That Doctor Is Mine

He can’t blame Avah for acting like that. Because of all that happened, Avah was the most hurt and affected. Every time Davien goes home he feels that the house is worthless if Avah is not there. The once happy ambiance of their home became dull and empty.

Davien did not know how a week had passed. They buried the unborn baby and Avah named it Angelo. Her little angel. Their little angel.

Avah’s cold treatment to Davien scares him. She felt that her most feared moment was coming. If she is ignored, Avah wants Davien to come out or come closer to her. But every time the husband leaves, he cries. Repented and only hurt more.

When Avah was discharged from the hospital, she decided to go to her mother first while Davien did not know that she would be released. Because Avah requested not to let her husband know that. Shortly after Avah was released from the hospital, she first visited her son’s grave. She caresses the beautiful name of the child engraved on the tombstone and cries with all her heart.

Davien on the other hand, he always stare at his son’s room. She is holding her brand new nipples, clothes, the crib, the toys she and her husband bought for baby Angelo. One night he was there sleeping in the child’s room. He stared at Angelo’s only photo every night. The ultrasound picture of her little angel. Sometimes he is holding the wedding album of his wife. Then her tears would always suddenly fall.

When Avah arrives at the mother’s house, she doesn’t expect the annulment paper to be in Jacintha’s care. Jacintha saw it just sitting on the chair so she took it thinking it was an important document. Avah picked up that which was now on the mother’s desk.

When Avah was alone she stared at the papers. As the tears flowed he picked up a ballpen that had just been placed on the bedside table. He signed the annulment paper and cried all night.

The next morning he sent the paper to the old house. Davien will take care of it.

“Mom? Can you take me somewhere else? It’s just the two of us. Far far away …” Avah said while a few tears were dripping from her eyes.

Davien is just drinking. Lots of scattered bottles of wine in the house. He feel so sad and wasted. Her life seemed meaningless. Even more so when he received the annulment paper with his wife’s signature.

One morning he just woke up that Avah was no longer in the country. His life became meaningless on that day onward.

“I love you too, Davien. I promise we won’t break up.”

Davien always remembers Avah’s promise. Promise until the passage of time is held by Davien.

“Good morning, Dr. Sebastian.” The female nurses greeted Davien as soon as he entered the hospital.

“Good morning.” Davien replied to them as he continue walking heading to his office.

Two years … two years have passed since Avah left. So much happened in those two years, and almost everything was not good. Davien tried to search for his wife. But it’s really hard to find someone who doesn’t want to search. Davien became a drinker for the first month when his wife left him. His profession was in danger. Davien locked himself in the house. Every day drunk, sometimes visiting the child. When he regained consciousness, he returned to work and was still admitted to the hospital. Will his doctor still let him go? Since then, he has tried to find Avah but nothing. He also visits Mother Segunda every month, speculating that his wife may have already visited. Mother Segunda always gives him a word of encouragement and the old nun believes that there is still a future waiting for the two of them.

And even during those two years, his love for the woman did not fade. He will always love Avah until his last breath. And when they meet again, Davien will correct everything he did wrong two years ago.

In two years Avah has changed so much. When they first arrived in Nevada, USA all she did was cry. Jacintha established her own property in Nevada so when Avah asked to stay away, she took it there.

Although Jacintha wants Avah to go back to her husband, she can’t do anything because she is already hurt. Should the child be the only one who understands and forgives? Avah is always an idiot. he asks the Lord.

Why is my child still there?

Is this really what you want?

Is this really destined for me?

But even so, Avah did not lose her faith in God. Until one day, he woke up wanting to change himself. She asked for Jacintha’s help. And Jacintha taught the child how to get up again. Not as Avah who is always crying, weak and defeated. But a version of her who can stand against bully, who can showcase her own beauty confidently. An Avah that she herself never expected to exist. She become someone else. A woman who wear high heels, elegant dresses, wore make-up, attend parties, style her hair, talk English and work as a magazine model.

