I was seventeen and at this age, I am already on top of everything. I can have everything that I want. Gasgas na yata iyong linya but it's one of the perks of having rich parents. I can have everything as I please. While growing up, my father told me that if I want the moon I just have to say it and it will be mine. So, I did. I told him that I wanted the moon, he just smiled and the next Saturday, we flew to Washington DC – sa NASA para lang magkaroon ako ng personal field trip sa mismong facilities nila.It was a blast for the eight year old girl inside of me. That day was the day that I realized that I really can have everything.Yes, I am spoiled. If I don't get what I want, I will throw a tantrum na umuubra naman sa Mama at Papa ko. Kapag nakita na ni Papa na malungkot ako, he will do everything for me to have what I want.It got stuck on me. Hanggang sa lumaki ako ay nakukuha ko ang gusto ko. Sa school – ako ang Queen Bee. Ako ang trend setter. The girls would kill just to be my
I don't know what happened to me that night Eos Demitri kissed me but something inside of me changed and I know that. I know that, deep inside my skin, things have changed. And I don't know if I like the change or not.I feel like I like him, but he's half my age! What will mom say if she finds out?That Saturday morning, wala akong ganang lumabas ng bahay. I stayed home, watching movies, annoying Percy – well I can't possibly annoy Kuya Apollo kasi pinapatulan niya talaga ako. Kaya mas gusto ko talagang kapatid si Kuya Achill because he pampers me just like Papa and my favorite Uncle Zeus.I remember one time, I pranked him. Nilagyan ko ng sili iyong iniinom niyang shake at hindi basta sili, maraming sili, kaya noong ininom niya iyon, namula ang buong mukha niya. He caught me laughing hard kaya ang ginawa niya, halos kaladkarin niya ako papunta sa may pool at doon pinakain niya sa akin ang siling natira. I cried so hard. Wala si Papa at Mama, wala akong kakampi. Although naroon si Pe
"Where have you been, Eleithiya?! I was worried sick!"I came home at exactly four am. I was trying to sneak in. Nagkanda-hilo – hilo pa ako kakahanap ng spare key ng main door sa ilalim ng paso sa may entrance ng mansion. I thought that by now, Mom would be asleep because she knows that I was at my prom and maybe she was thinking that I was having the time of my life – but I was wrong.I found Mama in the living room. She was pacing back and forth. Her face was full of confusion, amazement and worry. Hindi naman ako makapagsalita."At prom, Mama." I answered her. Natigilan siya tapos ay muling nagsalita."I called Haley and she told me she saw you leaving early! Where the hell have you been?!" She growled. I must've awaken the dragon inside her."I was re-really at prom, Mama! Maaga lang akong umalis because my other classmates and I went to a private party. That's why she said she saw me leaving early. I'm sorry for making you worry, Mama. I'm sorry."I bit my lower lip. I am such a
"Where have you been, Eleithiya?! I was worried sick!"I came home at exactly four am. I was trying to sneak in. Nagkanda-hilo – hilo pa ako kakahanap ng spare key ng main door sa ilalim ng paso sa may entrance ng mansion. I thought that by now, Mom would be asleep because she knows that I was at my prom and maybe she was thinking that I was having the time of my life – but I was wrong.I found Mama in the living room. She was pacing back and forth. Her face was full of confusion, amazement and worry. Hindi naman ako makapagsalita."At prom, Mama." I answered her. Natigilan siya tapos ay muling nagsalita."I called Haley and she told me she saw you leaving early! Where the hell have you been?!" She growled. I must've awaken the dragon inside her."I was re-really at prom, Mama! Maaga lang akong umalis because my other classmates and I went to a private party. That's why she said she saw me leaving early. I'm sorry for making you worry, Mama. I'm sorry."I bit my lower lip. I am such a
