Chapter 4

“Mama, where is Dad? And who are the guys out there?” it was a six-year-old girl, with a small brown teddy bear in her hand who spoke and asked the lady beside her. Her face was full of innocence. Back then, she didn’t have any idea what might happen that night and how much impact it can cause to her.

The lady that was with her that night’s age was nearly 30’s but she was still indeed beautiful.

“Baby, your daddy is in his office. He is working for us,” The lady looks at the young girl’s innocent face, staring at the girl’s wide and full of expression eyes. Tears started to show up on her eyes, but she still managed to put a smile on her face so that she can assure the child that everything was fine.

The young girl was her daughter.

“But who are the guys outside? Why are they here? They look like a monster, mama. Are they a bad guy?” innocence was written all over the young girl’s face. She knew nothing about their current situation but she was scared because there are two guys outside the room that seems to be finding something.

Instead of answering, the lady just smiled, “Always remember that I am always here with you, keep in mind that I am here, just guiding you. You will always be happy my baby. I love you, Lexy,”

“…I love you”

“Alex! What did you do this time?!” it was Alexei’s father with his raging voice that wakes her up and cut her dreams. He’s furious and all but Alexei didn’t even care, even just a bit. She was too preoccupied, thinking about her dream.

“Cut the drama out, Alex! Don’t cry in front of me!”

This time, what her father said got Alexei’s attention.

Alexei looked at him coldly. Then she touches her face, her wet face. She was soaking wet with her sweat and tears.

“These tears aren’t for you. You’re asking if what I did this time? I bet it is already in the news so why fucking asked me up? Just use your eyes and read nor watch it,” Alexei said while coldly staring at his father’s eyes before she lay down and covered herself with blanket and remembered those fuck up dreams.

“Won’t you really stop doing shits?! Damn, what do I have to do to make you act normal?! I gave you everything you wanted, isn't that enough?!” even without looking at him, Alexei can imagine what his father’s face looks like.

“Just be in tears and pain. Just have nothing at all. No money, no friends. Then I will be okay. And please, don’t speak about giving me all that I want because you don’t,” Alexei said while covering herself. She heard nothing. She can no longer feel any other presence inside her room. She removed the blankets that’s been covering her whole body buts she saw nothing. Her father probably left.

She stood up and closed the door then she lazily walked back in her bed. She lay again and stare at the wall, remembering her dreams.

Silence fills out her room. She hears nothing. She hears nothing but her own heart that is breaking all over again. Then all the memories rush back as if it is a river flowing.

The thought of the past still pains her. The memory is so painful that she thought it all happened only yesterday.

***

"Ma'am, your Daddy is calling you," it was the maid that breaks the silence by knocking at her room.

“Why?” she asked, she can’t even recognize her own voice. She didn’t know how long did she cry, she just knew that the pain is still there, deep inside her heart. Even if she tried to deny it, she knew to herself that those pain and scars that the past had left her, will remain forever.

“I don’t know ma’am, but there are two visitors earlier here ma’am, they are still in your father’s study room,” the maid explained.

She just nodded as if the maid will saw her nodding. It feels like she was too tired to protest.

She just fixed herself for a while, making sure that she looks presentable before going out.

As usual, she didn't knock and just went straight into her dad’s study room. She was quite shocked when she saw two men sitting in the couch. They are civilians but she bet, they are cops. They are quite familiar.

“Good afternoon Ms. Gomez,” they stood up and gently bowed their heads, greeting Alexei. Alexei, on the other hand, just nodded at them and smiled slightly. They looked back at my dad, “Sir, we need to go. Thank you very much,” her dad let out a huge smile then he ordered the maid to accompany them out.

Minutes had passed but Alexei was still standing near the door, her dad was busy looking at the papers on his table.

"What now, Dad?" she asked, losing her temper.

He did not speak and just continued to look at the paper he was holding. She decided to walk towards the door when he suddenly spoke up.

"Pack your things, you are going in Manila," her father said so casually and that made Alexei stop. she suddenly faced her dad while frowning.

“As far as I remember, I didn’t agree with you. I will stay here--”

“You will stay here? As what? As the “mayor’s drug addicted daughter”?!” her dad suddenly stood up and banged the wooden table in front of him, range is obvious in his voice. That maid Alexei shocked. But wait, what?

"Drug addict? What the hell are you talking about?!” she asked, shouting. She can’t understand what he was saying until her dad threw a newspaper in front of her.

Mayor Rod Gomez’s daughter, a drug addict?

It was the headline of the news.

‘Fuck, I maybe brat and all but I am not a fucking drug addict.’ Alexei cussed inside her head.

