Tulips

52. I Miss You.

Freen.

Heng came in my office for our 3pm meeting. I looked at the clock it's just 2:40 pm. But when I look at him to ask why he's early, I was surprised to see him sitting at the edge of the chair with his slouched back, his head bent low while turning his phone on his hands.

"What's wrong?" I said as I leaned on the table in front of him.

He raised his head then leaned his back on the couch. His eyes were puffy. He let out a deep sigh.

"Nam. I told her about the joint venture and us going to the U.S., she suddenly went crazy on me."

"She's so clingy, of course she'll go crazy."

"How about you, did you tell Becca already?"

It was my turn to sigh. It was just recently that we decided to accept Jacob's Corp's offer. We finalized the contract yesterday.

"No, not yet." I kept setting aside the thought of how to tell her.

"I bet Becca would understand. Unlike Nam."

"We won't be gone forever..."

"Yeah we won't but still we'll be gone in months at a time. We'll be LDR then. That's hard. Months of No hugs, No kiss, No sex..."

"It is hard."

Heng chuckled. "Did you just really reacted when I said no sex. Geez Freen, you have never change."

"Not just that, Dumb ass. The whole thing. It's hard enough not being with her everyday, what more for months."

"Exactly." Heng said then sighed again.

I went back to my chair and sigh as well.

"Did we just made a wrong decision?"

"I think we did."

My mind doesn't agree. "No, we didn't. This is what we wanted. To expand our business, make The Equinox known. We know in the business world, we'll make certain sacrifices." I sat straight and looked at him straight. "We need to do this for the future of The Equinox. We just have to endure those months of separation to enjoy later the  success it'll bring. Let's not regret anything. We'll just need to do our job to make sure everything is in place so that we could go home right away. Let's do this all the way!"

Heng sat straight as well and replied. "Yeah. Let's do this. And we need a vacation after that. Let's give our girls something to look forward to aside from being with us again of course."

"I agree."

We both smiled as we fist bumped.

The phone rang. It was May saying the staff is already outside. I told her they could all come in. We moved to the meeting table and started the meeting as soon as everyone was settled.

Later that afternoon, I was fixing my things cause it's quarter to 7 already. My phone rang and when I picked it up, I heard Becky's voice on the line.

"Hi Babe, are you still at the office?"

"Yeah. Sorry if I wasn't able to message you. Been busy all day."

"I figured. That's okay. It's almost 7 make sure you'll have dinner."

"I will. In fact I'm feeling hungry already."

"Buy something on your way home then."

"That's the plan. By the way, have you already closed the shop?"