Cosima Sanctuary is a one of a kind safe house for teenage survivors, but when they realize that one of them is a psychopath, all hell breaks loose. The hunt is on for the psycho next door.
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The fighter
Kleya
"Ms. Hudson, pwede mo bang isalaysay sa amin ang nangyari sa boarding house na tinutuluyan mo?" tanong ng detective na nakatayo sa dulo ng kama kung saan ako nakaratay. Ang kasama naman niyang pulis ay abala sa pagkuha ng litrato sa mga sugat at pasa ko.
"Nahuli niyo ba siya?" kalmado kong tanong habang nanatiling nakatitig sa kawalan at binabalewala ang bawat nakakasilaw na flash ng camera.
Umiling ang detective kaya't napabuntong-hininga na lamang ako. Biglang huminto ang pulis na kumukuha ng litrato, para siyang nagulat sa naging reaksyon ko.
"Ba't parang ang kalmado mo?" usisa ng detective kaya napangisi na lamang ako.
"What makes you think I'm calm? You think you know what's going on in my mind right now?" tanong ko pabalik at nag-angat ng tingin sa kanya. I raised my left eyebrow and looked straight into his eyes, he stared at me with a judging expression, I guess by now he's already thinking that I had something to do with what happened.
"Ms. Hudson, sabihin mo sa akin ano ang nangyari," pag-uulit ng detective sa tanong niya pero this time ay maotoridad na ang kanyang pagkakasabi. Humarap na lamang ulit ako sa kawalan at sinariwa ang nangyari.
"I woke up in the middle of the night because of some strange noises. It sounded like someone was throwing things on the wall, it sounded like someone was struggling... and it sounded like it was coming from the room next to mine," sabi ko na lamang saka napatitig sa mga braso kong puno ng pasa.
"And what did you do next?" tanong niya.
Napangisi na lamang ako sa naging katangahan ko. Bwisit. It was like breaking the number one horror movie rule; I was like a stupid biatch from a horror movie. Ang tanga-tanga ko, di man lang ako nagdala ng pamalo.
"I got out of bed to check it out. I was living with 3 other girls in that boarding house but as far as I know, dalawa lang kami sa bahay nang gabing iyon. I went to her room... the door was slightly opened kaya pumasok ako," huminto ako para lumunok. Sumakit ang leeg ko kakasalita, palibhasa nasakal ako ng umatake sa akin.
"Anong nakita mo?" tanong pa ng detective kaya huminga ako ng malalim at napahaplos sa kumikirot ko pang leeg.
"I turned on the light and all I saw was mess, there was even blood on the floor. Her windows were left opened too. Then, I noticed her lying on the bed but she was covered in her big red blanket. I was sure it was her because her feet were sticking out of it. I called out to her but she wasn't answering so tinanggal ko ang kumot na nakatakip sa kanya, nagulat ako nang makita ko siyang duguan at nakalaslas na ang leeg—"
