Chapter 46: Price

“Are you sure you don’t want to go back to U.S. for now?” Lolo asks me in the middle of our meeting.

Nasa unahan si Gil at nage-explain ng naisip niyang project para sa launch ng jewelry shop under my company. Lahat naman ay nakikinig maliban sa aking Lolo na puro tanong nang tanong sa akin tungkol sa pag-uwi ko sa States.

“I still have things to do here, Lolo. Isa pa, nandoon naman si Hanz and he was already doing a great job kahit wala pa ako roon. I just helped him a little...”

“If I must remind you, mija. Your help wasn’t just a little. The projects you came up with during your stay there were absolute perfection. I am thinking of giving you one of my company’s major branches and see if you can double and triple its profit...”

I roll my eyes at him before I speak up. “Stop making me go back there, Lolo. You’re only going to use me anyway, might as well just stay here and continue to manage my own company...” sambit ko.

Tumikhim si Lolo at