"Do you understand now?" Lucas asked his daughter Xandra as they've been in the punishment room for a long time.

"Not gonna happen again, father. I understand now." Xandra replied defeated.

"Good, because next time. You will be ripped off your rank and be sent somewhere where you no longer be able to contact each one of us." Lucas said.

"I understand, I'm sorry for causing trouble for you and mom." Xandra replied. Her father untied her and left her on the floor.

"I warned you, Xandra. Remember the rules." Lucas said and left.

"Yeah, yeah yeah, I know. Asshole." Xandra muttered to herself as she slowly stood up.

Xandra was hurt pretty badly as she and her father were there since dawn and now the sun is almost setting when they finish. The door opened and Alejandro stepped inside.

"Xandra! You alright?!" Alejandro asked as he helped her big sister to stand up.

"Do I look alright to you?" Xandra asked.

"I meant after what happened are you alright?" Alejandro asked.

"Yeah, I'm alright. After being dumped by my girlfriend and our parents finding out....I'm good. Thanks for asking, Alejandro." Xandra replied in sarcasm.

"Are...you really ok?" Alejandro asked again and this time Xandra cried.

"I don't know what to do anymore, Alejandro. I'm not happy with the things we are doing. It hurts here!" Xandra explained asshe held her chest.

"I know it hurts but what else could we do? They are our parents. We can't leave them." Alejandro said.

"Yeah, like they never left since mom died. Father used to take and pick you up from school but only our driver drives you here. You can't see that?" Xandra asked.

"I can but I'm not focusing on that. I'm focusing on those that are in front of me and what can I do about that." Alejandro replied and they went outside the room to Xandra's room.

"Are you not going back to school?" Xandra asked.

"I will once I'm done taking care of you. You need to treat these wounds or it will get infected and we don't want that." Alejandro answered.

"I'll be fine, I can ask for help from the maids here so don't worry." Xandra said.

"I don't care, I want to do this. I don't care if I get late or absent. I need to treat these wounds now." Alejandro said stubbornly.

"You really are stubborn aren't you?" Sandra asked as she chuckled.

"I won't be your brother if I'm not." Alejandro said while getting the bandages.

"Alejandro! Come down here!" Their father called from downstairs.

"Shit..." Alejandro muttered.

"That's your cue, bro. I can do this on my own don't worry." Xandra reassured him.

"I'll be back as soon as I can." Alejandro replied.

"No need, go to school." Xandra said.

"I'm not calling you again, Alejandro." Lucas shouted.

"I'm coming!" Alejandro shouted. "Take care, love you." Alejandro said before leaving.

Xandra only smiled and sighed as he left.

'I love you too, little bro.'

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Denise is with her parents eating dinner when the front door opened and security flooded the area.

"Mom? What's going on?" Denise asked.

"Just do what they asked you to do, understand?" Her mom Karissa said to her. Denise can only nod as men take her away and to a car.

From the car, Denise heard her parents getting arrested by the police.

"Mr and Mrs. Villamonte you are under arrest for the murder of Mia Fernandez. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions. You have the right to have a lawyer with you during questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you." The police officer said as she handcuffed the two.

"Denise, darling." Her mom called. Denise was about to open the car window but a police officer stopped her.

"We love you, darling!" Her dad shouted with a weak smile. "Take care!" Her mom added and was forced on a car.

"Let's go officers! Our work here is done. Deliver them to Fernandez." The Chief said and went to the car with her parents.

"Hey, Denise. You may not know me but I worked for your father for a long time. I'm his secretary." The woman in the driver's seat said.

"You're Ms. Garcia right?" Denise asked.

"That's right, your parents knew that this would happen to them and asked me to take counter measures when it did. Tell me when the other cars have left okay? I need to keep watch on your parents from here. They're already at the terminal as I speak." Ms. Garcia explained. Denise nodded and kept a look out.

Xandra is now roaming the streets as most of all of her father's enemies started crowding her.

"Tell your goddamn father that I'll get my revenge sooner or later!" One of them said.

"Will you just let me walk in peace?!" Xandra warns them as she starts walking again.

One of them started walking toward her which was a bad choice. She grabbed his arm and turned him over as she put the knife she kept in her pocket against his neck.

