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"Masyadong malalim ang iniisip mo..."


Ang mas lalo pang lumalim na boses ni Aris ang humila sa akin pabalik sa realidad. I slightly tilted my head to face him.


"Hey," I greeted with a faint smile on my lips. He smiled back at me as he pushed a deep sigh before sitting beside me.


"Kumain ka na ba, Aelia?" Tanong niya bigla sa akin.


Umiling ako. "I'm fine..."


"You have to eat. You've been working for 13 hours straight..." He said.


"Mamaya kakain ako," I told him. But I don't know if I'd be able to get the appetite to eat later. I just said that to make him stop.


Mabuti na nga lang at hindi si Rajannai ito dahil sigurado ako, talagang hindi ako titigilan no'n. Rajannai has been always beside me, making sure that I'm okay.


"Kumusta si Tito Dart?" I asked him, still looking at the sky as the cold wind keeps on blowing my hair and skin.


"He's getting better. His physician told us that he can go home tomorrow."


Aris's build has changed a lot, he's now taller and he got broader. His build proves that he's not only working out with his brain but also with his body.


"Ako na ang maga-asikaso bukas..." Presinta ko. Aris just quietly nodded at ilang sandaling nabalot nang katahimikan. Tanging marahang tunog lamang ng hangin ang nararamdaman ko sa mga tainga ko.


"What are you doing here, Aelia? Bakit nandito ka sa rooftop ng ospital?" Tanong niya matapos nang ilang sandaling pananahimik.


A lot has happened after that night, that night when my father died. I didn't know how to break the horrible news to my mother, I've lost my words, my capability to think because all I can feel is the pain consuming every vein in my body.


My mom and I are both devastated with our lost at ang pinaka masakit pa ay ni hindi man lang namin nabigyan ng magandang burol ang ama ko dahil kailangan naming magtago. The bad guys that killed my father are still out there, probably finding me to be their next target.


We spent a week in Ilocos, sa bahay nila Yaya Beth, para doon magtago and while we're waiting for Tito Dart.


I was advised by my mother to deactivate all my social media accounts and to change my number. She even strictly told me not to tell the Ignacios about our situation dahil ayaw niyang madamay ang mga ito. We were in a deep chaos, we've already lost my father and we can't afford to risk another life.


After spending another week in Ilocos, Tito Dart instructed us to go back home to Los Angeles at naiwanan sa Pinas para asikasuhin ang kaso.


It took five long months to finally get justice for my father. Javier was found dead and those armed guys who killed my dad in the woods are now in jail with a lot of cases filed against them.

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