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"Itulak mo ako hayup ka! —Jake! What the f**k men, tulak na dali!!" gigil na sambit ni MN habang hindi magkamayaw at halos mapatid na ang leeg sa kaka lingon sa babaeng dapat ay ka date niya ngayon.
He asked for battalion, consist of RR—who is the guard, Jake—who is beside him, and must be his partner in crime, Athena—who will suppose to be his 'acting girlfriend' well, of course, he paid for it.
And the rest, Adrian, Joshua and Roderick, will be his 'men on duty' para sa pagtakas niya sana.
But Jake is just an i***t who is grinning then smirking while his brows is raising.
"Jake!" sikmat niya sa pinsan pero hindi ito nakikinig. Napilitan siyang na patingin sa kung saan nakatuon ang paningin nito.
What?! Halos hindi niya malunok ang laway sa nakikita. Holly cow.!
While Fatima is clenching her jaws, shutting her eyes off while calming her self to this very arrogant woman who keeps on looking down at her.
Easy self. Kausap niya ang sarili habang bukas-kuyom ang mga palad sa bandang likuran niya.
Kanina pa kasi siya pabalik balik sa babaeng ang pupula ng labi na halata namang peke, hindi nga niya mawari kung 'salamat dok' o sadyang magaling lang itong mag lipstick at ginawang parang lifted ang itaas nitong labi, hindi nga niya malaman kung idol ba nito si Angelina Jolie o kung sino mang artista na may ganoong klaseng labi at pilit nitong ginagaya.
She's not bully, she's just too honest to state the facts, and she mean it. Hindi mo naman bagay, kala mo kinaganda mo yan. Ngising sambit niya sa sarili.
"Why are you looking at my face, huh? You don't have to show me how you envy my beauty, girl. I'm telling you, there's a lot of man who wants to mingle with me —"
"—I'm not sure what to say ma'am, but as far as I'm aware, I'm not looking at your face just to envy you. I'm looking at your lips just because I am not sure if it's natural or something " Fatima said while keeping her straight face. Magkano yan te? That's the thought she wanted to spill out.
Nagtatrabaho siya ngayon bilang isang waitress sa isang kilalang restaurant, somewhere in Manila.
Aminado naman siyang hindi sapat ang kinikita kaya minsan nag sa sideline din siya bilang isang waitress sa isang bar sa gabi. Okay naman ang lagay niya doon dahil maayos na naipapatupad ng may-ari ang kagandahang asal sa mga trabahador nito.
The owner of the said bar wants his employees to be respected, once the may mambastos sa kanilang mga waitress, he will surely conduct proper 'treatment' to those persons of interest in his own way.
Fatima heard some gasps and all the eyes are now on their side, but she knows, she didn't break any rules. Saying something true is not a crime tho.
"Nasaan ang manager mo dito? Bastos ka a! Kaya kitang patalsikin kung gusto ko babae!" nanggagalaiting sambit ng babae. But Fatima just shrugged her shoulder at saka lumabi.
"Anong nagawa ko ma'am, para ako'y tawagin mong bastos?" mahinahon niyang sambit. Ikaw nga, ginawa mo akong utusan mo e, nagreklamo ba ako? Gusto sana niyang sabihin iyon, pero may pagtitimpi pa namabmn siyang natitira.
"hey! Woman, don't you know who I am?!" malakas na sambit nito at tumayo.
"No" Fatima said with head high. Yeah, she's not that rich like this woman, and fuckin yeah, she's not living in society which she belongs, but she doesn't need to put herself down. And that doesn't mean that she needs to bow her head to her already.
She's a kind of woman who doesn't tolerate rudeness, if someone keeps on giving her the impolite and disrespect which she doesn't deserve, she will surely fight back, if she have the right to do it.
But if she doesn't, then she will surely bow her head and ask for forgiveness. Madali lang naman siyang kausap. Basta nasa tamang pwesto lang.
Hindi siya pinalaki ng mga magulang niyang bastos. At hindi din naman siya pinalaking hayaan ang ibang taong apak apakan siya.
She graduated as Cumlaude. She took BS development communication. Sa sarili niyang pagsisikap dahilan sa hirap ng buhay. Mabuti na lang at biniyayaan siya ng Diyos ng utak, at nagawa niyang makapag tapos.
