Mister Black

Chapter 2: Owner

Attached photo is Christopher Black

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"Good afternoon, Ms. Cromwell!" Bati sakin ni Amy pagkakita niya sakin habang nagkukusot ng mata. I'm still wearing my pj's. I lazily sat down at the couch and closed my eyes. Why do I still feel tired? Parang kulang pa sakin tulog ko. Ugh.

"What time is it?" I asked.

Naramdaman kong lumapit siya sa couch. "FYI Miss Cromwell, it's already twelve thirty in the afternoon. Sa sobrang puyat mo kakatapos ng story mo, ayan. Bagsak ka ngayon. Wala ka lang trabaho." She teased. I opened my eyes, kinuha niya yung susi ng sasakyan sa lagayan. She's going to her work. She glanced at me. "And by the way, your brunch is ready. I'm off to work. Kung magpapapasok ka ng guy here sa condo, call me first okay?" And then she winked.

I chuckled and rolled my eyes at her. "As if." She laughed. "Take care, Amy." I said and then she closed the door.

And now I'm here all alone. Jobless. Hindi ako sanay​ ng ganito, I'm used to work all day, nonstop. Ugh, what does unemployed person always do?

At dahil hindi ko kayang walang ginagawa, I decided to chill at the near mall. Medyo matagal tagal narin kasi akong nakapunta sa mall. What I always do is work then straight at our home after. Ganyan lang cycle ng life ko when I started to have a job. And yes it is boring. Kaya kailangan kong bigyan naman ng time ang sarili ko.

I'm wearing a casual outfit and a light makeup at dumeretso na ako sa baba para pumunta sa parking lot. Pinatunog ko yung lock sa car ko at sumakay. I was about to start the engine when someone called me through my phone. Inayos ko muna yung phone ko at sinagot yung tawag, I turned on the speaker.

"What can I do for you, Sam?" I chuckled and started the engine.

"Oh my gosh, Candice are you okay? I heard from Amy that you were fired by that bruhang boss mo after years of your sacrifices. Why didn't you tell me naman? I was worried. You were a kind of a woman pa naman na sobrang dedicated sa work, a workaholic for short." Sam said. God, how I missed this girl. Sobrang namiss ko yung pagka conyo ng babaeng 'to.

"Haha! I'm fine don't worry. Besides I'm going to the mall right now. To chill and relax. Pamper myself and shop some clothes, the usual stuffs."

"OMG, text me the place and I'll be there in a few minutes. I badly wanna pamper myself too away from the stress given me by my work, and also by Nick, we're in a kind of a lovers quarrel kasi. You know that ex-GF Nick has, over maka cling sa boyfriend ko. Ang sarap ilublob yung whole face niya sa powder para naman maging white siya ng onti. I really hate her." She said. Nick is his current boyfriend. I remembered when Sam told us that Nick and his ex became workmates, at hindi na humiwalay yung yung girl kay Nick which makes Sam furious. Naging sobrang selosa tuloy ni Sam, knowing na hindi naman talaga siya ganon ka selosa before.

"Okay, okay. Just chill, girl." I heard her tsked which made me laughed. "Haha! I'm driving. I'm going to message you the place. See you later!" And then I ended the call. Gumilid muna ako sa kalsada para i-text kay Sam yung name ng mall.

But right after I texted Sam, I heard a loud beep of a car which made my eyes widened, at sa sobrang bilis ng pangyayari naramdaman ko nalang yung sarili kong nauntog sa manibela dahil sa malakas na impact sa likod ng kotse ko. Oh shit my fucking head hurts. What the actual fuck has happened? Napahawak ako sa ulo ko.