ALEXANDRA’S POVNang sumara ang pinto at naiwan akong mag-isa sa dilim, parang hindi na akin ang katawan ko. I lay there, broken and bleeding, and I couldn't even scream anymore. Walang lakas. Walang boses. Ang bawat paghinga ay parang patalim na tumutusok sa dibdib ko—masakit, mababaw, parang anumang sandali ay titigil na rin.Hindi ako makagalaw. I couldn't. Every inch of my skin felt raw—bruised, burned, marked by his hands, his fingers, his rage. He touched every part of me, and now I feel filthy everywhere. I tried to wipe my skin, to scrub away the feeling of him, but my hands trembled so violently I could barely lift them. And the jewelry—the heavy, cold, mocking weight of it all—chained me to the bed, to him, to this nightmare.Hundreds of thousands of pesos worth of gold and diamonds pressing into my bruises, cutting into my skin. The very things he gave me out of love… now used as shackles to remind me I belong to him. Ito yung unang beses na nakita ko at naramdaman ko ang
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