Pagkatapos namin kumain ni Brickston we strolled around the streets of Rome and headed home. I still had to prepare dinner kasi doon sa bahay mag di-dinner si Chase at ang anak nya. Brickston didn't like the idea of me inviting my ex to dinner pero yun nga lang wala syang magagawa dahil ate nya ako, so bilang isang masunurin na kapatid he had no choice but to help me cook, he knew how to cook and bake bata palang sya at tinuturuan na sya ni mom mag-luto at mag-bake. While waiting for the lasagna nag break muna ako kasi Fruit Salad and Caesar Salad nalang yung kulang, I went to one rooms of this mansion where all the table mats, glasses, cutlery, and different kinds of plates were kept, all of the stuff are clean kasi palagi itong pinapa linisan ni Papa madalas din kasing pumunta sina Mama at Papa dito whenever they want to unwind dito sila pumupunta. This mansion was once owned by a royalty from Greece yun nga lang bumalik ito sa Greece at nag-asawa, so when one of papa's friends told him about the place he bought it immediately the next day, he stayed here for a year bumabalik naman sya sa Pilipinas every month and every time birthday namin magkakapatid at birthday nina lolo at lola, he brings tita here pag anniversary nila o kaya naman pag birthday ni tita he always comes home kapag may special events and after a year he came home and in a snap we had another successful business given by God. I can say that my family is very blessed when it comes to business. Yung mga dating nagtatrabaho dito para sa dating may ari ay pinabalik ni papa at tinuruan kung paano gumawa ng wine, how to plant high quality fruits for the wines and he also hired Filipinos na nawalan ng trabaho, my father helped a lot of people when he built our businesses, he renewed their faith, and gave them hope.
Kahit na iniwan kami ng ina namin our Father didn't fail raising us, and so did Mama. Mama was never married, she had no clue in raising kids pero bilib ako sa kanya even without knowledge in raising kids she still did it, she succeeded in raising four kids. She treated us as her own kids even if we didn't come from her. There was this time when my brothers and I cried inside my room we were talking about Brickston since tita gave birth already takot kami na hindi nya na kami mahalin kasi may sarili na syang anak a kid who came from her, her child by blood, She hugged each one of us and gave us a peck our foreheads and told us na kahit may Brickston na sya we would always be her babies, even if we didn't come from her she would love all four of us equally that was her promise and she fulfilled it, makukulit kaming magkakapatid but still she didn't leave. May galit ako kay mama, my biological mom. kasi minsan din kasing pumapasok sa isip ko kung nakakasawa ba akong anak, I doubted myself for years ng dahil sa kanya. Nasasaktan ako, at galit pa din ako sa kanya hanggang ngayon.
She just left. She didn't even say goodbye. No letter or anything, no last call or message. Nagising nalang kami na wala na lahat ng damit nya at gamit nya, after a week whhen she left annulment papers came. I didn't really know what happened back then pero nung high school na ako I understood everything. Pero mama became the mother I didn't have pinuno nya yung spot na yun sa buhay ko, sa buhay namin ng mga kuya ko. She gave us more.
At sobrang thankful ko na sya yung mama ko, na sya yung pinakasalan ni papa. After my biological mom and papa's annulment papa was depressed pero nagpatuloy pa din sya sa pagtatrabaho, but then na buntis si mama kay Brickston papa was so happy after a year they got married and we had a new mom, hinding hindi namin matatawag na step-mom si mama kasi sa utak namin she was our mom.
I got the table ready and made the Caesar Salad it was still 6:00 I still had an hour to get ready , kaya naman ay naligo na ako at nagbihis. I just wore a casual red dress. Applied some light make up and wore my nude sandals. It was 6:30pm when I finished preparing myself, nakita ko din si Brickston sa living room na nakabihis na din. he's wearing a white polo, jeans, and brown shoes. Inayos nya din ang buhok nya naka slick back kasi medyo mataas na ang buhok nya.
"Aba naka porma tayo ah ang gwapo talaga ng bunso ko"
"Alam ko ate" he looked at me and smiled before watching basketball again
I spent my time at the attic waiting for them to come. Madami ding gamit ang attic. Ito yata yung sabi ni papa na gamit daw nung Greek Royalty na iniwan dito. I enjoyed kasi madaming books and nandoon. Classic Novels and many more.
Hindi ko na namalayan ang oras kasi tutok na ako sa pagbabasa buti nalang at may doorbell.
Agad akong bumaba at nakita kong si Brickston ang nag bukas ng pinto. Tulala sya sa pinto habang ang aming mga bisita ay nandito na. Chase, a very beautiful teen, and his daughter.
"Goodevening Bridge I brought my cousin along umalis kasi ang mga magulang ko ayoko naman na sya lang mag-isa"
"Okay lang medyo marami din ang food na niluto ko so mabuti at nandito sya"
The teen girl smiled at me and greeted "Hi, I'm Anastacia Lewis. I'm Kuya Chase's cousin I'm originally from London but I came here to study nice meeting you" kaya pala she had an accent she kissed my cheek and whispered "Ate, you should go check your brother looks like he's in a shock" natawa naman ako sa sinabi nya
"Brickston! Come here ba't ka ba nakatulala dyan" He looked at me "Ha?"
Mas lalo akong natawa, agad naman syang lumapit when Anastacia giggled he smiled and scratched his neck "Brickston Neri, nice meeting you"
Aba! Nag bibinata na ang bunso ko!
"Shall we head to the dining area, I'm sure you guys are famished"
They nodded and we all headed towards the dining area. This night is going to be fun for Brickston. I'm going to make sure of that.