KABANATA 42.2 — THE TRUTH

AARON

"Son, dito ka ba matutulog?" Dad said.

"Hmm... Yes dad." I nodded and smile at him.

I wandered my eyes around the house. I just now realised how big the house is. It's too big for the two of us!

It's funny, kasi kung kailan pa ako lumaki, do'n ko pa napagtantong sobrang laki ng bahay. Because, back then I didn't feel the silence of this big house, the loneliness! After mom died tumakas na ako sa bahay na'to, dahil kapag hindi ko ginawa 'yun ako naman ang kakainin ng kalungkutan. I ran away without realizing that I abandoned someone and let him suffer for that loneliness for a long time. Ngayon ko lang napagtanto ang lungkot na pinagdaanan ni daddy sa bahay na'to! I feel bad for myself, akala ko ako lang ang hindi niya naiintindihan, but it turns out na ako rin pala ay hindi rin nakakaintindi sa kaniya. All this years, naging selfish ako, sarili ko lang ang iniisip ko. I never consider what dad will feel in every decisions I made.

"Is everything's alright?" Dad asked me.

"Yes da