VERONICA (Montero Series # 4)

Chapter 6: Agenda

Agenda

"I don't know what those employees did to deserve being fired Veronica! Wala ka naba talagang matinong magawa sa buhay mo, ha? How long will you keep on doing this?! I don't know what I'm going to do to you anymore! I gave you a warning last time that I won't tolerate this anymore! Today is your last! I don't want to see you stepping inside your office again! You're on your own now. Bahala kana! " Dad sound so angry yet so helpless as he looked at me. Mom's currently in Hongkong kasama ng mga kaibigan niya at wala pang idea sa nangyari.

Bibihira magalit si daddy sa'kin. As long as he can, pinipigilan niyang magalit sakin. But today was different. He's really really angry.

I'm so sorry dad but I have to do this.

Sandali kong tiningnan si Daddy. I made sure that I don't look sorry for what I did then I headed upstairs.

"Bakit mo ba kasi kailangang gawin 'yun ha?" salubong agad ni Bebang sa'kin.

"Alam mong ito lang ang paraan para makaalis ako dito. Where's my bag?" This was my last warning. Dad threatened to fire me the next time I'll fire employees without solid reasons.

Inabot niya sa akin ang kagabi ko pa na pinaempakeng mga gamit. "Hindi ka naman matitiis ng daddy mo. Alam mo 'yan. Tsaka narinig ko, hindi ka pinapalayas."

"Did you hear him? Bahala na daw ako. That's still the same."

Nagpapadyak si Bebang. "Hay ewan ko sa'yo. Magkano naman ang binayad mo doon sa mga pinaalis mo?"

"I compensated then very well okay? Enough to last them a lifetime. They even thanked me that I fired them."

Alam ko naman kasi rin na dad will not bring back those fired employees again. That will be an insult to my team and the company. He won't make efforts and he wouldn't know that I paid them huge.

"Kailangan mo talagang gawin 'to?"

"Oo. Ikaw na ang bahala dito. Tell me if tumaas na naman ang BP ni dad. Sabihan mo si Manang Aging, huwag luto ng luto ng mga mamantikang pagkain."

"Fine. Lagi, hindi minsan, hindi talaga kita maiintindihan. Ang hilig mong gawing komplikado ang mga bagay. Dahan dahan lang sa pagda drive, ha?"

Tumango ako. " Tulungan mo muna ako dito sa maleta."

We headed down to the garage dala dala ko ang susi ng sasakyan namin ni Mang Andoy. Nasa maids quarter si Mang Andoy, nanliligaw siguro kay Manang Angge. Kakapasok lang ng isa naming sasakyan dala ng isa sa mga drivers ni daddy so I took that opportunity to speed off. It seems that the heavens is with me dahil hindi na ako nahabol ni Mang Bert.

Forty five minutes later I was already inside Elijah's unit. I contemplated for a while pero nilakasan ko ang loob ko. Hindi naman siguro niya ako ipagtatabuyan if I'll ask him to live with him kasi pinalayas ako ni daddy. Lulunukin ko nalang ang hiya ko, tutal sinagad ko na sasagarin ko pa.

I breathed out. I made sure to burn the ID of that girl. Kapag ka ibabalik ko kasi kay Elj that will destroy my plan. It's better that he will only think that he lost it somewhere at iisipin niyang hindi ko alam ang tungkol doon.

That girl...hindi ko alam pero ang sama ng kutob ko. Nararamdaman ko... but I still have to prove it. My investigator told me yesterday that Veronica Lastimosa is working a day job as a cashier in that fast food restuarant. At night she works as a waistress in a high end gentlemen's club. She was a college undergrad, walang pamilya.

I don't want to think bad of Elj but I don't think he has a habit in eating at a fast food restaurant. I don't know his night activities and I don't plan of knowing but my gut tells me that he met that girl in that gentlemen's club. I didn't imagine him going in a club pero...gosh I don't really know.