Private Show

eighteen

Hindi ko na pumapasok si Sherlie. Huling nagkita kami ay nung pumunta dito yung kaibigan ni Chad. Nag te-text ako hindi naman siya nag re-reply. Pakiramdam ko pinag bawalan kami magkita. Sino ba naman na gustong pagsamahin ang babaeng bayarin at ang prinsesa? Mapupunta lang siya sa maling mundo kaya dapat lang na ilayo siya sa akin pero...

Wala akong kaibigan. Mag-isa ulit ako.

"Watch where you going!" Sinigawan ako ng babaeng nakapustura nang mabangga ko siya. Yumuko ako.

"Sorry po..." bulong ko.

"Okay lang." Nagkatinginan kami.

Na sa daan kami, papunta ako sa sinabing restaurant ni Nanay at Samuel. Magsasalo salo daw kami sa pinareserve ni Samuel na restaurant.

"You look old for a student." Medyo nasaktan ako sa kumento niya. Nakataas ang kilay niya at ineekspeksyon niya ako mula ulo hanggang paa.

"A-ano po, twenty na ako." Bulong ko. Hindi dapat ako nakikipag usap kaso parang na-intimidate ako sa kaniya. Yung tipong sa oras na hindi ako sumagot puputulan niya ako ng dila ganoo .

"Ah, you look gorgeous. Buti hindi ka na minor, do you aspire to become a model?" Deretsahang sabi niya. Inaalok niya akong maging modelo?

"Model po ng?"

"Beverages, you know drinks." Sagot niya. Yung nakahubad na mga babae o mga naka bikini na babae? Baka lalong kumalat na isa akong prostitute.

Gusto ko sa totoo lang pero hindi na pwede. Baka ikasira pa ng buhay ng pamilya ko lalo na ng kapatid ko kapag nalaman na bayaran akong babae. Ano na lang sasabihin nila kay Joshua? Kapatid ng bayarang babae? Baka kung ano-ano pa ang marinig niya.

"Salamat na lang po." Pagtanggi ko at pagsisinungaling ko. Tumaas ang kilay niya.

"I could see that you are considering my offer but hesitating at the same time." May kinuha siya sa bag niya. Binigay niya saakin ang maliit na card at tinanggap ko naman.

Maiden Brewing Company

Kelly Punsalan (CEO)

Siya kaya si Kelly Punsalan? Umangat ang ulo ko at binalik ang atensyon sa kaniya.

"Contact that number if you already want to accept my offer." Tumigil siya at sinuot ang shade. "I need to go. Next time, use your eyes when walking." At tumalikod na siya. Pinanood ko siya manood. Lahat ng lalaki napapalingon sa kaniya, actually mapa babae napapalingon at napapatingin sa kaniya.

Wow, gusto ko maging katulad niya. Mukha siyang malakas at tinitingala. Hay, imposibleng maging katulad ko siya.

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Natanaw ko si Samuel sa labas ng restaurant. Kumaway ito sa akin at kumaway ako pabalik. Mabilis akong naglakad papunta sa kaniya.

"Na sa loob na sila Mama?" Tanong ko. Tumango ito.

"Yes. Tara?" Bago pa kami pumasok ay hinawakan ko ang pulso niya. Lumingon ito sa akin.

"Salamat Samuel." Taos puso ko na sinabi at binigyan siya ng matamis na ngiti. Binalik niya ang ngiti sa akin.

"You can call me Tatay." Sabi nito.

Tatay? Ngayon ko lang bibigkasin ang salitang ito sa isang tao. Tatay... yung gustong gusto ko na itawag sa isang tao.

"Salamat, Tatay."

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Chad's POV

"C'mon man, it's not the end of the world," Erone told me to make me feel better and he patted my shoulder. I shook my head and gulped my beer.

"You still have functioning d**k dude, shove it to different p*****s. Cheer up." Ieous added.

"He already did." Gregory plainly said. He earned chuckle from us.

"This may be my karma." I stated.

"Oh come on, Christina got pregnant before you met that girl," Ieous grunted. "It isn't your karma, it was no one else's karma. It was a gift for your balls to stop your libido squirming for a wrong girl."

"So you were saying that prostitute is the right girl?" Everyone paused and think. Gregory's question made them think and formulating answers to his question.

However, I was pretty sure I was thinking differently to them. A new question formed in my head, did I meet Deanne as an advance baksheesh... a bribe to Christina's cheating?

Three days ago, I received an unknown call from a guy saying that Christina was pregnant and that he was the father. I doubted but agony started to build up inside my system. I confronted Christina through a video call. She cried and apologize, she even had the guts to show me she bumped. She's five months pregnant. The noticeable gaining of weight now made sense. She got impregnated by her co-worker. I already knew that bastard had an eye all over my girlfriend- ex, I mean. I ended it because I couldn't handle the pain, it tears my heart. I just realize that before she confessed that she got pregnant by another guy, I already gave up on her. I already got sucked because of a lack her time, affection, and love. I searched for another woman's warmth. I searched for another woman's time and affection. I found it to Deanne.

