Saudade
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Last published Thu, Sep 25, 2025
Saudade is a word for a sad state of intense longing for someone or something that is absent.
Julia was only 11 when she met Ashton, the kind and charming 18-year-old boy next door. She was a troublemaker, always getting into fights and finding herself in bad situations, but Ashton was always there to help her, to protect her. Over time, they built a sweet, innocent bond that made Julia feel safe for the first time in her life.
But one day, everything changed. Julia was in an accident, a serious one. When she woke up, she couldn't remember what had happened that day. All she knew was that Ashton was gone. His whole family had left without saying goodbye. And to Julia, it felt like he had abandoned her when she needed him the most.
Fifteen years later, Julia is strong, successful, and ready to start a new job at a top company, Hale & Co. She's moved on...or so she thinks. On her first day, she walks into her new office and finds herself face to face with her new boss... Ashton.
He remembers her. She remembers him. But nothing feels the same. Ashton is distant, serious, and clearly hiding something. As strange things start happening around her, Julia begins to realize that Ashton didn't leave without a reason. And whatever happened the day of her accident... might be the reason they were torn apart.
Disclaimer: Most parts are written in English, some in Tagalog.
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[ ENGLISH VER.🇬🇧] A pastry chef a little too sticky and tactile. The very shady neighbor next door, who watches everything I do, and whose pockets are always full. A mysterious and intimidating priest who always wants to pray with me in his dilapidated church. This stranger who seems familiar to me and who keeps following me and smelling me while saying that we are related. The manager of my building is pessimistic and always violent and mean. In this small town blocked because of works and construction sites, I cannot leave. The only way out is to stay. But when the manager of my building is the victim of murder. And that the only ones living in this remote corner of the city are these few people. Since the police were difficult to contact, no one, apart from the five of us, knew that this murder had been committed. But everyone denies it and we are afraid. They accuse each other. We don't trust anyone anymore. And I, who found all these people strange and oppressive, I now have to live knowing that there is a murderer near me and I don't know if he or she will do it again .
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