Chaos Inside A Pen

(First post for the year 2020! Hope everyone is having a good weekend. This story is once again is just a work of fiction...but who knows if there is a family that demand such dowry?) “Jimmy, tama?” Minabuti ni Jimmy na salubungin ang titig ng ama ni Rosafel pero hindi pa inabot ng tatlong segundo ay agad niya ring iniwas ang kanyang pagsulyap dito. Tumango ito ng marahan at ipinikit panandalian ang mga matang tila napaso sa pakikipagtitigan sa haligi ng tahanan ng mga Gutierrez. May kung ano sa mga titig na iyon ni Senyor Mauro ng tawagin niya ang kanyang ngalan sa boses nitong tila tinitimpi lang ang muhing itinatago sa likod ng iilang salita at matatalim na titig. Biglang naramdaman ni Jimmy ang mahigpit na pagkakawahak ni Rosafel sa kanyang kamay. Nang masumpungan ang maamong ngiti ng dalaga sa kanya ay bahagyang nilisan ng mga daga ang kanyang dibdib at mangilan-ngilan na lang ang mga paru-parong lumilipad sa kanyang sikmura. Nagpapasalamat na lamang ito at h...

It is the first time the court room will weigh the scale of justice between man and monster. However for Attorney Santos, this is nothing but history repeating itself again: man faced by the unexplained will do nothing but to destroy. A swift, absolute but defective judgment much like what happened to the hundreds of women burned alive in the infamous Salem witch trial. Now at this very moment, the people’s ignorance overpowers the already blind justice of their nation. Upon seeing the yellow eyed, ear pointed and sharp toothed Manuel Exmundo enters the hall, anyone can easily say that he is already guilty of the heinous murder that happened three days ago in one of the rooms found in a cheap apartment in Cubao. The victim identified as Matilda Munoz, a 26 working class woman who slowly but surely climbing the ladder of her corporate dreams, was found lifeless and drowning on her own crimson pool in her room. There is no sign of forced entry or burglary. She jus...