The Mayor's Illicit Endeavour

Chapter 01

Chapter 01

The Letter

"Dahan-dahan naman bb gurl! Yur beri clamsey!" yaya scolded me after I cut my finger as I sliced the remaining ingredients for our cooking session.

"Nana maliit lang naman po to at malayo naman sa bituka." I smiled to her as I assured that I'm okay.

"Hayst! Akin na'to, go wazt yur hends na bb gurl."

I laughed as how over reacting my one and only nana Orang. Napatawa din ako kasi nakita kong she rolled her eyes.

My nana Orang is my only family. She took care of me since I was born. She is a Cebuano and she loves to make new words in her own. According to her, when my mother was still alive, my face is very resemble with my father's face from the shape of my face down to my lips, except for my eyes. Ever since my mommy died, my father never visit as I grow up. But he always sends me money and gifts especially in my birthday. The house where I live together with my nana Orang was named under my name. I always wonder why I never meet my dad ng nagkamuwang nako. Nana Orang said that she never seen my dad also. Kasi pagdadating daw si dad sa bahay noon, my mommy will let my nana Orang take a day off.

"Bb gurl, may dumating palang letterz for yos! Hundredz perzent fur surez sa pudra mo iyon galing!" natingil ako sa paglalagay ng band aid sa aking kamay as nanay Orang shouted from the kitchen.

"Nasa drawer koh nilagays!"

Dali-dali akong pumanik sa aking silid at pinuntahan ang drawer. Then I see a black envelope with a letter inside. This is really from my father. From the penmanship and the black envelope is really my father's letter. Ever since I was a child ganitong ganito magpadala ng sulat ang aking daddy.

'To: Deborah Cecilia Sarafina C. Espinoza'

"Dear Sarafina,

I want you to know that I am very proud of you as you finished your college degree. I hope that you will aim high. Please, do consider law school. I know that you can do it in law school. Always aim high. I love you always, anak.

Love, daddy."

I don't get it. The letter is very short but it does have conviction in myself! Bakit gusto ni dad na mag law school ako? My college years is so tough! I hate memorization and recitation! And I know that law school has so much of stuff like that.

I feel pressured and at the same time happy. Knowing that my dad wrote me a letter, na kahit isang letter kada taon lang ang aking natatanggap. Hays, I am very happy for the thought that he cares for me but at the same time I felt pain and sad knowing that he just wrote a short letter for a favor!

I fold the letter back to its original and placed back in my drawer. I sighed as I thought that two months lang ang nakalaan upang mag-isip-isip ako kung gagawin ko ba ang pabor ng aking ama.

I graduated college in the course of Management Accounting. Yes, I do have a little back ground with some of the subjects in law school that I know that it help me if I do proceed in the field my dad wanted me to be. Ugh! If I do law school, I will face again oblicon, business law and nego which is I hated the most. 

"Bb gurl, donez na ba yah basa da letterz?! Let's lafang na here, bb gurl!!" I heared nana Orang and as I walk down stairs.

"Yes, nana. No need to shout, please." I smiled at her as I face her in the kitchen.

Days pass and weeks turns to months. I finally decided to go law school! Wala naman akong plano for now if magtratrabaho ba ako or what. And I ask nana's opinion about taking to law school. She said that I should make try and see what law school is. Nana is very supportive that she volunteered to make me sandwich and coffee every night as I reviewed some of my text books that relates to law school. I know that if I go to law school, I should have a background about it and reread all the things that I learned in my oblicon, business law, and nego.

As I read all of it in one night it really felt boring and at the same time waste of time. But, as I put in my mind that maybe my dad will appear in front of me if I will graduate law and he will be proud of me or what. It's sound very delusional but that makes me motivated to read every word in my text books.

Right now, I am packing all my necessary things, clothes and stuff that I will bring in my condominium. I decided that if I go to law school, I should choose the best law school in our city that I should go with. Apparently, nana Orang can't go with me because she will stay in my house as it was discussed by the two of us. That if I go to law school I should be independent and learn to stand on my own and experience the real world. I wanted to try being on my own!

"Bb gurl, do whut eber yah like ha? Don't mek gutom and anzwer yur phone, okie?"

"Yes, nana. I will let tatay Ronald drive me to school and fetch me after school. He will be living in one of the apartment near my condo nana. And please, do take care always here, po." I smiled to her sadly.

"Bb gurl, aw zo beri cutie pie. Wag yah iyak der ha? Mek tawag nana." she cheered me up and hugged me tightly. "Don't bi zads, I mek punta to yur condu! Okie?"

I guess, embracing in this new chapter of my life will make my world shake and exciting? Or maybe tough? I am excited to the thought I will make new friends that will add up to my friend lists. And I am scared also, that I might gonna die half of the semester or maybe one month in the law school with all the subjects recit and terror professor wearing the devils suit!

Ugh, wish me luck!
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