WHEN WE MET HER

CHAPTER 5

Maaga akong nagising kinabukasan, hindi na nga halos ako nakatulog kakaisip. Totoo nga ang sinasabi ni sir Jake na may nagbabanta talaga sa kaniya. Akala ko nagloloko lang siya since mediyo malabo kasi 'yon dahil mayaman naman siya

Maaga rin akong pumasok sa trabaho kahit wala pa akong pasok. I still have two days vacation pero baka naman kung ano ang mangyari sa kaniya kung papatagalin kopa ang kilos ko

Lahat ng katrabaho ko nakatingin sa akin nang makarating ako sa office. May kasalanan ba ako? Omg, artista na yata ako ah, hindi ako inform

Mabilis na tumakbo palapit sa akin si Geneva at tinadtaran 'agad ako ng tanong.

'Kasama mo ba si sir Jake?'

'Nakita mo na ba siya?'

'Nabalitaan mo na ba nangyari kay sir?'

'Hindi ka niya sinama sa meeting niya overseas?'

Hindi ko alam ang uunahin kong sagutin sa sobrang dami. I told her to slow it down so I can answer everything. She breath heavily like it's a big problem to her. Si Sir Jake dapat ang nam-mroblema at hindi siya 'diba?

"I wasn't with him since last week. We're not together since he said it was a private meeting kasi mahalaga raw ang im-meet niya. Kagabi kolang din nalaman lahat ng nangyari" I answered everything she asked me but she still looks incomplete

It was actually confusing. Umalis si sir na maraming gasgas and sugat sa mukha. It's suspicious pero sino naman kasi ang gagawa nito? Kung para sa pera ay kayang kaya namang magbigay ni sir para patahimikin ang mga iyon

Lahat ng works niya na nasa ibabaw ng table niya, ginawa ko. That's the least that I can do while he's still resting at Australia. Nagiisip pa rin ako habang nagttrabaho, naging daily lifestyle ko naman na iyon noong nasa dati ko pa akong company

Sa akin nalapit lahat ng mga co-workers ko para magbigay ng works or magtanong kung nakita ko na raw ba si sir Jake simula nung umalis siya papuntang Australia

Ako ang naiwan sa amin since I can't just leave my works here, like this. I finished my last work before I decided to leave the office. Sumulyap pa ako sa loob ng office ni sir Jake but nothing was there

"Maam, saan po kayo bababa?" Tanong ng driver ng taxi na sinakyan ko. Wala ng bus sa ganitong oras

Sinabi kolang ang name ng condo kung saan kami nagsstay at ngumiti sa kaniya. I'm half asleep but I still managed to take myself home. It was so exhausting, thinking of you boss who doesn't even know you for long and doing your jobs done for him

"He's not even that important" I whisper to myself while I'm at the elevator

Weeks passed, wala pa ring sir Jake na pumapasok sa office. Everyone are getting scared. Kilala kasi si Sir na matapang ang never pa raw nakasama sa mga ganitong bagay

That's stange but we can't do anything to find him. It's not that easy to fly there

Maaga kaming umuuwi lahat for our safety. May rumor kasi na nasa company lang daw ang culprit at lahat ay takot na takot. Rumor lang 'yon but sobrang dami na agad ang naapektuhan

Many few days passed again. It felt like everything ruined. My plan.

May biglaang meeting ang mga ambassadors, stock holders, at ang mga head ng company, including sir Jake's mom. It was emergency. Everyone gathered at the office room so fast with their scared and confused faces

We all stood up and bow for Mrs. Abieldo. She was wearing shades, it's so obvious.

"I gathered everyone here because of my son. He still can't go at work since he's injured. You can visit him at our house, I was here to tell y'all that he's okay and will start working again once he recovered" Mrs. Abieldo explained. She's using her british accent that suit her so much