Chapter 24

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From Danny:

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From Danny:

Douglas, I attached the file here for your itinerary, ha? Just like what we've talked about, roundtrip ticket na rin 'yan, and you don't have to worry about paying me back for it.

When I confirmed to Danny on Tuesday night that I'll be going with his plan, naisip ko na wala namang mawawala. I went with the plan kahit wala namang kasiguraduhan para sa akin. Danny was thinking spontaneously about it that it might result in better things. Well, I hope it would come out what we're both hoping for.

I book myself a flight on Wednesday afternoon even though he said he'll carry it for me, but I don't want to make him pay for it. Everything was rushed so had to pack all of what I needed to Manila. Wala pa rin akong masyadong ideya kung anong gagawin ko. I tried listing in my head all the things I wanted to talk to Cory about when we were bound to meet. Ang daming pwedeng mangyari.

She could push me away or we get to talk; the latter part is where I am leaning the most.

Danny knew about my arrival and said he'll pick me up when I arrived in Manila. The flight would be quick they said. Manila isn't new to me, I'm not afraid, but I'm scared of the purpose of my visit there.

It doesn't take us long when we arrived at the airport. I cannot stay too long here in Manila so I'll be back in Coron after three days. Puno pa rin ng kaba ang dibdib ko. Walang ideya so Cory na nandito ako sa Manila ngayon at ang isa sa mga pasimuno nito ay si Danny. I'm not sure how we will carry this one out, but I guess he already had a plan for it.

As I'm finding my way out of the airport, tinext ko na si Danny. Mabilis naman siyang nag-reply sa akin dahil naghihintay na siya sa akin sa arrival area. We're on Terminal 3 and I saw him immediately, as he was the one who had my name on a piece of bond paper. As I came to meet him, napansin ko rin ang isa pa nitong kasama na lalaki.

"Hi, Douglas!" pagbati nito sa akin.

"Hi, Danny!" Niyakap ko naman ito biglang pagbati.

He quickly parted away and turned to the guy next to him. "This is my boyfriend, Lukas."

"Nice to meet you, Lukas. I'm Douglas." Pakikipagkamay ko.

"Nice to meet you, too!" sagot nito.

"So, what's the plan?" I asked. "How are we going to proceed with it?"

"Cory's back at her condo as of this moment, naka-day off siya until tomorrow," paliwanag nito. "She doesn't have any idea na kinausap kita at niyaya kitang pumunta ng Manila. She'll be surprised when she saw you tomorrow, pero for now. Let's get you settle muna sa hotel mo or have you eaten na ba?"

"Not yet, actually." Napakamot ako sa ulo. "I was thinking to eat here when I arrived."

"Then let's go to some resto muna bago ka pumunta sa hotel mo so we can usap na rin to what will happen tomorrow."

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