Chapter 23 - Comeback

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I Still can't believe that it's happened just like that, I feel that I just sleep and wake up then everything turned liked this.

I really believe that as you engage your time to the things you love you will not feel the time is flying so fast .

It's been 12 years simula ng umuwi ako dito sa Los Angeles, I thought that I will come back in Philippines after 3 or 5 years but i'm still here proving myself to the world.

Forgetting the things that hurt me and climbing the top of everything.

I became a successful CEO of my OWN company . Pinaghirapan ko ang lahat, sleepless nights, a day without food or anything just laptops, papers and printers.

Mommy don’t want me to engage on Bussiness but I pursue it because this is what I want , this is what I love.

I forgot the real world, a teen-age world.i just focus on being a successful business woman. I started on a simple hotel . I did everthing to make it grow.

Nakipagsabayan ako sa malalaking business tycoons, sinugal ko lahat ng perang ipon ko at lumilipat lipat ng iba't ibang bansa para matuto.

I didn’t regreted anything but i'm thank ful kung saan niya ako dinala ngayon.

I don’t have anything to do now since I finish it last night , kaya naaalala ko nanaman ang mga nangyari 12 years ago .

Well I guess , forgetting is not the main reason what i'm here because as time pass by that pain makes me realized that people is seasonal.

May dadaan sayo para matuto ka , swerte mo pag may nag stay willingy not just because you give them happiness but because you are both contented with each other.

Magbabasa sana ako ng mga documents para sa bagong hotel na ipapatayo ko ng bumukas ang pinto.

“ What is the meaning of this?” tila kulog ang boses ni kuya ng pumasok siya sa oposina ko .

“ Papers?” maang maangan kong sagot sa kaniya. Tama naman eh, papel yung hinagis niya.

“ Are you thinking ? It is not the right time for another hotel” sa loob ng labing dalawang taon si kuya yung nandyan para sa akin, he supported me, andyan siya nung mga gabing puro iyak lang yung gusto kong gawin.

“ Then when is that right time? Next week?next month? Next year? Or maybe next decade?” walang gana kong tanong sa kaniya, nakatutok lang ang mga mata ko sa papel na binabasa ko kahit wala naman akong naiintindihan.

“ Look, this sector is growing ,as it grow. the number of our competitor increased” natawa ako sa sinabi ni kuya, madaming nagsasabing ibang iba ang way namin ng pagpapatakbo ng kompanya so I guess this is the reason why.

“ Are you afraid?” tinaas ko ang tingin ko sa kanya. It is not the right time to be afraid of somebody.

“ I'm not afraid. I'm just worried about your business because I know how reckless you are” di ko alam kung saan ang takbo ng usapan and alam ko , hindi niya alam yung sinasabi niya.

“ Just like what you said,IT IS MY BUSINESS, I can do whatever I want and just trust me ,I know what i'm doing” alam kong hindi niya binasa yung tinapon niyang papel dahil hindi ganun kalala yung reaksyon niya.

“ Nemesis, I'm your brother so please listen to me. Los Angles hospitality businesses increased every year. Thinking the number of competitor ,building another hotel is not a good idea.” Pinindot ko ang intercom para magpadala ng tubig.

Hinintay ko muna dumating bago ako sumagot kay Kuya.
“ You can put it on that table” turo ko sa mesang katabi ni Kuya.

Pagkalabas niya ng pinto ay tumayo ako at sumandal sa harap ng table ko.

“ You said a while ago that Los angeles hospitality businesses is increasing right?” at tumango naman siya” Do you know what you saying?” pinagkunutan niya lang ako ng noo at bago pa siya magsalita ay inunahan ko na siya.”

I'm not planning to build another hotel here, I want to construct it in the Philippines “ .
Bakas sa mukha ni Kuya ang gulat, I told you he didn’t read all the papers the he throw earlier.

“ Nemesis, Can you please give me water” alam ko nang ganto yung magiging reaksyon niya. Priceless.

Tinuro ko sa kaniya ang baso sa katapat niyang mesa at agad niyang nilagok yun.

“ I didn’t hear it wrong, right?” tumango ako sa kaniya at kinuha ang laptop ko at tumabi sa couch na inupuan niya.

“ I planned to build it on Puerto Galera” isang beses  ko pa Lang  napuntahan yun pero I read different articles that it is the one of best tourist spot in Philippines .

“ Are you ready?” tumingin si kuya sa akin gamit ang nag-aalalang mata.

“ You know what I'm talking about” kahit alam ko ang tinutukoy niya at nag-mamaang maaangan lang ako.

“ Of course, I'm completely ready. “ matagal na akong handa sa pagbalik ng pilipinas. Plinano ko na ang lahat .

They are not existing, I don’t meet them and I don’t know them. In my process of moving on I decided to forget every fragments of memories with them.

“ How about Skye?” nagpantig ang tenga ko sa sinabi niya.

“ Who's that ? I don’t know what you're talking about” natawa pa si kuya sa sinabi ko. Holy crap. Mantitrip nanaman to.

“ The one that made you like a zombie for a like a month?” hinimas himas niya pa yung baba niya na parang nag-iisip.

“ A month or two? That made you a different person. The one that turn you like that” nainis ako sa sinabi niya.

Kahit kalian hindi ko ginawa ang mga bagay  na meron ako ngayon dahil lang sa ibang tao.

“ My actions made my like this. I'm not doing this because I want him to realize that the old ugly girl he left 12 years ago is a successful woman now. I'm doing this for myself , for our family and not for anyone else. “ seryoso kong sagot sa kaniya at bumalik na sa mesa ko.

“ You are just saying that because you don't  meet him yet. Don’t be so Marupok Nemesis” natatawang wika ni kuya. Fucking Bitch. I'm not marupok.

“ Where did you learn that word?” tumigin siya sa akin at kumindat “

"My wife , he said that to me when I beg her to accept my apology” ikaw naman pala ang marupok idadamay mo pa ako.

“ By the way,When are you leaving? “ kanina niya pa sana tinanong yan hindi yung magsasabi pa siya ng kung ano-ano ang sinasabi.

“ Tomorrow, My secretary already fly back in the Philippines and she is fixing all the things I need” diretso kong sabi sa kaniya.

“ I will come with you” umiling ako sa kaniya” No need kuya, besides you'll just got back from the Philippines last week. I can do this myself” hindi na ako yung 14 years old na kailangan pang samahan para lang makaalis.

I'm 26 now.

“ If that’s what you want then so be it. Call mom and dad. I'll go first I have something to do “

Umalis na siya kaya inayos ko na rin yung gamit ko para makauwi na sa bahay.

Isa ko na lang doon at may-sariling bahay na si kuya kasama ang asawa't anak niya.

Comeback FelecityTahanan ng mga kuwento. Tumuklas ngayon