CHAPTER 120 – MAGNITUDE EIGHT

GRAND OPENING ng proyektong hinawakan ni Clive na isang malaking coliseum sa bicol. The architectural design was impeccable. Pero hindi niya masyadong na monitor ang structural section niyon dahil hindi naman siya Civil Engineer. Triple C had all the best designing professionals. Pero kahit gaano katatag at kaganda ng struktura ay walang panama iyon sa kalamidad na bigay ng kalikasan.

There had been an earthquake around magnitude eight. Nagkataon itong sa grand opening ng natural gusali. Three columns had failed, and the trusses fell. Marami namang nakalabas agad kahit nagkaroon ng stampede. But the horror remained that around a hundred people died.

Kung kailan unti-unti nang na tanggap ni Nikole ang pagkawala ni Julian, ngayon naman niya nasaksihan ang unti-unti ng pagkawala ni Clive. He was physically present, but mentally absent.

“Clive, it’s not your fault. It was a natural calamity!” Paulit-ulit niyang pinapaalala rito iyon. It had been a month since that incident but there ha