(umupo na si Eigh sa tabi ni Cha sa pagkaktaon ito.)
Eigh: Cha, do you really think Micky is dead???
Cha: I don;t know... but I'm hoping, he's not...
(patulo ang luha sa mga mata ni Cha.)
Eigh: I am not telling you this because I wanna see you cry, besides who will want to see a bestfriend cry, right?
(naghintay si Eigh nang reply mula kay Cha pero ipinatong na ni Cha ang noo nya sa balikat ni Eigh,)
Eigh: let me take this case Cha, for your sake, but for the mean time, hold on, okay?
Cha: I will, Eigh!
Eigh: and by the way, some guests will arrive tomorrow morning, so I wanna see at your best.
Cha: I will.
Eigh: thanks,
(tumayo si Eigh at naglakad papunta sa kusina,)
Eigh: I'll be preparing dinner.
Cha: okay,
Eigh: what do you want for dessert?
Cha: your cake,
Eigh: ok.
(kinagabihan dumating si Ryuu kasama si Kim. Doon natulog si Kim sapagkat naroon si Shey, ngunti si Kim ay nasa guest room. Bago matulog, nakatayo si Eigh sa glass door papunta sa master's terrace sa kwarto nila, katatapos lang maligo ni Ryuu nang lumabas sya sa banyo, nakita nya si Eigh na nakatulala sa labas at pinagmamasdan ang garden na tanaw mula sa bukas na glass door, nilapitan ito ni Ryuu at niyakap sa bewan, ipinatong nya ang kanyang baba sa balikat ni Eigh, medyo nagulat si Eigh, ngunit ipinadulas nya ang kanyang mga kamay sa braso ni Ryuu na nakayakap sa bewang nya tsaka nya ito tuluyang hinawakan ng mahigpit.)
R: are you alright?
Eigh: I am now,
R: 'cause I'm here?
Eigh: 'cause I feel safe if I'm in your arms.
R: how much do you love me, Eigh?
Eigh: before... I love you as much as I love my ownself, but now... I love you more than bafore, ' cause now your not just someone, you're my only one now...
R: I love you more than anything wealth can give... I love you, and a whole lifetime is not enough...
Eigh: I Love you too, Ryuu...
(bumitaw si Ryuu kay Eigh, atsaka isinara ang glass door.)
R: let's go to bed, now.
Eigh: okay.
(natulog silang dalawa, kinabukasan maagang bumangon si Cha, ngunit mas maaga si Eigh dahil naghanda ito ng breakfast.)
Eigh: morning,
Cha: morning,
(ngumiti si Cha ngunit halatang namamaga ang mga mata nya kakaiyak, nagpunta si Cha sa CR para maligo, lumabas sya suot ang isang dilaw na dress.)
Eigh: going somewhere?
Cha: I'm going for a stroll..
Eigh: do you need company?
Cha: no, I wanna be alone this time,
Eigh: okay, and by the way the other guests are coming over after lunch.
Cha: okay!
(hindi na pinansin ni Cha ang sentence construction ni Eigh at lumabas sya, nagsimula syang maglakad sa garden at nakarating sya sa isang malaking open field, suot ang isang hat na may dilaw din na ribbon, umikat-ikot si Cha sa damuhan habang pinakikiramdaman ang sikat ng araw sa kanyang radiant skin at ang malinis na simoy ng hangin, maya-maya pa nakarinig sya ng inag mula sa likod, at nang tumalikod sya isang harras ng mga kabayo na tumatakbo papunta sa direction nya, malinis na nakalinya ito, at nang dumaan ito sa harap nya, hindi nya mapigilan ang lubos na kaligayahan at napasigaw sya sa tuwa, nang dumating ang huli sa grup sinundan nya ito ng tingin papunta sa downhill ng open field,)
Ewan: Ho! Ho!
