Path of Hate

Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7

SAMARA POV

Early morning. Sunod-sunod na tumunog ang telephono ko. Lahat ng 'yon galing kay gavin. I already texted him about my reason kong bakit hindi ako makakatuloy sa supposedly training ko sa kaniya ngayon. But that man is just too stubborn to stop, kaya hindi ko na sinagot.

Nagpatuloy ako sa paglalakad. Nasa campus na ako at marami-rami na ding students ang nagparoo't-parito. They all greeted me kaya purong ngiti lang ang iginanti ko sa kanila. Kung wala lang siguro akong meeting ngayon baka nasa bahay pa ako at natutulog.

I have no idea about the agenda dahil biglaan lang din 'to. But I'm expecting na tungkol na naman ito sa intrams. Kumatok ako ng dalawang beses ng makarating ng conference room. Bumukas naman ang pinto at sumalubong sa'kin ang isang babae. With her posture and aura, I know she's from tourism department.

She let me came in and followed me to the seats. Marami na silang nandito pero naghintay pa kami ng ilang minuto.

"Good morning everyone. How have you been?" the dean entered... finally. She smiled at us, so we respond.

Everytime she comes in, I was really in awe, too see her beauty stand out from all of the students and teachers out there. Sa mga hula ko nasa mga mid-40's na siya, pero kong pakatitigan mo ng maigi ang mukha niya para parin siyang bata, na nakikipagsabayan sa mga studiyante dito.

"So I have important announcement to make. One week from now, magkakaroon ng malawakang paglilinis sa buong campus. Magkakaroon rin tayo ng malawakang fund raising like fun runs, booths, pageant, music, and other extracurricular activities. Not only that, whoever wins in all sports the student have join into, will come with a price. A BIG. price." kumunot ang noo ko. That means malaking gastos na naman ito para sa mga students. Mag-e-effort pa kami to make everythings right just as she expected. That doesn't sound amusing. Malaking pagod na naman ang hahagurin ko nito.

"Ma'am?" I raised my hand.

"Yes?"

"Isn't the intrams will start next week? Or.. I just misheard it?" Paniniguro ko. Baka naman kasi nabago na naman. Hindi pa nga ako naka move on sa sinabi ng nerd na 'yon sa'kin kahapon, tas ito na naman.

"Ahh yes! Thank you for opening that up miss..?"

"Samantha." I respond.

"..Samantha. Actually. We have decided that we'll move it, again, two weeks from now, just as what the original date was. We couldn't afford to take the students at risk. I thank this to Ms. Rochelle for opening this up to me yesterday. I couldn't do this without her." napataas ang kilay ko. Not only that nerd boils my blood just yesterday, but also take the credit that supposedly mine?! She didn't even tell her my name. That's my ideas!!

"Alright." she clasp. "Just so you know this project can increase our popularity worldwide. Not only increases, but it will help our campus in admitting more students than we in the past. So, please. Help your classmates to cooperate in this. I'm rooting for you all. Ngayon palang magpapasalamat na ako sainyo."

Mataman lang akong nakikinig. Kung popularity lang din naman pala ang habol niya, why not negotiate with big businesses out there. In that way, they can promote this school, they can advertise this campus world widely. They can even upgrade some other parts of the campus ng walang kahirap hirap. But then again, I'm just a mere student. Ano namang kaalaman ko sa mga ganitong bagay. Opinion ko lang naman 'yon.