Chapter 12 - Azalea

House

“Can you excuse us for a second? Baby Daddy needs to talk to Mommy.”

What the hell?

Nagkatinginan kami ni Dean at napatawa ng malakas.

“Mommy!” sigaw ni Dean habang may pagturo pa sa akin. Mas lumakas ang tawa naming dalawa.

We both know I’m not a call-me-mommy type of person. I don’t fancy endearments.

But I like it when people call me by my nickname, Aeza. Maliah came up with that name. In Arabic it means replacement, a gift from Allah given in place of something that was taken from you.

Sabi niya hinding-hindi niya kikwestyunin ang mga bagay na nawala at mawawala sa kaniya, dahil ako daw ang kapalit. I’m an early gift.

Naaasar naman na bumaling si Hue sa akin. Mukhang ‘di siya natutuwa na pinagtatawanan namin siya, idagdag mo pang parang hindi niya naiintindihan kung bakit kami tumatawa.

“I said we’ll talk.” Seryoso