Waiting For You (A Forbidden Love)

Chapter 9 Mourn

At the age of 28, i am now an accomplish man; build more businesses around the Philippines and also had few business in other parts of the world. I focus on my business.

I have my vision of dominating the world and put my own name in the business world just like Adric Emperial. He's my inspiration, he is the man that most businessmen would go to if they want to succeed. Just by the mere fact that your name be associate with his, means success.

So i want to get his attention, i want to be part of his empire. I have been requesting him to sign and have business with me. I admit I'm just small compared to him but i won't settle for less.

I want to be tied with him, he is my ticket to success. His connection and wide knowledge in business will put me in the map, together we will rise.

I organize an event, i already got their service before and it works that's why i had few successful business merging and partnership with some elite businessmen.

And now I'm eyeing for Adric Emperial's connection. I have heard he is not easy to deal with, very meticulous and hard to please. He is not often seen to mingle with other businessmen, very elusive bachelor and a business mogul, that's what his image is.

But i will still try my luck. Who knows it will work, i got a clear vision of our partnership that is to rise and mark our name around the globe and will work hard on it.

I trust my organizer that this event will be successful. I'm very excited already.

"Sir Arthur a call from certain Delia Marasigan is on the line, she said it's an emergency"; upon hearing it from my secretary kinabahan ako, yaya won't call if not important.

"Put her through"; utos ko sa kanya and waited the intercom to ring

"Arthur ang daddy mo sinugod namin sa hospital"; informa niya agad sa akin ng sagutin ko ang tawag. Ang kaba di ko mawari, sobrang lakas nito para akong babagsak sa sahig. Dad never got sick.

"What happen yaya?" Tanong ko sa kanya ng makabawi.

"Inataki siya sa puso, andito kami ngayon sa San Bartolome Hospital, dalian mo Arthur, hinahanap ka niya."

Oh my God that is unexpected, never heard dad has a heart problem. I drop all the things i have been doing and head straight to the hospital na wala sa sarili.

"Yaya, kumusta si daddy?" Tanong ko kaagad ng dumating ako sa hospital.

"Di mabuti ang lagay niya, pasukin mo sa loob, palagi ka niyang hinahanap". Tumango ako kay yaya then pumasok sa kwarto ni dad. I saw him lying in the hospital bed. Nakakaawa siyang tingnan. He looks so pale at nangangayayat. It's been a while na di ko siya nakita.

"Dad"; mahina kong tawag sa kanya habang hinahaplos ang kanyang mukha. He is not the same man that i used to know, the strong dad i got.

"Arthur anak, i feel di na ako magtatagal pa. Isa lang ang pakiusap ko sayo, hanapin mo ang babaing mahal ko, ibigay mo sa kanya ang mga bagay na di ko naibigay and please ask forgiveness in my behalf at sa kapatid mo. Hanapin mo silang dalawa pakiusap, anak."

Wika ni sa mahinang boses at paunti unti. Hahihirapan na siyang magsalita.

"Dad, wag ka naman magsalita ng ganyan. Mabubuhay ka pa, may pera tayo, pupunta tayo sa America para magpagamot kung di kaya dito." Saway ko sa kanya, di ko nagustuhan ang kanyang tono na parang namama-alam na.

"No i feel so tired, i feel my time is already up. Please do what i have asked you to do, yan lang ang pakiusap ko sayo Anak." he says it na sobrang lungkot.

Then after a minute i hear his breathing becomes uneven kaya tumawag na ako ng doctor. He's having another attack and he calls me kaya di na ako umalis, the doctor are trying their best to stay him alive.

"Arthur"; sabi niya sa mahinang boses and i know what is it. He is looking for my confirmation. Tumango ako sa kanya.

"Yes dad i promise to look for them and give the life they deserve, so don't worry"; wika ko then after that i saw how he close his eyes, like he was just waiting for my word.

"Daddy"; sigaw ko sa kanya then the doctor declared him as dead.

I break down in there while looking at him. I wasn't ready, i blamed myself for not taking care of him, for abandoning him. Kami na nga lang dalawa ang natira pero pinabayaan ko pa. I never thought that he was sick, i used to see him strong.

Binalik namin ang bangkay niya sa farm dun ibinurol but before i did that i called the event team that i can't make it because of emergency. I told them that if ever Adric showed up make sure to give everything he needs, he is the priority. They're best effort is a must; he is my ticket to success.

In that day i mourn for my dad, for my lost. I love him so much, we are best friend, siya lang nakasama ko sa paglaki. When i become mature i distance myself coz i felt trinaydor ko siya, by falling in love secretly to his woman. And now he gives me his blessing to look for her, to take care of them.

Everyone is mourning for my dad, everyone loves him. Sa pagkawala niya para akong binagsakan ng lupa. I have so many regrets, sana di ko nalang inuna ang sariling kapakanan, ang sariling kaligayahan, sana nakasama ko pa siya ng matagal. I wasn't there when he needed me.

If i have spent more time with him, we can create memory together. If only i knew, now i believe the saying that you can only find the worth of the person when they are gone, when they can't feel or see how much you care and love them.

Totoo pala na kapag di mo nagawa ang obligasyon mo as a son marami kang regrets, maraming sana at what ifs. Because that's what i feel now, living with full of regrets for my dad, but i can't do anything but to move on.

As what my promise to dad, i look for her again, invest much effort to find them. I hired many investigators para mapadali ang paghahanap but to my dismay none of them found her, none had seen her or even got slight information. I feel I'm a failure, got a money to do my plan but all of those didn't work.

I mourn for the lost of my dad, i mourn for not having a chance to take care of him, i mourn for my heart for unrequited feeling and i mourn for my dying love.