Debugging His Code (Vinogradov Series #1)

printf ("prologue");

I combed my long black hair and put some lip tint on my full lips and on the tip of my roman nose. I also put a clear eyebrow gel on my rounded- low arch eyebrows and on my short eyelashes.

I smiled at the mirror and texted my Mom that I'm okay. Ngunit sa loob ko, alam ko na mali ang ginagawa ng parents ko. The gossips are true. They're my parents so I'm with them no matter what happens.

That's the reason why I have no friends. When I got outside the rest room, some of the students are staring at me like they just realized something bad.

When I got home, my parents are arguing loudly to the point that my mother was holding a knife against my father. They are so shocked looking at me, their eyes were full of rage and confusion, my father immediately came to me while smiling like nothing happened between of them. Then, my Mom was still crying in the kitchen and Dad comforted her.

"I'm sorry, please. I didn't know they can hack it through Lovelace's birthday." My Dad said without me knowing what happened. Hack? Someone hacked what?

"Those assholes hacked our bank accounts and got our savings, insurance, income of our company. All of it! We have nothing. You should call every IT professionals and our lawyers to have this. Yaya, call our family doctor, I need the new prescribed medicines for my stress." My Mom said without stuttering. This is the first time I saw them this stressed.

So someone hacked all of our assets and that's how we went bankrupt and I stayed to our province in Oriental Mindoro for weeks then I enrolled myself at De La Salle University taking up BS in Computer Science without my parents permission.

Dad:
Why didn't you tell me you took that course, Lovelace? I told you it wasn't safe enough for you! There are so many cybercriminals are coming to us!

Mom:
Your Dad is very mad at you, Lovelace! You should have took BS in Legal Management! Lovelace, please! Stop making yourself as a disappointment.

I'm right. Even when I got the 4.00 on those assessments, they're not proud of it because of my course. We went bankrupt for months before!

I did this because I wanted to protect our security in web, they're always using digital! And when there are cybercrimes trying to steal our personal information then they don't know what to do even though they are IT professionals.

The IT professionals they called before are not doing their job correctly. I know the reason why. It's because they're not fixing it since our family name is 'Castro'. A family of dirty politicians, leader of corruption, root of evil, master in massacres, and a legend for not having transparency and accountability.

I'm the only child of this family and why am I the one who's taking all the blame for their shits they did? I can't take this anymore. The pressure what my parents are giving to me is what I can't take. The tension of concerned citizens are mad to me because they thought I'll be the next one to become a corrupt politician. They are posting bad things to me in social media platforms, I can't even enjoy my teenage life in media!

All of my previous classmates and schoolmates hated me and their feelings are valid, I understand that because as for me, I don't know if I can live alone without my parents' guide. That's the reason why I can't take my mental health seriously and I didn't blame it for them!

But, they're the one who raised me. They are my family. Sila lang ang mga kakampi ko kapag nagka- problema ako. I should be the one who needs to protect them even though it is only cybersecurity. I'll make them proud.

Lovelace Gaia Castro, not a daughter of politicians, but one of the professionals in IT industry that will protect everyone through cybersecurity.