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MAAGANG nagising si Alistine para makapag prepare na para sa conference na ico-cover nila. Gabi pa naman ang conference but they need to be there early for their scheduled flight. Nagpaalam na siya sa Mama niya at niyakap siya nito at nagbilin ng marami.
After niyang makalabas ay excited na ulit siyang maging pangkaraniwan ulit. She wore a black inner shirt and red checkered long sleeves and her eyeglasses. Kapag nasa trabaho siya ay hindi siya nagsusuot ng contact lenses at iyong itim na salamin lang niya ang isinusuot niya lalo sa trabaho.
Nakasanayan na lang din niya at para din maitago ang tunay na identity niya sa publiko. Sa harap ng mga katrabaho niya ay isa lamang siyang ordinaryong tao. Napapagalitan kapag may nagawang kapalpakan, napagtatawanan at nagkaroon ng mga totoong kaibigan dahilan kung bakit sobrang naging komportable siya sa trabaho.
She wants to surround herself with true people and not those people that will go near you because you are Jianne Alistine Castroverde. Sa pagiging Alistine niya sa harap ng kanyang mga katrabaho ay nagagawa niya iyong mga bagay na hindi niya nagagawa as Jianne Castroverde. In front of her parents and relatives, she needs to act accordingly, like she is a real princess living in a palace with all people look up to you and admired her position.
She's happy and grateful being part of their family, actually, she considers herself blessed to have them and this wealth but sometimes may hahanapin ka pa rin talaga sa buhay mo na gusto mong malaya mong magagawa nang walang pangalang kailangan ingatan.
All she wants is to create a name on her own, not in the shadows of anyone. She wants to be independent, kaso nga sa bahay nila she was treated differently na kapag hinugasan niya ang sarili niyang pinagkainan ay they were all shock as if she committed a crime.
She hates that. She feels so useless. So, she came up with this idea when she was in college to hide her real identity into a simple Alistine Castroverde at school and also at work.
"Ali nandito na tayo gising kana diyan oyy!" Tapik ni Faye na katabi niya sa eroplano. Tumango na lang siya at tahimuk na sumunod dito.
Coron, Palawan..
KINABUKASAN ay maagang nagsimula ang conference. Nasa isang sikat na hotel ito ginanap at karamihan sa nakikita niya ay mga bachelors ng ibat-ibang business companies na minsan naifeature na din nila sa kanilang business magazines, for sure nandito rin ang mga pinsan at kapatid niya.
"My god.. Alii! It's raining men!!" Impit na tili ni Faye nang makitang maraming mga business tycoons na ang dumarating sa venue.
"Umayos ka nga babae. Trabaho ang ipinunta natin dito Faye." Sabi niya dito habang inaayos ang camera na hawak niya. Siya muna kase ang magiging photographer dahil sumakit ang tiyan ni Rick na siyang dapat ay gagawa nito.
"KJ ka talaga Ali, ang daming gwapo kaya! Makalaglag panty sa yumminess ohh." Kilig na kilig pa na sabi nito.
"Magtigil ka nga! Sabihin mo maluwag na talaga garter ng panty mo! Makalag-lag panty ka pang nalalaman diyan." She teased her. Yes mga gwapo naman talaga sila, pero mas gwapo parin mga kuya at pinsan niya sa mga iyon.
"Ang harsh mo talaga Ali! I hate you na." She pouted. Natawa lang siya sa itsura nito. Faye is one of her closest friends sa EK magazine. Loka-loka lang talaga ito kung minsan but she loves her personality very straight forward and honest. She took some photos, natapos din naman siya agad dahil nagstart na din ang conference at hindi na pwede ang press sa loob. Ngunit pagkatalikod niya ay may nabunggo siya na ikinalaglag ng eyeglases niya. Mabuti at hindi ang camera niya ang nalaglag!
"I'm so sorry Miss." Sabi ng isang lalaki na nakabunggo sa kaniya.
"Its okay sir. I'm sorry din." Hindi niya maaninag ang mukha ng lalaki at kinapa na lamang ang nalaglag na salamin sa sahig nang may mag-abot sa kanya niyon.
"Jianne?" Napalingon siya sa kasama ng lalaking nakabungguan niya. Agad niyang isinuot ang salamin at pinakatitigan ang dalawang lalaki.
"K-kuya Jin.." Gulat na sabi niya. Hindi niya ito nakita kanina sa mga nagdadatingang participants kanina.
