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Catalina

When we got in the restaurant where will be the meeting will happen ay nakita ko na sa labas nito si Vivi. Ang secretary ng tita ko na parang ate ko na rin. Ka-edad nya lang si Yana.

Nasa gitna kami ng daan for an hour. Tanginang traffic talaga. Ano ba naman ang Pilipinas, mainit na nga polluted pa, dagdag pa ang traffic, hays.

"Baba na tayo." Sabi ko sa mga bata at binuksan ang sasakyan.

Ni-locked ko muna ang kotse ko bago puntahan si Vivi. Hawak-kamay kaming naglakad ng mga anak ko papunta sa kanya.

"Hi,tita Vivi!" Bati ng mga anak ko nang makita ng mga ito si Vivi.

"Hi, quintuplets." Bati pabalik nito sa mga bata.

They hugged her and Vivi just smiled at me for acknowledgment. Ganito lang kami,tanguan lang. Okay lang kami don hindi rin naman kasi sya madaldal.

"The meeting will start at 7 pa naman kaya may 1 hour and half pa tayo para pag-usapan nating dalawa ang daloy ng meeting mamaya." Vivi muttered when we went in the restaurant.

She made a reservation for a VIP room kaya don kami ngayon papunta and it located in the 2nd floor of the building. Nandito ang mga VIPs.

There's a sofa set in the room kaya don muna kami. We talked about the investors that will come later. There will be 3 of them. Tonight will be just the signing of the contracts. If may mabago na dapat baguhin ay babaguhin if wala naman ay proceed to the signing. Ang sabi ni Vivi sa akin ay pumunta lang si tita sa 3 days anniversary celebration na yon dahil dito sa mga big and important investors na pupunta ngayon dito.

Well, businesses needs investors for progress.

"Malapit na." Sambit ni Vivi pagkatingin nya sa relo nya.

Tumayo na kami at tumayo rin ang mga bata. Ay nakalimutan ko! Malapit ng mag-7 at hindi pa rin kumakain ang mga anak ko!

"Vivi, can you call the waiter? I'll order some foods for my children." Vivi just nodded at me.

There are 15 chairs around the round table kaya marami-rami rin ito. My children settled down in the five chairs. Katabi ko si Fifth at katabi ko rin si Vivi, nasa gitna nila akong dalawa.

Before 7,the foods arrived at nagsimula ng kumain ang mga anak ko.

"Pasensya na sa mga anak ko ah." I apologized to Vivi.

Baka kasi hindi comfortable mamaya ang mga investors na darating eh.

"It's okay." She gave me a small smile.

I watched my children eat their foods with smiles. They love the foods here.

From my children I looked at my watch and saw that it's exactly 7,and on that time, the door opened.

I feel 5 new presence in the room. Base on their perfumes and auras, they are deadly and serious. Heartless and merciless in the name of business. I can feel it. I can really feel it.

I looked up, shit! Five pairs of eyes are now looking at me. Three pairs are silver, one pair is grey and the left one pair is honey brown. Their aura! Shit! Ang heavy ah!

Two pair of the silver eyes are so familiar to me. Ang isa ay parang nakangising nakatingin ito sa akin. Ang isa ay walang emosyon at ang lamig kung tumitig. That's her.

Vivi stood up kaya sumunod ako.

"Ms. ABC del Gracia, Ms. DFH del Gracia, Mrs. Flowery del Gracia, Ms. Keira Sinclair and Ms. Georgette Hernandez." Vivi said and shook all of their hands.

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