We never were?
Ash's words constantly playing in my mind.
I'm not an assuming type of person, but why does it seems like he's trying to say something that I am not sure about. I don't know, I just can't explain it. I looked at aunt Em who was still standing not far from us but her hand that was pointing at us earlier was down now. I also noticed her snort at Ash's answer.
"I have to go" Ash said and stood up, he adjusted his black coat he was wearing before bowing done to Gian who's sitting in my lap, I couldn't had a chance to move away from how close he is now. "Bye, little buddy"
He quickly placed a kiss on Gian's head, he's too close to me that I could smell Ash's fragrant perfume, which makes me remember that was the perfume he always used before when we were in high school. Suddenly a memory pop out of my mind, the time when I was so addicted to Ash's perfume that I secretly kept on inhaling his smell. It's actually good that I didn't go as far as buying similar to his perfume.
"Bye-bye!" Gian said as he waved at Ash.
"I've DM you already the email where you can send your resume" He said without looking at me even though he was obvious that he's talking to me. He approached aunt Em to kiss her cheek before heading out. We even heard the loud barking of their big dogs Dusty and Max, maybe they were happy to see their master.
Wait! Did he heard our conversation?
"I guess he overheard us."
"Hehe"
Aunt Em sat on the same seat that Ash was sitting next to me earlier and took Gian from me so that she could hold him herself. Aunt Em also showered Gian with kisses on his face like Diane used to do to Gian.
Diane is indeed an heiress of aunt Em's behavior.
"And you, baby Gian, you're going to start school, right?"
"What's school?" Gian innocently asked aunt Em or more correctly to say grandma Emma.
I also remembered that one of the reasons why Gian and I are here today is because I needed to talked to aunt Em about Gian's admission in school.
"Aunt, I'm fine with Gian to enroll him in kindergarten here in Las Piñas."
"Thank you so much, darling! I know my insistence on Ashlene to force you were very annoying but you see, I can't really understand why I'm so addicted to Gian. Is it maybe I longed to have a real grandchild?"
I laughed a little at aunt Em's word 'addicted to Gian', but what I'm also wondering is did aunt Em really know nothing about Hannah's pregnancy?
"Be patient with me, darling. It has to do with my age, you know I'm getting old."
"It's okay, aunt."
"Mama..." Gian called me while he was rubbing his left eye, which I immediately stopped him and gently ran my thumb over his left eye to remove the gound.
"Yes, baby?"
"I'm sure you're mom's so proud of you, Gill." I was stunned and when I looked at aunt Em, she's smiling gently. "I really miss, Gilda."
I also smiled at her in return also for what she said.
"I miss her, too."
"Ma,a..."
"Yes, baby grandson?"
"Gian is hungry."
"Oh, really? Let's go get your breakfast? Hooray!"
Aunt Em stood up and even though Gian was big and heavy she still carry the child and they walked towards the dining area.
"Come on, mama!" Aunt Em called me so I quickly followed them.
I fed Gian a plain rice and served an egg. But he only ate the middle, I ate the white one that he left out on the plate. I was already full from the amount of food I ate earlier but I still forced myself to eat the white part of the egg, it would be a waste to throw it away.
"Oops! Hahaha he really doesn't want that part?"
"Yes, he prefers the yellow of the egg hehe"
"Why?"
"I don't know either, his only answer is 'I don't want it' haha"
Aunt Em just laughed and stroked the head of Gian who was busy eating, his eyes were getting bigger and his mouth was wide open when he took a bite of his spoon that didn't even have a lot on it.
Aunt Em and I just waited for Gian to finish his food, I even presented to wash Gian's plate but she scolded me saying that I was their guest and it was not appropriate to let a guest do the dishes. She did washed Gian's used plate and spoon.
I left Gian with aunt Em who is now on the terrace of their second floor while I went back to the guest room where Gian and I slept last night. I just remembered that I need to submit my resume, I'm going to send it now while I still remember.
When I opened my cellphone, Jake's message was the first thing I opened and read. I smiled at his simple message, his message was a while ago but I can only reply now. Next, I opened Ash's message and it was true that he had sent their company email. I immediately pressed and copied the email address and opened the Gmail app, I introduced myself at the front of an email message before I attached my resume and didn't hesitated pressed the send button.
I went back to the messenger app and replied to Ash to let him know that I had sent it and put my cellphone back in my bag and went out of the guest room.
Gian and I still didn't went home cause aunt Em insisted that we should stay more and wait for Diane so that she could drive us home. Since, I am too soft when it comes to aunt Em, I agreed with her request and here we are now in their backyard.
Aunt Em and Gian took a walk in their vast backyard here at the mansion, and their two big dogs, Dusty and Max walks beside Gian. If they both feel tired, they will sat on the picnic table and the two dogs will follow and lie down next to the picnic table. When they are sitting at the picnic table, Aunt Em teaches Gian some words using a picture-word cards.
I am simply smiling while watching Gian having a bonding time with his grandmother. They are so beautiful to watch.
"Gill?"
"Yes, aunt?"
"Tomorrow we will go to the school where we'll enroll Gian."
"What time was it, aunt?"
"It's better if we go early, can you stay a night here again?" She directly suggested that as if there's no problem if we stay another night here.
"But I don't have Gian's stuff with me."
"Don't worry, we can call Ashlene so she can get your stuffs herself before she goes straight home."
I can't say anything else to aunt's suggestion, I can no longer refuse her offer to stay with them again. Why did I even agree again to let Gian study here in Las Piñas when we'll probably need to take a long ride everyday from my unit to his school and then from his school going back to my unit. I'm also really confused in making decisions, even for Gian its difficult for him because of my messy decisions.
"Done! I've already sent her a message." She announced letting me know, I didn't even notice she was holding a cell phone and turned her attention back to Gian who was sitting at the table. "My baby grandson will sleep in grandma's room, right?" She said in a baby sound like.
I'll definitely see again their scary grandfather. It seems that because of the Hayashi-Salvador family I'm gonna have a heart disease, I'm always nervous around them out of caution. When will my heart be at peace every time I'm here in their mansion?
I felt a vibration of my cellphone which was just in my pants pocket. These are also the pants I wore yesterday, obviously Gian and I haven't taken a proper bath yet.
I received a message from Ash and I was surprised by his reply, I quickly opened my Gmail account to see his reply and it was true that I had passed.
Is that it? No interview?
I re-read Ash's message on my messenger and suddenly remembered Aunt Em and I already have a plans for tomorrow. Ash said in the messenger 'Congratulations! You can immediately start tomorrow and we'll talk about your contract'. Why does this one look like a robot when he sends a message?
But how about my plans with aunt Em tomorrow?