Chapter 5

Ahhhh, No, no please stop that.

Jean said loudly as she suddenly got up. 

"What a bad dream i have." she said She took a deep breath to calm herself down. She also got up from the bed so that she could relax completely. She poured water from the table near her bed. And after drinking she sat again on the edge of her bed. She touched her face and felt her cheek wet. surely she cries in her sleep. She took a deep breath, then decided to wipe the remaining tears from her cheeks.

She dreamed just like that again, it had been a long time since she last dreamed. And when she looked at the time on the alarm clock she was surprised. It's going to be morning. She made her bed first, then left her room.

Jean was going to the kitchen when she heard loud laughter. Her brow furrowed. She was sure that Ate Minda was her companion who was laughing. Apart from this, she has no other companions in the house. And she was sure she wasn't the only one laughing.

"Sister Minda... Sister Minda where are you..? Jean called. Listened to where those laughs were coming from and then went with them.

It seemed to be coming from outside the house so she went outside.

"Sister, sister who is-"

She could not continue what she was saying when they turned to her at the same time. Sister Minda is with that man who asked her for help and let her live in her house the night before who introduced himself as Emmanuel. She forgot that she agreed to let him stay at her house. And she sees that the two are close immediately.

"Ohh Good morning, Jean there you are come and join us," sister Minda greeted her.

"Good morning!" Emman also greeted her with a smile.

"Morning," Jean greeted simply.

She just kept watching the two. For the first time, she couldn't think of what to say or what she should say. To this day, she still can't believe that she brought him to her house.

"Sit here hija," sister Minda told her.

"Join Emman and I for coffee."

"Go ahead." Jean replied.

She sat in the empty seat in the middle of them.

The man was still smiling at her.

I just returned it with a small smile.

It seems that the intention of his smile is pure and she thinks that his heart is also because she and sister Minda are still alive. It just means that he really isn't a bad person. Sister Minda was really suspicious of the man during his first night here at home, but now they are close.

Flash back

When sister Minda saw us arrive, she immediately asked me and pulled me away from Emman.

"Who are you with?"  She whispered to her.

"Don't say that you were making love and that's why you brought him  here? so why did you take him home with you? You like him?

"Sister!"  She whispered to her.

"Hey, who is he?"

She thought of an excuse but couldn't think of anything so she just said the real reason for it.

"What job are you going to give him here at home?"  She asked her again.

"I'll just make him a garden cleaner or maybe my driver."

Sister Minda looked at her carefully.

"You're going to make him a gardener, you're going to fix the garden?"

She asked later when she was so tired that she couldn't think about what she was saying.

After a while she still didn't answer sister Minda's question, she asked again.

"Where will he sleep?"

"Just behind the house with the tree house, It's nice there, isn't it. comfortable for him to sleep there"  she answered.

What she says is that the tree house behind her house is comfortable there because there are things placed there that make it feel like a house inside.

"Okay, go ahead." sister Minda agreed with her.

"And besides, it's like you're here with someone when I'm not here, just tell him about the work he's going to do at home and Your work is easier here at home because he is there for you to order."

Sister Minda bought it.

"I'm going to serve so we can eat together and so that you don't just eat ciabatta bread in the morning you're losing weight so don't say no."

She stopped whining because she wouldn't win the conversation if she insisted on what she wanted.

Emman also stood up to help sister Minda.

"I'll help you."

"Oh no, just sit there and eat ." she said then finally entered the kitchen.

When Emman left them at the table, they were both speechless. She didn't say anything, especially since she's a really quiet person and she doesn't know Emman very well.

She just took a newspaper from the side of the table and started reading some articles that were there.

Emman was the first to break the silence and spoke to him.

"What will my job be like here? Don't worry, I can do anything."

Jean looked up from what she was reading and stared at the man. And she saw that he was staring at her so she quickly returned her gaze to what she was reading.

"Do you know how to drive?" She asked.

"Is that all? yes, of course," Emman answered quickly.

She thought. Is it really so? how come he doesn't know the location of her office.

I'll just point out that he seems to be new to Manila and he hasn't memorized the place yet. She was just shocked when she told sister Minda that he could be his gardener and fix the garden because she had no intention of fixing it like before even though there were only big weeds growing there.

"Good, you will drive me to the office every day and then you will also pick me up again in the afternoon after my work. Besides that, sister Minda will give you work here."

"Noted."