Terrified Woman

"KIM, the one we've been waiting for is here," Donna whispered to me.

I caught a glimpse of what it was referring to, Alisha. The most social girl at that party.

She looks beautiful in her red dress. The shape of his body is very tight, because it is fitted to her. Her diamond earrings also stood out, and so did the necklace she was wearing, which made her cleavage even more prominent with it's deep and white core. I smiled before approaching Alisha, carrying a glass of wine.

"Oh hi, Alisha! How are you? Long time no see," I greeted her as the person in front of me frowned. She seems to be wondering if she knows me.

"Oh my God! Don't tell me that you have forgotten me, we were in the same batch in college. Remember?" I promised her but she just smiled and nodded.

"I'm sorry, I kind of forgot your name. What's your name again?" it asked me.

"I'm Jane, you've already forgotten me. But it's okay, I still remember you. So how are you? Where are you working now?"

"I'm working in Paris right now, actually I just came home for vacation. How about you?"

"Here, busy with business. Do you remember Kevin? He is my fiancee now and he has his own company here in Manila. How about you? You look great, you look even better now." Her face turned red because of what I said, so I felt that he had already taken a liking to me.

"Actually, I'm about to get married. But my boyfriend is very busy. That's why we can't take care of the wedding yet. So Cally is your friend?" it said that it was referring to the celebrant of that night.

"Yes. Cally and I are super close! By the way, I have a surprise for her, but I don't know if she will like my gift. Can you help me? Can I show you my gift, then tell me if it's good or not? Because I'm ashamed to give it to her and I'm nervous that she won't like it. You know Cally is very classy, ​​don't you? So I'll make sure it's expensive that I bought from her."

"Of course, let me see!" it promises.

"Can we go to the rest room? Maybe someone will see it here. I still want to surprise her," I begged her, which she immediately understood.

"Of course, let's go to the rest room." This is why I smiled and followed Alisha. We went to the rest room, it was true that there was no one there so I could freely do what I planned.

From my handbag I took out the necklace that was still in the box, it also came with earrings.

"Wow, that's beautiful! I'm sure Cally will like that," Alisha promised me.

"Really? can you try Let me see if she looks good wearing it," I suggested to her.

"Why should I try? Shame on you!" said hesitating to wear it.

"Why not? I'm just going to check if she's really pretty, you seem like a good carry so I want to see if it really suits her." She smiled at me because of my praise, which is why she was forced to take off his earrings and necklace to measure my gift to Cally.

"Okay, I will try." It took the necklace and earrings. "Hold it to me," she said, referring to her earrings and necklace.

"Of course..." I took it, I even smiled at her as she put on the necklace that was my gift. "Oh wait, I'm just cr!" I said goodbye to her. She nodded while staring at the mirror and trying to put on the earring. I entered the cubicle, and when I locked the door I was completely smiling. "Success!" I said to myself as I looked out the CR window.

I know that the CR window is big, because I tried to go through it when I first moved to this area. I already know what I'm going through because I've memorized the place, so I was able to go out freely without anyone see me.

Outside the parking lot, Donna was watching over me. She greeted me with a smile because she knew that I had succeeded in deceiving Alisha whom Donna only met on the internet.

"You're really good, Kim! That's why I'm so impressed with you, you're a great strategist!" it speaks to me.

"Of course I am!" I was bragging about it while taking out the necklace and earrings that I had stolen.

Yes, the one I measured Alisha was fake. He didn't realize that because at first glance it was obvious that the jewelry would be loved even though it was really fake. Just put in a nice box that's why it looks loved.

"Come on and I have a lot more to go and pay for." I walked away from the place and Donna immediately followed. We boarded immediately because someone might see us as other guests.

The truth is that we were just in that place and we just pretended to be invited to the birthday party. But I don't really know Cally personally because Donna only found out it was her birthday because of her post on her social media account. It was also there that Donna met Alisha who was the most social of their friends so this was my chosen target.

When we got to the squatter we were staying in, I handed Donna the jewelry I had left.

"You'll take care of that," I promised.

It nodded before we parted ways.

