Broken Trust

-Chapter 15-

Fifteen

"Attractive"

"Meet Samantha Daniels," Mr. Perez ushered me to introduce myself to the script writer of our very own movie. "I'm guessing you haven't met her yet so It's a really good so thing you dropped by my office."

Yeah, whatever.

I looked at her closely. I'm not sure but she's quite familiar, have we met before?

Seriously: long black hair, pale white skin, piercing black eyes and a long hideous white dress, she seriously must've popped out from the movie 'The Grudge'. And I'm not kidding.

I shrugged at the idea and offered my hand.

"Hello, I'm-"

"Fierce Hastings, I know. You're quite famous yourself," she scoffed.

Hello? I'm trying to be polite here, why can't people just shut that hole on the their face and let me introduce myself? I really don't like the tone of her voice when she said 'I'm quite famous'. Jealous much? I mentally rolled my eyes.

Ash's manager cleared his throat and said, "we'll start the taping soon, Fierce. It will be three months tops so clear your schedule, please." I nodded. "So, what can you say about the story plot? If you can portray it well, it'll be such a hit!" He said excitedly.

I stopped picking at my fingers and looked at him incredulously. "Hindi ko pa nga nababasa ang script," sabi ko at nakita ko kung paano nalaglag ang kanilang panga.

"You signed the contract without reading the script? Oh Jesus, who sacrificed himself for the sake of many..." Akala ko mahihimatay na si Mr. Perez sa sinabi ko.

Wait, why am I calling him Mr. Perez, anyway? Sa itsura niya he could still be in his late twenties, that means he must be five to six years elder than me. I should drop the formalities. Then again, I don't know his name. I mentally kicked myself for not knowing.

They gave me knowing looks and I suddenly remembered their question.

"What should I do? Alam mo naman kung paano mag-isip si Dad. He would literally kick my sorry-ass if I wouldn't comply. Dude, I may be a bitch but the idea of being thrown to pluto gives shiver down to my toes."

"Atleast she knows she's a bitch," Mr. Perez said to Samantha.

I glared at him, "ha-ha, funny."

Tumawa siya at binuksan ang kanyang drawer at kinuha sa loob ang isang pamilyar na libro.

"Here, read it this time, please. Alam kong wala ka pang experience sa mga ganitong bagay so if you want pwede kong papuntahin si Ash sa unit mo so you two can work it out."

You must be kidding me.

"No. No thanks," I quickly declined his offer. There's no way na papapuntahin ko si Ash sa unit ko. He nearly killed me earlier this day dahil sa mga videos na ipinakalat ko and isa pa, masyadong mainit ang mga mata ng mga tao samin ngayon. I know for a fact na may nagmamasid sakin nowadays. For example, etong si Sadako na nasa harapan ko ngayon. She really is familiar e'. Hindi ko lang alam kung saan ko siya nakita pero alam kong nameet ko na siya dati.

Tinignan ko siya mula ulo hanggang paa. "Galing ka ba sa horror movie?" Hindi ko napigilan ang sarili kong itanong sakanya.

Tumawa ng malakas si Mr. Perez at nakita ko kung paano namula si Samantha. "Bitch," she muttered to herself before storming out of the room.

"What's so funny, Mr. Perez? She must be born in the wrong century. I mean, who wears that hideous thing?" Nangingilabot ako kapag nakikita ko ang soot niya. Sa mundo ng Cyrea, importante ang pananamit mo, kaya hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi pa kinukuyog ng mga tao si Samantha. It's either sikat siya or takot lang talaga yung mga tao sakanya.