Philomena Angeles

Philomena "Mercedes Novela" Angeles is the main anti-heroic protagonist of "A Very Good Girl". She is a woman from a poor background who devises a complex scheme to seek retribution against the cruel retail mogul, Molly "Mother" Suzara due to her causing her mothers untimely demise.
She is portrayed by Kathryn Bernardo. 
== Prelude ==
Mercedes was a girl from a very impoverished background. She grew up in a apartment unit which was payed for by her mother, Conchita Novela. At a young age, her father cheated on her mother, and eventually got his mistress pregnant. In a rage, Mercedes accidentally caused her father's mistress to miscarriage, which traumatized her deeply for the rest of her life.
Going into young adulthood, Mercy was desperate to get out of the restraints of poverty, and strived to get a career at one of the Philippines most notorious Mall franchises, "Mother Mall". 
Mercy was finally proud to have finally gotten out of poverty and was glad to have a stable lucrative career, however, due to the incompetency of her co-workers, she was unfairly fired on the spot. Mercy begged Gene, one of Molly's closest assistants, to let her keep her job, but Molly overheard this and called Mercy a "Selfish, incompetent-insect."
Mercy sat in self-pity, and resentfully watched Molly appear on Television multiple times, which festered a deep obsession. Conchita, sympathizing with her daughters plight, tracked down Molly and begged her to give her daughters job back. Molly however was completely unfazed and instead began mocking the duo with cash, throwing it in their faces. Conchita began to have a nervous breakdown on the scene. 
Eventually, one of the company's trucks accidentally hit Conchita, which killed her instantly. Mercy began to cry, and begged Molly to help her, but fearing the negative attention from the press that would inevitably rise if Molly was spotted, Molly decided to immediately flee the scene. Molly ordered a media blackout and had PR cover up the incident. 
Mercy went to the authorities but they outright told her to forget about it and carry on with ehr life, due to how affluent Molly was, the case would go nowhere.
Enraged, and thrown back into poverty once again, this time even deeper than ever before, Mercy swore that she would seek vengeance on Mother Molly and dismantle her retail empire, before eventually sending her to jail. She curated a elaborate scheme which included falsifying her identity int he form of "Philomena Angeles" A rich, Filipino-Italian socialite that was specifically be designed to be a personality that Mother Molly would be of interest in. 
She then began to scam wealthy foreigners specifically from the USA and Italy in order to gain enough money to make her false persona convincing.
== A Very Good Girl ==
5 years later, Molly goes to an auction for a rare wooden sculpture known as an "Anito" which costed about 950,000 Pesos. However, due to her dismay, Philo had already bought the wooden sculpture and had effectively out-auctioned Molly.
Molly, defeated, angrily left the premises, but Philo stopped her before she left, and offered the sculpture back to her. Surprised, Molly had taken an interest in Philo, and asked for her name, telling her to meet her at Mother Mall in an hour.
Molly sat Philo down and asked her why Philo gave her the statue, due to fearing that she was just another "opportunist". However, Philo guilt-trips Molly by saying how she reminded her of her deceased mother and how she'd do anything to spend another day with her again. Molly then tells Philo to call her "Mother" With the first part of her plan complete, Philo moves onto the next phase.
Mother was planning on building a new "Silver Mother Mall" which would be the biggest Mall yet and be the biggest milestone of her career. Philo first had to destroy Molly's friends and funds. Philo tracked down a member of Molly's friend group known as "Zab Omila" who she dubbed as the weakest link. 
Philo befriended Zab after returning her lost dog to her and got her drunk in order to gain information regarding Molly and possible secrets she may have. Philo then gets knowledge about a money laundering scheme between zab's father, Congressman Omila, and Mother Molly. Philo manipulates Zab into inviting her to her party in order to get more secrets on Molly. Zab also mentions that she's leaving Molly to get away from her tyrannical behavior, but also fears that Mother Molly is the type to feel easily betrayed, and worries that Mother may try to sabotage her.
At Zab's party, Philo tells Mother that Zab is going to Paris, and as revenge, Molly tells her friends that Zab is cheating with Thea's husband, another one of Molly's friends. Zab tells Philo that Mother keeps blackmail on everybody in her personal friend group. Equipped with this information, Philo manipulates Zab into telling everyone that Mother has blackmail on all of them, which successfully causes all of them to back out.
