When they got back to the mansion, Marisol and Marina took Shanaia back to her room and helped her clean up. Joaquin and the boys are in his office, drinking wine.
“You got me worried there when you took too long inside that maze and none of you responded when we tugged the string,” Joselito whined.
“We were sort of occupied inside,” Joaquin replied and Basilio nodded in confirmation.
Joselito sighed and took a sip of his wine.
“So, what was inside that forsaking maze?” he asked.
“A tree,”
Basilio and Joaquin answered at the same time. Joselito looked at them as if they had grown another head.
“A what now?”
“A tree. Actually, it’s a creature that looked like a tree,” Joaquin told his friend.
Then Joselito frowned.
“Are you, by any chance referring to the Baleteng Buhay?” he asked
