CHARI IS BUSY at the coffee shop. It’s eight o’clock in the evening, and that’s the time when people usually eat and drink coffee. Even though she is tired, she still does not forget to smile at the customers. She welcomes them kindly, as well as serves them.
Nanay Mira was currently watching her moving back and forth. “I noticed something,” she said.
Chari stopped immediately to talk to her. “There are a lot of people today, Nay. Since morning.”
Nanay Mira smiled. “Yes, so many more young men than women, right? Notice it, Chari? It’s always been like this, ever since you arrived. I’ve noticed the other one who always seems to be coming in here,” Nanay Mira’s comment.
Chari looked at the whole shop. “I noticed that the new school near here has opened, so maybe they are all from there.”
The two stood for a moment, just enjoying the relaxing moment.
“You have a visitor, Chari,” Nanay Mira said, smiling.
Chari’s face quickly crippled when she saw who it was. “Don’t let that monster continue here! My customers will see him!” Chari said, annoyed.
You can’t stop that loverboy! Haha!” Nanay Mira laughed again. “There he is!”
As soon as he entered the door of the coffee shop, the two looked at each other. Clint was carrying a bouquet of red and white roses, wearing only a simple white t-shirt, black pants, and his favorite white shoes, and his long hair in a high, neat ponytail. He stood up for a moment after entering. All the diners inside the coffee shop couldn’t help but look at him. Clint’s arrival is noteworthy. Who wouldn’t be surprised and happy to see a man carrying a bouquet of flowers?
And when he got close to Chari, “Hi, Ma,” Clint greeted not knowing if he would smile or immediately hand over the flower he was carrying. “Ma, for you.”
Chari did not smile or reach for the flower. ” What’s that, Clint? “You’re really embarrassing!” she said in a low voice.
Clint looked around the entire coffee shop. “What’s so embarrassing about this, Ma? I love you!” He said with a smile. “Accept it, Ma! Come on! Please! I know you don’t like this, but even just now, please,” he said with pleading eyes.
Nanay Mira was trying to hold back her laughter. It’s funny because Clint looks like a fool begging Chari to accept the flower. Nanay Mira also noticed that the teenagers who witnessed Clint’s actions were simply laughing.
“Stop that bullshit! You know, I’m not into that kind of thing! There are so many people here that it is embarrassing! Get out!” Chari pushed Clint out.
“Come on, Ma! It’s only today, okay?” Clint answered, trying to come back, still clutching the bunch of flowers.
Annoyed, Chari took off her apron and threw it on the counter. She saw Clint’s eyebrows raise when he saw what she was wearing.
“What?” Chari exclaimed.
“Ma, what the f**k? That’s why there are so many teenagers here in the shop; because that’s what you’re wearing!” He said with a frown. “Why are you wearing that, Ma? Your crotch is almost out! Those tight shorts are really not a good idea!” Clint continued. “I know that’s a sight, Chari! But, have a little respect for yourself!”
“What’s the problem with what I’m wearing, Clint?” She asked while turning around and showing the entirety of what she was wearing. She was wearing a sexy white denim and tank top. Her two big tattoos on the bottom of her butt are visible. “It’s so hot!” she shouted.
The customers who were there were looking at them. Especially with Chari, when she removed the apron she was wearing to cover her body, the sexiness flagged. Men, especially those teen-agers, feast on her. Even at her age, Chari’s skin is still beautiful and smooth. She has a petite body, so sexy and cute to look at. Her body shape is just something that men and young men look at too, and her short gray hair really suits her fashion style even more. She looks like a cutie anime character in her looks. That’s why Clint almost dragged her out of the coffee shop.
Clint had almost slapped his face with so much annoyance. “The f**n! Come in here, Chari!” He said while grabbing Chari’s right arm and dragging her inside. Clint also put the flower he was carrying on the counter and didn’t really let go of Chari until they got inside the house. Chari couldn’t do anything because Clint was stronger than her.
“What the hell, Clint?” Chari yelled, pulling her arm. “You’re really embarrassing! I’m working! You are pestering me!”
Clint runs his hands through his hair one after the other. “Ma! I’m not pestering you! Look at the way you look! The way you dress! Your business is a coffee shop, not a strip club! Ma, what the f**k?” he yelled.
