I stayed on the streets for three days with homeless people. I didn't know that my parents were looking for me and that the police thought I was missing. So, I was shocked when a police car stopped in front of me and forced me into the car. “Where are you taking me? Stop this car right now!” What I keep telling them because I don’t want to go home to our house first and show up to my father. I still can't forget the night I witnessed when he pass on to other people the sin he had committed. Hate, disgust, and fear are what I feel every time I remember those moments. I am always visited by bad dreams at night and I just wake up while trembling with extreme fear. Sometimes there are voices whispering in my ear and what happened that night comes back to my mind over and over again. That’s why I didn’t come home to our house for three days. But after those three days I was able to return to our home again with the police who saw me. “Son!” Mom said to me, and she immediately hugged me ti
“Get dressed. We're going to court today, and you'll be a witness in Sixto's case.” Dad said to me, but I remained sitting on the floor and silent. “Can't you hear me? I said we're leaving.” He added, so I slowly turned to him and smiled at my lips.“Witness?” At the same time, I smirked as he frowned and there was a trace of astonishment on his face.“What are you laughing at there? Just follow what I tell you to do, and we won't have a problem.” He said that he turned around at once, but even before he could get out of the door I immediately stopped him on the hem of his tuxedo and I knelt in front of him.“I beg you, release Sixto. He has nothing to do with the crime you are accusing him of, and he is a very good friend to me.” I pleaded with Dad as I bowed my head and cried. But regardless of what plea I pleaded with him, his heart remained cold and hard. He did not listen to me, but made Sixto's situation worse in prison.“Aren't you still learned after a few weeks of being confi
I got out of the car and hurriedly approached Sixto's mother as she lay on the ground and bathed in her own blood. My whole body was almost shaking with nervousness and fear but I carried him on my arm as I repeatedly shouted for help but there seemed to be no voice coming out of my mouth. I just kept crying and screaming when someone suddenly hit me in the back so I let him go and I fell to the ground. I was still looking at him as I held out one of his hands but my vision was also gradually blurring until I completely lost consciousness. Before I could close my eyes I noticed the shoes of a man who seemed to be standing in front of us as he watched us. I didn't see his face but I noticed his butterfly tattoo on his right hand and then my eyes suddenly darkened. When I regained consciousness, I was already in the hospital. I got up immediately but I felt pain from behind me probably because it was caused by the mysterious man hitting me. Sixto's mother first entered my mind. I thoug
“Zero?” I stopped walking for a moment when I heard what he said, so I immediately turned around and approached him. “Looks like you dropped it.” He once handed me the student ID that I had dropped earlier from my pocket. I smiled at him first and watched him from head to toe before I took the object he was handing me. “Thank you.” I told him, then I turned around and walked away. I took only a few steps, but stopped for a moment and turned to him again. Unexpectedly he also turned to me, but he left immediately. I smirked and took the student ID out of my pocket and stared at it. “Zero? Right, I'm Zero.” I whispered in my mind. Ten years ago, when I was seen on the road by the Dela Rosa couple. They adopted me and put me in their mansion as their adopted child. My life has been good and luxurious since I met them. I can go to private school, I can wear fancy clothes, I can eat good food and I can sleep in my spacious room. I am truly grateful to them because of them, I have experie
“Wayne, what came into your mind and why did you bring here your baby brother Zero?” Jake inquired as they looked at where he was and sat quietly to one side. I also turned to Zero and smirked at my lips.“Do you think I want to be with that coward? Only Dad insisted on taking him with me because he was afraid I might scratch his car.” I replied to him that they smiled at the same time, Jake put one of his hands on my shoulder, so I turned to look at him.“Would you like me to help you just enjoy the night?” he said, so I was surprised and faced him.“Looks like I can already read what's on your mind, Jake.” Kris said that he was just next to him, and they exchanged glances with each other with a smile on the side of their lips.That night, they were planning to include Zero for the car racing we were going to do tonight. At first, he refused, but with the help of my friends we convinced him to join us.“Are you nervous?” I asked him once, I put my arm on his shoulder, so he turned to
The day came when Zero and I met, where I challenged him to a car racing contest. I'm not worried that he might just beat me, but I'm very confident in myself that now all my problems will end. Before I go here, I go straight to Jake's house, where Kris and Zero are. Outside their house, I immediately saw that the car that Zero would use for the racing later, and it was parked there. I was with a man who knew about the engine of cars. I ordered him and paid a large sum to break Zero's breaker and if possible, he would make it was all just an accident. Today, I plan to kill Zero by excusing competence with him. He had no idea that the car he was going to drive had no brakes, so I assured myself that he would not succeed in what he thought would happen. While we were all preparing for the race, Zero suddenly approached me and tapped me on my shoulder, so I immediately turned to him. “What do you need from me?” I asked, frowning while he was smiling. “I would like to be fair in this g
After Zero's funeral, I packed my belongings to prepare for my departure. After what happened, I still don't have the right to live in this house and I don't have courage to face with my parents. Before leaving, I went to Dad's office to say goodbye to him. I first knocked once on the door before I went inside. I was stunned when I saw him standing and turning his back near the window. The whole room was dark and there was a strange aura wrapped inside. Obviously, behind him can see the serious problem he is thinking about as well as the desolation of his deceased child. I didn't stay long inside and said goodbye to him. “I'm leaving, it's up to you to tell Mom. Thank you so much for all your help and for adopting to me as your child. I will look back on this with great gratitude, and I will never forget you. Although it's too late, I'm asking for forgiveness. I'm not asking you to forgive me right away because I know I don't deserve all your kindness to me. So, I'm sorry.” After I to
I accepted Dad’s offer to me, in exchange for my own freedom. We moved house, and we lived in a remote place where no one knew me, even about Zero’s death. Dad changed the identity of the two of us, and the name written on Zero's grave is my name so that they don't suspect who the real Zero is, whether it's the person they see alive or the person lying in his grave? Although I was reluctant to use his personality, but I just chose to live peacefully, with a new personality, name and new face. Ever since I used his name, all my expectations in life I have achieved without difficulty. More than I thought I received from the new me, and I can say I am content with the life I have now. In my more than ten years of hiding and living far away, I have once again returned to the place of my origin, where it all began and where the former Wayne I met ended. I am now a surgeon and director at the hospital owned by Dad. I have my own house, car, belongings, and now I hold my own freedom. Furth