Forbidden
Her face was deathly pale, her gray eyes red, swollen, and swimming with raw, unadulterated terror.
"Hindi... hindi pwede," hikbi ni Anne, her breathing turning shallow as she dropped her head into her hands, her shoulders slumping in absolute defeat.
"I tried to save you, Lauren. I humiliated you in front of the board. I signed the failing grade rubric. I called your designs a piece of trash just to make them think I hated you! Bakit... bakit hindi pa rin sapat ang pader na itinayo ko?"
Lauren didn't answer with words. She took three large, frantic steps forward, stepping directly over the shattered glass and the spilled water, and pinaligiran si Anne ng isang mahigpit, desperadong yakap.