Let Me Be The One

Chapter 37 - Worlds Collide

Nicolo

Napalingon ako sa pagkalabit sa akin at nakaharap ko ang isang lalaki, matangkad at mukhng intelihente. Napatitig ako sa mga mata nito na tila nagtatanong.

"... have I seen you before?" tanong nito sa akin.

Kilala niya ako? Sino ba itong lalaking ito?

"Sir... Sir Mon... ano pong kailangan niyo, Sir?" mabilis ang tanong ni Drei pagkabalik niya sa kusina.

"O, Andrei... kasama mo ba ito?" tanong ng lalaki.

"Yes Sir" sagot ni Drei.

"Oh I see... well... we do need more help inside... kaya na naman siguro ng staff sa labas... are we all ready?" muling tingin sa akin ng lalaki bago nakipag-usap ng tuluyan kay Andrei.

"Yes, Sir... Pud, okey... Toma, okey... Pulutan, okey..." nakangiting sagot ni Drei ng may kumpiyansa sa sarili.

"Good! I like your work, Andrei!" sagot ng lalaki bago inikot ang malaking kusina para tingnan ang ibang mga nangyayari dito sa loob.

"Siya ang nobyo ng anak ng may-ari nitong mansyon, si Sir Monching. Siya yung ikakasal kay Ma'am Jelyn" kwentong pabulong sa akin ni Drei ng nakalayo na si Sir Mon.

"Honey, don't stay here the whole night" sigaw ng isang dalaga sa may pinto ng kusina ng bumukas ito.

Siya siguro ang nobya.

"My cousin is even here to see you again" dagdag nito.

"Ok-Ok, honey... I'll be out soon" sagot ni Sir Mon.

"No... the staff here are ok... they know their jobs... enjoy the night" dagdag ni Ma'am ng lumapit ito kay Sir at marahang hinila sa kamay palabas ng kusina.

"Ok... Ok..." pagsukong sagot ni Sir Mon palabas ng pinto kung saan napansin kong may isang lalaki ang nakatalikod sa may pinot.

"Siguro, yung pinsan ni Ma'am Jelyn... taga rito rin sa village na ito. Kanina pa yun hinihintay ni Ma'am at Sir. Katulong ata sa ilang detalye ng kasal o ng kung ano" kwento ni Andrei habang naglilipat kami ng mga platong may pagkain sa mga tray.

"Koneksyon din yun para sa mga susunod na booking" nakangiting bulong sa akin ni Drei.

Oo nga, pagkakakitaan ulit.

Gail

Just finished dinner and cleaning the dishes as I sat on the sofa with laptop on the table. Need to catch up on some things. Like my personal emails and online movies.

"Ok... two emails... who can it be?" I asked as I hovered the mouse to check the first one.

Sender: Rosie
Subject: Hello Stranger

Hello, ate.

Long time no hear.

Love,
Rosie

Well... masasabi ko na I'm surprised. Matagal ko nang di nakaka usap si Rosie, ang younger sister ko.

"It has been years..." I typed as I answered.

"... and I have been missing you, Rosie..."

"Take care always. Love... ate Gail" I ended this short email.

Rosie was not into long letters. She was more into conversations, I remembered.

In all honesty, miss ko na siya. It has been two years earlier siyang umalis ng house namin. She was the free spirited young woman that our parents didn't see eye-to-eye much. She didn't go to family reunions or others and would just send some card or gift via delivery to birthdays, blaming her travels around the world.

She did enjoy travelling around the world. Last I heard from her via email as well, nasa isang part ng Europe siya. Bandang Paris, or was it Copenhagen?

Onto my other email, it was from... Di.

Sender: Dinah
Subject: :(

Sis... I know its not my business to meddle. But Jeannie said something that shocked me.

Is it true? Or was it just a rumor?

About the dancer. Don't blame Jeannie. Please.

Reply to this once you read it.

Lovelots,
Di

So... she knows as well. Well, it's bound to happen. Why am I not surprised?

Checking from the email, she just sent it about yesterday. Might as well reply to this one.

Clicking th reply button, I started my answer:

Hi, Di.

Yes. It's true.

Send.

"Well, no issue in not confirming this one" I said.

I had this emotion of being proud that I cleared the rumor. How shocking it may be to others. But I felt I need to stand my ground.

"Anyway... worlds will not collide... not in a million years..." I said surely as I checked the movies to watch before sleeping.

"Not in a million years."