11th Day of February (Oneshot)

For her, the eleventh day of February is both a remarkable but a tragic date. It shared a celebration of both life and death. It's her natal day and her late friend's death anniversary at the same time.

Now, who would have the guts to celebrate a birthday if that very special day caused the demise of someone close to you?

Xaria Arguelles lost her dearest friend named Jace Wilson on one of her birthdays. Despite the absence of Jace, Xaria still chooses to pursue the dreams they've sworn to each other. Years have passed, she became a promising published author and was invited to numerous book signing events nationwide.

One day, she got an email from an organizer in Davao, inviting her to be one of the guests in an another event on the tenth day of February in the said city.

Unexpectedly, the event happened to be something else.

Because it had let her take a step closer to the truth about her late friend's death.

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Inspired by the story of Cain and Abel from the Bible but written from a third party's point of view.