BELLE
"So you are Love Belle Raeyna Edwards, let's be honest in here Raeyna." Matalim niyang titig sakin habang hawak ang mga papeles na galing sa agency. Shit. Hindi pwede. "How are you related to Mr. Parker Edwards?" Napapikit ako ng mariin, parang tumigil ang mundo ko't halos 'di ako makahinga. Sabi ko na nga ba. Eto na ang kinatatakutan ko.
"Game over." Sagot ako.
"Don't tell me-?" Yes. Damn. Oo ako nga!
"Yes."
"Fuck. Her one and only daughter?"
"I am." Nanginginig kong sagot. Napahawak ako sa ulo ko. Shit. Wrong move. "Ok so let's be honest in here as you said, are you going to help me or not?"
"What do you want me to do?"
"Ok so here's the full story. I was arranged marriage with Brayden, the son of my dad's business partner. Well matagal na silang business partners, bata pa ata ako, so maybe they became good friends because of that. I was only 18 back then, when he was introduced to me. That was last year. But the thing is before that, I already knew him because this guy have attempted to rape me before." Nakita ko ang pagkuyom ng kanyang panga sa sinabi ko.
"He did?!"
"Yup." I heard him cussed. "But no one knows about it, except for you now of course. I did my best to convince them para hindi matuloy ang kasal. But wala they really want it to happen. So eto nga, he was introduced to me. We act like we didn't know each other. After the engagement party, I have no idea that we were booked to fly in Palawan. Syempre ayoko, but then sila pa rin ang nasunod. And for the second time,-"
"He raped you?" Galit niyang tanong.
"No. He didn't, but he forced me to kiss him. Ay mali mali. Just like what you did last night." Natigilan ako, napatakip ng bunganga at napatingin sakanya. Nakatingin din siya sakin habang nakatameme. "So moving on, ayon. Hindi yun natuloy kasi may mga tumulong sakin. And for the second time, hindi yun nalaman ng parents namin. So eto nga, ikakasal na kami. The final dinner between my family and his family before the wedding, that was three weeks ago."
"What happened?"
"I told them, I'm pregnant." Nagulat siya.
"Who's the father?"
"You." Lalo siyang nagulat. Pero agad naman akong humagalpak ng tawa at tumawa din siya. "Then there, hindi na tuloy ang kasal. Sobrang nagalit si daddy, pinalayas ako. Pinatakas ako ni mommy, kaya napagpad ako dito. I met a kimd girl na tawagan ko daw pag may problema ako, lalong-lalo na kung sa pera. Next thing I knew, ubos na ang cash ko and lahat ng cards ko ay deactivated. Sinubukan kong mag-apply sa iba't-ibang kumpanya, but because of my dad's power ni-isa ay walang tumanggap sa akin. No choice, humingi ako ng tulong dun sa babae. He refer me to that agency, I signed the contract. Hinubaran nila ako, their nails were digged
