It's Not All Roses

Chapter 25

Beginning

A tear fell when I remember those memories, it's been a long three years pero parang kahapon lang nangyari.

I took a deep sigh and immediately wipe my tears.

"Naalala mo naman?" Ylona asked. My personal assistant and my human diary.

We're kn our way to the airport dahil uuwi na kami ng pilipinas ngayon.

"Yeah." I answered.

She knew what happened to me, pero hindi niya alam ang pangalan ni Styx, she just knew that he is my first and last boyfriend.

Oh speaking, how is he? I heard he's a very successful engineer now, I smiled at sumandal sa upuan. I'm so proud of you, love.

We arrived at the airport kaya sinuot na ang shades ko. Medias will be there at magdadagsaan na naman.

"Selene!"

"Selene! One pose please!"

I stop walking at ngumiti sa camera. There are many of them kaya hindi ko alam kung saan ako titingin.

"One more, please!"

Kumaway na ako sa kanila at nagpatuloy sa paglakad. I am now one of the highest paid supermodels in the world. I was based at New York but I talked to out president na sa pilipinas na lang ako, but babalik pa rin ng New York if I have to.

"Thalia!"

I immediately froze ng marinig ko iyon. Damn, it's been a long since may tumawag sakin ng ganon.

"Selene! Come on!" Buti na lang at hinila ako ni Ylona papasok.

"What happened?" Tanong niya ng makaupo kami.

"Someone called me Thalia." Bulong ko

"Naalala mo na naman siya?" Tumango ako.

I never let someone call me Thalia, dahil siya yung naaalala ko, his voice begging me not to leave him. In these past few years hindi na ako nakarinig ng balita sa kanya, Troy won't let me kaya nasanayan ko na rin. I almost got crazy.

"Do you want to eat? Anong gusto mo?" Tanong ni Yona ng may nakita siyang FA na naglilibot.

"I'm good."

"But you haven't eaten since yesterday, Selene naman, I know you're a model pero wag mo naman ganyanin yung sarili mo." Pagsesermon niya.

For God's sake, I'm already 23 years old while she's 22 but she acts like my older sister or my mom.

"I'm just not hungry."

"But still, kumain ka kahit konti lang."

"Fine, fine. Hindi naman ikaw yung mamamatay eh." Mabilis niya akong hinampas kaya napatawa ako.

"Just kidding."

I just slept during the flight. Our flight run for more than 24 hours before we arrived at Iloilo City, I'm just gonna stay at a hotel right now dahil yung bahay na pinabili ko ay wala pa yung may ari don, I don't know, she's on a trip daw sabi ni Yona.

"Selene, si Carl, tumatawag." She handed me my phone kaya kinuha ko iyon at sinagot ang tawag ni Carl.

"Hey." Bati ko. He's a fellow model at Filipino din siya kaya close kaming dalawa.

"Buwan! Nakarating ka na? I miss you!" Ngumiti naman ako, he reminds me so much of Troy.

"Hmm papunta na ako ng hotel."

"Sige! Sunod ako sa susunod na araw ah! Dyan ako matutulog sayo!" Hindi kasi taga Iloilo si Carl kaya wala siyang matitirhan dito.

"Alright, just call me."