The Prince's Drama

Dominic was a guy who liked to add many dots to end his sentence therefore he looked like he was horny and very much in desire and he used those dots to show how emotionally erected he was……

When I was in my teenage, I was in denial. Then along came Dominic.

Dominic was a very stupid and apparently desperate man. I called him a man because he was 26 when I met him online in a chatroom in irc and I was 14. I posed as “Irene”.

Irene, “Costner, Irene”, a lonely Irish woman a.k.a a part-time model who did not want to get involved with an arranged marriage and who was later raped by the unwanted fiancé because he really wanted to made her his.

The conversation was so stupid. I told my story and he imagined me to be locked up in a secret tower where only internet and a desktop are available and I was all in tears while I hoped he would rescue me by crawling up my long golden Rapunzel-like hair as his stair.

So that night, he called some “prevent rape or family violence” agency, bought a stupid plane ticket and got his visa done to go to Ireland to see me!

I started talking to him in the afternoon some time around 2-4 pm. I had very good impression towards him as he was stupid enough to fall for my dumb little trick (I would be very angry if he didn’t) and he really cared for this “Irene”.

Then he claimed he had to attend a meeting so he left after awhile, but that night, what a coincidence, I met him again in the same chatroom.

Ooh, we chatted so much and I was absolutely impressed with my script-writing and drama-arranging skill, I told stories that I would never believe I could tell.

We were getting really “insight” with each other then he told me when he was in the meeting, he had an erection and he was thinking about me (Irene).

Ok, I was very good at cyber sex while I was 14 so I played along.

It is always so fun to tease men and see how perverted they can get, shame on them!!

So, at 8pm, he was having cyber sex with me, I was very surprised about how potential I came out with all those stuffs/techniques since I was a very good girl (still a girl, not yet a woman).

Then he told me if I was his woman, he would love me with all his heart and “make love” to me all night long...

Buuerrrh, I wanted to puke so much hearing that!

You know the deal with men, how they feel before and after they get you are two very different and unrelated stories.

So I played along as usual. As I remember, after I spoke to him for a few hours, he told me he loved me so much that he was crying his heart out and I thought it was rude not to respond on that.

So I told him the same thing and how much I hope to break the marriage so I could be with him.

As it turns out, this Dominic came from my (now Giselle, be ready to switch for several roles at anytime now!) hometown and he was working in KL. He gave me his office number so I gave him a surprise call.

That night, before I signed off, I asked him to send me some photos of himself as I exchanged some pictures of Estella Warren with him, claiming that was me years ago before I met the horrible fiancé.

He was so amazed and thought he was meant to be my prince to come and rescue me.

Unbelievable, he really thought I was as beautiful as Estella, or perhaps, I am Estella herself!

I did not know why as my stupidity was manipulating me, I created another role “Leslie”, the Chinese Malaysian girl.

This Leslie was Irene’s friend who was used by Irene and Dominic as a way to communicate with each other as calls from Ireland to Malaysia are very expensive.

So, I called him up as “Leslie” several times. He told me he got a plane ticket and a visa so he could visit “Irene” anytime soon. Oh great, now the game got more interesting!

I was really worried as I felt like I was responsible and I needed to find a way to finish the game silently without hurting him.

I cared about his feelings so much and I cared about my responsibility therefore this game was giving me a serious hard time and ruined my holidays completely.

Then, this Leslie was stupid, she gave Dominic her house number and she asked Dominic not to call her house so often as her dad would scold her.

Of course, you could never trust a man when you asked him not to call you, he would call you up every minute of the day!

One morning, phone rang at 8 am and I was woken up by it. My dad answered the phone and I was so afraid.

I knew it was him and my dad was very unhappy a guy phoned me up. He did not know the story behind it.

Then, I quickly got up and went to the public phone nearby again to give him a call.

He sounded really tired and drunk and he told me, he was so stressed with Irene and he was so bloody pathetically in love with her so he went out drinking the whole night.

Then, he had a car crash and he sent his car to service.

I felt so sorry and so completely guilty and I found a way to stop the game. So, I created another role “Amanda”, the American girl.

How dramatic, I know!

Amanda was like the big sister to Irene and Leslie and three of them were very good friends. Amanda came to Malaysia to stop this Dominic from going to Ireland to meet this Irene.

