Autumn of May

CHAPTER 14: Chaos

I woke up early in my bed to avoid Abbi today. I was so dumb to do the "hug thing" to her yesterday and I don't know how did I came with the stupid "cook thing" and "note thing" to her. I was so restless the entire night thinking about the awkwardness because of the stupid things that I've done. I slowly opened the door to check if she's up or something and when I saw that the hallway was clear, I slowly walk towards the stairs.

I check the living room if there's someone lingering around but I'm lucky that no one is already awake. Abbi and her grandparents did a lot of discussion yesterday so they fall asleep so late. I snap my fingers and play some songs on my mouth as I walk playfully towards the kitchen when I saw her reading a magazine in the table. She put her magazine down when she heard me singing and snapping my fingers. She look at me puzzled so I hurriedly put my fingers down and straightened my composture.

Dang. That was embarrassing.

She continue reading the magazine so I hurriedly walk away from the kitchen. Why do she need to f*cking witness all of my sh*tty embarrassing moments? Tsk. I fix my clothes and walk fast towards the gate. I unlock the gate and find someone to drive me towards the Cafe. When I arrived at the Cafe, the staffs are already in the entrance to greet me. They have that worried expression as if they lost their puppies.

"Sir Xav, nahanap na po ba si Ma'am Abbi?" one lady staff ask me. I raised my eyebrow to her so she suddenly shut up and look away. "Sir Xav, is there any updates about Abbi?" this time Karlo ask me the question. I remember my embarrassing moments with her yesterday so I suddenly got piled up and shouted to them. "WHAT THE H*LL DO I F*CKING CARE ABOUT HER?" Hindi na sila umimik pa.

Karlo, the one with the brave soul just laugh kaya nagulat ang ibang staffs sa ginawa niya. They all look towards him so when he noticed that he laughed that hard, he bit his lower lip. Lumakad ako palayo sa kanila, sumunod naman kaagad si Karlo and the other staffs are already getting started to work. When we arrive at the office, Karlo started to throw questions again.

"Sir Xav, do you receive any reports about Abbi?" he asked. I sat down at the couch and open the files that I worked on yesterday. "Why should I let you know about it?" I replied to him. He laugh again kaya napatingin ako ng masama sa kaniya. "If you remember sir, you're acting worried yesterday. Nagpapanic kapa baka anong mangyari sa kaniya and even didn't sleep unless she won't comeback pero ngayon as if you don't care" pangungulit niyang sabi sa akin.

I grab the files and slightly smash it on the table kaya nagulat siya. "Okay Sir Xav, no more questions about it" he hurriedly responded. "Okay, at least we're clear" I said to him. Umupo kaagad siya sa couch at tiningnan ang nagawa kong proposal about the changes in the Cafe. He scanned the files and study carefully about my insane ideas.

After he scanned everything, he put down the files and started to ask me about his concerns. "Sir, I think I won't agree with your proposal. We sell a fixed price of Php 55 for coffee and when you suddenly raised it to Php 150, parang napakamahal naman ata. We aim for a cost-friendly coffee na maeenjoy nang lahat. There should be no discrimination when we offer our services" Karlo mumbled as he wanted to beg me or please me to believe to his rants.

"Karlo, I don't understand why we should continue this BUSINESS. Business should have great profit, unless this is CHARITY" Karlo didn't say anything. I cleared my throat and continue explaining my desired changes to him. "We will increase the price, and lower the deals with the farmer. Let me have the contact details and the address of the coffee beans farmer so that I can have adjustments with them" I notice that Karlo isn't moving an inch kaya I shouted at him directly. "NOW!"

Karlo hurriedly stood up and grab his phone. He dialed someone's number and ask permission if we can visit the farm. Based on my studies, coffee beans farming is part of our business so we need to pay the farmers to produce coffee beans. But their salary is just too high for a mere farmer.