(lumingon si Cha sa kanyang likuran, at nakita nya ang isang makisig na lalaki pababa nang isang puting kabayo, suot nito ay isang luma at kupas na maong na may butas na tuhod at ang isang polo na parang pang cowboy, magulo ang buhok nito at may mga straw pa mula sa barn)
Ewan: Hi?
Cha: Hi? Say it again.
Ewan: hi!
(ngumiti ang lalaki habang papalapit ito kay Cha.)
Ewan: you're new here, I haven't seen you before,
Cha: oh, I'm Cha,
Ewan: Cha? Princess Cha?
Cha: uhm, yah?
(lumuhod ang lalaki at kinuha ang kanang kamay ni Cha para halikan, pagkatapos tumayo muli ito.)
Cha: and you are?
Ewan: Shin... the barn keeper and horse trainor.
Cha: oh...
(sagot ni Cha habang palapit sya sa puting kabayo, hinawakan nya ito sa ilalim ng bibig.)
Shin: is she gorgeous?
Cha: yah,
Shin: Princess Eigh, owns her... her name is Rosie.
Cha: Rosie? What a name, Eigh is weird sometime,
Shin: haha, yah I think so,
Cha: really? Why?
Shin: sometimes every morning after breakfast I see her plowing the fields, she's all in mud, sometimes she's gonna clean the pen, sometimes she'll bring her workers food for lunch or dinner, actually it happens every time she's here.
Cha: that's not weird, it's her lifelong dream, a life in the farm.
Shin: haha, really?
Cha: yah, but it's reality now so she's grabbing every opportunity,
Shin: do you like horses?
Cha: I like them in romantic movies, but I really don't ride horses...
Shin: you don't or you can't?
Cha: uhm, I can't...
Shin: come on..
(binuhat ni Shin si Cha paakyat sa kabayo,)
Cha: oh, she's tall...
Shin: no, you;re just small...
Cha: how dare!
Shin: oh sorry princess,
Cha: just kidding, but now that I'm here, ring me somewhere...
Shin: where exactly do you wanna go Princess?
Cha: down hill..
(habang hawak ang tali ng kabayo pinalakad ito ni Shin sakay si Cha, at nagpunta sila sa iba pang mga kabayo na nagtatakbuhan at kumakain sa field sa ibaba, pagdating doon, inilalayan ng lalaki si Cha pababa.)
Cha: thanks... How long have you been here?
Shin: my family lives here, the Tsuji family is very kind they gave us our own land and everything, but Princess Eigh is much kinder...
Cha: haha.
(naglakad si Cha patungo sa ilog.)
Shin: you like that?
Cha: yup.
Shin: Princess Eigh and Sir Ryuu also like that, but they go somewhere else to see that.
Cha: where?
Shin: it's been a secret.
Cha: oh...
(may tumalon na isda at bahagyang nabasa si Cha, napatayo sya.)
Shin: haha careful.
(nasalo ni Shin si Cha nang maout of balance ito sa pagtayo, napatingin sa kanya si Cha na nakasandal sa dib dib ni Shin.)
Cha: thanks,
Shin: you cried?
Cha: huh?
Shin: you can't lie,
Cha: haha, yah, and so what? My boyfriend just died during our wedding...
Shin: oh?
(nalungkot ang mukha ni Shin.)
Cha: but Eigh;s doing something about it...
Shin: how? I mean she's just a human being like us...
Cha: never under estimate human beings, I mean, whatever... She'll not give life to him again,
Shin: then what'll she do?
Cha: she's thinking of something like foul play,
Shin: oh...
(maya-maya dumating si Eigh sakay ang isang trekker na dinrive ni Ryuu, lumapit ito sa kanila,)
Eigh: oh, Cha I'm glad you've met...
(hindi natapos ang dapat sasabihin ni Eigh nang biglang lumuhod si Shin...)
Shin: princess the barn keeper is at service...
Eigh: barn keeper?
(tumayo si Shin at tumingin sa mata ni Eigh...)
Eigh: oh yah... yah...
