PROLOGUE

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"Boss, nandito na kami kila Jonas."

"Sige good, make sure na pagpasok ko tomorrow, I will no longer see their faces."

"Sure boss." End call.

"Tirahin na daw natin sabi ni boss." sabay pagtango sa kanyang mga kasama. Quietly, they reached the front door, others were on the back door ready to shoot.

Sanchez Property

"Jez! Come down, nandito na 'yung cake mo." Jonas said while knocking on Jezeree's door.

Dali-dali namang bumaba si Jezeree pagkatapos magsuot ng kanyang paboritong damit.

September 27. Jezeree is celebrating her 16th birthday. Kitang-kita sa sala ang kasiyahang nagaganap. Different colored balloons, dimmed light, confetti, banners and lots of food

"Oh Jezeree, make a wish na!" Ms. Sanchez said while cheering Jezeree.

"Go Jes!" "Happy birthday!" "Wish na!" cheered by her friends.

She scanned the place and saw how everybody's smiling so happily, her friends, her family, "I am so blessed having these people in my life, I couldn't thank God enough." She thought to herself.

She closed her eyes, and clasped her hands together.

All she can hear was the music playing in the background and all the cheers of her friends and family.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ♪

"All I wish is good health for me and my loved ones; I hope that they stay beside me forever." Saad nya sa kanyang sarili habang nakangiti.

Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you ♪

Dahan-dahan nyang binuksan ang kanyang mata at nagtaka nang nawala ang kanyang magulang.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ♪

Ikinalat pa nya ang kanyang tingin at nagulat nang mapansin niyang nagtutumbahan ang kanyang mga bisita. Dark liquid was flowing towards the light and she figured out what it was. She doesn't know what to do. She was frozen.

Nag-panic ang lahat ng kanyang bisita ngunit pansamantala lang iyon sapagkat agad din silang nagsitumba.

Suddenly, someone pulled her from the back.

"Kuya Jonas! Anong nangyayari?!" Jezeree shouted.

Tahimik lang si Jonas habang hila hila niya si Jezeree. Biglang bumitiw si Jezeree.

"Could you please answer my fucking question!" sigaw ni Jezeree.

"SUMUNOD KA NALANG PLEASE!" Jonas exclaimed.

Sa likod ng kanilang tahanan, maraming puno ang nakatayo, kung kaya't dun nila piniling magtago.

Jezeree is shivering in fear. Nagsimula nang kumawala ang mga luha sa kanyang mata. But she kept her silence. Madaming tanong ang gusto lumabas sa kanyang bibig. Bakit pamilya ko pa? Sino ba ang mga iyon?

"This is definitely a fucking nightmare". she thought to herself.

"It's the Chikushou Clan, they are fucking merciless." bulong ni Jonas. "I'm very sorry that this is what happened to your birthday." He added.

Biglang may naalala si Jezeree. She remembered that night where she saw how terrified her parents looked after answering a call. She asked about it, but her father said that someone was just playing prank on their telephone line.

Bigla na lamang silang nakarinig ng kaluskos sa damuhan, they were terrified when light shone to their direction.

"Just go without me, i-didistract ko sila. Please promise me that you'll be safe." Jonas whispered. Pagkatapos ay binigay niya ang isang gintong susi kay Jezeree. "You already know where to go, I can't promise that I could return. Please, iganti mo itong nangyari sa atin. Bring peace and justice to our parents." Jonas said.

Jezeree doesn't want to follow his directions, ngunit patuloy na lumalakas ang kaluskos na kanilang naririnig.

"Just go!" Jonas insisted.

Niyakap ng mahigpit ni Jezeree ang kanyang kuya. Pagkatapos ay dahan dahan syang umalis, nang sya ay nakalayo, tumakbo siya ng mabilis kahit na nanginginig ang kanyang tuhod. Tears were streaming down her face.

Her mind was blank, and her vision was blurry. Suddenly, she collapsed.


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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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