#Du34Leni [Dubredo]

I. July 2015

"Matagal na nating alam ito di ba? Si Mar talaga ang ilalaban nila." A colleague said.

"2008 palang, handa na yang si Mar." Another one replied. They laughed.

I smiled a little and looked again outside the window. Di ata talaga ako titigilan ng mga buang na ito, I thought. If I heard everything right, they are grooming an Alan Cayetano, a senator from Manila to run with me. But there have been other talks. I looked at the man who first came to me.

"Sir," I started.

"Tigilan mo ako ngayon, barilin kita eh."

"Sir, di ko man kilala yung Alan na yun, paano man kami tatakbo?"

"May kinakausap pa din akong iba,"

"Ha? Alam ba nila-"

"Shut up," he said flatly as he shuffled papers in his hands.

"Sir,"

"Kilala mo si Robredo di ba?"

"Yung lalaki?"

"Oo. Yung babae ba kilala mo?"

"Hindi." I said.

He stared at me, unimpressed.

"Oo," I admitted.

He laughed loudly. "Kinakausap ko siya,"

"Di ba Liberal yun?"

"Akala ko ba hindi mo siya kilala?"

"Si Robredo, Liberal." I rolled my eyes. He laughed again.

"Eh ano ngayon Rod? Walang hindi puwede sa politika, alam mo yan,"

"Bakit siya? Di ko man siya kilala - talaga. Tapos Liberal pa, di man tayo magkasundo dun-"

"Kakausapin ko siya," the old man suddenly cut me, looking something in his cellphone. He then looked at me and smiled.

"Sir,"

"Bakit hindi?"