𝑻𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒐 𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒍

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒘𝒐

Patricia Amethyst's POV,
Mommy's eyes glazed over as she stared at me. She also rubbed her eyes and there was still a trace of astonishment

"What are you doing here?" She stuttered as if she did not know what to say

I don't know if I should be scared because my mother saw me outside the campus during school hours or should I wonder what she is doing here

My mouth and my hands quiver "Kasi po... Ah... Ee... Ii... Oo...Uu..." I did not know what to answer to her frightening qustion so I just tried to change the flow of our topic attempting to not recieve a bad word coming her armalite mouth

"Bakit po kayo nandito?" I asked her back

"Sorry Amethyst, sorry" I don't know what the source of the apology odo my mother stated but in this part of our conversation, tears came to her eyes

She hugged me tightly while I still had no idea what was going on until she said something awful

"Your daddy had a heart attack while on duty" she whispered as she continued to force herself not to cry

"Tell me that you are only joking Mom, tell me please" I could not believe to what I've heard

She touched my hands and looked straight into my eyes "I am not joking Amethyst, I am not" she said as her tears continued to dropped

Do you remember when I said I was going to fix some important things?" she asked

"Yes Mom, I still" I replied back to her

"That important thing is your Daddy. The company he works for called me. I also could not believe it at first when I heared what happen but what else can I do? Everything has happened, we just have to accept it and rely on God" she wailed and again hugged me

"If you are not joking, where did Daddy's salary come from? Yung kinuha ko sa bangko last week?" I removed his hand from my embrace and asked a lot of things about what happened

"I lied, galing yun sa ipon namin para sa college mo" she smirked "So, do you believe me now?" I am still flabbergasted. Ang bilis naman ng karma.

"Badtrip!" I shouted in disgust

My knees softened causing me to kneel on the ground. I placed my hands over my eyes aiming not to cry

How cruel do life really is

"Why didn't you tell us?" I shouted angrily

"I tried but..." Hindi natuloy ang kanyang sinabi dahil sa pagsabat ko

"I tried what? Try to tell us when the consumption is severe. Mommy naman Si Daddy na ang pinaguusapan natin dito, hindi natin alam kung makakaligtas pa siya. We are family but why did you keep it as a secret from us?" I tried not to scream out of annoyance but I could not control myself to answer my mother even though I knew it was wrong

"Teka nga! Why do I still seem to be at fault" she stared at me

"My point is you did'nt tell us what happe-" hindi na natapos ang sasabihin ng pinutol niya ang aking sasabihin

"You know nothing. Do you think I want to hide what's going on? You know nothing" At this point, the circumstances was reversed. I am the being shouted at and my Mommy is the angry one

"Sorry Mommy. I was just really surprised" I apologized

"Sorry din anak, nabigla lang ako" she replied