CHAPTER FIVE

MIZAGH'S 'POV

Hindi mawala ang excitement ko. I don’t know. Maybe I am confident that Fynn is my son. I just know and feel it.

We are here in a restaurant I owned to discuss the results of the DNA. I sent my guards to summon and guide them here. Of course, I know their complete address.

Gayunpaman, hindi mawala ang tingin ko kay Fern ngayon. Kita ko ang balisa sa mukha niya. I gritted my teeth.

Ayaw ba talaga niyang ako ang kilalaning ama ni Fynn? Ganoon ba hanggang ngayon kababa ang tingin niya sa akin? That I am still 'the poor boy she met' at hindi kayang buhayin ang anak ko?

Fuck…

Just how elitist are you, Fern?!

“If the results are true, kukunin ko ang anak ko, Fern. I can take legal action against you for concealing my child from me. I’ll do everything to win the case. But if you let me have my child…. I will dismiss it. Hindi ko itutuloy ang kaso.”

“What??” Namula agad sa galit si Fern habang nakatingin sa akin.

“Don’t worry, I will still give you the right to see our child once a week—”

“No, akin lang ang anak ko!”

Tumawa ako. “Why? Do you think I couldn't do it, Fern? Na akala mo you are still superior? Sorry, but I could do more than you, Fern. Kaya kong bilhin kahit ang pagkatao mo.”

“How dare you?!”

Magsasalita pa sana ako nang itinaas ni Fynn ang kamay niya. Natigilan kaming pareho ni Fern.

“You two talk as if I can't decide on my own…” nauuyam na wika ng bata.

“N-no baby, we’re just talking about what’s right for you. And you will choose Mom, right?” malambing na sambit ni Fern sa anak.

Tch.

“Fynn, I am richer than your mom. You can get anything you want if you’re with me. You can travel the world if you want. Don’t worry, I will still let you visit your mom,” singit ko naman.

Sinamaan agad ako ng tingin ni Fern.

“Okay, I've decided!”

Pareho kaming natigilan ni Fern, parehong kinakabahan…

“I decide to choose Mr. Dela Cerda if he turns out to be my father!”

Ngumiti agad ako nang malawak. It was a genuine one. Walang mapaglagyan ang tuwa ko.

“Attaboy! Good choice, Fynn…” galak na wika ko saka tiningnan si Fern nang may tagumpay na ngiti. Nakita ko naman na halos maiyak si Fern…

See that, Fern? Even your son knows what's good….

“F-Fynn, how can you do that to me? How can you choose that random guy over your mother?!” garalgal na sambit ni Fern. And I find it funny..

Ngumiti lang naman si Fynn ngunit pilyong ngiti iyon na ikinakunot ng noo ko.

What the hell is this kid scheming…

“Don’t worry, Mom. If I choose my father, you will no longer have to worry about me. And you can date Mr. Frank na.”

Doon nawala ang ngiti ko at agad na nag-igting ang panga ko.

Who’s Frank?!

Tumingin naman sa akin ang bata na may pilyong ngiti pa rin. “Since you and Dad are not on good terms, I approved Mr. Frank to be my mother’s lover. How lonely would she be if I were gone and went with my dad?”

This child… did he scheme this on his own?!

Tumingin ako kay Fern para alamin kung plano niya, but she was utterly shocked too..

“So promise me, Mr. Dela Cerda, that if it turns out that you are my dad, I will be in your care, ha? And you will let Mom date Mr. Frank?”

Hindi agad ako nakaimik. Sunod-sunod na mura ang ginawa ko sa utak ko.

Fern dating that bastard named Frank? No way… As if! Fern is mine!

Ugh!

I’m supposed to be mad at her! I should not care about her anymore… This damn heart!

Magsasalita pa sana ako nang dumating ang bodyguard ko dala ang resulta ng DNA. Tila miraglong nawala ang excitement ko na malaman na anak ko si Fynn. I was already confident that Fynn is my son.

And I was not really mistaken…

Confirmed. Fynn is really my child.

Kita ko naman ang gulat sa mga mata ni Fern. As if she never expected it.

Damn it. Why the hell is she even shocked? We had sex several times. We fucked each other. I filled her with my seed almost everyday back then…

May nakasiping pa ba siyang iba bukod sa akin?! Is she expecting some other guy to be Fynn's father?

I gritted my teeth.

Ngunit nabaling agad ang atensiyon sa anak ko.

“So, Dad, do you agree with our deal? Na mom can date with Mr. Frank if sasama ako sa iyo? After all, you don’t love Mom anymore, right?”

I remained utterly speechless for a whole damn minute…

But my son stepped closer to me and whispered so that only he and I could hear.

My heart raced.

“Can’t agree? So you do still love my mom, huh? You pathetic old man…”

This kid?!