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PLAGIARISM IS A CRIME.

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/THIRD PERSON'S POV/

(BATAAN-1945)

No one in this world wants a bloody war that will only harm innocent civilians and destroy the infrastructure of a country but no one can avoid what is set to happen. 

It has also been four years since Japanese soldiers occupied the Philippines after they bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, they immediately tortured and killed many lives, whether they were old, disabled, women, or children, they did not miss anything. 

Other civilians have done nothing but seek refuge to save themselves against the foreign invaders. Many of them are hiding in their homes or have just left the province to survive. 

Odessa Soriano's family was one of the affected by the invasion and could not escape the province because they were near the Japanese camp, so they decided to stay at their home even though they knew the risk.

“Mother, why is Dad taking so long to come back? I'm afraid he might be arrested by those invaders.” the eighteen-year-old girl feels intense concern for her father. 

It has been a few hours since her father left them to find food but until now they don't know what happened to him for taking so long and the girl fears that her father may have been captured by the Japanese soldiers. 

Odessa's mother knew how her daughter was so worried. The caring mother slowly approached her daughter and touched her hair gently to partially remove the worries in her daughter's mind.

“Let's just trust God that nothing will happen to your father, I know these trials will end as well.” she touched softly the girl's face. 

Odessa felt a little relieved but the apprehension she felt still didn't go away. “I trust God, Mom, but I don't trust a conqueror...Mom, I know you are also worried about Dad so I want you to let me go out to look after him.” Odessa's said. 

Odessa was aware of the dangers that could befall her if she insisted on leaving because her boyfriend, a soldier, had warned her about it. 

“But Odessa, you can be in danger—” BOOOM !!! 

“Mommm!, there's a fire !!!” bewildered cry of his brother Sebastian. 

The mother and daughter hurried to the kitchen where they heard Sebastian shouting and were shocked when a blazing fire immediately burst into them. Odessa’s mother tried to remove her brother near the fire but unfortunately, the wood supporting their roof was removed so it fell over her poor mother and brother. 

“Mom!!” shocked the maiden. Odessa was devastated to see how the fire was slowly burning her mother. She quickly tried to remove the heavy, hot wood that had fallen over her mother but she had enough strength to do so.

“My Odessa...go away...try to live and find your—” were the last words from Odessa's mother.

“No..No...Mommm!!!” Odessa roared in tears as she called to it. 

Her mother and brother died because they couldn't stand the extreme heat anymore. Just seconds after her mother died, another part of their kitchen suddenly collapsed, covering its dead body. 

Everything she witnessed was very painful for her and she had no choice but to go out of their burning house to save herself. 

When Odessa went out of their burning house, she immediately saw other Japanese soldiers not far from their burning home laughing and the girl's world was suddenly destroyed when she finally realized that it was the Japanese who set fire to their house. 

“Hora, koko ni utsukushī on'nanoko ga imasu! (YOU SEE, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HERE!) ” said Tsuki Akane, a Japanese general. 

The poor girl could not understand what the Japanese had said to her and she was very nervous as the soldier approached her. The girl slowly stepped away as she forced herself to be brave to stop her nervousness. 

“H-How cruel you are? After you inavaded our country and killed innocent people, now you have even killed my family...you're all evil!!” Odessa spoke loudly as she held back her tears. 

The Japanese soldier did not even see pity in the eyes but stopped walking to order her men to arrest the girl. 

“Kare o tsukamaeru! (CATCH HER!) ” the general ordered. 

Other Japanese soldiers quickly approached Odessa.

“Dare ga anata ni kare ni fureru kenri o ataemashita ka?! (WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO HOLD HER?!)” a man's voice from behind the Japanese. 

The girl couldn't believe that the arrival of her boyfriend Antonio was appropriate. Antonio could speak Japanese because he lived in Japan for three years before the outbreak of the Second World War. 

“Kanojo wa anatanokanojodesu ka? (IS SHE YOUR GIRLFRIEND?) ”Akane shouted. 

Instead of answering the Japanese's tease, Antonio decided to order Odessa to run away while the occupiers' attention was focused on him. “Run! I ordered you to run!” Antonio orders the girl. 

