Plot Twist

Prologue

"Paki serve na 'to sa table 9." utos ko sa isa sa mga waiters ng bar.

"Hey Jae!" bati sa akin ni Rich na mukhang kakarating lang kasama ang ibang kaibigan namin.

I nod to him and remove my apron to approach them. It is Friday night kaya maraming customers.

"You need to take a break, Jae. Kahit ngayon lang." bungad sa akin ni Cade ng makalapit sa kanila.

Isa-isa silang humalik sa may ulo ko na para bang nakakabatang kapatid nila. I miss them, I miss hanging out with them.

"Oo nga. Nalaman mo lang na bumalik na siya naging ganyan ka na." dagdag pa ni Austin habang iniaabot ang isang baso ng Jack Daniels.

I was lost in his words. Bumalik? Sino? Is he back? For good or not? I gathered all my strength to ask them the right question without being obvious that I was concerned.

"Who's back?"

Nagtinginan muna silang lima bago bumalik ang tingin sa akin na halatang naguguluhan.

"Ian. Ian is back. For good." Rich replied

I knew that this day would come. That we will see each other after that conflict happened.

"Really? That's good." tango ko

"Ahmmm... balik muna ako sa may counter bar." paalam ko sa kanila

Habang naglalakad pabalik ay naisip ko siya. Kaya ko na ba siyang harapin ulit? Kaya ko na bang aminin sa kanya ang totoo? Handa na ba akong sumugal?

"Sorry." I said when I hit a person in front of me.

"Jae? Long time no see." masayang bati ng lalaki sa harapan ko.

I look at him and realize that he is here. The person I miss. The person who I think about a while ago. He is definitely in front of me.

I looked him in his deep brown eyes, reliving the memories we had. In his eyes, I got all the answers to my questions a while ago.