Alexei Rios-Gomez, the mayor’s daughter was seen with Kent Reyes at the “The Bar”. The witness told that the two were having a fight and Alexei’s eyes are red, looks like on high. “They were fighting and shouting towards each other, then after that, Ms. Gomez ran to the dance floor, then the guy chased after her, Ms. Gomez is dancing. I can already see her bra but it looks like that she doesn't care. She was so wild, looks like she was high on drugs.” Told by the witness. The other people at the bar said that later on, after the fight, they both go out and nowhere to be found. Our team discovered that they had been checked out in the hotel nearby.

That is written in the news.

“Damn, witness?! They call it witness instead of story maker?! Fucking worthless! And you, of all people, believe at these story makers? I thought you are fucking smart," she come near her dad and placed the newspaper on his desk.

“They think of me as an addict? What the hell. These guys sound more addict than me,”

“Watch your mouth, Alex! You are in front of me, have some respect!” her dad shouted furiously while pointing his fingers at Alex.

“Funny how other people ask for respect when in reality, they don’t deserve it,” she smirks at him then shook her head three times. Her father looks more furious now. And she liked it.

But what her father did made Alexei shocked.

Alexei was shocked when his dad slapped her. This is the first time he laid his hand on her. And she was totally shocked. And even though she doesn’t want to admit it, she was hurt, emotionally.

But her dad looks like that he doesn’t gave a damn even after he slapped her. He was still furious. And a realization hits her; it hits her so hard that she doesn’t know what hurts more.

“You will go to Manila, whether you like it or not! Or else, I will make sure that you will regret your decision when you choose to stay here!” her dad is still shouting. Alexei suddenly got numb, she looked at his father straight in the eye.

“This is what you want right?” the coldness in Alexei voice is back. She come near her father before staring at her father’s eyes deeply.

“Then fine. Are you happy now? Rot here alone, you fucking old man,” she looked at him as if she was just staring at a very unworthy object before going out and coming back at her room.

She doesn’t know this person anymore. He is not her dad. In Alexei’s mind, her father is dead.

She locked the door then she sits on the cold floor just staring at nothing. It really hurts that she went numb.

Then something caught her eye. There, in her bedside table, an old picture frame of a young girl and a beautiful lady. They are both in the swing at the playground, both smiling widely.

The young girl was full of innocence and happiness while the lady seems to be contented and happy in her life.

The young year is the 6 year old Alexei and she was with her mother.

“I miss you, Mama. I wish you were here,” then tears suddenly filled her eyes.

She just cried and cried. Feeling all the sadness and pain.

‘It is a right decision going in Manila, right?’

The last question she had before falling asleep.

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The lady that was with her that night’s age was nearly 30’s but she was still indeed beautiful.

“Baby, your daddy is in his office. He is working for us,” The lady looks at the young girl’s innocent face, staring at the girl’s wide and full of expression eyes. Tears started to show up on her eyes, but she still managed to put a smile on her face so that she can assure the child that everything was fine.

The young girl was her daughter.

“But who are the guys outside? Why are they here? They look like a monster, mama. Are they a bad guy?” innocence was written all over the young girl’s face. She knew nothing about their current situation but she was scared because there are two guys outside the room that seems to be finding something.

Instead of answering, the lady just smiled, “Always remember that I am always here with you, keep in mind that I am here, just guiding you. You will always be happy my baby. I love you, Lexy,”

“…I love you”

“Alex! What did you do this time?!” it was Alexei’s father with his raging voice that woke her up and cut her dreams. He’s furious and all but Alexei didn’t even care, even just a bit. She was too preoccupied, thinking about her dream.

“Cut the drama out, Alex! Don’t cry in front of me!”

This time, what her father said got Alexei’s attention.

Alexei looked at him coldly. Then she touches her face, her wet face. She was soaking wet with her sweat and tears.

“These tears aren’t for you. You’re asking what I did this time? I bet it is already in the news so why fucking asked me up? Just use your eyes and read nor watch it,” Alexei said while coldly staring at his father’s eyes before she lay down and covered herself with a blanket and remembered those fuck up dreams.

“Won’t you really stop doing shits?! Damn, what do I have to do to make you act normal?! I gave you everything you wanted, isn't that enough?!” even without looking at him, Alexei can imagine what his father’s face looks like.

“Just be in tears and pain. Just have nothing at all. No money, no friends. Then I will be okay. And please, don’t speak about giving me all that I want because you don’t,” Alexei said while covering herself. She heard nothing. She can no longer feel any other presence inside her room. She removed the blankets that’s been covering her whole body buts she saw nothing. Her father probably left.

She stood up and closed the door then she lazily walked back in her bed. She lay again and stare at the wall, remembering her dreams.

Silence fills out her room. She hears nothing. She hears nothing but her own heart that is breaking all over again. Then all the memories rush back as if it is a river flowing.

