Crown Series #1: The Dark Era of Diadem

Part 2: Chapter 110

What Pickett said stuck in my mind. I only know two Galleghers, it's Xabi and his cousin, Gabriel. It's maybe between the two of them or probably their other relative.

I wonder who and why. Hindi na kasi ako pwedeng makialam sa mga ginagawa nila dahil I already quit. Swertihan na lang na nakasagap ako ng kakaunting impormasyon. But that's it.

Siguro iisipin ko na lang na trabaho na niya 'yon at ako naman dito ay gagawin ko kung ano ba dapat ang gawin. I can't lose.

It's the preparation day for the Tea Parties that we will be doing for our random invited guest from prominent families. Kaya dapat ay maayos at napaghandaan nang mabuti ang party na mangyayari sa unang araw ng susunod na linggo.

Right now, I am canvassing. We were given a limited budget pero kung maayos naman itong maiaayos at gagamitin sa tama nang walang pagkakamali, hindi magkakaproblema sa pera. It's kinda hard dahil sa budget na binigay, dapat ang bibilhing pang-theme sa party at pagkain ay nando'n na.

Pero dapat kayanin, kung gusto may paraan. Even though this is a budgetted tea party, dapat ay formal theme pa rin at matataas na kalidad ang gagamitin. And I know where I could get most of the materials that I am thinking.

"How about these table cloths? It is made of satin-cotton. There are also a lot of variables colors," the party planner asked me.

Tinignan ko iyong pinakita niya sa akin. Maganda, pero alam kong mahal ang magagastos dahil sa maganda ang tela nito.

"What a sharp eyes, Ms. Fauntine. But I have to reject that because as per their order, we are in a limited budget. We should find another clothing that's in low price or budget friendly but also that could appease in the eyes of the guests. Somehow, it should be in a high quality of cloth but probably we could use a Class A ones, instead of the rare-high quality one."

"Class A?" Tinanguan ko siya at sinara ang album ng mga samples ng tela.

"Yes. Class A are like replicas of originals. It's a pretend product that looks like the original. The thing is, it may not be as high-quality as the original but it can imitate the original and also it's budget friendly," sabi ko rito.

"The problem, my lady, is I don't know where I can find those things that you're talking about, my lady," she said. I could feel how sorry she is but I already think of these things.

Good thing that Jakob, my personal stylist, know a lot of things. Iyon daw kasi ang gawain niya dati noong nagsisimula pa lamang siya, dahil wala pa siyang budget noon kaya Class A pa ang gamit niya dati. It's an imitation of the original.

"I know someone who knows it. Now, why don't we proceed with the other materials?" I asked.

I am their financial advisor too. I have to handle all the financing stuff and monitor the in and out of the money. It's just all about finance, I handle it all.

"My lady," tawag sa akin ni Aziz nang pumasok siya sa loob ng kwarto.

"Mr. Isis is at the waiting room." Tinanguan ko siya at sinabihan ang aking mga hired planners na sila muna ang bahala.

I already told them what I want and what we need to do to held the party flawlessly.

Lumabas na ako sa showroom at pinuntahan si Jakob, I hope he's with his daughter. It's been a while since I saw her pretty daughter.

Napatigil ako sa paglalakad ko nang namataan ko ang isang maid ni Izabel na si Michelle, papasok ito sa waiting room kung saan naghihintay si Jakob.

Nangunot ang noo ko at binalingan si Aziz na nasa bandang likuran ko.