"Maggie wait," sabi ni Ian trying to slow Ma-G down.
Nakupo! Excited si Ma-G! Pa'no kaya 'to Ian? Pa'no mo sya pipigilan?
"Huh? Why?" tanong ni Ma-G sa kanya pero she was still not slowing down.
"Why are you such in a rush to go back to your hotel?" tanong ni Ian.
"So we can have the whole night-" umpisa ni Ma-G na pinutol ni Ian. Tumigil sya kaya napatigil rin sa paglakad-takbo si Ma-G.
"Whoa, wait, no, um, tsk, Maggie, um, I was just really planning on just dropping you off," tigil at kamot ni Ian sa ulo. He smiled uneasily.
Napanganga si Ma-G in shock. Napanguso sya at lumaki ang butas ng ilong. "Aw-kay... Just leave me here then," inis na sabi ni Ma-G.
"I'm sorry?" nasabi na lang ni Ian at umalis na agad.
Wow 'tol, kaka-proud!
Iba ka! Ibang-iba ka. Parang di ka lalaki, kasi palay na yun, pero grabe, kakaiba! Idol. Iba!
"Phew!" sabi ni Ian na relieved. "That was awkward and weird," he said as he jogged back to his hotel.
Nakatanggap ng text si Ian galing kay Hugo. Iyon yung address ni Andre Mark Solis na puntirya ni Christine sa Cebu. "Tamang-tama, saktong sakto!" Finorward ni Andre iyon kay Christine through SMS.
Kinabukasan nasa plane na sila pa-Cebu. Kasama ni Ian si Christine, Jackie at Eric. Sasamahan sila ni Eric to see his cousin Eldrick na kasama nga ni Maggie sa Cebu.
"Hindi ko alam kung sino sa inyo ni Christine ang mas excited o kinakabahan. Pero parang ikaw," sabi ni Jackie sabay turo nya kay Ian. Nasa likod sya ng upuan ni Ian at ni Christine, katabi nya si Eric.
Lumingon at ngumiti lang si Ian kay Jackie.
"How're you feeling?" tanong sa kanya ni Christine.
"Very nervous. Di ko alam kung anong gagawin ko when I see her. I think I wanna hug her pero is that too soon, sudden, forward?" tanong ni Ian na kahit nag-aalala eh nangingiti.
Nangiti rin tuloy si Christine. "If that's what you feel doing, go, do it. You came all this way for her. She needs to know how you feel," payo ni Christine.
"What if she's still mad at me?" worry ni Ian at tingin sa kawalan.
"Just be there for her, until she can forgive you or accept you," sabi ni Christine.
"What if she doesn't feel anything for me?" tanong pa ni Ian.
"Then dapat kinakausap ka na nya sa text or email diba? Pero she's still nagtatampo dahil special ka pa rin," sabi at ngiti ni Christine.
"Sana nga," asa ni Ian. "What if she doesn't like me but I've fallen hard, really hard?"
Ngumiwi si Christine. "Whoa Ian, very hard yan, and I don't have the answer to that... Just hope... It'll happen if you really want it to happen."
"Ikaw? Are you hoping?" tanong ni Ian sa kanya on seeing the love of her life, Andre.
She smiled wide. "So hard that I don't call it hope. I know he still loves me at excited na 'kong makita sya."
"Wow, sana ganyan din kataas ang confidence level ko," sabi ni Ian.
"Hugot ka sa loob. Gawin mong motivation the difficult things that happened to you. You deserve to be happy and that might be her pero if it's not, there's Jackie," biro ni Christine.
"I heard my name," sabi ni Jackie sa likod.
Natawa sila ni Ian.
Di mapakali si Ian paalis ng hotel to see Maggie after nilang mag-check in at mag-iwan ng gamit.
BINABASA MO ANG
The Unfinished Business (Completed)
RomansaThis is not my story because mine ended abruptly. I died kasi. You know, that hassle. This is the story of two people who were very close to my heart but they cannot seem to move on from the pain and the guilt of my passing. Her the pain, him the g...