Hesitantly, Odessa quickly obeyed Antonio's command. She quickly ran away from the Japanese, but it was immediately noticed by one soldier who was fleeing tried to chase the young woman but fortunately, Antonio shot him immediately. 

“Don't look back! Just run away because you don't have the right to die now! ” Antonio commanded loudly. 

At this point, Odessa finds it difficult to obey the young soldier's orders to her, but she doesn't want to witness how her boyfriend's life will end, so she just continues to run while crying and doesn't look back at her boyfriend's whereabouts. 

Although Odessa could not see what was happening where Antonio was, she could hear the loud shouts that pinched her heart hard. Odessa knew it was a shout of the heroism of her beloved. 

Suddenly, the rain fell down from the angry clouds as sympathy for the poor girl and was accompanied by sharp lightning bolts while she running. 

——— 

During the long run of Odessa, she did not even realize the arrival of the total eclipse because the rain had just ended, so the sky was still gloomy and at the same time, the tireless soldiers still found her.

While Odessa was running, she was suddenly shot by a soldier which hit her right shoulder, causing her to weaken. When the girl became weak, she stopped at the side of a bridge and was about to surrender herself, but the soldiers didn't think that she would jump there, especially since the water under the bridge was too high.

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 /ODESSA'S POV/ 

Forgive me, my dear mother, because I will never be able to fulfill your last will to me...forgive me Antonio for my audacity to disobey you. I will die without the suffering experienced in my body from the foreign invaders, however, I will also die full of suffering in my heart because I never helped anyone of you. I beg your forgiveness. 

Forgive me, Dad...Forgive me too my mom... Forgive me, Antonio...Please forgive me for everything. 

(MANILA-2018) 

I slowly woke up on a dirty beach caused of the strange noises I heard. The surroundings are very noisy and there is also a foul smell. As I stood up even though I was weak I saw a strange place where my vision seemed to be gradually blurring. 

Even though I was wet and writhing in pain from my right shoulder I still patiently went down the road to find out where I was. It seemed like I was in a nightmare because I thought earlier that I was in the afterlife but my brain was suddenly enlightened when I saw things around me that were very strange compared to what they say ‘afterlife’. 

“What place is this?” I faintly whispered to myself. 

I don't see a single soldier around, I don't even see their tank on this road, but I only see the different kinds of vehicles running. As I was walking I could hear whispers from people looking at me. Because of my curiosity, I didn't realize that I was in the middle of the road. 

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP !!! 

Loud car horns shook my ears causing me to feel myself lying in the middle of the road until I lost my consciousness completely. 

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“Where am I?”  I was surprised when I woke up in a beautiful and airy room. I also noticed that there was a cover on the wound on my right shoulder when I accidentally touched it. 

I quickly got up from the beautiful bed and groped my whole body. I just sighed when nothing else happened to my body except the white tape that stuck to my wounds. 

I slowly approached the door and opened it. When I came out of the room, I was overwhelmed by the beauty and size of this house. I was even more confused as to why I came here. 

Out of my curiosity, I slowly walked down the stairs. When I got down I stopped because I was more amazed at the beauty and modernity of the whole house. The things I see here are a hundred times more modern compared to where I come from. 

“Where am I? I don't think the country of the foreign invaders is as modern as this...not so— ” My astonishment was interrupted when I heard a strange voice from behind me. 

“What are you doing there?” I suddenly turned to look behind and a handsome man immediately came into view. Time seemed to stop when I saw his face. In stature, handsomeness, and speech I can say that he is probably a foreigner. 

He also has white skin that I can compare to Americans.

 “I'm sorry, Sir, but I just want to know where I am.” I hesitate to respond. 

He seemed irritated by what I said to him but I felt that there wasn't wrong with it. 

“I said, what are you doing there? Don't change the topic and kindly answer my question first.” his sarcastic answer. 

I quietly smiled at him even though I was irritated with him too.

“Nothing, but I want to know where I am and how I got here.” I calmly ask.

“If you're hungry, there are slices of bacon and some food in a refrigerator that you can get as my apology to you.” his cold answer that too far from my question.

I guess, I was wrong in judging him by his looks, I thought that at the same time he had a perfect appearance, he even had a perfect heart but, that's the opposite of my thought. 