I was still far away when I could hear Mom making noise. Maybe my brothers are being scolded again. I sighed before entering the door, Mom looked at me with a frown.

"My god, Kimberly! What time is it? Have you really thought about going home yet? You're just hanging out with friends, then I'll know you're in jail again and sleeping there! Are you really going to kill me with consumption?!" she exclaimed furiously at me.

I sit on the wooden chair and take off my sandals.

"Mom, I'm not from anywhere. I worked, and you said that it was late at night. Aren't you ashamed of your neighbors? It's late at night and you're still making noise..."

Mom didn't like my answer so she got even more angry with me.

"Why are you turning the situation around! Worked? Has anyone worked with your dress like that? Are you hostess? Aren't you terrified of what you're wearing so that your chest almost pops out and you can see your groin? Hey, Kimberly! I didn't raise you to be a dirty girl like our neighbors! My work is noble, so you should follow it!"

"Mom, it's not porky sexy to be a hostess. With my beauty, will I be mistaken for a hostess? Your co-workers say I look like the daughter of a beauty queen! Are you a beauty queen?" Mom was speechless so I tried to say what I was going to say. "Or not? It's also not true because you're not beautiful, so mom, don't believe what you see..." I stood up and entered the room, while Mom got even more angry at what I said.

"You're really so rude, you're really young! Inherit your father Balasubas! You're really going to kill me with consumption!" it continued that I didn't pay attention. I went to sleep because tomorrow we have another racket.

At the Birthday Party, friends Cally and Alisha get into trouble. Alisha is crying because she was deceived by a woman who introduced herself as Jane.

Her boyfriend, Joshua, immediately went to her.

"What happened?" Joshua asked him.

"A girl stolen my necklace and earrings, babe. I thought she was also Cally's friend, she took the necklace you gave me..." she reported to Joshua crying.

"Shhhss... let it go, it's okay. The important thing is that you are not hurt."

"But babe, that necklace is from you. Then I just stole-"

"It's okay. I'll just buy you a new one. Don't think about it anymore, okay?" Joshua kissed Alisha on the cheek to make her stop crying.

He actually saved that necklace because he wanted to gift Alisha with expensive jewelry. It's just that he stole it so he can't do anything. The important thing is that Alisha was not hurt, because he might have done something to the thief who did that to his girlfriend.

THE NEXT DAY Donna and I met again at the exit to find out if the jewelry we had stolen last night had been sold. But she came to our meeting with a frown.

"I'm having a really bad day today. The necklace was not taken because it was said to be too expensive. I was being bullied that's why I didn't just give it," said Donna, the annoyance she felt was still evident on her face.

I was sitting on a long chair and drinking soft drinks. This is my breakfast in the morning because I'm used to being cold as soon as I wake up.

I took the necklace and stared at the pendant.

"Hell, this necklace is really beautiful. Alright, let's not sell this one first so I can use it on our next targets. It's like I look classy." Because I don't have any ornaments on my body, because of clothes and thin make-up I just recover.

"You look like class even if you don't wear that!" Donna added to me.

I just smiled at what she said. Caloy, Tupe, and Wilbert arrived later. People who live there too but the work is honorable.

"Boss Kim, good morning!" Caloy greeted me enthusiastically.

Tupe smiled, while Wilbert sit next to me.

Wilbert is the leader of their troop because he is smart and handsome. That's why many women pursue him strategically. But when it came to me, he couldn't make me say yes. Because this arrogant ex is not my type, he is obviously a womanizer.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have work?" I asked the three of them. Because they only work for one thing. Car agents that's why they make a lot of money every time a car is sold out.

"Well, Wilbert is going to tell you something..." Tupe said to me so I turned to Wilbert.

"Oh, Wilbert! I'm telling you that you're already basted with Kim!" Donna replied so Tupe and Caloy laughed. While I was shaken by Donna's foolishness.

"And you, Donna. You are ahead of me right away, just in the morning you hit me right away. But that's not really what I mean to you, Kim. We are looking for a model, and I think of you because you are the only beautiful girl I know in our area. You will earn a lot here, as long as you are mine." Wilbert promised me directly.

I was a little deaf by the last thing he said. "What?" I will ask.

