Love in Vengeance

27

I'm standing here at the dining area, beside Mav. I'm feeling so nervous.

They both smiled sweetly at me. "Hi hija! How are you?" Maligayang tanong sakin ni Mrs. Evans.

I was shocked. She even hugged me tight and nakipag beso-beso. I can see that their smile is sincere. Kaya, medjo nabawasan naman ang kaba sa aking dibdib.

"O-okay lang ho, madame." I smiled back. Pero tipid lang ito.

Eh sa nahihiya ako eh!

"Drop that madame. You can call me 'Mama' or 'tita.'"

Shit. Ang bait nila! Do they know already? "O-okay po tita." Nauutal kong sabi. I choose to call her 'tita'. Gusto ko sanang 'Mama', pero nakakahiya naman.

Tumungo nalang ako.

Mav hold may hand and squeezed it. "Are you okay?"

I nodded.

"Mom, you scared her. Let's just eat while talking," Mav said and her mom and dad giggled.

Magaan naman ang loob ko sa kanila. They're both kind. I think wala akong magiging problema sa kanila. I hope so.

Mav assisted me to the dining table. He pull a sit for me. Nag alangan pa nga akong umupo kasi hindi dapat ako sumasabay sa kanila. I'm still their maid. Ganito rin naman ang set up namin, the past days. He treats me like a princess.

Lahat kami umupo sa dining table. Maski sina Karen at Sylvia. Nang maupo kaming lahat, they start to open up a topic. Mav's mother is very hyper. She also have a sweet personality!

Bigla naman akong napangiti ng mapakla. Kung ganon din sana ang mommy ko. Kung sana hindi n'ya kami, iniwan. Dad said that mom leaves us when we're young. Ni hindi ko manlang siya nakilala.

We only have one picture together. It's a family picture, because we're all complete. We looked like a happy family. Buhat buhay n'ya nu'n si Beau. And dad is the one who's holding me that time.

Bigla akong napabalik sa reyalidad nang maramdaman ko ang haplos ni Mav sa pisnge ko. Shit. A tears fall from my eyes.
"Are you okay?" He asked curiously.

"Yes, I'm sorry. May naalala lang," I said and smiled back.

"Namimiss mo na ba ang pamilya mo, hija? You can go home for a while. There's no problem with that. Or you want, Mav will accompany you." Tita said.

Napaisip naman ako. Is it good na umuwi muna'ko? Pero if I'll go home. Condo rin naman ako pupunta. And si Chyze ang kasama ko. Bigla ko naman s'yang namiss. Grabe tagal na naming hindi nagkikita. Kakabalik ko pa ngalang nu'n galing new york kaya hindi manlang kami nakapag bonding!

"It's okay po tita. I'm fine here," I said and smiled.

"Okay hija. Gusto rin naman kitang makabonding, hihihi." She said while giggling. "Bukas let's go shopping," Excited niyang ani.

Shopping? I love that. Nakaramdam naman ako ng excitement, kaba narin at the same time.

"I'll come mommy!" Excited din na sabi ni Gaux.

"Oh sure baby! It's saturday tomorrow. You don't have class right?"

"Yes mommy!" Gaux giggled.

What'll I do now? Sunday pa naman ang day off ko. "A-ah tita sa sunday pa ho ang day off ko." Nahihiya kong ani.

"What day off?" Nagtatakang tanong n'ya. "You're still working here?"