Dress up, Get up

Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1

Madilim ang paligid at malamig ang hangin na umiihip sa aking balat, na tila nag papasayaw ng mahaba at itim kong buhok. Mga paa, saan nyo ko dadalhin? May mapupuntahan pa ba?

Nag patuloy ako sa paglalakad, papunta sa kung saan ako dadalhin ng sarili ko. Mag isa na lang ako ngayon, wala ng mga taong handang samahan ako sa magulo kong buhay.

Ako si Gabrielle Laxamana. Middle name? Wala ako non. Hiwalay ang parents ko that's why I'm using my mom's last name. Bakit ako nasa kalsada? Well it's not like the typical story ng isang abandoned child na pinalayas ng tita. Nasa kalsada ako kasi umalis ako sa sarili kon g bahay. Yes, sarili kong bahay.

Why? Isa kong business woman. I'm running my own boutique. I used to have my own clothing line, pero dahil sa business partner ko nawala lahat ng pinag hirapan ko. I entrusted all the investments of our investor sa business partner ko, I never thought na kaya akong lokohin ng fiance ko;ng dahil sa pera. It cost him 35,000,000 to leave me.

Ngayon lahat ng investors, police investigators and all ako ang hinahanap. I'm not running away tho. I just need enough time para makagawa ng paraan to resolve all this things. For now I need to find a place to stay for the night, dahil bukas ay pupuntahan ko ang pinsan kong lawyer to settle all the complaints against me.

"Do you have an available room?" Tanong ko sa babaeng receptionist ng hotel na napuntahan ko. Hindi masyadong mamahalin yung kinuha ko, dahil siguradong hahanapin din nla ko sa mga kilalang hotel na possible kong puntahan.

"Yes Ma'am, kindly fill up this form and please wait on the side." Kahit hindi 5 star ay mukha naman syang malinis at maayos na hotel. Infact, I like it here. After ko mag bayad ay nakuha ko na rin ang susi sa room kaya dumiretso na agad ako at nag pahinga.

*krrrrrriiiinggggggg

Kevin Calling.....

"Hello princess? What the hell! I heard what happened. I already told you, that guy is an asshole!!!! Tama ako dba! Ano sumagot ka?" Here we go again.

"Tsk, hello?! Pano naman kasi ko sasagot dba dirediretso na naman bibig mo. I know I was so stupid pero pwede ba tulungan mo na ko, ayusin mo na lahat ng kailangan para bukas pag nag punta ko sayo madali na lang lahat." Kevin. Kevin Laxamana is my cousin, he's a lawyer; na puno ng tattoo. But mind you, he's a good one.

"what the hell, you don't have to tell me that cause I'll do whatever it takes just to get that guy behind bars!" well yeah, he's also protective since I'm the only girl left in the family. My mom has 3 brothers, Uncle Louis, Uncle Oliver, Uncle Vince. Uncle Louis is Kevin's dad, he's an only child while uncle vince has 2 boys ang kambal na si Max and Miggy. Uncle Oliver, is a member of LGBT. He's in a 6 years relationship with tito Art. For now wala silang anak but I think they're planning on adapting a child.

And my mom? Ako. Hindi ako only child but I haven't seen my kuya's for a long time since kasama nila si dad. Since my mom died I lost contact with them too.

"I know, thank you. I'll see you soon kevs." And then he hung up.

Nandito na ko sa loob ng hotel room ko. Surprisingly, malaki siya at maganda for a standard room. Humiga ako sa kama at dinama ang malambot na unan. Finally, makakpaag rest na ko. Kinuha ko ang phone ko at nag check ng social media accounts, hoping that I could find any trace where to find that jerk fiancé of mine.