"𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀!" A woman's voice intervened, putting a stop to the chaos. Despite my swollen eyes, I tried to see who it was.

A woman – a beautiful one is approaching me. She had long, flowing black hair. Her arched eyebrows fit perfectly with her captivating gray eyes. Her slender nose, full lips, fair skin, and graceful figure – they all looked surreal.

I felt a pang on my chest realizing how I just described her. I can never hurt my Aliana. How can I look at this woman extending a hand to help me like that? I have a girlfriend back in Manila!

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲! 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲!" I stared at the woman.

I was really unable to take my eyes off her. Suddenly, my head throbbed with pain again.

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦.

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬 – 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.

My head hurt from the sudden waking up. These flashes are gradually getting out of hand.

I looked around and saw that I was in an unfamiliar place and my first instinct was to check my phone, wallet, and motorcycle key in my pockets.

As I was about to stand up, the woman who had helped me when I was attacked by Marwood’s residents came over. The last thing I know is that I was chased by bullets, for the hundredth time, and now I found myself in this strange place with the woman – that beautiful woman.

"𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵," the woman gave me a plate of chicken adobo.

Confused, I asked, "𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲?"

While this woman seemed to have helped me earlier, there were parts I couldn't remember completely.

‘𝘐𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯?’

"𝗠𝗲? 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂? 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