La Desperadas Series #4: The Man I Bequeathed

Prologue

Kung papipiliin ka alin ang mas gusto mo

A. Chasing your dreams

OR

B. To be with the man you love

Ulitin natin ang choices

A. Makamit ang matagal mo nang pinapangarap since you were a child

O

B. Makasama ang taong mahal mo

Dalawa lang ang pagpipilian, wala itong letter C. All of the Above or Letter D. Both A and B and letter E. None of the Above

Isa lang ang pwede mong piliin.

And in my case I choose letter A and til' now I still question and ponder my choice, is it right?

Tama ba ang pinili ko? Hanggang ngayon hindi ko alam kung tama ba ang naging desisyon ko na piliing habulin at makamtan ang aking mga pangarap.

Para sayo tama ba ang pinili ko?

Ikaw anong pipiliin mo?

"Ma'am?" my personal assistant Sonia is calling my attention. Hindi ko man lang namalayan na nakapasok na sya sa study room ko.

Kanina na pala sya nakatayo sa pintuan ng study room nang penthouse ko holding a bunch of paper na kailangan kong ereview.

Di ko namalayan na kanina na pala ako nakatunganga habang malayo ang tanaw sa kawalan.

Matagal-tagal na din pala akong nakatayo habang hawak-hawak ang baso nang ininuman kong wine kanina habang nakadungaw sa glass wall nang aking penthouse na kita ang naggagandahan at nagkikislapang city lights nang Manhattan.

Pinasadahan ko ng tingin si Sonia and then I half smiled.

"Just put the papers in my table Sonia" saad ko sa aking assistant na Filipino-American na nasa early 40's na.

She put the papers on my table.

"Still questioning your life choices again Henia?" she asked.

"I guess so"

Si Sonia lang ang nakakaalam sa totoo kong istorya. Even her finds my life choices difficult to ponder, she just gave vague answers and advices.

I'm now a successful A.I and Robotic Engineer. I'm now working in NASA as one of their electrical and computer engineer head and I also work in Enel it's an Italian multinational energy company, I'm one of their head electrical engineer actually. And a head mechanical engineer in Piaggio Fast Forward US, I'm also rendering my talent and knowledge to NCCR in Geneva Switzerland.

I survived college in my dream school MIT hanggang sa doctoral years ko.

But still even though I'm a successful ass now I feel the emptiness of life.

I feel like I'm living in the dark and lonely side of life.

Hindi pa umaalis si Sonia sa harapan ko, she's now scrolling her iPad

"The Chairman of Vasieliv Industries emailed you to..." paunang saad ni Sonia

Pagkarinig ko sa pangalan nang kompanya'y awtomatikong nanigas ako sa kinakatatayuan ko.

Sonia knows my story but not the people involved.

"Ma'am?"

"Ma'am Tyrrhenia?" tawag nya ulit sakin

She waved her right hand in front of me para bumalik ako sa huwisyo.

"Oh sorry, pardon?"

"Chairman Aleexev Vasieliv wants you to pay your debt to his company, he wants you to be their head electrical and mechanical engineer" nagtatakang basa ni Sonia sa e-mail.

Upon hearing his father's name made me tremble, now he wants me to pay what I owe to him and to his company.

His father's mail left me with no choice but to go home and face the man I left behind just to chase and live my dreams.

It's been ten long years

Dimitry NikolaiVasieliv

It's now time to face the man I bequeathed.