“You’re really annoying, Clint! How old do you think I am? A f**kin’ teen-ager so you’re not allowing me to wear these clothes? Clint the f******! That’s nonsense!” Chari was still whining. “Then! Is there anyone else who will waste their time staring at this body? Wooh!” She yelled.
“What? What do you think you look like?” Clint shouted. “Did you see those teenagers looking at you lustily? You want me to point out who it is and then I’ll punch his face because I see he bit his lips while staring at you?! What the f**k, Chari! Fix yourself! Tsk! Learn to obey please!”
Chari’s voice was louder. “Clint, do you hear what you’re saying? I’m not your wife for you to act like that! So can you? Stop acting like one!”
Clint’s thick eyebrows met even more. “You’re not my wife? So why am I here now? Then why do I have a child with you? What’s wrong with you Ma!? Why do you keep on pissing me?”
“It’s just your feelings! I don’t want to be attached!” Chari yelled. The two ended up arguing. They were both yelling at each other.
“What are you saying? What you are saying hurts me!” Clint calmed down.
Chari couldn’t help herself anymore. “Then why are you still following us? Why bother my son and me again? I don’t want it, Clint! I don’t want you anymore! That’s why I left again!”
“Ma, what are you talking about? That’s why I came here for you, you and Clyde, because you left me again! Can’t you at least appreciate my effort? I bought flowers in the hopes of making you smile, and then-then-that’s what you’d say to me! It hurts, Ma. Don’t be like that.” Clint said with a frown. He almost cried.
“It hurts? Do you know what it hurts?” Chari shouted. She couldn’t stop herself anymore. “It hurts you to come back! It hurts because you will make my son and I depend on you again! That’s what hurts Clint!” she said tearfully. “I don’t want to hurt Clyde! You’re just hurting him!” she sobs.
Clint didn’t say a word. He couldn’t stop the tears either. “What is that, Ma? What are you talking about?” he simply cried. “I came back, didn’t I? That’s why I came back; I don’t want to keep you and Clyde waiting because I know you’ve started to feel bad for me again, so don’t think about me like that, please,” after that, he wiped the tears from his cheeks.
“Go away, Clint! You’re just bothering us! We don’t need you!” Chari said, turning her back on Clint. But..
“Mom?”
“Ugh! Clyde?” Chari was shocked to find Clyde behind her.
“Dad?” He saw Clint.
Clint immediately smiled when he saw Clyde. He approached his son eagerly. “Hi, baby? Hello.”
“Dad, Sir Clint? Why are you crying? ” Clyde asked softly.
“It’s your mom,” Clint answered, still sniffling, then looking at Chari.
“Mom’s voice was so loud that I woke up. Did she yell at you and make you cry?” Clyde asked again.
Clint just laughed at what his son said. He picked him up and kissed him repeatedly. Clyde’s body has shrunk a bit now because he has lost weight and is even lighter because he is taking more medicine than food. He can’t eat anything because he’s avoiding some food allergies. He became a bit gentler and weaker, like a baby.
“You really are an angel in disguise, Clyde. You always save me from Mom’s anger,” Clint whispered to his son, then glanced at his mother.
Chari didn’t react. Clint and Clyde left her and went upstairs.
“Dad, are you going to sleep here?”
“Yes, baby, Dad will never leave.”
“How about Tejie?”
“We have already talked.”
The father and son keep on talking sweetly. Clyde’s eyes were full of joy because his father, Sir Clint, was there again. Clint felt the same way and eagerly hugged his son, not minding if Chari would kick his ass out of the house.
“Your mother? She’s mad at me again. ”
“That’s okay, Dad. Later, she won’t be angry anymore. That’s just how Mom is.”
“You take care of me, huh? When I get kicked out, huh?” Clint said, laughing.
“Yes, Dad, I’ll come with you when she kicks you out,” Clyde answered with a smile. also joined in his father’s foolishness.
Chari just can’t do anything when Clyde intervenes. Even though she was seething with anger, she could not oppose her son, especially when she saw that he was happy.
CHARI’S POV
Why is that?
