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Kabanata 11: Our Day

Kabanata 11: Our Day

"I did it!"

"Yeahh!!!"

Napuno ng hiyawan ang buong mansion pagkatapos kong isigaw ang matagal ko nang gustong isigaw.

I've been wanting to say it since last week, since I passed my exams and my thesis, I can finally proudly say that I have now graduated!

Ilang beses din akong umiyak at 'di nakatulog para lang makapagtapos ako, tapos nagkaroon pa 'ko ng training kasama si Karine at Cerine so I can take care of the smaller businesses we've built three years ago.

Ang dami kong pinagdaanan grabe.

Pero tama naman din sila, it'll all be worth it in the end.

And fuck it, it is worth in the end, nabibwisit lang ako sa tuwing naaalala ko yung professor ko noon sa freshman year ko.

What did she say again?

"I'm not going to make it."

"No, she did not. Stop it, Aster."

Natatandaan ko pa yung araw na yun. Wala naman akong problema sa kanya, tinanong niya ako tungkol sa leksyon tapos binigay ko lang yung opinyon ko, she tried to humiliate me during the class because I just gave my opinion.

I still had to eat the bullet to live, so I could survive.

Feeling ko may problema siya sa'kin, ewan ko naman kung ano namang meron sa'kin na ikinakagalit niya.

Ininom ko yung baso ko ng vodka at humingi ng isa pa. I was so stressed, damn it. Buti na lang at 'di ko na siya professor pag katapos ng freshman year ko o baka nabaliw na 'ko at nasuspende pa 'ko.

"But hey, you graduated and proved that woman wrong, tsk. Sino ba yun?"

"Yup, who is that person, hm? Do you need help by firing her or something?"

Inikot ang mga mata ko sa kanilang dalawa. Aida Belle Diamante and Silas Nakamoto, these two people never changed and stayed the same as always.

Nung grumaduate ako silang dalawa yung mga nagprint ng mga tarpolin na may pangalan ko doon para suporta talaga sa'kin, I know that Aida is genuine but I'm not sure of Silas, he's gotten worse and now he loves teasing me.

"Pabayaan mo na, ayokong masira ang career niya dahil sa'kin, without her wala akong motivation na makatapos, or maybe without her hindi sana ako nakatapos baka matagal na 'kong gumive up sa pag-aaral." dagdag ko sabay lagok sa shot ko ng vodka.

"Hoy, pang-ilan mo na yan?"

"Uhm... I'm not sure, but this is pretty good."

"Are you sure you'll be okay, Geneva? Remember what happ-" tinakip ko ang bibig ni Silas, alam ko naman kung anong sasabihin niya.

Ayan na, kahit na nakatakip na yung bibig niya halata sa mga mata niya na nakangiti siya, inaasar nanaman niya 'ko.

Lagi niyang binabalik yung nakaraan eh, pag ayaw ko ng ibalik binabalik pa rin niya.

"Shut it, Nakamoto."

"Oh, oh!" tumalon talon naman si Aida pag katapos niyang inumin yung sarili niyang baso ng whiskey.

"Yun ba yun sa celeb--"