"Sir, good morning! And welcome back! How's your trip from Singapore? Hope all went well. Here's your coffee!"
Nakangiting inilapag niya ang inumin nito sa mesa at prenteng tumayo, hawak ang notepad and ballpen.
After that talk with tita Nancy, plus the words from her two boy friends, Sam decided to set aside her principles and follow her heart instead.
Imagining what Gerard went through after being rejected by his own mother, nakaramdam siya nang awa dito.
Sinong walang pusong ina ang magtatakwil sa sariling anak? How could his mother left him and not recognize him as her son?
Kaya pala ganun ang pananaw nito sa buhay, dahil nababalutan nang hinanakit at galit ang puso nito. Para sa ina at para na rin sa lahat. Damay-damay na, ika nga.
"I never believed in happy ending," she remembered him saying before.
Because he never knew what happiness was from the beginning.
Yet subconsciously, he's yearning for it. Yearning to experience it.
And she'll give it to him.
She'll do all her damn best para mapasaya ito.
Para maniwala ulit ito sa happy ending.
It's time to wake him up.
At napangiti siya nang maalala ang sinabi ni tita Nancy kahapon.
She's the princess who'll kiss him to wake up.
"Why are you grinning?"
Bumalik ang diwa niya sa kasulukuyan nang marinig ang boses nito.
"And good morning to you again, sir!"
"I said, why are you grinning? May nakakatawa ba sa hitsura ko?"
"Wala naman, sir. You look dashingly handsome today, in fact."
Too dashing to be the beast that you are now. Hindi bagay sa 'yo.
"Niloloko mo ba ako, Samantha?"
Uy, full name basis siya ngayon. Patay ka Sam, seryoso na talaga yan.
He'll give in, don't you worry.
"I'm asking you...."
"No, sir. It's just really a good morning. Another day has come and the sun is smiling. Enough reason for us to smile the whole day and all the days and consider even the ugliest creatures as the most beautiful creations of God."
"Out."
"Sir?"
"I said out!"
Yan na naman, Sam! nagsusungit na naman!
It's okay. I'll pacify him.
"Is there anything else I can do for you sir?"
I can be a clown, I can be a comedienne, I can be anything or anyone just to make you smile even for a while.
Eeek Sam! Corny mo!
Shut up!
"You're asking me to shut up?"
"Sir?"
"You said shut up!"
"Ah eh sorry sir, I'm just having some wrestling match with my mind right now."
"Excuse me?"
"Ah, wala po sir. May ipapagawa po ba kayo?"
"Get your face out from my office, that's what you can do for me!"
