Wednesday, 5:40 AM. (A.M.- After Meridian)
Margaret got up and started to take care of herself. Folded the bed then went to the bathroom. She was staring at the replica in the mirror. Her eyes focused on her own eyes reflection, It's light brown. Unlike yesterday at the hospital, she can say that her eyes are better today."Is it because of the eyes of the Phoenix?" She asked herself.She came out of the bathroom and started eating. She needs to speed up. According to the host memory, 6 km, is the distance from Pangarap village where their house is located, to Bagong Silang university. She needs to ride to get there quickly."This uniform looks old. Even the color is light." She held a pair of school uniforms. "Not bad.. I still have to wear it." she added..After she fixed the inside of the house and herself, then she decided to go out.Is Lui already prepared?" Lui is her classmate.. Although the girl is small, she is also at her age.She locked the door of the house and walked out of the village. Take 5 minutes walking to reach the parking lot where some jeepneys are waiting to pick up passengers."Jenny!" Lui's voice..She turned to the source of the girl's voice. She's also wearing a uniform and like like her, the girl will also walk to the waiting area for the car."You're so slow." She teased her."Sorry.. I enjoyed the bath. Hehe.." She shook her head and answered her."En. Let's go."The two walked together until they reached the jeepneys stop. They also drive 10 minutes to get to school. Fortunately, the Jeep charges are cheap. Especially for students. For Margaret, riding a Jeep for the first time, is exciting. The time where you hand your payment to the person sitting near the driver."I forgot to remind you.. The school exam is coming soon.." Lui suddenly snapped next to her."Is it difficult?" She asked directly. Not to brag but she was always the top one in the class when she was still studying while doing assassination."What?" Lui approached her and then whispered.. "Maybe you're forgetting, you'll be third from last when the exam is over.""What?!"Lui looked at her, her eyes are full of questions."Don't look at me like that.. I know my grades are low but at least I'm not last." She is boasting about the weakness of the brain of the owner of her body."Wow!" Lui's silly answered while also clapping.. "You're not the last one in the grading." She continued."En." She nodded."When your grade goes up a little in the upcoming exam.. I'll treat you somewhere." Her friend encouraged her."Deal." They touched each other hands.High school gate.."Ahhhh... I thought we were late..." Lui said.There was a traffic jam on the road earlier. Fortunately they arrived at the right time.."Stop that.. Let's go"They entered the gate and walked along the pathway to their room. This place...its small. It's a public school.. So it's no wonder.When they entered their class room, they were immediately greeted by five women. The other students just sat there as if they were used to that scene. There are men who are smiling while waiting for the scene to happen. The class teacher is not there this time."Uuuyyyy.....!" You're out of the hospital.. We thought you wouldn't make it out alive..." It's the girl in the middle.With short hair dyed violet, round eyes with fushia makeup on the lids, lips heavily colored with crimson lipstick. What kind of new trending fashion make up is this???? Is it okay for students to wear makeup in public schools? Well it's fine... But this kind of color combination??The group of woman stands in the way and utters words that are not pleasant to hear. Is it.. Bullying?She didn't pay attention to the provocation. Then stepped towards her seat."Hey! You ignored me?!" The woman yelled."Sarah.. Jenny was just in the hospital but she seems to have become brave.. " One of the girls whose hair was curled like noodles added the fuel. Same with a woman called Sarah. The girl is also wearing make-up.She stopped walking and faced her."I am ignoring you, so what?!" Her voice is colder than ice.The group was stunned but only for a moment. Then they started laughing like there was no tomorrow.."I am ignoring you.. So what?" Sarah repeated what she said. Then she laughed again.. "That's English!" Hahahah!" You can speak English now?" She teased her more."Jenny...." Lui whispered beside her. Shes holding the hem of her blouse."Go to your seat." She ordered her. She doesn't want to empathize with Lui in the current situation. Her mother treats her like her own child too."Who told you that she can sit down?" Sarah blocks Lui's path.. Her arms are folded over her chest..She turned around here. Her voice was colder than the ice of Antarctica when she spoke again."If you don't stop provoking me, I will fucking ruin your ugly face right here, right now. So if I were you, Stay as far away from me."Sarah was stunned.. She felt fear. And the first reaction of her body was to raise her hand and slap Jenny hard."Jenny!" Lui shouted..."You shut up! Sarah yelled to her.. I'll hit you next if you don't shut up!" Still in shock, she faced Jenny who was currently speechless."Who are you to scare me??!!! Ha?!! " you're just a loser!" She raised her hand again to hopefully slap Jenny again.Margaret is now at her patience limit.Faster than the blink of an eye, she grabbed Sarah's face.. Squeezing it. As she held her right hand that was hanging in the air."I warned you a while ago.. Stop provoking me." Again her cold voice could be heard in the room which was suddenly silent due to the unexpected event. She steps forward while Sarah steps backwards. Sarah eyes trembling with fear.. This is the first time she feels fear in her whole life.Margaret brought her face close to Sarah's