BEYOND ILLUSIONS

the provinces in Mindanao. It was the place where she spent her ch

f August, the second child

erited her facial features from her father. Th

glowing complexion, a beautiful face, and a voluptuous

also JA, which stands for Jareed Andre, inh

in Manila, taking the CEO position, while her mother was a bank branch manager in their place.

eyes, especially to her father. That's the reason why she wasn'

her life complete, but as she started mingling with her peers, she coul

orn different that made

time but later on, they would just leave her

were taken away from her by any means. She may have all the material things on earth, but th

painful scar in her heart. The scar that sti

asking

traordinary a ble

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e started to close her eyes, she could read everything that was in the mind of the owner of that belonging. How that person feels, what he is planning to do, and what will happen next. Since then, her classmates found her weird, because they could not believe

d on a pen that she thought had fallen off earlier. She pick

s eyes were looking for something in his pocket. She

at her, furro

id you

dy had started reading his mind. She found out, that the boy was planning to do

o do. Don't do it, or I will te

ised by what she said

alking about!", he glared at h

so she went

e she still had to finish taking notes of their assignment. Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from

ion to her pupils while trying to co

eacher holding a notebook th

The teacher asked agai

ll be subject to disciplinar

n complexion. He had two piercing dark eyes, a dainty nose, and pouting but pale lips. She remembered he was the owner o

g at her and she looked at him badly too. He just smiled at her showing his c

ully cr

cause she was scared of thinking

ould believe knowing that they were not classmates. And if she

school, and even when she happened to pass by their cla

time to

ther about this. Whether he would believe her or no

d whenever she touched something that belongs t

suddenly burst into laughter and told her, th

towards the gate exit. Her brother paused for a while because he was wonderin

you see something?", her brother

ead coz she didn't s

head as they were heading to

mile on his lips. They came closer to

d putting his arm around her. He tu

y buns",

out their dad's work, their studies, and the kind of classmates they have at school. JA's

s eyes were looking out the window. He used to be like t

d into the car, causing her father to hit the brake

cies were scattered, and some coins were dispersed across the concrete surface. He lost his consciousness, b

the triage nurses took him to the emer

e doctor came out and said he was already out of danger. Her father had a conversation with the hospital personnel and t

get inside hoping she could be able to talk to him. A she turned

d. His head was wrapped with a sterile gauze bandage and his arms and legs h

pen! The boy who bullied

t that much, he got thinner now co

eyes on his p

purple? It's been two hours

out the truth, so she held his hand as she closed her eyes.

ng?", asked her brother, w

pfather. He is forced to labor, without any c

perplexed by what she told him. He

ue to the accident boo, his stepfath

id all these things when you don't know this boy. Thi

plain to her br

e boo, I will tell dad to take him home w

believe what she was saying since he himself d

on't believ

were focused on the boy lying in bed. JA knew h

go home because he already contacted the boy'

o talk to this boy's

ed at her a lit

at it's his stepfather that I wa

n if she would tell her father

home. But the boy had regained his c

'm scared..." he said with

o the boy and asked him w

t cried without

t's why he got all these bruises", she s

name?", her

red with a st

he softl

nvestigation about his bruises. Please dad believe me

of the doubt, so he talked to the doctor i

he result of the medical

at the boy was p

too miserable and his one way of getting revenge was to bully his classmate. Those times he was not

ld be put in prison", her brother said after

e reaching out his pho

e appearance stepped inside calling the boy's name. He was wearing a blue le

as trembling with fear and never looked at this man, instead, he held JA's

who was standing at a distanc

er of this child, I wanted to demand full compensation for the physi

more this man would be trying to say. JA was about to

custodial investigation. We ask your full

as he was shocked when the po

to her father

lieving in me", she s

t of the time, just patted her head

he wanted to sit for a while. Her heart was b

Are you alright?" asked her brot

ds were getting colder and colder unt