MIKA'S POV
October 27--9:16 AM
The next one won't come the way you expect.
Tatlong beses ko nang binasa ang mensahe.
Tatlong beses ko ring sinubukang kumbinsihin ang sarili kong wala iyong ibig sabihin.
Maybe it was another threat.
Maybe another attempt to scare me.
Maybe whoever was behind the messages simply wanted me to spend the next nineteen days staring at my mailbox like an idiot.
And apparently, it was working.
I placed my phone face down.
“Hindi mo sisirain ang araw ko.”
Five seconds later, binaliktad ko ulit.
No new message.
“Bwisit.”
I blocked the number.
Again.
Hindi ko na mabilang kung pang-ilang number na iyon.
Parang sa tuwing bina-block ko ang isa, may panibagong lumilitaw.
Pero ngayon, ayoko munang isipin iyon.
I had work.
Actual work.
Iyong nagbabayad
