Once A KathReid Story

Season 2: He Deserves To Love Ethan

"This is not it! Bakit naging ganito ang set?!"Naiinis na tanong ko sa aking assistant, She's supposed to handle this kind of things.

"Ma'am nagkaroon lang po ng kaunting pagkakamali sa set" Sabi nito habang nangingig pa ang boses alam ko naman ang sinasabi niya, kitang-kita ng dalawang mata ko napahilot na lang ako sa sentido ng ulo ko.

"I know Laura, kitang-kita ko. Hindi ba't ikaw ang naka-assign para asikasuhin ang event? Binigyan pa kita ng description ng gusto kong set, yet napakalayo ng set na nakaprepare sa harap ko. Ano bang nangyayari sayo? Nakikinig ka ba sakin?" Tinanong ko siya napaiwas naman siya ng tingin sakin, halata na kasalanan niya ang sitwasyong nasa harap ko.

Bumuntong hininga ako sabay na ipinikit ang aking mga mata."Tawagan mo si Mr. Lee, sabihin mo ang lugar kung nasaan tayo alam na niya ang ibig sabihin nun" Sabi ko, pagkaalis ni Laura ay agad kong inikot na ang set para makita pa ang lugar. Nakita ko ang dalawang staff na may buhat na malaking bulaklak agad ko silang nilapitan

Nang mapansin nila ako ay agad silang napatigil. "Ma'am Kath may kailangan po ba kayo?" Magalang na tanong ng staff sakin.

"Ahmm Kuya, pwedeng pababa na lang niyan sa gilid wag niyo munang itapon" sabi ko, agad naman nilang sinunod ang sinabi ko. Pinatapon ko na ang mga gamit na hindi na talaga magagamit.

"Miss Kath, nandit na po si Mr. Lee" Sabi sakin ni Laura ng lapitan niya ako. Kasunod niya ay si Caell Lee, isang kaibigan ko na may alam sa pag aayos ng venue ng kasal.

"I came as soon as I received your call" Sabi sakin ni Caell, yumakap ito ng mahigpit pagkatapos ay pinakawalan na ako.

"Thank god my secretary got a hold of you, I heard na this is the busiest time of the year for your work" Sabi ko, napatango naman si Caell

"Ang hindi ko maintindihan bakit biglang kinailangang mo ng tulong ko" Sabi nito napangiti na lang ako sa sinabi niya. I never make mistakes pag trabaho ko na ang pinag-uusapan. Bakas sa mukha ni Caell ang pagkagulat ng mapatingin ito sa likod ko.

"Wag mong sabihin na pag-aayusin mo ko ng set mo!!" Sabi nito, napakamot na lang akosa ulo.

"Sa totoo lang yun talaga ang dahilan ng pagpapapunta ko sayo" Sabi ko. Napabuntong hininga na lang ito ng sabihin ko iyon.

"I actually thought that you want me here because you and Sam actually decided to tie the knot........ Ilang taon ka na ba niyang nililigawan Kath? Hindi mo pa pinapanganak si Ethan nasa tabi mo na siya" Caell spoke. I........ Well he's telling the truth but for now, my mind is......... Into something.

"darating din tayo dyan" Sabi ko na lang, napasimangot naman ito sabay sabing. "I can't trust you on that one, especially now. Now that I know he's back" Sabi ni Caell, he knows what happened almost 8 years ago.

"I know, but..........." I stopped, not knowing if I can really avoid him. I doubt I can avoid him, ever since he touched me, my body seemed to crave of it.

"don't tell promises you can't kepp, I know how madly in loved you are with each other" Sabi ni Caell, lumakad na ito papalapit sa set na aayusin ulit, sa pagkakataong ito ako naman ang bumuntong hininga.

"Laura, call the most fancy restaurant here, tell that I and Mr. Lee is having a dinner reservation" Sabi ko, ng alam kong nakuha na ni Laura ang kailangan niyang gawin nilapitan ko naman na ulit si Caell.

