“MOMMY! Mommy! Please wake up na, Mommy!”
“Dad? Dad! Why are you not waking up?”
“Mommy! Daddy!”
I kept on calling out my parents’ name but no one answered. The deafening sound of gunshots finally subsided. The bad guys were probably exhausted from firing guns, they stopped. Or maybe my lolo’s bodyguards handled those bad guys. We’re finally safe.
But why did my mom and dad not move yet? We could be late for Lolo’s inauguration ceremony. Kuya Estong, our driver, was not moving also. My mom had been hugging me tightly, keeping my head safe in her arms. Mabigat na ang kamay niyang nakadantay sa katawan ko at unti-unti na ring sumisikip ang dibdib ko. I tried to move her arms around me but both were very heavy.
“Dad!” I tried calling out for my father but he never answered. I gathered a
