In A Crowded Place

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How I wish we can go back to the past... Sana buhay pa si daddy...sana andito pa sya kasama namin but... he left me... he left us! Did I do something wrong to experienced this all?

Why do life is very cruel...Why...

"Honey, what do you want to be when you grow up?" Daddy said.

"I don't know dad...I just know that I want to help other people, how about you po? Anong gusto mo para sa'kin?"

"Honestly, I don't want to pressure you... I want you to do want you want honey... but if you really want to know... I want you to become a doctor," he smiled genuinely at me.

"Then I will become doctor daddy like you want." I happily said then daddy hugged me.

"But yayik..in the future we don't know what will happen...kaya pag dumating ang araw na wala na kami ng mommy mo sa tabi mo...please be strong yayik...because even if we're gone...always remember that we will always support you."

"Dad don't say that! Hindi naman kayo mawawala ni mommy. And I don't think I can be strong dad..."

"We'll never know anak. Don't say that. And I know you can. I will wait till the day you say to me that you are now strong enough to handle every challenges and protect yourself."

This is the reality...

We can no longer bring back the things that are already lost.

We must the endure pain in every chapter that occurs in our lives... and so I am... I need it... I need to endure all of this... Even if the person whom I can lean on at these times is already gone...

It's already midnight when I hear shouting at the first floor, agad akong bumaba at tiningnan yun.

"Gredarios Hyan! I already warned you. Are you really going to fight me?" Tita zaida said angrily. She's dad's older sister.

"Ate huminahon ka muna.. tulog na yung mga bata sa taas oh..at diba napag usapan na 'natin to? I will not sell those properties. And that's final." Daddy said calmly, but I know he's problematic right now. Mom's crying beside him while holding dad's shoulder.

"No! Sell that damn property and give us our shares too! Or else hindi mo gugustuhin ang mangyayari sayo! Tandaan mo yan gredarios!" She immediately took her bag and left our house.

I quickly ran to daddy and mommy.

"D-dad...mom....w-why did tita zaida said that? Is she threatening us?" Tears started to flow in my eyes..

"No baby... she's just mad that's why she said that... don't worry about what happen." Mommy said, her voice makes me calm a bit.

"B-but what if...she's planning to hurt the both of you?"

"It will never happen...I promise you, okay? She's just mad but still she's my older sister... I can't blamer her.." he sighed and hugged us tightly, assuring that everything will be okay.

"No dad." Hindi ko napansin na kanina pa pala nakatayo si kuya sa baba ng hagdan. I assume nagising rin sya dahil sa ingay.

"Luhvien," saad ni mommy.

"I know tita zaida dad. She mean it!" Madiing sabi ni kuya isaac.

"Luhvien stop it." Mariing sabi ni daddy.