Her Way Home

Chapter 2

"Yup, just arrived last night."

"I want to asked you a favor." Carla said.

She stopped what she's doing and pay attention to her friend. "What is it?"

"Can you go with me in an event this evening?"

She rose her one eyebrows. "Where is Rick?"

She sadly looked down while playing her shoes. "We broke up, and I heard that he's going there."

"Iyon naman pala eh, why do I need to accompany you pa?"

"I wanted to see for myself if it's true na mayroon na siyang iba."

"What?" She was surprised dahil wala siyang kaalam-alam na hiwalay na pala ang dalawa.

"Don't stoop that low Carla, move on girl." Aniya na lumapit sa kaibigan. And tap her shoulder lightly.

Umiiyak itong yumakap sa kanya. "I just want to see him, I can't live without him Ellie..."

Nailing nailing siya, Carla and Rick were together for a long time. And what went wrong with them, she has no idea.

"Okay I'll go with you. Shhhh.. stopped crying." Alo niya dito.

"Thanks Ellie."

"I'll picked you up at 6. The event will start at 7 pm."

"Ok."

While waiting for her friend she looked at herself in the mirror. She's​ wearing her own creation, it is a pretty and elegant lavander sleeveless laced, knee length fitted cocktail dress. She paired it with her silver strappy heels and a silver and gold clutch bag, which is also her creation. This past few months she enrolled herself in a short course for shoes and bag making. Because she's planning on expanding her business in the future.
Maybe she will asked Carla for a collaboration, since designing this type of dress were her forte.

And for her jewelry she used her diamond stud earrings and necklace.
She let down her long hazelnut hair and just make a soft curl on it.
She loves what she saw in the mirror, she looks simple, pretty and elegant. Maybe it a good thing to mingle and breath some fresh air outside her workroom.

When her friend arrived, nanlaki ang mga Mata nito ng makita siya. "WOW, Ellie your lovely tonight."

"Like my creation?" she twirl in front of her friend.

"Really? I didn't knew..." Her friend said in a surprised.

"I'm just in the process of experimenting my designs, from head to toe, the brand is me." Pagmamalaki niya dito.

"Amazing..."

"We can do collaboration in the future."

"I'll love that." Nakangiting Sabi niya dito.

"You know it's good a thing that you going with me tonight, malay mo doon mo makilala ang lalaking magbibigay kulay sa kulay grey mong love life."

She rose her eyebrows. "You very well know that I don't need a man in my life. I can live without them ."

Nailing ito. "Stop living in the shadow of your parents failed marraige. It doesn't mean that it will happen to you too."

"I just don't want history to repeat itself."

"You just scared to get hurt. That's the way I see it. How can you experience what love is if you're too​ afraid to take a chances."

"Can we please dropped it, I don't want to ruin this night. You know I get emotional every time were talking about my parents."

"What I want to tell you is, don't be scared to fall in love, be brave and take a risk. All I wanted is for you to find you own happiness." Carla wipes the tear that fell from her eyes and smile at her tenderly. "When you fall in love, and I'm sure you will, you'll gonna eat all these words your always telling​ me. So let's go na, maybe your forever is already waiting there."

"Well, I hope not."

"I pray you do."

Pagdating nila sa Marrione Hotel, ay madami ng reporter na nasa labas. Nasilaw siya sa mga flashes ng mga camera ng pumasok sila ng loob kung saan ginanap iyong art exhibit. Sabi ni Carla ay mga kilalang tao at personalities ang mga invited sa nasabing event. The proceeds of the exhibit will goes to charity.

Nag libot-libot sila sa loob ng exhibit, it was titled​ Midnight Madness, because all of the scene in the painting is at night time. And one particular painting caught her eyes. Suddenly she was lost in it, hindi na nga niya namalayan na wala na pala sa tabi niya si Carla. It is a beautiful scene at the park, there is a wooden bench and there is a night lamp beside it. The painting is colorful. Actually itong painting lang bukod tangi sa lahat ng naroon. She saw a couple walking hand in hand in the painting. Probably their going home. Just like the title of the painting. "Way Home"

Will she find her way home too? Will she experience walking hand hand with someone, just like in the painting? She asked herself.

Hindi siya mahilig sa painting, but she wanted to buy this particular one. Sana afford ng budget niya ang halaga nito, it will look good inside her office. It will some how give her hope, of finding what Carla is saying kanina, her forever."

From her peripheral vision, he saw a tall figure standing next to her. He's also looking at the same painting she's looking at. She can smell his expensive perfumes, then suddenly she felt an unfamiliar kind of emotions, as if he magically set her sleeping heart in motion, it's like he breath life into it, she started to feel the butterflies on her stomach, well that's strange. Wala siyang naging boyfriend kahit kailan, that's why this feeling is foriegn for her.

What's his name, suddenly she wanted to know, then Google it and know more about him. Is he alone? At bilang sagot sa tanong niya.

May narinig siyang tinig ng isang babae na tumawag dito. "Anton, honey I've been looking all over for you, nandito ka lang pala."

"You're not may keeper Lucy. And its not my obligation to tell you my whereabouts." He said sternly.

"But I'm your girlfriend, of course I have to know." Maarteng sabi nito.

"Then we're finished. Goodbye." He said without any emotions.

Na-image niya ang reaction ni Lucy, she wanted to feel sorry for her.
Mukhang masungit at heartless si Anton, but for some reason she likes him and it's good to know that he's single now.

Dahil ayaw niyang madamay sa away ng dalawa. She silently make her leave. Habang papalayo siya ay may pakiramdam siyang may nakatingin sa kanya. When she looked back.