Taming The Sly Alexandria Gabrielle

CHAPTER 2

HELLO SEBASTIAN

I took my time driving. Kahit gutom ako ay hindi ako nagmadaling makauwi ng bahay. Going home in our humongous mansion has never been the same.

Mula ng dumating ako dito sa Pilipinas from my grandparents' home in Canada one year ago, parang hindi parin ako nasasanay. Everything feels foreign to me especially inside our mansion, the home that used to be my refuge and sanctuary.

I spent eight years in Alberta, Canada with my mom's parents. It was supposed to be just a vacation after my mom's demise, but I begged my grandparents to let me continue my studies there. And since they used to spoil me and love me so much, pinagbigyan nila ako at walang nagawa ang pagtutol ng daddy ko.

The day we sent my mom to her final dwelling place is the day I decided that I want to go away.

Away from the person I hate and from the place that reminds me of that tragic day. I was very young, alone, scared and mad. I can't even tell a soul what I had witnessed that day. I bottled everything inside me that gives nightmares to me until now.

It has been nine years but the memory still flashes in my mind as if it only happened yesterday. The things I've seen and heard still hurt and haunt me. I was harshly disillusioned from my fairy-tale life. And it seems like I am the only one who's greatly affected by what happened.

And it's all because of a certain woman, a home wrecker. Nagtagis ang bagang ko sa pagkakaalala sa pangalan ng babaeng iyon. The madness in my heart is screaming to be unleashed, seeking for revenge. God knows how I've wanted to forget everything and live freely like before, but it just won't go away. I still can't accept that I've lost my mom just like that.

Maybe, I'll be okay, if I inflected pain to the people who'd driven my mom to end her own life. Yes, revenge, that's what I need.

Maybe it is fate's decision that my daddy Lo caught me betting and racing on the fast track, his last straw to send me home.

It was actually my third offense na nahuli niya ako. The first was, I beat a guy to a pulp because of spreading rumours in our school that he made out with me. He was hospitalized and my daddy Lo paid for the bill.

Wala akong pinapalampas sa mga taong gumagago sa akin, at walang sino man ang pwedeng manakit at maglaro sa akin. That's the golden rule. Even the bullies in our school didn't dare to cross me because they knew how I am when mad.

I smirked at the memory. Ano pa ang silbi ng black belt ko sa iba't-ibang martial arts kung hindi ko gagamitin? My mommy La keeps on blaming my daddy Lo for letting me train under his best agents.

The second was, my lecturer caught me sleeping in his class because he was simply boring at ipinahiya niya ako sa loob ng klase. Of course hindi ko matatanggap iyon. So I followed him for three days trying to memorize his schedule and routine and plot my revenge, and I noticed his brand new car.

One afternoon I skipped my last subject and stabbed his two wheels with my daddy Lo's dagger that I stole.

Nagulat na lang ako the next day na nasa guidance office na ang daddy Lo ko pagpasok ko doon matapos akong ipatawag.

He was watching CCTV footage at ako ang bida! It's a good thing pinayagan parin akong maka graduate matapos ang katakot-takot na settlement with the help of my Daddy Lo and uncles' connections. I'm lucky my Daddy Lo and mom's siblings are quite influential.

My daddy Lo is a retired Military General and founded a Security and Investigation Agency that is well known and trusted in Canada, my uncle Marcel is currently the Chief of Police in Alberta and my uncle Martin is a lawyer.