Category: Fake Love

Category 5: Liar

Echoes of the waves crawling to the shore...
Echoes of the waves crawling back to the sea...
The smell of fresh, warm salt... the smell of the sea
Peach opened her eyes and saw the balcony glass doors were open allowing the drapes to dance with the wind. Only now did she notice how aesthetically pleasing the room was. Last night's events stopped her from admiring the room, and instead of drinking in the beauty it has she drowned herself in pity of everything she will never be. 
Sighing, she got up and wiped her eyes. Another day, another lie. 

"What the fuck are you doing? What the hell is wrong with you? I'm paying you for this, so you better fucking act"

Right. Andito nga pala siya dahil may kasunduan sila. Andito siya dahil may trabaho siya. Andito siya dahil babayaran siya. She's here for the money and not for the compassion. Edi wow, tangina mo self  

Pushing the bitterness away and forcing herself to be a professional liar, she stood up and prepared for the day. She took a bath and changed into one of the clothes Leigh bought her, carefully avoiding the price tag to stop her anxiety and let her destructive  mentality render her useless. Again. She then spent an hour debating with herself whether to go out or not, it's still early, maybe the people who owns the goddamn exaggerated mansion are still asleep in their ridiculously large, soft beds snoring to their hearts content. 
So she slowly opened her door and peeked into the hallways, it was silent... that's a good sign.
She proceeded to walk silently on the hallway and every now and then she would look to her left and right to make sure no one is around. While walking she noticed how quiet the floors were, and she realized the entire floor is laminated and obviously soundproof. Kapag ba nadapa ako hindi nila maririnig? Paano naman kung may killer dito tapos hinihila na patay kong katawan hindi pa rin ba nila maririnig? Paano naman kapag sumabog na buong second floor? 

Paying no mind to her footsteps anymore she lazily went down the stairs and took in her surroundings, turns out she missed a lot because of her dramatic exit last night. Huwag kasi nagdradrama, ayan tuloy ang daming hindi na appreaciate tanginang lalaki kasi. 

She took in all the intricate designs, the painfully obvious "I'm so expensive don't touch me" furniture, and a furnace. Napakunot ang noo niya at tinitigan ang pugon, bakit may ganito? May snow ba sa isla nila? Bago pa man niya mahusgahan ang pugon ay napansin niya ang malaking larawan na nasa pader sa ibabaw nito. A family portrait. Esme and Roman with three kids, they were all sitting, Esme carrying a toddler with a white dress smiling at the camera, Roman smiling while looking at Esme and two boys in the middle, one is holding a flower crown while the younger one was reaching for it with his chubby fingers wearing a pout... it's him. 

"They were three, six and nine years old when that was taken"

Agad napalingon si Peach sa nagsalita, ayan kasi Peach napaka chismosa mo! 

"Good morning, I trust you slept well"

Esme was again smiling at her warmly, very welcoming, very heart wrenching when Peach thinks of the lies they planned. 

"Opo, uhm, ano malambot po 'yung kama"

Peach expected her to laugh at how ignorant and poor she is but she instead held her hand out, silently asking Peach to take it, Peach widened her eyes in question... mukha na siguro akong si Buttercup sa laki ng mata ko, sana naman hindi ako duling. 

"Come with me to the garden, I want to show you something"

Hala garden daw, gumamela at santan lang po kilala kong bulaklak ano ba, baka mamaya may ituro siyang mga pangit na bulaklak tapos pipintasan ko tapos sasabihing mas mahal pa sa buong buhay ko yung tanim. Despite her thoughts she smiled and took Esme's hand.