PROLOGUE
TRIGGERED WARNING ⚠️: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS SCENES OF s****l ASSAULT THAT MAY TRIGGER YOUR TRAUMA AND MAY DISTURBING TO SOME READERS.
READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
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THE SUN was shining so brightly and its rays was happily dancing as it hits the water. The weather is good, not so hot, perfect time for picnics and dates. It was a broad daylight. A happy sunday should be celebrated and supposed to be a resting and happy day, but not to a girl who's screaming loudly, whimpering, writhing because of hard pounding, begging the man to stop above her.
She's crying her hearts out, praying silently, asking for a help to come but no one hears her.
A group of young lad, a college students, her classmates to be exact, was forcefully taking and violating her.
Pinagpasa-pasahan ang isang dalagita nang-apat na lalaki. Nakatali ang dalawang kamay niya sa uluhan ng kama kung saan siya nakahiga na walang saplot ni isa. Pilit na pinapabuka ang dalawang binti at marahas na binabayo ng ka-klase na tinuring niyang mga kaibigan at kuya-kuyahan.
The poor girl and her classmates supposed to meet in a certain coffee shop to plan for their project, but one of her classmates, insisted to make the project at his house. Since, the girl knows them for a long time and trusted them, and it was fine with her.
What the girl doesn't know, his friends had plan something wicked and unacceptable.
The girl was a transfered students because of his Mom's field of works. Isang guro sa kolehiyo ang Ina niya at nakatanggap ng trabaho sa Maynila. Her mom doesn't want her to live alone at their house in province, so her mom decided to transfer her where she works as a teacher.
Doon niya nakilala ang mga kuya-kuyahan niya. Mababait ito kaya nakapalagayan niya ng loob. Even her mother was approved of them. Palagi kasing pumupunta ang apat sa bahay nila para ipag-paalam siya palagi kapag may gala sila.
The girl didn't grow up seeing his dad. Hiwalay ang magulang niya, and because of not having a dad, she seeks companion and how it feels like to be protected by a Dad, at nahanap niya iyon sa mga kuya-kuyahan niya.
Sapat na para sa dalaga ang pagmamahal ng Ina niya. She's even thankful that her mom loves her very much and treasured her. Pero ibang usapan parin ang pagmamahal ng ama.
The girl trusted his friends so much that she doesn't see this coming. She felt betrayed, played and tricked. She trusted them, but this is what she gained. Their almost four years friendship ended up like this. A horrifying and inhumane ending.
Mas lalong lumakas ang iyak niya nang maramdaman niyang may mainit na kung ano ang idinampi sa ibaba ng puson niya.
It was a cigarette.
She's crying really hard but her classmates was laughing like maniac who was possessed with some demons. Their eyes was all red and sniffing from time to time.
She was begging while crying. She called every Saints she knew, begging for help. Her body aches and was throbbing from so much pain. Before her classmates violated her, she was beaten-up and stabbed twice.
Gustong mag pumiglas ng dalaga, but she couldn't do anything. Hindi niya kayang maigalaw ang katawan dahil sa sobrang pang-hihina nito.
She lost bloods already because of the stabs. Kanina pa dumudugo ang saksak niya sa braso at tagiliran.
One man after another. It was the whole set-up.
The four was enjoying what they're doing to the poor girl. They were mumbling some curses as if they're having the best time of their lives. Satisfaction can be shown at their faces as they take the young girl without mercy.
Parang wala na ito sa mga sarili at tamang wisyo.
The poor girl, who was violated by the four was on the verge of giving up. Wala na siyang lakas para pumalag at lumaban. She stop hoping and calling for help. Ang nasa isip niya nalang sa mga sandaling 'yun ay kung papaano wawakasan ang paghihirap niya. She knows what she'll be after this horrifying situations she's at.
Kung sakali mang makaligtas siya mula sa apat, alam niyang hindi siya mabubuhay katulad ng dati.
This will hunts her everytime, wherever she goes and whatever she'll do.
