The Bitch. That’s what people call me. I really don’t mind. After all, it’s true. I do admit that I am not a good person. I don’t think I’ll ever be one.
I was born into a wealthy family and generally, like all the affluent species; we have our story behind the glitz and glamour of being rich and famous.
My father, Drei Yang, used to be a famous Taiwanese actor/heartthrob. Due to his connections, inside knowledge of how the industry works, and shrewdness, he now owns a flourishing media empire, Yang Conglomerate, in Taiwan. My mother, Jeri Stahl, a Norwegian national, is a former model who now manages her own resort in Phuket, Thailand.
My parents met at a photo shoot. They chatted and…FLIRTED. My father worked his way with the beauteous Scandinavian live doll who was immediately smitten with his boyish looks. They wined, dined, and bedded. Months later, I was expected.
The young Drei Yang was ecstatic to have a child. In retrospect, I think Dad just wanted a kid so that women would flock him more, showing off that they may be a potential mother for the heartthrob/playboy’s daughter. My mother, on the other hand, was horrified! Being with child will ruin her career so she planned to have me aborted. To stop my mother from getting rid of me, my father offered marriage. My mother accepted because being Drei Yang’s wife would keep her in the limelight. That was not a good formula for a life-long commitment.
So years and definitely millions of arguments later, they finally got divorced. My father kept me with him and my mother decided to use some of her divorce settlement to go for, in her opinion, a well-deserved vacation. She decided to meet a former lover in Thailand and fell in love with the country. Eventually, using the remainder of her settlement plus alimony, she bought and developed what is now a world-renowned luxurious resort/spa, Bliss.
My father was exultant with his freedom from matrimony. He partied and played like there was no tomorrow. I watched him as I grew up. I became fascinated with his ability to charm and bend any woman to his will.
I watched, I observed, and I LEARNED. With my father’s childlike features and allure and my mother’s coloring and build sans the height, I was destined to be the heartbreaker, Reina Yang a.k.a. Bitch.
Now, this heartbreaker, moi, joined forces with an accomplished flirt in the person of Chrissie Yan. I’ve known Chrissie since birth (if that was actually possible). She happens to be the much-adored child of Uncle Terry, my dad’s best friend, and Michelle Chen, one of my dad’s ex-girlfriends (imagine that?!). So naturally we became close and before we knew it, people dubbed us as the “Terrible Two”, “Yan and Yang”, and “The Reina and Chrissie Tandem”.
Chrissie and I became SO GOOD at being HORRIBLE that my father decided to put his foot down. Upon my high school graduation, Dad had me “banished” to Thailand and live with my estranged mother, as a form of punishment. I was to attend the Assumption University of Thailand and earn a degree in business.
At first, I thought that what he was inflicting upon me did not even come close to a disciplinary action. However, as I spent my few weeks in the country I realized that it’s PUNISHMENT all right. Not only was I in a country with a different language but also I get to live with the narcissistic, Jeri Stahl, my mother. Imagine living with someone you barely know, someone who superficially acts a good person so as to prove that she is the best Drei Yang has ever had. I’m in hell!
But not for long… Chrissie Yan, the Flirt, my ever-loyal partner in crime, arrived in Thailand a month after I left Taiwan. She made her father pull some strings so that she could be registered in the same university I’ll be studying. Poor Uncle Terry and Auntie Chelle… I could just imagine all sorts of “disturbance” Chrissie came up with to convince her parents!!!
Although I must admit, I envy Chrissie. She has a wonderful set of parents. Uncle Terry gave up his philandering ways (he was my dad’s partner in crime in the OLD days) when he fell in love with Auntie Chelle. It’s actually funny because Chrissie’s parents got together when my dad broke Auntie Chelle’s heart. Auntie Chelle was so devastated when she learned that Dad got Mom pregnant and had decided to marry her (yes, Drei, the Stud, was sleeping with the model, Jeri, behind the famous Michelle Chen’s back). So, Aunt Chelle ran to Uncle Jerry for some friendly comfort and then one thing led to another. They got married and would have been living the happily-ever-after life BUT THEN Chrissie came into the world and turned it upside down.
Well, enough of history. What’s important is NOW. Watch out, people! The Bitch is set to paint the town RED!!!
“Had I known that Assumption University would be such a bore, I wouldn’t have followed you here!” Chrissie complained. She looked at her friend, Reina, who is giving her one of her signature innocent smiles.
“Who told you to transfer to Thailand with me anyway?” Reina replied, raising an eyebrow at her impetuous friend.
“Come on! What would happen to The Reina and Chrissie Tandem if we’re miles apart?” Chrissie shot back.
Reina just rolled her eyes at her friend’s retort and laughed.
The “Terrible Two” strikes again and you would just love to hate them! Aside from being nasty and mean, these girls are loaded, intelligent (their only redeeming factor), and undeniably beautiful. Chrissie’s form and visage is classic: tall, voluptuous, chic short black hair, high cheek bones, angular nose, and sharp eyes. She looks like the younger version of her mother. The only difference is that Chrissie has her father’s eyes. Reina, on the other hand, looks oh-so-innocent with her petite frame, winged brows, expressive eyes, cute nose, and childlike lips.
At first glance, people would usually notice Chrissie but once their gazes fall on Reina they become enamored by her aura of innocence. But don’t be fooled by Reina’s looks because she uses her ingenuous beauty to bait a guy: hook, line, and sinker. They were well-known snobs not to mention play girls back in high school and they intend to leave their mark at their new academic residence.
“Come on, Chrissie, it’s not that bad. The campus is downright beautiful and Thai men are definitely gorgeous! Besides you should be grateful that neither of your parents is here to breathe down your neck” Reina reasoned.
“True! True! So how is it going with your mom?” Chrissie asked.
“The usual. She’s really trying so hard to be a MOTHER like she’s trying to prove that she is better than any of my Dad’s flavor of the month” Reina smirked.
“Ignore her or better yet make her life miserable. Do you want to go grab some ice cream at the shopping center and continue this melodrama?” Chrissie suggested.
The “shopping center” was actually a group of stores and snack bars bellow the university’s administration building. It is where the students of the Assumption University of Thailand Bang Na Campus (acronym: ABAC) hang out during their vacant periods.
“Okay, nothing like a cup of Haagen Dazs to drown your sorrows” Reina agreed.
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“Rocky road is orgasmic!” Chrissie declared.
“Why do you always associate food with sex?” said Reina, giving her friend an incredulous look.
“Because food, especially chocolate is better than sex.” replied Chrissie. “You should try it some time so that you’d know the difference. I can’t believe a bitch like you is still a virgin!”
“Come on! Like I’d sleep with any of those guys I’ve dated? Blame it on my looks! I usually hook up with guys our age and you know how clumsy these boys are. What if I get pregnant? Then if I go out with older guys like you do, they can’t seem to get beyond kissing because they fear being charged with corruption of a minor! The concept of banging a school girl seems alien to them. Thus explains my very existent hymen,” Reina laughed, shaking her head.
“I can’t believe you just said that out loud in this room full of people!” Chrissie laughed in disbelief as she looks around the fully packed ice cream parlor.
Reina just shrugged her shoulders and said, “Let them listen.” Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks. “Chrissie, hot guy at my two o’clock!”
Chrissie looks for the guy, sees him, raises her eyebrow and exclaimed, “Ooh! Holy hotdogs!!!”
She was now making her way to the guy when Reina grabbed her arm and said, “Uh-uh. I saw him first. Therefore, he’s my toy.”
With a mischievous gleam in her eyes, she added, “Wanna do something fun?”