NINETEEN YEARS GAP.
Yes, you've read it right. Not just three or just five nor ten but nineteen years gap.
I am 36
While he's 17 years old when we met each other.
I called him 'dong'
While He called me 'tita' at first.
I'm a City woman
While he's a province guy when he decided to stop studying and find a job at young age in my place
.I'm his boss and best friend
While he's my best friend and worker.
I'm a single 36 years old woman
While he's in a relationship teenager guy when he started chatting me on Facebook.
It started from ‘Hi aunt'
And became ‘Can I court you, aunt?’
Until it turns to ‘I love you, aunt?
And ends with ‘I'll tell my papa soonest, babe. Don't worry’
Days, weeks, months and a year had passed judgements and gossips were everywhere. But we chose to ignore them and lived in our own world.
But not until...
I turned 37 years old
While he turned in a legal age when we decided to meet his father.
"Yes pa! you're on your way now?" he said to someone over the phone. "Okay pa, bye take care!"
He ended the call and walked towards me.
"Are you ready, babe?" he asked.
I don't know what to say, I felt nervous. I'm about to meet my boyfriend's parents who almost had the same age as mine, he was considered as my son for Pete's sake!
But we took it, I took it. I fell in love with him, they say age doesn't matter right? I don't know, but I know that age has nothing to do with love.
"I'm here!" a very familiar manly voice announced.
As I looked up to check who came, my world literally stopped when I saw my ex-husband who left me many years ago.
"G-Grace?" he said, shocked.
My heart started beating rapidly.
"R-Rex?" I uttered between my trembling voice.
"Wait babe, you knew my father?"
You knew my father?
You knew my father?
You knew my father?
THAT WORD GOT ECHOED IN MY EARS BUT I JUST IGNORED IT
"Long time no see grace, what are you doing here?" My ex-husband ask me, but I still answered him "Uhm having a bonding with my new boyfrien?"
I saw a shock impression in his face but i jus ignored him "so where is your new boyfriend then?"
I pointed jake at my side "him why" I saw a shock impression again in his face and suddenly it became a mad impression, i don't know why his impression became mad
"You and jake can't be together grace I'm your ex-husband" i turned my head on jake's spot and look at his face, i saw shock in him "how?" He murmured and look at me
"I don't care if you are my ex-husband, we love each other rex so back off"
"You and jake can't be together grace, his your son for Pete's sake" he angrily said to me, i don't know what to say slight of me felt happy cause i already saw my son but half of me is sad because my son is my boyfriend for a years
I turned my gazed on jake my son but i just saw a water flowing down through his eyes and also a shock plastered in his face, i hug him but he just push me away from him "so, your my long lost mom?, you lied to me, did you know all about this?" He shouted angrily to me but i just shrugged my head and suddenly my tears start falling down
"Let's break up grace and also I can't accept you as my mother" he shouted at me and walk away from us, I want to follow him but Rex grab my hand and hug me "this is my last hug with you before we go to another country, so take care here" rex said before walk away too
I just cry and cry because of sadness and disappointment for my self not until my heart got ache I felt, I can't breathe and my eyesight got blurred before I close my eyes I murmured something "I love you as a boyfriend and a son, take care of your self, I hope you'll forgive me son" Goodbye son and Rex
And everything went black
Grace Santiago
Date of death: December 13
Time of death: 4:21P.M
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