Late na rin kami naghiwalay ni Karelle. Dumaan pa kasi kami dun sa clinic nung therapist na kilala niya. They were telling me na yung progress ko would highly depend on me pero tutulungan daw nila ako. Hopefully, that would happen before Pat and I get married. Halos nakakatulog-tulog palang ako nung narinig kong nagri-ring yung phone ko. Si Pat ba yun? Binabangungot nanaman ba siya? I grabbed my phone at sinagot ko na.
'Hello? Agnes, pacheck naman ako. Maling file ata yung nasend ko dun sa client. Kasi sinasabi niya same pa rin yung soundtrack -- '
"Pat."sagot ko sa kanya. I checked the time at madaling araw pa nga lang. Then I remembered na umaga palang sa kanya.
'Yes? You sound different. May sakit ka ba? '
"Wala akong sakit."
'Eh bakit ganyan boses mo? Parang ang tamlay. Anyway, pacheck ako nung file, naka-cc ka naman dun sa email ko please. Baka kasi inaantay na rin nila. Yung bagong file, I also emailed it to you.' sabi niya. Is she serious? Bakit siya nagbibilin sa 'kin ng trabaho at 1 am?
"Okay. I'll check it."sagot ko.
'Are you still in bed? Late na ah.' sabi niya.
"Kaninong timezone late na?"sabi ko sa kanya.
There was this pause and I think she finally realized na madaling araw pa lang dito.
'Gahd. Sorry Agnes. Akala ko umaga na rin dyan. Nawala sa isip ko.' sabi niya. 'Sige check mo na lang later pag nasa office ka na. Sorry talaga.'
"For a second there I got confused din nung tumatawag ka. Akala ko you had your nightmares again. Anyway, well, I'm up now. How's things? Namiss mo lang 'ata ako eh." sabi ko sa kanya.
'Tse. Akala ko lang talaga umaga na. But yeah, okay naman. I just woke up since we arrived. Sobrang pagod yung flight eh.'
"You have plans to go out today? Mag-ingat kayo ha."
'Don't worry, I would. Actually akala ko bakasyon talaga to. May mga client meetings din pala si Dad.'
"You need to get used to that though. Soon, ikaw na gagawa nyan for your company."
'Hindi pa 'ata ako ready dun.' sabi niya sa 'kin.
Biglang tumahimik si Pat and I think pinag-iisipan niya kung anong gagawin niya with their company lalo na kung may mga kasabay yun na gig namin. Lalo na ngayon na the band is also gaining some popularity and soon enough, we might also go on more tours. Pero alam ko naman na kaya ni Pat yun.
"Well. Stop worrying about it for now."sabi ko sa kanya.
I wondered kung paano na nga ang mangyayari din sa 'min when Pat gets her dad's company. And her going out to a different country would be a normal thing for us by then. Pero if we will have our own family, how will we manage it then? Our own family. How can I even think that? Inantay ko na magsalita ulit si Pat pero tahimik lang siya.
"Huy. Ano nawalan ka ba ng net?"tanong ko.
'Ah... hindi. Ano... wala. May naisip lang ako. Alam mo matulog ka na ulit. Next time na tayo magkwentuhan pag medyo maaga na dyan.'
"Eh gabi naman yun for you. Okay lang naman sa 'kin wifey. Hindi naman ako morning person. I can stay up late." I know how much of a morning person she is and if she doesn't sleep around 10 pm, she will already be very grumpy.
'Yeah, but hindi ka naman nagstay up late today, nagising kita. So go back to sleep kasi you need to go to work din later.'
"Sige. Ingat ka dyan okay?"
'Yes. I will.' sabi niya then nilayo ko yung phone ko kasi humikab ako. She chuckled.
'Goodnight Aji.'
"Good morning wifey."
