One Hello

Chapter 3

Brent

It was sunny day, Monday and every day I love to hear the chirping sound of birds, waves of air and leaves falling from the trees. Ang sarap lang sa pakiramdam na tuwing umaga habang naglalakad ako papunta sa opisina ay nadadaanan ko ang isang parke na nagbibigay sigla sa akin tuwing umaga. Isang linggo pa lang ako nagtatrabaho sa opisina ni daddy pero pakiramdam ko ang tagal tagal ko na. Oo anak ako ng may-ari ng kumpanya pero hindi ko hinahayaan na pagisipan ako nang iba na kaya lang ako nakapasok sa company ay dahil sa ako ang tagapag-mana ni daddy.

Para sakin hindi madali maging anak ng isang company owner, kasi syempre ang iisipin ng iba ite-take for granted ko yung position na binigay sakin ni daddy dahil ako ay anak niya, ayoko naman ng ganon. Kaya kapag feeling ko ang toxic na sa opisina ay umaalis ako ng walang pasabi para hindi na nila ako pag-usapan pa. Kapag ganitong araw ayokong-ayoko ng nagususuot ng tuxedo pero kailangan para naman magmukhang presentable ako sa paningin ng mga tao kahit na kung tutuusin ay hindi ko naman kailangan iyon.

“Goodmorning sir Brent.” bati sa akin ng gwardya.

“Goodmorning po kuya,” pangiting tugon ko.

Daily routine ko na iyan, si kuya guard lang naman ang may lakas ng loob na kausapin at batiin ako dito sa opisina, nakakainis bakit sila ganon sakin. Yung secretary naman ni daddy kinakausap lang ako kapag may itatanong pagtapos noon wala na ulit.

Office

“Sir Brent pinapasabi po ni Mr. President na pumunta daw po kayo sa opisina niya after lunch.” Sabi ng sekretarya kong si Monique.

“Okay Monique sige Salamat, paki sabi na lang na medyo malelate ako kasi may meeting pa ako with Mr. Cruz today.”

“Okay po sir.”

At dahil lunes ngayon kailangan ko tapusin ng maaga ang lahat ng pipirmahan ko dahil may schedule ako sa race track. Hindi ko alam pero nakasanayan ko na na tuwing lunes kami pumupunta ng mga kaibigan ko sa arena para pag-usapan ang mga bagay bagay.

“Goodafternoon dad, bakit po napatawag niyo ako?”

“At bakit hindi ko ba pwedeng gawin yun sa anak ko? Brent kailan mo balak bumisita sa bahay? Masyado ka na miss ng mommy mo iho.”

“ Just tell mom na uuwi din ako doon dad, just give me more time,” i replied.

“Okay then, basta bumisita ka this week end okay, I have something to tell you.”

“Okay dad I will, mauna na po ako at may schedule po ako sa race track mag-iingat kayo pag-uwi daddy.”

Ako bilang isang anak ng isang business tycoon hindi ako nag-aalala kay Dad dahil kahit gaano siya ka higpit sa empleyado niya ay ganon naman siya kaluwag sa akin. Lahat ng gusto ko gawin ay nagagawa ko huwag ko lang pababayaan ang trabaho.

I sometime looks like my dad but I didn’t like him, I maybe easy go but I’m more serious than my Dad when in terms to work. My dad first met my mom when he was young, he had a best friend named Simon Mckay.

My dad always tell me story about his friend because they both plan to have their own company as they grow old but they got into fight because they both love my mom and my mom chose between them and that’s dad. sadly because of that their company became rivalry.

I always asked mom why she chose dad over Mr. Mckay, but my mom always answer me that her heart was the one who chose and not hers alone. My mom got pregnant at the age of twenty she was young at that time but she and dad take the risk. They got married at young age, they both became separated with their parents, they don’t ask for their help and they raise me together alone. They lived together while working.

Dad only himself raise the company without moms help since mom taking care on me hands on. I don’t have the memories of them fighting because they both know how to handle things. They both accepting their flaws and keep on understanding.

I grew up in a small family, just the three of us but I never got jealous to anyone or anyone because the three of us are happy and contented on anything that we had. They never let me to be jealous to anyone because they always give the best for me.

As I grew older, my dad always taught me to be responsible as I am, they never let me got into trouble and they never let me got my guard down. I sometimes got into fight but I always use that as an excuse for me to be better.

I have a friend who’s always at my back no matter what, he love girls cause he’s a flirt one but he’s never into serious relationship. Ewan ko ba kay Clark at hindi iyan marunong magseryoso.

Clark is one of my best buddy, actually we are four in a group but the two take responsibilities and got married right away.

Clark Vergara he is one of those four, he is the only play boy in the group. He never take girls for serious relationship, he maybe a player but he never took girls for granted. The other one was Hero Garcia, a son of a business tycoon with a lot of achievements in life. Hero was one of those bachelors that a girl could ask for kaya swerte ang asawa niyang si Yvette though they both lucky with each other and I must say they are destined to be together. Last but not the list is Carlo Park, half Korean but never got a chance to go to korea because of his dad’s business here in Philippines. He is also a married man with two kids. But even the two were married we always give time to breath and talk about racing.

When I was twenty I met the boys in racing arena, I was just standing beside the race track wondering how can I join the racer and that three approaches me like we knew each other long time ago. Because of that we became best friends in business and also in race track.

I was about to leave the office when I got a message from Clark and that

‘s very unusual of him cause he never send message to anyone of us.

“Brent I got into accident, can’t go racing.”

Hindi na ako nagtataka dahil ang accident na sinasabi niya is nahuli siya ng mga babae niya, masyado babaero si Clark kaya hindi na kami magtataka na one day mahuhuli siya, poor Clark. I send him okay and headed to race track in antipolo. Antipolo racing track was ours, when the owner got bankrupt he sell the track and luckily Hero knows the owner and asked it if he can sell that to us and he agreed.

Every Monday ang schedule naming magbabarkada para bumisita sa antipolo para malaman na rin kung ano yung mga kailangan pang ayusin and inalam na rin naming yung gastos, hangga’t maaari gusto naming na hands on kami sa pagaasikaso sa race track pero hindi pwede dahil na rin sa may mga kani-kaniya na kaming obligasyon, ang dalawa at sa pamilya tapos kami ni Clark sa trabaho kaya every Monday lang kami nagpupunta sa antipolo.

Pero dahil sa anunsyo ni Clark sigurado na kasama nila Hero ang mga asawa nila, the girls know how player Clark was kaya aloof sila dito na tinatawanan na lang namin dahil hindi naman namin sila mapilit na maging mabait kay Clark. Lagi sila nag-aaway kapag nagkakasama sila kaya hangga’t maaari sinasama lang nila Hero ang asawa nila ni Carlo kapag wala si Clark.

Ganon lang talaga kasi naman galit sila sa mga lalaking ang hilig lang ay ang paglaruan ang mga babae. Syempre kung ako din naman ay babae sigurado na magagalit din ako sa mga pinag-gagagawa ni Clark. Mabait si Clark, kahit gaano siya karaming babae ay hindi niya naman sila dinadala s kama. Mahilig lang talaga siya makipag-fling sa kanila which is kinagagalit naman ng asawa nila Hero.