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[flashback] 12 years ago
It was 3 in the afternoon, I am playing at the terrace while she is weeping up the floor, then she came up to me, and said
“I heard the doctor talking with your mom, he said that Leeja could not make it after 5 years or maybe before that, her heart just gets weaker.”
I did not know what to respond to that.

[present]

I woke up early because I have a trip in Nabas, I need to pass my project on time. Nabas is a place wherein many antique houses are built. I am with my friend, Sasha, she will accompany me to the place called ‘Antigo’. This is where I am heading to, I called Sasha so I will make sure she will not be late to our meet up. She is on the way, but she was stuck in a heavy traffic. While waiting for her, I saw my mom at the terrace listening to the radio. I greeted her “good morning” and get back to my things just to make sure I am not forgetting anything important on this trip. Just a few minutes after, Sasha arrived. I said my goodbye to my mom and headed to her car and jump on to the front seat. I missed this girl. This project is for my final examination, I need to do a great job because this is my last year in college. Two hours passed and we arrived in our destination.

Nabas is a good place to unwind, no wonder many tourists visit here. You can see the reflection of the blue sky through the beach, mountains, long curvy road, and the windmills. But we are not here to relax, I need to do what I have to do and get it done as soon as possible. We went inside the Antigo house; you can see different antique items that have been reserved from a long time ago. Some of them were belong to Aetas and the famous datu named ‘Bangka-aya’. I saw something that caught my attention, an hourglass. The keeper said it belongs to datu Bangka-aya. I ask her permission if I can take a picture of it, I also mentioned that it is for a project in school. She allowed me and told me that when I need anything, I can ask her. I took a photo of some of the items and read the historical background.

Oh wait, where is Sasha?

Never mind, I will just finish what I am doing and find her later.

I called Sasha because I am almost done, I just need to ask some more questions to the keeper. She told me she went outside to take a photo of the windmill that can be seen from here.

When I finished, I went outside and looked for Sasha, but she was not there. So, I headed to where Sasha parked the car, I saw her talking with a man. He looked like the same age as us, but it is the first time I saw him. I went near them and when Sasha saw me, I did not know about her reaction, but she was quite shocked when she met my eyes. The man left, but he turned and looked at me with a worried look. I asked her who was that and she told me, he is just someone she knows who lives here.

Sasha and I have been friends since freshmen, she was born and raised in Japan, she said that their family went here 7 years ago because of business matter, but they went back to finish her high school. She is an only child. She went back here in the Philippines to finish her college, Sasha approached me and since then we became friends.

We went to her car, and she started the engine. We were both silent, so I asked her if we can play some music. She nodded and I played “if this is the last time” by Lany. I love this song, we both do. In the middle of our trip, I saw something familiar in the glove box. I cannot see it clearly, maybe because I am already tired and sleepy. I asked her and pointed to the glove box, I opened it. It was the hourglass. I am confused, she looked surprise and tried to get it from me. Suddenly, I heard a loud noise coming from a truck with a full speed that ran towards us, she stopped the car forcefully. I cannot move because of the impact.  I looked at Sasha, she is crying and shaking. She screamed so I hugged her to calm her down. All the sand in the hourglass are moving up from the lower bulb. What is happening? She pushed me, I hit my head in the window and everything went black.