She claimed him

Epilogue

Julian, John, and Stella threw their white roses on the coffin that is being pulled down.

The twins hugged their sister as their mom was being buried.

John was not shedding any tears at all, while Julian cannot control his tears.

It was John who saw his mom in her room one bullet inside her head. He didn't felt anything but numbness. He quickly called his dad but after so many attempts, he gave up and just called 911.

The ambulance and police arrived quickly and woke Julian up.

"Bakit ang ingay? Ang aga ag-" Julian was stopped as he saw his dead mother on the floor.

"MA!" Takbo nya sa duguan niyang nanay bago yakapin.

"Bakit? Bakit mo kami iniwan!?!" Halos nagwawala na si Julian ng paatrasin siya ng kalmadong si John para makuha na ng ambulansya ang katawan at i-autopsy na.

John hugged his hysterical brother not giving any emotions.

"Bakit, bakit siya umalis? Ang saya saya natin! Akala ko okay na lahat. Hindi na nga ako nagtanong. Gaya ng sabi mo." Sunod sunod na tanong ni Julian.

But John didn't respond, he just waited for his brother to fell asleep.

John didn't sleep the whole night, he waited for his father but was surprise to see Julia entered the house.

"Aasikasuhin ko lang yung libing ng mama nyo. Dadating mamaya ang kapatid nyo." Julia was trying to hide her sadness and her puffy eyes to John but it was evident that she went through something too.

John prepared breakfast for Julian and Stella. Julian woke up screaming and John made his way to the room he was in.

"Uuwi na si Stella, please don't let her see you like this." Julian was crying again. John left him to continue preparing the food.

The doorbell rang and John welcomed his little sister with a hug but no emotion was shown in his face.

"Where's mommy?" Julian looked away as Stella asked them.