Arabella's Game

Chapter 8: Her Boy

The next day, phone was ringing. Dinampot ni Arabella at sinagot ‘yun. She’s still in his arms. It never made her uncomfortable. “Hello,”

“Adie?” tanong ng nasa kabilang linya

“Yes?”

“Adie ikaw nga! It’s Jeda,”

“Ate Jeda! How did you know my number?” pagtataka nito. Si Jenina Danica and nakatatandang kapatid ni Curtis, 28 years old and a CPA.

“Adie, it’s Curtiss phone you’re picking,” tiningnan niya ang hawak na phone. Kay Curtis nga. They have same iPhone. His was white with silver protector, hers was white on gold protector. Pati ba naman sa tone pareho pa.

“Ay sorry Ate,”

“Kaya naman pala di uuwi ang ugok na yan. He’s with you,”

“Sorry po ulit,”

“Ay walang problema. Busy ka ba?”

“I have project launching today, Ate Jed,”

“Hilahin mo si Bunsoy sa Manila Hotel this Friday. It’s our parent’s wedding anniversary. Please, baby sis, uuwi sina Ate Bea at Ate Ciara. You should meet them,”

“Ah, o-ok,” pautal na sinagot nito. Mejo gumalaw si Curtis, nagising na ito.

Pagdilat ng mga mata ni Curtis, “Aja, that’s my phone,” pagrereklamo nito. Inakbayan niya ito at linapit ang mga bibig sa tenga ni Arabella. “Put it on a loud speaker,” he whispered on her ears. She pressed the key.

“Curtis! Narinig ko yun!” sigaw ng ate ni Curtis. “What did you do to Adie? Wag mong papakialaman ang batang yan. Di yan tulad ng mga babae mo,”

“Ang aga-aga pa, Ate. Saka di kami talo. Lalaki din to eh,”

“Tigilan mo ako Curtis! Clarisse told me you dumped her,”

“Ate naman. Ayo ko sa babaeng yun. Huhubad ba naman sa harap ko,”

“What?!” nabiglang sabat ng ate nito. Pati si Arabella nabigla din. ‘Kaya pala tumatakbo ito kagabi. Eh ba’t naman siya tatakbo eh grasya na yun para sa chick boy na ‘to. Gulo talaga ng isip nito oh,’ pagsasalita ni Arabella sa isip nito.

“Ate tigilan mo na ako. I won’t marry that girl,”

“Oo na. Di na kita kukulitin. And!”

“Ano naman yun?”

“Stop dating that bitch celebrity,”

“Ate naman,”

“Okay, tatahimik na,”

“Sige, bye,”

“Wait! I want to talk to Adie pa,”

“Ate naman, we’re in the middle of our rest after last night’s honeymoon,”

“CS!” sigaw ng ate nito.

Saka kinurot ni Arabella sa tagiliran.

“Ate oh, kinurot ako,” panunumbong ni Curtis.

“Hindi Ate,” pagpapaliwanag nito. “Excuse lang ‘Te. Ligo muna ako, still have work to do. Bye,”

“Sure, I’ll talk to Bunsoy muna,”

Arabella went in the bathroom, took a bath, preparing for the launching of the WHO project in Philippines. Sa labas naman, Curtis is still talking with her sister off speaker.

“Why did you call?”

“Why didn’t you tell me you’re meeting her again? Sana naman tigilan mo na yang mga katarantaduhan CS. Andyan na si Adie. Magbago ka na,”