Hindi lahat ng digmaan ay may barilan. Hindi lahat ng away ay sigawan. Minsan, ang pinakamalupit na laban ay yung tahimik, yung hindi alam ng kaaway na sinisimulan mo na palang pabagsakin siya. For months, I played the weak one. The victim. The girl who cried too much and apologized too often. The girl Sophie believed she had crushed. Pero ngayon? I am not her victim. I am her karma. And I am going to take everything she valued. Including the one thing she never thought anyone could steal— the scholarship of her dream University. The day our teacher announced the scholarship, halos mapasigaw ang buong classroom sa excitement. Pero mas malakas ang bulung-bulungan. “Sophie na ’yan for sure.” “Siya naman lagi pinipili.” “She’s the student council president. Connections pa.” “Tsaka inv

