Seventeen
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Seventeen
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"do you want this truck kiddo?" tanong ni Joshua habang karga nito si Kali sa kanang braso nito. —a picture of a father who is happily buying his son a lot of toys.
Tumango lang ang anak niya habang nakatingin sa mga laruang baril.
"pa, —yeah, from pap-pap to papa —i want that big gun" sabi nito na hindi maihiwalay ang tingin sa mahabang baril.
Joshua look at her with grinning in his lips. "looks like our kid is dreaming of being a soldier huh?" napailing na lang siya saka dinampot ang baril.
The word 'our kid' is somewhat made her hurt hoping —hoping of the day Joshua will take them as his family, but who is she fooling? She hardly believes in destiny, she doesn't believe in coincidence either.
But now, she's beginning to welcome those words to her book.
She met Joshua by destiny. By coincidence. There's no doubt to that.
It's God will for them to meet.. Kulang nalang Salita. Sa gawa? Lubos lubos pa sa inakala niya.
Nakarating siya sa parte ng mga damit, may namataan siyang father and son tshirt. Gusto niya ang kulay pero alam naman niyang hindi naman mag ama sina Joshua at Kali.
"papa, i want this too!" narinig niyang sambit ng anak niya.
"get what you want baby, papa will buy it for you" sagot ni Joshua na ikinangiti niya. Kung sana lang totoo. —ang saya saya niya siguro.
She will be the most happy woman if that will happen.
"why are you buying a lot of guns?" tanong ni Joshua. Kali chuckled. "i want to be a soldier papa, because i want to kill all bad people, and i want to put guns in my shoulder like the movie i watched with lola, they killed the bad people and rescued all the kids and mama in the old house" mahaba nitong sambit.
"and what is that movie?" Joshua asked like he's very interested.
"i don't know, basta lang may baril sila na maraming marami, tapos ang dungis ng mga mukha nila, sabi po n lola, mga army daw po sila and they are good people daw papa" nakita niyang napangiti si Joshua saka ginulo ang buhok ng anak niya.
"oh babe, nandiyan ka pala, anong napili mong bilhin?" tanong nito sa kanya. She tssk.
"ang dami namang laman ng cart niyo? Wala naman siguro kayong balak bilhin lahat ng klase ng laruan ano?" nakataas ang kilay niyans sambit.
Joshua chuckled and pulled her by her waist and put little kisses in her forehead. —this is Joshua, PDA is his middle name. Walang pakialam sa paligid.
" are you not worried about social media? Maybe there's someone who's capturing pictures of us now and start posting" sambit niya, naalala niya kasi ang sinabi nito noon sa Airport.
"Nah, let them be, the hell i care!" sambit nito.. "papa, why you said 'hell'? Tanong ni Kali. Napatingin sa kanya si Joshua na nakangiwi. Ito kasi ang nagturo sa anak niya na bawal magmura at magsalita ng bad words.
" ahhm, ganito kasi 'yon baby.. Ahhm like—" he mouthed' f**k'.. napangiti siya ng mapansin niyang nahihirapan ito sa pagsagot. Sumimangot naman ito sa kanya.
"it's adult words baby, don't mind papa, just ignore it and don't say it because papa God will not like it okay?" tumango naman ito na nag 'ah' saka nilaro laro ang tainga ni Joshua —na hinayaan lang nang huli.
"i want to buy something, do your stuff, I'll be back" sambit niya saka niya nilayasan ang mga ito.
May nakita siya kaninang antique display, na nagustuhan niya agad. Wala lang kasi siyang time kanina dahil inuna niya ang gusto ng anak. Her son first before herself. He's more important than anything else..
Mataman niyang tinitigan ang isang matangkad na flower vase made of brass (bronze) na halatang hindi basta basta ang quality. She then asked the sales lady near her. "miss, can you please tell me if where did this vase came from?" magiliw niyang sambit. Ngumiti ang sales lady at lumapit sa kanya bago siya tiningnan mula ulo hanggang paa.
"ma'am, this is antique vase came from Egypt. This is pure brass and it is heavy, so the price is somewhat heavy also, i suggest —ngumisi ito —find another one, for example, this one" turo nito sa isang estante "this is brass also but more lighter than that one" turo nito sa hawak niya..
"Oo nga, mabigat, i was wondering, is this how this f*****g mall trained their employees?" napalingon siya sa likuran niya. "did they trained you how to mock your costumers?, because lady, i can buy anything my wife wants in here!" Joshua exclaimed. Napatanga ang babae habang nakatingin sa kanila.
My wife.
The word Joshua said was a heavy one. She was rooted and can't move because of shocked.
" now, tell me lady, how much is this thing? " Joshua asked and still in anger voice. Hinawakan niya ang kamay nito–trying to calm him. She intertwined their fingers and hold it tightly.
And it works. He became calm slowly.
Joshua is busy calming himself because Kali is cupping his face while grinning. "pa, ang astig mo palang magalit, para ka pong sundalo" Joshua chuckled. —At last.
She heard someone called her name at their back.
"Kaliyah?, oh my God, is that you?!"
Kaliyah froze.
Naramdaman yata iyon ni Joshua kaya itinaas nito ang mga kamay nilang magkasalikop pa din at hinalikan ang kamay niya.
"who is that?" mababa nitong sambit.
"S-some one i know" Kaliyah cleared her throat because somehow, she became thirsty. Her throat is now very dry that she cannot talk clearly.
"are you okay?" masuyo nitong sambit sa kanya.
She nodded. But Joshua is looking at her and twist his head "No. You're not okay baby" sambit nito.
"baby?, wow Kaliyah, may nabingwit ka pa pala in spite the fact that you're a single mother and you don't even know who's the father of your child? Tumawa ito ng malakas dahilan para makakuha sila ng atensyion sa loob ng mall.
Nagtagis ang mga bagang niya subalit wala siyang lakas ng loob magsalita dahil wala pa namang label kung anong meron sila ni Joshua.
She does not know what exactly they are.
Masuyo siyang hinalikan ni Joshua sa tuktok ng ulo niy. Saka hinagkan ulit ang kamay niya. Alam niyang paraan iyon ng lalake para kumalma siya.
"come on Kaliyah, you know what, Romeo is very happy because he chose me over you, kasi you know, may itinatago ka din palang kalandian sa katawan, buti na lang daw at hindi siya nahulog sa bitag mo" tumawa ulit ito.
Gustong gusto na niya itong sampalin. But she's not like this woman. She is professional. She should act like one. At saka hindi naman siya pala away.
"let's go, ayaw kong makagawa ng semi dramatic action sa loob ng mall na 'to" yakag niya kay Joshua. And her son is just listening to something with the big headphones in his ears.
She mouthed thankyou to Joshua—because it's him who put that thing, to make sure that Kali will not hear anything.
And to her surprise, Umikot si joshua saka hinarap ang babae.
"Hey, kumusta ka? Pakisabi sa asawa mo na salamat, at iniwan niya si Kaliyah noon, and tell him He. Is. Idiot. —he is gritting his teeth while talking.." for letting Kaliyah go and marry another woman —like you! He let go of the gold while gaining a bronze" pagkasabi no'n ay hinila na siya nito palabas sa mall, habang naiwang nang gagalaiti si Krina—Romeo's wife and her ex- best friend.
Thanks to this man..
- Writer
