Vanilla's Poser Girl

Chapter 9

Leigh

"Any progress?" I'm busy sipping my strawberry yogurt smoothie habang kausap sina Aria, Grant, Jen, at Sam.

We're all having an internal discussion about Van's case.

Luckily, busy maglaro ng poker yung isa kasama si Railey at Hariette. They were truly the Trio of the Century. Ang lakas talaga mang-uto ng mga ito kay Vanilla.

"Nakuha ko na lahat ng listahan ng properties na binili ni Van. She bought a condo unit but it's under her name. Si Carmi yung nakatira."

"Live-in sila?"

Wait, did my voice sounds edgy?

Ngumisi si Grant. "Jealous?"

"Of course not." I hastily denied. "It's Van no. Syempre I care about her welfare."

Tumawa lang ang mga ito na halatang hindi naniniwala.

This is what I hate. Once I showed them my vulnerability, they'll do everything to give it to me. Baka pati si Van mapilitan pag pinush ng mga ito. Goodness! I won't settle for pity ones.

"To answer your question, No. They weren't. Van is just visiting Carmi doon pag alam mo na."

Okay. So whenever they were having sex. Fine.

"Okay. Any other properties? What about cars? Rest house or anything?"

"Yung property nya sa batangas, ongoing yung transfer sa pangalan ni Carmi. I had it put on hold for the meantime." Sagot pa nito. "Van has to sign the papers to stop it."

"I'll take a look on that."

"Saka tatlong sasakyan. All Mercedes Benz. Isang coupe, isang sedan, at isang SUV."

"Bakit tatlo?"

"Ginagamit ng pamilya ni Carmi."

I'm trying to calm myself down.

Goodness ka talagang Vanilla ka. Napakatanga mo talagang babae ka. Sarap mong halikan. Lech!

"Kanino nakapangalan?"

"All under Van's name."

Nakahinga naman ako ng maluwag. Atleast mabilis bawiin.

"Get all of it, yung condo pati yung mga sasakyan. I'll send my lawyers. I want that as liquid asset."

Tumango naman si Grant. Nagsalin pa ito ng alak at uminom doon.

"How much Van's current net worth?" Tanong ko naman na si Aria yung pinagbalingan.

Corinne and Terry is both playing chess beside us. Tapos madaya si Aria kasi tinuturuan nito si Corinne. Pag si Sammie talaga nagturo kay Terry, talo tong mga ito for sure.

"She just have Three-hundred fifty eight million in her account. Yung joint account nyo lang yung nacheck ko. I don't think she'll use her other account to support Carmi kasi mabilis na iyong matatrack ng Dad nya."

"Does it includes bank notes, cash equivalents, security notes, res—"

"All of it. That's all she have right now, Leigh."

"How much is her current liabilities?"

"More than one-fourth of her remains."

"What!? Ang laki naman yata ng liabilities nya? Have you checked it? I'm expecting atleast a tenth of her net worth."

"She has so many bad debts and undeclared purchases, Leigh. There's eight credit cards na nakapangalan kay Van. She's paying almost seven million monthly on those credits. She's also transferring a million every month on Carmi's account. Plus, She had recently withdrawn ten million and another 5 million two months ago. If this pattern continues, she'll be broke in less than three years."