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By Tito S. Talao

“Saan ka galing, Papa?” (“Where have you been, Papa?”)

With the one question nagging perhaps at his innocent young mind for the past two weeks, three-year-old Baby James Yap drove home a point that had his two-time PBA Most Valuable Player father reeling in search of an answer.

“Di ako nakapagsalita agad,” James Yap said on the phone on Saturday. “Nabigla ako. Di ko expect magtanong siya ng ganoon.” (“I was caught flat-footed. I didn’t expect him to ask such question.”)

The B-Meg Derby Ace hotshot recalled mumbling something about having to work in order to buy him the toy Yap brought with him that night as a gift.

“Parang ganoon na lang ang nasabi ko. Pero ang saya-saya namin pareho noong magkita kami. Sobrang saya.”

Yap and his wife, TV host-actress Kris Aquino, had been locked in a bitter and much-publicized feud for the past few months, with Aquino declaring in public that she would be seeking an annulment of their five-year marriage.

The estranged couple’s disagreement came to a head when the basketball star claimed that he had not seen his son, baptized James Yap Jr., for the past two weeks, petitioning the court through lawyer Lorna Kapunan to grant him visitation rights.

Last Friday, Makati Regional Trial Court Judge Cristine Javellana-Sulit granted Yap’s petition, forging an agreement from both parties, allowing Yap to visit his son during Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

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