Love Moves

Kabanata 38

Kabanata 38

Misery

Everything is a mess, me and Jessica relationship was like against all odds. Ang hirap lang, ramdam na ramdam ko kung paano niya gusto ng kumawala na sa akin. Hindi ko din naman siya masisi. It was too late now, hindi ko napaghandaan ang maaring gawin ni Mama. I wanted this relationship to work on forever but seeing everyones hurt ay sobrang hirap lang.

"What's up man? I heard what had happened, you let Stella Ruiz join your company." JM sounds disbelief.

"That's the safest way to do for now." Saad ko naman dito. Habang napapailing na lamang sa akin si JM sa aking tinuran.

JM was a friend of mine, he is my colleague. We studied in the same University and now we have our own company which we also manage. I can tell that he is my rival in this field but we still manage to become friends and now he focused mostly in States project. His modeling company was known in the States, he manage artist who work for an International Modeling contract.

"I call you today to ask you a favor." Seryoso ko ng salita dito.

We had our dinner here in Makati Greenbelt, I reserved for this night para lamang makausap ito ng sarilinan. We are in a private room, I preferred this way so I'm much more confident na walang magli-leak na information sa magiging usapan namin.

"What is it?" takang tanong nito while sipping on his red wine.

We finished our dinner and we are having our red wine now, the place is calming and relaxing but I just can't focus too much with the details. Actually I'm nervous right now, hindi ko alam kung matutulungan nga ako nito. Kanina pa ako nagiisip kung paano ako magsisimula dito. But this is my last resort, JM must help me, anyways by hook or by crook I'll do my very best to make my plans work.

"I want you to hire Jessica. Take her with you, I know you have an incoming project in New York." Panimula ko na.

"You mean your girlfriend Stella Ramos?" now JM seems interested, I saw his eyes blink before set on my face. Na para bang hindi makapaniwala sa kaniyang narinig. Kung kanina ay mahihimigan mo ang pagkadisgusto sa topic namin but now his more curious. 

Well he knows so well about Jessica as my girlfriend. Kahit hindi pa ito naguusap ng personal. He was at Mama's birthday kung saan ko ipanakilala sa amin na girlfriend ko nga ito. His shocked though but still he doesn't judge me. 

"Yup this is the best way to keep her safe. I'm saving her and her family to my mom." Dagdag ko na and I know if my mom was connected with all of this ay maiintindihan niya. He knows my mom so well, kita ko na ang pagtango nito, like he acknowledge now my problem.

"So how can I hire her? She's still studying right, and she's in your company right now for an OJT." Bigo nitong salita at naguguluhan.

"No worries, I already have an idea for that. I'll tell you all about my plans and alam kung she will accept your offer no matter what." as I said confidently.

Matagal ko itong pinagisapan, I know it's bothering me. Thinking that Jessica will be far away from me ay kinakabahan na ako. But knowing that if she stay here I know that I can never protect her. So this is my way protecting her, I have to endure this hardship for her to grow, for her to become stronger and for her to be mature enough so her future will still be an interesting future. I want her to achieve her goals, if this is a shortcut then it's better to invest on this than worrying everyday for a problem that anytime can arise. If this is a better opportunity for her then I'll be happy to become her number one supporter. Atleast we can all lived in peace and for me, making this decision is a big chance to heal all our broken heart. I wanted to feel no regrets, no worries and no uncertainties for planning this and somehow I trust JM and especially I trust Jessica.