Second Chance [On-Going]

Chapter 80 Ilang

HILLARY

"Sheryl! Are you okay? Sheryl!" Sabi ko sakanya I can't stop myself to laugh dahil sa itsura niya. Nakapikit ng pilit tapos nakaiwas ang mukha sakin.

But kidding aside, She looks stunning, ever since naman.

Ako na yung sumundo sakanya dahil alam kong wala na naman si blaster and syempre to make sure na wala nga nagconfirm muna ako kay harry. I texted here before ako pumunta sakanila. Pero sabi nga ni harry, ayaw ng mommy niya magpasama pero syempre pinilit ko pa din.

Wala din naman sigurong masama kung magkakasama kami sa red aisle, dahil partners naman kami sa business na to.

"We are here" sabi ko while parking my car.

"Magretouch ka na, lagpas na lipstick mo" pagbibiro ko, tumingin naman agad sya sa salamin.

"Just kidding.." sabi ko sabay tawa ng mahina

Sabay kami lumabas ng kotse. This is it! Its launch day. I hope this event will get smooth as we planned.

"Are your ready?" Tanong ko while offerinhg her my arms.

"Yes, as always" sagot niya tsaka sya humawak sa arms.  Ibang sheryl na yung kasama ko kesa kanina. Hayy, ang bilis talaga magpalit ng mood ang mga babae.

Nasa entrance palang kami, puro camera na agad ang sumusunod samin. Lalo nasa paglakad sa aisle. May pa free picture kami sa mga journalist na ininvite namin.  Sa likod namin isang malaking backdrop ng stole, tapos doon picture-picture lang mga tatlong minuto ang tinagal namin. Tapos lakad naman agad papuntang table namin, pagpasok mo sa pinaka event place bubungad sayo yung napaka laking hall, black and white ang theme since memories ang motif namin. May mga design ng ulap, flowers and anything na pwedeng irelate sa memories. 

Nang makapasok na kami sa pinaka entrance talaga ng event place, tumutok samin ang spotlight. Lahat nakatingi at nagpapalakpakan.

"Ano hillary lalakad ka ba o iiwan kita dito?" Bulong ni sheryl sakin.

"Lalakad malamang" sagot ko

"Good, tara na" sabi naman niya

Saktong pagdating namin nagumpisa na yung first flow ng program.  So its my turn to greet the sponsors and guests.  Kaya diretso ang lakad ko papunta sa stage while sheryl dumiretso sa VIP table nila.

Ito na naman ako, magsasalita.

"Good evening, thank you for making this night beautiful and moment to be remember. Thank you so much also to our sponsors to make this event happen. And also tp our guests na kahit sobrang busy they make time to join us here. Thank you so much" pang unang salita ko

Parang nasa mood ako para magsalita, iba kasi yung ambience kumbaga. Kung dati feeling ko may kulang ngayon nakikita ko si sheryl na nakaupo, nakikinig sa nga sinasabi ko.

"Three years past, pero nandyan pa din kayo. We've been in a crisis but still we stood up and proved ang ourselves to everyone that stole cannot be stolen by someone. That stole can rise up again and can never ever be drag down easily. We, in stole are believer, because we believe that everything happened in the past was our motivations and strength to make our dreams come true. And tonight is the moment we waiting for.. but this night wouldn't be possible without our gem.. " my speech is from heart, I saw how stole dragged down by accusations and lost hope. Pero they kept pushing through out the years kaya I really admired everyone in stole.

"A gem that helps us to go out in our comfort zone, a gem that made us realized that if we can, we can. That if we put ourselves into a harder situation we can learn and improve our skills and see what is our purpose"