Then, this Amanda appointed Dominic to come online one day. Below was the conversation between them:

Amanda: Dom? Is that you? I just reached KL.

Dominic: Yes Amanda, hello.

Amanda: Hi Dominic, Leslie told me about you and I have a story to tell you, do you have time?

Dominic: I am working, but ok, go ahead.

Amanda: 2 years ago, Leslie and I met this girl named Irene, she was very lonely and unhappy as her parents were very rich therefore they arranged her to marry this bastard named ***** (Those asterisks are not related to any unholy words, I just don’t remember the role as he never played such important part in my drama), so Irene was really angry and she ran away from home.

Dominic: ……

Amanda: Yes, ***** went out looking out for Irene and he found her, he was really angry therefore he raped her.

Dominc: *gasp* My GOD!!

Amanda: Yes, ***** is a very horrible guy. After he raped her, he hit her so hard and locked her in her parents’ mansion. Irene was totally against him and she hated him so much but there was no way she could get out. Then a few months later, Irene discovered that she was pregnant with his child, she was really angry.

Dominic: That BASTARD!

Amanda: Yes, ***** is a very horrible bastard. After she found out she was pregnant, she found a way to get out and she did it! (WEEE!) but ***** found her again and he hit her so hard there was blood coming out of her mouth and nipples..

Dominic: THAT BASTARD, I AM GOING TO KILL HIM!!!

Amanda: Let me finish my story. Then Irene realised she had a miscarriage because she was hit so hard by him so one afternoon, she silently killed herself.

Dominic: :-O *totally stunned*

Amanda: I know, Dominic, this is hard for you to take but the Irene you spoke to was Leslie. We started as a group with 5 other girls and we all posed as Irene to spread her story around as a way to remember her and to have those revenge on guys, you are one of the victims..

Dominic: WHAT?!?!

Amanda: But then, Leslie realised one day that she couldn’t do it anymore, she did not want to lie to you anymore, do you know why?

Dominic: Why?

Amanda: That’s because she realised she was in love with this loving, gentle and caring man, Dominic!

Dominic: WHAT?!?!

Amanda: Yes Dominic, that’s right, LESLIE IS IN LOVE WITH YOU!!

Dominic: NO, I can’t love Leslie, I am in love with Irene, I don’t believe you, I DON’T BELIEVE YOU!!!!!!!

Amanda: I don’t know what to say to make you believe me, all I can say is to forget Irene and love Leslie, she is a wonderful girl and she would make you very happy. Dominic, she would spend the rest of her life with you (how pukey)

Dominic: No, I can’t, I LOVE IRENE, I CANNOT DO THIS!! I DON’T BELIEVE THIS, YOU ARE LYING TO ME TO STOP ME FROM BEING WITH IRENE! You guys are so horrible, YOU GUYS ARE SO HORRIBLE!!!

Amanda: Listen to me, you need to calm down…….. (then Dominic signed off because he couldn’t take the awful truth)

This proved that Dominic’s cap lock key worked perfectly fine!

Leslie, of course, being the very gentle and loving lamb had to call Dominic immediately to comfort and mend his broken heart, below was the conversation between them:

Leslie: Dominic? Are you okay?

Dominic: Leslie? No, I am crying. (HE REALLY WAS FUCKING CRYING!!)

Leslie: I am very sorry Dominic, Amanda was with me while she was chatting to you and I saw everything, I really am sorry.

Dominic: You love me?

Leslie: *pretending to blush* Yes… I think I do…

Dominic: Why? Why? WHY?????

Leslie: Dominic, I don’t know, I guess there is no reason to love somebody.

Dominic: You know I cannot love you, I love Irene.

Leslie: I know, I am willing to give you time to accept me. I want you to know that I care about you… *puke again, secretly*

Dominic: No, YOU GUYS LIED TO ME, I CAN’T TAKE IT, I CAN’T TAKE IT, I AM GOING TO KILL MYSELF!! *hung up the phone*

The disconnected tone made me so scared. I believed that if he committed suicide, he would realise that along came Giselle and Giselle was manipulating him so badly and he would pose as a powerful ghost to haunt me for the rest of my life for his revenge…

Then I kept on calling him, but he did not answer me, I was really scared he would really kill himself, not because I “love” him (not even for a single second of my life!!) but because I was guilty and scared.

