Chapter 24

KANINA pa masama ang pakiramdam ni Sushi. This should be a special day for everyone but none of it mattered to her now. She doesn't have the energy to pull herself up for tonight's founding anniversary of Costales.

She's too heartbroken to even convince herself to smile.

Nasa sariling silid siya habang nakaupo sa window seat - nakatingin sa hardin ng mansion nila.

The house she used to call her palace is now a prison to her. Her father had locked her down in her room. No cell phones. No internet. Everything was taken down by her father. She hasn't heard of Pier ever since his last message to her.

Napangiti siya nang mapait at niyakap nang husto ang nakatiklop niyang mga binti mula sa kanyang dibdib.

I guess, he did give up on me this time.

Tears welled up in her eyes. Ramdam niya ang paninikip ng dibdib sa kanina pa niyang pagpipigil ng mga luha. She has been crying for days already. Nobody in this house understands her pain - her t