"Can I go alone in that trip?"It was a day after my graduation. I asked my parents if I can go alone on that after graduation trip alone. That was their gift to me – a weeklong trip to Paris. Matagal ko na kasing inuungot iyon kay Papa at ngayon na graduate na ako ng K-12, ibinigay ni Papa iyon sa akin kasabay na rin sa aking debut ang regalo na iyon.Papa put down his utensils. Kumakain kasi kami noon ng dinner. Ako lang at si Mama pati si Percy ang nasa bahay. Si Kuya Achill ay nasa hotel tapos si Kuya Apollo ay bumalik na sa ilalim ng lupa – where he really belongs."Why, Eleithiya?" Bahagya akong nagulat nang si Mama ang magsalita. She was seated beside my father. Even my father looked at her with a surprised looked. Si Percy naman ay napapito. May kakaiba na kasi sa tono ni Mama."I just want to experience travelling alone, I guess." Nagkibit-balikat ako."You wanna be independent?" Si Percy naman ang humirit sa akin. "So, hindi ka na rin hihingi ng pera kay Pa at Ma?""Percy! H
"I'm not here to beg to you, Eos Demitri. I'm not even here to yell you to distance yourself from my daughter. Pero ang kapal ng mukha mo."I feel like Hera Vejar wants to kill me and by the looks of it, I really think that she was ready to kill. Her eyes were on me like she wants to eat me up alive. If looks could kill, I should've been dead by now.I was in front of her. This is my home and yet I feel so... I don't even know how to feel."Then what are you doing here?" I keep my cool. I even smiled at her."Two things." She said. Naglakad siya papunta sa akin at nang makalapit at sinampal niya ako nang ubod lakas. Tumalim ang mga mata ko. Hera was breathing heavy. After what seems to be like four seconds, she composed herself again and stepped back."That is for coveting my daughter's innocence!" She hissed. "Ang kapal ng mukha mo! You're a pedophile!" Asik niya sa akin. "Of all people, anak ko pa talaga Demitri?! You're just like your brother! You steal things away from people and
"Tia, because you'll be staying here in the Philippines, you will have a new bodyguard."I am trying my best not to roll my eyes in front of my parents. We were eating breakfast that morning. Katatapos lang kahapon ng kasal ni Kuya Achilles. And because of this, I have decided to stay in the Philippines. I have spent the last five and half years of my life na pabalik-balik ng Pilipinas at New York. I dunno. It was maybe my way of coping up with the painful memory of the man who broke me."Pa, ayoko ng bodyguard." Binalingan ko si Mama. "Ma, kahit si Percy na lang ang kasama ko panay. I can deal with him." Tumawa si Mama."Anak, alis ka nang alis sa kadahilanang hindi ko alam. Si Percy hindi ka mapipigilan noon. Before your brother got married, alis ka nang alis, layas ka nang layas. Ayoko nang ganoon, nag-aalala ako."Hindi na ako nakakibo. That was last year. Well, I was just trying to take a glimpse of him pero kabobohan ang ginawa ko. He's not with that Lualhati woman anymore, pero
I found myself inside the car with Adonis. He was pretty quiet pero napansin kong tinitingnan niya ako mula sa rearview mirror. Napapailing ako. Why was my heart pounding like this? Pinag-aralan ko nang hindi kabahan kung sakaling makita ko siya but heck... I sighed."Idaan mo sa convenience store." Utos ko sa kanya. Tumango naman siya at idinaan niya sa pinakamalapit na seven eleven. Kahit naka-gown ako ay bumaba ako para mamili ng alak. I need to drink this away. Nakita ko naman na nakatingin lang siya sa akin. I smirked at him, ni hindi niya kasi ako tinulungan man lang. Pumasok ako sa loob at kumuha ng dalawa tig-anim na SML. I paid for it with my credit card tapos ay umalis na. Nakasandal na si Adonis sa hood ng kotse nang lumabas ako."What are you waiting for? Let's fucking go!" I hissed. Napangisi lang siya."Saan tayo, Ma'am?" Tumaas ang kilay ko. Anong nakain niya at tinawag niya akong Ma'am?"Anywhere but home." I said to him. Tumango naman siya. I was just looking through