Rise, Fallen Angels, Children of God

Chapter 16

           Le Ruisseau Burger Point has the best burgers I have tasted, with green leafy salad on the side, the unique wooden crafty finish of this burger joints walls are awesome. Burgers and vegetables doesn’t seem to match when my taste bud’s concerned. With this joint, they seem to perfectly match veges and burgers together, and it’s amazing. Hmm! I can smell and taste them now! Gin said dreamily while drooling over the tasty thought.

Rrrrng…rrrrng!, Yes!, yeah! No, really! Vina, who? Roger (my smart and loyal personal assistant/ trusted talent scout), can you briefly send me details of this, Vina Vedra. Hmph! Clink (as email being sent by Roger online on my cellphone) I wonder what this Vina looks like. Oh wow! She is indeed gorgeous, long blonde hair, a body like Jennifer Lawrence, face like Keira Knightley and hot talent like Fergie (I thought watching her sing with a live band in one of her gigs in a bar). A one of a hell like package, amazing!!!. At 19 years. She must have had experiences from other handlers or producers before. What can a world renowned producer like me, ask for, but… Okay!  Sign her up, but before doing that Roger. Set the day for the contract signing. I want to talk to her personally. And please check on our other artists and forward their details, album sales and all, so I can check them out. Anyway, I trust you have been doing well organizing and following up on sales quotas, blah, blah 2x. Haha!. Why I hired you!, I added laughing but so confident and satisfied with my new found artist. Thank you Roger!, you are an angel. Check on your account for an early commission. I am just delighted you found this girl, I retorted while ticking on my cell transferring money to Roger’s bank account. Clink!, the sound confirming that money was transferred to his account. I heard Roger shouting, thanking me on the other line, didn’t wait for him to say anything more, I instantly dropped the call and gave a wide smile.

Ha..ha..haah…haah!, Alex is humping, breathing hard while jogging on her last lap. She decided to run a bit since it’s been a while since she did so. Writing her blog about Paris made her head spin and since unmotivated because of Edmund’s passing and all. She can’t focus much on her passion.

Well!, they say that I can use pain and heart ache as a driving force to inspire me in delivering a good piece or an article. Hmp! I hope that’s the case. I feel so dried up inside.  Running can clear my mind and it seems doing its wonders now. Haaay!..haaa…haaah Okay, too much for exercising!, time to clean up. I have a date to attend to, I said while delicately wiping the sweat all over my face and neck. Now I am walking my way up to my room at the hotel, to take a quick shower. Where are we going to go later? I wonder where would Gin take me this time!, I added while drying my hair, wearing my bath robe after a warm refreshing bath. Alex is looking straight in the mirror when a beautiful but angry woman appeared and…ugh! aahhh! She is carrying small gun and about to hurt Alex, but, since Alex knows taekwondo. She immediately blocked the attack and held the woman’s hand into a lock, losing the grip of the gun. Wha…what??? Who are you? And what are you to Edmund?, I asked the lady carefully.  Because of you, I lost Edmund, my beloved Edmund…I am Helena, his girlfriend. I should’ve been the one he was supposed to marry, until, you came. You b***h, let go of my hands! Oh! Helena, right, I remember now, you are the woman at the funeral. I am sorry, but I didn’t want anything bad to happen to him too, I added while still gripping her hands . I spotted a hanky, grabbed it immediately and tied it over her both hands that are shaking profusely now. Helena continues to cry and mumble words I couldn’t understand. I can only hear Edmund’s name and finally got tired of the struggle, she sat on the floor crying her heart out. Sadly, I needed to dial my room’s phone to call for help and the hotel guards to seize her. Not more than 15 minutes, the police came knocking at my door and asking questions about Helena. Much to my concern is her mental state as of the moment. I just mentioned she is a former girlfriend of my fiancé. And that she needs medical attention due to losing her childhood sweetheart and didn’t file for anything since I understand how she feels right now.

