While Odessa was running, she was suddenly shot by a Japanese soldier which hit her right shoulder, causing her to be weaken. When the girl became weak, she stopped at the side of a bridge and was about to surrender herself, but the soldiers didn't think that she would actually jump there, especially since the water under the bridge was too high.

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 /ODESSA'S POV/ 

Forgive me, my dear mother, because I will never be able to fulfill your last will to me...forgive me Antonio for my audacity to disobey you. I will die without the suffering experienced in my body from the foreign invaders, however, I will also die full of suffering in my heart because I never helped anyone of you. I beg your pardon. 

Forgive me, Dad...Forgive me too my mom... Forgive me, Antonio...Please forgive me for everything. 

(MANILA-2018) 

I slowly woke up on a dirty beach caused of the strange noises I heard. The surroundings are very noisy and there is also a foul smell. As I stood up even though I was weak I saw a strange place where my vision seemed to be gradually blurring. 

Even though I was wet and writhing in pain from my right shoulder I still patiently went down the road to find out where I was. It seemed like I was in a nightmare because I thought earlier that I was in the afterlife but my brain was suddenly enlightened when I saw things around me that were very strange compared to what they say ‘afterlife’. 

“What place is this?” I faintly whispered to myself. 

I don't see a single soldier around, I don't even see their tank on this road, but I only see the different kinds of vehicles running. As I was walking I could hear whispers from people looking at me. Because of my curiosity around, I didn't realize that I was in the middle of the road. 

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP !!! 

Loud car horns shook my ears causing me to feel myself lying in the middle of the road until I lost my consciousness completely. 

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“Where am I?”  I've surprised when I woke up in a beautiful and airy room. I also noticed that there was a cover on the wound on my right shoulder when I accidentally touched it. 

I quickly got up from the beautiful bed and groped my whole body. I just sighed when nothing else happened to my body except the white tape that stuck to my wounds. 

I slowly approached the door and opened it. When I came out of the room, I was overwhelmed by the beauty and size of this house. I was even more confused as to why I came here. 

Out of my curiosity, I slowly walked down the stairs. When I got down I stopped because I was more amazed at the beauty and modernity of the whole house. The things I see here are a hundred times more modern compared to where I come from. I was so amaze.

“Where am I? I don't think the country of the foreign invaders is as modern as this...not so— ” my astonishment was interrupted when I heard a strange voice from behind me. 

“What are you doing there?” I suddenly turned to look behind and a handsome man immediately came into view. Time seemed to stop when I saw his face. In stature, handsomeness, and speech I can say that he is probably a foreigner. 

He also has white skin that I can compare to Americans.

 “I'm sorry, Sir, but I just want to know where I am.” I hesitate to respond. 

He seemed irritated by what I said to him but I felt that there wasn't wrong with it. 

“I said, what are you doing there? Don't change the topic and kindly answer my question first.” his sarcastic answer. 

I quietly smile at him even though I was irritated with him too.

“Nothing, but I want to know where I am and how I get here.” I calmly ask.

“If you're hungry, there are slices of bacon and some foods in a refrigerator that you can get as my apology to you.” his cold answer that too far for my question.

I guess, I was wrong in judging him by his look, I thought that at the same time he had a perfect appearance, he even had a perfect heart but, that's the opposite of my thought. 

“Later, your doctor will come here to check you up and after that, you can leave my house.” he will be sarcastic at me again. 

I just nodded in response because I didn't want to be intrusive again. Just a few seconds after he spoke to me, he left to go upstairs. If I hadn't been indebted to him for treating my wound on my right shoulder, I might have beaten him for his annoying attitude. 

I briefly toured the inside of his huge house after he left and I saw much more strange equipment inside. As I wandered around and marveled at the strange and modern equipment I noticed an old music box behind the rows of photos. 

“What does this sound like?” I tried to enable the old music box but I just failed because it didn't work. 

I just remember my father through an old music box because my father gave me a music box like this when I was celebrating my tenth birthday. 

Sadly, my music box was indeed in our burning house. 

“I miss you, Dad.” I whispered to myself and I didn’t realize the tears were dripping from my eyes.

I really miss them all. I never thought that this hard situation can happen to me. In my young age, I suddenly became orphan.

“Why all this mess happened to me? Why I have to be orphan? What's wrong with me? Why I have to suffer like this?” I questioned myself with tears.

I want to wake up from this nightmare! Please waking me up!