ABYG if na-fire ang helper ng tita ko?

Long post ahead! Hi, I’m going to be as general as possible and won’t get into bspecifics. You’ll know why once you read along.

As the title goes, it all started yesterday. My (27) family went to our ate Belle’s house, single mom with 3 kids. She has a helper (59) married, but her husband is unemployed, with 4 kids. She’s been with our family since ate Belle was a little kid. Tita Emily, senior, is living with Ate Belle too. Sister niya mom ni ate Belle. It’s not unusual when we go to her place kasi it’s a 5 min walk or less from our place but we don’t go here everyday nor monthly.

In our family, it’s a habit of us na magkwentuhan while dining. So nagkwentuhan kami (so this is where I’m gonna be general as possible) about life. Ate Belle mentioned na she feels someone is dragging her pababa sa house niya and pinaguusapan siya. I agreed na you can feel the energy lalo na if something is off about certain people. So we went on and nabring up ‘yung kamaganak namin na may condo- in which we argue if rent or buy. She said na rent and I said bought kasi I saw an IG post saying na it’s a purchase. It turns out, na rent. Nevertheless, we were happy about it kasi it’s such a fresh breath having a space for yourself. And na-mention din na sana purchase kasi finally someone in our family! So ayun… ate Belle kept saying na ang bigat ng atmosphere ganon basta parang dito nagrevolve ‘yung topic namin.

So after magligpit ng plates, nagswimming na mga kids. Ang natira na lang ay ako, ate Belle, helper, and my dad. Since ate Belle keeps bring up the dragging atmosphere, hindi ako sure kung dapat ko bang ibring up ‘yung sinasabi ni Tita Emily against her. I know deep inside na when I tell her, alam kong magkakagulo since Ate Belle is a very confrontational person. But I did tell her kasi for me, it’s just right na malaman niya. Again, I won’t go into specifics kasi medyo foul. I can say na nainis siya and she called the helper. Ate Belle confronted her asking if binabackstab nila siya. The place is full of cctv and the helper strongly answered, “kahit check mo pa cctv.” Medyo with conviction pa ‘yung sagot ni helper na you’ll believe her.

Anyway, lumabas na kami sa pool area for the kids. Ate Belle told me that what I told her just proves ‘yung nararamdaman niya sa house. We stayed there even pumasok na mga kids kasi nagopen up na siya ng trauma about tita Emily (it’s really the worst) and cried bakit lagi siyang napaguusapan sa buong buhay niya to the point she got used to it. The day ended.

This evening, I received a message from Tita Emily asking ano raw pinagsasasabi ko kay Ate Belle. (Note: what I told ate Belle is from tita Emily mismo so it’s not a hearsay.) She denied it and I even questioned myself kung tama ba narinig ko pero I vividly remember our topic and connected siya. Anyway, ate Belle sent me photossssss of screenshot of conversation between helper and tita Emily. And hell, it’s so obvious they are talking about ate Belle with the code names kidlat/gyera/bossing/madam. They’re ALSO talking in Viber. The helper messaged, “Tita Emily, Viber mo.” But then I guess hindi nakareply kaya tumuloy ang convo sa Messenger.

The helper updated Tita Emily from the moment we arrived the place. She also said “Fiesta sila [dad’s name] dito.” In which my dad taken offense of. Remember the condo rent/bought? The helper narrated like we’re talking about it out of spite/jealousy and nagbubulungan daw kami. I kid you not, ang lakas pa nga ng boses namin while talking. Na-update niya rin kay Tita Emily ‘yung pinagalitan siya sa CR. To the bits. I actually got offended kasi that tita called me evil spirit going to ate Belle’s house to spread hate and sipsip daw ako. I messaged ate Belle saying sorry that I caused this, in which she replied na she appreciate na she told me. We had a long conversation through chat and that she felt sad din na nararansan ko ‘yung nararansan niya sa family namin all her life. I get that this is just the bit of what she experienced but damn. Call me the evil spirit just because you got exposed?

Anyway, during the conversation, ate Belle told me na hindi niya na pinapasok si helper. I asked her if she’s okay about it since it’s a big step with 2 kids. She said it’s better na rin for her peace of mind and therapeutic naman daw ang paglilinis. Dito na ako naconsensya ako and feeling ko ang gago ko kasi the helper has 4 children (2 of them are at legal age and the rest are still studying) and her husband is unemployed too. So the sudden lost of job will be hard for her.

Before you comment anything din, I think is is ate Belle’s last straw din kasi nagkakalat si helper sa other people (other parents/helpers/drivers sa school ng anak ni ate Belle) against ate Belle- like mababa sahod (1k per day siya + 15-20k Christmas bonus), sobrang inaalipin siya, and sobrang sama raw ng ugali.

Sorry it’s long na! But this is the gist, thank you if you’ve gotten to this part. Again, ABYG kasi nawalan ng trabaho yung helper dahil nagsalita ako ng nalalaman ko that caused her her job?