“Later, your doctor will come here to check you up and after that, you can leave my house.” he will be sarcastic at me again. 

I just nodded in response because I didn't want to be intrusive again. Just a few seconds after he spoke to me, he left to go upstairs. If I hadn't been indebted to him for treating my wound on my right shoulder, I might have beaten him for his annoying attitude. 

I briefly toured the inside of his huge house after he left and I saw much more strange equipment inside. As I wandered around and marveled at the strange and modern equipment I noticed an old music box behind the rows of photos. 

“What does this sound like?” I tried to enable the old music box but I just failed because it didn't work. 

I just remember my father through an old music box because my father gave me a music box like this when I was celebrating my tenth birthday. 

Sadly, my music box was indeed in our burning house. 

“I miss you, Dad,” I whispered to myself and I didn’t realize the tears were dripping from my eyes.

I really miss them all. I never thought that this hard situation could happen to me. At a young age, I suddenly became an orphan.

“Why did all this mess happen to me? Why do I have to be an orphan? What's wrong with me? Why do I have to suffer like this? Tell me, why?!” I questioned myself with tears.

I want to wake up from this nightmare! Please wake me up!

 /TIMOTHY'S POV/

I just came back from the bathroom after I took a bath. While I was still wearing a Bathrobe I picked up my iPad to check out the latest article here. When I looked at the newly released article, Geneva’s face immediately appeared on it.

Since Geneva, the woman I love cheated and hurt me, I have never experienced being happy even for a moment. I finally realized that I'm so stupid to let my heart fall in love with her even though there's another woman who more deserves it.

“IT'S CONFIRMED! ACTRESS GENEVA EVANGELISTA AND RAFAEL SAN JUAN ARE DATING!”

My morning was immediately ruined when I read the Headline of the article where it stated that Geneva had already confirmed her relationship with the man she exchanged with me.

My blood was high even more when I remember that she never want to confirm our relationship in the public before even though many people noticed us.

“What the hell is this article?!”

I was so angry that's why I turned my madness on my iPad, so I could suddenly throw it away. I just wiped my face with my hand while my eyes couldn't stop their tears.

«SEC. MENDOZA calling ...»

I immediately picked up my cellphone lying on my bed and answered my secretary's call.

“I'm sorry, Sir, but I can't accompany you later on your school field trip. I have to accompany the Chairman today on his Bussiness Trip to Hawaii because his secretary filed a lea—”

I didn't finish what he said and I quickly turned off my cellphone. I feel like everyone around me wants to stay away. I couldn’t understand why I had to experience all of this.

All my life, I have been good to them but they have rewarded me with treachery. I don't know if I have anyone else to trust.

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“Okay, I’m nearly there, but there's s traffic here because the road is still being repaired,” I answered Bren's call.

I had been stocked in traffic aboard a Porsche for almost an hour. I was the only one they were waiting for our field trip.

Shortly, after I talked to Bren, the traffic gradually widened, so I stepped on the cylinder of my sports car. Because I was driving so fast in my car, I didn't notice that there was a woman walking on the road, so I didn't immediately step on the brake and I collided with her.

“Damn it !!” I whispered nervously with shock.

I quickly got out of my car and approached the woman I accidentally collided with because of my haste.

“Miss, Are you okay?” I asked confused.

When I realized that she had lost consciousness, I no doubt to lifted the woman in front of many people. I quickly put her in my car to go to the hospital, but I thought it was a big scandal in our company when it came out in the news so I decided to bring her to my house.

I immediately call my Auntie who's the Foundation Director of the Hospital we own. She is also a doctor and Mom's older sister, I hope she can help me with this mess.

“What's happening, why did you get called me?” there was concern in her voice.

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It's a good thing because the woman wasn't hurt so much and Auntie treated her right away because if not, the media will chase me tomorrow and what's worse, I might be imprisoned.

“I have treated all her wounds as well as the gunshot wound at her right shoulder.” Auntie's said.

Suddenly my forehead furrowed when I found out that the woman had a gunshot on her shoulder but I didn't care anymore, all I need now is to wait until the woman recover before she ruined my life.

