Chapter 102 He’s Crying

"MOMMY, KUYA RAIZEL IS CRYING."

Nagpalipat-lipat ang tingin ko sa dalawa kong anak. What is my daughter saying? Her brother is just watching her cry in my arms! 

Patuloy lang siya sa pag-iyak. Lalo ring humigpit ang yakap niya nang subukan ko siyang ilayo sa katawan ko para kausapin at kalmahin.

"I'm crying, too!"

Wala akong nagawa kung hindi ang yakapin siya nang mas mahigpit.

"I know, baby. I don't know why you're crying but it's fine. Everything will be fine."

Hinalikan ko ang tuktok ng ulo niya. 

And a sudden realization hits me. 

I keep saying she's my daughter when I don't even know her name. I know for sure that her presence is familiar to me, but she feels like someone I knew for a long time, but didn't see in my life.

I keep on looking at Raizel and treat him like a baby when he's already a teenager.

These friends of my husband are making fun of me as if they knew me or my shortcomings.