Callea was suddenly afraid. It was a nightmare looming. The counselor’s son was notorious for being boisterous and creating ruckus in town. Now he got his sights on Marina.
“Come. Let’s go to them.”
“Señorita, I will call for my father first. It is not a good idea to go there with just the two of us. There’s around ten of them. We have to tell this to the authorities.”
Callea shook her head. She couldn’t waste time. “No. I will go to Marina now.”
The young man was not able to stop her. She ran to the direction of the field. She had a bad feeling about this. Her mind drifted back to the time when people were repulsed by Marina and they shunned her.
From afar, she saw the acacia tree beside the nipa hut in the middle of the field. She could hear the sinister laugh of the group of yo
