CHAPTER 25

ALIYAH POV

Boses iyon ni Edmond. He is in danger. I pulled Janine, I want to help the old man but she stopped me.

“Aaliyah, baka ang halimaw iyon. Humingi ng lang tayo ng tulong,” she tried to convince me.

“No Janine, we need to help him now. Maghanap ka ng pamalo o kahit bato man lang. Kailangang may gawin tayo,” kumuha ako ng isang pamalo at bato. Kahit takot na takot ay sumunod din si Janine.

Hinanap namin ang matanda. We followed his path and we can’t find him.

“Mang Edmond! Mang Edmond!” naging tahimik ang lugar.

“Aaliyah, bumalik na kaya tayo. Natatakot na ako,” nanginginig na si Janine sa gilid ko.

“Janine, huwag kang matakot. I am here. We need to find him, we need to help him,”

Naglakad kami ni Janine ng kaunti nang may narinig kaming kaluskus.

We followed the sound hanggang sa marating namin ang isang malaking puno.

Nanlamig ang buo naming katawan sa nakita. Nakahandusay ang matanda and his body was shaking as he was facing a slowly death.

Above him was a man. And the man wa