章 25: The one I've been searching for (3)
Nero Carlson was writing blog posts when received a call from Mr. Marquez asking him if he could come up to sign some documents required by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. They needed proof that the money he had is donated for charity and is therefore tax free.
It was already late night and he just flew in from a three day visit to Thailand. He decided to catch the earliest ride tomorrow which is Wednesday.
The next morning, Daryle was up at five o'clock early morning and hurriedly freshened up herself. She needed to take the duty first before boarding the bus going home. She had her things prepared the night before she slept so she grabbed her shoulder bag and a hand bag stuffed with nothing but books she had boringly reviewed.
At half past five she was already sitted at her ticket booth and waited for passengers. Not long after, groups of passengers started to flock in. One group consisted of young people who seemed to be students being guided by a middle-aged man who appears to be probably their instructor. The other group was a group of 15 Chinese people . 'They must be here for a vacation or business trip' Daryle thought. By six forty, there were only four seats available and the bus has to depart at seven. She reserved the other one for herself. She waited a little bit more.
Nero arrived at the bus station at six forty but went straight to the men's room to relieve himself from the call of nature. By the time he got infront of the ticket booth, there was a couple hurriedly buying their tickets. Passengers were already flocking into the bus.
"Hi babe, good morning! Nice to see you again. Are there still seats available?" Nero greeted Daryle as he winked and smiled.
"Oh, good morning sir! Nice to see you too! You just arrived on time. There's only one seat available and the bus will depart within five minutes." She said.
Nero hurriedly pulled out two bills from his wallet, pulled the pen from his chest pocket and wrote down something on the other one as Daryle was busy punching his ticket.
"It seems you will be seated next to a lady sir. Hope you don't mind." She said as she received his blue peso bill.
"No, not at all. Please keep the change" He said as he picked up his ticket.
"Thank you sir. Please enjoy your ride. See you later!" She said.
" I will and thank you. See you next time." He winked and smiled a mischievous smile as he shoved a hundred dollar bill towards her. "Have to go. Bye!" He grabbed his bag on the counter and strode hurriedly to the board the bus.
Daryle's eyes grew wide and she burst out a soft laughter inside the ticket booth as she took the note on her hand. She giggled as she shoved the bill inside her wallet. She quickly called for a colleague to take her post then picked up her bags to head towards the bus.
She found the white man seated alone at the back. The seat beside him was empty because she had no choice but to give the others away. She was a bit hesitant to get near him but thinking that she could not stand the long trip, she had no choice but to take the seat for herself.
"Hi sir, can I take this seat beside you?" She said hesitantly but she was already laughing inside her mind.
Nero stared at her like he can't believe that the lady he just gave his name and phone number was infront of him. He blinked his eyes several times before he came to his senses. He quickly grabbed his back pack beside him and patted on the seat.
"Please." as he nodded.
"Thank you sir." She said shyly as she put down her shoulder bag and shoved her bag of books inside the bag compartment over her head.
After she was sitted. Nero glanced at her. "So did you read something just a while ago?" He asked, unable to hide his embarrassment.
"Yeah, I heard that name before. Wait, let me recall where I heard it. Hmmmmmm...." She tried to recall where she heard his name.
"Can I have the honor to know yours then? I'm Nero Carlson, 25 years old from California USA." He opened his right hand to offer a hand shake with her.
"Im Daryle. Daryle Duran. I'm 21 years old." she took his hand and shook hands with him.
His eyes got wide as he flipped his whole body to face her entirely. "What!??" His expression was totally in shock.
"Why, what's wrong sir? Is my name wrong?" she asked questioningly.
"Don't tell me you are the lady I have long been searching for!!!" He whispered.
"You searched for me?"She asked.
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