"Don't you ever touch me again..." Xandra said and the man nodded as he trembled.

Xandra stood up and just ran and ran hoping to lose all of them. She jumped from wall to wall so she could reach the rooftop easily. She is headed toward Alejandro's school which was just a few kilometers away.

Xandra was about to start running again when her phone rang.

"Bvllshit, father...." Xandra whispers before answering the call.

"Where the hell are you?" Lucas asks.

"Why? Do you need to punish me again?" Xandra asked.

"I will if you don't come back here!" Lucas shouted on the other line.

"you should calm down, dad. You're getting older. You don't want me inheriting the company when you di3 from a heart attack." Xandra said as she giggled in her head.

"Will you just fvcking come here?!" Lucas shouted then hung up.

"When will he realize that I'm the spy?" Xandra asks herself as a smirk starts forming in her mouth and starts going.

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Denise is hanging out with her friends as Ms. Garcia called her.

"Denise, are you okay?" Ms. Garcia asks.

"For the nth time around now, yes I'm alright, Tita." Denise said.

"I'm just asking, you never know. Nandyan lang ang aksidente. (Accidents are just there)." Ms. Garcia replied.

"Ok ok ok, no need to call me 10 times per hour, diba (right?!)?!" Denise exclaims.

"Fine, alam mo Naman Yung gagawin diba? (You know what to do, right?)" Ms. Garcia asks.

"Yeah yeah, hanging up." Denise says as she hangs up.

"Si Tita na naman ne? (It's Auntie again, right?)" Clarisse tells her which she answered by nodding.

"When will she realize that there's nothing going to happen, I just don't understand it." Denise replies.

"What do you know, she's just worried." Clarisse told her which Denise only rolled eyes. .

"She's just doing her job." Denise replied and started walking but soon after she didn't realize that the red light was still lighting.

"Denise!" Clarisse shouted and ran toward her.

Denise looked back as Clarisse pushed herself toward her but tripped so they fell on the highway. A car was over speeding and they were trampled over.

Clarisse was run over and Denise successfully just got a bruise on her knees from the fall but Clarisse took all the pain.

"Clarisse!" Denise shouted as she cried.

"I'll be fine, stand u-up...." Clarisse says as she groans.

"Clarisse please....stay with me." Denise begged.

"Just next time, protect yourself....don't be r-reckless...." Clarisse said as blood started flowing in her mouth.

"The medics are on their way...please! Just hang on!" Denise begged as she cried holding Clarisse.

"You....trust....someone....let...them...go." Clarisse said as she said and closed her eyes.

Denise cried as the medics arrived but it was too late.

"What kind of medics are you?! My friend is dead! You could've saved her!" Denise shouted as the medics apologized with a straight face.

Denise only stood up but failed in the process. She fell and hit her head on the car which then, her vision blurs and the darkness engulfed her.

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Xandra is walking toward the accident scene after knowing that Clarisse, which was her cousin got caught in an accident. She noticed a girl with her and assumed that it was Clarisse's friend, Denise.

"What's the update, doc?" Xandra asks the medics.

"Are you the family of Clarisse Fernandez?" The doctor asked.

"Yes, is she okay?" Xandra asked.

"I'm afraid not, she's not breathing and her pulse is very visible. The only thing that's letting her stay alive for now is our machine." The doctor explained.

Xandra's eyes widened and she took her phone to call for help from their personal doctor. But the doctor continued.

"On the other hand, her acquaintance is massively injured from her legs and needs to be treated immediately or amputation is the only solution for treatment." The doctor continued.

"Uhmmm....please do whatever it takes to save my cousin's friend. Our personal doctor will take care of my cousin. Make sure she's on all equipment." Denise replied.

"R-right." The doctor said and left as he told his people what needed to be done.

Xandra went over toward Clarisse's body as she slowly tearsup a little.

"Please don't leave me alone, don't leave me and Alejandro alone in here. We can't....I can't......take....him...." Xandra cried as she held Clarisse's cheeks caressing them.

"Don't leave us alone, in here." Xandra said as a person touched her shoulder.

"She won't....." Alejandro tells her as he just arrived at the scene.

Xandra only cried hard in her brother's arms and hugged him tightly repeating the words; "She won't leave...."

