The Jerk is a Ghost

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I gently shook him by the shoulders when he unexpectedly held my hand.

"Cain, we should be going. It's a quarter more before our next class."

He opened his eyes, then looked straight at me. Cain just stared at me for a moment before finally saying something. "Can we ... stay a bit longer, please?"

I smiled down at him. "We can't. I don't want to be late, and the same goes for you."

Cain sighed before seating back up. "Alright. Let me walk you down the hallway then, if that's okay?"

"Sure, let's go." I agreed.

No one still speaks to both of us as we walk. I even saw other students looking at us, but Cain seemed to just ignore them. I did the same. Anyway, it's nothing new. I used to be stared at by strangers. In a few moments, I reached the opposite side of our room. I was about to enter when I heard Cain speak behind me.

"By the way, Ellen. About the last time ..."

I frowned. "What do you mean?" "The thing I told you last time ... In my condo ..." he looked so serious as he reminded me.

I can't help but to look away. Honestly, I tried to forget that already. That got me thinking the other night. What does he mean when he said 'take care of me ..?'

"What about it?" I finally answered.

"I'm not sure why I said those things to you but ... for some reason I know that I mean it." he straightened up before continuing. "Will you ... let me do it ...? If ever ... will you really let me take care of you ...?"

I crossed my arms to him, then smiled. "Try telling me this again when you're no longer asking it as a question."

"Who do you look like, baby?"

"You, Mommy," Aki giggled, "But I love Daddy more!"

I jokingly asked him, "Me? You don't love?"

"Of course, Mommy! Aki loves you too!"

I tried to pinch his cheek, then I rubbed my nose on his.

"I love you, too. So much."

Aquirro Evan or Aki in short is our three year old son. Actually, he's turning four, five months from now on.

Since he came into Fire and I's life, my husband and I have become more colorful and happy.

I really don't have anything more to ask for because I have a perfect and ideal wife who even though she is very jealous fills us with love. Then I have a child who doesn’t know who he looks like. Some say I look like that, but others also say that I look like Fire. I don't know. Importantly, my son is a very tired child. And if there was one thing he inherited from his father it was his tenderness.

Aki is a very tender child. Or else, he is the one who makes the way for his daddy and me to caress him. He always wanted Fire and I to pay attention to him. So, ever since he started thinking, I can rarely enter the office because he is restless and he cries when he doesn't see one of us with his daddy. So sometimes, Fire and I just take him to the office when necessary.

Fire is in favor of leaving me here at home with the child. Because until now, my work is still not okay with him. Besides, until now he's still the sweetest and loving husband for me. He still hasn't changed. He still loves me dearly and so do I to him.

After I dressed Aki, because I had just finished bathing her, I loaded her up and went down to the living room to wait for her father to arrive.

This is the time when Fire arrived from his office and Aki and I are used to waiting for him in the living room of the house.

"Daddy!"

I was just shaken by Aki's scream when he heard Fire coming. He knew very well the sound of Fire's car.

Less than a few minutes later, we saw Fire enter the house so Aki struggled from my load on him while looking at his Daddy and screaming.

"Daddy! Daddy!"

I could do nothing but lower him to the floor and let him run closer to his daddy who slightly knelt down and smiled with wide open arms.

As soon as Aki approached him, he immediately locked him in his arm and bit the boy's neck so he laughed out loud. After that he stood up and he turned around while Aki stretched out his hands and arms who was very happy with what his father was doing. He loves her because Fire really loves her. He is said to be a superhero. I just shook my back and went out of the bathroom.

It's a good thing and there's no problem if we're late for work because we have our time.

And because

the idea of ​​my mother-in-law. Her mother offers to talk to Tita Lo about it. I replied that it is dependent to what life there has to offer. If they will only pay us the same amount and if they will not provide us with our needs and wants such as kitchen, TV, etc, there's no reason to live or to dwell again in that remote area.

I would love to have a privacy. Having a private life is what FIRE and I were longing for. Now that we're going to be a four-membered family, we really need a house.

Since, I was occupied by attending Hanna, I haven't had enough time to write. Thus, I was excerpting this entries in my Auto-Summary, dated to date: to a realization. She must realize that her entire life has been worldly. She lives in fraudulence. She victimizes her own family such as Mama and Papay Benson. I hope she returns Papay Benson's land title.

My dream was: "There was no party going on in our house but unexpected and uninvited guests keep on coming from nowhere because Jano advocates hospitality and 'pakikisama'. Mama, Jano and I entertained them. We give them liquors, something to eat and drink. I could see my father-in-law, who was disagree on what I was doing. He's quiet. Next thing happened was: there was a drunk and unknown man, who amok. He was holding a bolo but an arrow was left to his hand, as if there was a secret weapon on his bolo. Then, he tried to target somebody. I saw Hanna and immediately caught her up. The invader was targeting us. Thus, I protected Hanna. The time runs fast that I could see the fast -approaching arrow. I turned around as if we were no place to hide, to go or to run to. All I did was I let the arrow hit me. Presto! It hits my back -my left back. It's not that hurts but I could feel it's numbing! I then woke up to see if it's real. My back was indeed numb.

It was quarter-to-eight when I got up despite the drowsiness I still feel. I prepared pancake batter in a jiffy. We're having our breakfast while "Kabuhayang Swak na Swak 'was being aired. I have learned there the' fossilized leaves', which could be made into artworks, such as flowers.

Then, while Fire was doing laundry, I attended Hanna. While doing my part, I swept and burnt dried leaves at our far front yard. I was doing that for Mama. She was the only one, whojust disturbed by the noise of water supply truck. I thought we could buy water too. But I realized that Jano has not given me the budget yet. Thus, I swept at the garden.

Jano hands me down the budget at 9, when water supply trucks were already gone. It was only P300.

Since I have done garden works, I waited for a truck. The truck did not arrive after 30 minutes of waiting. Unexpected arrival of my 'mother-in-law' and my in-laws comes next. They're going to Boso-Boso. I come with them.

There they make a gate. I did some visitations, too. I visited my plants. I then noticed the changes and differences. I pity the surroundings. It was a total difference. Everyone could say or would say that our presence in that house has been productive.

I, then realized that I could hardly accept the possible offer of Calove. If they offer me to live again thee, I would think more times and I would make sure they would give us what we really need - not lacking, not 'more than'.

One, while burning the dried grasses and cogons, it was worsened by strong wind. Dad becomes hysterical to the incident. At once, I didn't worry but when they shout for worry and when they over-react, I started to be afraid. It was a nerve-cracking scene.

Fire was so fFireous. It was so speedy. In a blink of an eye, other piles of cogon were infected. It was so hot. I couldn't come near to kill the approaching fire. They help, except for Fire. Good thing is there were two gallons of water. The fire that was about to ruin the neighbor's properties such as bamboo fences, fish nets, piggery and pigs, etc ..