"Lo' I need you to do me a favor!"
Aniya pagkarating na pagkarating sa bahay. Nagmamadaling hinanap niya ang abuelo habang nagsisigaw.
"It's rear na tinatawag mo ako ng ganyan, I hope your not asking me to marry—"
"Not that!"
aniyang napasimangot na ikinatawa ng malakas ng matandang Ybañez.
Their home will always be alive kapag naroroon ang dalagita, how she behave outside their home is way different inside their house, she always had that adorable personality that everyone loves about her.
"lage akong kinakabahan when you are calling me like that!"
anitong naaliw sa kanya.
"Now tell me what is it?"
"I'm planning to rechannel our men Lo!"
Anya ng makaupo sa harap ng abuelo.
"Oh?!"
Tila amused na tanong ng matanda.
"What is your plan, then?"
Sophia smiled. Her grandfather is known as Hades in underworld, she knows kung gaano katakot ang lahat ng unit leader sa kanyang abuelo dahil sa pagiging fierce nito interms of handling punishment.
He wont blink an eye in killing someone in times of execution, but there he is always listening to her even if it's nonsense.
"I'm afraid that some of your opponent is vying your position, I mean we all know you don't have a male heir!"
Mr. Ybañez suddenly touched his mustache.
He sigh. "You got me there!"
Anito na tila exhausted na isinandal ang likod sa malambot na sofa.
"We have to put our loyal men in a good position where they can sustain their family. We have to build a shopping malls or other stablishment and put them in there for the meantime!"
Biglang napalingon ang matanda sa kanya, di ito makapaniwala sa kanyang sinasabi.
"What do you mean? You expect those people to work—"
"They have to!"
Anya na di na pinatapos ang iba pang sasabihin ng abuelo.
"One word from you and they'll going to do it with out question. The stability of their family should comes first in order for us to gain their loyalty."
"You mean, kaylangan nating ng matibay na fundation so they won't betray us?"
"Exactly!"
walang kaabog abog niyang sabi.
"Most of your men were already married and have children, secure them first and those who doesn't have marry them off! Those young enough para mag aral we're going to send them in college, it will benefits us later."
Napamulagat ang mata ng matandang Ybañez.
"Men change their priority kapag may pamilya na sila! You expect them to just marry a random woman? "
She laughed. "Men are always men Lo'. I think they already had someone pero dahil sa kanilang trabaho malamang nag aalangag mag asawa ang iba sa kanila"
"Well. .that might be a reason!"
Anito ng mapag isip ang sinabi ng apo.
"Yes. .when you feed them and give their family an assurance. Food in their table and education for their children is what matters to them, but instead of giving them direct money while doing nothing, were going to employ them legally and make them work in the process!"
"But there are many of them!"
"We will teach them how to earn money para naman may iba silang alam, This is the crucial time for us, we don't know if those men around us are loyal to us, unless we give them enough reason to be loyal!"
"But is that enough? What about those whom you want to send back in college?"
"It's what we called time investment, we have to build a strong Network in the future and they will be the foundation of it!"
"Why I didn't think about that before?"
Mr. Ybañez asked himself, he was really impressed with Sophia's proposal.
"Lets continue!" anito.
"I'm planning two things—we're going to have a rechannel and some sort of cleaning!"
"Well, what you said makes sense anyway. But can you handle this?"
Amused na tanong ng matanda sa kanya.
"Ofcourse! We'll just going to remove all currupt leaders!"
"You are still young to do things like this, actually I don't want you to get involved to any of this, your other grandfather might going to kill me"
"I'm worried about you Lo' saka hindi rin ako mananaliting bata, atleast let me help you sort things out, while I'm here. Just keep this a secret to him!"
She pleaded that makes the old man smiled.
"You're really stubborn as your father"
anito na tila may lungkot.
"Well anyway, we will be having a councel meeting soon, and those son of bastards are pressuring me to have a successor as I don't have a son"
Biglang napaisip si Sophia, kapag nga nangyari ang ganoon it will centainly cause a fraction mas lalo silang mahihirapan kapag mahahati sa dalawa ang council.
"We'll going to start the plan A.S.A.P. and for your successor, I think you can present me for time being, until I figure out something!"
Pero alam na nya kung ano ang gagawin, all she need is just a perfect timing. She already had someone who could help them.
"It's not easy, there going to intimidate me and worst they might put you in danger, I could not afford to put your life at risk. I might declare a war instead!"
Natawa syang bigla. "Let me show them what I'm capable, then!"
Di mapigilang mamangha ni Mr. Ybañez sa determination ng apo.
"We should not delay this Lo'. tomorrow night I want to meet all your finance and legal staff!"
"Certainly!"
"Wait!"
ani Sophia ng may biglang naalala.
"How much money do we have?"
"Enough to buy this whole country!"
Nakangiting sagot ng matanda.
"That's great!"
They both laughed.