The food to be distributed to the people has arrived. Two trucks are here. One is for the people of Guangdong itself, the other truck is for those below Guangdong. It still covers Guangdong, which is just another village.
We already lined people up. Separate for children. They plasticized the foods black while the medicine was boxed. The line for the children is different because we will give them fruits, biscuits, toys and so on. Fortunately, those two businessmen thought about this project. Just think, there are still people here who are not given fair treatment by the government. It is true what I see on TV that many are dying of starvation because they are not being paid attention to by the government.
Randall provides for the adults while I provide for the children. When one left, Chris followed.
“What toy do you want?” I asked him while looking at the toys that were boxed and new ones. The fruits are in baskets, the biscuit is also in plastic black.
He shook his head and pointed only to the fruits and food. He lifted his wooden robot. “I already have a toy. All I want is food.” I was already handing the fruits to him when suddenly someone handed him a toy truck. I turned to see who it was and saw Hugo. “So, you will have a lot of toys. You can also ride your robot in this truck. Isn’t that fun?”
Chris took it and never refused again. Hugo approached me. I looked at his place earlier and they already occupied it by another person who came with the truck earlier.
“A truck will come home later, along with the others. Tomorrow, we will distribute the bulk of supplies to the other barrio. Because the others are tired, I thought I will just go tomorrow and not disturb them. It’s also far and the time they got here is long too and they need a break.” He whispered to me as he handed the toy to the next child while I handed to the child the plastic as well.
We just continued what we were doing while talking. “I’ll just go with you then. It’s not tiring to reach out to people who are needed help. I also have little to do, so I also want to come along for them.”
Hugo nodded and turned to me. “Are you hungry?”
I was about to answer when he took an apple and bit it and then handed the apple to me. I took a bite, then laughed at the same time. We were less awkward with each other now. We are also about to get married, so I don’t know how I will feel.
I took out my phone so that I could text Wayne and apologize for what happened the other day. Hugo and I also left suddenly, so I didn’t notify him, even though it wasn’t necessary. When I took out my phone, there was no signal, so I tried to raise it. I touched Hugo, who was busy with the kids. The distribution of supply was done, so we just need to rest. He looked at me when I touched him.
“I’ll leave first and find a signal.” I didn’t wait for him to answer and left. I went to his raptor, and I got on the back and raised my hand. I leaned even harder to get a stronger connection. When there is a single signal bar, they sent sequentially messages.
There is nothing new in the messages but only from my friends. The first thing I looked for was Hugo’s number. I got his number while we were in his car. I purposely took his number just in case I wanted to ask him for help.
I clicked on the message box so that I could message him when his name suddenly appeared on my screen. He is calling. I smiled because I could feel Wayne’s memory of my sister. My sister’s world has revolved around work, I don’t know what happened to her. I would have liked to know about my sister through Wayne. Even Aunt Julia is angry with him. I can’t be any with him because he was also the reason my sister was happy.
“I found out you’re on vacation, aren’t you?” That was his immediate opening to me. It was noisy in his background, like the sound of cooks because I could hear only the frying pan and the utensil.
“You are the reason. I just need to get rid of my stress with you.” I was joking with him. “So you finish your work so you can do what I do.”
I know he knew we weren’t on vacation. All I know is that he has already agreed to the business partnership, so he was notified about it, especially and Randall was the one he talked to.
“Anyway, you should just take that vacation. You don’t know, perhaps; when you come back, you’ll get married. You and Hugo won’t have time to do that again because he’s going to take over the management of their company. Make the most of it until it’s there.” I thought about what he said. He was right. We might be here for a while and come back all ready for the wedding. We just talked until the call was cut off.
I got out of the back of the car and looked at Hugo, who was now talking to the elders. I think they’re done handing out the supply. That’s good, we can be able to rest. It’s going to be dark soon.
I went back to the hut to rest. I lay down on the mattress and closed my eyes. I wish I could fall asleep when I feel someone enter. I opened my eyes and saw Hugo’s angry face. I would have just asked him if anything had happened when he spoke.
“Delete his number.”
“Huh? What are you talking about?” I’m already wondering what he’s up to. Why is he so irritated with Wayne? Wayne was doing nothing to him.
“You said you would do anything to make me like you. How could that happen if you were giggling with another man?”