“By the way, you can transfer her to our Hospital if—”

“No, it might be a big trouble if Dad knows about it.” I refuse.

Dad shouldn't know what stupidity I did because we're surely fighting over it.

“Isn't your field trip today?” Auntie asked me.

“I'm not coming anymore, I won't get anything out of it either.” my sarcastic response.

She sighed first at me and finally said goodbye.

“I'm leaving, just tell me right away when she wakes up.” her favor.

After that, she left quickly. I just sat on the sofa after she get to leave because I thought that I escaped the stupidity I did today. All I had to do was erase the footage of the accident.

I had no choice but to go directly to the Barangay Hall which covers the scene of the accident. Wearing my expensive bomber jacket, black hat, and pants I went to Barangay Hall and I no doubt bribed the CCTV Operator there to remove the footage.

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The woman I bumped into will be unconscious for three days and I also haven't been to school for three days because I don't want to see the face of the woman who cheated on me.

I get sick every time I think that she just used me to have a sponsor for the movie she's starring in.

“What are you doing there?” I asked the woman sarcastically when I saw her in the kitchen.

I wouldn't see if she's woken up if I hadn't left my room and gone to the kitchen to get snacks to eat.

There was a look of shock on her face when she turned to me.

“I'm sorry, Sir, but I just want to know where I am.” there was hesitation in the tone of her speech.

I know that she knows everything, she also knows that she’s not in the hospital so why does she have to ask where she is?

I'm annoyed with people who don't use their brains and only apply ignorance. And one more thing, what I hate the most of all is the people who don't directly answer my question to them like this woman.

“It's obvious you know that you're not in Hospital.” I sarcastically reply. “I asked you first, 'what are you doing there?', but you question me either,” I added.

She smiled slightly at me with embarrassment before answering.

“I sincerely apologize for that, I just want to know where I am and how I got here,” she replied softly.

I don't know if this woman doesn't remember anything that she suddenly crossed the road without thinking or if she was just a lunatic.

“If you're hungry, there are slices of bacon and some foods in a refrigerator that you can eat as my apology for what I did to you,” I said. “Later, your doctor will come here to check you up and after that, you can leave my house.” I continue.

After we talked, I immediately left in front of her and just went back to my room. When I entered my room, my cellphone suddenly rang in my pocket.

«GENEVA calling ...»

This woman has a thick face to call me after the deception she committed. I couldn’t understand why I would have loved a woman like her who only loved me for money.

“Didn't anyone sponsor your show so you're calling me today?” I asked her sarcastically when I chose to answer her call.

“I just want to have...a proper closure between the two of us,” she replied calmly.

I suddenly slightly laughed at what she said. After she made me like a fool, will she now ask for closure from me? How ridiculous!

“Are you kidding?” I replied sarcastically.

“I just want us to talk at the restaurant we went to before.”

“For what? For Closure? For your apology? Sorry, but I don't want to waste my time on that.” I replied emphatically and I immediately ended our conversation.

My ears tingle every time I hear her voice. I can say that I still have some feelings left for her because our past relationship is not easy to forget, but now anger is more dominant in my heart because of what she did to me.

It's been eight months since she cheated on me but I still can't just forget about that. I still don’t understand why she was able to fool me. The wound she made in my heart is still fresh and I don’t know if it will be able to heal.

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-EIGHT MONTHS AGO-

“I bet, she will be happy when she sees your surprise for your second monthsary,” said James.

“I hope so.” I just smiled.

Ever since I and Geneva had a relationship, I felt every day that I'm the luckiest man in the world. There was never a time when I didn't smile every time I was with her, even if it was just a secret relationship between the two of us.

This is our second monthsary and I want this day to be very special for us, so I prepared it. I temporarily closed Dad’s expensive restaurant first to make a Romantic reception of our monthsary date here.

This is Geneva's favorite restaurant but she doesn't know that my Dad is the owner of it. I waited patiently for Geneva because I was sure that she would be a little late because of their shooting for her upcoming movie.

It was eleven o'clock in the evening but I seemed to be waiting for nothing. I texted her earlier that we would meet here before eight o'clock but three hours had passed away and I was still able to wait for her.