The thought of the past still pains her. The memory is so painful that she thought it all happened only yesterday.

***

"Ma'am, your Daddy is calling you," it was the maid that breaks the silence by knocking at her room.

“Why?” she asked, she can’t even recognize her own voice. She didn’t know how long did she cry, she just knew that the pain is still there, deep inside her heart. Even if she tried to deny it, she knew to herself that those pain and scars that the past had left her, will remain forever.

“I don’t know ma’am, but there are two visitors earlier here ma’am, they are still in your father’s study room,” the maid explained.

She just nodded as if the maid will saw her nodding. It feels like she was too tired to protest.

She just fixed herself for a while, making sure that she looks presentable before going out.

As usual, she didn't knock and just went straight into her dad’s study room. She was quite shocked when she saw two men sitting in the couch. They are civilians but she bet, they are cops. They are quite familiar.

“Good afternoon Ms. Gomez,” they stood up and gently bowed their heads, greeting Alexei. Alexei, on the other hand, just nodded at them and smiled slightly. They looked back at my dad, “Sir, we need to go. Thank you very much,” her dad let out a huge smile then he ordered the maid to accompany them out.

Minutes had passed but Alexei was still standing near the door, her dad was busy looking at the papers on his table.

"What now, Dad?" she asked, losing her temper.

He did not speak and just continued to look at the paper he was holding. She decided to walk towards the door when he suddenly spoke up.

"Pack your things, you are going in Manila," her father said so casually and that made Alexei stop. she suddenly faced her dad while frowning.

“As far as I remember, I didn’t agree with you. I will stay here--”

“You will stay here? As what? As the “mayor’s drug addicted daughter”?!” her dad suddenly stood up and banged the wooden table in front of him, range is obvious in his voice. That maid Alexei shocked. But wait, what?

"Drug addict? What the hell are you talking about?!” she asked, shouting. She can’t understand what he was saying until her dad threw a newspaper in front of her.

Mayor Rod Gomez’s daughter, a drug addict?

It was the headline of the news.

‘Fuck, I maybe brat and all but I am not a fucking drug addict.’ Alexei cussed inside her head.

Alexei Rios-Gomez, the mayor’s daughter was seen with Kent Reyes at the “The Bar”. The witness told that the two were having a fight and Alexei’s eyes are red, looks like on high. “They were fighting and shouting towards each other, then after that, Ms. Gomez ran to the dance floor, then the guy chased after her, Ms. Gomez is dancing. I can already see her bra but it looks like that she doesn't care. She was so wild, looks like she was high on drugs.” Told by the witness. The other people at the bar said that later on, after the fight, they both go out and nowhere to be found. Our team discovered that they had been checked out in the hotel nearby.

That is written in the news.

“Damn, witness?! They call it witness instead of story maker?! Fucking worthless! And you, of all people, believe at these story makers? I thought you are fucking smart," she come near her dad and placed the newspaper on his desk.

“They think of me as an addict? What the hell. These guys sound more addict than me,”

“Watch your mouth, Alex! You are in front of me, have some respect!” her dad shouted furiously while pointing his fingers at Alex.

“Funny how other people ask for respect when in reality, they don’t deserve it,” she smirks at him then shook her head three times. Her father looks more furious now. And she liked it.

But what her father did made Alexei shocked.

Alexei was shocked when his dad slapped her. This is the first time he laid his hand on her. And she was totally shocked. And even though she doesn’t want to admit it, she was hurt, emotionally.

But her dad looks like he doesn’t gave a damn even after he slapped her. He was still furious. And a realization hits her; it hits her so hard that she doesn’t know what hurts more.

“You will go to Manila, whether you like it or not! Or else, I will make sure that you will regret your decision when you choose to stay here!” her dad is still shouting. Alexei suddenly got numb, she looked at his father straight in the eye.

“This is what you want right?” the coldness in Alex voice is back. She comes near her father before staring at her father’s eyes deeply.

“Then fine. Are you happy now? Rot here alone, you fucking old man,” she looked at him as if she was just staring at a very unworthy object before going out and coming back at her room.

She doesn’t know this person anymore. He is not her dad. In Alexei’s mind, her father is dead.

She locked the door then she sits on the cold floor just staring at nothing. It really hurts that she went numb.

Then something caught her eye. There, on her bedside table, was an old picture frame of a young girl and a beautiful lady. They are both in the swing at the playground, both smiling widely.

The young girl was full of innocence and happiness while the lady seems to be contented and happy in her life.

The young year is the 6-year-old Alexei and she was with her mother.

“I miss you, Mama. I wish you were here,” then tears suddenly filled her eyes.

She just cried and cried. Feeling all the sadness and pain.

‘It is a right decision going in Manila, right?’

The last question she had before falling asleep.

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