"Just accept the job, that's what I mean." It's a funny correction of what I was going to say.

"You bastards, bro! You're just offering a job, as well as your killer strategy you're still using on Boss Kim. It's like your appeal will work for him, and you know you're in a pocket!" said Caloy to Wilbert.

"That's their strategy, bro! Since you know you have no hope, you'll just be the boss!" Wilbert replied.

There was even more motivation between the five of us so the salesperson Nenita spoke at the store we were hanging out at.

"Hey Caloy, Wilbert! You two will stop because you both have no hope. What Kimberly needs is rich. It's not like you who haven't built your own house yet." The two men scratched their heads and reached into their pockets and pulled out a hundred pesos.

"It's Aunt Nenita! Added to the people who are basting. Just buy us cigarettes and big soft drinks," said Wilbert here.

"Oh gosh! You really young people, don't prioritize building a house before you fall in love. What will you do with girls, will you still live in your parents' house and will you increase the responsibilities of your fathers? Why! In today's difficult times, I can't do things like that. So you Kimberly, don't answer one of those and my God Rudy! It's like you took a stone and deliberately hit your head."

They just laughed at the sermon that Aling Nenita said. So I added more to hurt them even more.

"Those can't pass me. Because the man I'm looking for is..." I turned to the three men and saw that they were staring at me. They were really interested in me so I smiled and spoke. "The one who said in life, he's handsome, has a good job, has a car and has wealth."

Caloy and Tupe's shoulders dropped because they knew they didn't have the things I was looking for, but when it came to Wilbert, he shrugged and smiled.

"It looks like I have a chance, because I said something in life. My parents didn't like me because I was the breadwinner in the family. I'm handsome, aren't I, Aling Nenita?" The lady winced and Tupe and Caloy laughed. "My job is good, that's why I'm so handsome! And I will soon have a car because I am in the market for a car. I can take you anywhere you want. I can also be your ride..." He even winked at me, which is why I raised my eyebrows.

"And how about your ending, Wilbert? That treasure? You didn't exist before so you don't have any hope either!" replied Donna who obviously didn't really vote for Wilbert.

"You know Donna, that's included in what I said. Even if I was just Kim's boyfriend, she achieved more than wealth."

That's when I suddenly burst into laughter, which is why everyone laughed even more at what Wilbert said. His self-confidence is really strong and he is very impressed with his beauty.

"So what, Kim? Have you accepted it yet?" it asked me.

I drank the soft drinks first, stood up and answered him.

"Okay, I'm willing." Wilbert's eyes widened at my response, and even Donna was stunned by what I said.

"You mean you're willing to be my boyfriend?" Wilbert's explanation made me laugh suddenly before turning away.

"No. I am ready for the job you offer!" I promised Tupe and Caloy laughed. They thought that Wilbert had succeeded in wooing me.

I left the place while Donna followed me. Laugh it out while shaking your head.

"I thought you were going to answer Wilbert. That's a womanizer and an obvious liar."

"I don't have that thing in my mind yet, I still have a lot to do so I don't want any obstacles in my life. Then I won't get rich from Wilbert, my target is rich men so that I can get out of the poverty of life. If only I had been born rich, I wouldn't have been looking for money but only a man to love."

Donna nodded at what I said. Because I have the same dream.

That night Donna and I went to the bar where we always hang out. That bar is nice and rich people often drink.

As soon as we entered, we grabbed the attention of the men there because who wouldn't be fascinated by my graceful beauty. My chest is about to blow something!

"You are getting more beautiful now, Miss Kim," greeted a businessman, Mr. Theodore. It is also there often and one of the reasons why it always goes to the bar is because I am also there often.

I smiled at her but didn't speak. I seat down in the chair directly in front of the bartender and ordered a glass of tequila.

"I answered Miss Kim's drink," said Mr. Teodor at the bartender. He also seat in another chair while Donna sit on the other side.

"Thank you, Mr. Theodore. Maybe I won't be able to pay you back if you always answer what I'm drinking."