I was so relieved every time he answered his phone and I found out he was still alive. I was haunted by the thought of him taking his own life because of my stupid tale where he starred as the prince he always wanted to be but I did not have the guts to tell him it was me and I merely created those stories for my own pleasure. I am good at making things up, too good, in fact! I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep.

I worried every minute that he would call me and my dad would answer or that he would show up at my bedside as a scary green ghost!

Forgive me, I had no choice but to go back as Amanda and told him Irene was still alive, the only reason we told him the fake story was because we wanted to save Dominic from being murdered by her fiancé as he found her chatting with him, read the conversations and got all his details!

But Irene would never talk to him again because she wanted to protect him…

Forgive her, Dominic, FORGIVE HER!

This Dominic was so bloody stubborn, like a lead actor from a corny movie who never gave up the one he loved.

He told me, he was not fucking afraid of ***** and he would die for Irene. He also looked forward to a showdown with *****, the winner will get Irene.

What was he thinking??

He must be a potential wrestler or a drama king of the 60s!!

Then, during one phone call, he told me that his mother realised something was wrong with him and she arranged him to meet this girl-next-door and she hoped that they would get married.

Him, being the obedient son, he would of course, marry that girl even though they were not in love.

I was a romance believer therefore I (Leslie) asked him to think twice.

He told me, he didn’t know how his life was going to be since Irene’s gone…

Luckily, I (Amanda) was smart enough to ask him for his house address and parents’ phone number for future reference.

One evening, I posed as ****** (again, I don’t remember the role) and phoned Dominic’s mum up to warn her about her son’s possible suicide.

Again, below was the conversation between ****** and Dominic’s mother.

******: Hello, are you Dominic’s mother?

Dominic’s mother: Speaking, who is this?

******: We need to talk about your son, I am the sister of a woman named Irene, whom your son met online recently.

Dominic’s mother: Oh hello, what’s wrong? (sounded confused)

******: Well, your son is in love with my sister and he threaten to kill himself if he didn’t get to see her or hear from her within ** days. I was hoping you could pay attention to him. My sister and I are of Irish and Chinese heritage that’s why I speak perfectly fluent Mandarin.

Dominic’s mother: Oh wow, what’s your name? Where are you from?

******: Bai Zhenjie, it means pure and chaste like a white lily. I am from Edinburgh, we reside in Scotland.

Dominic’s mother: Do you look more like your mother or father? You would be very good-looking if you look more like your dad.

******: Unfortunately, I look more like my mother.

Dominic’s mother: I see I see..

******: Anyway, I am calling you so you could pay more attention to your son regarding this matter, my sister is really scared he would do something stupid. He mentioned he would meet up with this girl you arranged him to, right?

Dominic’s mother: Yes, there’s this girl. I don’t think he is really serious with your sister as internet flings are very…

******: (interrupted) NO, I spoke with him, he was dead serious in his phone, he was really crying!

Dominic’s mother: Ok ok, I will pay more attention to him, thank you for calling.

Yes, I was pretending to be as mature as possible as I, a 14-year-old posed as a 28 year-old, it really took a lot of guts and strength, but to save Dominic’s life, I no longer care about anything…

How noble!!

I don’t know why I was so stupid, I should’ve left the chatroom while the game was getting serious.

But somehow, I felt so guilty and responsible to him therefore I kept finding ways to cover things up but I only made them worse.

Funny how small the world is, Dominic turned out to be the neighbour of my best friend, Arwen.

So until today, I still don’t know whether Dominic was the unfortunate victim or I was the manipulated player.

Perhaps he was laughing all along having me twisted in his palm or perhaps he was really crying all along like he was in the phone calls as he claimed to be so heartbroken.

He was either a wannabe-romantic who was desperate enough to call me up every day to get updates of Irene or a pathetic loser who was free enough to call me up to fool me back.

The game was not fun at all and I learnt my lesson seriously.

But anyway, Dominic, I am sorry for my stupid story and I never loved you!

Dominic, Happy 10th year anniversary!

… and don’t blame me, I was 14 and I didn’t know shit!