Bab 65: LOVE THE SECOND TIME
Toktogaok!
Ruthie early in the morning threw some corn seeds to the chickens. She talks to them and they gather as if they understand what she's saying.
The sunrise creating a golden orange color in the pond.
Jacky and Juan are casting their hooks with worm baits. Ruthie gets her first tilapia. Juan gets a mudfish. They are laughing.
Tony served hot chocolate with goats milk and putomaya(sticky rice with coconut milk and ginger with added salt and sugar). "I love this food and drink," Ichika said. Katsuo did a thumbs up. "That's just the appetizer, the breakfast is still being cooked by Juan and Jacky outside," Tony said.
Juan and Jacky had caught about five kilos of fish. They cleaned it, marinated it with kalamansi(small green lemons), toyo(soy sauce), salt, black pepper, and garlic then grilled it in the campfire area. The mudfish was cooked by Juan in coconut milk, with spices. They cooled coconut juice. With the putomaya and chocolate with goat's milk made their breakfast.
Tony said let's start our breakfast. Maketa was still in the room. She does not want to come out yet.
Juan read a chapter in the Psalms.
Psalms 23:1-6: "(A Psalm of David.) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." Then Juan prayed for the food and thank God for the new day.
Everyone started eating, they love the food.
Ichika heard Maketa crying, she went to her room. Maketa has seen her old bag, and she had seen her album with her pictures from childhood, their wedding, the time that the children were still young, the old farmhouse, the destroyed rice field by the typhoon Juan which were the name of Juan was taken. She went out and told all the stories of every picture. Then they continued to talk about the past as she was also eating, Ruthie continued some of the stories. There were times that Katsuo would feel the emotions that he also shed tears as to how the sacrifices in the past molded them now. Then the happy moments. While Paulo has already made three paintings from what is happening.
Tony was also silently sobbing to remember that past. Maketa went in her side and embraced him. "Thank you, Lord! I finally find myself, my family and now I have additional families that love me." Martha said. Both Tony and Martha are now crying, they kissed. Everyone is also crying with them. Crying because they are happy.
Tony and Martha are now as if they are teenagers that are just newly married or on a honeymoon. Tony is now fifty, while Martha is forty-five. But their hearts are young.
Juan and Jacky were also happy to see them like that.
Tony toured them to the farm and to all the farms under a lease with different fruits and organic vegetables. The washing and packing area. They see all the processes up to the arrangement of the products inside the container until being closed.
Juan and Jacky went to the city to buy some things and bought some dried fish, and some sauces and some ingredients that are not available on the farm. They visit the old high school where both of them graduated. They met some teachers and gave some gifts from Japan. Jacky checked some of the teachers and made some lectures about health as requested.
Melchor who had a fight with Juan before is now the head of security of the school. They talked and embraced.
Katsuo and Ichika were on honeymoon in the pond, they enjoyed fishing, from time to time they call or be called on the phone.
Tony and Maketa were dating in the office, in the field and in they visited some common friends and they bring some gifts. They also meet all the farmers. When Juan and Jacky arrived they made a medical mission, Jacky was checking up all of them, from father, mother and all the children. Juan is listing all the medicines they need. Juan gave them vitamins from Japan from the Maketa foundation. Then Maketa and Rose visited those who have Alzheimer's and Tony was their driver. Maketa then gave application papers to the families who have candidates for foundation help. They have fourteen candidates. Rose was selected to be the liaison officer of the Maketa foundation above her job in the Goldenfruits Inc.
"Tony, did you remember, that this is the place that we first separated? We rode a jeepney going to the airport. I now remember it." Maketa said.
"So your memory is really coming back. Do you remember our first kiss?" Tony teasing her.
She pinched his back. "Yes, why? you want a second first?" Maketa said.
"What second first?" Tony asked.
"Our second kiss but first because it will be the first kiss that I now almost remember everything again," Maketa said.
After the work, they let everybody go home, but they checked in at Greenleaf Hotel and they had again the honeymoon for almost ten years that they were separated when Martha was lost.
Then in the house, Juan was texted by Tony that they can not go home, but the same text was sent to Katsuo.
Juan and Jacky prepared the food, she prepared ramen, sushi, and Juan three roasted crispy pork belly. Cavendish Banana, santol(cottonfruit), ripe babana(soursop), and mangosteen were the fruits served. They had their supper without Tony and Maketa.
"Don't look for Tony and Maketa, your daughter has just get married again tonight" Katsuo said to Ichika.
"What?" Ichika smiled.
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