Assistant ni Bamboo

Chapter 28- Days Pass Us By

7th Day

Julie Isabelle Tan's POV

Nung umaga, nagluto kami ni Bambs ng Omelet with rice! Ako ang may gusto ng rice! Si Bamboo hindi pala masyado kumakain ng rice, ang dami pa ng stock niya ng rice.

Nung umaga, The Voice as usual hanggang 12 pm. Naglunch kami dito sa studio, may packed lunches ngayong araw, adobong manok and pizza!

Then ngayong hapon, the photo commercial shoot with Jag will be done.

"I got a fire for her heart, I'm not scared of the dark. It never seems it looks so easy..." Kanta ko.

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Ang sexy nung babae, ang tangkad, ang ganda. Nilalandi niya si Bamboo kooo! Joke lang! Commercial lang to hahaha....

[11th day]

Saturday came quickly, after going to ASAP, Bamboo wanted to go home.

I just organized Bamboo's schedule. Bamboo called for our dinner, a veggie restaurant and KFC too for me.

Nagshower, nagcellphone at natulog na ako...

"Kring kring kring kring!"

What? May tumatawag? 12:40 am?

"Hello? Tita Honey why?"

"Bamboo's old friend, Gino, said na naglalasing si Bamboo sa Star Bar na nasa ***** corner of ***** street. Di ako makapupunta, hubby and I will fly na in around 20 minutes. Please get him.l

"Okay po. Sige bye."

Nagsuot ako ng bra and a pink t-shirt. Agad akong lumabas ng village and waited for a taxi.

Swerte akong may taxi na agad na napadaan. Sinabi ko yung address.

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This bar is rich and proper. Pumasok ako. They allowed me since pinakita ko ang id kong 18 na ako.

I went inside and ang ingay. I looked around. Wala si Bamboo. Umakyat ako sa second floor. I saw Bamboo with a friend, that's Gino siguro.

Lumapit ako.

"Hi ako po si Julie, assistant ni Bamboo," sabi ko.

"Oh hi! Nice meeting you. I am Gino," he smiled at me.

"Bamboo, uwi na tayo," sabi ko.

"Julie? Tulog na it's midnight."

"Come on." Binuhat namin siya ni Gino sa sasakyan niya I presume at hinatid niya kami sa house ni Bambs. Binuhat namin siya to his room and he said his bye.

"Bamboo... Need anything?"

"I need you," he grabbed my bidy and hugged me.

"Bamboo..."

"Sarah I love you, why can't you see that. Sarah naman eh..."

He thought I was Sarah?

Pagangat ko ng tingin sa kanya, ayun tulog na.

[The next mornjng, 12th day]

"Good morning," Kakatapos ko lang iprito ang scrambled eggs and fried rice. I made Bamboo's quaker oats na rin.

"Good morning din," I smiled at him.

"Um sorry sa kagabi, naglasing lasing kasi ako." Umupo siya sa may dining table.

"Okay lang. May pinapagdaanan ka naman kasi eh."

He nodded. We ate silently and I presented na ako na rin ang maghuhugas ng mga plato.

He agreed at bumalik sa kwarto niya, naligo siguro.

I spend the rest of the morning watching tv, reading a book and singing in my room. Lunch came and tumulong ako kay Bamboo na nagluluto.

After that we both washed the dishes. Naupo kami sa sofa afterwards.

"Bamboo, alam kong di ka okay. If you need someone to talk to, andito ako," sabi ko.

"Yes..."

After some quiet minutes...

"It is Sarah. I love her and sinabi ko nga. Of course di niya ako mahal. There's his boy friend there. Bakit kasi naisip ko pang may chance ako sa kanya, right?"

"Hindi natin matuturuan ang mga puso natin kung sino ang gusto nitong mahalin. That's okay, there's a lot more people to love..."

"Yeah," he smiled at me.

"Still learning," he said sternly.