Let Me Be The One

Chapter 9 - Dinah's Decision

When our car arrived at Dinah's house, Jeannie was the one who welcomed us at the gate. There was an obvious feeling of concern on her face as she opened the gate for us.

"anong nangyayari, Jeannie?" i quickly asked as i walked out of the car, Brent in tow.

"Something happened to the catering business of Di's family. I'll-i'll let her tell you herself..." sabi ni Jeannie as she tugged me to Dinah's room upstairs.

as we slowly opened the door of the bedroom, we saw Di sitting on the bed with her face to her hands. she was sobbing quietly as we slowly walked over to her. i reached out a hand and touched her shoulder.

"Gail!" she cried as she stood up and hugged me suddenly.

Sobrang iyak niya as i comforted her by patting her back. i knew Di for a long time. i never saw her like this... this way. this emotion. this weak.

"Di, anong nangyari?" tanong ko as she slowly let go fo her hug on me and sat down on the bed again.

"My family is bankrupt... the whole business is wrecked... dinemanda kami..." Di said in between sobs.

"Gosh... w-what really happened..." i stuttered as i listened to this very unbelievable story.

"This is how it happened..." simula ni Jeannie as she came closer to me.

"Di's parents told me awhile ago... story said was... they had this big function yesterday in one of the biggest hotels at Alabang... a very fancy function... no expense was too big for them... a debut for one of the rich socialites only daughter.. of course, alam mo na... they had the works! so Di's family catered for them. the food on the menu was very very pricey... there was even some truffles on some of the meat served..." Jeannie narrated as i listened carefully.

"E-everything w-was perfect..." banggit ni Dinah.

"The function was going well when a guest found a... a rat's head in the cream soup. And that created a big scene!" Jeannie exclaimed ng may paglaki ng mga mata.

"It was all Mang Gorio's fault!" Di shouted stamping her fists to the bed.

Who is this Mang Gorio, anyway? And why did he do this to Dinah's family? What made him do it to such a nice family?

"Just for being fired from our catering business. Th-thats so bad of him!" Di continued full of pain as tears continued falling from her eyes.

"I heard that the guy had money issues with some syndicate. gambling problems. and that the money he could have gotten from Di's business would be a way to pay it off. but Di's father found out he was swindling money from the business. so instead of being sent to jail, he was just fired" Jeannie whisphered to me when Dinah reacted.

"So he got pissed and found a way to bring down my family's business. i hope he gets his just deserves for doing that!" Dinah shouted beforen Jeannie and i ran to hug and comfort her.

"I-I... hope... he pays... for what he did... to my family..." Dinah said in between sobs.

Knock! Knock!

We turned to see who knocked. then saw Brent who was by the door, his hand still on it. he had the look that called towards him. So i stood and slowly walked over to him.

"The man... they found him already..." he whispered to me holding onto my shoulder.

"Good! so he can finally pay for what he did!" I exclaimed as i rushed to Di.

"They found Mang Gorio! Nakita na nila siya!" I said almost jumping for joy.

Dinah's face partly lit up as she turned her head to face me. Jeannie was still holding onto Di's shoulder as she listened and smiled. All three of us jumped for joy when Brent spoke again.