"Aira wakes up...quick," I whispered to her but with urgency. She followed what I said and I gathered my things, especially the backpack. It's always ready and handy. We groped our way to the back door in the kitchen, going to the concrete wall where I pushed her up totally onto the other side. I carefully lifted her up for easy access to the narrow way going to the other street. We ran as fast as we could, going to Roxas Boulevard, but the assassins were following us. They're not together in this pursuit but instead allowing themselves to run after us.
As we ran, farther from them heading to the corner of EDSA and Roxas Boulevard, we turned right, going to EDSA-Pasay Rotonda, where I decided to go into a Beer House. But the assassin fired a shot at us and the customer was hit in the stom
