Love In A Cruel World

Chapter 19

"Sorry. Am I late?"

Hinahabol ko ang hininga ko habang nakatingin kay Ate Grace na inaabangan ako sa tapat ng elevator. thirty minutes time span isn't enough. Talagang mala-late ako kung hindi ako tatakbo.

"No, Miss Angel. You arrived five minutes early," Ate Grace informed me, which made my breathing back to normal.

"Okay. So, what shall I do?" tanong ko.

"Let us see if someone gave you a task in your office."

Nagsimula na rin kaming maglakad sa hallway papunta sa office ko. Bahagya ko ring inayos ang nalukot kong uniform pati na rin ang sabog kong buhok dahil sa pagmamadaling makarating dito. Minsan napapaisip ako kung bakit ko ba ginawa 'to kung sa 'kin din naman ipapamana ang Group of Companies na 'to.

We were in the middle of walking through the hallway when I heard a notification from my phone. Since hindi pa naman ako nakakapagsimula sa trabaho ko, pwede naman sigurong mag cellphone and besides wala naman silang sinabi na hindi pwede.

From: Dad

Text: Ayala Greenfield Golf Club. Now.

Napakunot lang ang noo ko nang mabasa ko ang text ni Dad. I was about to reply something and ask about it but Lie called. Napatingin sa akin saglit si Ate Grace pero nagpatuloy lang din kami sa paglalakad.

[I received a text from Dad and it said Ayala Greenfield Golf Club.] Kaagad niyang bungad nang sagutin ko ang tawag.

"I received one, too," I said.

[What does that mean?] She has the same question as mine.

"I don't know. I'll call you later," I said and ended the call. I'm planning to call Dad.

"What's wrong, Miss Angel?" tanong ni Ate Grace. Napansin niya sigurong bahagya akong naguguluhan.

"Do you know po where Dad is?"

"Yes. He's with your mom and if I'm not mistaken, they are at the Ayala Greenfield Golf Club." That's it, maybe pinapapunta kami ni Dad doon.

"Do you know how to go there?"

"Why?" takang tanong ni Ate Grace.

I turned my cellphone's screen to her so she can read Dad's text. "I think it's better if you call Mr. Zabala," she suggested.

I just nodded and dialed Dad's number. After a few rings, hindi siya sumagot so I started to panic but when I called him for the second time, he picked it up. "Dad?"

[Have you received my message?]

"Yes, Dad. Lie received it too but we didn't understand what you wanted to say. Maybe because it's so sudden."

[Come with the address that I told you. Now. You can use our helicopter para hindi na kayo mahirapan ni Lie magmaneho, para na rin hindi kayo ma-late. Just tell my secretary that you'll use it, together with Lie.]

Okay, I didn't see that coming. Helicopter talaga? As in? Sabagay we are a Zabala and being a Zabala, we can do anything we want.

"I have work, Dad," I reminded him.

[I'll deal with it later, just come here.]

Dapat pala lagi niya kong pinapapunta sa kung saan para wala na kong trabaho. "Okay, Dad. See you." Then I ended the call.

"Dad wants us to go there. Saan po ba 'yon?" baling ko kay Ate Grace pagkababa ng tawag.

"Calamba, Laguna. More or less one hour before you arrived there."