Gone were the days of bounding from the limo, charging up the steps and sauntering into the restaurant.
Amely Agmata, my lawyer, alongside with My mom and Alex left the court. Bright television lights blazed and microphones stretched closer to catch the slightest sound from the victim.
"Ms Agmata, what do you think about today's developments?"
"Ms. Toledo, how would you characterize...."
"Mr Llanza, what are you going to do...."
"No comment!" Attorney Amely yelled repeatedly. "No comment!" She tugged on my sleeve, pulling me down the hall to the right.
Half blinded by the lights, utterly bewildered, and cowed by the shouts coming from all angles, I let my attorney lead me through the crush without protest. The pack followed, demanding answers to unintelligible questions shouted with increasing volume and vehemence.
A few steps before we reached a set of large, windowless double doors blocking our path, the left door opened abruptly and two police deputies shouldered their way inside. They halted, as surprised by the crowd in the corridor as the crowd was closely following us; both dropped a hand to a holstered pistol. The representatives of the media shrank back and quieted.
"Alright," announced the leading deputy, lifting his hand from his weapon and waving it in the general direction of the mob in the hallway.
"Let's back up there. Make way." I watched for a few seconds as the reporters began to stumble aside. Satisfied the mob of news personalities and camera operators were beginning to move, We made a half-turn and gestured through the open doorway to a double line to the parking
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"A Makati jury continues to deliberate in an attempt to reach a verdict in the trial of accused rapist Joel Manginsay. A third note was passed to Executive Judge of Makati Regional Trial Court Josefina G. Salonga yesterday afternoon indicating they were deadlocked on all charges. In a last ditch effort to avoid a costly mistrial, Judge Salonga instructed the seven women and five men on the panel to return to their deliberations and try to reach a consensus.
"Manginsay, a thirty-eight year old former Social Studies Teacher on local private Catholic School, is charged in the rape and attempt manslaughter of a woman Margareth Toledo. Manginsay has maintained his innocence throughout the trial, claiming his only contact with the girl was to give her first aid when she collapsed at the home of mutual friends.
"In other news, MMDA announced plans to expand EDSA around Commonwealth Avenue to a four lane controlled access highway on the south side of the city beginning next October. The winning bid on the highway expansion will be announced...."
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When Bad Girls Fall In Love
General Fiction"Every tough facade is just a cover up for a vulnerable point that one doesn't want to be painfully exposed" Underneath that tough girl bravado was just a girl who needed someone to believe in her. She had been immensely busy trying to transform her...