Hi! How are you feeling?, Gin asked while Helena in a defeated state, was cuffed away from my room. I am okay, don’t worry. I just feel tired after the drama I was caught up into, I added jokingly. Well! Thank God, you’re okay!, Gin replied very worried. I think I’ll skip dinner. Can I take a rain check and let’s eat out some other time?, I explained while walking towards my bed to lie down hugging my pillow, and never noticed, I slept all the way in the process. Better yet!, I will just call for a take-out, for your sake. Alex…Alexa???, I stopped yelling, when I checked in her room, my poor baby’s sound asleep. And I’ll stay for the night just to make sure you’re alright! Gin whispering, smiling at Alexa. He is just inches apart from Alex’s face.

I miss you so much A…You are so lucky to get out of this mess and I was so worried, I ran across the room wearing my bathrobe wearing only my underwear. As a transman, my surgery marks on my chest healed perfectly. If one didn’t know that I am a woman before. She wouldn’t really notice the marks, as if they are just keloids, or like birth marks one can accept as natural. Since I have grown my muscles, my body is very toned. You can also see my six pack abs, that make the ladies go wild knowing that about me. I think Alex loved my abs so much, she likes touching them especially when we were making love before the accident and…..Aaaaahhh! Stop it, Jodie, Gin!!!...She deserves more, she deserves the world. Alex deserves to be happy. I want her to be happy. But will she be, with me, my new me?

October, 2019. Alexa is doodling stuff online when a scoop about a certain virus popped up. A  news about a virus spreading across China, specifically in Wuhan. I read that one Chinese  doctor had been advising the government about this issue and could spread before the end of this year. Hmm! Is this true? I have researched on this but there are no information about this disease. However, rumors say that the Chinese doctor who discovered the virus died even before people knew about it. Maybe their government had something to do with the issue. Hmph! What’s with this virus anyway? Haayyy….I have a lot to think and article to write about that are more important than this rumor. Christmas is about to come anyway. I want to stay in Paris a little bit longer but it can’t be helped, I need to go back to Manila before the end of this year for Edmund’s 40 days. But praying to God directly seems appropriate. He is gone now and how will I be able to celebrate his death this way. I miss him, I miss you Edmund!, I added sighing sadly. To ease the pain of losing him, I called my parents and sister. My loneliness disappeared listening to my mom’s soothing voice. I am okay now. Adding the crazy video call my friends, Basil and Sanjay did for me. I missed these guys. They are doing pretty well with my photography business and I am so proud of them. They currently have Rita Ora on the list of VIP artists lined up for photo shoots for V magazines and online advertisements.

At the office. Gin is on a hectic schedule for the day, making a phone call. Hey! It’s Gin Law….., yes! Thanks, you know me already, haha! I want a bouquet of flowers with the name, Alexandra Steele, please.

Oh! make it, 24 white roses, for now. Yes at the Ritz Hotel with address….Oh cool! Alright. Can I pay it through my credit card? Okay. I’ll do that now on my phone. Good! Deliver it tonight if you can. Bye! I’m sure, she’ll be happy with this surprise. I hope that she is okay now. After the Helena incident and Edmund’s death. Haaa! I know I need to do something but my hands are tied. How can I reveal myself to her now?, Gin sighed deeply. When…

Hey! You wanted to meet me, your assistant told me the other day? A blonde sexy girl on cream long sleeved top which three buttons up top is open, revealing her overflowing cleavage. Though wearing a dark brown leather mini skirt matching with leather boots. Hands on her back, as if using her sexy charms to seduce Gin, her soon to be producer.  Oh! Yes, you might be Vina? Ms Vina Vedra! It is a pleasure to meet you! Gin said standing to greet her sort of running half way across the room, about  seven feet tops. Yes! Call me Vina, Gin, right!, she added holding Gin’s both hands longer, as if she doesn’t want to let go of them. You know I am so happy your assistant called me and heard the news. Thank you for having me as one of your artists. It is a great opportunity for me to really do what I love to do, sing and song write.

