Chapter 6

I WAS about to answer him, when my phone rang. Tunatawag si Yandrich.

"Mommy, what time are you going home?" His sleepy voice makes me smile. I looked at Desmond to excuse myself. He just nodded.

"I'm almost done here, love. I'll be there" Sabi ko, hindi na ako lumingon kay Desmond kahit ramdam ko ang titig niya sa akin.

"Okay, Mommy. Ingat ka po, I love you!" He excitedly said.

"I love you too, love. see you!" As I ended the call, inayos ko na ang mga gamit ko na nakakalat sa mesa. Desmond also help me but he's not talking. He looked pissed and annoyed.

"I'm sorry about that." I said as soon as I finished to keep my things.

"Anyway thank you for your offer but, may magsusundo sa akin. I'm leaving." Sabi ko sa kanya at umambang tatayo na ng bigla siyang nag salita.

"Mukha nga." pabulong niyang sabi and tsked. He looks annoyed as I look at him. Why?

"Ha?" Patay-malisya kong sabi kahit narinig ko naman ang sinabi niya.

"I ask if ang boyfriend mo ba ang susundo sayo?" So that's the reason why he's annoyed? Akala niya ay boyfriend ko ang kausap ko kanina sa telepeno. Pero bakit naman siya maiinis? Hanggang ngayon ang hirap niya pa ring basahin.

"Bye, Mr. Velasquez. Our company is looking forward on working with you." He didn't look at me but nodded his head. Napailing na lang ako sa inasta niya. Pakiramdam ko tulos nagseselos siya.

"Stop it, Yvonne. Stop being delulu." pagsesermon ko sa sarili ko.

NANG MAKALABAS ako sa restaurant ay bumungad sa akin ang malaking ngiti ni Nick sa hindi kalayuan. I smiled and waved at him.

"Hi, beautiful." Sabi ni Nick ng marating ko ang kinaroroon niya. He took my stuff and opened the door for me.

"Hi, thank you. Sa pagsundo kanina ko pa gustong umuwi." He told me na dadaanan niya ako since along the way naman daw siya.

"Why?How did it go?" Inabot ni Nick sa akin ang mga gamit ko ng makapasok at makaupo ako sa loob ng sasakyan. I looked at him and was about to talk when a baritone voice of a familiar man echoed on my ears.

"It's nice seeing you again, Ms. Ramirez." Desmond said while looking intensely kay Nick na napalingon rin dito. I don't know but he sounds annoying. Imaasar niya ba si Nick?

"Desmond" Sabi ni Nick at tinitigan ito ng masama.

"Nicklaus" Desmond smirked and look at me and smiled na para bang mas iniinis niya si Nick. I don't know why he's doing this but Nick look annoyed and Desmond's enjoying his reaction. Desmond knows Nick since magkaibigan sila noon, but for unknown reasons they got into a fight and never reconcile again.

Nick closed the car's door at hinarap si Desmond. I can smell trouble.

"I didn't know you're Ms. Ramirez's boyfriend." Sa kinauupuan ko ay tanaw ko ang nakakunot na noo ni Nick. Gusto kung lumabas pero nahaharangan ni Nick ang pinto.

Para bang ayaw niya akong palabasin kaya nakadungaw na lang ako sakanila sa bintana.

"Why should you know?" Nagulat ako ng hindi itinanggi ni Nick ang sinabi ni Desmond. I know he has a feelings for me but... I don't want people to think differently. Alam kong concerned lang siya sa akin pero kapang hindi siya tumanggi ay baka iba ang isipin ng iba. I don't want to burden him anymore.

"Tell Yandrich I said hi." Desmond said to me ignoring Nick and waived his hands to bid goodbye.

"What!? You know my son?" Nick blurted, nagulat ako sa sinabi ni Nick paano kung may makarinig na ibang tao ang tungkol sa anak ko. I don't want to drag him into this mess. So I tried to open the car but it was locked already, Nick locked it.

