OF MEN AND BEAUTY DUOLOGY | BOOK 1
Sydney Holly Zamora, 19, has always protected her younger brothers, staying aloof and wary after her parents' tragic deaths. Now, she's trapped by her uncle, who forces her into an unwanted marriage with a politici...
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3 YEARS AGO
SYDNEY HOLLY
Men are monsters.
I learned that in a hard way. It's not exactly a moral, but it's a lesson that is engraved in my mind to make myself safe because unfortunately, life doesn't want to make it easy for me.
The world I live in would never adjust to women like me. We have it unfairly and unjust. We are often labeled as things while men will be men.
Karaniwan ay nakadikit sa mga pangalan nila ay yaman, kapangyarihan at katanyagan. Habang sa babae ay isang instrumento-not like it's important, but I'd like to think we're that important.
"Ate, natatakot ako..." sambit ng nakababata kong kapatid na si Sage.
Tumingin ako sa kapatid ko at sa katabi niya na si Shane, ang kaniyang kakambal. They're inseparable. Like two peas in a pod. Minsan naiinggit ako, buti pa sila ay karamay nila ang isa't isa. I have no one... I have them, but someone who would know me like a twin would have been fun, but regardless, I love my brothers and I would protect them with all my life.
Katulad ngayon... We don't know what we will be expecting. Makalipas ang dalawang taon, isang kamag-anak namin ay nakipag-tulungan sa isang orphanage na kinalalagyan namin pagkatapos mamatay ng magulang namin. This uncle of ours claimed that he was our father's estranged older brother.
Malaking pagtataka ko sa bagay na iyon dahil kahit minsan ay walang nabanggit na kapatid o pamilya ang tatay ko. I always assumed that he was an only child. He did not give us any background of his family, and I did not bother asking. Iba naman ang kaso sa nanay namin. We know her family, they know us but they wish they never knew us. Ang kwento ni mama ay mas pinili niyang makasama ang papa namin kahit na tutol ang pamilya niya kaya nagdulot ng pagtakwil sa kanya bilang kapamilya.
I kneeled down and faced my brothers, I held each side of one of their shoulders and made them look at my face.
"Wala kayong dapat i-katakot hangga't nandito ako, okay? Basta 'wag na 'wag kayong aalis sa tabi ko. Naiintindihan niyo ba?" Mariin na paalala ko sa kanila.
I don't know what to expect but it does not hurt to be wary. We do not know this family. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang motibo nila kung bakit nila kami kinuha. They could mean well, but this is a big leap from the orphanage. Our lives in the orphanage were hell, but when I was told that our uncle and his wife were willing to take us, I immediately said yes after thinking about it for a brief moment.
Kapag mas malala ang magiging kakalagyan namin ay pwede ko namang piliin na bumalik doon, or better, get the hell out of everything, along with my brothers and start a life with just us three. I'm a minor but I can do things, we would just live in the streets for some time, but I know we'll make it out alive.
