There's a sliver of light in that door. We need to walk slowly so as no one will hear us.
We need to hide near that closet for us not to be seen. Is that clear?

Uhm... yes?

At the count of three... one, two,

I hear voices...

three... let's go.

Aha!

Uh oh!

Meddlers! After them.

Run! Now! Go!

Okay, we need to take separate ways. I go this way, and you go that way. Okay?

I think it's not a bright idea?

Just do it... go!

Huh! Ah!

Sir. I have her.

Let go of me!

Don't let him get away. After the other.

Rafael, run... don't mind me here. Run for your life!

No I wont leave you!

Just Run! Now! Go!

Let her go you scumbug!

Who are you calling scumbug, me?

Yes, you are. Let her go!

Let's us see who is scumbug between the two of us. Let him face what he's looking for!

Uh... Blag... Blag... Uh...

No...

Now, my dear, your screams won't help him in anyway.

Stop it... Stop it....

Blag... ah... blag... uh...

Now who is the scumbug... meddler? Throw them both to confinement, and don't let them escape.

Yes, sir.

***
Uh... blag...

Ahhh...

This is where you both belong... meddlers!

Clang... blag...

Are you alright?

Yes, and you? Oh, you're bleeding... Wait I'll find something to mend your wounds.

No need, I'm fine, I can manage.

Oh, don't be silly, you're bleeding profusely. Oh, there's nothing in here... *sigh*
Why didn't you leave me here?

You know I can't do that... I can't let you be treated badly by that scumbug, Ivy, I just can't.

But look at what happened to you?

It doesn't matter what happened to me. What matter most of, is you and your mother. I just dont
see why your scumbug of an uncle needs to do that to you and your mother.

I just don't know why? Anyway, i'm going to tie this piece of cloth in your wound. It might help.

We need to find a way out, for the sake of your mother.

Yes, we need to, but please, don't force yourself. Your wound might start bleeding again.

But we have no time...

***
Sign this my dear.

No! I wont sign that Osmund. Never!

Sign this, my dear sister-in-law, or you'll regret it!

You've heard my answer Osmund.... Never! I will never hand over to you the throne. Never! It shall
never be yours, and your wicked plans will never be fulfilled!

Silence! Or I shall strangle you. Sign this or you'll perish and forever be forgotten.

Never, Osmund... Never... Even if you kill me now, you shall never have the throne, and the
empire for Ivy will have it!

Enough of your nonsense, my dear Queen. Ivy, your dear little princess would have what I
had desired for. Huh... You make me laugh. She will never have it.

Huh... She is my successor and she will have the empire.

Ha...Ha...Ha... Alas, my Queen, you never know what I can do.

What do you mean?

Hmph... Sign this or you'll regret what will happen to your dear little Ivy.

You... You shall pay for this... you shall pay for this...

(okay... di ko na alam yung susunod na mangyayari... iisipin ko pa ulit... Ito po ang produkto ng
walang magawa sa bahay...)

i realized now what i am afraid of. I thought before that i'm not afraid of anything, that i can handle myself, that even seeing cadavers, parts of the body chopped put in a bottle, or a snake wouldn't make me crumble. But unexpectedly, when readling an email i ended up shaking. nakakadiri yung picture dun sa mail sobra. maraming parasites (not the so called na parasites pag galit ka sa isang tao) mga tapeworms, rings worms and all that, tapos nasa brain part ng tao. though i know the picture seems fake, pero nakakadiri talaga. Then naalala ko yung zoology instructor sa pics, sabi niya tungkol sa mga parasites (in a mellow, frightening tone) "...yung mga tapeworm sa bagong katay na baboy sa palengke, hinuhugot-hugot lang yung tapeworms, tapos... tapos na... yung parasites wala na, andun pa, naglalay ng itlog. Then lulutuin na yung baboy. Patay na yung parasites. Hindi... pakuluan mo yung baboy, patay na yung parasites... hindi. kasi, yung mga parasites eh may protective covering for extreme temperatures." so it means na yung sa sinasabi sa email na freeze it to -4 degrees eh walang kwenta pa rin... hay

since i got my whole life under stress... as in super... dahil sa aking pagging uncertain about my future, to unrest everything up nagbabasa na lang ako... i've been reading

and i'm already in chapter 10... hay, sobra. anyway still need to wait for the sign. my sign. my nmat results... sige yun lang.

kanina habang naghuhugas ako ng pinagkainan (... yes i do household chores) i reminisced about the past decisions that i had, which made the difference now. i tried to think of the circumstances brought about by it, and i can say na, oo nga maling-mali yung decision ko, yet i stand firm on what i believed in.

eh ano ngayon... it's not my fault, kasalanan niya yun...

everything comes back, as though it haunts me...

i just don't have any idea kung bakit ko naiisip ito... conscience?! ha... meron ako niyan kahit papaano. yet i also want to get even... anyway, enough is enough... let fate choose the type of action to be done to that person... (di siya taga section-c, so don't worry..) but let my mind buggle me...

anyway... what had transpired in my so ordinary life today...

slept by 5 in the morning... (scanned lots of pictures in the evening... care specially of my dad...)

woke-up by 1 in the afternoon. a sleeping-beauty tale... no, just trying to have a good sleep.

went out afterward... then being told that if this person came, blah...blah... the balance is blah...blah... and so on and so forth.

afterwhich, i sat in front of the computer and whala... internet... and that's it... boring? yeah, sure thing it's really boring.

okay, lunes na naman, at mamaya start na talaga ng pagiging bum ko.

uhmm... i think, hindi naman talaga yung taong bahay na walang ginagawa. I'm going to keep my summer worth while... ehmm... kahit hindi... dahil kailan kong tumulong sa business ng dad ko. (hate it when he always ask me to do things... plenty of things at once).

anyway, i wish na sana hindi ganoon ka-aga natapos yung review sa pics, para may baon pa rin ako... at sana hindi rin ganoon kaaga yung nmat exams ng nakapagreview pa talaga ako.

pero tapos na... dumman na kasabay ng holy week... at ngayon kailan ko na lang antayin yung results... gosh... sana umabot ako sa cut-off ng school na pag-applyan ko next year. honestly, mahirap siya... and they use two different kinds of test booklets. paano ko nalaman sa akin na lang siguro yun.

anyway, what about the succeeding months... i don't know? i just don't have a clear outlook in life as of the moment. I declined in a scheduled testing for hsbc, and had not appeared on it when i said i would come (reason: i'm in a review center right now...). Azues, a certain company who makes computer parts called and even texted me, asking for my transcript... but hell when will i get my transcript... it's still not processed.

so now here i am still waiting for God's sign... the results... that if ever i reached the desired cut-off i'm going to proceed to med, if not try nursing instead...