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Chapter 23. “Recklessness and Sacrifices”
Chapter 23. “Recklessness and Sacrifices”
“Gavril!” malakas kong sigaw habang tulala sa nasusunog na bahay. Lumabas naman ng gate ang Yaya ni Jaxon kasama siya habang ako ay naiwan na tulala sa nasusunog na bahay. Si Gavril, nasa loob pa siya!
“Hindi,” sambit ko kasabay ng pagtulo ng luha ko. “Gavril.” Humagulgol ako ng iyak, napayuko at napaluhod. Hindi maaari, bakit naging ganito?
“Roux!” mabilis akong napatingala nang marinig kong may tumawag sa akin. Pagtingin ko ay nabigla ako at nakahinga ng maluwag habang nakatingin sa kanya.
“Gavril!” sigaw ko saka tumayo. Tumakbo naman siya palapit sa akin. Puno ng dumi ang kanyang mukha.
“Hindi ko na naagapan ang apoy, mabilis itong kumalat at bago pa sumabog ay tumakbo na ako.” aniya at saka ako hinila palabas ng gate.
Paglabas namin ng gate ay marami nang tao ang nasa labas at natataranta
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Chapter 27. “War within ourselves”“This is so confusing.” Ani Gavril habang hawak ang third note at saka ako tiningnan. Iniwas ko naman ang tingin sa kanya at yumuko dahil hindi ko alam at nakalimutan ko ang tungkol sa note. Masiyado akong nadala sa importanteng araw na ito, masiyado kong in-enjoy ang araw na ito. We could’ve save her but it’s too late now, she’s gone.“Roux,” napatingala ako nang tawagin ako ni Gavril. Bakas sa aking mukha ang pagsisisi at panghihinayang. He released a deep sigh. “I know what you’re thinking, it’s alright.” Natahimik ako at natulala sa kanya. Mapait siyang ngumiti sa akin. “Hindi ba hindi naman natin control? Nangyari na.”“Pero we are aware about the notes, but this, nakalimutan natin ang tungkol dito dahil—“ Hindi ko na natuloy ang sasabihin ko nang takpan niya ang labi ko ng kanyang hintuturo
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Chapter 29. “Hatred and Frame-up”Finally, Kuya Alf called Gavril. We are now on our way to the prosecutor’s office. Sabi ni Alexis, Kuya Alf intentionally avoided us calling because this is not a playground for a child to play. But Gavril insists to help him with the case and he asked me if he can tell them about my ability and I gave him my permission, at first I can feel and sense that Kuya Alf is really hesitant to believe what Gavril said about my ability, not until Alexis helped us to explain and persuade his brother to believe us.After that day when Gavril, Alexis, and I talked about the third case, it is now clear in my mind that it was a murder, the suicide thing is just a trap to make the case confusing. But when Alexis breaks down his hypothesis based on the things that I have seen in my vision of Francine Domingo’s death, we are now sure that it was a murder. But the suspect who is now detained is not the r
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Chapter 30. “Can’t be avoided”Every day, there are about 150,000 people died. And many people are mourning losing a loved one. The human body is made of billions of cells as they grow, and when that cell biologically stops functioning, the human body will eventually die. They say that nobody knows how and when are we gonna die, nobody knows what will happen when our time arrived. Death is part of our life. We are all born to live and we are all gonna die. Nobody can escape death, death is inevitable.Ulan.Tulala ako habang nakaupo dito sa may swing sa may playground. Hawak ko ang tali ni Sham-sham dahil naglakad-lakad muna kami dito sa village. Hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin mawala sa isip ko ang nangyari noong nakaraang araw. Hindi kami nakapunta sa appointment namin na kausapin si Aldwin Herrera kahapon, tumawag daw sa kanya si Kuya Alf na we will do the interrogation tomorrow, kahit kahapon noong nagkita
Dysfunctional Chapter 31. “Jealousy and confession,”
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- Dysfunctional Epilogue
- Dysfunctional Chapter 50. “To infinity and beyond”
- Dysfunctional Chapter 49. “Dark clouds, pouring rain”
- Dysfunctional Chapter 48. “Thank you, my first love”
- Dysfunctional Chapter 47. “The Family Feud”
- Dysfunctional Chapter 46. “Mirror of our soul ”
- Dysfunctional Chapter 45. “Nightmare of the past ”
- Dysfunctional Chapter 44. “Terrifying vision”
- Dysfunctional Chapter 43. “Mystery of the last note”
