Lights Off

CHAPTER 1

Michaella Pov:

I'm here now in my new rented house, kalilipat ko lang dito... I haven't lived in a house that I've lived in for a long time...
      May iniiwasan kasi akong mga
Tao.... Ng mamatay ang dad ko 15yrs ago... Duon na nagumpisa maging bangungot ang buhay ko ... A lot of bad things happened that I don't understand why they happen.....

When my dad died... there were men who kept coming back to my house... and they kept asking me one thing over and over again.........and that is the question "Where did my father hide their boss's money?"........repeatedly entered my mind... what money are they talking about?

And which boss are they talking about, and what connection does that have with father......

That's when I found out ...... I don't really know much about my own father... because I still don't know a lot about him

Those same men... every time they came to the house, and every time I answered their question that "I don't know anything about what they are saying" They always say that the moment I don't give them their boss's money...they will kill me

So I decided then to leave our house.... Iniwan ko ang kaisa isang pinamana aa akin ng tatay ko ,and that's our house

How many times have I moved from place to place.... at the time those men were following me..I am moving immediately ...... I feel like a criminal wanted by the police in my situation ...I feel that every time I move or move... there is a danger lurking in my life...

But by the grace of God .....3yrs from now , I haven't been followed and visited by the men who used to chase me for almost 12 years.....

Siguro napagod na sila sa kakahabol sakin...Or maybe they already believe that I really know nothing about the money they are talking about.....

While I was arranging things in the room, I saw in my box the picture frame with our family picture..

That photo....that was the day when everyone was still happy... I remembered that...that day was Christmas... and we celebrated Christmas happily even without food was served on our table

Grabe... Halos maluha ako ng makita ko yung picture nato .... Bigla kong naalala yung bonding at good memories namin ng mga kapatid ko....

I suddenly thought.....how are they?....... Where are they? ......Did they remember me?

Dibale na lang..... Bat ko ba iniisip yung nga taong wala naman ng pake sakin.... Well, when my father died, not one of them even visited to comfort me......

Gabriella Pov;

I just arrived from Japan with my grandmother... I've been in Japan for almost 15 years... So many times or years has passed.....

Nasan na kaya yung mga kapatid ko? Kamusta na kaya sila?..... I hope they are fine... and I hope they don't regret the decisions they made then....... hope they were happy with the lives they choose ....

While our car was driving to grandma's house ... I just watched the buildings we were passing by....I'm just happy ....

I want to find my brothers... but it seems like something is holding back anger in my heart.... They have already chosen to cut us apart... so what reason do I have to look for them?to find them?

I don't have to look for them... because even then... they were the ones who choose for the three of us to be separated

"Gabby? Is there a problem? Does something cross your mind? " My grandma ask me

"No........ Nothing..., Lola.." I answered him quickly

Rafaella Pov;

I just finished work...I went to mom's foodcart...where he sells waffles and corndogs

I came here to help mom sell the waffles she made.......

Mom just left for a while to buy us something to drink.....While I was guarding a foodcart, I saw three little girls from a distance...mukang magkakapatid sila....

And the one the old lady buyed a waffle from our foodcart...she handed it to a little girl... while the one who was given the waffle by the old woman ...divided the waffle into three and gave it to the two women next to him. ..

I remember when my sisters and I were kids..... every Sunday we go to the park and we only have money for one waffle.....so after we walk in the park...we will buy a one waffle and divide it into three and eat it together

And I remembered that from the three girls who were in front of our foodcart

I was smiling as I remembered those memories...until my smile suddenly disappeared..when I thought about what happened between the three of us......that happened when we broke up due to disagreements on who we were going to be with then...

Because of their wrong decision not to go with mom....we got separated and they didn't keep our promise to each other that...no matter what happens they won't allow the three of us to be separated

While I was looking at the three girls, I didn't realize that mom had arrived and he noticed that I was staring at the girls

"I'm sure you remember your sisters from them...? Rafa...! Your older now...
..... why don't you look for them? I won't stop you..." Mom told me that I was surprised because I didn't notice that he was back

I just bent down and wiped the glass of our food cart.....and answered what mom said.....

"Mom! They are old too... and if they wanted to see me... they should have done it before....but no.... because since we separated... we have lost our closure to each other... and they have lost the point of us being siblings ..... one more thing... I have no intention of looking for them either... since then they were dont care about us when we separate up... so I dont care for them either...." I explained to mom

"Are you sure about what you are saying? Rafa.....it's not because your father and I are divorced, you should also cut off your relationship with your sister, only the relationship between I and your father has been cut......" mom told me

"And your connection with your siblings... is still going on... because no matter what you do. .even if fate separates you , you are still sisters...
That's why your hate each other... please! Fix it .. I will not allow your sibling relationship to be broken.... just because your father and I broke up..." Mom told me That suddenly changed my mind