Twenty

I went back to my table right after finishing the food provided. The phone started ringing when I got back. I answered the call immediately.

“Come to my office,” Gabriel’s voice echoed in my ears.

“Coffee?” I offered.

“No,” he said. “Miss Jean already took care of my coffee. You were eating when I called earlier, siya na pinagtimpla ko. I didn’t ask kung sino kasabay mo. I don’t think kailangan ko malaman,” he said before he handed me a red sticky note.

“That’s the password you needed, ‘stayawayfromanna’. Please send the file to the e-mail address also written on the paper,” he said while he kept his eyes on the papers in front of him.

“Anything else, Boss?”

“Nothing more. You can go.”

Gabriel didn’t bother me for the rest of the afternoon. I was loaded with paper works, but sometimes, I can’t stop thinki