Epilogue

EPILOGUE

Five years had passed. I stopped modelling and tried cutting showbiz out of me. My business is booming and everything is going well.

Akala ko nga noon, hindi na ako haharap pa sa mga tao but I was wrong. After two years since we ended our family reality show, I was casted into my very own show. A spin-off of our reality show. It was ‘Life of Isla’.  Dad wasn’t okay at first but I told him that I’ll be okay.

After ako nanganak ay nagstart and reality show.

July 7 when I gave birth to Drake Rouge and Dream Reese, my twins. When the twins turned one, I went abroad for artificial insemination and at September 13, I gave birth to my triplets. Dustin Rage, Duke Redford and Draco Ronald.

Okay naman sina dad for me to expand my family. They love kids too.

It was pretty pricey for a donor insemination pero I had the money and gusto ko kasi ang malaking pamilya.

I remember wearing baggy clothes while filming the last season of our reality show to hide my pregnancy. The media tried to know who the kids’ father is but I kept my mouth zipped. It was a secret between me, mama, daddy and Aidan.

I was listed as a self-made billionaire a year after I launched my clothes and cosmetic brands. I also ventured into wines today.

Aidan is also now a successful model and actor and he and his longtime girlfriend who is also a model is expecting their first child.

Since I get back to showbiz, I could sometimes hear news about Kade. They also had their first kid and are expecting their second this year.

I was shopping in the mall with the kids. Drake and Dream are already four years old and they can already walk. Excited na nga silang magpre-school. While the triplets, Dustin, Duke and Draco are two years old. They are still learning how to walk kaya I had them in a triplet stroller. Yung diki-dikit na. Aidan was with me pero sinundo pa ang girlfriend niya. I was there at the grocery, at the milk section when I bumped into Coleen and Kade. Coleen’s baby bump is really visible.

“I-Isla?”

“Hi,”

Kade looked at my children.

“Yours?”

“Hmmm.”

Coleen butted in.

“Congratulations sa wedding mo, ha? Sorry that I didn’t invite you on our wedding. May health issue ka pa daw and baka hindi ka makadalo. Where’s your husband nga pala?”

“I don’t have one.”

They both looked shocked.

“Donor insemination.”

“It’s really mahal, diba?”

“Yeah but I got the cash to burn.”

“Mimi! Mimi! Dwake want some shokoweyt.”

“Weam din mimi.”

“Nice seeing you both here. I both wish you well. I got to go.” I gave them a smile then pushed the triplets’ stroller away.

Okay na ako and is genuinely happy for them. We may not start on the good side but I forgave them.

“Ate, ate! Pupunta ba tayo sa foundation?”

“Bukas na siguro, Aidan.”

“Okay. Nakita ko nga pala yung ex mong magaling. You know, ate. You have a heart of gold. I wonder kung bakit ka niya pinagpalit without any proper explanation.”

Tinampal ko ang braso niya.

“Kung ano-anong pinagsasabi mo. Baka marinig ng mga bata.”

“Mimi! Mimi! Shokoweyt.”

I admit I was devastated. He promised the world and I fell for it. I did not even see signs that the chaos was coming. Or maybe I did but just ignored it.

Drake, Dream, Dustin, Duke, and Draco are enough for me to live my life.

Young girls were told that they have to be princess and fragile. That is pure b*llsh*t. I want girls to be much more like a warrior, a fighter. If I was going to be a princess, I’d be a warrior princess.

Life comes with lots of lesson. Experience is the best teacher, as they say. 

As I go through with life, I learn some things.

I’ve learned that there are three types of love that passes in your life.

The first one was the childhood/puppy love. Yung admiration lang siya for the person. Hindi pa siya seryoso and laro-laro lang.

Second is our one that got away. Ito yung taong feeling mo para sa’yo na pero hindi pala. I think Kade is my TOTGA.

Lastly is the one true love. And I guess mine are my kids.

Second lesson, I don’t need a man to be a woman. I can be a woman of my own.

Hindi naman mawawala ang halaga ko bilang babae kapag wala akong partner.

I remember what my grandmother told me,

“Isla, you need to marry a rich man.”

And I said, “But grandma, I am the rich man.”

Being able to be an independent woman without depending on a man would not equal to a low acceptability in the society.

Independent and strong woman are notable and should deserve to be known and idolized.

I want people to realized na pwedeng maging nanay kahit walang asawa. Pwedeng maging tatay na walang nanay. Being strong and independent should be saluted.

Third, we cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain. I have experience the pain since I was a kid but those are just little things I get hurt. When I grew into an adult, a pain has struck me making me blast into tiniest pieces that I myself is still building until now. My kids were the pleasure after those pain. Okay lang na mabuhay akong walang asawa but atleast, I have my kids. They were the light in my darkest moments and the beautiful colors of my sunset sky.

Every worst experience gives a lesson. Every time we fail, we learn. Everytime we struggle, we overcome. But, you know what? One thing that we never forgot is that every ending is new beginning. Let us be strong to face those trials in life. The more we face difficult challenges, the more we grow and stronger. Keep in your mind this words: There is a rainbow after the rain.