Little Souls

Little Souls (6)

Author's Note: F I C T I O N

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"GOOD MORNING, LOVE..."

"..."

"GOOD MORNING...AYAN...I LOVE IT WHEN YOU SMILE, YOU LOOK LIKE DADA, YOUR DIMPLE IS SHOWING OH...GOOD MORNING! WHAT WILL YOU SAY TO MAMA?"

"Dowwd mowrnen, Mama...wiswish Tweendy, Mama..."

"OF COURSE, LET'S GO TO THE BATHROOM AND WE WILL CHANGE YOUR DIAPER..."

"Babath, Mama..."

"MAMAYA KA NA MAG BABATH, GLOBIE, PACHUCIE, TITA ANGEL IS ALREADY WAITING FOR YOU AT THE GARDEN. YOU WANT TO PLAY, RIGHT?"

"Yenssss Mama! I wampt to pway windth deym..."

"YEAH...COME HERE. YOU'RE SO GWAPO
ANAK..."

"Nyk Dadaa, Mama?"

"OF COURSE, LIKE FATHER LIKE SON...YOU AND PAPA ARE MY MOST HANDSOME BOYS..."

"Tenkchu Mama, Dada seynd, ayn dwapow tossh he ins may Dada en yu ins mhay Mama...ins dat chrueee Mama?"

"HMMM...WHAT DID DADA SAID? YOUR GWAPO BECAUSE OF HIM AND ME?"

"Yenssss..."

"OF COURSE, OF COURSE..."

"...banttt wen ins Dada, Mama?"

"I THOUGHT YOU NEVER NOTICED. DADA WENT OUT. HE'LL PICK UP YAYA PEPE IN BULACAN..."

"Nana? Nana Pepe ins dowing chu be yerrr?"

"YES. SHE'LL BE WITH US TO HELP ME TAKE CARE OF YOU..."

"..."

"WHAT'S THAT FROWN IN YOUR FOREHEAD?"

"Mamaaa...anyt yow en Dada woynt tenyker op mey nyemur??? Tossssh Nana Pepe ins yeerr?"

"NO! OF COURSE I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE. BUT, DADA WILL SOON GO BACK TO WORK, MAMA NEED A HAND, BUT, MAMA WILL ALWAYS ALWAYS BE THE ONE TAKING CARE OF YOU...OKAY?"

"Ownkeey Mama. Tenkchu..."

"YOU'RE WELCOME, LOVE...COME ON LET'S FINISH THIS SO YOU CAN PLAY WHILE I PREPARE YOUR BREAKFAST. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT?"

"Mama...ifn Dada wen dowing chu dow bhak chu wooowrk, ins meeans, Dada weeen naht doweening Tweendy dowing bekfhast, nunch, en deynyer?"

"HMMMM...THAT DEPENDS, WE WILL SEE WHAT ME AND DADA WILL COME UP WITH, OKAY? BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY, OKAY? BECAUSE DADA WILL NOT HAVE TOO MUCH WORK. BECAUSE HE KNOWS YOU'LL GOING TO MISS HIM..."

"Yensss, Mama...I weeen gonna minssssh Dada, aynt yow dowing chu minsssh heeeym chu, Mama?"

"I WILL MISS HIM TOO, YES...I AM USED TO HAVING YOUR DADA, YOU KNOW. SO, IT WILL BE AN ADJUSTMENT TO BOTH OF US. BUT FOR SURE WE WILL SEE DADA IN EAT BULAGA DURING LUNCH TIME..."

"Eant Bunaga? Ayn mowww Eant Bunaga shong Mama...Dada helpn meee."

"OH, YOU KNOW THE SONG? CAN MAMA HEAR
IT, LOVE?"

"Chorsss Mama, ayn dowing to sheeeng nawww..."

"OKAY, LET MAMA HEAR IT..."

"Mama, downt howd meeeh, Tweendy ayn dowing to sheeeng..."

"OKAY, HINDI KITA HAHAWAKAN, SIGE PAKITAAN MO NGA SI MAMA..."

"Ownkeeey...Weeeediy Mama?"