ISLA AMORE || Vicerylle

Chapter 27 : A New Day

     The Atlantis Conference Hall is now bustling with activity.  The Binibining Pilipinas contenders are now preparing for their early morning photoshoot.  Make-up artists and each contestant's personal assistant are making sure their own candidate will look their best during the pictorials. 

     In another corner of the huge hall, a mini-stage was set up where Jegs, Donna, Beshie and a few of their staff were busy providing the candidates their designated swimwear outfit. They were already instructed by Vice the day before on what each contestant will be wearing for the said pictorial. 

Donna  :  Has anyone seen Meme Vice? Nasa VIP room pa ba siya? It's already 05:15 in the morning.  I thought he wanted to see each candidate's final look first before the photoshoot.

Beshie  :  Ay...siguro nagbabad na naman siguro yan kagabi sa kaka-drawing ng bagong disenyo na damit. Alam niyo naman yang friend natin walang pahinga. 

Donna  :  Hey , Nita!  Can you please check sa kwarto niya sa taas if he's already awake?  Vice needs to be here kasi siya yung mag-aaprove ng final look ng mga contestant.

Nita  :  (isa sa mga staff nila ni Vice) I already did kanina. Walang sumasagot sa room na pinagtutuluyan niya. VIP suite 6, di ba? Baka nag coffee break muna Sir sa baba. 

Donna :  May nag-try na ba na tawagan cellphone niya?  Baka di kasi niya narinig alarm clock and nag-oversleep.

Beshie  :  Donna, give Vice a break. Kaya naman natin ito. HIntayin na lang natin siya. He probably just woke up late. Pero teka....hoy Jegs bat ang tahimik mo  diyan ha?  Antok ka pa ba? Eh kasi naman napansin ko may ka text ka kagabi hanggang madaling araw. Lumabas ka pa nga eh para kausapin siya. Sino na naman yang bagong boyfie mo ha? Pakilala mo na daliiii.

 Jegs  :  Beshie, Donna....tulungan ninyo ako. May malaki akong kasalanan na nagawa kay.....

     Naputol bigla ang kanyang dapat sana sasabihin ng biglang...

Donna  :  Ay ayan na si Vice.  Hey everyone c'mon let's get going.  Nita please tell yung mga candidates na nasa group A na maghanda na. Titingnan lang ni Vice yung final look nila at para at least we still have time kung may kailangan ayusin o revisions na gawin si Vice.

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     Vice pushed the elevator button that will take him down to the second floor. He grabbed his phone from his bag and looked at it.

Vice (POV)  :  Naku it's 05:15 na. I have never been this late in my life pagdating sa trabaho. Ang hirap kasi na iwanan si Karylle. I told her to take a break today from work if she can so she can rest. Uuuuggghhhh...she's so....

     Vice recalled the passionate night they spent together in her room. He closed his eyes and hugged himself. Kinilig siya bigla. A smile was plastered on his face. Just then, the elevator doors opened.  Four pair of eyes were looking at him and wondering what he was doing. They waited for him to get off the elevator as it stopped on the second floor. Vice opened his eyes and saw them staring at him.

Vice  :  (as he tried to regain his composure. He smiled at them) Uuuhhmmmm...I suddenly had the chills. Madrigal Hotel surely have the best air conditioning units. That's why they are voted as the number one hotel in Cebu. (Vice ano na naman yang pinagsasabi mo. Dalii...exit ka na sa elevator).

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     Vice just finished reviewing the pageant contestants' final look para sa swimsuit pictorial ng mga ito . Vice and his staff are now on their way to the restaurant to take a break and have breakfast. Na notice ng mga beki friends ni Vice na di umiimik at parang abala ito sa kanyang cellphone. Everytime na tumunog ang phone ni Vice ay dali dali nitong tinitingnan at binabasa yung message sa phone.  Tumunog ulit yung phone ni Vice.

Donna  :  May nag text na naman. ( may kalakasan at sarcastic na pagkasabi ni Donna)

Vice  :  Huh? What?

Beshie  :   Meme Vice, sino ba yan ka-text mo ha? Kanina ka pa. 

Vice  :  Huh? Oh....isang friend lang. 

      Hindi pa nai-kwento ni Vice sa mga kaibigan niya ang tungkol kay Karylle. Naghahanap pa ito ng tamang tiyempo.  Sa kasalukuyan ay abala ito sa pagte-text kay Karylle.  

     Vice was smiling the whole time habang binabasa yung text galing kay Karylle. Di niya namalayan na tinitingnan na siya ng kanyang mga kaibigan at staff. Napahinto ito sa paglalakad ng namalayan niyang hinihintay na pala siya ng buong staff at nakatitig sa kanya.

Vice  :  Ooops, sorry guys. Uhhmmm...importante kasi. Well, let's go. Breakfast is on me. Order lang kayo guys. (At  nauna na itong lumakad patungong buffet restaurant ng hotel. Di niya narinig na pinag-uusapan na siya ng mga beki friends niya).

Donna :  Wow galante. Kaso buffet yung pupuntahan natin. Naiintriga na talaga ako diyan sa sender ng importanteng text messages na yan. Kanina pa yan eh.

Beshie :  (tinapik si Donna) Hayaan mo na. Parang happy si Vice eh. Inspired. Tanungin natin mamaya kung sino yan. Iiiiihhhhh...excited much. 

Donna  :  Eh ikaw din naman pala eh. Gusto din malaman.  Parang bigla yung pag-glow ng fez niya. Bagong boyfie kaya yan? 

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     Karylle cancelled all her meetings that day and decided to just stay in her hotel room to review  documents for the new Madrigal project. She had delegated some of her work to Madrigal  hotel's manager, Vince  and some of it to her personal secretary, Anne. 

       Vice right before he left her room told her to sleep some more and take a day off her busy schedule. She was having a hard time going back to sleep and so ended up exchanging sweet text messages with him while he's at work downstairs on the second floor.  

      She was surprised to have somebody knock on her door at ten with a tray of food for brunch and a dozen pink and white roses sent to her room. She looked at the card and can't help but feel giddy when she saw that it was from Vice. The card reads : "A new day. A new life ahead of us. Thank you for the chance to love you. I will forever be yours, Vice" And at the bottom it reads: "See you at 8."  Kaye could not contain her excitement at parang teenager na kinikilig , she  rolled in bed a few times while holding the card close to her heart and let out a silent scream.