The Odious Doxy (Flight Attendant Series #3)

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( Hi Sam! Are you free today? ) Carlton suddenly asked on me after I answer his call.

"Yeah, of course I am. Why? Is there anything wrong ba na nangyari kay Aiofe after she gave birth to your child?" I panicked a bit.

He just laugh but it was a quick. ( No! no! There's nothing wrong happened to her and to our daughter. As the matter of fact, she was the one who commanded on me to call you. )

"Bakit naman? For what reason?"

( She wanted all of you to visit again in our house because she always said to me that she missed you a lot. Palaging nangungulit. )

"Okay fine, told her that we will go there tomorrow afternoon. Since I still have needed to do in the morning."

( Okay I will. But anyways, are you with Gav-)

"No." I suddenly said to cut him off. "What I mean is... This pas few months and weeks was he has a hard time to have been busy to his work. That's why we did not always seeing each other like what the actual and usually we did."

( Oh, really huh? Well told him that I missed to hangout with him. )

"Okay, I'll told him when I had a free time."

Yon lang at pinatay na rin niya kaagad ang tawag. Ako naman ay tahimik na natulala na lang rin kaagad sa phone ko at malalim na nagpakawala ng isang malalim na buntong hininga bago tumingala kay Gianna na ngayon ay magka krus na ang magkabilang braso at nakataas ang kilay sakin. Nagtataka at naghihintay sa sasabihin ko.

"It's Carlton," Sabi ko sabay lapag ng phone sa gilid ko. "He only told to me that Aiofe wants us to visit her to their house."

"Tayo lang dalawa?" Tinuro niya ang sarili niya at ako bago lumapit at umupo muli sa kabilang side ko. "Anong sabi mo?"

Umiling ako at bumalik muli para ihiga ang ulo ko sa balikat niya at takpan ang mukha ko. "Aiofe wants all of us. Including the boys."

"What?!" She scream! She even distancing herself to me like I already did something wrong to her! O.A. "Tapos pumayag ka?"

"Oo. But only for Aiofe not for my ex." I simply answered and slowly licking my lower lip.

"Eh paano yon? Are you sure ba na hindi ka maiilang sa presensya ni Gav?" Paninigurado niyang tanong. Ganyan kasi si Gianna siya yung tao na inaalam kung magiging okay lang ba sa aming lahat yung desisyon namin bago kami sumang ayon. That's why I'm so lucky to have her as my friend. "Kasi look at me Sam, kung ako ang tatanungin, parang hindi ka pa handa ulit na harapan si Gav dahil hanggang ngayon ay sobra ka pa rin na nasasaktan. Yes, I do also understand what you feel right now. Pero kasi, Sam... to be honest ayoko na makita ka pang ganyan."

Humawak ako sa kamay niya at saglit na ngumiti ng tipid bago iyon dahan dahan na hinaplos at tumango tango. "Okay lang yon sakin Gi, dahil pagkatapos naman din ng pagpunta natin kila Aiofe bukas ay aalis na rin ako sa makalawa para pumunta sa U.S.A. at magtrabaho sa ibang bansa."