"Don't think about that, because I'm ready to spend for you..." he said, making me wince. The age of Mr. Teodor to me, and by the looks of it I don't bet his thick mustache. He's rich and has his own business, but I can't bear to have a bastard kiss my smooth and red cut. I dedicate this to the person who I know will give me everything. Not the person who just tastes me before leaving.

"You know Mr. Teodor, I know you are a nice person. That's why I hope you grant me my request..." I gently approached him and held him thigh. It almost shivered because of what I did, especially when I brought my chest closer so that he could see my cleavage more. It's like a drooling dog looking at my chest.

"W-what is that? I will do everything for you..." he whispered, almost too tired to speak.

"Stay away from me, because you might forget your wife if you come close to me..." I whispered here while hitting his bulging forehead. It almost screamed because of what I was doing. So I smiled and got up and went to CR. Donna followed me, because it was like my shadow that always followed me.

When we were in Cr, I just took out the wallet. Wallet of Mr. Teodor that I got from his pocket without difficult. Donna smiled, because she knew that when I acted like that, I was planning to do something. And that is to trick the people I talk to to rob them of a wallet. I took the meat that was around eight thousand. I didn't even bother to get its ATMs because I might get caught again. I was already late when I tried to withdraw the ATM of another one I grabbed. Fortunately, I got through my charm so I wasn't charged.

"That's why I love your whispers!" Donna said to me.

After getting the contents of the wallet, I went out and returned to my seat earlier. Mr. is still there. Teodor waiting for my return. I seat down and smiled at him, even though he hadn't noticed that his wallet was missing. At that time Mr. Teodor approached me, and spoke in a whisper.

"I have long forgotten my wife, Miss Kim. So it's fine for me to be close to you..." he promised me.

I laughed and hit his thigh again. It turned around again, so Donna followed by throwing the wallet behind. I noticed that right away.

"Your wallet fell, Mr. Theodore. You're so mean!" I whispered here so he picked up the wallet with a smirk and put it in his pocket again. While I stood up and said goodbye. "I'll go first, Mr. Theodore."

He would have kept quiet but I left for good. We left the bar and Donna to eat. I also bought food for my siblings so after we eat we went home. Mom saw me wearing the core of sexy again.

"Where are you going and every night you come home at midnight?" it started but when it saw that I was carrying food, it became quiet and closed it's mouth.

"I just took my salary so I was left at night. Here is the money, to pay for our light. We're going to be cut off again, so pay for it."

"Where did this money come from, Kimberly?"

"Where I'm staying, Mom." My quick response made Mom's eyes widen. I suddenly laughed so suddenly I took back what I said.

"Just kidding, you can't joke anymore. Of course I worked extra so that's my salary. You don't trust me as much as I do!" I went inside but Mom continued to shoot.

"You're a liar, Kimberly! Where did the money come from? Fix it, you're going to turn your back on me! Hey, you're an inheritance from your father, you're passing on the money so I can't cheat on you. You think what you do has an effect!" Shaking my head, I put on my pajamas and lay on the bed. No matter what to do in this house, Mom is always high-blooded. There's money and no anger, so I'd rather be outside.

I took out my keypad cell phone and checked to see if anyone had texted me. I didn't make a mistake because Wilbert texted me and informed me that tomorrow he is sending me to the beginning of my contract as a model of a newly released car.

The next day I went to their office early to start 'the honorable job'. But they send me back in the evening because in the evening when my work starts, the rich buyers are supposed to come to look at the latest car that their company will release. I was also given clothes to wear with the navel exposed and shorts that were too short. He also said that I had to put on make-up, that's why I did make-up on Donna.

At eight o'clock in the evening when the event started, all the guests were looking at me instead of the car. I'm used to being looked at, that's why I'm not ashamed to flaunt my smooth body.

I was standing on the side of the car, with Wilbert explaining what the car could do. While Wilbert was busy explaining, an obviously rich businessman approached. I see that his name is often on the billboard that's why I know him. It was accompanied by a handsome man. But the face is very serious. I don't know why I was attracted to the man just now. But I didn't show it because I'm used to being approached by men. It was only two distances away from me so I could hear what they were talking about.

"She's beautiful isn't she!" said the owner of a huge company here in Manila. Mr. Leo Shepherd.

