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Chapter 17
...Say that again?
I've been ringing these words inside my head literally thousand times now while I'm sitting on this wide chilly floor.
When I thought about the toilet incident is already bad, this freaking incident happened.
When I look at my right side, I can see the landscape of the city I'm living in. While on my left side, I can view my house and the school I'm attending.
...How high am I right now?
Hindi yung sabog na high. Wag kang ngumiti o tumawa. Ang iniisip ko ay kung gaano ba talaga kataas 'tong kinalalagyan kong building. I mean, I'm basically just rotating my head around and I can already see the whole landscape of the city I'm in. How crazy is that?
Paggising ko ito na agad ang nakita ng mata ko. I'm not even kidding. When I told myself, I should get used to these things already but things al
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