"Bakit? Problema mo? Para kang na-iihi dyan ah." Pang-aasar ko sa kanya.
"Kasi... Nagalit nanaman si Sir Lance kay Elaine at sa.... akin eh, ayaw niyang tanggapin tong file... Tapos sinigawan niya pa si Elaine kanina. Sabi niya pa mas mabuting ikaw nalang daw ang maging Secretary niya kasi mas magaling ka daw kesa sa aming lahat eh." Mangiyak-ngiyak niyang sabi.
"Ano?! Baka naman ginalit niyo talaga siya... Di naman yun magiging ganon pag wala kayong ginawa eh." Paliwanag ko sa kanya.
"Wala kaming ginawa, Basta nagalit nalang siya"
"Okay... Ganito nalang. Assist Sir Lucas sa meeting room and I'm going to talk and give that to Sir Lance. Okay ba yun?"
"Thank you talaga Grace...."
I was about to go when Lucas pulled my arm.
"Lance said that YOU will assist me to the meeting room, not this... What's your name?" Lucas said.
"Jane sir...."
"Not Jane. Ikaw ang inutusan ng Boss niyo Grace, wag mong ipasa ang trabaho mo sa iba."
"Yes... Ako ang inutusan but it's not my will to, I was forced to do the job. Kaya kung gusto kong ipasa sa iba yung trabahong hindi naman dapat sa akin... Wala ka ng pakialam dun."
"Do you want to get fired? Huh?"
"Bakit? You are going to tell that to Sir Lance? Go ahead! Tell him! Fire me... I don't care. Tsaka diba sinabi mo na ayaw mo akong makita? Then why are you here?! Why did you approve the partnership?! Para ganyanin ulit ako? Then fine! Sige... Gawin mo ang gusto mo."
Kinuha ko ang file na hawak ni Jane at pumunta sa office ni Sir Lance.
"Excuse me, Lance..."
"Yes, Grace?"
"Um.... Please naman sana, wag mong sigawan yung ibang tao dito. They are scared of you. Halos sa akin na nila binibigay yung mga dapat na ibigay 'nila' sayo. Even Elaine is crying because you shouted at her kanina, well technically everyday. Please Lance... Maawa ka naman sa kanila."
"I'm sorry... You know I'm trying... Sorry."
"It's okay Lance. Ito nga pala yung file nila. Tapos I want to check if you received the Invitation from Mr. Anderson."
"Uh... Yes, nakuha ko na. Thank you."
"Sige Lance, Mauna na ako."
I went to my cubicle and saw Jane crying. "Ba't ka umiiyak? Anong nagyari?"
"Ikaw! Ano bang meron sayo? Gusto ka ng lahat! Si Sir Lance tapos ngayon si Sir Lucas... Palaging ikaw nalang."
"Bakit ako? Nakita mo naman yung ginawa nung Lucas na yun diba? Pinahiya niya ako.... Tapos pano mo nasabi na gusto ako nun? Nakita mo namang sinigawan ako eh."
"Sabi niya kasi kanina 'Si Grace Ang gusto ko hindi ikaw, kaya umalis ka sa harap ko kasi wala kang silbi' Ang sakit ng sinabi niya..."
"Don't mind that. Hayaan mo lang yun, wag mo nalang siyang pansinin pag di ka kina-usap."
We went back to work until it's 7:30. I went straight home at naabutan ko si mommy na nagluluto ng pagkain namin.
"Hi, mom!"
"Hi... How was work?"
"It's okay, I'm a little bit exhausted. Nga pala, Christian!"
"Ano yun, Ate?"
"Did you pay for the fee in your school already?"
"Not yet, but I'll give it tomorrow, Ate... Do you know something about wolves?"
"Wolves? Are you crazy? Wolves don't exist anymore.... 20th century na tayo Christian."
"I don't know... Kasi kanina, Me and my friends went to the Library and found this book. It contains some wolf thing. Tapos we read something about the White Blood... It says that the White Blood is the strongest wolf among all wolves. Nag-iisa lang daw yun."
"Okay...?" Takang sagot ko.
"Meron pa. There is this Dark Alpha that they call. He is the strongest among all the Alphas, they tried their luck to kill him pero ang makakapatay lang sa kanya ay ang White Blood... White Blood is destined to kill the Dark Alpha, why? yan ang Hindi nakalagay dito sa libro pero.... ang cool di ba?"
"What is cool about that? They are wolves who kill each other... Anong cool doon?"
"Ewan ko sayo Ate. You don't know how to imagine that kind of thing."
"Mga anak... Kain na."
We ate and talk about stuff that happened this day and after that, we all went to our rooms to rest.
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