Suddenly, Still You

12

"Ma'am, I already sent through your email your schedule for today"sabi ni Quim, my secretary. She is so good. She is kinda with my age or I guess she is one year older than me.

"Thank you Quim! I will just check it later"

"Ma'am, alam niyo po ba?"

"Ang alin?"I was so busy checking the manuscripts and signing some papers on my office.

"Lahat na ata po ng magazines sa Pinas ay nasa cover nila yung sikat na nurse/ceo bachelor"

Nurse?

"Who?"

"Fretch Alexis Alonzo po Ma'am"

Damn. Napaubo ako ng di oras. Naalala ko tuloy siya. Palagi naman.

"What about him?"kinalma ko nalang ang sarili ko para di niya mahalatang bigla akong kinabahan sa sinabi niya.

"Ma'am, we need him po para sa cover ng next issue sa magazine natin next month! As I have checked sa ibang companies ng naging cover nila si Mr. Nurse wow boom ang sales. Ang daming na hook kasi sa kanya ngayon. He is handsome din naman kasi. But his achievements abroad made him this far. This famous!"pagkekwento ni Quim.

"I don't need him. I mean we don't need him. Ang dami namang ibang celebrities dyan na pwedi nating e cover sa next issue ng Pyrex eh"

"Ahy, pero suggestion ko lang naman yun Ma'am."

"Please get me a drink Quim."utos ko sa kanya. Para di na siya magsalita tungkol kay Fretch.

Well, I refuse myself hearing anything from him this past years. Eight years I guess, I lost count na. Ang alam ko lang ay Nurse na siya. Yun lang. Even my friends did not talk about him kapag nagkikita kami. Parang too much na saken ang nangyari saming dalawa noon.

May board meeting ako ngayon. Kasama lahat ng department heads sa company. I built my own empire. As I promised to myself before. I have Pyrex now. A publishing company. Unti-unti ko ng naaabot ang pangarap ko. My family is so proud of me. I am proud of myself as well kasi nakaya ko. I have been so confident with our standing as a publishing company in the country. We are always on top. From our books down to our magazines. I have worked so much to be on top. Kaya ayaw kong mabalewala lahat ng hardships ko. And I have so competent people working for me. We work as a team.

"80% ng readers natin ay millenials. That is why they are wanting us to have a cover with this great man named Fretch Alexis Alonzo"sabi ng head department ng PR team ko.

"Why him?"I asked. Bakit ba gusto nila si Fretch maging cover sa magazine ko!

"Their company discovered the vaccine for pertussis. Since he is now the owner of their pharmaceutical company all the credits are given to him. Kaya top trending all over the world ang company nila Ma'am"

"I think he is suited to become our cover next month. I guess we need him, right?"sabi ni Lanna, head ng PR department.

"We need to vote first." I said. Kahit labag sa kalooban ko na makatrabaho ko si Fretch.

And they were all in favored na maging cover si Fretch. Ang marketing at PR departments na ang mag-aayos ng appointment para makausap si Fretch.