24 Their past,present and future! [4]

He cant believed it!

The first thing they did after staring each other for 30 minutes is throw him away 

so he can't hear what this thing's all about..

he had no choice but to leaved

he can't  disobeyed his mommy la, when he clearly knew his grandmother's temperament.

she will surely freaked out if he did!

"Emmanuel how are you?"

tanong ni Eddie.

"Im fine..!"

sagot naman ni Emmanuel na tila ba walang masamang nangyari sa kanila noong kabataan nila.

"I am so sorry Emmanuel for what happened in the past."

naiiyak na umpisa ni Celestine.

"Nakalipas na yon..wag na nating balikan!"

 putol no Emmanuel sa sasabihin pa ni Celestine..

"No! I need to voice it out! all this years my conscience is not letting me sleep peacefully at night!"

umpisang paliwanag ni Celestine.

"I am truly sorry Emmanuel, I've been so selfish back then. .a spoiled brat teens who only thinks of my self. .

reklamo ako nang reklamo kung anong wala ako. .

kung tutuusin lahat ng gusto ko binibigay nina mama at papa. .

instead na intindihin ka sa sitwasyon mo naging makitid ang utak ko.

pati buhay ni Eddie at Margareth. .sinira ko!

I am really really sorry! 

she sincerely apologized to him.

"Honestly Tin. .Eddie  galit na galit ako noon kaya ako nagsumikap ng sobra para masabi ko sa sarili ko hindi ako ang nawalan!"

Don Emmanuel's said with a trace of pain in his voice.

"But as time goes by at nagkamabutihan kami ni Margareth, I realized back then na baka hindi ako nandito sa kung ano ako ngayon kung hindi nangyari yon!"

"Hindi kami mabibiyayaan ng magagandang anak ni Margareth kung hindi kami nagkatuloyan. .

Hindi ako nagkaroon ng maganda at mabait na apo, everything happened in the past has a reason Tin.

lets move forward hindi tayo dapat magpatali sa nakaraan."

nakangiting paliwanag ni Emmanuel.

"Thank you Emmanuel, makakatulog na kami ng mahimbing..."

sabi naman ni Eddie na nakipagshakes hands kay Emmanuel at nagyakapan like old times kumbaga.

"So lets talked about our grand children!"

nakangiting mungkahi ni Celestine.

Lumipas ang maghapon na hindi siya mapakali kung ano ang pinag usapan ng matatanda..

at 5pm his grand mother texted him to pick them up at the same restaurant.

Now he is so curious what's their connections are..

parang mapapahamak yata siya sa kung anong connection meron ang matatanda.

"I want to know everything please..

magkakilala ba kayo?

bakit ang tagal nyong nagusap? 

from 10am -5pm..

board meeting lang ang nagtatagal ng ganyan kahabang oras."

naguguluhang talak ni Zach..

"You have no idea hijo!"

natatawang sabi ni Don Emmanuel.

"Your lolo and lola will tell you if they want to but first lets get back with our deal!"

"What deal?"

"The deal I've mention kanina morning.. 

the wedding is off if Sophia will tell me personally na ayaw niyang magpakasal sayo!

the impala still yours if si Sophie mismo ang aayaw."

paliwanag ni don Emmanuel sabay abot sa 10 pages na papel.

"I need your signature here if you agree! 

kami mismo ng lolo at lola mo ang gumawa ng mga kasundoan diyan so. . no worries at all..walang dihado bawat partido!"

hindi na binasa ni Zach ang mga papeles..

pinirmahan niya lang ito at binigay kay don Emmanuel..

Isa sa pinaka ayaw niya ay magbasa ng mga dokumento lalo na yong makakapal.

Unlike Sophia na kahit ilang pages pa yan, iisa isahin niya lahat kung may mali ba sa report oh kahit sa spelling.

And don Emmanuel knew he could not trick Sophia on this kind of thing.

"Hindi mo naba babasahin hijo ang nilalaman nito?"

tanong ng don.

"I can trust my grand parents. .right mommy la?

tanong ni Zach sa abuela sabay abot sa permadong dokumento.

"Of course..hindi kami gagawa ng mga bagay na ikapapahamak ninyo ni Sophie!"

Makahulugang sagot ng mommy la niya.

pagka abot niya kay don Emmanuel ng dokomento..

nagtinginan ang tatlong matanda  sabay abot sa abogado at agad itong pinaalis ni celestine..

biglang kinabahan si Zach..

 something is incredibly wrong base of their movements..

And something is not right the way their eyes spark and their lips twitch after he signed the documents but. .

hindi naman siguro ako ipapahamak ni mommy la ang daddy lo!

Zach think to himself.

 I hope so..he silently prayed.

"And by the way if itutuloy mo ang plano mong saktan ang apo ko

at epa annuled ang kasal ninyo in less than 5 years wala kang makukuha ni isang kusing sa mga ariarian ninyo..

which is soon ay aanounce natin ang merger ng kompanya natin 

kasabay ng engagement party ninyo ni sophie!

 then,

your wedding will be at the end of this month.!

if you succed na mapahindi si Sophie sa kasal na to dapat a week before your weeding

which is exactly 3 weeks and 5 days from now dapat nasabihan mo na ako or ang grand parents mo..

everything are in that contract, signed by me, your grandma and grandpa,

our witness is the manager/owner of this restaurant

with the presence of atty. Rodriguez  my lawyer and atty. Santillan your family lawyer 

and of course you signed it, so the deal is sealed!"

tuloy tuloy na sabi ni don Emmanuel na ikinasorpresa niya..

what 5 years?

company merger?

engagement??

wedding??

ang usapan is getting to know each other muna bakit may engagement na..

and may 5 years pa before they are allowed to file an annulment. .

tapos wedding..

WHAT THE HECK!!!

may future na wala pang nangyayari sa present..

yan ang tumatakbo sa isip ni Zach..

hindi na niya namalayan na umalis na si don Emmanuel..

Gulong gulo,litong lito siya sa bilis ng mga pangyayari..

feeling niya pinagtulongan siya ng tatlong matanda..

his grand parents knew he hates reading documents at pinagsamantalahan nila ang kahinaan niyang yon..

of all people, ang dalawa pa. .anong plano ng mga ito?

bakit nakipag sabwatan ito sa lolo ni Sophia.?

anong relasyon ng tatlo sa isat isa?

bakit may pakiramdam siyang magkakilala ang tatlo at pinagkaisahan siya..

maraming bakit ang tumatakbo sa isip niya na wala ni isa mang sagot!

he need answers or else he might not get a good sleep later tonight.

pina process pa lang niya lahat ang sinabi ni don Emmanuel ng tawagin siya ng daddy lo nya.

"Zach its 5:30 pm, can we go home now?

I am so tired!"

reklamo ng abuelo niya.

"Mommy la can u enlighten me of what just happened?"

"Let's  have a family dinner tomorrow okay?call everyone and tell them, We have an announcement to make...

I will explain everything tomorrow but for now send us home first. .I need some beauty rest."

nakangiting sagot ng lola niya.

"This day is my happiest day after everything happened in the past my love.."

sabi ng matandang babae sa kabiyak..

they fall inlove a year after they got married kaya naparami ang anak nila to have atleast one boy..

which is lucky enough yo have a boy their youngest eddielberto jr, Zach dad's.

"Yes dear. .let the past remains in the past, the most important is the present which is we are free from every guilt we felt from the past!

and we have to plan everything for a good and happy future.!

nagugulohan man sa mga pangyayari parang alam na niya ang tinutukoy ng mga ito na future.

nakakalitong past.!

nakakalokang present.!

nakakatakot na future.!