Basta't Kasama Kita

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Nang puntahan ni Sandra si Greg sa kanyang opisina matapos ang ilang minuto ay wala na ito. She tried calling him but he wouldn’t pick up the call. She even sent him a message saying that they needed to talk but still he wouldn’t reply. Dumaan din si s’ya sa unit ni Greg pagkauwi pero walang tao doon. Kailangan ni Sandra umuwi ulit sa kanila dahil sa mga kamag-anak na balikbayan na nandito pa rin sa Pilipinas kaya hindi sila nagkausap over the weekend.

That Monday, kumatok si Sandra sa pinto ng opisina ni Fred at naghintay na papasukin s’ya. When she was given the signal to go in ay dahan-dahan n’yang binuksan ang pinto. Hindi s’ya nagmadali dahil hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin n’ya alam kung paano sisimulan ang gusto n’yang sabihin sa boss.

“Sandra, just the person I wanted to see,” Fred said. “Come in. Have a seat.”

She sat down on one of the visitor’s chairs and waited for Fred to go on.

“So how’s the project going?” he asked.

“Okay naman. We’re just finishing with our revisions tapos we’ll present them to you,” she answered.

“I hope ‘yung biglaang pag-alis ni Greg won’t cause a delay in our deliverables. Our meeting with the client is set for Thursday next week. We cannot afford any more setbacks. Hindi na tayo pwede magresched sa kanila.”

“I assure you there won’t be any delays. As I’ve said we are in the finishing stages. Give us 2 more days and we’ll be ready to show everything to you.”

“That’s good. So Monday pwede ko na makita lahat? At least you will still have enough time to make revisions if necessary.”

“Sige. No problem.”

“And what about the Jimenez account?”

“Well, bago naman umalis si Greg ay may nasimulan na kami eh. Pwede ko naman ituloy. I will just discuss it with you after the presentation with Ms. Dizon.”

“Okay,” he said while getting some papers on his In tray.

“Ah… Fred. I want to talk to you about something else.”

“Sige. Ano ba ‘yun?”