At 930am, I heard a lot of loud sounds from downstairs and saw my bio-units talking with Aida, whose also seeking psychiatric help. Paw had his left sneakers on and untied but had the right slipper on. Maw was talking with Aida.
Aida was sobbing and had red eyes and swollen nose from boogers. As soon as I came downstairs, she approached me, sobbing into my left vest and thanking me for understanding. I told her:
`I’ll report [your sister] to the police the next time she messes up because I cannot take it anymore.`
She begged me please don’t do that because of the kids, and that she had already paid $3,000.00 to bailout her sister, Linda, and another $2,000.00 for attorney’s fees. She is still paying for her VISA credit card bills as a result.
Then she stepped back away from me as if fearful of my Americanized way. You see folks, I’m slow to anger and VERY patient, which allows some people to avoid being turned in to the authorities. But I smiled at her and at Maw and told her I won’t go that far.
I mentioned that although we are Filipino, that may be lucky because some other cultures might not be so tolerant of fellow nutters, like Linda. She wouldn’t hear me and like Luz tried to divert my attention away from the issue.
She was about to see herself out the door but cried some more about writing her relatives back home and not knowing what else to do. I saw Maw crack a smile, knowingly that the fool should not have bailed out the nutter as a lesson.
We left for our day’s errands and I noticed that the CA license plate number to Aida’s red-colored sedan of a boat ended in 333.
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