Reclaim The Game (COMPLETED)

Chapter 11

#RTG11 Chapter 11

I spent day in and day out in the office... The only promise I made to myself was that Sundays will always be for Sean. Walang trabaho na dapat akong isipin o gawin kapag Sunday. It was a challenge dahil parang puro trabaho lang iyong nasa utak ko dahil pakiramdam ko ay marami akong kailangang patunayan... But I also knew that I was marrying Sean and I needed to take care of him, too. Hindi naman pwede na sa trabaho umikot ang buong buhay ko.

"How's the case?" Sean asked.

"No work talk," I said, shaking my head.

"No?"

Umiling ako habang pinapa-libot ang mga braso ko sa leeg niya. We were on wedding errands today. Dahil busy ako sa work at pumapayat ako dahil sa dami ng ginagawa, palaging kailangang iadjust iyong gown ko... And hopefully, last adjust na ngayon dahil kasal ko na next week.

"We're gonna talk about our wedding... and our honeymoon."

Sean pursed his lips and nodded. "Honeymoon," he said.

"Since I'm the one in-charged with the honeymoon," I replied since I pleaded na ako na ang mag-ayos nun para may contribution naman ako sa kasal namin bukod sa presence ko. "I already booked us a flight so we'll leave on Friday then come back Monday morning. We'll be in Puerto Princesa. No signal. No phone. No distraction. We'll just honeymoon..." I said, slowly grinning.

I felt him wrapping his arms around my waist. "Just honeymoon?"

I nodded, planting a kiss on his lips. "Yup. Sex all you want."

Sean laughed. God, I love hearing him laugh.

We spent the entire Sunday together. We went to hear mass first—religious kasi iyong family ni Sean kaya nasanay na rin ako na magsimba tuwing Sunday. Nung nasa law school kasi ako, hindi ko 'to nagagawa kasi I'd seriously rather sleep on Sundays.

We went to BGC din for my gown pero naghiwalay kami ni Sean dahil pupuntahan niya naman iyong sa tux niya. As expected, kailangan ng final adjustment sa gown ko. Grabe naman kasi sa work! 'Di na talaga ako nakaka-kain ng normal at puro sandwich lang ako. Gets ko na si Atty. Yuchengco sa kaka-sandwich niya—with the time constraint, iyon nga lang talaga ang pwede mong kainin.

After that, nagkita kami sa isang resto kung saan kami kumain ng early dinner. Then, we headed to my condo... Tapos pagka-gising ko nung umaga, it's a Monday and Sean already left to go to his duty.

I couldn't wait to be married! Kung pwede nga lang dito ko na patitirahin si Sean, e... Pero baka atakihin sa puso si Papa kapag ginawa ko 'yun. 'Di bale, isang linggo na lang naman.

Pagdating ko sa office, same old routine. I was already done building the defense—medyo natagalan lang ako kasi I wanted to make sure that all bases were covered. Ang dami kasi nung discoveries ng prosecution and I wanted to have contingency plans for all possible scenario. This was the first case I was handling! I mean, provided na si Atty. Yuchengco ang counsel talaga, I still treated this case as my first baby. No room for mistakes.

By Wednesday, I was already satisfied with my defense kaya naman pumunta ako sa office ni Atty. Yuchengco kaya lang ay nasa court hearing siya kaya naman kailangan ko pang maghintay ng hapon. At dahil wala naman akong ginagawa, pupunta sana ako kay Paige para magtanong kung may iba pa ba akong pwedeng ganon. Iyong Legarda case pa lang kasi iyong assigned sa akin.

"Nako, wala, e," Paige said. "Feeling ko kasi tinitignan muna ni Atty kung ano'ng klaseng case load ibigay bago siya nag-aassign," she continued, tapos bigla siyang natigilan. "Wait lang, ha," sabi niya sa akin bago tumingin sa likuran ko. "Atty. Cantavieja."