RONNIE
I didn't have work today and Donny told me that Wyatt had gone to a meeting so I decided to take advantage of the swimming pool he had in his unbelievably huge backyard. He had this Roman style swimming pool with gold and cream colored Italian faience tilework, brass rails and around it were exquisitely carved columns and marble sculptures. It was impressive. Just standing there made me feel like a Roman goddess. It was purposely impressive I guessed because this was where the Sybarite parties take place.
In my white two piece swimsuit, I laid on the neoclassical style chaise chair. It looked like the kind of chair Cleopatra would sit on while her slaves feed her grapes. I surrounded with the finest things growing up but this kind of luxury was overwhelmingly excessive. This was a pool made for five star hotels. I had the chance to roam around the backyard earlier. If you walked to the far right, you'd see a sunken space the size of a professional court. It had two basketball rings in it and in the middle was a tennis net, I assumed he uses it for both depending on his mood.
"Ronnie." I heard a voice call my name as I was about to drift to sleep while I was sunbathing. Bumukas ang mga mata ko and I could see through my sunglasses Donny staring down at me.
"Hey, Donny." I sat right up and took off my sunglasses. Donny had toured me around Sybarite earlier and boy, was it huge. Mabilis naman napalagay ang loob ko sa kanya. He was a very likeable man and I knew we'd get along just fine.
"Hindi ka naman naiinip dito?" He asked, sitting on the chaise chair beside me.
"Hindi naman. Ngayon na nga lang ulit ako makakapag-relax pagkatapos ng mga nangyari." Napabuntong-hininga ako.
"Grabe ang tatay mo, ano? Akala ko imamassacre na kami kagabi." Natatawang sabi niya.
"Pasensya na kayo sa ginawa ni Dad, ah. Ganon lang talaga yun palibhasa nasa male menopausal stage na." Naiiling na sabi ko.
"Okay lang. Ganon naman siguro talaga pag tatay pero grabe ang takot ko, halos maihi ako sa salaw."
"Natatakot ka dun, eh isang Phoenix Cordova lang ni Mama natataranta na yun." I chuckled.
He laughed along with me and after our laughter died down he asked me, "Kumusta kayo ni boss? Mukhang okay na kayo."
I shrugged. "Syempre, pag umattitude pa ako baka palayasin ako nun."
"May payakap-yakap pa kayo kagabi, akala mo yung sa teleserye na tinakwil ka ng tatay mo kasi sumama ka sa lalaking hindi niya gusto para sa'yo."
Sumimangot ako. "Tigilan mo nga ako, Donny. Tumatayo balahibo ko sa mga sinasabi mo."
Wanting to dip into the pool, I grabbed the sunscreen sitting on the end table next to my chair and began coating my body with it while we talked. There was just something about Donny that made me feel at ease. We were already best friends in just a matter of days.
"Don, palagay naman ng sunscreen sa likod ko." I asked him as I couldn't reach my back.
He did as I asked him to do. I untied the string of my bikini top so as to even out the lotion on my back while I hold on to the cups in the front.
"Ang kinis naman ng kutis mo, Ronnie." He commented. "Ano'ng ginagamit mo?"
"Wala. Mama and I just go to spas a lot and I exfoliate every once in a while." I answered and then thought for awhile. "Nasaan na ang pamilya ni Wyatt? I haven't heard or seen him with his family. I don't even see pictures of his family anywhere."
