SISA

PROLOGUE

ANG KARIMLAN

May kadiliman sa loob ng kweba. Nakahiga silang nakatagilid paharap sa isa’t-isa. Sa malamlam na liwanag ng kweba ay aninag nya ang anag-ag na kislap ng mga mata ng kanyang kaharap. At ang malantik na kurbada ng bewang at balakang nito. Dama nya ang mainit na singaw ng malambot at mabangong katawan nito.

"So, we’ll wait?" tanong nito.

"At kailangan nating maging handa,” tugon naman nya. "Pabor sa kanya ang gabi. He even likes the darkness. He is waiting for us to come out, to give him the pleasure of killing us. It’s his passion. Money and killing are two things giving him utmost pleasure.”

She rolled onto her back. Her voice was soft. "We're going to make it," paniniguro nito. "We've got the money, pagkatapos nito ay makakapag-liwaliw tayo sa buong mundo.”

Tahimik na tahimik ang gabi. Tanging ang mga kaluskos lamang ng mga paniki at mga panggabing ibon na nasa loob ng kweba ang bumabasag sa katahimikan ng gabi.

They were quiet for a while until suddenly he heard her breath begin to quicken. She turned toward him and he pulled her close. She was a woman and he was a man. The warmth of her body was filling him…