GENEVA: Sorry, I just saw your text recently so I didn't go there. Can we meet tomorrow at our favorite restaurant? Good night!

I was almost crushed when I read her message because she seemed to have forgotten our second monthsary today.

“Uh, I see...I understand. I love you and sweet dreams.” I sadly replied to her.

Aside from the fact that she forgot our Monthsary, she also forgot to tell me the word 'I LOVE YOU' that she always told me before. I notice that she was cold with me.

———

I seem to have been feeling bad today since I woke up. I just thought maybe it was because of what happened last night. When I woke up earlier, I immediately checked the inbox of my cellphone to see if Geneva had texted me but I did not receive even a single message from her.

It used to be that notifications from her message always woke me up every morning so I feel like she's changing now.

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When I entered the school, I immediately went to the Room where Geneva's section was to take a peek at her but I saw that her seat was vacant today.

“It's only now that Geneva is absent, even though she used to be too busy on her taping before, she's always present at our class.”

“Idi*t! her manager said, she's sick now. ”

“Really?”

When I heard the whispers of her classmates about her, I hurried to get in my car. While driving to the condominium where she lives, I realized that maybe she didn't show up for our monthsary date last night because she was sick.

But why she didn't even tell me that she was sick?

I was even more in a hurry to drive because of too much worry I feel for her.

A few moments later, I reached the parking lot of their condominium building and quickly parked my car. Just as I was about to leave, I saw Geneva with her leading man in her upcoming movie approaching a car not far from where I had parked with a companion.

I was directly shocked when I saw that she kissed the man on the lips so I could not hold back and I got out of my car to confront them both.

“It's fun for being sick, isn't it?” I confronted them with my loud voice which grabbed their attention. There was a look of shock on their faces as if they had seen a ghost.

“Tim, I'll explain—” she tried to explain, but I refused it and I couldn't control myself anymore so I suddenly gave the man a hard punch in the face.

Geneva quickly intervened between us and seemed to be protecting her man.

“Stop it, Timothy!! Please, Stop it!! ” abduction of Geneva.

I suddenly controlled myself and breathed deeply.

“Tell me, I just got it wrong, didn't I? Isn't what I'm thinking wrong?” I'm quite hesitant about what she'll answer.

My world almost collapsed when she answered my question while crying. “I'm so sorry, Timothy...sorry..”

I backed away slightly and suddenly the tears I was holding back dripped from my eyes. I couldn't speak anymore and I quickly got back in my car and drove it quickly to get away from them. I thought before that she haven't a reason to cheat on me but I regret my complacency with her.

We were friends for seven years and we had a relationship for two months but she still managed to hurt me. I'm regretting that I trusted a woman like her.

(FLASHBACK ENDING)

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Now, I don't know if there's a woman that deserves to trust because of what happened to me before. I feel like all the women I meet now only want my money so because of that, I prefer to play with them. And I think the money that they got from me is worth it for their feelings.

I wouldn't let my kindness be my weakness anymore, so they can't take that as an advantage against me. I'm no longer the Timothy they know before, who can fool by a woman.

 /ODESSA'S POV/

As i walked around his house, I saw a door that I thought was the door out of his home. I slowly opened it and my suspicion was correct when I saw the lovely sunlight.

I slowly approached the big black metal door and I slowly opened it, as I opened it I could see the wide road from here. I also saw other large and beautiful houses that looked like modern mansions like his house.

When I came out of the house, it suddenly occurred to me where I was. The language they use is not different from the language we use either, although their clothes are different.

Their houses and equipment are also very different compared to our equipment. “Where am I? What is this place?” I wonder.

I didn't even realize that I was on the road where I could see strange cars moving. I just kept walking to the side while marveling at what I could see. I briefly passed by a market where I saw a lot of food. 

I'm hungry!

“Ineng, all the food we will sell is delicious.” an old saleswoman told me when she noticed me looking at her food.

I just smiled because even though I wanted to buy the food she was selling, I didn't have the money to buy it.

“I wanted to, but I don't have any money.” I replied with embarrassment.

I hurried to leave out because of the embarrassment I felt but suddenly the old woman called me.

“Ineng, take this, it's better if you can taste it.” her smiley said.

I slowly turned around and approached the old saleswoman again.

