Afam Temptation

biggest lie

Ang mission ni Froilan sa Israel. Ito ang palaging kinatatakutan ng buong pamilya ni Froilan. Ang bawat pag-alis ng binata ay walang kasiguraduhan kung makakabalik pa ba ito ng buhay o hindi na. Ang dalawang dalagang kapatid nito na babae ay halos ayaw na siyang bitawan. Sa bawat pag-alis niya ay sipon at luha ang kanilang pabaon.

Sa tatlong buwan na pananatili ni Froilan. Naipakilala na ni Froilan si Lara sa kanyang pamilya. At napagkasundoan na nila na maging official ang kanilang relasyon. They shared their sweetest moments everyday na parang sinusulit nila ang mga oras bago magkahiwalay dahil sa trabaho ng binata. Naipakilala na rin ni ng dalaga si Froilan sa mga magulang nito na nasa Canada. Ipinapangako ni Froilan na bibisitahin niya ang mga ito kapag maayos siyang makakabalik mula sa kanyang mission.

Sa kanilang pagkakalayo everyday is a challenge lalo na si Froilan na tuloyan ng nahulog ang loob kay Larabelle. Sigurado na siyang kay Larabelle Montijo siya bubuo ng isang masayang pamilya. Dahil sa pagnanais na makakauwi ng maayos si Froilan. Triple ang kanyang pag-iingat para makauwi siya ng ligtas para sa kanyang pamilya at kasintahan. Sa mundo ng pakikipag digmaan walang kasiguraduhan ang bawat buhay ng mga mandirigma. Every soldiers life are walking in the tiny thread or the strand of hair. They played a lottery of lucks because they need to gamble to return safe or to go to the end zone of their lives.

Isang mahirap na situation na hindi nararamdaman o kayang unawain ng ibang pamilya, kamag-anakan o kaibigan. Minsan dapat nating pagnilayan kung gaano ba kahirap ang sacrifices ng ating mga sundalo o alagad ng bansa para tayo o ang ating bansa ay protektahan. Mula sa mga masasamang mamamayan na ang nais lang naman ang gumawa ng gulo at maging perwisyo sa ating bayan. It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters.

Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called 'peacekeeping forces' into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be oppossed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.

Kung kaya lang sana ng lahat na unawain ang bawat isa. Hindi na natin kailangan na magkagulo pa. Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, can even enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.

In this world, whenever there is light, there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exist, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars and hatred is born to protect love.

“Hey Capt. Smith! What are you writing?”Froilan's co-captain Asher Carter asked.

“I am writing a world peace letter for God so that he will bless and keep us safe,”sagot naman ni Froilan.

“Oh c'mon captain Smith. Your just like a hopeless poetry's of war saying “If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations. When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.” Captain Carter jokingly shared his own thoughts.

Kaya nagtawanan silang dalawa. Captain Carter is a Fil-Am soldier too just like him. They have a house in America but his family stayed in the Philippines and they run a good businesses.

“Basta mag-iingat lang tayo palagi bro. May kailangan pa akong pakasalan pagkatàpos ng mission natin,”sabi ni captain Asher.

“Oh really? Ibig sabihin napasagot mo na ang mahal mong iguana?”surprisang reaction ni Froilan sa sinabi ng kaibigan.

“F*ck you Smith hindi iguana ang mahal ko. She was strict, and has her standard rules but I know deep inside she is kind. Bubuntisin ko na yon kapag makauwi tayo ng ligtas sa America,”sabi pa ni Asher.

“Baliw kana nga captain Carter.”

Sa kabilang banda naman umabot na ng pitong buwan hindi parin nakauwi ang kasintahan ni Lara na si Froilan na nasa mission sa Israel. Nangungulila na siya sa binata lalo na at hindi ito maaaring tumawag sa kanya o kahit sa pamilya nito.

Malaki na ang umbok ng kanyang tiyan. Halata na ang kanyang baby bump at medyo gumagalaw na ang baby sa kanyang sinapupunan.

“Hey lady! What are you thinking and you seem to be in your deep thoughts?”the guy asked.

“Im just thinking how I cheated my boyfriend. I promise to him that I will wait his comeback,”Lara sadly answered.

“Oh c'mon Larabelle, a month he left you cheated him already. So why you didn't try to move on. You have to breakup with him if he returns home from his mission, if he comes home alive. I was the one who courted you, the one who f*ck you first but you valued someone else. We had s*x before I was transferred to Washington DC but you agreed to someone else to be your boyfriend,”the man said.