After an hour or so, natapos din ni Caell ang set. And it was the exact venue that I imagined, he never fails to amused me. Since the set is finished my work should start now. I told Caell to stay kahit na busy siya and he gladly stayed wanting to watch how is the process of my work.

It was already in the evening ng matapos namin ang shoot. Nakaabot pa rin naman kami sa aming dinner, and Caell seemed to enjoyed it. Caell is one of the few famous people who I trust.

"Hello Ethan" I smiled at him, he smiled too waving back at me.

"Hello Yeri, and Khal" Sabi ko ng itapat naman ni Ethan ang phone niya sa mga tita at tito niya.

"Hi Kath, so how's Batangas?" Tanong sakin ni Khal, napangiti naman ako sa tanong niya.

"Masaya naman dito, pero mas mas masaya kung nandito si Ethan" Sabi ko at agad na narinig si Ethan

"I know Mom, bakit kase kailangan magpunta kapa sa Batangas?" Tanong naman ni Ethan. Napatawa naman ako ng mahina sa sinabi niya.

"You know what mommy's work right? I need to portray what the audience need to see, if Mommy doesn't do that the audience wouldn't feel the vibe that they should" Pag-eexplain ko kay Ethan, I know that Ethan will understand what my point is.

"is it okay for me to play outside tomorrow?" Tanong sakin ni Ethan.

"okay, but you need a guardian to look over you" Sabi ko

"I do, Tito James said that we're going to watch Star Wars latest movie" Ethan sniled as if the whole world lit up. Napatigil naman ako sa pangalang binanggit niya

"sinong kasama mo?!" I asked him, bakas ang gulat sa mukha ng anak ko.

"please give the phone to your Tita and Tito" Sabi ko.

"it's not their fault na kasama ko kanina si Tito James" he blurted out. Sa sinabi niyang iyon pumutok ang galit ko

"Give the phone to your tito, Ethan" Sabi ko ng may diin sa pangalan niya.

"Tito" Sabi nito habang nakasimangot, si Khal naman ang nakita ko sa harap ko.

"Ethan!" Narinig kong sigaw ni Yeri.

"what happened?!" I asked Khal

"He's sad, he ran upstairs. Don't worry Yeri followed him" Sabi ni Khal.

"Explain yourself" sabi ko.

"Look Kath, we didn't want James to get close to him pero nag-iiiyak yung bata. What do you expect us to do pabayaan siyang mamugto ang mata kakaiyak?" Tanong ni Khal

"what am I supposed to do now? Now that Ethan is growing fond of him?!" Tanong ko.

"I know maguguluhan ka nanaman sa sasabihin ko dahil in the first place I was the one who suggested na layuan mo siya simula ng bumalik ulit siya, but I saw what he's capable of. He's the father that Ethan deserves, he's the father of your child, and I see how he's going to be able to protect you, no offense to Sam but I think you still love him or maybe you love him even more"Sabi sakin ni Khal.

"How? My mind is full of doubts what if he learned about it tgen suddenly ge decided to take Ethan with him?!" I asked Khal.

"That's just you being selfish Kath, if anyone who knows who the real James is it's you. Alam mong hindi niya yan kayang gawin" Sabi ni Khal

"You are the main reason why I'm having doubts first you disagree with me, tapos biglang sasabihin mo sakin na pagbigyan ulit siya once na naisip kong tama ka nga" Sabi ko naman

"Well what can I say? I mean he deserves to love Ethan, just like how you deserve to be happy" Sabi ni Khal

"okay, tomorrow allow him to play with Ethan. He might remember a thing or two about his memories sa tingin ko Nads is avoiding things that will make James remember, tomorrow is our chance" Sabi ko

Nakita ko naman ang ngiti ni Khal, mukhang may plano na siya. "Don't worry, leave it to me"

At doon naputol ang usapan namin........

Tama simula ngayon hindi na ko matatakot sayo..........

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I'll stop worrying about falling for him deeper.