Seeking to manipulate Mother and gain her trust, Philo talks with Molly and Molly reveals that she is an orphan, and her mother is dead. Philo then exclaims her sympathies regarding zab, but Molly however, has other motivations, and she tells Philo to upload Zab's sex tape of her and Ben online. Philo obliges. Zab's reputation is completely destroyed and the video goes viral.
Next, Philo arranges for multiple people to leave Mother Mall. Gene, Mother Molly's closest assistant gets a better job in New York and immediately leaves, which allows Philo to get closer to Molly as a result. Philo then focuses her attention on getting evidence of Mother Molly's laundering scheme from Charles. Charles however, attempts to sexually assault her.
Philo however manages to get away, and cries into Mother Molly's lap. Philo immediately suggests reporting Charles, but Molly is afraid of the media fallout that will inevitably occur if that were to be exposed. Philo then tracks Charles down and ties him to a chair, with video evidence of him attempting to rape her. She threatens to release the footage if he does not blow a whistle on Molly's money laundering scheme. He obliges, and evidence of Molly's laundering scheme is leaked to the public, causing an outcry.
Molly however, manipulates the legal system, and manages to escape by framing Charles for all of her crimes. Philo uses all her savings to pay for Molly's party, but Molly tells her that the party is no longer happening, which essentially means that Mercy spent her savings for nothing. Molly than expresses her distrust to everyone in her social circle, and Philo, fearing that her position is being threatened, hires a thug to stab her in exchange for cash and make it look like she saved Molly from being stabbed in order to gain back her trust.
After Mercy is discharged from the hospital, the two have a heartfelt talk, and expose their deepest secrets to another. Molly tells Philo that she remembers a long time ago that one of her trucks hit a young woman, but she cannot remember her face. This angers Mercy, to the point where she doubles her efforts to take down Molly. The next day, Mercy's stepsister "Rigel" shows up to Karen and hers apartment. Mercy is relieved to have figured out that she did not actually murder her unborn sibling, and that god has finally given her another chance. She and Karen triumphantly celebrate.
She records Molly's confession on her phone and goes straight to the precinct, but the evidence is dismissed, due to its nature as being illegally obtained. Philo receives a call from Karen, who tells her that her daughter, Lovely is in the hospital. Philo asks where Rigel is, but is told that she disappeared without a trace. Philo then goes to Molly's house and begs for her to give her some money so that she can pay for Lovely's treatment. Molly obliges, but not before forcing Philo to pleasure her using the sculpture they first bought. All of a sudden Rigel comes into the room, and its revealed that Molly knew that Philo was faking her identity ever since Philo made Charles betray her. She tricked Philo into spending all her money on her party which would cause her to be in a poor financial situation, and then hired Rigel to set Philo's apartment on fire as revenge for deceiving her.
Molly then degrades Philo once again for being poor, and tells Philo that poor people like her will never attain justice. Molly then mocks the circumstances which lead to Conchita's death, causing Philo to begin attacking Molly. Molly however manages to escape, and goes to a hidden room where she keeps her mother, who is revealed to be still alive, and who everyone thought was dead. Molly begs Philo to not kill her mother. But Philo, believing she has finally found Mother's weakness, holds a wine bottle to Molly's mothers neck. However, unexpectedly, Molly grabs Mercy's hand and guides it to her own mother's neck. Killing her.
Molly then reveals that she planned this so that if Philo were to leave her, she'd go to jail for her mother's murder. Philo calls Molly a monster and leaves. Molly tells Philo that there are no good people left in this world, and that she belongs with her. Philo however tells Molly that she's done running away from her wrongdoings, and leaves. Mother angrily mocks her and says that she'll get back all her connections and money, and declares for the final time that she is Mother. However, a vehicle rounds the corner and runs Molly over, ending her reign of terror. 
Philo contentedly walks away triumphantly and receives a call from Karen that lovely is undergoing surgery and is on the path to recovery. Philo then stares at the sun, having completed her revenge.
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