Half of it was a lie.

This is the continuation of my article yesterday entitled Someone help me on the mall.

We have met in LRT Pasay and I thought we will eat in Poco Loco restaurant but his mind changes. He told me that maybe we can go on the nearest mall in Pasay and he suggested if I want to go in SM Makati. My sister was working in SM Makati that time that's why I agree to him and told him if we can find my sister too. I didn't know we're the exact place of SM Makati and I only followed him. I am comfortable to him because he was also living in my hometown.

His name is Arman. That's the name he said to me and he is 29 years old. He was working in a cruise ship and he said he is single. We ride on a taxi going to SM Makati and when he was to get some money on his wallet I saw his ID and I asked him if I can see it. He refused to my request but I keep on insisting and got shocked with his response.

Don't act like as a squatter.

I got annoyed on what he said and keep distance to him inside the taxi but he said sorry to me and because I don't have enough knowledge in the places in Manila I have no choice but to be with him. We reached the SM Makati and we eat at Tokyo Tokyo. It's my first time to eat there that time but I don't want to tell him , good thing his the one who ordered and he ordered some beef teriyaki and red iced tea. After that he said he will buy something on Cubao.

We went to Cubao via LRT and we went to Farmers , he bought some things in the mall and after that we went to R. Dampa. It is a place near the farmers mall. A place where you can eat and also drink. We eat again there , he ordered some sizzling sisig and a few beer but he only the one who drink it as I don't want to drink that time. As we were eating , he shared some story to me. A story of his youth until he became a seaman. I remember his story that he shared to me.

I was a typical teenager that time and I don't have a dream. I happy being a tambay and I don't have plans about my future until my Aunt give me a real talk and realized that I need to have a better future. She's the one who encouraged me to study and she also the one who paid for my tuition. I live in her place while I am studying until I graduated.

I was so hooked with his stories and because of that I admire him. I also shared some stories of mind and I am shocked because he asked me if I want to study again and he's the one who will pay for my tuition. I was laughing that time and asked him if he is serious because he only met for about a week and he didn't know me well.

Our conversation ended when he asked to leave the place because we will going to a place nearby. I just followed him because I don't know the place and I am shocked again when I saw the place he was referring to. It was in Sogo Hotel! I asked him why we will going to hotel and he said please to me. I don't want to enter that hotel and I am afraid that's why I told him that I will go back home alone even if I didn't know the place.

I walk going to the MRT Cubao and he followed me. He said sorry to me and apologize on what he did. I told him that I not a kid of girl that will go to him inside the hotel. I said to him that I want to go home and we ride on the MRT. I accepted his apology and he said he will never do it again.

Our meet up followed by another. He helped me to get my NBI clearance and also my Philheath. I am also with him when he went to Magsaysay in Ermita and like what he promised he never opened up about that hotel thingy again. I am not sure what's our status that time , all I know is he was helping me that's why I still meet him.

As we were talking while we are eating in Chowking , he said a surname that is not the surname he used when he introduced himself to me. In our native language parang nadulas sya habang nagkukwento. I pretend that I didn't mind what he said but I already a bad feeling that this guy was hiding his true identity to me.

The next day , I searched his name on Facebook with the name that he said to me and the surname he mentioned when we were eating and Chowking and to I am right. He was hiding his true identity. Upon checking his profile he is not 29 years old but a 34 years old guy working in a Mediterranean cruise ship. We have one mutual friend and I met that mutual friend of us. She's working on our Municipal hall in our hometown. And he has already a family. A wife and a son. I think his son was 5 years old and looking at his wife she was beautiful and look professional.

After knowing the truth, I texted him that he was a liar and I already know his true identity and he never replied to me.

The end.