face and whispered.."You know... I never let anyone who provoked me lived. If I want, I can kill you here now. So think again before doing anything bad again. I will repeat myself, stay away from me and Lui. . Or I will make you not attend this school ever again."Then she released her. Sarah couldn't speak while looking at her.. Thinking.. "Is this still the Jenny she bullied for three years now?""You... Just you wait..!!! I'll make sure you regret this day Jenny!!!!" The girl yells while fixing herself.."Be my guest" Jenny answered then turned around and went to her seat."Go back to your seat!!!! Sarah shouted.. "what are you looking at?! Huh?!" She shouted to the other students who were watching.. The boys whistled because of the intense scene they watched. Their eyes on Jenny."Are you okay?" Lui whispered to her.. "Why did you fight back? Sarah is known to be spoiled because of her older brother who is the leader of the group here at school.. They are all bullies." She whispered worriedly."Lui.. You worry too much.. Let them be. They will bully you even more if you don't fight..." She answered unconcerned."But, what if they hurt you?" Lui feels fear for her."They can't hurt me.. Trust me."She glanced at Sarah's place.. She's now busy with her phone... For sure.. She's already reporting to her brother."Ahhhh.... First day of school.. And it looks like it's also the first day of her miserable school days." She whispered to herself.Good morning class!!!!!The class teacher came so her thoughts stopped.Open your books on page 67......Lunch time..Because the school is far from their house. She and Lui brought their lunch box. And they were eating in the room.A loud knock on the door made Margaret look up. Here comes the trouble..Five male students entered. Walking like goons.. Smiling. Behind them was Sarah who was smiling and then whispered a word. "You're dead""Jenny..." it's Lui.She turned around to her."Just eat" she ordered her."They can't do anything to us since they were inside the school, so relax okay?" She reassured her friend's feelings."Are you Jenny?" Voice from one of the men Sarah brought."Do I know you?" She asked in response to this."Jenny! Stop acting brave!" Sarah shouted."Oh..! It's the ugly duckling woman." What? You couldn't stand me so you looked for an ally?" She teased the woman."You...!!! " Sarah's voice was full of shock."Funny.. " she urged her."Hey! Later outside the campus, meet me in the vacant lot near the abandoned talyer. I will ruin your face to remove what you are bragging about." The tall man said coldly and threateningly."Sure.." She answered with a smile.The man stared at her then turned away.."Sarah..." She called the woman..It turned around."You didn't listen to my warning.So I hope you are prepared for what will happen to you." Margaret said seriously."Oh really?!" Sarah replied with a smile.. "Do it if you can".. Then she gave him the middle finger sign.Sarah's group left before she spoke again."I'm full.. Lui." She looked at her friend. It turned pale.. Because of fear.. She held her friend's hands.. "Lui, I'm fine.. They can't hurt me.. Believe me... I'm not like before.""But.. What if... What if they hurt you jenny?" She started crying... "Let's just report it to the principal.." She added while crying.."Lui, Sarah's group has been a bully for a long time.. Even the principal can't do anything.. So it's useless to tell them"."......" Her friend remained silent as she continued to cry. She didn't leave until it was over.Today's class is over.. It's time to go home...Are you really going to meet Sarah's group?" Lui asked Jenny three times now.They were currently walking towards the vacant lot that the man mentioned earlier. And since they walked to go there, Lui has been asking the question over and over again."En.""What if you get hurt?""That won't happen." She calmly answered her."But...""Lui," Jenny stopped walking... "I think it's better if you go home first.""I don't want to! " I'll wait for you"."Then.. Stop worrying too much." She was annoyed by what her friend said repeatedly. She knows that she is worried but the repetition is ringing in her ears."......"They continued walking until they reached the location. Many students were there. Most of them are Sarah's older brother's classmates.. The rest are Sarah's troops.."She's here!" A spectator shouted. Everyone turned to look at her.. Sarah's older brother was already standing on the cement plot. It looks like a tableau."I thought you wouldn't come." The man spoke on the stage
"Hello! Good Afternoon..! Is there any vacant available Sir?" That was Margaret's immediate question to the teenager who was sitting near the entrance-exit of the PC room. She is sure that this guy is the watchman of those times."For how many hours?" He asked politely while standing up."Open hour" She answered.Open hour- means you are willing to pay no matter how long you spend using the computer. 98% of the people who use the PC room are gamers.. But 2% is surely for private matters like her. She is there not to play games, but to hack the CCTV cameras installed in every corner of the road that the van may have traveled on.According to the descriptions, her mother rode in a black tinted van."Give me the seat at the corner." She added to her answer to the child. She followed him and opened the monitor."Here...." She handed the money for the advance payment.You have to pay an advance fee if you use an open hour."Thank you." After the boy received his money, he returned to his
