One Last Chance
Gusto niyang pumalahaw ng iyak but if he did, baka mas lalong panghinaan ng loob ang kaibigan niya.
With his trembling hand, he took the girl’s hand and held it tightly. “Wag ka mag-alala, ililigtas din tayo nila daddy at mommy.”
Niyakap niya ng mahigpit ang kaibigan at pilit na pinatahan. Pagkaraan din ng ilang sandali ay natahimik na ito. So silent that he couldn’t even hear her breathing. He called out her name but he didn’t get any response. And the next thing he knew, he saw blood in his hands. At ang batang babae na kanina yakap-yakap niya lang ay nakadapa na sa sahig at naliligo sa sarili nitong dugo.