"I didn't cry, Boy, that whole time. Again kasi prinomise ko sa mga kapatid ko na when I'm talking to mom hindi ako iiyak. And, Boy, you know she told me, 'Kris, don't worry.' Yung parang sinasabi niyang huwag na lang akong mag-alala kasi she doesn't want me to go on because she knew from the way my voice was cracking, kung ano yung emotions ko. Kaya sinabi niya, 'Don't worry.'

"And all my life, all our life, it's been that way with moms. Kasi parang people were saying na, 'Hindi mo ba na-feel dati na nakakulong ang dad mo?' I said, 'No, because mom made it feel so normal.' When my dad died, Boy, alam mo, araw-araw, because I would be crying in school, sinusundo niya ako. Alam ng lahat ang mga pinagdaanan ko. And every time mom has been there. So, yung 'don't worry' na yun, totoo yun. I never had to worry kasi ang mom ang nag-aasikaso ng lahat.

"I told my siblings that I was able to say it. And the next day, my sister Viel came and she repeated the same words to mom. That day, nagkatampuhan kami ni Deo [Endrinal, ABS-CBN Business Unit Head] at ni Tita Cory [Vidanes, ABS-CBN TV  Head]. I was crying talaga in the bathroom but I never showed mom that I was crying. I didn't even tell my sisters na nagkaroon ng problema sa work. Talagang nanahimik lang ako. Kasi sabi ko, bakit ko dadagdagan ang problema nila, eventually maaayos ito.

"It was madaling-araw, papunta tayo ng Wednesday. Humiwalay ako for a while kasi I was drinking coffee. And the nurses called me. Si EJ was my mom's nurse from ICU, marami silang nagte-take turns but it was EJ and Ruby, they called me. They said, 'Sinasabi po ng mom n'yo... Ito po yung exact words...' She told the nurses, and she was wide awake, ha, 'I can already see Ninoy.'

"Boy, I rushed in, there was just one small lamp. Madilim yung kuwarto, nakahiga ang mom. But it was like there was a spotlight on mom because she kept looking up. And I asked her, 'Mom, you can see dad?' She said 'yes'. I said, 'Is he calling you?' She said 'yes'. And I said, 'Mom, kasi dad is in heaven. So, he's calling you to be with him. So, does he want to hold your hand?' And she said 'yes'. And I said, 'Mom, go. If dad is holding your hand that means gusto ka niyang dalhin sa langit. So, go with dad.

"And you know, Boy, that was the first time I saw my mom smile again. Yung talagang that aura of peace. Yung talagang ngayon pa lang napangiti nang ganun. So, I told them what happened. And I didn't leave her na till there was sunrise. So, tinext ko yun sa mga kapatid ko. But the whole time I was beside her, I could hear her saying 'Ninoy' over and over again."

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