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Prolouge

Cj's

"Good Morning, Ma," I greeted her with a smile, even though the headache was kicking in inside me. Tangina kasi ni Aj eh! Masyadong sabik sa alak! Halatang hindi tumikim ni-minsan nung college!

"Anong oras ka ba nakauwi kagabi? Tinext lang ako ni Aj, at pagkatapos no'n hindi ko na alam 'yung nangyari sa inyo," nag aalalang sagot n'ya.

Nasa bar kami kagabi ni Aj, nagkasiyahan lang naman tsaka konting alak. Pero mukhang naparami 'yung inom ko, "sigurado ka na bang papasok ka na ngayon? namumutla ka pa?" bahagya niyang hinawakan 'yung mukha ko.

"Yes Ma, if I didn't make it today, malamang sa malamang ay matanggal ako sa trabaho ko," I said while buttoning my polo up, and after that, I wore my coat and took a beso with her. "Bye.."

I am the one who's driving my self papunta sa office. Getting a personal driver isn't for me sabi ni Mama. Sobrang unstable kasi ng schedule ko, that's why I am really doing my best para makuha ko na 'yung promotion na matagal ko nang iniintay... I love playing music on my car's speaker, but my mood suddenly changed as I hear our theme song, way back when we were in high school. "Tsk." I turn it off and finally arrived in my office.

"Engineer! May schedule daw po kayo today? 9am sa may site."

My secretary said, parang mas lalo pang uminit 'yung ulo ko nang salubungin n'ya kagad ako nang wala manlang good morning or kahit anong greet. My hands were totally loaded with a lot of checks and stuffs to sign. "Can't you... Cancel all of those? Like, I can do it tomorrow, I am sure as hell that I can do it tomorrow, but not now..." Pailing iling kong itinuon ang atensyon ko sa mga papeles na nasa lamesa ko.

"P-pero sir... T-tumawag po kasi si chairman kanina, and sabe po nya-.."

Napatigil s'ya at napapikit ng bahagya nang padabog kong hinampas 'yung table, "how am I supposed to do these if you are insisting for me to go in there?! Wala bang ibang engineer na pwedeng pagbilinan about that project? I mean, ako lang ba 'yung engineer na nandito?!"

"S-sir... sorry po. Pero... project n'yo po kasi 'to eh, ito po 'yung voluntary project n'yo."

The flashback came inside my head and yes. 'Yon nga pala 'yung voluntary project na tinanggap ko because chairman said that after pulling this project off. I will be promoted as one of the chief executive officers here in our company. Nakonsensya pa tuloy ako dahil sa pagdadabog na ginawa ko kanina.

"Okay..." I calmed myself and wore my coat. "Let's go." I commanded.

We went inside the car and surprisingly the driver wasn't there. "Anong oras na?" Mahina kong saad habang nakatingin sa relo ko. "A-ahh... sir? Gusto n'yo po ako nalang muna 'yung magdrive?"

"Go ahead, 'wag nang kilos pagong!"

While we're inside the car, kitang kita ko na kabado s'ya sa pagddrive. Nakakatakot ba 'kong kasabay? "Klea..." I called her with her name. "Y-yes? Yes sir?" She's totally distracted pero kayang kaya pa rin naman n'yang magdrive even if.

"About what happened last night, tsaka 'yung kanina..."

She slightly laughed, "m-makalat po pala kayo 'pag lasing, joke. hehe."

"Kalimutan mo na 'yon."

"O-okay po" She fixed her glasses because it was kinda dropping off. But as she did that, the steering wheel with her other hand rotated spontaneously. "What the?!" I removed her hand and controlled it. Thank God at kaunti lang 'yung mga sasakyan sa kalsada noong mga oras na iyon.