Chapter Sixty-Five: Selfless
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Shamie's POV
"Few more minutes, I'll be there in few minutes," I said before ending the call. I'm late.
Nandito na ulit ako sa China, to attend the fan signing, and I'm late.
Hindi pa namin naililibing yung si Gavie. He's inside a little coffin. We'll be holding a funeral for 2 days. Nasa family house namin sa South Korea.
Kanina pa dapat ako nandon, hindi dapat ako late. I booked a cab kanina, pero biglang nag-cancel yung driver. Diba? Yung driver pa yung nag-cancel! I booked again another one and buti nalang, di na ni-cancel. I'm now on my way to where will the fan signing will be held.
Actually, susunduin sana ako nina Ers, but I said thay it'll take too much time. So I told them that I could take a cab and they could just wait for me sa lobby ng hotel. I also told them to prepare na yung susuotin ko, since the venue for the fan signing is near the hotel where we're checking in.
There was no traffic so I arrived at the hotel earlier than I expected. I pay for the fare, syempre, tapos pumasok na ako sa hotel and there I saw the girls waiting for me.
Nang makalapit ako sa kanila, only their silence greeted me. Baka galit sila, baka frustrated sila. And I know why, I understand.
"Let's go to the restroom, Shamie. I'll help you change," Decerie said at sinamahan nya ako papunta sa banyo.
"Des, you all are mad at me, right?" I asked while she's helping me with my attire.
"Ako? I'm not mad. Sila, I think they're not mad din. Nag-aalala lang kami sayo. They're frustrated, pero hindi sayo, sa sitwasyon. Ikaw naman kasi, bakit tinakasan mo pa sila?" She asked while smiling at me.
Inasikaso ko kasi funeral ni Gavie
That's the answer I want to tell her right now. But I can't. I might burst into tears.
"Something important came up," tipid na sagot ko sa tanong nya and thankfully, she didn't ask more further questions.
After all the commotions, we all headed to the venue. We're all rushing kasi super late na ako.
"Noona, you're late," Mikee said playfully nang makaupo ako sa pwesto ko. Katabi ko kasi sya eh.
"Yeah, something came up. Sorry," I said and smiled at him. It's not easy for me to lie about what happened, but that's the only way that I thought of para maging maayos ang fan signing even na'to.
"We'll talk later, you owe me tons of explanations," Sam whispered to me. Katabi ko din sya. And he seems frustrated.
Nagsimula na ang fan signing, and I'm so happy that most of the fans were so nice, they're humble and kind. Most of them lang, kasi yung nasa harapan ko mukhang masama ang gising.
"I'm sorry, I'll replace it." Sabi ko sa fan na nasa harapan ko. Actually, Mikee warned me about this one kasi mas naunang dumaan sa kanya 'to. He said that the fan seems not in a good mood, and yes, she is.
