The Life of Lilith Van Lecter

VIII

September 17, 2013

3:04 pm

Hello, friend! It's me again Lilith! 

I didn't go to school today. Even daddy didn't go to work.

Mommy said kasi that it will be good if we stayed at home muna. She's still mad about what I did with Avery...and daddy too...he wouldn't let me eat his p enis when I asked him!

But can you believe na kanina, after I ate my meryenda with mommy, daddy, Lucy, yaya Helena and some of my new yayas, someone knocked on our very laaaaarge doors?

 Yes! Yes! We finally had a visitor! Yes! Isang bisita! 

Everyone nga started to stand up all at once and didn't know what to do. Mommy said daddy shouldn't open the doors to strangers but daddy was curious too like me so daddy didn't listen to mommy. 

Dati kasi walang pumupunta sa bahay at kumakausap sa amin, pero ngayon may bisita na kami! Yippee!!! Sobrang saya ko! 

And he is looking for me! Lilith! I was so happy! Nobody wants to see me, except Lucy so when our visitor came knocking and shouting my name I jumped with joy!

Si daddy ang nagbukas ng door. He said that mommy and I should stay in the dining room. But I was so excited to see who's our visitor so I followed daddy. Mommy run after me but I was fast! Magaling kaya ako makipagpaghabulan kay Lucy. 

So that's what I did! I ran. ran.ran. ran!

I ran until I reached our sala. Daddy looked at me and held my hand.  Nagtago ako sa likod ni daddy bago niya buksan ang pinto namin. 

When daddy opened the door, I saw a policeman. He's not like daddy. Wala siyang mustache and he always smiles. He's so fat and so sweaty! If daddy looked like squidward, Mr. Policeman looked like spongebob. And I love spongebob! Kaya love ko na rin si Mr. Policeman!

'Ako nga po pala si PO3 Miguel Verzosa. May gusto lang po akong itanong sa anak niyong si Lilith.'

When officer Miguel said that, he looked at daddy once and then looked at me like forever! He asked me my name and he offered his hand for me to shake. Because I was shy, I looked up to daddy for permission. Daddy said yes so I took Officer Miguel's hand. 

Mainit ang kamay ni mamang pulis. At mataba! Napakataba! It's like I was holding a breaded porkchop! 

'Lilith, pwede ka bang maka-usap?' tanong sa akin ni officer Miguel.

Dati, ayoko sa mga pulis. Kasi sabi nila mommy, kapag 'di daw ako nag behave, kukunin ako ng pulis at ilalagay sa isang napaka-liit na kulungan at 'di ako papakainin. But then I saw what they did to some kids on tv. They kill some of them  and tell everyone that those kids did something wrong. From then on, naging idol ko na sila! They're so cool! They don't eat kids like what I love doing, but they love to kill them! It's so cool to watch!

'Lilith?' tanong ulit sa akin ni officer. Marami pa siyang sinabi but nakalimutan ko na e. Si Lucy kasi ang kulit. Ayaw niya bitawan 'yung leeg ni mamang pulis. Lalo na n'ung nagtatalo na sila ni daddy. Tapos daan pa ng daan sa likod ni mr. policeman si Lucy at kung ano-ano ang ginagawa kaya natatawa ako. Ang cute niya! Ang kulit!

'Let's calm down and I'll explain,' daddy said finally to that mamang pulis. 

I don't know what happened na after. Usap lang sila ng usap ni daddy. Mommy even joined them. They sat on our sofa and they let me play with my toys. Yaya Helena, my super tagal ng yaya and who cared for me ever since I was a baby, gave me my barbie heads to play.

I almost let yaya Helena eat my barbie heads nga e! I didn't want to play with them kasi. And she's so makulit! I said that I wanted my real toys! I wanted to play with my knives and skin officer Miguel alive and listen to his screams but yaya Helena said that daddy and mommy won't be happy if she let me show my real toys to the officer. 

'Lilith, princess,' I remember daddy telling me. I stopped smashing my two barbie heads and looked up. Mommy was crying and daddy looked worried. 

'This man wants you away from us.' daddy said. 

Lucy stopped playing with my hair and flew across the room to stand behind officer Miguel. Ngayon ko lang nakita si Lucy na super duper angry...

Hala...lagot na si mamang pulis!

'But I don't want to, daddy,' I said to him. Yaya Helena held my hand and she was smiling. 

Why is she smiling? Gusto kaya din niyang mag bye-bye na ako kila mommy at daddy? Or does she want me to cut the side of her cheeks so she'll smile like that forever? 

'Lilith, hija. Kilala mo ba si Avery?' the policeman asked me. Lucy kept on chanting our prayers behind him. 

She's telling me to say no, so I said no.

'Kaklase mo siya hindi ba?'

No.

'Ikaw ba ang huling kasama niya?'

No.

'Namatay kasi si Avery, hija at may nakakitang i...ikaw daw ang...'

No.

'Kailangan kitang dalhin sa hospital, Lilith. Doon sa mga tutulong sa'yo para...'

No.

"Sa mental hospital iyon, Lilith. Alam mo ba iyon hija?'

I smiled politely at the officer. I don't know about that. Mommy and daddy don't like to tell me those kind of things...

'Bad po si Avery. Nanunukso po siya. Bad po siya,' I told him. Pero si officer parang hindi naniwala sa akin e.

'Pero 'yung ginawa mo sa kaniya ay...'

'Mister policeman?'  Lucy returned to my side and whispered things to me. She's not angry na. She just wanted us na lang to play with officer Miguel. 

 'Can you stay here po for the night?' 

'Ah...kasi...hija, may pamilya ako at malayo pa ang bahay ko. Baka kasi...'

'Just for tonight po, mister? I'm a good girl naman po. And mommy will cook you food! Good food! Sasama po ako sa inyo bukas I promise! I promise! Just play with me first po ah? Please? Please?' 

I even draw a cross on my heart and smiled like what Lucy told me to do. 

Mommy and daddy didn't say anything. They know that I wanted to play with my food first.

-Lilith