Parang nalaglag ang puso ko nang marinig ko ang sinabi ni Habagat when he called me that evening. I was getting ready to go to the other house dahil nag plano kami na mag laro ng PS5 ni Raius. Nakapag shower at naka bihis na ako, I was just waiting for my hair to get dry when I received Habby’s call. “Do you understand what that means? If that Ariel guy is Juancho del Real’s grandson, then he’s no ordinary person. Ligitimate or illegitimate. The same blood is running through his freaking veins!” Rinig ko ang gigil sa boses ni Habagat when he said that. I may not know a lot about Juancho del Real but he’s a famous figure in Isabela because he has been a convicted drug lord. He was jailed, but then for unknown reasons, napa laya sya in under three years kahit na supposedly ay sixty years a

