Kidnapped (A Romance Story for Filipino Wattpadders)

107: Runaway Patient

Bryan

I'm inside the company van at kakagaling ko lang sa taping. Ba't ba naman kasi kailangan talagang baguhin pa yung filming schedule... I'm not that active during the night. At natatapos yung filming ng madaling araw. Then there's the guesting in this particular morning show.

I sighed. Nakakapagod talaga. I can tell that I'm going to have trouble adjusting to this.

"Diether, anong oras na?" I asked,

"Sir, 7:57 a.m. po." He answered.

By now, nasa cafe na si Amber.

"Bakit po, gusto niyo bisitahin si Ma'am Amber?" Tanong niya.

"I just want to pick up that cake that my sister likes." Palusot ko.

"Sige po, sabi niyo e." Diether teased me with a smile.

On the way, I saw someone familiar. Mukhang nag-aabang siya ng masasakyan.

"O. Si Jade yun a." Diether said.

Tumingin ako nang mabuti sa direction niya. Oh, right. Si Jade nga, Casper's sister.

"Sir, okay lang na hintuan natin siya?" Diether asked.

Magkakilala nga pala si Diether at si Jade. Nakwento niya na sa 'kin minsan.

"It's fine." I answered.

We stopped in front of her and she looked surprised. I rolled down the car window and greeted her.

"Hey..." I said.

"Jade, may hinihintay ka?" Tanong naman ni Diether sa kanya.

"Sir, isara niyo po yung bintana niyo. Baka may mga fans na makakita." Diether warned me.

I rolled my eyes.

"Hello po." Jade said rather shyly. Man... The effect I have on girls... I'm not exactly like that player, Tristan who has all that charm and appeal and would have winked and said "Hey pretty kitten," instead of a simple "Hey," pero talagang may maipagyayabang din ako pagdating sa pag-catch ng attention ng girls. But when I looked again, I noticed that she's not looking at me but at Diether.

"Naghihintay lang ng masasakyan." She said in a lady-like manner. Wait. She wasn't like this before. Or was she?

I smiled. It looks like this girl has a crush on Diether.

"San ka ba pupunta? Baka naman pwede ka namin isabay." Diether told her.

"Sa totoo lang, male-late na ko sa susunod kong klase kaso si Ate kasi nakalimutan yung bag niya. Gusto ko sana ihatid sa kanya." Jade answered.

"A ganon ba? Sir, tayo na lang po kaya mag-abot? Pupunta na din naman tayo dun e." Diether told me.

"Okay. We'll take it to her in your stead." Sabi ko kay Jade.

Iniabot niya yung bag, actually it's a dual-function ladies bag na pwedeng gawing purse when you take off the straps. I recognized it from the night of the party before Casper's accident happened. Yun din yung ginamit ni Amber that night.

"We'll take care of it." I assured Jade and we drove off.

Nung dumating na kami sa cafe, wala dun si Amber. The lady at the counter told Diether that Amber swapped shifts with her.

Bummer. I really wanted to see her.

"Sir, yung bag po ipabigay na lang natin dun sa katrabaho niya." Diether said.

I sighed. I reached over to get the bag when it accidentally got unbuckled and the contents spilled over the car seat.

"Sir naman e." Pagalit ni Diether.