Beauty In A Broken Beat (Daffodil Series 1)

Prologue

Prologue

I putted the lipstick inside my purse and stared at the mirror while fixing my wavy hair upon my back. Staring at myself right in front of me, I clearly see a woman with a heavy make-up and fitted dress.

My pouty lips hugs by bloody red matte lipstick and my foundation covers my skin with a small blush–on underneath my eyes. The sharp eyeliner upon my eyes between my double eyelid shows; and as I tilted my head, it defined my features—especially the size of my cheek.

I'm not that fair but I can say that I'm not that dark either. I have a morena skin tone which I inherited from my Mother while my entire face except the shape of my eyes are all came from my Father.

I'm a 5 feet and 4 in a half-inches tall and I have a petite body and wavy golden brown hair.

Kinuha ko ang perfume mula sa purse ko at winisik–wisikan ang sarili hanggang sa tuluyan na akong ma-satisfy sa sarili kong amoy.

A halfhearted smile appeared upon my lips while staring at my own reflection.

"Perfect." I mumbled and fixed my versace dress.

Isang sulyap sa salamin ulit ang aking ginawa bago ako nagdesisyong lumabas na ng banyo. A noisy establishments welcomed me as I finally stormed out from the ladies room. People around are getting wilder and wilder as the night went on. Medyo mag–gagabi nadin kasi; siguro ayos na ito para magpaalam at maka–uwi na.

"Miss Daisy!" I looked at the person who called me. It was Ava; my co-worker. Siya ang isa sa kasa–kasama ko sa firm kung saan ako nagtatrabaho ngayon. Kumaway siya saakin at lumapit. "Hanap ka ni Boss, ang tagal mo 'daw magbanyo."

I smiled. "I'm sorry. I just fixed my make–up muna para hindi ko na ayusin sa daan. Pauwi nadin kasi ako eh."

Ava winced. "Pauwi? Agad? Maaga pa, Miss Daisy. Why don't you join us until dawn?"

I chuckled and shook my head. "I totally want to, but I can't." I formally said. "I need to go home as early as possible. I do have a lot on my plates, right now."

"Ganun?" I nodded. "Sayang naman. Para sayo at sa firm pa naman yung celebration na 'to. You should enjoy your life at least once, Miss Daisy. Ilang buwan mong pinaghirapan ang project na natapos mo. And it was really achievement for you."

I chuckled again and shook my head. "Maybe I'll celebrate nalang in my home or maybe; kung talagang busy, baka next time nalang. I have a lot of time naman, paniguradong kaya yun next time."

After that, I bid my goodbye to her and went to our table. Nandoon yung mga seniors at iba pang kasamahan ko sa trabaho. Ayaw pa sana nila akong pauwiin noong una pero mapilit ako at talagang gusto ko nang umuwi dahil sa pagod. I do have a lot of things to do but also, I did have a very long day today.

Gusto ko ng tulog. Kailangan kong matulog. Since day off ko naman bukas, baka naman pwedeng matulog muna.

Iilang paki–usap at pag–tanggi pa muna yung ginawa ko bago nila ako pinayagang umuwi. Well wala naman silang magagawa, working hours were already done. I don't do orders from my seniors anymore.

Sa daan palang ay pahikab-hikab na ako. Ilang linggo akong walang tulog dahil sa project na hinawakan ko before party. Luckily, I managed to finished it on time regardless of some unnecessary things happened.

It's already midnight when I went home and laid my back upon my bed. Mabilis akong nakatulog nang gabing 'yun at dahil sa pagod ay hindi ko namalayang tinanghali na ako ng gising kinabukasan—which is hindi naman problema since off ko naman ngayon.

I lazily get up from the bed and went inside the bathroom to clean myself.

Nang makababa ay mag–isa akong nag-agahan at nang matapos ay mabilis akong bumaba sa apartment na tinutuluyan ko para simulan ang dapat kong gawin ngayong araw.