Denise slowly woke as she saw herself in a room she doesn't recognize. She looked around and saw Ms. Garcia sleeping beside her.

"haaamhhh" Denise yawned as she tried moving her arm but shouted in pain which woke up, Ms. Garcia.

"Denise!" Ms. Garcia exclaims as she helped me.

"You were in an accident, you-Where's Clarisse? Tell me, she's alright!" Denise interrupted her.

Ms. Garcia only looked away and sighed. Denise cried, knowing that her only friend that understood her was gone.

"No, it was my fault. She wasn't supposed to die...." Denise shouted.

"No! I have to see her!" Denise shouted.

"You can't see her right now, Denise." Ms. Garcia said to her.

"She's my friend! I have to see her! And you can't stop me from doing so!" Denise shouted and stood up carrying herself and walked toward the door as she started looking for Clarisse's room.

She went to the front desk but was stopped by nurses pushing over a body and she stopped them. She slowly grabs the hood and pulls it and sees that it's true. She's dead.

"No! No! No! NO!" Denise shouted as she fell on her knees as she clearly remembered what happened that night.

"Is she ready?" A girl asks and she looks up to see a girl who mostly looked like Clarisse and assumed that they were relatives.

"Yes, Ms. The transportation is ready." one of the nurses replied.

"Transportation? But Clarisse, she has a DNR, so you can't do that." Denise told them.

"What did you say?" The girl asked her.

"I told you, Clarisse has a DNR or "Do not resuscitate". You can't transport her somewhere else. You can't revive her." Denise replied.

"Are you sure she has one? Who are you anyway?" The girl asked.

 "I'm Denise Trinidad Valencio." Denise replied.

"Well, Ms. Trinidad, I don't really care what you say, but my men are taking care of my cousin whether you like it or not." The girl said.

"How many times do I have to tell you that she has a DNR and you can't revive her! It's against the law!" Denise shouted, getting the attention of the nearby nurses.

"What's going on here?" One of the chief nurses asked.

"They are going to transport, my friend's body somewhere and revive her even though she has an DNR." Denise explained.

"There were no announcements of patient transportation. You can't do that." The chief said.

"I'm sorry, but, I have to do this." One of the impostors said and attacked the two of them.

Denise was cornered by the girl and she tried to escape but the hands of the woman were too strong. They blindfolded her and the last thing she knew was she felt herself passing out.

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Xandra knew that there was something wrong with that girl. The way she didn't recognize who she was can only mean one thing.

"Trinidad? Weren't they the family of the betrayers?" Xandra asks herself when her brother bumped her.

"Hey, what's with that long face? Did you do something wrong again?" Alejandro asked.

"Of course not, dumbass!" Xandra exclaimed.

"Why being so defensive!" Alejandro said and straightened his face.

"Why, really? Did something happen? How's CL? Is she alright?" Alejandro asked.

"Did Clarisse ever tell you that she's going to sign on a DNR?" Xandra asks.

"I don't remember quite well but she once came to me saying that she's going to the hospital with a friend." Alejandro replied.

"So it was true?" Xandra said to herself which Alejandro heard.

"What's true?" Alejandro asked.

"Nothing, mind your business." Xandra said and left.

"What's with her?" Alejandro asked and just continued what he was doing but forgot what it was.

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Denise slowly wakes up again and she doesn't have a clue where but she was tied up this time. The doctor beside her was already awake.

"Ms, I'm sorry I brought you here with me." The chief said.

"Do not worry, doc. We'll get out of here alive." Denise said.

"They'll kill us I know. They're just waiting for us to get conscious." The chief replied.

"The girl you saw earlier was the one behind all this." The chief said.

"That bltch!" Denise exclaimed.

"That's not a nice way to say hello to your old friend..." The girl from earlier said as she walked inside.

"What do you want with me?" Denise asked.

"Nothing, anymore. But to him, I do." The girl said.

"Don't you dare hurt him!" Denise shouted.

"I don't listen to anyone....girl. I'm sorry." Xandra said and grabbed her by the collar and put her in another room.

"What are you going to do?" Denise asks as she trembles a little.

"Just something, I should've done long ago." Xandra said and let a person take care of her.