At the Hut

She felt like too listless to take a walk that day. So she wanna stay at the mansion. At the garden she just preferred to sit early in the morning. And another reason, she would wait for Rod to arrive. Her late aunt Stella's son.

"Mom please. We'll be here before the sun goes down. If you don't want to, I'll just go with Mang Sendo."

"The more that I won't let you go. You won't leave the mansion without me. It's a big N-O. But promise tomorrow, I'll take you on a tour of the whole hacienda. There are many more days for us to see around.

"Zav let your son to enjoy. Let him experience a happy vacation here in the mansion, "Donya Trinidad said happily.

Her grandmother intervene as it heard the groan of her great grandson. So she told Zav to give in to what her son wants to and thus experience a happy vacation in the province.

"W e're here to see and take care of you."

"I know, Zav. We have housemates. I'll just call them, don't worry. I'm fine here with your mom beside me."

They're at the veranda with Zaviah's mommy. Watching the flowers in the garden.

"Yes we're fine here. Go with your son," Cynthia said.

"Yeheyy !!" Gadel jumping for joy.

"Okay you win. Where do you think we are going?"

As she smiled asking it to her son. She did not know where they were going for a walk.

"Its harvesting of mangoes today on the cliff. You can go there with your son," Donya Trinidad suggested.

"Okay grandma we'll go there."

Zaviah has led her son. They will go to the stable and get a horse to ride.

"I think I got an idea, mom."

"What is it?"

"What if, we will go with dad."

She stopped and looked at the her son. She didn't know how to explain that she didn't want to be with her father so often. But she couldn't stand it either. She is trying to give everything. The best that could make her son happy. What if Miguel is the one who could be the joy for the kid.

"Okay son!"

With great joy her little kid even kissed her. And it had a slight strange pinch in his heart.

"Then call him now, mom."

She could do nothing but grab her cellphone from her pocket.

"I'm calling him."

"Wow yes. It would more fun to go with daddy," Gadel said.

"That is his number on the screen. If there is someone answering on the other end, that is he probably. So tell him to go with us to the Mango Farm on the plateau."

She handed her phone to her son. So her son talk his father and tell to go with them on the farm.

"Nobody is answering, mom."

"Okay let us try again. Maybe he doesn't hear his phone ringing."

She also secretly rejoiced. Thinking that chances is not allowing and seemed it goes to her will. But she had to press the redial and put the phone to the child's ear.

"It's just ringing again, mom."

"He will answer the call, just wait, son."

"No mom the call was auto hang. Nobody is answering again."

"Don't worry. There are some other time. Or we can call him again few minutes from now."

She saw how frustrated it was for her little kid. It was as if the sky was covering her as she looked at it sadly. She's glad the child forgot.

about it. As it could be seen its face brightened and overjoyed the first time he is ridding the horse. "

"Wow Stag! I'm so happy. Finally I get this ride on you," Gadel exclaimed.

"Behave my boy. You may fall if you are constantly moving," she reminded her son.

They also reached the top of the cliff just in a minutes later. Stag was tied up under the mango tree. They were just going up the plateu when Zaviah saw a good harvest of mangoes. At the rest hut they went straight inside. She will sleep there until the sun get down a bit. She was sure she could let Gadel play around the hut. Jimboy, the new gardener of the mansion, was also there to cook food for the laborers.

Assigned to oversee the harvest. The farm caretaker returned to their hometown.

"It's good and you also thought of coming here ma'am."

"Wow Jimboy. Its nice to be here.

"It's good here. The view is relaxing. The cool breeze is soothing."

Jimboy has already cleaned inside and outside of the hut. The hut look like well designed. Huge but look simple from outside view. But it has a strange layout inside like a vacation home. It is under two contiguous old mango trees. It was also first time for Zaviah to come to the hut so she was amazed. It hadn't been there before when she first arrived at the Mondragons Hacienda. It's like the home of an affluent family. The roof can be seen on the outside but there is also galvanized iron underneath. There is also a bedroom inside and a nice sofa in the living room. Has its own power style with generator for lighting and fans.

"You can rest first ma'am if you want. I'll take care of son. I'm sure he'll just play around."

"Thank you very much Jimboy. It's true that I didn't get a good night's sleep last night."

Drowsiness no longer visited her mentally. So she went to the small room of rhe hut. It is small that rooms of the mansion. But the soft bed is comfortable with a sala set beside. The pillows are fragrant. Soft and comfy to cuddle. She tried not to think of anything and anyone so that she could fall asleep. An hour passed as she felt hooked. She was lying on in one side position. And had already run over her right arm so it got painful. There were footsteps she heard. She didn't even want to wake up. But she could not ignore who entered the room. So she turned to get up.

"How did you get in?" she asked.

Eventhough her vision was still blurred she immediately recognized the man sitting on the sofa.

"The door is open."

Zaviah remembered that she left the door unlock. So her son could just enter the room.

"That's why I entered here easily.

"Daddy! Mommy!"

It is their son's voice shouting while running getting inside the room. zee Gadel was overjoyed. It even ran closer. Zav saw the trace of happiness on the child's face.

"You don't have to run son. You might stumble yet." Miguel kissed it on the cheek then touched the back. He found it soaked in sweat.

"I'm sleepy mom. I wanna take a nap."

"Okay here." He pointed to the pillow and his left seat. Adjusts the child's head to lying on the pillow.

"Close your eyes. You only just have an hour to get a sleep. Its near to lunch time."

"Yes mom. We will go out again later when I wake up."

"So sleep now, son."

Miguel just smiled at his son's chatter. He was so happy to see it like that. And he felt sorry for the people he didn't have with him.

"Can I make a request mom?"

"Oh! What is it?"

"Can dad and you lay down here on both my sides?"

She just bit her lip so hard. And let out a sigh while simply smiling. She don't know how will she react.

'Zav you'll be doing this for your son' whispered his malicious conscience.

She no longer watches Miguel's reaction. She didn't want their eyes to meet again. Lay down completely to the left side of the child.

"Your simple request will be complied with, son," Miguel whispered in Gadel's ear.

The child was still smiling as his eyes closed. Also very tired so it quickly fell asleep. Zav pretended to close her eyes too, to escape the scenes she was avoiding. She would have preferred to sleep again. But she felt the warm palm. Before she even thought of taking her hand away, Miguel was already holding it. She didn't even want to feel the effect it had on her. She could no longer control the tremor.

"My hand please," she said.

"Please stop making any noise Zav. Gadel will wake up. Nothing bad will happpen if I just hold your hand."

Miguel took the opportunity of holding her hand. She could do nothing but keep quiet. There was a strange emotion that wrapped around her heart. The happiness she felt then too. It seemed to fill her longing.