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she clenched her fist
while her heart was
beating so fast.

she's already at the
address of that so-called
fake fortune teller, veronica.
she was holding the bag that
contains all the things that
she'll be needing.

a gasoline and a lighter.

❝ wait lang kasi! i'm on my
way. just fixing some stuff.❞

she looked at where the voice
was coming from. it was
veronica, who was wearing
her shoes in front of her house.

poor veronica, she didn't
know that her house may
turn into ashes.

❝ okay, okay. hintayin niyo
lang ako. malapit naman na ako.❞

veronica then ended the
line and left her house.

as cue, aruelia walked to the
house. not in front, but at the
backyard.

she fixed her mask and hoodie
then looked around, making sure
that no one will see her, even a
cctv camera, while doing her task.

the coast was clear and she
started to do what she needs
to do.

she tighten the grip of her
bag, held the fence and jumped
high so she can get inside.

after jumping, she landed on
the hard ground. she winced
in pain when some pebbles
and stones hit her knee,
resulting to a wound
with some blood flowing.

she breathe out and bit her
lip, then she used her
handkerchief to stop the
blood from dripping.

done tying it on her knee,
she looked around. then
she heard a cracking sound
at her back.

she froze for a moment and
looked at her back . . .

nothing was in there, except
for a bush. she stood and
bravely approached the bush
to know what made that sound.

slowly, she walked near at
it. the bush's leaves move
which made her catch her
breath.

she immediately parted the
bush, and something jumped
on her face.

a cat.

she smiled in relief and
left the cat.

❝ back to business.❞

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