Finding The One

21

HANNA

"Are you ready?" tanong sa akin ni ethan.

I nodded. Paalis na kami ni ethan papunta sa mansion nila. Remember? Ipapakilala niya ako sa parents niya? We will have a lunch there at their mansion.

Kinalimutan ko muna yung pag-alis ni shin kahapon. I should focused on how to impress my future in-laws.

He smiled to me. A smile that removed the tension i have right now.

We walked towards his car. As usual, he opened the door for me. Then went to the driver's seat.

Habang nasa byahe, i practice my speech later. Wait, speech? Uh. No no no. Do i look so tensioned? The hell!

Napansin ata ni ethan na di ako mapakali kaya, hinawakan niya yung kamay ko. That made me stop. Ang init ng kamay niya. Nakakawala ng kaba.

"Hey chill." sabi niya sa akin habang nakangiti at hawak pa din ang kamay ko.

I tried to smile. Para di na siya mag-alala sa akin. Baka mamaya kasi, di siya makapagfocus sa pag drive tapos maaksidente pa kami eh. Mahirap na.

Buong byahe, hawak niya ang kamay ko. And that made me removed the tension i have right now. We're now here at their mansion. Its freakin' huge! What do i expect?! They are so rich! Richer than us.

We entered the mansion. Everytime we see a housemaid here, they greeted us. Sign of respect.

The mansion is elegant! It looks like a palace! There is different paintings posted on the wall. And it is well-cleaned. So neat to see. The chandelier which is naturally gold is the thing that you would see first here. It twinkled like a star because of the gold attached there.

"My mom loves painting." sagot niya sa akin nang tinanong ko kung bakit maraming paintings sa walls.

"She bought it all?" namamangha kong tanong.

"No. My dad did it." sagot niya. Wait? Yung mommy niya yung may favorite sa paintings tapos daddy niya yung bumili ng mga ito?

"Why?" nagtataka kong tanong.

"My mom passed out when i born." malungkot na saad niya. Di na ako nagtanong pa at dumiretso nalang sa paglakad.

"Sorry." nasabi ko nalang.

"That's fine." sagot niya. "Come. Let's sit." utos niya nang makarating kami ng living room.

I let my eyes to scan this house. Well, mansion, rather. It is really huge! The big picture frame caught my attention. It is not totally big not like the paintings a while ago.

There is four people there. At the right side, is a tall handsome guy. Maybe, its her father. Next is a little boy that i assume its Ethan. That little boy is cute so, i assumed that its ethan. The next person is a girl. It is a nerd yet pretty girl. She's wearing an eyeglasses. She looks so familiar. Parang nakita ko na iyong family picture dati.