He (COMPLETED)

He Witnessed

WARNING: Some scenes might not be suitable for some readers. Read at your own risk.

"Panoorin mo!" sigaw ni Daddy sa'kin habang pilit na sinusubsob si Yaya sa drum na puno ng tubig.

"Drake!" galit niyang sigaw nang hindi ko parin itinuon doon ang pansin ko.

Sabi ni Yaya ay 'wag daw ako manunuod 'pag ganyan ang ginagawa ni Daddy.

"Drake!" Mariin kong ipinikit ang mga mata ko nang maramdaman ko ang mga kamay ni Daddy sa magkabila kong balikat habang pilit akong pinapaharap sa pwesto ng drum.

I can hear Yaya coughing non-stop. I wanted to run to her and hugged her but she told me to stay away if Daddy's being like this.

"Tama na, sir. 'Wag na pong idamay yung bata," I heard Yaya's weak voice trying to talk to Dad.

"Matapang ka talaga, ano?" Naramdaman ko na lang na binitawan ako ni Daddy bago ko narinig ang paulit-ulit na tunog ng tubig at ang mga impit na sigaw ni Yaya na tinatabunan ng mga tawa ni Daddy.

Mahigpit kong niyakap ang unan na ginawa ni Yaya para sakin. I was waiting for everything to be over. I was waiting for Daddy to stop hurting Yaya.

But he never did.

"Drake, makinig ka sa'kin, ha?" Umiiyak si Yaya habang hawak ang dalawa kong kamay.

"'Wag kang tutulad sa Daddy mo. Kahit anong mangyari, 'wag na 'wag kang mananakit ng babae o kahit na sino," she told me before pulling me into a tight hug.

"Dapat magmahal ka lang. Loving would never be wrong. Dapat poprotektahan mo yung mga taong mahal mo, iiwas mo sila sa mga bagay na mananakit sa kanila."

"Do you understand, Drake? Love. You need to love. 'Wag kang tutulad sa Daddy mo na hindi marunong magmahal," she said before she kissed my forehead.

Yaya is all I ever had since I can remember. My mother left even before I can remember her face. Ang sabi ni Daddy ay duwag si Mommy kaya ganoon, but Yaya told me a different story. She told me that my mom loved my dad so much.

She loved him too much that she was left with no choice but to leave.

I still don't get that though.

She said if you love someone, you don't want to part with them. Then bakit iniwan ni Mommy si Daddy? Bakit niya ako iniwan?

"Drake?" Ibinaba ko ang laruang robot nang marinig kong tinatawag ako ni Yaya.

Last night, she told me not to sleep early tonight. Sabi niya may pupuntahan daw kami.

I slowly opened the door of my bedroom for her. Agad kong nakita ang mga pasa sa mukha niya at ang namamaga niyang pisngi. Dad hit her earlier, because she forgot to buy his favorite coffee.

"Let's go!" she said in a whisper after she made me carry my backpack that she had prepared.

She signaled me to be quiet before we left my room. Ang sabi niya ay hindi daw namin gugustuhing maabutan kami ni Daddy. That's true though.

I hate it when Daddy hurts Yaya.

I asked him a lot of times to stop doing it but mas lumalala lang ang pananakit niya kay Yaya kaya tumigil na ako.

Yaya quietly carried me down the wooden stairs of our house. All the lights were turned off as well. I felt her kissing my temples every once in a while, and she keeps on whispering how much she loves me and how much she cares for me.

I just hugged her tightly every time I feel her body trembling.

We successfully left the house. Now, we needed to get out of the forest.