SORRY, I LIED! (UNREVISED EDITION!)

Chapter 1

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                       *ELISEL*

7 YEARS LATER...

"Mommy, mommy, look oh! Daddy George bought me a new doll as a birthday gift. Hihi!" I turn my gaze from the newspaper I'm reading to my lovely daughter, who's now standing in front of me while showing me her new doll.

Abot tenga ang ngiti nito nang lumapit sa'kin bago ako mabibong niyakap. Napangiti naman ako sa simpleng gesture nitong iyon at kaagad gumanti rin ng yakap rito. Birthday kasi nito kahapon.

"Aww, how cute! It's beautiful, just like you, baby! So, what did you say to Daddy George, then?"

"I said, 'Thank you, Daddy George!' Hihi!"

"Hey hey hey! What? Daddy George?! I said it's Mommy Georgie, right? Duh! Ikaw baby Elizandy ah, tampo na talaga ako sa'yo. Gusto mo bang bawiin ko 'yang doll mo?" Agad napabaling ang tingin ko sa taong bigla nalang sumulpot sa may gilid namin ng anak ko—the guy we're talking to.

I exaggeratedly rolled my eyes in 360 degrees when I heard what "Georgie" said, my bestfriend for seven years now.

Kahit kailan talaga ay witty ito. He's always like that. Pinapatawag na Georgie ang sarili rather than George—his true name. Maypagka-gay kasi ito that's why.

My daughter just giggled for what he said bago kaagad na kumalas mula sa pagkakayakap sa'kin at mabilis na nagpakarga rito.

Hindi ko naman napigilang mapangiti while looking at them. Napakaswerte ko talaga at dumating sa buhay ko si Elizandy. Sa edad nitong six years old ay napakabibo at napakatalino na nitong bata.

She already knew how to make me smile at sakyan ang mga kalokohan ng tito nito. Hinding-hindi ko pinagsisisihang binuhay ko ang anak ko, kahit na halos sumagi sa isip ko na ipalaglag nalang ito noon nang iwan ko ang ama nito. I am so blessed to have her in my life more than anything else.

"Mommy said po kasi na tawagin parin po kitang Daddy 'cause you're still a man, even you're a woman inside. Hihihi!" I heard my daughter giggled again.

I smile widely. "That's my girl!"

I grinned.

Napakatalinong bata talaga nang anak ko.

"Gano'n? Hmp!," hindi naman ako pinansin ng mga ito at kunwari'y inismiran ni George si Elizandy na lalo lang namang ikinahagikhik ng bata. "Duh! Sige na nga. You can still call me Daddy George instead of Mommy Georgie, malakas ka sa'kin eh." He added na tinawanan lang ni Zandy.

"Okay po Daddy George."

Georgie smiled at her before he looked in my direction, partikularly at the newspaper I'm holding.

"Oh, by the way baby, di'ba you're a good girl?," He asked all of a sudden na ikinatango naman ng anak ko. "Great! So, can you go to your room upstairs now and play with your new doll? Daddy George and your mom are just going to talk." Georgie added na muli namang ikinatango ni Zandy, bago bumaba na mula sa pagkakakarga nito at mabilis na tumakbo papunta sa hagdan.