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*Bell ringing*

"What's that? Dirty magazines again?" Allen, my friend asked while looking at me hiding the magazine under my clothes. "Just shut up okay? It's our secret."

Allen Mendez is the so-called Mr. Nice Guy, he's kind to everyone so everyone likes him, he likes to nag like an old hag, he is very jolly. He's the complete opposite of Edwin Sanchez, that's me. He was the first person ever who befriended and stayed with me since first year. And yes, I'm the troublemaker friend of that jerk. Ever since I met him, I decided to change and to just live a normal and boring highschool life. Until one day...

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Tuesday, August 6th

A very gloomy and stressed version of Allen went to our school.

"Hey, hey, hey! Is that you?"
"What do you want?" he angrily replied. "What's with you?" I said. Allen didn't talk to me since that morning. He looks so depressed and moody.

Breaktime

I saw this nerdy guy, raising his voice while talking to Allen. His name is Alfred, the son of a famous politician and a top student in the school.

After class

Me and Al were supposed to be going home together but he left me. Here, I was waiting for nothing and everyone has gone to their homes.

I was about to walk my way out the building... "Oh shoot! My notes, my notes." As I turned back, someone suddenly bumped unto me, I fell down and he doesn't even stopped to apologize.

I went back to the room to get what I forgot. Standing there, reaching my notes, I feel liquids gushing out my body. It was blood coming out from my stomach. I tried to ran through the clinic but it's outside the building where I'm in.

All students are gone, and I'm still a meter away from the clinic. A tall guy who went out the clinic saw me, almost falling out and running out of energy. "I-I was stabbed." I whispered to him while carrying me into the clinic. "He's bleeding!" he shouted.

I woke up around 5pm. The nurses told me that my stomach wasn't seriously stabbed, it's just me over reacting. "You were saved by your magazines. It was Alfred who carried you in. He just came by earlier to treat his wounds in his hands." the oldest nurse said. "He just left. Looks like he's in hurry", she added. "He told me that he got into a fight." the other nurse said.

After that day, Allen didn't show up. I haven't heard anything about Al for three days, as well as Alfred. His classmates told me that he transferred out the school when I came to his class to thank him.

5 days later...

Wednesday, August 14th: 7 a.m.

It kept me frozen for a whole solid minute when I heard the news about a famous politician's son got killed in an accident.

"Some witnesses said that Alfred Santivañez was found walking along the people while lost in his senses. A train was approaching when he was pushed into the train line and crashed by the train."

Right after the news ends, someone knocks the door.

*knocks*

"It's the police."

"What can I do for you" I said.

"We are here to ask some questions about the disappearance of Michael Santivañez, the adopted son of Sen. Santivañez."

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My name is Michael Santivañez. I go by the name of Allen Mendez since the day I left that mansion to bring back my brother. Allen Mendez was my real name, I was an orphan and it really made me happy that finally there's a family willing to take me.

My name changed, I tasted 10 years of sweet life with the Santivañez family. I thought I was living a peaceful and happy life until my brother, Alfred snapped.

My brother is a smart and talented guy, he can win the highest awards on every contests he joins. Every contests in different battlefields. He inspires me to work hard and become like him someday.

Whenever we are alone in our room, he would sit on his old money vault where he stores his medals. He'll talk nice things to me before beating me hard. He'll punch me while crying out his anger towards me, but he would leave my face unscathe so no one will know. "You're not supposed to be in this family.", "I'm better than you in everything.", "I'm the real son here, you are not a family!" are the words coming out from Alfred whenever he beats me.

Tuesday, August 6th

I went to visit my brother at his apartment and to beg him again to come back to his family. I promised him that I will never step a foot in that mansion.

Breaktime...

I stumbled in front of him and he raised his voice against. "I'm sorry okay!" I shouted with trembling voice. I knew I was in trouble after shouting it into his face.

I was frightened with the looks he gave me as I left him. It's like I'm going to experience the hell for the last time.

I went out the campus and decided to go at my brother's apartment. I will leave him and the mansion a letter saying that I won't show my face to them again.

I was about to insert the letter in his window... "Why are you here?" Alfred said. He pushed me away and read the letter I was holding. He opened the door of his apartment and dragged me inside. Without saying any word, he just started to grab my hair and slammed my head in an old money vault in his apartment. "I'll take everything away from you." as he said that line, the moments I spent with Ed suddenly just flash in my head like old filmstrips.

This time, he's giving out his punches to my face. I can hear him saying the same things back when we were younger. I feel weak, I can't move.

"I killed him." Alfred said.

"No, it wasn't me. It's his fault" he said to himself.

" He killed himself!", I can hear him crying, laughing and shouting while saying those words. He's gone crazy.

"Ah, my hands hurts." he said it like a child. I forced my eyes to open, to take a glimpse of him. He left me in his apartment and left the door opened. I can finally escape his place if I could only move an inch.

It took me hours to leave his apartment. I went to the narrow streets so I can hide from him. I'm still weak to walk that far, there's no other choice than to hide.

*humming*

It was Alfred singing that weird song. I saw him pass the main street while I was hiding. He went straight to his apartment. I let him pass before I continue to walk the street.

"Where are you?!", a frightening yell alarmed me that my life was already in danger. I started to ran away till my legs got numb. "I'm gonna die." I cried as I stumbled on everything that will catch Alfred's attention. His laughs and shouts become louder and louder.

"Found yah!", he shouted. He walks behind me while swinging the rusty and pointed pipe he's holding. I can hear him walking faster and faster.He caught me, and grabbed my shoulders while saying, "Ha! Ha! Ha!".

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