"I am the daughter of one of the senators here in the country, and yet, you don't know me? How dare you?!" the woman stood and clenched her hands.
"With all due respect ma'am, I'm just stating the fact that I don't know you—and I don't have to know you—sambit niya at ipinagdiinan pa ang salitang 'have' — as long as I'm doing my job well enough, I don't have to worry about what my manager will say about me.
And the last time I checked, saying truth is not considered as rudeness, right? " Fatima said while looking straight to the woman's eyes. Alam niyang galit na galit na ito dahil sa pamumula ng mukha, at alam niyang handa na itong sumugod sa kung ano mang bayolenteng aggawin nito.
Shit. If there's one thing she's not brainy about, that is physical fighting. Hindi siya nakikipag sabunutan, hindi rin sa sampalan, at sa kung ano pa man. Ang alam niya lang—makipag bakbakan sa salita.
The woman took the glass and about to throw the water to Fatima's face when MN grab fatima's hand and cage her ro his body, his back which facing the woman —who suppose to be his date— was the place where the water landed.
Fatima look up at the face who owns the big and hard body who cage her, and she gasp but remained calms and pressed lips as she saw him.
He's looking down at her face which she lifted just because he's to tall compared to her and he is smiling like the damn model of toothpaste!
"Hey—honey!" sambit nito habang naka ngiti.
Ay nako naman talagang anak ng kabayo ka!! Kulang ang salitang 'shocked' para kay Fatima, she's beyond that. Ang akala niya, hindi na niya masisilayan pa ang mukha nito.
After an almost a year, hindi niya nakita ito. Hindi din ito nagpakita sa kanya, or baka nga pumunta at bumalik sa bahay nila dati, but so sad that they're not living there anymore.
Gawa nga ng mga bagay bagay na nabgyayari sa buhay niya ngayon, nawala lahat ng mga nabili niya sa pagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa.
"Honey? Well, the high and mighty s***h ang matinik sa babaeng Mark Neil Bautista, may honey na? How true? Hindi naman ako sinabihan na may 'honey' na pala ang ipinag pipilitan sa akin ng mga parents ko" the woman said. At binuntutan pa nito ng mala demonyong pagtawa.
"Enough, don't mind her. Halika na. Kailangan ko ng umalis dito." MN, who is holding Fatima's hand said, saka tinanguan si RR na naka ngising nanonood sa kanila.
Athena, is just licking her lollipop, Adrian, Jake and Roderick is makin a fist bump while their eyes are on him—MN—and just let their fists meet each other.
MN shioked his head then pulled Fatima.
Ayaw sana ni Fatima, pero nakita niya kung paano mamula ang mata ng 'date' daw ng lalaking umaakay sa kanya. So, she let him drag her. Hindi siya mabait, lalo namang hindi siya santa sa mga ganitong sitwasyon.
After dragging Fatima from the restaurant, MN opened his car and let her sit besides the driver's seat. Habang ang babae naman ay nakatingin lang sa kanya na hindi niya malaman kung anong nasa isipan.
She's giving him the death stare for heavens sake! Damn! Why the f**k I'm having chills! MN asked to his self. He's not aware of this kind of feelings.
Hindi pa siya nangamba ng ganito sa tanang buhay niya. Hindi pa siya nagkaroon ng kaba na baka magalit ang isang babae sa kanya, at sa hindi niya maipa liwanag na dahilan, he doesn't want her to get mad at him.
He's like half cussing, half hoping that she's not mad and she's just looking at him in normal ways.
"Do you have a death wish?" Fatima said in a cold voice MN can have freezing on. Damn it!. Anas ni MN sa sarili.
"You're welcome" mababang sambit niya habang ini start ang sasakyan, same car he used—year ago. It's fate. Yeah. I know it. Bulong niya.
"At saan mo ako dadalhin? Hoy bakulaw kang anak ng kabayo ka, noon, basta mo na lang akong kinuha sa airport. Ngayon naman, sa trabaho ko.