I found what Christina lacks. But one thing Deanne couldn't give me, love. And one thing I couldn't give her, my love because until now it was taken by Christina.

Love forgot to be given back.

"I wasn't saying that she was the right girl, she isn't either. I just said that Christina is not." Erone fired back. My brow rose.

"Why that prostitute can't be the right girl?" The debate did not end. But I want to thank Ieous because he spoke the words I want to ask.

"Nanggaling na sa bibig mo dude, prostitute siya." Erone said and drunk his mug of beer. I think this was the time na makisama na ako sa debate nila. Anyway, I was the subject here.

"She can be the right and wrong girl for me. She's a lady that was someone else's daughter, a sibling, a niece, a cousin, and maybe an aunt. She is a woman who can be anybody's girlfriend and wife. She is a human that has a brain that tells her what to think and what to do." I spoke. What I said let me earned different reactions.

Gregory was blank as always. Erone looked dissatisfied and evident of dissent from my statement that standing for Deanne. And Ieous who looked pleased to me. Ieous was a smart ass at the same time he has a smart heart. He's a smarty-heart, I created that word for his reason why he's everybody's best of a friend.

"Dude, don't tell me you like her." Erone snorted in disbelief.

"No, but she's my friend." I simply replied. "She's not my type, at least for now. I like grown-up women and can stand on their own. Deanne is still a lady harvesting and starting to bloom." I added.

Recently, they just discover her real name was Deanne.

"By what? Harvesting man's skeets? Your jiz?"

"Hater." Bulong ni Greogory and got some nuts and munched it while looking at Erone.

"No dude, I am concern sa image niya." Sabay turo sa akin. His index finger was pointing at my while he was looking straight to Gregory.

"Says the man that can't erect his dick." Gregory smirked. Ieous and I looked at Erone who was flashed and back to Gregory.

"Who can't erect what?" Ieous confusingly said.

"Who? Erone?" We all looked at Erone.

"Bakit mo alam Gregory? Number one maninilip ba kita ha? Dude, I'm not a bottom guy."

"Teka paano mo nalaman?" Ieous asked Gregory.

"Yes, bakit nga ba? Binobosohan mo ba ako? Magkakakukita ka niyan." Si Erone gumagawa ng paraan para hindi mahuli e.

"Meh, my cousin told me. She's your doctor for your dull knife." Our eyes widen in shock.

"That bitch..." Erone breathed out.

"Dude, you have a mopey d**k?" I blurted out in surprise.

"Gandahan mo naman tawag dude. Erectile Dysfunction naman, kawawa naman si lil limp." Ieous said.

"Ha.ha.ha very kind of your Ieous." Erone said in sarcasm. "Let's not talk about my hugeness."

"Wow, bakit ako p***s ko at semen ko rin naman yung kanina mo pang binabanggit ah. Pikon." Nagtawanan kami nila Gregory. Napabusangot si Erone.

I heard a short notification sound and a light vibration of my phone through my pants. I fished it out and checked who texted me, hoping that it wasn't Christina. I clicked, it was Deanne.

Dean

      : may tatay na ako, belat hehehe. Libre kita ngayon? May trabaho ka ba?

My brows furrowed but I couldn't hold back my smile. Hindi ko alam but I could hear her happy tone voice saying these words directly to me.

   No, I am drinking right now. I don't want to work today, too much stress will break me.

I clicked send and shove back my phone. I stood up, the three guys looked up at me in sync.

"Oh?"

"I need to go. I have a special appointment." I lied.

"Bakit, hindi ba kami special?" Ieous acted as if he was hurt.

"Special ka naman, kay Kelly lang hindi."i grinned. Nalukot ang mukha niya

"Tangina dude, seryoso ansakit dito oh,dito!- aray!" Habang nag dadrama kasi at dinuduro ang puso, binatukan siya ni Gregory.

"Oy Gregory, kung may problema ka huwag ka manakit. Magsalita ka ah? Panis na laway mo!" Ang ingay ni Ieous kahit kailan.

"Hayaan mo na, asset niya yan kaya gumagapang sa kaniya yung school girl na gusto na siyang ikama. Hahaha." Napailing ako sa sinabi ni Erone. As always, blank face si Gregory.

"Bahala nga kayo diyan. Alis na ako baka ma-address pa ako na may saltik tulad niyo."

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Oh? Nag cheat pala si ate girl eh hahaha

Cute parehas nag cheat, mas bagay sila.