Bumaba na si Pia and was surprised to see Elmo sleeping on the couch. She went to him and woke him up.
“Moe… Elmo wake up!” she said habang tintapik ang pisngi ng binata.
“Mmm…”
“Elmo Moses wake up!” she said again. Nagmulat naman ng mata si Elmo and looked at his mom. “Get up. You have a meeting in GMA at 10am. Move fast.” She ordered. Di na nagtanong pa si Elmo dahil mukhang masama ang gising ng mom niya so he just sleepwalked to his room and took a bath. After niya mag-ayos ay bumaba na siya to join her for breakfast.
“Rolly, hatid mo na kami sa GMA.” Pia said to Elmo’s driver. Agad namang sumunod ito and took them to the said place. They entered the building at sinalubong sila ng isang staff.
“Thank you po for accepting our invitation Ms. Pia. Dito po tayo.” He said and led them to one of the conference rooms.
“Please sit down. Padating na po si direk.” Sabi nito at saka na lumabas ng kwarto. Pia looked at Elmo and saw him busy with his phone.
“I hope you’re saying sorry to Lauren.” She said.
“Huh?”
“Akala mo di ko alam? She called me last night telling me that you walked out on her. Again.”
“Ah.”
“Elmo, pwede ba? Wag mo na awayin si Lauren. Please, son.”
“Edi wag niyo kong ipilit sa kanya. Para walang away.” He answered. May sasabihin pa sana si Pia but the door of the conference room opened and direk entered.
“Good morning.” Bati nito.
“Good morning, direk. How are you?”
“I’m fine, excited for this project. First time ko ata to with you guys and with the network din. Tama ba?”” She answered.
“Yes,yes. Uhm… by the way this is Elmo. My son.” Pia introduced Elmo.
“Hi, direk.” Bati naman ng binata.
“Hello, young Francis M. Ready ka na ba sa new project mo?”
“Yes po.”
They discussed about the new project. Sinabi ang kwento and even gave them a draft of the script.
“This is my first time to work with you. Kaya naeexcite ako. Kaya lang, wala pa tayong leading lady mo. But the story is okay naman diba?”
“Opo. I liked the plot. Tsaka namiss ko din gumawa ng movie.” He admitted.
“Good! So anyway. Sila na kakausap sa inyo. Uhm… tell me something kapag may ipapabago ka sa script so that I could tell the writer. Ha? I’ll go ahead. May lakad pa ko.”
“Okay. Thank you, direk.” Umalis na ng opisina ang director at kinausap na nila ang ibang staff. They let Elmo sign the contract for the movie at after nun, umalis na ang mag-ina.
*****
Uwian na niya from school. Hindi siya masusundo ni Enrique dahil may taping ito kaya ang papa niya uli ang nagsundo sa kanya.
“Anak, diretso tayong GMA. Tumawag kasi sila telling me about a meeting.”
“Ah. Sige po, papa.”
“Di naman kayo magkikita ni Enrique diba?” tanong nito.
“Hindi po. Busy sa taping yun eh. Tsaka madami din akong homework.”
“Okay.” Sagot ni Jonathan at saka na nagmaneho paalis ng school ng anak.
They reached GMA and was ushered to the conference room kung saan naghihintay ang ibang staff and ang director.
