Chapter 23: Baby 22
Niyakap ko sya.
Nakalapat ang ulo nya sa dibdib ko habang hinahaplos ko ang buhok nya.
I just let her cry her heart out.
"Shhh...it's okay mommy...it's ok..." paulit-ulit kong bulong sa kanya.
"Hindi kita pipilitin na maniwala sa akin ngayon. But please...let me prove it to you! I know I'm 3 years late, but...pwede ba kitang ligawan Ms. Mary Anne Enriquez? Hayaan mong patunayan ko sa'yo na mahal kita hanggang sa dumating ang araw na maniwala ka!"
Bakit ganon?
Her brain is telling her na delikado kapag naniwala sya sa sinabi ni Mr. Barton.
But her heart...
Her heart is telling her that she will regret it if she didn't give him a chance.
And her heart is beating so loudly right now.
Drowning all rational thought.
Would she dare?
Ramdam nya ang tibok ng puso ni Mr. Barton.
Napakalakas at mabilis.
Nilapit nya ang tenga nya sa dibdib ng lalaki.
Mas lalong bumilis ang tibok ng puso nito.
Pumikit sya bago nagsalita.
"What if I...."
If it were possible for my heart to beat faster and louder, I think it would.
You think I'm scared of what she's going to say?
I'm not!
I'm so f*cking scared I'm about to piss my pants.
"What if I..." she starts to speak.
F*ck
This is scarier than I thought!
"What if I don't want to? Anong gagawin mo?" I finally say without looking up at him.
Mas trumiple yata yung bilis ng tibok ng puso nya.
"F*ck!" he cursed.
Napatingin tuloy ako sa kanya.
And is that fear I saw in his eyes?
Takot sya?
Saan?
"What if I don't want to? Anong gagawin mo?" tanong nya sa akin.
"F*ck!" hindi ko naiwasan mapamura.
This is my worst nightmare come to life.
Napatingin sya sa akin.
Hinawakan ko ang magkabilang mukha nya.
And looked into her eyes.
"I'm sorry but you don't have a choice."
"I wasted 3 years already at hindi na ako makakapayag na madagdagan pa yun! Papatunayan ko sa'yo na totoo yung nararamdaman ko! Wala akong balak pakawalan ka pa Ms. Mary Anne Enriquez! Until that day comes na Mrs. Barton na ang itatawag ko sa'yo!"
Nanlaki ang mga mata ko sa sinabi nya.
Anong Mrs. Barton?!?
Agad agad?!?
At anong nagsayang sya ng 3 years?
Eh hindi nga sya nawalan ng babae sa 3 years na yon!
"And I have no intention of letting a child of mine grow up without a father!"
Ah....dahil pala sa bata.
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