VICTOR
"Yun pala si Avie" Ted mentioned while he's taking yogurt spoon fulls out of its tub and into his mouth.
"Yeah, yun si Avie." I sighed.
"Tapos ka na yata para sa kanya" he looked at me.
"Supportive ka, noh?" I tossed a sealed tub of yogurt at him. He caught it before it hit his face.
"Hindi mo kakainin? Salamat ah" He opened the tub I threw at him. "Ilang araw ka pa daw dito?" He asked.
"Two weeks" I sighed again. "Sana hindi nalang ako nagpaconfine, ang depressing dito."
"Ano bang akala mo? Na kapag nakita ka ni Avie na nasa ganung estado, aalagaan ka niya?" Ted chuckled in disbelief.
I sighed in frustration. "Gusto ko nandito siya pag nagising ako, na papakinin niya ako, na siya ang naka-upo diyan. Hindi ikaw" I emphasized the hindi-ikaw.
He laughed loudly. "This new side of you is..." He drew shapes on air as if trying to describe something he doesn't understand as well.
"What side of me?" I asked grimly.
"You seem like you're a different person." He shifted at his seat. "Sigurado ka bang type ka manlang ni Avie? Baka nagha-halucinate ka lang na niyayakap ka at hinahalik-halikan ni Avie. I mean you might be high on anti-pain meds when you claim you were with her." He ate a spoonful from the newly opened tub of yoghurt.
"It happened" I defended. "She even bought me stuff, shirts, clothes, underwear, things! I don't have the actual items with me but they're at the white mansion" I'm annoyed he even assumed so.
"From a mall, you own and a hotel you also own" he clarified. "Pano naman ako maniniwala niyan? You can get stuff and leave whenever you like"
"Haay.. " I uttered in frustration.
"O di kaya, she was just being kind to you tapos kung ano anong inassume mo." Naramdaman na ni Ted na hindi na ako natutuwa. "Oy, sorry na, first time mo nga pala makaramdam ng ganyan. It's good to know may ganyan ka palang..." Ted pointed at my chest. "Marami pa namang ibang babae jan" abruptly changing the topic.
"I want to get out of here." I ordered Ted.
A puzzled Ted looked at me. "Hindi ka pa pwedeng umalis kasi hindi pa humuhupa yung pama-maga mo"
"I said get me out of here" I said impatiently. I massaged my forehead with my good arm.
"Sandali, think about it, nandito ka narin lang sa Saint Andrews" Ted is desperately trying to change the subject. "Ano yung lead mo tungkol kay Felicito?"
"Ganun ka ka-takot kay Chairman?" I chuckled. "Nakakawala ng pagka-bad trip yung takot mo"
Ted looked at me expecting an answer.
"Felicito was dead according to some intel gathered from techs and assistants in Germany." I stated.
"O e patay na pala" Ted concluded.
"How can somebody dead conduct an intricate procedure?" I stared at Ted.
"What do you mean?" Ted replied.
"A patient X died here at Saint Andrews, according to an unidentified source, the body was transported to a different facility for a special preservation procedure." I continued.
"Marami namang preservation procedures na available as long as you have the money to pay for it" Ted followed.
"The patient was revived." I answered.
