MY DUCKING BOSS

VERNON

When I woke up, I was repeatedly calling Sollaire but I did not have her response.

Napakunot na lamang ang noo ko bago ko abutin ang cellphone ko at makita na alas syete na ng umaga and that she should have been awake now.

Mahigpit ko ring bilin sa kanya na gisingin ako pag nalate ako ng gising.

When I walked past her bedroom, mas nagtaka ako nang hindi ko marinig ang tunog ng cooler niya. I did not have a chance to buy an ac yet kaya cooler muna ang nakalagay sa kwarto niya kaya rinig na rinig pa ang tunog ng cooler pag nakabukas ito.

And when I had enough, kinatok ko na ang pinto niya.

"Sollaire? It's past seven, why are you still sleeping?" I loudly asked.

"Sollaire?"

"Sollaire? Get up, now. We have a lot to do."

"Sollaire? I'm coming in, okay?"

And when I opened the door, I was greeted by silence and a sight of no one

"Where the hell is she?" Inis kong sabi habang dinadial ang number niya sa cellphone ko.

And when she did not answer, I called Jane.

"Good morning, where you