"Let's go, Nick. Please?" I begged and pulled the hem his shirt ng akmang magsasalita pa ito. He was so annoyed with Desmond.

Desmond left with his luxury car, at si Nick namab ay umikot papunta sa Driver seat. I know for sure that we'll fight over this. He still doesn't know that I know what happened after I left to Desmond.

"He's your client? You're ex-husband is your client? He even knows Yandrich." Agad na sabi nito ng makapasok sa sasakyan. Malakas niya ring isinara ang pintuan ng sasakyan and grip the steering wheel rightly.

"Yes." I simply replied.

I tired to calm him down by holding and squeezing his hands but he looked at me angrily dahil sa sinabi ko that Desmon and I saw eadh other a lots of time and he knows ny son.

"He can't remember me anyway. He won't suspect that Yandrich is his" wala sa sariling sabi ko ang looked at the window.

"You knew?" I nodded at him. Of course his shock kasi hindi niya akalain na alam ko na ang nagyari.

"How? When?" Gulong-gulong tanong niya.

"Ally told me." I simply said. Napakunot ang noo niya.

"Is that the reason why you approach him?" May halong pang-iinsulto niyang sabi.

"Why? Gusto mo bang maalala ka niya ulit?" Halos pasigaw na sabi ni Nick na ikinagulat ko. Why is he acting this way?

"He can't remember you now, but it doesn't mean that theres no possibility that he will soon enough." Hinampas niya ang steering wheel kaya naman halos mapalukso ako sa gulat. He's never been like this.

"What if you trigger his memory? Paano si Yandrich? Paano ka!?" Pagpapatuloy niya pa.

"Akala mo ba hindi ko na isip yan, Nick!?" I shouted back ta him. He doesn't know how it pains me everytime I saw Desmond. Bumabalik lahat ang sakit at sakripisyo ko tuwing nakikita ko siya.

"Even though he remembers you, you know that he will always choose Samantha!" He was blinded by his anger. Parang hindi niya naririnig ang explanation ko.

"Umaasa ka pa rin ba na magiging kayo? Dahil lang sa kinakausap kaniya ngayon?"

"He just talked to you because he can't remember you." tuloy-tuloy niyang sabi.

"STOP THE CAR! BABA AKO!" Sigaw ko kaya naman ay natauhan siya. He stopped the car and finally looked at me.

"I'm sorry. I'm just worried about you and Yandrich."

"Desmond won't do anything good for the two of you."

" I know that! Kaya nga pilit akong lumalayo sa kanya, but I don't know why I keep seeing him." I shouted at him. Wala siyang ideya kung gaano ko gustong layuan ang lalaki na yun.

Alam kong concerned lang si Nick sa amin pero ying isisi sa akin ang mga nagyayari ay mali. Sobrang mali. Para bang ang sinasabi ko ay pinagsisiksikan ko ang sarili ko kay Desmond. Of all people he should know how much I hate that ex-husband of mine.

"I don't have an idea na hindi si Mr. Montez ang client ko!" Sigaw ko pa, dahil inis na inis ako sa mga sinasabi niya. Ni hindi niya man lang ako pinakingggan.

"You don't know how much I want to run as I saw him sit in front of me earlier." Nanggigilid na ang mga luha sa mga mata ko dahil sa inis kay Desmond and Nick.

"Let's just go, Yandrich is waiting for me." Sabi ko kay Nick na agd din namang mainigat na pinaandar ang kotse.

Buong biyahe ay tahimik kami, he looked so pissed, I'm pissed at him too.

"Ms. Ramirez may naghahanap po sa iyo." Bilang sabi ng guard kasunod nito ang lalaking pamilyar ang hubog ng katawan

"Sino po, Manong?"

"Desmond Velasquez daw po, kliyente niyo." Tinigan ko ang lalaking kasunod ng guard na may bitbit na pagkain.

"Desmond..."