(papilit na tumawa si Eigh.)
Eigh: I always forgot... don't I? haha...
Cha: yah, I met Shin already and he's such a nice man, and also your horse Eigh...
Eigh: Rosie? Oh..
(tiningnan ni Eigh si Cha na nakatingin sa kabayo at tumingin din sya sa kabayo,)
Eigh: you can have her if you want..
Cha: but she's yours...
Eigh: I don't own her, she still has right, and that's why I'm giving her to you...
Cha: no jokes?
Eigh: do I look like joking?
Cha: oh, thanks...
(niyakap ni Cha si Eigh.)
Eigh: breakfast is ready...
(nagpaalam si Cha kay Shin at bumalik sa hacienda para kumain, nakain na ang iba pag dating nya, naghugas ng kamay si Cha at pagbalik nya sa dining room, isang bagong lalaki ang nakita nya, malinis ito at mukhang napakayaman,)
Eigh: Cha, this is our guest, Mr. Choi Seung Hyun.
(ngumiti ang lalaki, hawak ang bread knife, kay Cha.)
TOP: you may call me Top if it;s not in the business firm.
R: he's family has been on the top of our invectors since before.
(paupo na si Cha sa tabi ni Kim.)
Cha: oh, I'm Charmane Laderas, but you may call me Cha.
(inextend ni Cha ang kamay nya para makipagskae hands, at tinaggap naman ito ni TOP matapos magpunas nang kamay.)
Cha: nice watch...
(bati ni Cha sa golden watch ni TOP.)
TOP: it should be, it's twnety nine hundred dollars.
Cha: oh.
(bumalik sa paghiwa si TOP,)
Cha: jerk...
(bulong ni Cha sa sarili, at narinig ito ni Kim kaya napatawa ito.)
Shey: why are you laughing?
Kim: haha...
(nahihirapang huminga si Kim)
Kim: nothing... nothing...
(tumawa sya ng tumawa hanggang sa mapansin nyang nakatingin na silang lahat sa kanya.)
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Eigh: Cha, do you really think Micky is dead???
Cha: I don;t know... but I'm hoping, he's not...
(patulo ang luha sa mga mata ni Cha.)
Eigh: I am not telling you this because I wanna see you cry, besides who will want to see a bestfriend cry, right?
(naghintay si Eigh nang reply mula kay Cha pero ipinatong na ni Cha ang noo nya sa balikat ni Eigh,)
Eigh: let me take this case Cha, for your sake, but for the mean time, hold on, okay?
Cha: I will, Eigh!
Eigh: and by the way, some guests will arrive tomorrow morning, so I wanna see at your best.
Cha: I will.
Eigh: thanks,
(tumayo si Eigh at naglakad papunta sa kusina,)
Eigh: I'll be preparing dinner.
Cha: okay,
Eigh: what do you want for dessert?
Cha: your cake,
Eigh: ok.
(kinagabihan dumating si Ryuu kasama si Kim. Doon natulog si Kim sapagkat naroon si Shey, ngunti si Kim ay nasa guest room. Bago matulog, nakatayo si Eigh sa glass door papunta sa master's terrace sa kwarto nila, katatapos lang maligo ni Ryuu nang lumabas sya sa banyo, nakita nya si Eigh na nakatulala sa labas at pinagmamasdan ang garden na tanaw mula sa bukas na glass door, nilapitan ito ni Ryuu at niyakap sa bewan, ipinatong nya ang kanyang baba sa balikat ni Eigh, medyo nagulat si Eigh, ngunit ipinadulas nya ang kanyang mga kamay sa braso ni Ryuu na nakayakap sa bewang nya tsaka nya ito tuluyang hinawakan ng mahigpit.)
R: are you alright?
Eigh: I am now,
R: 'cause I'm here?
Eigh: 'cause I feel safe if I'm in your arms.
R: how much do you love me, Eigh?