“Thank you very much.” I replied after getting the 'BIKO' she handed to me.

I quickly tasted the 'BIKO' she gave me and I was shocked by its delicious taste, this 'BIKO' also tasted like the 'BIKO' my mother cooked then.

Suddenly, I remembered what had happened to them, and my brother and I couldn't stop crying while chewing the delicious 'BIKO'.

“Why are you crying?” concerned the elder woman.

I immediately wiped the tears from my eyes when she noticed it.

“Nothing, I just remember my family because of how delicious your 'BIKO' is.” my reason.

“Thanks again for this, the truth is that I haven't eaten yet so thanks for this delicious food.” I added.

The old woman just smiled at me and said “That's delicious because my father inherited it from me.”

“Oh, really? By the way, How old are you?” I asked smiling.

“I was born in 1954 so — wait, I can't even remember what old I am.” countable exposition of the old woman.

I suddenly choked and my two eyes quickly widened when I heard the old woman say that she was born in 1954 because as far as I know, it is only 1945 now, so she can't say that she was born in 1954.

Or maybe they just count the years differently here in their country but due to the strange events that happened to me, it is not unlikely that all the impossible will be possible so I have to be sure.

Gradually, I realized that I was not in another country, so I became even more confused.

Where I am?

“A-Are you sure you were born in 1954?” I stuttered to question her.

“Yes, why, is there any problem?” her shocking answer.

I'm almost driving crazy because she confirmed that she was born in 1954 because it's very impossible that it's over nine years since I accidentally came here, if she was born in 1954, why does she seem to be over sixty years old?

Oh No! Maybe I accidentally got in at another time?

“C-Can you tell me what date it is now?” I want to ensure my suspicion.

“It's February 1, 2018” she replied.

“That's the problem with today's kids who were always using their cellphones, even the date has been forgotten. Even though I'm old, I never forget what's date is now.” she said that I didn't quite understand.

Wait, did she say that the date now is 2018?

I-In that case, am I really in another time?!!

———

After a few hours of walking aimlessly, night fell on the road as I wondered how it all happened and how I got to this time. Because of my effort to remember everything, there is a memory that suddenly appears in my mind. “After I jumped off the bridge, I just woke up on the dirty beach...Is the river was the reason why I'm here?”

Suddenly, I stopped walking when I noticed that I was on the side of a beautiful bridge.

“I need to go back, I don't have to go through all this goodness.” I slowly climbed onto the handle of the bridge and it was time for me to jump when suddenly someone pulled me so that I would not fall on the bridge, instead, I just fall onto the chest of a man who pulled me.

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/TIMOTHY'S POV/

I still can't forget what Geneva told me earlier so I thought I'd just drink a beer so I can forget that even for a while. When I opened my refrigerator, not a single beer was inside it, so I decided to buy those beers at the convenience store.

When I came out of my house wearing a black hoodie jacket and pants, I wondered why the gate to the garage was open until I realized that this is where the woman who was ruining my day passed by. I just didn't pay attention to that woman and I just drove my car.

What the heck!

———

I was also stuck in traffic for almost two hours just before arriving at the nearest convenience store from our village. When I arrived at the convenience store, I parked my car in front of it for a while and then entered it.

Upon entering, I quickly picked up the snacks and drinks I was going to buy and gave them to the cashier to pay.

“Sir, do you have another credit card?” the cashier asked me.

“Why? is there a problem?” I wonder.

“I'm sorry, Sir, but the machine won't even accept your credit card.” the cashier replied to me.

I could see that the machine didn't want to accept my credit card so I took my three ATM cards to check if it would work.

“Check this three.” the cashier tried all my cards several times but none of them worked.

“Just pay in cash, Sir, to avoid the hassle.” the cashier suggested.

I agreed and immediately checked my wallet to see how much cash I had left. Fortunately, I have exact cash for payment.

Damn it! I'm sure Dad is freezing my Credit card!

After I paid for my purchases, I immediately left the convenience store but I was just shocked when I could not see my car parked in front of the convenience store.

“What's going on?” I just whispered in great annoyance.

I immediately asked the traffic enforcer in front of the convenience store if he had noticed a car parked there. “Wait, did you see a blue sports car parked here?”

