CHAPTER 48: Escape
“Father is sick!”
“What are you saying?”
She shook my shoulders to make me understand the situation. “He’s sick, and he needs you by his side.”
“But why are you here?”
She rolled her eyes. “Obviously, to bring you back.”
“But...” Malakas akong napabuntong-hininga. Itinuro ko ang paligid. “You know I can’t leave this place.”
“Exactly. That’s why I’m here.”
I frowned at her. “What do you mean? What are you planning, Dakota?”
She jerked her tumb to a direction. “You will leave this island tomorrow, and I will change your position here. I will be Ophelia, and you will be Dakota.”
Agad na nanlaki ang mga mata ko sa sinabi niya. Hindi ko alam kung sadyang mali lang ang pagkakaintindi ko o iyon ba talaga ang ipinupunto niya—ang magpanggap bilang ako sa kampo pa
