Chapter 4

"I'm sorry," I whispered. Pagkatapos naming kumain ay agad niya 'kong inuwi. I think I really pissed him off, I don't want that.

"Go, I'm busy," the seriousness on his voice was evident. I don't really like it when someone is mad at me. I son't know, I doesn't feel right.

"Can I have your number instead? For research purposes," I said. Napangiwi ako ng makita ang seryosong tingin niya sa 'kin. "Maybe I'll need it someday so I'll just ask it now."

"Hmm." He took out his phone and said his number as I typed it down. Napabuntong hininga ako ng matapos na ang paglalagay ng number niya. "Now get out. I need to finish something."

"Uhm, okay." I fastly moved out of his car and looked at him who's only looking straight. Nabigla ako ng pagkalipas ng ilang segundo ay pinaharurot niya ang sasakyan niya. "What's wrong with that guy?"

I sighed and walked towards the main door of our house. When I heard unknown voices, I got confused so I followed it and it led me to the old man's office. I was shocked when I heard a girl's voice and so I peeked and saw a girl who's looking like a slut.

"Alie you're not supposed to be here. Baka makita ka ni Adeline, alam mo naman ang batang 'yon." The old man slowly walked towards the Alie and held her waist.

"You know I don't care, right?" Dahan-dahan namang hinahaplos ng babae ang braso ng daddy ko habang nagsisimula siyang halikan. I think that was the cue for me to loudly open the door making them both almost jumping from their place.

"Hi! Mukhang nakaistorbo ako, but you know I don't care, right?" Ginaya ko ang maarteng boses ng babae. They both looked shocked as they stared at me. "Oh, bakit parang mas shocked pa kayo sa 'kin? Aren't you the ones making stupid things at my house?"

"Adeline, hija. Uhm.. She's the new secretary that I hired," dad's voice sounded shaky. I raised my eyebrow and looked at the girl. 

"Yes, Adeline anak." I walked into the room and looked at the woman who's still holding my dad's arm.

"Excuse me?. What did you just called me?" I laughed sarcastically. Kita ko ang kabadong mata ng dalawa habang ako'y tinitignan lang sila. "Ang kapal din naman ng mukha mo to show up here and call me anak."

"I'm sorry. It's my mannerism to the people who's the same age as you," she nervously spoke. I walked nearer while giving them a death glare.

"I don't care about your mannerisms. Ikaw naman," I looked at my father, "hindi mo na talaga ako nirespeto. This is not your house anymore. Mom named it to me so I own this. If you're going to do dirty things, don't come here."

"Adeline anak, I know that you're mad and everything but hindi ba pwedeng maging masaya ka na lang para sa daddy mo?" Is he serious? Or maybe he's making me laugh? Be happy for him?

"I don't know where you get the guts to say that in front of my face but it's funny for me. Tell me that next time if you've done something to make me happy," I angrily said. I walked out of that room and walked directly to my bedroom. 

I sat in front of my vanity mirror and looked at myself. The light of the mirror illuminated my confused and enraged face. I sighed when I saw my eyes watered, one thing that I really hate when I'm mad. I closed my eyes tightly when I heard my bedroom door opened.

"Adeline, anak. Will you talk to your dad, please?" God I really hate it when he pulls that father card. It's like I don't have the rights to say no because he's my father.

"What do you need?!" I expressed. I felt his hand on my shoulder making me stand up roughly. "What?! You'll lie again about not having the mistress? You always lie!"

"I'm sorry for lying, I know you'll get angry so I tried my best on hiding it." Lumayo ako sa kaniya at galit na tinignan siya. I pointed my fingers at him but he looked worried.

"Dang it. How I wish si mom ang kasama ko ngayon. You know that? I don't like being with a liar," I said. He walked near me making me raise my hand.

"Don't. Please get out, I don't want to see you right now or even hear your voice." He looked at me worriedly but he did what I said. He slowly walked out of my room, still looking at me until he was gone of my sight. 

It was the first time that I saw his mistress, that made me go insane. I wanted to shout, go crazy and cry all night but I decided that I should just have fun. I called some of my best mates, still the plastic ones but better, and decided to enjoy the night with them.

"What happened? You look stress na girl, as in." I got the shot glass and drank it directly, not knowing what it is, not minding how strong it is. I'm with like, five girls and some guys and we're sitting on the same table on a circular sofa.

"I don't know, I'll just get some spa tomorrow. By the way, I just got the latest designer bag that I wanted. I bought it earlier!" I exclaimed. They looked at me with a smirk on their faces. 

"Of course, ikaw pa ba?" I don't really know their names, I just know that they wanted to be my friends. So I just call them to hang out and stuffs. 

"Yeah, I enjoyed buying stuffs. I went shopping earlier, funny that I did it for my first this week." I got another shot and drank it straight again. They don't care if I get drunk or what, they just like being with a socialite.

"Girl, you're so lucky talaga with life 'no? I mean, kilala ka and very gorgeous pa and rich," another girl talked. I chuckled because of what she said. 

"Really? You think that I'm actually lucky?" They all nodded in unison. Yeah, that's really funny. They don't know what they're talking about.