Seth's POV
"You want to work in our company?" There was a look of disbelief on dad's face. "A work? Are you telling me you want a job? Did I hear it right?" He pressed the intercom on top of his desk. "Catherine, can you come in here please?"
"Okay, sir." I heard a female's voice from the intercom. Not a moment later, a short plump middle aged women came into the room.
"Catherine, pwede bang pakinggan mo ang sinabi ng anak ko? Listen, carefully okay? Baka kasi nagkakamali lang ako ng pandinig." Dad said.
I grunted in annoyance. "Dad, you're overreacting."
"Say it again, hijo." He said.
"I want to work." I said in a low annoyed tone.
"Narinig mo yun, Catherine?! Narinig mo ang sabi ng anak ko?" Dad literally looked like he had won the lottery.
"Gusto niya daw magtrabaho, sir." Sabi ng babae. What? Did he just call someone to translate what I just said in tagalog? This was pathetic.
"Thank you, Catherine." He said dismissively and the woman left.
"Dad, what the hell?" I looked at him with brows wrinkled.
"Hijo, hindi lang ako makapaniwala. Ilang taon kong hinintay ang pagkakataong ito." He said.
"Jesus, I just want a job, dad! Stop acting like I cured cancer." I said in frustration.
"I'm sorry your old man just got a little excited." He apologized. "But I'm just curious. What made you suddenly want a job?"
It was because of Marian. I couldn't keep hosting at nightclubs. Walang makakasama si Marian sa gabi. What was the point of me moving into her house if I leave her by herself every night? Besides, I wasn't making a lot of money out of it. I just enjoyed partying and drinking and getting paid for it. I make enough for myself but now there's Marian and soon there'd be a baby. I needed a stable job.
"I'm done hosting. I want a real job." I shrugged.
"You don't know how happy I am right now, son. Finally! Your mother will lose her mind when she hears this." Dad said. "Ikaw ang magmamana nitong airline company. This will be all yours when I retire. This company has been waiting for you for so long."
Dad gave me an orientation. I had absolutely no clue about running an airline company. I'd given a lower position to get me started. I needed to learn the basics first before I could climb the corporate ladder. Dad said there'd be no special treatment for me. I had to do what all his employees do. I hadn't started my job yet but I already felt like a brainless sheep being herded... being told what to do, what to wear, where to go.
Apparently I had to wear suits. Yeah, the one with button down shirts, suit jackets and neck tie. This is the Philippines, a tropical country, where it's a thousand goddamn fahrenheit on an average day. Wearing suit should be banned here. Damn! I could die of heat stroke wearing those things outside. It would be more acceptable to wear barong.
I was now one of the sheeps being herded to the slaughter house. I never thought I'd be doing this. But i did...all because of Marian and the baby. It wasn't me anymore, it was us. My priorities had changed.
Marian's POV
Nang magising ako, wala na si Seth sa tabi ko. Usually ako ang mas nauunang magising kay Seth. Minsan nga kailangan ko pa yan gisingin kung hindi tanghali na yan babangon sa kama. I just up, stretching my arms as I yawned, when the door to the bathroom opened. Lumabas si Seth mula doon na naka puting button down shirt at itim na trouser habang nakasampay naman sa braso niya ang itim na suit jacket. He was Seth Timothy Fonacier like I'd never seen before.
