Vanilla's Poser Girl

Chapter 17

Leigh

"What's wrong with you, Leigh?"

Mabilis akong umiling kay Grant. Saka pinahid yung luha ko.

We're in a coffee shop. Habang pinag-uusapan namin lahat ng mga pinapagawa ko sa kanya.

Inabot ko dito yung blank cheque na pinirmahan ko.

"Just get rid of all the evidences. Yung video ipam-blackmail mo kay Carmilla. Just let her go too."

"She's not well, Leigh. Maybe it will be better kung ipapa-counselling natin sya. The drugs are making her crazy. Plus the countless times she had been used."

"That just serves her right, Grant. Mas bagay na sa mental sya dumiretso kesa sa kulungan."

Umiling lang si Grant na para bang hindi natuwa sa sagot ko pero mas pinili na lang din nitong manahimik.

"Si Jacob nasa hospital na din. Nakipag areglo na yung pinadala kong abogado sa family lawyer nila. We just had to pay the damages."

"Pay them, Grant." Sabi ko na itinuro yung inabot ko.

I don't care kung magkano man yung magastos ko. I'm tired doing things for money. I'll let those money to do things for me this time.

Tutal siguradong pag nalaman ni Vanilla yung ginawa ko, tiyak na kamumuhian nya din naman ako.

"I've also checked the quality of the tapes. Pati lahat ng devices na pinagkuhaan niyon. There's only one copy made which is the one you had on hand."

Tumango ako bago ko ulit pinunasan yung luha ko.

That's the reason why I'm becoming emotional. Vanilla has been into deep torture. Sex and drugs are not an easy thing. It's too much.

Her capacity to analyze things after being abused is affected too. Why hadn't I thought of it? What Van is having is not just simple ghosts in her mind. She became delusional too.

"About your ex-boyfriend, Alex, committed suicide the next day after you've left him. It's not true that they've migrated in the U.S." Panimula ni Grant na marahil ay tinatantya din yung mararamdaman ko.

"Why hadn't we've heard of it?"

"Your father made an arrangement with theirs. Para hindi kumalat yung balita, natapalan na ng pera ng parents mo. Enough for them to migrate abroad. You're too young that time, Leigh. Your parents know it. Hindi ka dapat masangkot sa bagay na hindi mo naman kontrol."

Is that the reason why my parents are just saying me to live and enjoy life? That I am not just a Royal Blood. I'm also Kayleigh Montello, a person who I want to be.

"What about Carmilla's parents na nakilala ni Van?"

"They weren't Carmilla's parents. They were just being paid by Carmilla to penetrate Carriedo's Group of Companies. They are infiltrator from the competitor. Yung pamilya ni Alex had been living in peace. Your father made sure na hindi ka nila magagalaw. He offered them a good deal."

Napatingin ako sa hawak kong check book. Pumilas pa ulit ako ng isang blank cheque matapos pirmahan iyon.

"Get them to testify against Carmilla. I might need to use them against that wacko. Lalo na pag nagkagipitan."

"Leigh.."

"I've watched the tape, Grant." Sunod-sunod na tumulo yung luha ko. "She's no human, Grant. She's a personification of a devil. What she did to Van is making me sick."

Naramdaman ko yung pagtapik ni Grant sa kamay ko. Halatang ito man ay nahihirapan na din.

"I know she's not human, Leigh. But don't forget that you are. Let's not get too caught up. Natorture na natin sya. I think it will be a bit inhumane kung pababayaan na lang natin sya sa kalye na magpagala gala. She's losing her sanity, Leigh."