Here we go again, back to the beginning. It hasn’t even been long since we got home, and he is now following us. What is he really planning? He will follow us here, stay with us, and then his mind will be on the two he left behind in Manila. It was so stupid of me to accept him! Is he just playing? He ruined my good mood earlier! And then what if I’m wearing these? If my shorts are too short, he just reacts! What am I a teenager for him to ban me? Bad trip! I was really ashamed of how he reacted earlier, that he got angry just because of what I was wearing!
I’m sure he’s in Clyde’s room, and I also know that he will sleep there! I do not know! I’m just really annoyed with him! I hope it’s okay to just forgive and forget what will happen, but can I? Can I really do it? I’m disgusted with myself. I think I’m going to eat back everything I said! When I saw Clyde earlier saying that he was so happy to see Clint, my mind was suddenly confused. It’s good that he didn’t cry because I know he heard everything I said to his dad, who looked like a fool earlier with his flowers, but it turns out that he’s the one who’s mad at me instead of me! Clyde doesn’t want me to bully his father. He adores his father, Sir Clint, very much.
But on the other hand, I really laughed a little and was also thrilled by his appearance earlier. Everyone in the shop was looking at us. It’s just stupid, right? But why is he here? He must have run away from his wife again!
I’m a little dizzy again. I’m forgetting again. I’m two months late. I’m not sure if I’m pregnant, but I did mention it to Nay Mira. That’s why he got mad at me when Clyde and I went home without informing Clint, as well as when I told him that I was ending everything with Clint. She said, “Should I repeat that I am pregnant and hide it from the father again?” It’s true… I don’t know why. I won’t let Clint know because I’m not sure yet. Maybe it’s just delayed. But, I’m feeling a little strange. I hope Nay Mira doesn’t mention it because she told me that she will tell Clint as soon as she sees it so that I can stop my foolishness. I just hope that Nanay Mira doesn’t mention it. Not yet.
MEANWHILE..
I can’t believe what I found out earlier. I just stopped myself because I was almost peeing from being so happy. I’m going to be Dad at Sir Clint’s again! To this day, I am still thrilled! Mama Chawas was two months delayed. That means I got her pregnant during their stay in Manila! OK! I’m really restless! But Nanay Mira said I shouldn’t say that I know. Nanay Mira said that she was not yet sure if it was true because she was already old enough to be pregnant. But neither! Mama Cha is still very active in bed. Maybe during those times, that’s why she’s so horny: she’s fertile! I now know a little about things like that. I really read about women because I was stupid when Mama Cha wasn’t around. I love to f**k but don’t want any pregnancies. That’s why I studied to avoid that. Lissie just got through, but it’s a good thing and it didn’t work out, which means our blood doesn’t match, that’s why! So Mama Cha and I, which means everything is a match for us, because even though she is thirty-eight, she is still catching up! I hope there is a way to have twins right away. How? Can I just make love to her every day? Is there a possibility for that to happen?
I’m so excited! I’m going to tell Ben and Nick too, but we’ll keep it a secret for now. Ugh! I’m so happy! I don’t care if I’m overreacting, but that feeling is really different! I wasn’t with her when she was pregnant with Clyde, and I also didn’t take care of Clyde when he was a baby. Maybe this time I can do everything for her! So I always have to behave. I shouldn’t let her head get hot because I don’t know what else might happen to her. I’ll just put up with everything she does to me, everything she says, so she doesn’t get hurt! Just like before, it made me cry again! She’s so mad at me again that I’m sure I look like a kid again!
AAAAAAAH! I feel like screaming. But Clyde is already asleep. He might wake up. I’m in his room right now, and we’re next to each other in bed. Mama Cha hasn’t come out of her room since we finished arguing. I’m not going to talk to her for a moment, so she will be in a good mood tomorrow. I’m going to sleep even though I know I won’t be able to sleep, because I’m so happy I’ll try. Maybe I’ll just stay here even if she gets angry; it’s up to her, but I won’t leave!
Thank you Lord. I knew that our trouble would end, so you gave us a blessing. I know, Lord, that we are really for each other, so you let it happen. Thank you very much, Lord. I promise I won’t hurt Chari’s feelings. I love Mama Cha and Clyde very much. I will do everything to give them a beautiful and peaceful life, I promise.
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