Before It sinks in

Three

Victor walked away and never look back even at once. Do I still love him? I cannot answer that question. Is it my fault? Bakit ganun ang reaksyon ni Victor? Ano ba ang problema ng lalaking iyon? Kaibigan niya naman ako. 

Umuwi ako sa amin at manibuti na magpahinga. I need to rest because lately madalang nalang ako nakakatulog dahil binabagabag ako ng aking konsensya. 

Kinabukasan I woke up and went to the bathroom. I feel like I need to take a bath first before I'll go downstairs after a couple of minutes I go out from the bathroom and looked for my clothes. I wore a dress and it is quiet so beautiful and I feel like It suits me perfectly. It's very comfortable.

" Tita, gusto ko pong sumama sa inyo dun sa restaurant." Jasmine said my niece. She's 6 years old and she's very sweet.
" did you already ask your mama's permission?" I asked. I don't want my big sister to be mad at me dahil lang sa sinama ko si Jasmine na walang paalam.

" yes Tita done na po and She said yes."
I can see the excitement on her face as she hold her Dora back pack.

Dalawang taon na simula nung tinayo ko ang aking restaurant hindi siya ganoon ka laki tulad ng nakagawian natin na restaurant. My restaurant is so simple And it is so small but it is well decorated when you go inside, My restaurant, you can see a beautiful artworks from my parents because mom and dad loves to paint. The lighting, they're very romantic. expect also that every corner you can see tulips. There's also a candle light, classical musik and linen table cloths and napkin. The environment is unbeatable dahil napapalibutan ito ng mga puno at mga halaman.

Pagdating namin, Jasmine ran as fast as she could dahil nakita niya si Flora ang aming waitress. Jasmine really loves Flora dahil ani ng Pamangkin ko si Flora ay mabait at maganda pa which is true naman. Nakangiti akong pumasok sa loob at agad naman nila akong binati. 

" Good morning Ma'am ang ganda n'yo po." Wika ni Neni 

aysus binola pa talaga ako ng dalagang ito. Bago pa lang itong si Neni at malapit na magkaibigan ang mga magulang n'ya at magulang ko naawa ako sa batang ito. Ang papa niya ay magsasaka na nagtatrabaho sa rancho ng mga Esteban at ang ina n'ya naman ay isang kasambahay hindi kaya ng mga magulang n'ya na siya ay patapusin ng koleheyo at dahil naawa ako, I decided to hire her dito sa restaurant ko. Sa umaga s'ya ay nagtatrabaho at sa hapon naman ay nag-aaral hanggang sa gabi. Mabait at matilinong bata itong si Neni kaya naman I offer her full scholarship at ako narin ang nagprovide ng mga kailangan niya sa school. 

" binola mo pa talaga anko Neni." Sabi ko saka ako lumapit sa kanya para yakapin s'ya. 

" thank you po ma'am for taking care of me." she said.

" My pleasure Neni. Kumain naba kayo?" I asked them mabilis naman silang tumango at nagsabi ng tapos na. 

I'm so busy right now checking these papers na ibinigay sa akin ni Cynthia. Cynthia Ruiz is my assistant and she's working here for a year now. She's a great woman at maasahan din ito.

" Could you please give me some coffee Cynthia." 

"Yes ma'am I'll get one po. Pure coffee po ba o with cream?" she asked

" With cream please I feel like not drinking pure coffee today." I said. Cynthia smile a little bit and went out to get some coffee with cream. 

a few minutes later She came back with a coffee on the tray and handed it to me. I grab the coffee and zip it afterwards I continue checking the documents. The sales increases this month and I find it really good since I'm done checking all the documents I decided to roamed around. There's a lot of costumers today unlike last week. My employees are busy with their task and responsibilities. they're serving food and taking costumers order with a smile, nakakatuwa lang kasi alam ko na mahal nila ang kanilang ginagawa dahil makitkita mo talaga sa kanilang mga mukha ang sigla at tuwa sa pagseserbisyo. 

" I'd like to order 1 carbonara 2 chicken and 1 cup of rice. what's yours hon?" I heard someone from behind order and asked her boyfriend I guess. 

" I want burger with cheese and bacon, spaghetti with meat balls baked potatoes and salad that's all."

" How about your rice honey?" the girl asked in a sweet voice. 

" No rice please. " 

Lumingon ako sa kanila and I see a handsome boy and a handsome girl I think they're both 20 years old base on their appearance well that's my opinion. Neni is taking notes but what bothers me is that she didn't even look at them. Nakayuko lang siya at para bang nanginginig I can see also that she's about to cry but she's holding her tears. The boy is looking at Neni. alam na alam ko ang titig na iyan, that stare is like Samuel's, when we were still young and in love. Hmm something's fishy lemme ask Neni after. 

" Is that all ma'am, sir?"

" Yes Neni." the girl answered 

I'm a  little shocked and got my self confused of what is going on between the three of them. tumango naman si Neni sa dalawa at nagpaalam na kunin ang mga order nito kaya aga naman akong sumunod sa kanya at laking gulat ko when I see her cry. 

" hey hey Neni, what's wrong?" Hindi ko mapigilang mapatanong.

" ma'am nandyan ka pala." she said nang makita niya ako as she wipe also her tears.

" Why are you crying?" 

" That boy is Nathan and he is my boyfriend and I caught him cheating with my bestfriend Riza." 

Kaya pala ito umiiyak dahil sa nakita niya sino ba naman kasi ang hindi maiiyak dun? yung boyfriend mo ay may kasamang iba. I asked her to calm down and drink some water at ako narin ang kumuha ng order nung dalawa. 

" Here's your order." Inilahad ko sa kanilang dalawa ang kanilang pagkain. The girl is evily smiling while the boy is just sitting there without even looking at The girl named Riza. I think this is not cheating dahil basi na nakikita ko the boy is just pretending to be with this girl.