na ako ni daddy sa school kung saan nilipat nina tita Hannah si kuya Adrian and Nardan, and tita Casey si kuya Eugene and Eumika—they are my cousins—sa Masked International School. 

May iba pa akong cousins—ang kambal na sina kuya Aidan and ate Nadia na anak ni tita Hannah at si baby boy Topaz na anak ni tita Lindsey.

Since I transferred, binubully na ako, nagtataka nga ako kasi hindi naman ako binubully sa school ko before and nagtataka din ako kasi hindi naman binubully yung mga pinsan ko na pareho lang kaming transferees. Pero siguro kasi Baez sila apat—kilala ang Baez sa mundo dahil sa company ni tito Chaos and tito Charm. 

As much as I want to transfer to another school or go back to my school before, ayoko kasi nandito naman ang mga cousins ko, gusto ko din silang kasama.

"Chant, anak, sabay ka nalang muna sa mga cousins mo ngayon ha dadaanan ka nila dito, ibang daan kasi dadaanan ko eh" daddy informed me in the middle of us eating our breakfast.

I nodded as I chewed my chocolate waffles, "Meeting po?" I asked him and he nodded as a response. 

He wiped his mouth with the napkin from his lap and put his dishes on the sink at lumapit sa akin sabay halik sa ulo ko as he bid his goodbye. "Good luck on your exams, baby!" 

"Thank you, daddy" ngumunguya ko pang sabi