Cherry did not want to leave the comforts of our home. She was furious that her two kaaway are still here.
I went to the village’s security office to inform them that Cherry is no longer connected with us.
While I was at the office, my son’s driver texted Edmund and I informing us that there was a car that parked in front of our house and a man started taking photos. He immediately called the village’s security. When the two security guards came and accosted the man, he got mad and introduced himself as a resident.
I know this guy, I have met him once. His wife had been to our house once with her daughter, who’s a friend of my son.
My son threw a party on his 18th birthday for about 20 of his friends and the mother came along to my surprise. But I did not mind. She told me she liked the style of our house and wanted to build something like this. Our house is not really grand, except that it’s French inspired that’s why it’s a little bit different from the traditional styles. I was the one who designed it, inspired by my dozen trips to Europe and Edmund helped me execute it by explaining to the foreman and construction workers. I also have lots of design books from Europe although none of those we copied.
I still have her cel number, I am going to contact her today to inform her of the incident, just so she knows that I know. Whew!
At about 11 am, the head of security, Commander Joel, informed me that Cherry was back and was in the security office complaining about the other maids. Since I was already in Makati, I couldn’t go home.
Cmdr. Joel——— Mam, nadito ho si Cherry, inire reklamo si Vicky at Sandra.. mam, hindi naman ho sa pag-aano… pero may tama ho si Cherry, kasi iba-iba ho ang mga sinasabai, sa tingin ko ho, may sira sya Mam.
Me—————— Oh. Joel, baka mag-sigawan lang yang mga yan pag nagpunta yung dalawa. Kung gusto nila mag-usap okay, pero hindi natin sila pwedeng pilitin na pumunta dyan kung ayaw nila dahil wala naman silang masama na ginawa.
Joel—————- Mam, ako ho ang bahala dito, kaya ko ho i handle ito, wala ho siyang reklamo sa inyo, ang ini re reklamo nya ay yung dalawa. Pero Mam, hindi ho tayo nakaka siguro dito dahil, kung anu-ano ang sinasabi, pupunta daw siya kay Tulfo at isusumbong yung dalawa at may lawyer daw sya. Mag-iingat ho kayo sa mga katulong ngayon, bago paalisin, papuntahin muna dito sa security para ma gawan ng statement na sa katunayan ay bayad lahat ang sweldo nila at wala silang galos sa katawan. Kasi mam merong nangyari nagpunta sa presinto at kung anu-ano ang isinumbong, wala naman siyang galos nung umalis dito, pero nung nasa presinto na nagka meron ng galos. Gusto makakuha ng pera sa amo. Binayaran na lang para tumahimik pero hindi ho totoo na siya ay minaltrato.
Me————– Salamat Joel, sa susunod dyan ko papuntahin sa security bago umalis.
The two other maids agreed to confront Cherry in the presence of Commander Joel. Cherry changed her tone when she was told that she could land in jail from stealing Edmund’s bank check. She was told that she’s lucky that we are kind and not filing a case against her. She got scared when she realized the gravity of the situation so she broke-down. Joel advised her to just move on.
Last night I received texts from Cherry trying to probably charm me by not going after her. She continued her lies by saying that the other maids gave her the check. I did not respond anymore. I hope not to hear from her again. She has given me enough stress already.
I came home feeling dizzy, nauseated and with a bad headache from the bad traffic, and what’s new.
I hate you traffic #@$%& !
Oooops, we didn’t have food yet so I hurriedly whipped up something. Modesty aside, I could cook as fast as I could eat.
But where’s family? I blasted a text “Hey Family, are you eating home tonight? In any case, we have super spicy shrimps and chicken sotanghon soup and rice. Self-serve”.
I retired to the room and massaged my head with Rheuma-Salve, Julienne’s pasalubong from Singapore.
What a stressful day.