Eigh: before... I love you as much as I love my ownself, but now... I love you more than bafore, ' cause now your not just someone, you're my only one now...
R: I love you more than anything wealth can give... I love you, and a whole lifetime is not enough...
Eigh: I Love you too, Ryuu...
(bumitaw si Ryuu kay Eigh, atsaka isinara ang glass door.)
R: let's go to bed, now.
Eigh: okay.
(natulog silang dalawa, kinabukasan maagang bumangon si Cha, ngunit mas maaga si Eigh dahil naghanda ito ng breakfast.)
Eigh: morning,
Cha: morning,
(ngumiti si Cha ngunit halatang namamaga ang mga mata nya kakaiyak, nagpunta si Cha sa CR para maligo, lumabas sya suot ang isang dilaw na dress.)
Eigh: going somewhere?
Cha: I'm going for a stroll..
Eigh: do you need company?
Cha: no, I wanna be alone this time,
Eigh: okay, and by the way the other guests are coming over after lunch.
Cha: okay!
(hindi na pinansin ni Cha ang sentence construction ni Eigh at lumabas sya, nagsimula syang maglakad sa garden at nakarating sya sa isang malaking open field, suot ang isang hat na may dilaw din na ribbon, umikat-ikot si Cha sa damuhan habang pinakikiramdaman ang sikat ng araw sa kanyang radiant skin at ang malinis na simoy ng hangin, maya-maya pa nakarinig sya ng inag mula sa likod, at nang tumalikod sya isang harras ng mga kabayo na tumatakbo papunta sa direction nya, malinis na nakalinya ito, at nang dumaan ito sa harap nya, hindi nya mapigilan ang lubos na kaligayahan at napasigaw sya sa tuwa, nang dumating ang huli sa grup sinundan nya ito ng tingin papunta sa downhill ng open field,)
Ewan: Ho! Ho!
(lumingon si Cha sa kanyang likuran, at nakita nya ang isang makisig na lalaki pababa nang isang puting kabayo, suot nito ay isang luma at kupas na maong na may butas na tuhod at ang isang polo na parang pang cowboy, magulo ang buhok nito at may mga straw pa mula sa barn)
Ewan: Hi?
Cha: Hi? Say it again.
Ewan: hi!
(ngumiti ang lalaki habang papalapit ito kay Cha.)
Ewan: you're new here, I haven't seen you before,
Cha: oh, I'm Cha,
Ewan: Cha? Princess Cha?
Cha: uhm, yah?
(lumuhod ang lalaki at kinuha ang kanang kamay ni Cha para halikan, pagkatapos tumayo muli ito.)
Cha: and you are?
Ewan: Shin... the barn keeper and horse trainor.
Cha: oh...
(sagot ni Cha habang palapit sya sa puting kabayo, hinawakan nya ito sa ilalim ng bibig.)
Shin: is she gorgeous?
Cha: yah,
Shin: Princess Eigh, owns her... her name is Rosie.
Cha: Rosie? What a name, Eigh is weird sometime,
Shin: haha, yah I think so,
Cha: really? Why?
Shin: sometimes every morning after breakfast I see her plowing the fields, she's all in mud, sometimes she's gonna clean the pen, sometimes she'll bring her workers food for lunch or dinner, actually it happens every time she's here.
Cha: that's not weird, it's her lifelong dream, a life in the farm.
Shin: haha, really?
Cha: yah, but it's reality now so she's grabbing every opportunity,
Shin: do you like horses?
Cha: I like them in romantic movies, but I really don't ride horses...
Shin: you don't or you can't?
Cha: uhm, I can't...
Shin: come on..
(binuhat ni Shin si Cha paakyat sa kabayo,)
Cha: oh, she's tall...
Shin: no, you;re just small...
Cha: how dare!
Shin: oh sorry princess,
Cha: just kidding, but now that I'm here, ring me somewhere...
Shin: where exactly do you wanna go Princess?
Cha: down hill..
