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Chapter3: How the tables turned #UNI3
COOLER
My reading was interrupted by a knock on the door. Sumingaw doon ang ulo ng aking sekretarya. "Excuse me Sir, may naghahanap po sa inyo—"
"Trina, didn't I tell you not to accept—"
A smiling face I least expected to popped from the door walked in. "Hi, sorry I did something," she raised a hand holding a locket compass. "Sana wag mong pagalitan ang sekretarya mo."
It was rainbow girl, less the rainbow hair. She's far from the kid-like woman I met at the coffeeshop few days ago, even farther from the woman who looked like a prostitute at the jail. She looked different now, she looked normal— except for her screaming pink hair tips.
Napabuntong-hininga ako at ibinaba ang hawak na files. Niluwagan ko ang suot na necktie at minasahe ang sintido. I didn't expect her to be here.
"Trina, you can take a break."
“Go Trina, spread the word okay?” kindat niya sa sekretarya ko. What was that by the way?
Agad namang umalis ang sekretarya ko nang wala man lamang sinabi.
Rainbow girl— Miss Rustia entered my office at iginala ang paningin sa kabuoan niyon. She looked like a kid amused by the amount of grandeur inside the office.
"Wow hanep, your office is bigger than our entire house," bulalas niya at nakangiti.
Bahagya lamang akong tumango, unsure what to reply to what she just said. Ano nga bang iba sa kanya ngayon? Ah she looked normal. I'm certain she had a small amount of makeup on her face, or maybe some loose powder and a lipstick that doesn't scream hoe.
Ipinilig ko ang ulo nang may marealize ako. Oh damn, here I am again paying too much attention. I gestured my hand on the sofa. "Have a seat."
"Salamat," she muttered. "Sorry, ang hirap palang magset ng appointment sa'yo so I..." Hindi niya tinuloy ang sinabi at bahagya lamang ngumiti. I knew she wanted to say she used trick towards my secretary. Hypnotism or whatever.
"I am a busy man, state your purpose," sabi ko nang makaupo ako sa harap niya.
Bahagya pa siyang tumikhim. "About the job you offered—"
"That's no longer available," putol ko sa kanya. Just to remind myself, she offended me by refusing and walking away like that. Ni hindi niya ako binigyan ng pagkakataon na ilatag ang mga benepisyo na maari kong ibigay sa kanya!
And now she's here? The audacity!
Napalis ang awkward na ngiti sa kanyang labi. “Not available? May na-hire ka ng iba?”
Umiling ako. “Wala.”
Now that seemed to dread her. “Then why it is not available kung wala ka naman palang nakukuhang iba para sa trabahong iyon?”
