A Starbucks Love Story [COMPLETED]

Our Road To Forever (2)

"Oh my gee, Elliiiieee!"

Malakas na tili agad ni Faye ang sumalubong sa akin pagpasok ko sa office nya. Tinakpan ko yung tenga ko.

"We're one step to California naaaaa!"

"What do you mean? Approved na tayo?"

"Yeees! Permit na lang and we're free to go!"

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!! Thank you, Brooo!"

Oh my God! Aabot na kami ng America! This is really itttt!

Hindi ko na napigilang yakapin si Faye. We've been through so much to get here!

Ako: "Ang galing galing mo, Faye! International na tayo!"

Faye: *teary eyed* "No, Ellie! Tayo ang magaling! Tayong lahat! Claire and Bern should know about this na din!"

Ako: "I'll text Claire, you text Bern"

Faye: "Okay!"

We happily sent messages to them. Then after, biglang tumahimik si Faye.

Ako: "Oh? Bakit bigla ka namang natahimik dyan?"

She looked at me like she's searching my face.

Faye: This means one of us is going to America.....for good.

That stopped me.

Oo nga pala. How will the restaurant run kung walang isa sa amin na kabisado ang mechanics ng sistema namin ang nandun mismo?

Alam namin pareho na hindi pwede si Claire. She already has a family here. She has Clarize at hindi nya pwede itong basta na lang iwanan.

Bernice, on the other hand is an Engineer sa leading Construction Company sa bansa. The restaurant only serves as her investment.

It all comes down to Faye and I. After all, kaming dalawa naman talaga ang hands on at utak sa negosyo namin na 'to.

We looked at each other at sa totoo lang, we both didn't know what to say.

Faye's family is all here in the Philippines. Isama nyo pa si Daryll.

And me? Nasa California lang naman ang buong family ko. Ibig sabihin, I'm the perfect fit.

Para kaming sila B1 at si B2 na nagkaintindihan agad sa tingin pa lang.

Faye: "Will you do it, Ellie? For us?"

Siguro kung noon na ang priority ko lang ay yung restaurant, walang alinlangan kong sasabihin na oo. Oo, gagawin ko. Oo, iiwan ko ang lahat ng nandito sa Pilipinas.

But this time, something strong is holding me back.

Nandito na ang buhay ko.

Nandito na si Luther.

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Text message from:

Luther Louis Fernandez

Girlfriend, got a day off tomorrow. I want to be with you.. Pwede po? :)

I quickly looked at my calendar.

Sakto, off ko din bukas. And shit, monthsary pala namin bukas. How come I lost track of time? But we don't celebrate monthsaries naman talaga.

Sa sobrang busy sa trabaho naming dalawa, almost two weeks na din pala kaming di nagkikita. Sunod-sunod yung business trip nya these past days at ako naman ay busy din because of the Cali Franchise.

Ah, the Cali Dilemma. Hindi pa nga ako nakakapagsimula dun tungkol sa past nya, may dilemma na naman agad.

To: Luther Louis Fernandez