Desperation of a Broken Heart (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER 5

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Decisions will make you the bravest person alive because in every decision you will make, a struggling that you may take, can take you to your inner self. However, there's no good decision at all because the only thing that making it right is on how you would face the consequences after you have made one mistake.

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"What are you talking about Shun? Anong sinasabi mong bumaba ang sales ng branch natin sa Taguig?" Papa exclaimed as he astonishingly stares in me. I can't even say something. If I could just do something to save our company, I would do it.

"I'm very sorry Pa but I did my best to save that branch pero wala na talagang pumapasok na benta. We can't even reach our quota and worse, not even the capital has been recuperated." I told him truly. I went to Taguig last week to deal with the prior problems that our branch managers are complaining regarding the sales of our branch. I found out na may bagong tayong restaurant nearby our location and that has a major effect in our branch. Hindi ko akalain na aabot sa ganito ang lahat pero kailangan ko itong harapin kaya napilitan akong magstay sa taguig pero hindi pa man ako nakaka 3days ay nagreport sakin ang branch manager namin sa Pampanga with the same problem. Ayaw ko na sanang sabihin kay papa dahil abala rin siya sa pagmonitor ng mga branches ng restaurants namin pero hindi ko na kinaya ang bigat ng responsibility kaya napilitan akong ipaalam sa kanya.

"So what are you suggesting then?" Papa asked calmly. Hindi ko alam kung bakit napakakalmado niya when in fact our company is gaining losses little by little.

"We need a major investor. I suggested this many times but you keep on rejecting my proposal"

"A partnership perhaps?" Tanong niya na medyo nagdududa, papa inherited this business from my late grandparents.

"Yes, pa and Vuenavista is my main prospect." Nang sabihin ko iyon ay napakunot ang noo niya. I know that if it's not about Shannon, he'll agree on me. Inaalala niya si Shannon dahil kapag humingi kami ulit ng tulong sa mga Vuenavista ay mauungkat na naman ang kasal na hinihingi ni Johann.

Hindi ko masisi ang kapatid ko kung bakit ayaw niyang pumayag pero mahalaga ito kay papa. This is the only thing that he wants to settle before he undergoes operation. There's one thing that Shannon didn't know, it's about papa's illness. Kailan lang nalaman ni papa ang tungkol sa sakit niya at nalaman ko lang ito noong bago kami pumunta sa Manila para sundan si Shannon.

He has brain tumor, and according to the doctors that we consulted a lot of times, they are stating same result which was the tumor is too big to be removed in his brain. Napakadelikado kung aalisin ito kaya hindi ko masisi si papa kung gusto na niyang ilagay sa ayos ang buhay namin.

"Pa, it's too stressful for you to do this job. Let me handle this, you need to rest." Hindi ko pinahalata kay papa ang awa ko sa kanya dahil kilala ko siya and he wouldn't want me to be weak just because I found out about his illness.

Oo masakit dahil alam ko na anytime soon ay pwede siyang mawala pero kung ipapakita ko sa kanyang nasasaktan ako ay mas lalo lang siyang mag-aalala. I'm the eldest son at ako lang ang kakapitan ni Shannon kapag nawala siya kaya hindi ko pwedeng ipakita kay papa na mahina ang panganay niya dahil hindi siya magiging masaya.

"Son, don't think too much about me, wala ito, kayang-kaya ni Papa mo." Napatungo nalang ako ng maramdaman kong lumapit ito sa likuran ko at tapikin ang balikat ko.

"Pa, can you change your mind about the operation?" I asked optimistically with a positive response.

"You know the reason why I don't want to take that operation. Don't worry about me." Hindi ko na natiis ng sabihin niya iyon.