Disturbing The Calm Water

Epilogue

Right Person

"Ang tagal naman!" I complained.

Pabalik-balik ang lakad ko sa labas ng home office ni dad.

"Calm down, naranasan ko yan and I'm still alive." Biro ni Kuya Flint.

Nandyan din si Ate Mish, Ate Alaine, our eldest cousin and her fiancé, Kuya Damon. Meanwhile, Vini is inside the office, talking to my grandmother...

Kinakabahan ako sa pag-uusap nila. If my parents are not strict with him, my grandma could be. She is known as being a terror grandma and even though may edad na, she's still very active handling our family business in Malaysia.

"Basta't totoo sa nararamdaman, makakaligtas kay lola." Dagdag ni Kuya Damon.

Chill lang sila dahil napagdaanan na nila, ako naman di mapakali. Ano naman ang tinatanong sa kanya? Mamaya ipaglayo kami o ano!

Grandma came home because of the news of Ate Mish and Kuya Flint's engagement. Magkakaroon ng dinner ang family namin together with Kuya Flint's family this coming weekend. At nang malaman niya na I'm seeing someone too, she requested to meet him.

Nang bumukas ang pinto, lumabas si Vini. He dramatically held his chest at sumandal sa pader.

"I might faint." He said.

Tinawanan siya nila kuya at tinapik pa sa balikat. "Welcome to the club, Vince."

"Joke lang." Bawi niya at tumayo ng maayos. "Mr. Hernandez, you're up next. Madam has requested your presence."

Ang kaninang kalmado na si Ate Mish ay biglang nataranta.

"Anong pinag-usapan niyo?" Tanong ko kay Vini.

"A lot." He simply answered.

"Like what? Leave my granddaughter, she's too pretty for you. Ganyan?"

Kumunot ang noo niya. "No. Anong leave? She's all support for me noh." Mayabang niyang sabi.

"Ano nga? Share mo naman." Pangungulit ko pa, curious about what they really talked about.

"Just some love advices and threats if I hurt you." He smirked.

My eyes narrowed, is he joking or no? But that sounds so like grandma.

"Kuya Vini!" I heard Leon called, nasa stairs palang kami.

I rolled my eyes. This kid is too fond of people who can play basketball.

"Hi Leon, how are you?" Vini asked and raised his hand para makipag-high five.

Leon just ignored his hand and crossed his arms. "Kailan na yung promise niyong laro ni Kuya Flint?" Masungit niyang tanong.

Napakamot sa ulo si Vini. "Oh, I'm sorry. Work."

"Puro mga girlfriend niyo nalang ang kasama niyo palagi. Hindi ba nakakasawa?" Leon groaned.

"You'll know, when you got a girlfriend." Vini answered.

I instantly hit his arm, bata pa ang kapatid ko!

"One day... syempre hindi pa ngayon." Dagdag niya agad at tumawa.

Another month quickly went on again. I'm still busy as ever at the café.

Nag-launch kami ng deliver service in partnership with Caden's new food delivery application. Aside from that, I also started accepting made to order cakes. Limited number of slots lang iyon sa tuwing may free time ako.

Since it's our second month operating now, I decided to treat my staffs. They were really a great help to me and to this business, so I got them a little something as a gift. Hindi na iyon pagkain dahil palagi naman kaming kumakain sa café.