Meet Mr. Stranger

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

CJ’s POV

“Good evening, Sir.” Bati sakin ng guard namin.

Tinanguan ko lang siya at nagtuloy-tuloy lang akong pumasok sa loob ng bahay.

Inilagay ko ang bag ko sa sofa at umupo.

Ringgg…. Ringgg…..

Kinuha ko ang phone ko sa bulsa ko then I answered the call.

“Hello?”

‘Hello, anak. Kamusta ka na dyan?” I looked at the screen of my phone. Si Mommy pala ang tumatawag.

“Hi, Mommy. I missed you. I’m fine here. Ikaw po ba dyan?” Oh, how I missed my mom.

‘Ito katatapos lang ng meeting with the clients. Then tomorrow will be busy again. Hay, I missed you anak. You know naman, na ikaw lang ang nagpapa-okay sakin diba.’ Sabi ni Mommy sa kabilang linya.

Mom and Dad manage our hotel and spa resort in Malaysia and here in the Philippines as well.

Minsan lang sila makauwi dito sa bahay kasi sa dami ng inaasikaso nila.

They’re really hands-on to our business and I think it’s their secret on how our business succeed and the business they’d opt to manage.

“I kow that, Mom. Uwi ka na kaya dito. The house is so lonely without you and Dad here. Can’t you just have at least 3-day vacation?”

‘Try kong tanungin si Daddy tungkol dyan, anak. Huwag ng malungkot anak ha, nagiging malungkot rin si Mommy niyan. Anyways, How’s school?’ tanong ni Mommy sakin.

“Oh, Mom. I wasn’t able to attend my subject today.” I admitted.

‘Oh? Why? It doesn’t caused by any girls, don’t you?’

“No, Mom. Well, Yes Mom.” Napakagat ako sa labi.

‘What? Diba sinabihan na kita na huwag pansinin yang mga babaing umaligid sa’yo? Tumitigas na naman ang bunbunan mo, Christian Jay.’

“Hey, Mom. Hindi naman yan eh. Naaksidente kasi ako kanina sa school, ‘Mmy.”

‘Ano? Bakit?’ Nag-aalalang tanong ni Mommy.

“It’s not that serious, Mom. It’s just that this girl accidentally stepped on my foot kanina sa school. And I run after her but unfortunately I wasn’t able to catch her and I decided to go back nalang and yeah I fell sa hagdan, mabuti nalang malapit ako sa clinic. And there, Tito Dave saved me and made that girl apologize for the accident.” I summarized it briefly to her.

‘Oh, son. Why did you run after her? Di ka sana nahulog sa hagdan. Nagkasprain ka ba?’ Mom asked  worriedly.

“Yeah, Mom. But I’m fine now. Nothing to worry. I don’t know why I did chased her Mom, maybe because I find her interesting. Am I doing the right thing Mom?” paliwanag ko kay Mommy.

‘Anak, wala namang problema yan kung pupormahan mo ang isang babae but please take care of yourself. I don’t know if it’s the right thing but if you find her interesting, you should at least ask her for a date. Getting to know each other ba and court her if you want and if you’re inlove na with her.’

“Mommy, saka na nga yan. She’s still a stranger to me, Mom. Nasan na si Daddy?” pag-iiba ko ng usapan.

‘Nandoon pa siya sa exhibit room, anak. Oo nga pala anak, nakagawa ka na ba ng painting for the exhibit dyan sa Pilipinas?’

“Hindi pa po. Di ba ako exempted dyan?” Dad love paintings kaya naisipan niya rin na lagyan ng exhibit area ang resort namin dun sa Malaysia.

He’s encouraging me to paint dahil may kakayanan daw ako magpinta at nagawa ko naman. Ang kaso lang kailangan ko ng motivation para makaguhit ako sa canvas.