5- - Pauline Ann De Vera -part

The bus to Leyte left at 4 PM. She had two hours to get to the terminal. Two hours to decide if she was brave enough to face the woman who gave her life, and the truth she had run from.

Now, she was the ghost in the office.

She sat on the edge of the balcony in her cramped condo, a cold cup of coffee forgotten beside her. The events of the past weeks had unraveled her like a loose thread on a familiar sweater. In Part 4, she had made the choice—the one that burned bridges and lit fuses. She had turned down the promotion that came with invisible chains, and in doing so, had exposed a corruption her colleagues were too afraid to name. Pauline Ann De Vera -Part 5-