Chapter 3: Speechless

I thought we will just have a snack but now tita Em-Em said that we should stay for dinner.

"Are you not happy that you will stay here until dinner? We will have more time to chat to each other, don't you want that?" Tita Akichiyo ask me.

"N-no it's not like that, I want to go home and review because I have a exam next week." I hope she understands me.

"You have your reviewer with you, right?" She ask me again.

"Yes" I said while nodding my head.

"There's a study room here, you can use that"

"No, it's fine thank you. My mama taught me that we shouldn't enter rooms without the owners permission."

"Wait for me here" She said. My eyes follows her, she went to tita Em-Em and whispered something, then she goes back to me.

"Em-Em said yes, you can use the study room. Now that you have Em-Em's permission, should we go upstairs?"

I gave her a nod.

"Follow me I'll lead the way."

I followed her.

"Are you close to tita Em-Em that much?" I can't help to ask.

"Back when she was still in Japan she's my personal maid."

She answers.

"Oh, you're tita Em-Em's boss, how come that didn't come in my mind? I ask my self.

"Maybe because you don't meddle with other people lives"

After she said that we both laugh.

We stop at a front of a door, she opens it.

"This is the study room, come on." She went inside and I follow her.

She offered me to seat.

"What happen to tita Em-Em, why isn't she your personal maid anymore?" I look like a gossiper here.

She took a deep breath before answering my question. It looks like it's a hard question for her.

"My husband hired her when I was pregnant, within seven months of pregnancy I had a miscarriage. It took me a year to recover, I nearly got crazy, every day I blame my self. When we ask my Ob-gyn if I can still be pregnant, she said I only have 2% of chance. 3 years later, we ask her again and she said that I don't have a chance anymore. That broke my heart. That's when Em-Em suggested that we should adapt a child. And that's the reason why we are here. As a thank you to Em-Em we offered her to rebuild their new house."

My jaw drops when I hear her story.

"You said that I was brave, but you are braver." I couldn't help to hug her, a tear escape my eyes.

"Thank you,Sebrianna"

"Have you found a child that you want to adapt?" I ask her while we still hugging each other.

"Not yet" She answered. "Okay I'll stop talking to you for now, you should review."

She slipped out from my embrace.

I thought she will go outside, but I was wrong she sat beside and watch me to review. It looks like she's enjoying watching me.

After a few hours I'm done reviewing.

"Are you done? " she ask me.

"Yes."

"We can stay here until they call us for dinner, I'm more comfortable to talk to you in private"

"Yeah, that's fine with me." "I really want to know why are you so nice to me?"

" I feel comfortable being around you, and I feel like the soul my child is in you, I can see her in you"

And just like that we continue to talk until tita Em-Em calls us.

"Wow, you two are getting along, that's nice" Tita Em-Em said.

Me and tita Akichiyo just chuckled.

"Can you take Sabrianna with you, I'll go check on Haru" tita Akichiyo said.

"Of course" Tita Em- Em replied. "Let's go, Seb"

While we were going downstairs tita Em-Em speaks."If you will continue to talk to her, and be close to her I'm sure she will adapt you."

"Pardon? That's impossible, there's no way Tita Akichiyo would like to adapt someone like me" I shrugged.

"Why? What's wrong with you? If I were Aki I will adapt you."

I laugh. "Stop talking none sense, tita"

"Hmmm, suit yourself, if you don't want to believe me, then don't" After she said that she went outside to call her friends.

*(ON THE OTHER HAND,AKI AND HARU IS TALKING)*

"Oh, you're awake" Aki said.

"Yeah, I just woke up" Her husband replies.

"Let's go downstairs dinner is ready."

"Sure, just give me a minute I will get ready"

"Sure,sure take you time. Uhm, hon." She calls her husband.

"Yes?" He answer.

"I think I saw the perfect child to adapt"

"Really? Who?" he ask.

"Sabrianna"

"The girl you just met?"

"Yeah, I know that I just met her but I feel comfortable when I'm with her. Since yesterday, I've talked to too many kids but I did not feel any comfortability with them, unlike Sabrianna."

"Yeah, I'm fine with that, why don't we stay here for another week and see if you really like her?"

"I'm fine with that."

Haru gave his wife a smile and kisses her forehead.

"Let's go downstairs, I'm sure they are waiting for us"

Then they go downstairs.

"To be honest, I can see our daughter in Sabrianna" Haru said.

Aki gasp. " I also see her in Sabrianna!"

Haru laugh. "Then that's great."

Before Aki,Haru and Em-Em ate dinner, Aki told Em-Em about their decision to adapt Sabrianna.

"Just what I thaught, you will like her haha" Wm-Em laugh.

"We want to announce it after eating dinner, so keep your mouth shut until dinner is finish" Aki said.

"You sounded like you don't trust me"

" I don't really trust you." Aki said.

"You're so mean." Then Em-Em pouted her lips

*(BACK TO SABRIANNA'S POV)*

After we ate dinner, tita Akichiyo said that she has something to announce. Together with our neighbors, we are in living room at tita Em-Em's house.

"I don't want to keep you waiting, so I'll say it now. You all know that we are looking kid to adapt, as of today I found the perfect kid that I want to adapt"

"Oh, really? Well that's great"

"Wow that's awesome"

"Let's see who I that lucky kid."

Our neighbors whispering to each other.

I heard a kid," Well, it's so obvious that she's gonna chose me, she talk to me yesterday and she said that she like me" the kid said.

The other kid replied. " I doubt that"

"Hmmp, just wait and see" She said then rolled her eyes on the other kid.

"I feel comfortable talking to her, she resembles my daughter, and it's no other than you, Sebrianna" She points at me.

For a moment, my whole world stops.