I was a busy woman but I canceled all of my work for today no matter how important they were because I had somewhere else to go na mas importante sa kahit ano mang bagay ngayong araw.
Nasa kalagitnaan ako ng meeting noong nag text sa akin si Keisha, at noong nabasa ko 'yon ay wala akong pagdadalawang isip na lisanin ang meeting.
Shahara Keiliz: We found her. We found Sandy. We'll pick you up outside of Blues.
That was the only thing she told me and I wanted to know more pero wala na akong naging oras dahil agad na akong tumakbo palabas ng kompanya para hintayin siya.
I anxiously waited for her until I spotted a black van speeding toward me, which I assumed to be Mika's dahil puro itim ang sasakyan niya.
And I was right because when I hopped inside, she, Hiruki, at si Keisha ang bumungad sa akin.
Nasa passenger seat si Mika, si Hiruki ay nasa driver's seat dahil siya ang nagmamaneho, habang si Keisha naman ay nasa tabi ko sa backseat.
"Can someone explain what is happening?" Hindi ako nagsayang ng oras para magtanong.
"Sandy is in the country." Si Keisha ang sumagot.
"How?"
"Took the plane, obvi."
Humugot ako ng malalim na paghininga. "Keisha, serious, please."
"I'm serious!" she exclaimed. "She took a private jet with her asshole husband."
"She's with her husband?" tanong ko.
Tumango siya. "Unfortunately, yes."
"Then where are they? Kailan pa sila nandito? Bakit napagdesisyonan nilang umuwi? Is she okay?" sunod-sunod kong tanong dahil hindi ko mapigilan ang bunganga ko.
"One at a time, Loreen. I can't remember all of your questions." She sighed, then she gazed in front of us to ask for help between the two.
Sinalubong siya ng mga mata ni Hiruki sa rearview mirror kaya ang lalaki ang sumagot sa mga tanong ko.
"They went home because they'll attend a business ball that will be held in a yacht and we are making our way there," Hiruki started. "They took a private jet from China to here because they couldn't risk Sandra to be seen—risk to be seen by us, obviously because they knew we'll take action, which we are currently doing right now."
Napatango ako at sumandal habang malalim na nag iisip.
It made sense.
Ayaw nilang ipakita sa amin si Sandra dahil alam nilang hindi nalang kami tutula rito at hayaan siyang ilayo ulit sa amin nang napaka habang panahon.
"Let me answer the last question because it's the only thing I remembered," Keisha said.
Muli kong tinuon ang atensyon ko sa kanya at nakita ang lungkot sa maganda niyang mukha.
"Sandy isn't doing fine because according to Mika, Wolfie had seen her in China when her car crashed because she tried to escape from her husband. He rushed her to the hospital, but she insisted on going back to her husband because she was scared."
Napatakip ako sa bunganga ko at unti-unti kong naramdaman ang pag init ng ulo ko, mas lalo na noong narinig ko ang sunod na sinabi ni Keisha.
"S-She was patched with bruises, cuts, and scars.."
Mariin akong napapikit at sinusubukang wag umusal ng paulit-ulit na mura, kaya napakagat ako sa sariling labi at ikinuyom nalang ang mga kamao.
Sandra may be a little mean, but she didn't deserve all of this...
