Early December she was lazily lying on her bed when she received a call from a Universal Records representative.
"Hello, Julie?"
She sat up on her bed.
"Hello po. Merry Christmas Miss Cathy."
"Julie, listen... I'd like to set up a zoom meeting this afternoon."
"Okay po. What time po?"
"Around four... Are you free?
" Of course, yes po."
"Okay... I'll text you the details."
"Okay po. Thank you."
" Merry Christmas Julie and to your family. Hope to see you soon."
"Merry Christmas to your family too, Miss Cathy. Thank you."
That ends their conversation.
The sudden call from Universal Records made her happy, ecstatic for another project even though she didn't know if it'd be another single or collaboration.
She decided to get up and have a shower.
A few moments later she went downstairs to have her late lunch. Her sisters, Joanna and Jac were lazily laying on the sofa in the living room.
"Ate? You just woke up?"
Joanna asked her right away when she saw her.
"Obviously... Where's Ma and Pa?"
"They went to groceries, Ate."
Said Jac, who went to her side and kissed her on her cheeks.
" Did you already have your lunch? If not, join me para may kasama ako."
"Yep... Why you're so tagal gumising?"
Said Joanna as she followed her to the dining area.
" Wala lang. Tinatamad ako eh. And maaga lang talaga kayo nagising. Hahaha."
"Nocturnal specie ka kasi. Let me guess, you slept around four or five in the morning na?"
Joanna said.
" Ever since lock downs, home quarantines she slept late and woke up late."
Jac added.
She sat in front of the table and put some food on her plate.
" Mga Ateng Joanna and Jac hayaan nyo muna ang bunso ninyong si Julie, okay? Hahaha Ano ba kayo, i have nothing to do naman---"
" The last time you had a reason to sleep late was because of the Last beau but since late October you ended it na, so what or who kept you up all night ate?"
" Huh? Wala... Nothing naman. I'm reading my books or reading tweets lang. Nakakaaliw kaya mga faneys...mga bipolar pa rin. Hahaha"
"Aaahhh."
Said two, in chorus.
" So I think it's not wrong to assume that those are with Julielmo's usernames or Julielmo's profiles?"
Joanna said, trying to suppress her smiles.
"And Ate Jo, she likes and retweets them sometimes she posted Team JuliElmo in her igs. Di na sya allergic sa mga JuliElmo's, maybe kay kuya Elmo din? Ayieee Ate!"
Jac said, loudly at the last part teasing her.
" Nah... I've not been allergic ever since naman. There were times lang kasi na sobra na, I appreciate all of them naman eh but I hope sana when it comes to my personal life, relationship wag na nila pakialaman... Di ba? I do have my life outside the entertainment world... And it's my life... if ever I made mistakes in my decisions, or love the wrong guy, it's nobody's fault but mine. Sana maintindihan nila yun."
