When I was young, I always dreamed to have of having a perfect family. My parents got married early. They decided to live with my grandparents. We were happy living with a big family, not knowing that there was something secret side of my parents hid from us. My brother, sisters and I were very innocent. We had no clue at that time and all we had been thinking was to play. We were taught just to follow the rules of my parents because they know what is right and wrong. Even though I was 5 years old, there were questons that always bothering on me. If they knew that they were right, why they were always fighting everyday? And they were always telling us not to lie.
There was a time I heard my mom and dad fighting. Everytime i asked them of what was happening, they always said everything is fine, but I knew they were lying. After my mom and dad fought, my dad always went to the backyard where it was quiet just to calm himself down. One time, I went to him at the backyard to comfort him. I was about to ask him questions about why they were always fighting and what was the reason all about, but i never got a chance to ask him because I was afraid to know the truth.
The next morning, I was at the balcony looking at the sky and hoping for the answers to come. Suddenly, my grandparents came to me and told me that my father had had an affair and he and the woman were having a baby. But, i did not believe on what they were saying about my father because i wanted to hear it from him. So, I ran to my father's room. I saw him packing his things and told me that he will be going abroad for work. I was so upset and lugubrious that day because the perfect family that I was dreaming is not going to happen. I was crying out loud and asked my dad about what my grandparents were telling me was true and he answered me "yes", and my heart started beating up faster like I was in a roller coaster. But then on, he felt sorry for what he did to us and all the lies that he was telling us. The reason why he did not tell us the truth was because he did not want us to dissappoint and hurt us. I knew it from the start that the relationship of my parents was not going to work but i still kept lying to myself that everything was fine.
There are people sometimes covering their dark and ugly side of their lives. Some people are afraid telling the truth because they do not want their love one's to leave them. And in life, sometimes people have ignor to know the truth so that they do not want to hurt someone they love or to anyone's feeling.
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