It was deep into the night, too dark for his liking but not dark enough to disable the young boy’s sight.
Kitang-kita niya pa rin ang katawan nitong naliligo sa sariling dugo at naghihingalo. It seemed like the world just faded around them as he held her in his arms crying. The wreck, the multiple dead bodies on the road— it all just faded to oblivion.
Why isn't help here yet? What's taking them so long? The child helplessly wondered.
Gusto niyang sumigaw at humingi ng saklolo pero hindi niya man lang magawang magsalita. Natatakot siya na baka bumalik sila at tapusin na ang buhay niya. If that happened he couldn’t be there to help his mother.
She told him not to make a sound. “Help will be here soon. Dad will be here soon,” she whispered.
He couldn't obey her. He tried so hard to chok
