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KABANATA 26

HOMBRES ROMANTICOS SERIES 1:
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Scorpion Sergius Sebastos
Kabanata 26

“IT WOULD BE BETTER if you stay here, Mihaela Chasiti.”

Iyon ang mungkahi ni Sullivan nang magtangka at maglumuhog si Mihaela na pumasok sa health facility ng kanilang kastilyo.

Sergius was inside the health facility with their new family doctor, Pavlo Bondar plus their maiden Ukrainian nurse who were giving him professional medical help. She was clueless where and when he got that wound. Hindi mapakali si Mihaela habang hindi niya nasisigurong maayos ang kalagayan ni Sergius.

She hates him to the core but that doesn't mean that she doesn't feel alarmed and worried. And guiltiness was swallowing her sanity.

“But I—”

“That’s an order! Just listen. Stay outside!” Sullivan thundered.

Napaigtad si Mihaela nang lumakas ang boses ng kanyang kapatid. Her brother's expression was spine–chilling. Worriments flooded his eyes. Enough reason for her to take aback.

“Y–you never shout at me like that, Sullivan!” Nanlulumong puna ni Mihaela. That was enough to warrant a dread.

Dahil lang ba sa aksidente niyang natamaan ang sugat ni Sergius kaya okay lang na bulyawan siya ng kapatid? Pahiwatig ba iyon na mas matimbang na ngayon si Sergius kaysa sa kanya?

She felt offended and sorry for herself. Hindi niya nais pairalin ang makitid na pag–iisip ngunit hindi niya mapigilan na hindi masaktan at magselos. Maliban kasi kay Stella Alfaro ay si Sullivan lang ang tanging nagbigay ng importansiya sa kanya sa kastilyo.

Sandaling nag–iwas ng tingin si Sullivan at kapagkuwa’y isang malalim na buntong–hininga ang pinakawalan bago muling sinalubong ang tingin ni Mihaela.

“I am sorry, Chasiti. It wasn't my intention to scare you away and shout at you. I... I'm just terrified,” excused by the unusually behaving Sullivan who used to be intimidating and stern. Now he looked like a scared and outcast puppy.

“Sergius— he's my son, my own flesh and blood, Chasiti. A miracle who sent to me from above. I hate the world ‘cause it never gave me a chance to carry him in my arms when he was a little. I never had a chance to hear his first cry, his bubbly laughs, never count his first tiny steps. I never had a chance to sing him a lullaby so he could have a peaceful sleep,” Sullivan eyes softened.

“Fate begrudged those wonderful feelings and moments to me as a father to Sergius. I never felt complete, Chasiti nor contented. I've always been groping for something in the dark to at least try to fill the emptiness in my heart but to no avail. That emptiness, it was only filled when I found Sergius, my son with the only woman I loved and always be love. And enough for the world to punished me. I swear to God, I won't let the fate take away my son from me. Not until my last breath, Chasiti. Not everyone could know how does it feel when you almost lost your son before my eyes. I almost lost him, Chasiti. It felt like... Like I'm also dying from within. This is why I'm being paranoid, overreacting, overprotective and... scared.”

“L–lost him? What’s really happening, Sullivan? Where did Sergius got his wound?” She looked lost for a moment. Bawat kataga at salitang binibitiwan ni Sullivan ay katumbas ng isang malaking bato na dumadagan sa kanyang dibdib. Her mind is drowned to the sea of confusion.

Ngunit sa halip na maliwanagan ang nalilito niyang isip sa pamamagitan ng mga sagot ni Sullivan ay iniwan na siya nito sa corridor.

With a heavy heart and clouded mind, Mihaela ran back to her room and cried her heart out.