Honorable Judges, Gentlemen of the Jury, and you, People of the Philippines. Before you sentence me to death, let me relate to you the story of why I killed him. Yes oh! Yes, I shot him right in his heart, but believe me that I didn't hate him.
I was 16 years old, a young lady, worth a gracious body, my eyes sparkle, with a smile that is so sweet, and being a carefree-minded student of UST, many handsome young man of my age who promised to love me with every breath until he closes his eyes to death. Yes, it was like cupid arrows that pierce my heart from above which I've never known before. He was the handsome Romeo Reyes of my dream.
One night, Romy invited me, "Tessie, will you be my partner tonight in our joint sessions?" "Oh yes, Romy!" I answered him without hesitation. We went to the party and there we danced and danced to the fullest of our satisfaction. While we were sitting down, Romy whispered to me, "Tessie, you're my life, my everything and I can't live without you." "Oh Romy, will you promise me that you'll be true and faithful to me?" "Yes Tessie, till death do us part." The moon and the stars where the witnesses of our love and care as we went home that night, full of joy and the love each one passed.
After graduation, we got married without the knowledge of our parents. One night, I told Romy, "Romy, you just continue your studies in college while I'll work for your tuition fees." "Oh! How nice of you to be like that." "Yes Romy, I am willing to sacrifice just to make you happy." After all my sacrifices, Romy would then receive his diploma with the degree, Doctor of Medicine. The day before his graduation, he went home and asked money from me. I gave him, but I was surprised why he didn't say anything about his graduation. Anyway, I prepared a nice gift for him. Without his knowledge, I attended the occasion. "Dr. Romeo Reyes, the summa cum laude." I stood up to pin the ribbon for him. But at the moment, I saw another young lady that went up to the stage and pinned the ribbon on him, and they embraced each other.
Oh! How painful it is, spending my whole life, sacrificing and at the end of it, I have no part in that success. I then turn back, thinking what to do in the solitary moment of my life. I went to my room and I lay on my bed that night. I didn't expect that Romy would come home, but suddenly, there was a loud knock at the door. I opened it and I was surprised to see him. I hold him by the arms and asked, "Romy, who's that young lady who pinned the ribbon for you?" "What's your business in asking me that?" "Romy, I am your wife." But instead of answering me, he slapped and slapped me in my face, and I became a monster in my feeling. I went to my drawer and got .45 caliber and aimed it to him. "Mr. Romeo Reyes, with this revolver, you will pay me all my sacrifices for you." "No! No! Tessie! Don't shot me please." But I turn back with his pleading. And before I remember myself, I saw Romy laying on the floor full of blood. Bathed with his own crimson blood.
So Honorable Judges, Gentlemen of the Jury, and you, People of the Philippines, guilty or not guilty; that is why I killed him.
I killed him because I love him.