"Yes, Ninong. That's fit with you," replied the man who was with him, staring at the car that had just left. If that's how his Ninong is Mr. Shepherd

The old man laughed at the young man's response.

"Not a car, Joshua. I mean a model. Is she pretty right?" it turns out that he is referring to me.

I pretended that I didn't hear anything but I smiled especially when I saw the man Joshua looking at me.

He shrugged and turned back to his Ninong.

"She's like a paid woman," he said.

Suddenly my ears rang so I stared at him.

The thickness of this man! Prostitutes? Why am I wearing this, poor woman?!" suddenly my head got hot because of that man. I can't miss what he said. I was about to approach it but suddenly Wilbert called me.

"Kim!" I turned to Wilbert, he was calling me that's why I turned to that Joshua again for the last time. It also looked at me so I was able to hug it. It still happened to me because of what I did. "Tsk! That's what you thought!" I whispered to myself before I walked over to Wilbert.

Antipathetic man, handsome and rich looking. But it's arrogant! Judging, you thought he knew me!

I will never forget what that man said to me. Because until I got home, my face was still irritated.

"What happened where you went, and your face is frowning?" Donna asked me. With it is Alice, Donna's friend.

I seat down on the wooden chair in front of the two of them. It was eleven o'clock at night, so there was almost no one around.

"I am disgusted with the antipathetic boy who is the nephew of Mr. Shepherd Tell me you're a bad girl, if you can't catch a cold! Thick face, you're so handsome that anyone can talk!" I was very annoyed that I told Donna.

"Ha-ha-ha. That's why you're acting like that, because the handsome guy didn't pay attention to you. And who is Mr. Shepherd? It's like I heard his name..." He thought about it and tried to search his brain where he heard the name.

"He is the owner of the biggest company here in Manila. Do you remember his big billboard in Makati? I told you that I want to work in their company. But it's impossible because I didn't even finish high school. Then if that guy is the only one to tell me that, he's lucky because he's the only one I've noticed like this! Yes! That man's face is really thick, just don't let our paths cross again because that man will make me taste bad!"

Donna just laughed at what I said. Actually, I just felt like this, because I was told like that just now. My mother's is fine because I'm used to my mother. But it's different when it comes to men. I even stabbed myself in the chest because the pain was piercing.

Because of the annoyance, I just went home and went to sleep. I'm just like that every time I get home, I won't eat because I'm going to sleep right away. My siblings are also used to not letting me have food at night, because they know that I eat out before I come home. The only thing I'm wondering about tonight... Mom seems to have gone to bed early as I always find her cracking up every time I come home at night. I just shrugged my shoulders and went to my bed, not knowing what was going on and that Mom was already asleep.

The next day, I woke up at noon. But I caught up with Mom sitting in front of the table and eating vegetables.

"Oh mother, why are you still here? What time is it?" I asked Mom in surprise. It turned to me so I noticed that it was pale.

"I feel bad. That's why I didn't sell in the market first."

I sit in front of her and watched what she was doing.

"I'll do that, just rest so you can get better quickly." Mom was stunned by what I said, she stared at me while still holding the knife.

"I'll make it my daughter, just in case you cook something and your siblings don't like it," she promised me so I looked at Mom with irritation.

"Come here! You are already helping it, how will you get better from it if you are stubborn? So what do you think of me, I know something about cooking even though I don't cook here! Do you not trust me?"

Mom sighed at what I said, so she gave me her work. But Mom was stubborn, because after giving me the task of cleaning, she stood up and took the pot, which is why I yelled at Mom out of annoyance.

"What the hell! I said I'll do it! How stubborn you are!" I snorted at Mom but suddenly Dad came. My Father is honestly already drunk that's why it's not in the mood. He heard me yelling at Mom so he got angry with me.

"What's going on here? Why are you yelling at your mom, Kim? You have no right to yell at your mother! If anyone should have done it then it was only me, because I was his wife! We only raised you, so don't ever yell at your mother!" this surprised me.

Mom was also surprised by what Dad said, so she suddenly approached her husband and held him by the arm.

"Why are you telling your daughter that? You're drunk again, didn't you think I was feeling bad? Then you go home drunk? Where did you drink again, huh?" Mom ask Dad.