(habang hawak ang tali ng kabayo pinalakad ito ni Shin sakay si Cha, at nagpunta sila sa iba pang mga kabayo na nagtatakbuhan at kumakain sa field sa ibaba, pagdating doon, inilalayan ng lalaki si Cha pababa.)
Cha: thanks... How long have you been here?
Shin: my family lives here, the Tsuji family is very kind they gave us our own land and everything, but Princess Eigh is much kinder...
Cha: haha.
(naglakad si Cha patungo sa ilog.)
Shin: you like that?
Cha: yup.
Shin: Princess Eigh and Sir Ryuu also like that, but they go somewhere else to see that.
Cha: where?
Shin: it's been a secret.
Cha: oh...
(may tumalon na isda at bahagyang nabasa si Cha, napatayo sya.)
Shin: haha careful.
(nasalo ni Shin si Cha nang maout of balance ito sa pagtayo, napatingin sa kanya si Cha na nakasandal sa dib dib ni Shin.)
Cha: thanks,
Shin: you cried?
Cha: huh?
Shin: you can't lie,
Cha: haha, yah, and so what? My boyfriend just died during our wedding...
Shin: oh?
(nalungkot ang mukha ni Shin.)
Cha: but Eigh;s doing something about it...
Shin: how? I mean she's just a human being like us...
Cha: never under estimate human beings, I mean, whatever... She'll not give life to him again,
Shin: then what'll she do?
Cha: she's thinking of something like foul play,
Shin: oh...
(maya-maya dumating si Eigh sakay ang isang trekker na dinrive ni Ryuu, lumapit ito sa kanila,)
Eigh: oh, Cha I'm glad you've met...
(hindi natapos ang dapat sasabihin ni Eigh nang biglang lumuhod si Shin...)
Shin: princess the barn keeper is at service...
Eigh: barn keeper?
(tumayo si Shin at tumingin sa mata ni Eigh...)
Eigh: oh yah... yah...
(papilit na tumawa si Eigh.)
Eigh: I always forgot... don't I? haha...
Cha: yah, I met Shin already and he's such a nice man, and also your horse Eigh...
Eigh: Rosie? Oh..
(tiningnan ni Eigh si Cha na nakatingin sa kabayo at tumingin din sya sa kabayo,)
Eigh: you can have her if you want..
Cha: but she's yours...
Eigh: I don't own her, she still has right, and that's why I'm giving her to you...
Cha: no jokes?
Eigh: do I look like joking?
Cha: oh, thanks...
(niyakap ni Cha si Eigh.)
Eigh: breakfast is ready...
(nagpaalam si Cha kay Shin at bumalik sa hacienda para kumain, nakain na ang iba pag dating nya, naghugas ng kamay si Cha at pagbalik nya sa dining room, isang bagong lalaki ang nakita nya, malinis ito at mukhang napakayaman,)
Eigh: Cha, this is our guest, Mr. Choi Seung Hyun.
(ngumiti ang lalaki, hawak ang bread knife, kay Cha.)
TOP: you may call me Top if it;s not in the business firm.
R: he's family has been on the top of our invectors since before.
(paupo na si Cha sa tabi ni Kim.)
Cha: oh, I'm Charmane Laderas, but you may call me Cha.
(inextend ni Cha ang kamay nya para makipagskae hands, at tinaggap naman ito ni TOP matapos magpunas nang kamay.)
Cha: nice watch...
(bati ni Cha sa golden watch ni TOP.)
TOP: it should be, it's twnety nine hundred dollars.
Cha: oh.
(bumalik sa paghiwa si TOP,)
Cha: jerk...
(bulong ni Cha sa sarili, at narinig ito ni Kim kaya napatawa ito.)
Shey: why are you laughing?
Kim: haha...
(nahihirapang huminga si Kim)
Kim: nothing... nothing...
(tumawa sya ng tumawa hanggang sa mapansin nyang nakatingin na silang lahat sa kanya.)
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