ured it by covering it with packaging tape, starting from the bottom to the top and from side to side. I made myself b

ith that?" I was startled when

d the door wide open and walked in while speaking, "I thought someth

s seemed

t I could break a neck," I jokingly told her, but if only she knew how sca

sy to carry, my dear Anita,

She hurt my feelings, but she didn't see

you know a sheriff with the

g my query. "I know a guy. Gary Cassidy. He's the chief of police

e son of a sheriff. I thought he was a bad guy, but the server from a coff

ppen to have metallic blue

was the same n

you that he is Len

did you...?" Ms. Peter

e murmured, and she

was intrigued by the guy's identity and ho

hink-maybe h

inging of my cell phone sitting on top of my be

ilippines. I pressed the green button on the screen right away and heard

's still asleep." My whole body felt cold right after hearing the news. My brother's voice

like jelly. I suddenly thought about

for a weekend and she hadn't b

ne who loved to hang out with friends, but after what happened t

explained to me what happened and my tears were on the verge of falling as I listened. Our mother's cries were ge

doctors will do everything to make him feel bette

He would wake up sooner once his body gathered enough oxygen it needed." I tried

out because Papa would be fine, even though I knew there were so many things to t

ne doesn't have enough charge, sis. I will just update you after the d

ing so I could hear whatever the doctor would say, but my

as emotions stirring up inside me were about to burst out. It felt like a massive lu

nly option to hide it. When the first drop of tears rolled down my cheek,

t I didn't answer. "A-Anita?" I heard

next to me and without any word, she pulled

. Peters gently caressed my back like a baby she

e loosened and he waited for me to speak up, however, before I

was from Felipe. As I scanned my eyes on the

ce made me sob louder. I was shaking and couldn't c

her. I wrapped my arms around her and felt how sh

mmediately suggested chemotherapy and immunotherapy to see how his cancer cells would react to

composure, I told Ms.

ut of the country, so we wouldn't need to pre

kind of state of mind so I did what she sa

ered me so much. My energetic and jolly father slowly lost his strength, and his

my family back home pushed me to decide to sell the land I bo

ially insisted on taking. A thousand dollars was huge, but she convinced me that was nothing compared to my problem. I was thankful enough that my father's cond

after I decided to take out a loan to pay all the bills in the hospital. It was s

idea how expensive they were. I still needed to give them money for their needs and my two siblings who were both