I couldn't move from where I was sitting because of what I heard from Dad. It happened just now that Dad caught up with me at home, accompanied him after he had been drinking, that's why we only talked today. He even confessed to the act of me telling Mom not to do it.

"What did you say, Dad? Just raise me?" I asked Dad. I still can't believe what Dad said. Maybe it was because he was drunk that he said that.

"That's not true, Son. Your father is drunk so don't believe him!" Mom's voice trembled as she explained to me.

"What drunk? I'm not drunk! It's true that we just make it worse, then he'll yell at you? Even defeated your real children! That child has no manners, he is fed and clothed and he is disrespectful! I'm listening to my friends that your son is in trouble, going back and forth to jail for stealing! Alas, I am the one who is ashamed of my peers! Get rid of that so we can lessen the burden in life-" Dad was stunned when Mom slapped him in the face. Mom was already crying because of what she was saying to me.

"I told you, stop! Because if there's a bad guy in this family, it's you, not Kim! You see when I'm sick, but you just drink? I was waiting for you last night but you just came home today? Then you still have the guts to talk like that!" Mom said angrily. I am also in tears because of what I found out. That's why Dad doesn't love me, because he has a secret hatred for me. That's why I feel that they have no support for me, because they are not my real parents.

"In that case, Mom. Just adopt me? That's why I look different than my brothers... that's because I'm just adopted!"

"Son... Kim, listen to me first-" I didn't wait for Mom to say anything because I quickly ran out of the house. I don't want to hear what he has to say because it's clear to me that I'm just adopted. What is not clear to me is who are my parents? Where did I come from and how did I get separated from my real parents?

I went to Donna's house and spent my anger there. I just felt pain in my whole life. Because I thought I was brave because I always overcome the hardships of our life. But now... when I found out that I was just adopted. It was still very painful in Dad's mouth when I was only one year older.

"That's right, Kim. You can overcome all that too! I think you're the bravest girl I've ever met and can overcome all problems." Donna cheers me up, but I still cry.

"I don't have a problem if they insult me ​​and kick me out. I know that it is natural for parents to preach to their children. But... that's when I found out that I'm just an adopted child. It's just so hard to accept that when I'm older I'll only know that I'm adopted."

"Maybe your mother doesn't really tell you because she doesn't want to lose you from them either. If your father wasn't drunk, you wouldn't know everything. I know your mother has a reason why they kept it a secret from you."

No matter what Donna explained to me, I still couldn't accept that I was just adopted. So that day I decided not to come back to us.

"What's your plan?" Donna asked me.

"Not yet, but I'll be here with you first. We will continue what we are doing and we will both be rich. I'll prove to Dad that I'm useful to the family, and that I won't get rich because what I'm doing is bad. I will do everything, as long as I can prove something to them." Donna shook her head at what I said. It didn't seem to like what I was planning. But he can't stop me, now that I know I don't have a real family. I should really just do what I want in life. I'm not afraid of getting hurt, and I'm even less afraid of dying.

That night I went to the bar alone. I drank until I was drunk and passed out. Don't care to dance in the middle of the disco light and keep up with the young men present at that time. I was addicted to alcohol and I didn't think about whether I would ever make it back to Donna's house. All I know is that I will have as much fun as I want...

Several men were dancing happily and surrounding me. There are also some girls who look at me but I don't care if they are insecure about my beauty. All I know is that I dance and don't pay attention to people who dare to touch me. And because of my drunkenness, someone suddenly argued in front of me while I was dancing. The two seemed to be heated because they were fighting over who would hold my hand. Until they got into trouble, and a man suddenly grabbed me and pulled me out of the bar.

I'm like a lunatic who has been followed by a man. I couldn't see his face because his back was turned to me. And when I got outside, it only then confronted me. He was asking me questions but I couldn't understand him, I was trying to reflect the face of the person in front of me but I was really swallowed by sleep.

"Damn it! Is that what an unpaid woman is like? Too self-absorbed?!" said the young man in annoyance when I fell into his chest. He caught me and carried me to his car. That's when I completely lost my spirit.