Chapter 77: Saved

Hindi alam ni Lauren kung gaano na siya katagal na nagtatago sa base ng kitchen island. All she knew was that the gunfires never seemed to stop kaya naman kanina pa nakatakip ang kanyang mga kamay sa kanyang tainga. Gusto niyang pagilan ang sariling umiyak, but she cannot help it. The awful thoughts circling inside her head were not helping her either. She’s worried and afraid!

Maya-maya pa, biglang bumukas ang service door sa kitchen. Isiniksik niya ang sarili sa kitchen island at pumikit nang mariin.

“Lord, please make it quick,’ she prayed. If she’d really die tonight, she hoped that it would be quick.

She braced herself, for pain to come and death to greet her. But not of those came. Instead a soft hand with a familiar warmth touched her cheeks.

“Lauren,” the familiar voice called her.

She opened her eyes quickly and there she saw Kiel, kneeling right in front of her. His eyes full of worry as he surveyed her.

Lalo siyang napaiyak. “K-Kiel,” she whispered, hugging him tight