The Heiress (Imperfectly Perfect)

Chapter 4

Imperfectly Perfect

(the Princess & the Butler's Story)

**Donnovan's Residence

Tomorrow afternoon ang flight nila mama at papa papuntang Prauge.

At dito muna ako matutulog sa aking kwarto.

Hayy.. Namiss ko 'to ng sobra!!!

My room is bigger compare to the house I'm living with Manang Tipas. It has beautiful touch of whites! Light white.. Dark white.. Baby white...

Ahahaha.

Yung terrace ko na mala Romeo & Juliet. Ang walk-in closet ko na almost half of the size ng kwarto ko. My sanctuary.. Of course yung banyo ko...

And of course namiss ko ng BONGGANG BONGGA....

Ang aking queen-sized-BED!!

XD

--KRAK (tunog ng buto)

Aww.

Tumunog ang buto ko ah. Hehe. Nasarapan siguro sa pagkakahiga.

ZzzzzZzzzzzZzzzzzz

*Kinabukasan..

Everything's set! Ang private plane, securities, secretaries, at ang parents ko..

Maliban sakin! Huhu

Lumapit ang asst. Pilot kay papa, "Ready for take off na po Master Peter."

My dad answered him with a nod.

"My princess promise me to take care of yourself. Gosh. I miss you already," mom.

"Sure mom. Take care always," sagot ko habang umiiyak.

"Oh honey, can we just cancel our appointments?" mom asked.

"As much as I love your idea, honey. I just can't," dad.

"You better get going mom. Don't want you to be late," I said as we three share a hug.

Hmm. Teka parang may kulang ah..

#Light bulb!!

"Mom, dad. Where's Granpa?"

Kahapon pa sya di nagpapakita samin o... Sakin.

Kahit kailan talaga ang drama ni Lolo.

Hehe. (^_~)v

"Oh. Don't mind him. He's old enough," biro ni papa.

Napatawa kami.

Then the plane took off as I ended waving goodbye.

One month din silang mawawala..

Can something happen unexpectedly in a span of thirty days?

"Ms. Seichelle, pasok na po tayo sa loob?" Butler Alex.

Ano ba naman 'tong Butler ko basag trip. Nakita nang nageemote pa yung tao eh.

Ilang minuto pa lang an nakakalipas namiss ko agad sila..

Di rin nagtagal nagayos na ako. Babalik na ko kanila Manang Tipas.

Teka mapuntahan nga si Lolo!!

*Tugs... Tugs..

Kumakabog nanaman ang puso ko. Nasa tapat na kasi ako ng pintuan ng office ni Lolo.

(Mayroon kasi syang sariling opisina sa loob ng mansion.. Napaka workaholic na tao talaga 'tong si Lolo.)

>Breathe Seichelle!

*Tok..tok..

"Sino yan?" tanong ng lalaki na matanda ang boses.

Bigla na lang akong kinabahan nang marinig ko ang boses ni Lolo.

INAYKUPO!!!

"Si... seichelle po Granpa," nanginginig na sagot ko.

..... Hindi sumagot si Lolo. Nagtatampo pa talaga sakin 'to.

Dahan dahan kong binuksan ang pinto at pumasok.

I saw a man facing his back at me. Maybe his mind was so far gone..

The man with a gray hair wore a black tuxedo.

"Granpa?" mahina ko syang tinawag.

Kahit may katandaan na ang Lolo ko eh maayos at malakas pa yan sa kalabaw o sa kabayo pati sa buwaya.

"Nakaalis na ba ang Papa at mama mo?" he asked with his lifeless tone.

"Opo."

Tumango lang sya. Sabay huminga ng malalim.

"Babalik ka na ba rito?" tanong ni Lolo.

Suddenly naalala ko ang nangyari samin two months ago... Dito rin sa loob ng opisina ni Lolo ako nagpaalam na aalis ako.

**FLASHBACK

"Talaga bang aallis ka na?" tanong ni Lolo.

Hindi ko maaninag ang mukha nya because I was blinded by the tears in my eyes.

"Opo Granpa," sagot ko.

"I don't know how you ended up with that decision. You almost have. No, you have everything. But it seemed not enough for you."

"Granpa, the thought of I have everything is surreal. The thought of everyone about me having everything makes all of you blind. I may have every material things I want and will want but that just made me realize that I have nothing-"

"Then what is it you want and you can have it?!" Lolo interrupted me.

"I want a normal life Granpa. I want to be an ordinary teen-age girl. Going to school, making friends."

His body tensed.

"Then you may leave now."

And so I walked my way to the door.

"One more thing. From now on, stop using Donnovan and start using your mom's name."

I nodded.

"I hope you are making the right decisions young lady."

I looked at him and replied, "I think I am."

END OF FLASHBACK**

"I am still living my decisions Granpa," I answered.

He nodded. "I know, I know."

***

Medyo may pagka seryoso ang chapter na to. But don't you worry my fellow readers puro katatawanan naman ang mga susunod.

Better watch out for Mr. Daniel Nicholas Parson.. Could he be the night-in-shimmering-splendid-armor ng ating prinsesa? Oh may iba pa?

P.S. So much spoiler alert na to but baka in the upcoming chaps eh may action din. All-in-one kasi ang story na to.

Namaste.

LadyOnTheStaircase