Kung mabubuhay man siya alam niyang hindi na siya magiging masaya kagaya nang dati. She will never be the bright and light that lits up everyones dark and dull lives. Even her own brightness cannot light up herself.
Her bright was now faded, gone, as how her trust vanished.
Mas gugustuhin niya pang wakasan ang paghihirap kaysa mabuhay na parang walang patutunguhan at puros lang sakit.
What happened to her was too much to handle. She was betrayed, violated and worst, those people who did horrible things to her was one of her trusted and important persons in her life.
The four changes position. As they take the poor girl.
One was taking the girl from behind. The other was f*****g the girl through her mouth and the other one now was taking the girl's swollen p*ssy. Halos hindi nagsawa ang mga binata sa ginagawa nila. They're like a predator taking their prey.
For the four, it's was their best day, but not to the poor girl, who gave up already. And just trusted God for everything.
Ilang oras pa nagpapalit-palit ang apat bago nila tinantanan ang dalaga. They only stop when they feel that the poor girl isn't responding anymore.
Nakahiga ang dalaga sa ibabaw ng kama. Dilat ang kaliwang mata nito habang ang isa naman ay nakapikit dahil maga iyon. Her body was full of bruises, cuts and burns from cigarettes. Even the girl's mouth was widely open and cannot be closed.
Ang apat naman ay naka-upo lang sa gilid ng kama wala sa sarili at pinagmamasdan ang dalaga na hindi na gumagalaw at humihinga.
Four of them was now guilty, scared, anxious and worried of what they did. Ngayon lang rumihestro sa isipan nila ang ginawa sa kaibigan.
They just sit on the floor and stares at the girl's dead body, feeling guilty and bothered.
The four didn't know how they with came-up unethical decision and manage to came back to the house, lightheaded after what they did to the girl's body. Hindi nila alam paano sila nakaalis ng bahay na bitbit ang walang-buhay na katawan ng dalaga and came back without no one noticing the crime they did.
When the morning came. The news was all over, the talked of the town, spreading fast like a wildfire. And the news?
It was all about a horrendous murder case.
"Isang bangkay nang dalaga ang namataan na palutang-lutang sa isang ilog malapit sa isang paaralan. At ayon sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya, pinaghihinalaan na isang rape victim ang dalaga. Ang naturang dalaga ay nagngangalan na Sunshine Sarmiento, labing-siyam na taong gulang at isang kolehiyala. Ayon sa ina ng dalaga ay nagpaalam daw ito na gagawa ng project kasama ang mga ka-klase nito. Hindi naman nabahala ang Ina ng biktima dahil daw kilala niya ang mga kasama ng anak. Ngayon, patuloy pa namin hinihintay ang sagot ng mga ka-klase ng biktima. Nagpapatuloy sa pag-uulat ng tama at tapat. Ako si Lyra Castillo─" someone turned off the TV.
The four men had been receiving tons of calls from media asking their sides. Pero hindi pa rin sila naglalabas ng pahayag. Even their parents asks them to cold down the news before going out. Because of their family connections the news died down after a couple of days.
They lied of course. They lied multiple times to save their lives and future.
Especially to the girl's mom. Naka-usap nila ang Ina ng dalaga at sinabi kung ano ang nahabi nilang kasinungalingan.
The four men, decided to shut their mouth ups and just bury that dark secret forever. No one should know about what they did. With that in mind the four managed to live their lives without worries or did they?
Years had passed and everything changed.
The four still remain their mouth sealed. And bury the memory from the deepest part of their brain.
Mananatili kayang nakabaon ang memoryang iyon habang-buhay o mauungkat iyon?
Would still the four men manage to live the lives they'd wish or it was just a glimpse of happiness before they suffered severely from the memories they tried to burry?
What will happen to the four, if someone just knocked through their doors and ask them to pays for their heavy debts?
Could they still be able to live happily, when someone from the past showed-up infront of them uninvited.
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