Chapter 56

Chapter 56

Tulala akong nakatingin sa kwintas na sinuot niya sa akin bago kami tuluyang bumalik sa Hacienda. It’s the necklace I tried to return and now it’s on my neck again.

“That’s yours,” he said when he found me staring at it so much.

Dahan-dahan naman akong napatango sabay lingon sa kanya. I smiled sweetly because I’m so happy. I hope that everything will be on the right places now. We deserve this. We deserve to be happy after all the pain that we have gone through.

Mabilis ang pagpapatakbo niya pero sobrang ingat. Nang makarating kami sa labas ng Hacienda ay biglang nag ring ang cellphone niya. His phone is on the dashboard so I saw who’s calling.

“Your father,” I said.

Mabilis niyang inabot ang cellphone niya at mabilis na pinatay kaya gulat ko siyang nilingon.

“Why didn’t you answer?” gulat na tanong ko pero tutok lang ang mga mata niya sa harap kung saan unti-unting bumubukas ang gate ng Hacienda namin.

“I don’t need more distractions now that I’ll meet your parents,” kalm