"Princess why didn't you tell me you are here?" Nilapitan siya ng nakatatandang kapatid at niyakap. "I missed you Princess." Sabi nito at niyakap na rin niya ang kapatid.
"I missed you too Kuya."
"Be careful next time muntik kana madapa kanina. Why are you wearing these glasses again? Where are your contact lenses naiwanan mo ba? Want me to buy something for you?" Panenermon nito na may halong pag-aalala sa kanya. Napanguso lang siya dito at iniayos ang salaming suot niya.
"I'm okay Kuya, titingin na ako sa dadaanan ko next time. And it is part of my disguise." She said but intentionally whispered the last part.
"You and your craziness. Tsk." Naiiling nitong sabi at pinasadahan siya ng tingin mula ulo hanggang paa and gently tap her head.
"Kuya, you know why I'm doing this right? By the way, I have to go baka makita pa tayo ng mga katrabaho ko na kasama kita." She said at luminga linga sa paligid and then she saw Faye busy sa pakikipag usap with other press.
"Okay Princess I understand but you owe me dinner tonight alright?" she nodded and then he kissed her forehead bago nagpaalam din dito.
Kuya Jin is her sweetest Kuya, unlike the twin Kuya James at Kuya Jake na sobrang moody sa kanya, but super-protective to her because she's the youngest and the only girl in the family except to their Mama and she understands why they are all like that.
"DUDE lets go? Natulala ka na kanina pa sa kapatid ko." Natatawang sabi ni Jin kay Daryll nang makaalis ang kapatid nito. Actually, he did expect to see her here lalo na nung sinabi nito sa kanila kagabi that they are both in the same conference to attend to.
He admits she's attractive and impressive last night. Matagal na niyang nakikita si Jiannethrough their parties, and gatherings but it was the first time to see her look and act differently. Well, he got no problem with that. He can settle for that hot and beautiful for a wife. Iyon ang unang beses na matitigan niya ito ng malapitan, at hindi ito nakakasawang tignan at bawat kilos yata nito kagabi ay binabantayan niya. He's observing her. But one thing he was caught off guard last night was her intimidating kind of look. Akala niya ay mahihiya ito ng makita siya nitong nakatitig sa kanya. But to his surprise, she did not break their eye contact! And he thinks he might fall for those beautiful eyes! But seeing her now without any make-up and sexy dress, she looks more beautiful than he thinks.
"You like her now?" Jin asked. Well, since alam naman na nito ang kasunduan ng pamilya nila five years ago ay alam na nitong sila ng kapatid niya ang ikakasal. And seems like he's not bothered by that.
"Yes, I think so." Deretso niyang sagot, Jin is a good friend of mine.
"Well, I must say mahihirapan ka dude, kahit hindi namin siya bantayan, she knows how to break man's heart and tear it into pieces! Walang makalusot pare. Matibay. She knows her worth." He chuckled but seems so proud of her sister.
"Why?" Tanong ko rito, he wants to know her more. Matagal na niyang nakikita ito every party that Castroverde's hosted, but they didn't got any chance to talk. Napakadistant nito.
"Well, as you all know she's our princess, the only girl Castroverde. That's why she's like that, somewhat boyish." Patuloy na sabi nito. A boyish? She's a lesbian?
"She's a lesbian?" Kunot noong tanong niya na ikinatawa ng kaibigan. Hanggang sa nakarating sila sa designated table for them ay iyon pa din ang pinag uusapan nila.
"No Dude, she's not. She's not into girly kinds of stuff dahil lumaki siyang kami ang kasama. Lumaking maton din." Nakangiti nitong sabi.
"But when I meet her with your Mom she's not. She's not like that." he carefully says his observation because she was so feminine last night.
"Ohh. You meet her with Mama already? Yeah, kapag kaharap si Mama babaeng babae siya. She's not into it, pero lagi kasi siyang pinagagalitan ni Mama kapag nagbibihis at umaakto siyang hindi pambabae kaya she keeps being like that pag hindi kaharap si Mama, as her way para maging malaya." Pagkukwento nito.
Hindi na siya muling nagtanong dahil nagfocus na lamang sila sa conference. But in the back of his mind, he keeps on thinking her future wife. There are a lot of questions in his mind. He needs to know her more to satisfy this curiosity he had about her future wife.
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© Miss Elie
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