UNVEILING SECRETS (UNDER REVISION)

CHAPTER 1

𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 5 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗌𝖺 𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗀 luto 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝖿𝖺𝗌𝗍. 𝖠𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝖺𝗀𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗀𝗅𝗎𝗍𝗈, 𝗆𝖺𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗀 𝖽𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗀 𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗀𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗇. 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗇𝖺 𝗇𝖺𝗌𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗒 𝗇𝖺 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗀𝗎𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝖺𝗀𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 noon pa man 𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗇𝗂𝗅𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗒 𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝖺𝗀𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗒.

When I finished cooking, I immediately went to the living room to clean. I dusted off the items and swept up the mess left by my sister and her friend last night. They had a movie marathon with her friends, and they didn't clean up after. 

𝘈𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘢 𝘣𝘢 𝘢𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘰?

𝖭𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗎𝗉𝗈 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗌𝖺 𝗎𝗉𝗎𝖺𝗇 𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗉𝗈𝗌 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌, 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗇𝖺𝗌𝖺𝗇 𝗄𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖺𝗐𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖺 𝗍𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗄𝗍𝖺𝗄 𝗌𝖺 𝗆𝗎𝗄𝗁𝖺 𝗄𝗈. 𝖠𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗀𝖺 𝖺𝗀𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗇𝗈 𝗇𝖺 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖺𝗐𝗂𝗌. 𝖳𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗒𝗈 𝗇𝖺 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗉𝗎𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺 𝗌𝖺 𝗅𝖺𝖻𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗁𝗂𝗅 𝗆𝖺𝗀𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗀 𝗉𝖺 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗀𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗇.

‘Fucking great way to start my day’

I smiled when I saw the flowers I’ve been taking care of. They looked so beautiful, each one different in color and so lively. Sometimes I stay here to relax and read a book when I have nothing to do—the air here is fresh.

‘I envy these flowers, they look happy and alive’

𝖭𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗌𝖺 𝗇𝖺𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗉 𝗄𝗈 𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝖺𝗀𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗎𝗅𝖺 𝗇𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗀𝖽𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗀. 𝖬𝗀𝖺 20 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗉𝗈𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝖺𝗌𝗂 𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗄𝗅𝖺𝗄 𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺 𝗀𝖺𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗀𝖺 𝗅𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗁𝗂𝗅 𝗉𝖺𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗄𝖺𝗒 𝖣𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗒, 𝗆𝖺𝗁𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗀 𝗄𝖺𝗌𝗂 𝗌𝗂𝗒𝖺 𝗌𝖺 𝗆𝗀𝖺 𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗆.

"Ay nako, Paige!" 𝗇𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝖻𝗂𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗀 𝗌𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗎𝗅𝖺 𝗌𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝗄𝗈.

"Good morning manang, may kailangan po ba kayo?" 𝗇𝖺𝗄𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗍𝗂 𝗄𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗂 𝗄𝖺𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗇𝗀, 𝗌𝗂𝗒𝖺 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗀 𝗌𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇.

"Ikaw talagang bata ka! Ako na ang magdidilig diyan dahil may pasok ka pa at baka mahuli ka na naman sa klase mo!" 𝗐𝗂𝗄𝖺 𝗇𝗂𝗒𝖺.

𝖭𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗍𝗂 𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗄𝗈 𝖽𝖺𝗁𝗂𝗅 𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗂 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝖻𝖺𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇, 𝗌𝗂𝗒𝖺 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗂𝗇 𝗇𝖺𝗄𝖺𝗄𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂 𝗌𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇. Sometimes she wants to defend me when she sees me getting hurt, but she can’t because she might lose her job.