Forgotten Child

Sixteenth Chapter

"A-Ang ganda niya.."

Tumango si Doctora Niets bago nagsalita. "True. She even looked like an angel."

Tumaas ang ulo ko para tignan siya. "But what?"

She smiled sadly. "But that innocent, kind looking girl had a devil smile behind that angelic face."

Tinignan ko ulit 'yung litrato bago ko siya tignan ulit. "Ano po ang ibig niyong sabihin Doctora?"

Sumandal siya sa upuan at naghawak-kamay, 'yung parang bridge ang style. "Do you know her name?"

"Opo," tugon ko agad.

She tilted her head. "What's her name then?"

Is this a test?

"V-Violet Kizon."

She nodded. "Besides her name, what more do you know about her?"

"Um, 'yung sinabi ko lang po sa inyo kanina ang alam ko sa kanya. Na ano po, na siya po 'yung babaeng nanganak malapit sa VioZon club at tinapon ang anak niya sa basurahan. At dahil po dun ako napulot ng yumao kong Nanay Yasmine — iyong kumupkop po sa'kin — ibig pong sabihin nun ay ako po 'yung sanggol na 'yun."

Napataas ang kilay niya before licking her upper lip. "At sino ulit ang nagsabi sa'yo niyan?"

"Si ano po, 'yung isa po sa mga bouncer dun sa club. Nakausap ko po siya nun dahil nung hinanap ko po 'yung may-ari, sabi niya po eh wala daw po siya kaya kung may tanong daw ako ay pwede ko tanungin sa kanya. Sakto na on-duty siya noon ng mangyari 'yung kay Mam — Miss Violet Kizon."

"Right," she clicked her tongue bago maglean in sa table. "At nandito ka para malaman mo ang buhay niya noon." Tumango ako kahit hindi naman patanong 'yung sinabi niya. "Okay, so I'll be blunt to you. Is that okay?"

"Basta po makuha ko —"

"Yes or no? Those are just the choices, little girl. I don't need any other words from the dictionary."

I bit my lower lip. "Yes."

"Sure?"

"Ye —"

"She murdered her own parents when she was 17. Ginawa niya ito para makuha agad niya ang kanyang mana at kahit pati ang mana nang kapatid niya. Also to become an instant famous and rich. How did she kill them? Nilagyan niya lang naman ng lason ng daga ang kanilang pagkain and she made it look like the maids were to blame for the 'mistake' of the foods. After that —"

"Teka lang po —" 

Ang bilis niyang magkwento!

"Don't interrupt my monologue. Questions will be answered after I finish telling the story. Comprendez?" She cut me off back, and so I held my tongue back then nodded. "Good. Now, where was I? Oh, after successfully taking the lives of her own parents, Violet Kizon forged her parents' Last Will of Testament to make it look like that she inherited every single cent of the Kizon family. Obviously, dahil doon naging instant milyonarya na talaga siya. Her name became famous and because she was gifted with 3 B's — body, boobies and booty — she also became a famous sexy model. Can you guess why she did that?"

Sasagot ba ako?

Pinili kong umiling dahil hindi ko naman talaga alam kung ano ang dahilan bakit ginawa 'yun ni Mama.

Tumawa si Doctora bago nagsalitang muli. "She did it because of the A-ya-la. Oh and her sister, but mostly because of the Ayala. May naging crush-crush kasi ang iyong mama," she rolled her eyes.