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CHAPTER 11: THE SUCCEEDING HEIRESS

*****CASSIE POV*****

Uh-oh! Daddy is so enraged right now...

"This is all your fault, Remo. Kung sinubaybayan mo lang sana ng mabuti ang mga kapatid mo, edi sana hindi umabot sa ganung itsura ang kapatid mo. You'tre worthless. Hindi mo alam kung anong klaseng mga tao ang sinasamahan ng kapatid mo." Daddy Wendell

I knew na pabalik-bakik lang para kay Kuya ang panunumbat ni Daddy sa kanya palagi. But the words still stab. Hindi naman manhid si Kuya upang damdamin iyon...

"Calm down, Wendell. I'll talk to Venice later. Tao lang din naman ang anak natin eh. Nagkakamali lang din." Mommy Camila

"Ok lang naman na magkamali eh. Hindi ko naman sila binabawalan na magkamali. Pero sana, wag naman nilang ulit-ulitin. Nakakapagod nang magalit eh." Daddy Wendell

I can hear the pain in Daddy's voice. Hindi nga talaga madali ang pagpapalaki at pagdidisiplina sa mga anak na katulad namin...

"Wala na akong gana. Just continue eating without me. May gagawin pa ako sa study room ko." Daddy Wendell

"Wendell...Wendell!" Mommy Camila

At tuluyan na ngang umalis sa hapag namin si Daddy. Saka naman napaupo si Mommy sa kanyang upuan with a disappointment in his face...

I knew that Mommy had love Daddy for years. Pero kung minsan, hindi nya pa rin matapata ang ignorance at stubbornness ni Daddy...

Habang si Daddy naman, nakahiligan nya na ang pag-ooverwork sa kanyang study room pagkatapos nyang magalit sa amin. Naalala ko nga eh. Nagalit din sya sa akin noon because late na akong sumipot sa bahay after treating myself at the mall. He ate a quick supper and then got back to his study room immediately. When I got to his study room at 11 in the evening dahil naalimpungatan ako nun, I was surprisingly shocked to see him on his study table still glancing and typing on his laptop. I don't know what time he slept that night but Mommy told me that it was his way to relieve his anger. Hinahayaan nalang sya ni Mommy kaysa naman makapagbuntong sya ng galit nya sa amin o sa iba pa...

But I really hope that he doesn't worn his body and mind all-out...

"Don't worry about it, anak. Masyado lang siguro stressed ang daddy nyo sa business natin. Alam nyo naman malapit na naman ang quarterly audit ng kompanya. Kaya madami lang talaga syang inaasikaso ngayon." Mommy Camila

"It's okay, mom. I understood." Remo

Then mom hold his hand very tight...

"I'm proud of you as always, anak. Please stay strong this way, anak." Mommy Camila

Saka naman hinawakan ni Kuya Remo ang kamay ni Mommy na nakahawak sa kanya...

"I will, mom." Remo

I'm so proud of Kuya. I wish that good things will come for him...

I really love my Kuya as in...

*****VENICE POV*****

I was in my room all along. Gustuhin ko mang kumain ngayon dahil obviously ay nagutom ako sa lakad namin ay hindi ko magawa. I knew that everyone is so disappointed of me today, kaya ayoko na makarinig pa ako ng mga sumbat ngayon. Lalo na at pagod na pagod ako ngayon...

Until someone knocked on my bedroom door. I prepared myself. Baka kasi si Daddy yung kumakatok eh...

But fortunately...

"Mom?"

"Hey, bae." Mommy Camila

Wah Thank God it was my mom! I thought it was him already...

"I brought you some dinner. I thought na hindi ka pa kumakain." Mommy Camila

"Yes, mom. I'm really hungry right now."

I was so blessed with Mom. She never fails to understand me and give me what I want the most...

I ate all the dinner that Mom brought just for me. Wala eh. Gutom yung lola nyo eh...

But after I eat...

"Mind you if I ask some questions, anak?" Mommy Camila

This is it. I gulped so hard. My whole body is on cold sweat. I'm terrified right now...

"Don't be on cold sweat, anak. I will not scold or interrogate you. I'm just curious about this." Mommy Camila

Well, you better not be, Mom. Kasi kung gayun ay I will be so down this whole night...

"What is it, Mom?" I asked.

"Who are those people kanian na kasama mo? And what have you done to yourself? Hindi naman ito ang mga tipo mo dati ah." Mommy Camila

"Just some sort of people, ma."

"Some sort of people? What do you mean?" Mommy Camila

"Well, they accompany me these past few dats, but actually ma, they're not my friends. I don't trust them as my friends, ma."

"I know. I know, my little sweetheart. Life is full of fake people, and that's normal at your age. Nagdadalaga ka na so you really need to know about it. But all I can say is, never lose yourself when you love those people. Katulad nang ginawa nila sa'yo ngayon. They made you...this. You need to prepare yourself, because in someday's time, you are the next successor of your dad in our company." Mommy Camila

"What?!"

All of a sudden? Me? A new heiress of our company? Against my will?!

WTH?!

PS: The story is fictional and nothing of this happened in real life. If any of this happened in real life, this is unintentional and it was just a coincidence.