Morse meets Code

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ORPHANAGE

~BEGINNING

I can't imagine what our life would be after my mother passed away and growing up without knowing our father. Hi, ako nga pala si Code Phoenix Bavinn at ang kambal kung kapatid na si Diana Hellish Bavinn. I'm 18 and she's also 18, tanda lang ako sa kanya ng 20 minutos. Hindi nga lang kami magkamukha kasi mas maganda ako sa kanya, charot but yeah we're fraternal twins and we had this rare hereditary condition called Poliosis that our hair had a mix of white and black.

We currently became an orphan as our mother passed away due to an unknown illness. Sa hirap namin di namin nadala si mama sa hospital. Me and my twin sister grew up in a slum area of France where my mom was working in a shoe factory and due to over fatigue and lack of nutrients, she got sick. She stopped working and i had to provide the needs of our family while Diana took care of her. We are originally from the Philippines pero napagdesisyonan nina Mom and Dad noon na tumira dito sa France to start a new life but it didn't turn out to what they expected. Nung nalaman ni Papa na buntis si Mama bigla itong nagalit at pinagsabihan si Mama na ipalaglag raw pero di kayang gawin ni Mama yun kaya umalis si Papa at hindi na bumalik hanggang sa dumating ang araw na ipapanganak na kami ni Mama. Walang tumulong kay Mama, so Mom gave birth to us by herself...inside our house. When Mama told me about everything , i feel enrage about my father and if i could see him one day i will avenge mom.

My salary from working isn't enough to sustain our food for the whole week, so we had to rations our food that will last for more days.

When our mother died, we we're brought to an orphanage where us girls was forced to work as a laundry maid in a wealthy family. I'm thankful that me and my twin sister were able to eat three times a day but i can't deny the fact that we we're forced to work and the orphanage handler would hurt us if we don't.

It's not easy to wash pile of dirty clothes by just using hands. I'm washing extra pile of clothes that I took from Diana, I don't want my twin sister to get overworked . Nangako ako may mama na babantayan at aalagaan ko ng mabuti si Diana.

The only memorandum of mom to us was her emerald necklace that she told us grandma gave to her. She said it brings fortune and it will guide us to the right path. I don't believe such thing because look what we are now, quite the opposite.

"Mauna kanang bumalik Nana, tataposin ko nalang 'tong isang basket ng maruming damit," saad ko kay Diana.

I took the pile of clothes that she supposed to wash. It's already night and it's time for supper. In the orphanage, dinner were served at exactly 7:00 pm and if you can't get in line or get your food at that time, You'll starve. It's already 6:30 pm at medyo malayo yung orphanage sa mansion na pinaglalabahan namin.

"Eh paano ka ate, di ka naman makaka abot sa dinner mamaya." She said, worried.

"Okay lang Nana, ang importante ay ikaw. Wag kang mag-alala sa'kin at tsaka 'di pa naman ako ganun ka gutom." I smiled. She hugged me and left.