We meet again (Sequel)

Chapter 4

"It has been a week and I have heard nothing back!" Rebecca whined to Nam. Once she had settled, she reconnected with Nam and the others.

"Exactly, it has only been 7 days. Have patience, young grasshopper." Nam consoled Rebecca, "tell them about seeing Freen again after all these years. Kade and Joey came in late and I want them to hear this."

"What?" Both Kade and Noey exclaimed with their eyes widened in surprise.
Nam smirked and said, "I know! I was so surprised too! After five years, he pops up as if nothing happened. I'm pissed at him. Go on, nong tell them."
And so, with Nam's urging, Rebecca retold them her story again of how surprised she was to see Freen at the interview and how he brushed her off when she wanted to talk to him privately.

"Wait... backup, I do want to talk about Freen but may I interrupt and ask something else?" Kade had to interrupt, "What is with this new look? Are you...? Is everything alright?"

"Me?" Rebecca was taken back with Kade's question, she forgot that she had changed her style and look for her secret mission, "Oh I'm...transitioning. I identify myself as a he/him now."

"WHAT?" Kade, Nam, and Noey all shouted in surprise. It wasn't that Rebecca didn't trust her friends, it was just that the less people that knows the better. If something falls through, she didn't want to drag her friends with her and get them in trouble for covering her lies. She didn't want her friends to be culpable if she got caught.

"Yes, I also want to be addressed as Beck instead of Becky or Rebecca." She added, "but that's not the main point! Go back to Freen!"
The girls just blinked at Rebecca's rapid fire of news as they went back to the topic of Freen.

"So when you pulled him aside, he said 'hey buddy?' He didn't even acknowledge or recognize you? Yes, its been five years and you do look different but not THAT different where I can't recognize you. How dare he!" Noey fumed.

"No, but he did mention in the interview that he was hospitalized and suffered memory loss. I just wasn't able to get the details of what he forgot or what happened."

"Oh! Now that you mentioned it, I did hear some rumors but I thought it was false and too ridiculous." Kade mentioned offhandedly.

Rebecca quickly jumped at the news, "What rumors?"
"It was really ridiculous, I heard that her family went into bankruptcy and that he had joined the mafia. There was one where he was recruited as an assassin, or a secret agent and worked as an undercover agent."

"hm... maybe there is some truth to it?" Noey hummed.

"What truth? They all sound like plots to a movie." Nam scoffed, "are you sure you didn't mix it up with the plots of your films, now that you're a famous actress?"

"Maybe? I don't remember, but I do recall hearing some rumors about Freen and even when I heard it at that time, I thought it was ridiculous. I'm just so pissed that he didn't even try to connect with us. We were all close! We would have helped if he needed us! We were all so worried when he disappeared. When you both disappeared!"

"Yes... back then, we thought you guys eloped together. It wasn't until a year later when you reached out and contacted us for any news of Freen, did we really know what happened to you." Nam sadly agreed with Kade, she remember those sad days when she lost two close friends and felt so helpless.

"What will you do now? Keep trying to find Freen?" Noey asked Rebecca.

"I don't know. I think I should stop, since clearly he doesn't want to acknowledge me. It wasn't like we were engaged or anything, it was just a puppy love. I shouldn't have taken it so seriously. Like you said, it's been 5 years. We've all grown up and need to move on with our lives."

"Are you trying to convince yourself or convince us?" Nam suggested, "either way, you know we will will support your decision."

"So, have you heard back from Wang Industries?"

"NO! I've been waiting and waiting! It has been a week already!" Rebecca whined but was interrupted by her cellphone ring. The caller ID read 'Gummy Bear <3'

"Hello? What's wrong?"

"DID YOU CHECK YOUR EMAIL? HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR EMAIL?" Rebecca had to pull the phone away from her ear to escape Irin's high pitch shrill of excitement.

"No...I'll check now. What am I looking for?" Rebecca opened her email account and scrolled through her junk until she spotted an email address with the 'HR@WangIndustries.com'. Rebecca's finger pause and hovers over the screen, 'this is it. Moment of truth. If I get in, I'm going to find out the truth. If I don't, I did my best. Sorry Ritchie." Rebecca takes a deep breath and clicks into the email, she pauses to read and then closes her eyes and with her brow furrowed.

"What is it nong?" Nam asked in concern.

"I'm in.""You're in?" Noey parroted.

"I got in! I'm one of the trainees selected!" Rebecca exclaimed and you could hear Irin screaming with joy over the phone. Rebecca forgot that Irin was still on the call and she quickly put the phone to her ear, "how about you? Were you selected too?"

"Yes!! I got in too! I called you as soon as I found the email. I'm not going to accept it if you're not selected."

"Aww Gummy Bear. You are the best!" Rebecca gushed.

"I know I am. No way am I going to let you do this by yourself. We stick together. Go back to friends and come home soon so we can celebrate."

"I will. See you later!" Rebecca hung up and turned back to the gang.

"Congratulations!! This calls for a celebration!" Kade cheered loudly for Rebecca as Nam silently called the waiter over to order more drinks.
"See it all works out!"
"Forget about Freen and focus on your future." Noey toasted, "I wish you a prosperous career path at Wang Industries and maybe experience an office romance so great that it would be the greatest love of your life."

"Cheers!!!" The girls all clanged their drinks and smiled at Rebecca's future.