The five men standing inside stared at her. They looked at the one who had fallen and noticed that he had lost consciousness. Then looked at Margaret again."Who are you?" A man who was involved in the kidnapping of his mother asked. This is the same man who shouted earlier to order his companions to kill the man who was currently sitting on the floor and was slowly getting up."Me?"... Margaret said as she pointed to herself. "I'm just a student... Jeniva Sanchez's daughter who is currently your hostage and is locked in one of the rooms of your building. My name is Jenny... Jenny Capria Sanchez." she answered the question with a smile. Then she suddenly changed her face expression.. The whole of Antarctica was on her face because of the coldness of her expression... "I'm also here to kill you.." She added..They were stunned, but after a while, the four laughed loudly."You?! you're going to kill us? The standing leader of the four including the unconscious one laughingly asked."E
Martinez Memorial Hospital. "What happened?" David greeted her. Fast than to five o'clock he immediately went to the front of the hospital's information desk.She borrowed the cell phone of one of the nurses who also attended to her when she was rushed to the hospital, and called David. Her doctor and the director of this hospital. The man was still at home when he received the call."My mom's unconscious... She has been kidnapped by the loan sharks." Brief explanation from Margaret. "And you? What's this?" He holds on the hem of her school uniform. "Blood?! Are you injured?!.. This is a worried question. " Marie, check her if she has a bruise or something.. " He ordered the nurse who was following him. She must be David's assistant."I'm fine.. I've no bruises..." She stopped the woman who was about to approach her. "I just called you so you can check my mom's health status." She said to David."You used the hospital phone, don't you have one?""En.""Here.. Use mine.." It was Zio
"What, what?, I'm only 18 years old and you're obviously a few years older than me, so I should just call you big brother." Margaret's realistic explanation to Zion."Right.. I'm older than you.. So you must behave in there. Many big people regularly come to Casino Manila, local and foreign." Man's warning.'I know.." Margaret whispered to herself.. How could she not know, when she was living with her own body she always entered the Casino of another country.. Not to play, but to talk to their boss and accept a mission ."Okiedokie." She answered excitedly. If she didn't play before, this time... She will rob some money by winning the games. She needs money for her mother. And above all, she needs money for her revenge.Before 1976, most of Manila had events of illegal gambling, and the operating of unlicensed casinos had begun in the country of the Philippines. Since 1976, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has regulated the rules around the grounds of gambling.
It's already 11:36 when she enters her mother's hospital room. Nurses on the night shift were the ones she met, couldn't take their eyes off her as she walked down the hospital corridor.Because, she is still wearing the red gown she wore in the casino earlier. She caught Marie laying on the empty bed on the other side of that room. She turned to her mother's side, She's sleeping. She went to the bathroom and started to get dressed. David is too kind to give them a private room. Even she doesn't understand why he is helping her. She took her phone and typed a message for the said doctor. The message is short and simple."I'm back and I can pay."She put her phone back in the pouch and left the bathroom. Marie is awake. Maybe she was awakened because of the rustling she was doing in the bathroom."Ma'am.. You are back." She greets her with a smile."En." She looked at the clock hanging on the wall. "It's already midnight.. You can continue sleeping." She said to her"Okay."The young n
"Announcement for all students of senior high who are going to graduate, think about what course you will take when you come to college." It was the voice of their adviser who was currently collecting the answer sheets. "And, your names and test scores will be posted on the school forum. So I hope everyone will be kind and wait." Jenny forgot, it was her last year in high school. Somehow, she got revenge for the real Jenny from those who abused her. Not bad anymore."It's too early for lunch, what should we do?" It's Lui..Jenny thought. Tomorrow she can take her mother out of the hospital. If they go back to where they used to live it's dangerous. She does not yet know who are the people of the most prominent loan sharks are. And she didn't want to find out anymore because Zion assured her that he would take care of it."I have to go somewhere. Do you want to come?" She asked her friend back."Hmmm-hmmm" Lui nodded and answered."Fix your things."It acted quickly and fixes the stuf
Zion opened the door of the car in front of him and got out. He opened the passenger seat and let Mia in. The cold atmosphere spread inside the sedan when Zion re-entered next to the driver's seat."Hello, Miss Mia.. " it was Cain's voice. They know each other because they always meet at Zion's Grandfather's house."Hello Cain." The girl greeted the young man in return."You're still beautiful as always" Cain praised with a smile."Thank you, and you're still a sweet talker like before.""Heh..."After that conversation, nothing more was heard after that. Only when the car started moving did Mia speak again."How have you been, Zion? This is a formal question."Good." Zion answered sparingly."Still cold, huh!""..... "Mia sighed...Zion didn't say a word again choosing to close his eyes while folding his arms. Aron and Cain also noticed the atmosphere so they didn't say anything.M.O.A. Ground floor."You don't have to accompany us anymore uncle." Jenny said to the driver who was st