Jacintha’s superstar status made a huge stepping stone for Avah’s beautiful career in the Nevada modeling industry to flourish. Avah is not the type of model who shows off the body. Although he has changed a lot, he has remained conservative. Avah models mostly jewelry, makeup, cosmetics and sophisticated styles of dress. Since the couple disappeared in the Philippines, they have not heard from each other again. They left their life in the Philippines and start anew. They shut media from the country because Avah doesn’t want Davien to know where he is.

Until the day came when Avah had to return to the Philippines. The death anniversary of her baby Angelo is approaching. She can forget all the pain caused by her ex -husband but she can’t forget that she once became a mother.

“What if you meet Davien in the Philippines? Are you ready to see him again?” Jacintha asked Avah. The mother and daughter were side by side on the first class airplane they boarded back to the Philippines.

“Do I have to get myself ready, mom?” Avah asked in her slight Nevada accent. “If we’re to bump each other again, I’ll take that as God’s will.” Avah smiled. The red matte lipstick pasted on her lips look so elegant and classy.

She wanted to act cool. But deep within her, she’s shaking in nervousness and fear. Fear of facing her former husband. Because if she did, she might just fall here again and again. Even two years later, Avah’s ex -husband is still in her heart.

“Hi, ma’am. Good morning, do you want anything ma’am?” A flight attendant approached.

“Yes, please. Do you have any Italian dishes here?” Avah asked the beautiful lady nicely.

“Yes, ma’am. We have Margherita Pizza and Focaccia Bread.”

When Avah heard the last dish, she thought back to the time Davien suddenly came to her house. She was eating Focaccia Bread as her dinner, then Davien knocked on her door, she called the food junk as well as her apartment. The dish brought a lot of painful memories to Avah but in the end she preferred the bread.

Why … why do I have to love you all these years? I wonder if you are happy with Alexa now. No matter what you r life have become, I will still be happy for you, Davien. And I will always be grateful that I experience to be a mother even for just a short period of time … Avah’s brain whispered while staring at the blue and white clouds. She feel so close to her baby boy.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

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“Come on, are you leaving?” Gael opened up to her friend when she saw him coming out of the hospital.

“I’ll take a leave today. I will visit my son.” Davien said with sadness in his voice.

“Oh shoot. Of course!” Gael rubbed his forehead because he just forgot how sensitive this day was for Davien. “I’m sorry, bro.”

“It’s okay.” Davien replied with a lonely smile. “Catch you later, Gael.”

Davien exited the hospital and then he drove his Maybach to the cemetery where baby Angelo is buried. On his way he bought a large basket of flowers.

Almost all types of flowers are present in the basket. Alstroemeria, azaleas, gypsophilia also known as baby’s breath, daffodil, daisy, roses, tulips and many more which costs P2, 000 included the basket.

Davien also has a customized note tied to the basket holder. He drove his car inside the cemetery and parked it in the parking lot.

Davien also laminated the ultrasound picture of baby Angelo and produced several copies. He even enlarged the picture, placed it in a large picture frame and hung it in the living room of his house. He loved his son so much that he didn’t even see him.

Davien put down the flower he was carrying and laid out a picnic mat. She also brought baby Angelo’s nipple with milk on it, baby biscuits and fruits. He sat down next to the child and talked to him.

“It’s been two years, baby Angelo …” Davien lit up the candle. “You could have been one and a half years old now if you hadn’t left us mommy.” Then his tears dropped. Every time he think of how happy he felt when he could have had a happy family, Davien couldn’t help but to get emotional all over. “I miss you, and mommy too. I miss you both.” He caressed the engraved name of his son. Very nice name.

Rest in peace

Angelo R. Sebastian

In loving memories of Mommy and Daddy

Davien also caressed the ‘Mommy” engraved on the child”s tombstone. He has been alone for two years. He never felt this alone in his entire life. Even if he and his father and half brother agreed, it was still not enough to fill his longing for his mother and father.

Davien spent two hours in his son”s side and he left around 9:25 A. M.

Just minutes later Avah’s car entered the cemetery. She can drive herself to places now. Because the glass of their vehicles was both high tilted, they did not realize that they had met.