Magkaliwanagan nga tayo, ano at alin ang gusto mo sa akin ngayon? Don't tell me, you will use me as your shield to your so-called date?! Or you want to me to act as your PA? Ngayon sabihin mo nga, alin ang tama at tama sa mga nabanggit ko?! " naiirita nang sambit ni Fatima.
She needs to work, or else—
" No. At saka dapat pa nga ikaw ang magpa salamat sa akin e. Kita mo nang basang basa ang likod ko dahil sa tubig na dapat sa'yo mapunta e" MN said.
"O di salamat—sir! —Fatima said, na binigyang diin ang mga sinambit. —Ngayon, buksan mo ang kotse mo at ako'y bababa na. Kailangan kong mag trabaho kundi, mamamatay lahat ng mga alaga kong kailangan kong diligan para mabuhay!" taas kilay niyang turan.
MN smiled, because he was moved that she still remember that day. The day that almost became his 'Me time' for the past months. Me time, because everytime he thinks about it—he smiles. Not just smile, but giving him light as well.
"Anong ngingiti ngiti mo diyan? Ibaba mo na ako sabi e. Hindi ka naman siguro bingi, no?" inis na sambit ni Fatima.
"I'll talk to your boss, he will give you your whole day salary. Just accompany me today please." MN said while tapping the stirring wheel by his 2 fingers.
"Ginawa mo pa akong martilyo, gago!" matigas na sambit ni Fatima.
Napalingon si MN sa dalaga.
"Martilyo?" kunot noo niyang sambit.
"Yes! Martilyo. What's the sound of that thing?" Fatima said while narrowing her eyes to him.
Shit. Napailing na lang si MN ng ma realize kung ano ang gustong sabihin ng babae. "That's not what I mean. Gusto ko lang ng kasama ngayon—"
"—e di doon ka sa date mo? Bakit mo ba kasi tinakasan 'yon e, anak daw ng senator. Tapos ang ganda daw niya, sinabihan pa akong inggit sa ganda niya, amp—hindi ko naman malaman kung saang banda!" Fatima tss then MN chuckled.
" Sana tinanong mo kung saang banda" natatawang sambit ni MN.
"Wala akong nakita" Fatima said, them she look outside. "Saan mo nga ako dadalhin?!" sambit niya.
"Just road trip. Joy ride, or whatever you call it" kibit balikat na sambit ni MN.
He just got home the other day from his staying on Madrid for his new company there. Naging abala siya doon dahil sa nakuha na niya ang kalahati ng mana niya noong sinabihan niya ang mga magulang na may girlfriend na siya.
And that is, this woman beside him. After that day, when she introduced him as her boyfriend to her family, he told his parents too, that he already have a girlfriend. And because he have pictures of hers, his parents believed him.
"Kumusta ka na? Ang mga magulang mo, kumusta din?" pagsisimula ni MN sa topic. Because he doesn't know why, but it's like his inner soul is ordering his mind to talk to her—even just for stupid things.
Pero naalala niya ang mga magulang nito. That's why he asked.
" Ok naman. Humihinga pa, kahit papa'no" Sambit nito na halatang malungkot ang boses.
"Anything wrong honey?" MN said. Hindi niya malaman kung bakit kay dali niyang sambitin ang salitang 'honey' sa babae. While, he didn’t even used any endearment from the girls he used to f****d around.
Something is not right here.. Kausap niya ang sarili habang nagmamaneho.
"There's nothing wrong. What is wrong is, you dragged me for road trips while I need to work!" himutok nito, pero hindi na kasing tigas ng boses nito kanina.
Napangiti si MN habang lumingon sa babae.
"Eyes on the road Mister. Ayoko pang mamatay" sambit nito. It's like dejavu, the words, the way she talk, kahit naman nakapikit ang mga mata nito, ganitong ganito ito noon. MN remembers every little details about her.
And that's freaking him out for the past months already. This woman didn't leave his body and soul. She keeps on running on his mind that he needs to rush things in Spain just to come back here in Philippines.
But not for simple reasons. He needs to know why, why she keeps on pestering his mind.
"Stop thinking stupid things, and focus on the road —Bautista!"
What the heck?? Naapakan niya tuloy ang preno na wala sa oras. And there she is, giving him the stare— the killer one! Diyos na mahabagin!.
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