บท 48: America (2)

After the night Michael and America did an extreme bed exercise, everything went off for her.

Her clients started criticizing her designs, she is a licensed interior designer, we can say that artistry and creativity flows within her vain, and they are starting pull out their transactions to the designing company America works.

America's manager also scolds for her actions towards her clients, for example, he heard her shouting someone over the phone.

Verbatim:

Client: This is not the design I describe to you. I even mention that this color triggers my vertigo.

America: As if I care, you and your vertigo both go to hell.

Client: *calm* Miss Reyes, America's surname, sorry for the inconvenience by can you please change the layout of our nursery room?

America: You're wasting my time, we already agreed about everything then now you just want me to revise the entire room?

There are a lot of circumstances that America shouted or scolded her clients giving her and the company a very poor review.

It is the first time that they saw her acting like this. She is like a mad woman. Henceforth, the manager thought that scolding her wouldn't come up to a good result; he decided to calmly talk and ask what is wrong.

"America, you're acting weird and like a mad woman for the past week, what's wrong?" He slowly walks towards her then sit on the chair in front of her working station.

"Nothing is wrong, I'm just tired." She brushed her hair at the back then massage the sides of her head.

When the manager saw that she is indeed tired and look pale, he advises her to take a short leave to revive her senses and calm her disposition.

Permitted to take a leave, she went first to Michael's unit, she thought that going home, on her family house, will give her more stress and wreck her remaining sanity.

They have been together for eight years, so she naturally obtained some access to her condo building and his door keys and password.

Ever since Michael's door passwords are either 645300 (MIKE000) or 112200 (his birth date).

America is confidently registering his first passcode but when she entered the key 'done', a 'ddaeng' sound welcome her. Doing the same thing with the second passcode, a 'ddaeng' sound answered her.

In lieu of wasting her time thinking what the hell of code he is using, America fished out her door keys inside her bag.

But before she entered, a pile a box/packages greeted her. She inspects the boxes one by one and saw that it all addressed to one person.

Alcantara, Zoekella FC

292/2655 xx road, Brgy. xx, Metro Manila, PH

At that moment she wanted to throw another rage for that bitch lurking around her man. Why are there a lot of packages named after Zoey inside Michael's unit? Is he sending her gifts?

To gratify her worries, instead of what she had planned, to clean his unit and surprise him, she began checking all the information about these packages. When she saw a stack of delivery receipts and returned documents on his bedside drawer. She read each paper and found out that the packages were all rejected by Manang. There are also receipts from a flower shop included.

Then she remembered that never from their eight-years relationship did Michael sent a bouquet, not even a single stem of it. Looking at all these receipts, it seems like Michael has sent her flowers a week after the wedding.

Overwhelmed with great jealousy and hatred, she to kill Zoey inside her mind. She already mastered plenty of ways on how she will kill that slut when she heard a clicking sound on the door.

Michael entered his unit and surprised to see America inside.

"What are doing here?" He asked.

"I'm on break; I need some inspirations, honey." She sexily walked towards Michael, but he brushed her off die to from what he said was "I'm tired."

He entered his room and changed to his pajamas. A thumping sound was heard after he collapses on his bed and closes his eyes.

Before he entered his deep sleep, he first had said to America.

"Help yourself around and cook for your food. I'm full, so don't wake me up. You can stay if you want or leave as you please. Just make sure you close the door."

There is this feeling inside her that was somehow hurt from the way he interacts with her.