𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥.

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺.

𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵! 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸.

“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? 𝗜 𝗮𝗶𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗿𝗿…𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹?” I said.

When I found the letter, I became crazy about it. I searched the trashcans and my office to find this. It took hours to find it.

The caller questioning if I received his letters was the only happening in that call. When the call ended the number of the caller vanished once again.

Even though I have read it over and over again, I still can’t get it. It’s already midnight, and I’m still rereading it non-stop. I still haven’t replied to Ali and Mama’s messages sent a few hours ago.

After a long while, I decided to leave the office. Walking into the parking lot, my best friend Viktor saw me.

Viktor has long hair colored in shades of brown, a similar color to his almond eyes. He is a very loud but nice person. We have been best friends for 3 years now and he remains to be my only best friend. An extrovert and an introvert. We are so different in many ways but we vibe.

Viktor saw the letter that I was holding and stole it. I tried to reach for the letter but he kept pushing me and started to read the letters.

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱-" I stole back the letter and put it in my pocket.

"𝗕𝗿𝗼, 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗺. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿? 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗵?” The ape chuckled. “𝗘𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼!” Viktor imitated a late Filipino broadcaster. “𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀; 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗼-𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗺. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿," Viktor said while looking like he was picturing things.

"𝗦𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗽, 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗿! 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲?” I said.

“𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀, 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗜 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 - 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲!" He’s so crazy.

I ignored Viktor, went straight to my car, and drove. Bei