“Uh, that car?! We towed it earlier because it's an obstacle on the road.” the traffic enforcer answered.

I was just dumbfounded when the traffic enforcer answered me.

How can I go home? I don't have money for a taxi fare!

“What the hell?! Where is my phone?” I kept clutching my pocket until I realized I had left it in my car earlier.

“Sh*t!”

Eventually, I had no choice but to walk too far to get home. As I was walking carrying my groceries suddenly a blackened man running at my side and handed me a bag. I wondered why that man handed me the bag until I noticed the guards and a woman approaching me.

“Hey, Thief!!! Give it back to me!!!” the woman shouted as she ran towards me.

Here I gradually realized everything so I quickly let go of the bag and ran away. The guards chased me quickly.

“How dare they accuse me of being a thief!” I was still not tired of running until I saw a big trash bin and luckily it was only a little full so here I thought I would just hide here.

“It's disgusting!”

As I peered through the small opening, I saw that they were just running straight to find me. After that, I quickly got out of the disgusting trash can and I just walked casually as if nothing had happened.

I'm so annoyed today! What the heck!!

———

I've been walking for almost four hours and it took me late at night just to find a phone to use to call my Dad but there's nothing person who is willing to lend me their phones thinking that I might snatch their phones.

Annoying!

As I was walking, I saw people next to me along the side of the bridge. Out of curiosity, I also looked and I was shocked to see the woman I hide in my house standing on the handle of the bridge. Without hesitation, I pulled the woman in front of a crowd causing us both to fall on the side of the bridge. By the time we fell on the road, my vision seemed to have darkened and I could no longer hear. In short, I lost my consciousness.

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/ODESSA'S POV/

I quickly got up from the man's chest and suddenly felt scared when I saw him unconscious. That's when I also realized that he was the rude owner of the house I came from earlier.

“Sir, wake up!” my hesitant.

I tried to pat his face just to wake him up but it still didn't work. Fortunately, some people were kind enough to help us, so we took him to the hospital immediately.

When I entered the Hospital I was immediately amazed at its very modern layout but I put aside my amazement first due to extreme concern.

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“What happened to my nephew ??” concerns a woman who looks to be in her forties.

I was nervous when the woman's gaze suddenly came to me but fortunately, the doctor came out to tell me the condition of the man who saved me and thought that I was going to commit suicide.

“The young master is okay, based on the CT Scan we performed, he didn't get a fracture on his head or even his back, so it's possible that he just lost consciousness due to being too tired.” the doctor's statement.

I took a deep breath and was slightly relieved of my apprehension when I heard what the doctor had said.

“Thank you, Doc.” the lady's gratitude.

“I only did my job.” the doctor smiley replied before leaving.

It was only now that I realized that the nephew she was referring to was the rude man who had saved me earlier. I thought that man was alone in life but he still had a thoughtful aunt.

I stood for a moment to approach the woman.

“I'm sorry, because of me, your nephew perished.” I apologize.

The woman just nodded at me with a small smile on her face but she's still shows intense worries.

“Aren't you the woman he bumped?” she asked.

I couldn't understand what the woman was saying. Did that man bump me?

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Until now, I still don't understand all these events, and why fate always brings us together. I just want to be able to go back at the right time where I belong but someone in danger because of that.

I was still repeatedly confused as I sat quietly across the room from the rude man. “What's wrong with me?” poor question I asked myself.

I just sighed and simply peeked through the glass window of the man's room door to look at it if he was awake. I just smiled when I saw that he was awake and talking to his aunt.

I slowly walked away from the door and I decided to leave the Hospital but I suddenly thought that I have nothing to go home to at this time. I didn't continue to leave and I just patiently returned to my seat until I doesn't realize that I had fallen asleep.

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/TIMOTHY'S POV/

I was still a little dizzy when I slowly opened my eyes and realized that I was in the hospital. I turned my head slightly to the left and saw my Auntie Elaine asleep with her arms resting on her face.

I tapped her lightly to wake her up and she woke up quickly.

“Timothy, it's good that you're awake!” my Aunt smiley greeted me. She seems to be happy.

“Stop that, it's annoying.” but I was irritated.