“Because I don't love you John. You just fullfilled my needs. We're just a f*ck buddy for pate sake,”sigaw ni Lara.

“Really Larabelle? We're just a f*ck body? How about our child? You framed his family to believe your lie that you have a baby with their son. You're not ashamed of yourself? You're making a mistake then you're still making other mistakes,”john said.

“You seduced me. I told you that I had a boyfriend already. But you didn't try to listen to me,”lara said.

“Seduced? We do s*x when we need lust and pleasure before Lara. Having s*x with each other is not new to us. But luckily this time you got pregnant. I will tell him that the child in your womb is my flesh,”the man sarcastically said.

“No,no,no....please don't! I love him already and I don't want to lost him. If you tell him then I will kill this baby in my womb,”lara panicly said.

“Larabelle!”the man shouted.

“You're sick, okay I will keep quiet but on one condition. You will not reject me when I need you Lara,"the man said.

We’ve all had those moments when the weight of past mistakes and regrets feels overwhelming. It’s easy to get stuck in a loop of “what ifs” and “if onlys,” but remember, you’re not alone. Everyone experiences regret; it’s a universal part of being human. We ruminate on suffering, regret, and sorrow. We chew on them, swallow them, bring them back up, and eat them again and again. If we’re feeding our suffering while we’re walking, working, eating, or talking, we are making ourselves victims of the ghosts of the past, of the future, or our worries in the present. We’re not living our lives,”this is what Lara felt like after committing a mistake.

Regretting, is like an old friend, sometimes visits without invitation but always teaches a lesson. Sometimes it's a kind of ghost haunting the corridors of your past decisions.

The past cannot be changed, forgotten, edited, or erased; it can only be accepted.

No amount of guilt can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.

Tumawag ang ina ni Froilan kay Lara at ibinalitang pauwi na ang binata. Gusto nilang surprisahin ito ng magandang balita. Matigas na napalunok si Lara ng kanyang laway. She was afraid about John na baka ibuko siya nito tungkol sa kanyang pagdadalang tao. Kung gusto niyang mapanatili ang relasyon nila ni Froilan kailangan niyang sundin ang mga kagustuhan ni John. Kailangan niyang makipagtalik dito kahit nasa relasyon sila ni Froilan.

Kinabukasan nga ay kasama niya ang pamilya ng kasintahan para salubongin ito sa camp. Dala ang magandang balita para sa kasintahan. Kinakabahan man ay nais niyang panindigan ang gagawing kasinungalingan. Nakikita rin niya ang kagalakan ng buong pamilya. Mula ng malaman ng mga ito na buntis siya hindi ito nagkulang ng pagsuporta sa kanya. Ninais pa nga ng mga ito na lumipat na siya sa bahay ng pamilya ni Froilan. Ngunit hindi siya maaaring lumipat dahil kasama niya si John sa kanyang apartment. Ngayon ngang umuwi na si Froilan kailangan na niyang lumipat.

Kahapon ay agad niyang inimpaki ang kanyang mga gamit. Yong mga importante lang ang kanyang dinala. Nagalit pa nga si John Lewis dahil bakit kailangan pa daw niyang lumipat. Kailangan pa niyang magpaliwanag ng maayos dito para iintindihin ang situation. Kalaunan ay napapayag rin niya ito pero may mga kondisyon tungkol sa pagkikita nila.

“Lara hija his coming!”sabi ng ina ni Froilan. Agad niyang itinakip sa umbok ng kanyang tiyan ang banner na may nakasulat na “Welcome Home Honey!”

Abot langit ang ngiti ni Froilan ng makita sila. Agad itong tumakbo at nagmano sa mga magulang at yumakap sa mga kapatid. Nag group hug pa ang mga ito, pagkatapos ay nilapitan siya. “I love you honey, do you miss me?”unang pagkakataon na sinabihan siya ng I love you ni Froilan.

Napaiyak si Lara sa kanyang narinig saka niya ibinaba ang banner para makita ni Froilan ang kanyang baby bump.

“W-what??? Is it real? Magkaka-baby na tayo? Labis na pagkagulat ang naging reaksiyon ni Froilan. Tumango si Lara bilang sagot. Kaya napaluhod ang binata at niyapos ang balakang ni Lara at mabining hinalikan ang umbok ng tiyan ni Lara. Napaluha pa ang binata sa kagalakan. Ito na nga ang umpisa ng kanyang pangarap na bumuo ng masayang pamilya......