LUSCIOUS POISON

Chapter 4

"Really?" Calla smirked with the changes of Llana's expression. She loves it when her cousin got provoked and pushed into their limit and would carelessly show the real them. She is so sick with these people trying to be the goody-good one when in fact, the more evil.

"You have no match when it's the first in line cousins would do the thing to contest your right, Calla. The law said that," said Llana with such confidence.

"Llana, you and your favorite cousins really do love pulling me down. Are you guys not tired yet?" She scoffs that made her cousin literally want to kill right at this moment. "Hindi mo ako kakayanin, Llana. I didn't do anything yet but you guys are acting like I have already done something to make you suffer in your lives."

"You will be crawling at the street in hunger one of these days, Calla. The House of Vasquez will no longer be opening it's door for you."

Calla only chuckled with Llana's stressful problem. Who cares? She never desired of being the leader of the House of Vasques. If only she had a chance to never be part of the Vasquez' she would literally be out of this palace. Unfortunatley, she doesn't.

"Llana, save your strength. Don't bother about my life. I promise you dear cousin, what ever may happen in the near future, you will not be getting anything from me."

Llana scoffs and was so ready to throw hand on her but Calla is not that weak. She is the spoiled and black sheep of the family for nothing. She effortlessly caught Llana's arm before her cousin could have the perfect chance to lay her hands on her face.

"I am so sorry that your mom and your dad got an heiress like a woman you are," said Llana.

"You know what, Llana. If I were you, I am going to practice on how to start my path away from me." She leaned on near to her cousin's ear. "You know why? Because if I get mad about you and your cousins getting into my way, I might think of releasing all the things I have in my hand. Those will surely make you all regret that you guys are born and would just want to end your lives by yourselves." She seriously said.

Llana took a deep breath to look at her in disbelief and fear. She bet that Llana know she is not joking for never joke. "Get out, Calla, and don't ever think of coming back here in my room. You were invited, you are trespassing."

She looked her cousin's back walking out from her room stunned. When finally Llana get herself out, she reached the door and slammed it. She didn't mind if the maids in line outside her room got startled about that. She was literally and slowly getting pushed into her limit.

"She really think she can bring me in my knees. That b*tch!"

Calla pressed her eyes closed when suddenly knocks happened at her door. She slammed it so the people from the dinning probably heard it. Otherwise, Llana might be suddenly became the best actress in history. She sat down on her dressing chari crossing her legs and wait for that whoever is there outside to just open the door.

She know that person would. That kind of knock that is obviously seems like angry nor frustrated. Like she cares. She smirked for she was right and the mad face of her mother showed up when the door came wide open.

"Ano na naman ba ang ginawa this time, Calla Vasquez?"

She scoffs and raised her brow without minding the fact that she's facing the Queen of their House. "Really, mom? Do you really thing that the one who did wrong is me?"

"Calla, sa inyong lahat na magpipinsan, ikaw lang ang matigas ang ulo---"

"Baka kasi ako lang hindi plastic," nakangisi n'yang singit at sagot sa mama n'ya. Hindi makapaniwalang napatingin sa kaniya ang ina.

While looking at her mother's face, she then remember the story on how her mother fought her life to be where she is right now. Her foreign blood made the entire Vasquez clan despise her for being the instant Queen and her child is the next line to the throne.

"Ano ang sinabi mo?"

"For sure Llana, the good daughter said something against me. Ma, bakit ba pati ikaw ang tingin mo sa akin kaaway? Ka-kompetensya? Walang magandang nagagawa? Ma, lahat na nga binuhos ko sa kumpanya eh," she argues in her mother's language.

She remembered how frustrated her mother was when she was caught studying that language for she was forbidden. But she likes it a lot that she really did finished her study even if she will get beaten because of that. She's fluent, so she was very thankful that she did learned it because now, she can understand her mother's every words and especially when she heard some trashtalk words thrown to her.

"Ang ginagawa mong mga eskandalo ang sisira sa pangalan natin, Calla. Ang ginagawa mo ang magtatanggal sa atin sa kapangyarihan. Hindi ako papayag na ikaw ang sisira sa matagal ko nang iningatan at pinaglaban na lugar ng pamilyang ito." Said her mother so hard.

"So it's all about your dream," she responded that made her mother looked at her like she was crazy. "I got my own business grown and running strongly. I also have some of my time in the company so you and wouldn't have some retaliates against me. At the end of the day, I am still the antagonist? What a life."

Her mom held her arm when she grabbed her bag on her dresser to get herself out of this hell. She could've just get a place for her own but she won't be that happy and her cousins will. They will surely celebrate her absence and she is not going to give them the satifaction.

She is not a celebrity but she has her name at the showbiz been always the talked of the town.

"Where are you going? The meeting is about to start," said her mother gritting her teeth in frustration.

"How many Vasquez gathering I didn't show myself, Ma? I also didn't bother to attend the wedding of Llana. So I think, my absence in today's meeting won't hurt."