JEWEL
Chapter Twenty-five
She stepped out from the car and look at the fifty-five storey building in front of her. The sudden sense of familiarity enveloped her. This has been her routine every weekday morning for the past three years. Who would've thought that she'll enjoy working for their business empire. She can still clearly remember how she despise things that has to do with their corporation, but now, it seems that helping her father and brother has been an innate trait in her.
'The only thing that's really constant in this world is change..'
And she has changed.. A lot.
She greets back every employee with a nod and a timid smile. Halata sa mga mata ng mga empleyado ang takot at paghanga sa kanya. Takot dahil sa seryosong aura niya na parang bawal ang magkamali. Paghanga dahil sa angking ganda niya at kumpiyansa na tila ba lagi siyang sigurado sa bawat kilos niya at pananalita.
She rode their private lift na sila lamang ng pamilya niya ang maaring gumamit. Sa dami kasi ng empleyado ay hindi maiwasang magkasiksikan. A crowded lift is one of her petpeeve. It irritates her.
She stepped out from the lift when she reached the fiftieth floor. She was once again greeted by their employees in the Advertising and Public Relations Department of the Angeles Group of Companies where she is working as the Officer-in-Charge.
Hindi na siya tumanggi ng ipagkatiwala sa kanya ng kanyang ama ang departamentong ito. Sa palagay din naman niya ay yun din ang nababagay sa kanya dahil sa socialite niyang imahe. Magagamit niya ang mga kaibigan niya at mga koneksyon sa iba't ibang estado ng sosyedad.
On her first year, nakakitaan na siya ng potensyal sa larangan ng advertising kahit na limitado lamang sa mga produkto at serbisyo ng AGC ang pinangangasiwaan niya. Sales went higher than the previous years as well as their trust and satisfactory ratings. She has never been so happy when she saw how proud her family was. She was also emotional when she recieved her first ever paycheck. It was the fruit of her labor. She worked hard for it. Hindi iyon pera ng magulang niya na kusang loob na ibinibigay ng mga ito sa kanya.
Since then, she became aware of how she spends money. She always put a part of her salary to savings. She gives emphasis on her needs and not with her wants and whims. She also became interested with investments. Dahil promising ang magiging ekonomiya ng bansa, nag-invest siya sa stock market. At hindi naman siya nabigo dahil malaki-laki din ang bumabalik na dividends sa kanya. As what Jigger would always say, she reached the level of financial maturity.
At the age of twenty-seven, she is now financially stable and secure.
If she only knew that she'll enjoy what she's doing right now, noon pa sana niya sinimulan ang pagtulong sa negosyo nila. Hindi na sana siya nagsayang pa ng dalawang taon sa paghihintay sa isang taong hindi naman siya pinahalagahan.
"Good morming, Miss Kaye! Here's your coffee."
Agad niyang kinuha mula sa sekretarya ang kape na binili pa mula sa isang sikat na coffee shop. It was her favorite and she won't start the day without it. She sat on her swivel chair and scan the documents in her table.
"Kailan pa dinala ang mga documents na ito?"
"Kanina lang po, Miss Kaye. Dinala po ni Sir Jigger." nakita niyang namula ang mga pisngi ng sekretarya niya ng banggitin nito ang pangalan ng kapatid niya.
"He brought these documents personally? Why?" she asked.
"I don't know, Miss Kaye. Nagulat na lang po ako nung dumating si Sir Jigger dito at ibinilin po niyang ibigay sa inyo ang mga papeles na yan." nakayukong sagot ng sekretarya niya.