Good, ah! So you also write songs, your own songs? Gin asked now more interested about the girl in front of him. Please sit down, first. Would like some tea, coffee, soda? He asked to be polite. Oh no thanks! I just had a snack a while with my boyfriend. Aha! A boyfriend, is he okay, with our set up. Well my rules include, that personal affairs are private and concerning your career, personal issue shouldn’t affect your job as my artist, and if it does, I won’t be happy with that. Gin added winking though with the tone of seriousness. This guy is so cute! No wonder many girls love him, beg for him, Hmm! Interesting!, Vina thought smiling as if teasing Gin in a seductive way while saying, Oh, it is never going to be an issue. We are like one night stands, we get drunk, hit it and then move on. We just have this on and off relationship and he knows my job and what entails me to do to succeed in it. Even if it takes me doing things you want me to do, to make you happy. As long as it pleases you!, Vina said eyeing Gin, licking her tongue from side to side, moving close up front showing her lovely cleavage for Gin, who is gulping his own saliva once then twice seeing, appreciating, feasting on this girl’s hotness. Uhm! Vina, you are so beautiful indeed, but ah….nope! I don’t sleep, ehrrr…don’t do those things with my artists. And my famous stars can attest to that for the record. Hmm! too bad! I am doing this, because I find you cute and sexy, Gin!, Heehee!, she added smiling childishly. He he!

Thanks, haha! Okay. Ah! I still have a meeting. So, Roger will be calling you again for the paperworks you need to sign. And that’s all, Ms. Vina Vedra!. It is nice meeting you!, Gin giving his hand to Vina for a handshake. Okay, Gin!, she took his hand and didn’t let it go, Vina still gripping on Gin’s hand and pulled him closer to her. How come you’re sweating Gin, are you flushed? Vina added, smiling because she succeeded in making this hot producer blush. Ah! Yes! Okay, my hand, please. Thank you Vina!, See you again! Ah! Yup!, no, okay. You can go now! Gin said in confusion and caught blabbering. Okay! Gin!, Till we meet again!, Vina confidently walking out of the room leaving a mark that Gin can only feel and remember. She left the room with a goal and only one goal, to get close to Gin and make him fall in love with her. Vina seems determined, ‘whatever it takes, Gin, you’ll be mine!’.

Haaah.. my God, that girl is…a bomb!. I never felt so intimidated and so captivated by her charms. And that smile, so beautiful!. She is definitely going to catch attention and would leave a mark in the world of show business. I can’t wait for the launch. Oh, Alexa! Hmm! He suddenly remembered about the flowers and tried to call Alexa.

Ding dong! Yes, hang on!... Alex said running towards the door. And ….wow! Awwe! They are so beautiful!. She said looking at the flowers, taking them in and putting them on a vase. Rrrng! Rrng!!, her cellphone. Alexa running to her bedroom to answer it since placed on top of her bed. Hello! Hi, Gin! Thanks, yes, I received it. They are so beautiful. I love them. Okay! Tonight? Where? A movie theater, cinema? Le Champo? Hmm! Can we check out the National Museum of the Middle Ages, the Musee national du Moyen Age-Thermes et hotel de Cluny? Alright! It’s a date then.

Seeing the unique doors they have in this museum is grand. The one with the pink color is my favorite. Gin seemed to like the door made of Oak. I really wanted to visit this place ever since but I didn’t really bother to give time and now it is absolutely a wonderful idea after seeing this walls, ruins from the middle ages. And it is beautiful.  It is so nice seeing Paris’ history like their La Dame a la Licome tapestry stock. Le Toucher, The Lady and the Unicorn, the Swabian sculptures. The statues of the apostles though salvaged from the ruins are quite historical. The 16th centuries are one of the best stories and structures built. Persians in the Medieval Ages and Romans in their most grandest attires and wealth, I can only imagine what’s it like living in those times. Hmm!, I thought in so much awe. Hey! I can see you drooling…he! He!, Gin said with the widest smile written on his face. Oh! Ha! Ha!, I’m that obvious huh!...