Connecting Threads (Book 2 of KOV series #2)

II: Brutal

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Psyche Valentine Collins

Two days had passed after Trinity and the rest welcomed me back from New York and honestly, I never expected them to do that because I knew that each and every one of them are busy with their work and their studies. I'm surprised but I'm glad to see them, though I'm not sure if I'm thrilled to be back in the Philippines because this whole country knows me and my family's story which is a bit annoying.

I mean, a lot of reporters will probably bombard me all day long if they found out that I went back in this country. Hindi nila ako tatantanan, wala rin silang pakealam kahit matulog pa silang lahat sa labas kasama ng mga ka-trabaho nila. Being a reporter means you have no self-respect, bakit ko sinabi iyan?

Marami akong reporters na kilala, halos lahat sila ay ginagawa ang lahat para lang makakuha ng mainit na tsaa para sa mga taong uhaw din sa chismis tungkol sa buhay ng isang tao.

Kapag sikat na indibidual ang may kasalanan, galit na galit ang nakararami dahil inaapi raw ang mga walang kapangyarihan pero kapag mahihirap na ang sumusobra o umaabuso? Wala kang maririnig mula sa mga taong katulad nila. You'll get deaf because of their silence...

Don't get me wrong, sanay na sanay naman na ako sa mga ganiyang bagay. It's not like I can change their mind about me nor about my family, kahit si Tita Adrianna ay hindi na rin pinapansin ang mga ganiyang bagay kahit naapektuhan ang agency niya. I mean? At the end of the day, may mga fans pa rin naman na naniniwala kaya dapat pa rin kaming mag-patuloy sa mga buhay namin.

Causing damages to Tita Adrianna's company was never my intention in the first place and she knew that for a fact because I've been under her agency since the day I started my modeling career but if I'm being honest, nahihiya na talaga ako sa kaniya kase ilang beses na niya akong sinagip.

A lot of people are also criticizing her because of me, it's all my fault from the very beginning. Ang dami ko nang ginawang kahihiyan pero sa kabila ng mga damages na ginawa ko, hindi niya pa rin ako tinatanggal sa agency niya. But instead, she's the one who's compensating for every single damage that I've done specially in the past and she's just gonna scold me a bit.

Marami ng balita tungkol sa'kin at sa buong pamilya ko but most of them are lies. Some of them are claiming that I left because I was actually pregnant and Skylar is the father, some of them are claiming that I was a lesbian which is definitely funny and the worse was some of them are claiming that I had a lot of affair with married men.

The first claim was totally absurd and it's obviously a big fat lie, whoever said that should be punished by karma. I mean? Skylar and I were never in a relationship. First of all, I don't date criminals. Second, I have high standards and last but definitely not the least? I'm too beautiful for him. He doesn't deserve someone like me so people should get a hint!

Then about the second claim, this one was ridiculous and really funny without a doubt. Up until now, that news is making me feel totally speechless. Me? A lesbian? Since when?

Wala na akong masabi tungkol sa balitang 'yan, I should have filmed my eighteenth birthday celebration para malaman nila kung iyon ba talaga ang totoong dahilan kung bakit ako umalis sa Pilipinas para manatili sa New York.

And the most horrifying claim was about me having an affair with married men. Someone said that bullshit then they even placed a photo of me with a random older guy to make it seemed like a real one, hindi ko lang kilala kung sino 'yung kasama ko dahil naka-blur 'yung mukha nung kasama ko.