Deeper Than A Deal (Yana Echavez) GXG ✔

Chapter 29

Yana Echavez

📍The Classy and Brews Lounge

Chineck ko ang mga wines dito sa loob ng cellar. Nong nirenovate ang bar ay pinasadya ko na fire resistance ang loob nito. Pagkaraan ng ilang minuto ay dito naman ako pumwesto sa loob ng bar counter at inasikaso ang ibang mga customers.

Everyone was busy when I noticed a familiar face approaching------it's Divine. She smiled as our eyes met.

"Hello, Yana." She greeted.

I smiled back. "Hi, Divine."

She sat on a stool chair, and I immediately prepared her drink.

"I just want to apologize to you, Yana, for what happened. The event wouldn't have turned into chaos if it weren't for my promiscuous step-sister." mariin ang pagkakasabi niya sa huling dalawang salita.

I stayed calm. I didn't let it show that I was annoyed by what she said. She spoke as if Lucienne was the villain that night, and that Lucienne was sexually liberated nang banggitin niya ang salitang promiscious.

"...she seduced my ex-fiancé and had the audacity to confront me!" dugtong nito, halata sa boses ang pagkainis. She drank the wine I gave her.

"How are you and Bernard?" seryosong tanong ko, inabutan ko ulit siya ng inumin.

"I broke up with him that same night."

Marahan akong tumango. Hindi ako nagpakita ng kahit anong emosyon sa mukha.

Nagrequest siya ng hard drinks kaya binigyan ko siya. And I just listened to her derogatory remarks about Lucienne, even though she knows that I am her step-sister's spouse, hindi nagpreno ang kanyang bibig sa pagsasalita ng masama tungkol sa asawa ko. Ang nasa isip ata ni Divine ay kakampi niya ako at nakuha na niya ang tiwala ko kaya ganito siya magsalita.

"May lahi silang baliw. Baliw ang nanay ni Lucienne!" saad niya.

Napakunot noo ako.

"What are you saying, Divine?"

"Didn't she tell you that her mother is in a mental hospital?" she grinned, inubos niya ang kabibigay ko lang na alak.

Ngayon lang nagsink in sa isip ko ang sinabi ni Lucienne before that her mother is recovering. And maybe that's what she was referring to when she mentioned a friend she often visits.

"Her mother is mentally ill! Pareho sila, hindi mo pa ba nakikita ang mga signs kay Lucienne na baliw siya?" she asked, laughing loudly. It's obvious that she's already drunk.

"Enough! She's not insane, Divine." pagtatanggol ko kay Luciene.

"You really don't know her true colors, Yana. You might regret it in the end, and don't say I didn't warn you because I did."

Humiling pa siya ng isang shot pero hindi na ako pumayag. Sa dami ng nainom niya ay tinawag ko ang kasama niyang driver para ihanda ang sasakyan nila. Tinulungan ko si Divine na akayin palabas at inuwi na ito sa kanila.

Pagbalik ko dito sa loob ng bar ay dumiretso ako rito sa loob ng opisina ko. Nakasimangot si Lucienne at hindi ito ngumiti paglapit ko sa kanya.

"Divine was here kanina."

"I know." seryoso niyang sagot. Mukhang lumabas siya ng opisina kanina at nakita akong kausap ang step-sister niya.