Life So Hard

Elvira and her daughter were pulled out of the fire. The fire fighters came after receiving calls from Elvira neighbors, they pulled out their nozzles and began putting off the fire. The fire runs out of fuel and starves to death. The firefighters went inside to rescue the last person but no one was inside.

"There is no one inside again"

"No, my son is there, he was trapped in the kitchen where the fire started"

"I'm sorry ma'am but their is nobody there, probably he has been burn to ashes"

She felt something ripped her heart open as endless pains spread all over her body. She fell on her knees and began to cry.

"No, why is life so hard on us? I pray always to God, I worship him but....why?" her voice was hoarse from crying. Her neighbors ran to her and began to console her but she did not listen to any of them. Just them, the sound of sirens rang out.

"What happened here" Dino came out of the vehicle. He was putting on his police uniform. One of the firefighters walked to Dino and he began to explain everything that happened to him.

"What actually causes the fire? "

"The fire broke out in the kitchen and I think it is because the gas leaked" he explained.

"Okay, thanks so much. We will handle things here" he smiled at the man.

"Okay" they shook hands and the firefighters left. Dino went inside to check the situation of the house.

At the other side of the town.

At blue bridge A, Quezon City.

Miguel was in the study room having a video conference call with his business partner, just then, this phone rang.....

"Hello boss, the job is done"

"Thats good"

"But only one died"

"What? What do you mean by only one?"

"Boss, only Leonel died because Elvira was able to escape with her daughter"

"You idiot, didn't I tell you to kill all of them? I should have killed them myself" he spatted angrily

"Am sorry boss" He apologized, afraid that his boss might send someone to kill him.

"It's a good thing I killed Nicolas myself. Elvira is not a skilled fighter like her husband, you can easily kill her"

"Am.sorry boss, I will do my job right this time"

"No need, since Leonel is dead, she will keep her mouth...

A glass cup fell in front of the door. He looked up and his gaze fell on his wife. He dropped his phone.

"I.....I.....I...." he didn't know what to say as he began to stammer.

Camia walked towards the door with a cup of coffee in her hands. She raised her hand to knock but stopped when she heard him talking about killing someone, she moved her ears to the door and listened to her husband conversation. She was shocked by what she heard that she did not know when the cup fell from her hands.

Seething, "I need an explanation now"

Miguel's face fell on the ground. He knew that his wife will be mad at him if he had told her the he killed Nicolas.

"So you were the one behind Nicolas death....huh?"

"Yes, I killed him. He found out that I am a drug lord and decided to report to the police" he said the truth

"You killed your best friend?"

"I did that to protect my families and our reputation"

"But did you ever think about Elvira and her kids?" she asked shouting, in a frenzy of hate and horror. She was angry that her husband killed a person; not just anybody but his best friend. How despicable.

"I did that for our family"

"No, you did that for your own selfish reasons"

Nicolas was right, he did that because of his family. He does not want people to look down on his wife and daughter. Camia was also right, he did that because he does not want to end up in jail and he does not want to lose his business partner.

All this years, Elvira knew her husband was a drug lord but decided not to report her husband to the police because he became a drug lord to marry her. Even though, Camia comes from a very rich family, he does not want his wife to always give him money, buy clothes for him, feed him and so on.

"There is nothing you can do now, Leonel is dead" he said

"What? Leonel is dead?" she was flabbergasted.

"It's so unfortunate that Leonel was the only one that died, my actual plan was to kill all of them but that b*tch escaped with her daughter"

"Why did you do that" tears welling up in her eyes.

"Because that b*tch, Elvira knows that I killed her husband so I have to finish her off"

Camia could not hold it anymore, she felt that If she did not tell Elvira, she will die of guilt

"I will tell Elvira what you have done, I will tell her that you killed her son"

"Go ahead, if she tries to report to the police, I will kill her little daughter and then, I will kill her too"

"Then I will report to the police" she turned around to leave then Miguel grabbed her wrist forcefully.

"What did you say" he was not sure what he heard.

"I said I will report to the police myself. Will you kill me too?"

"Hahaha, I won't kill you, my dear wife but I will take Karen away from you, I will take her to a place where you will never find your daughter for the rest of your life" he slowly released her hand and said, "You can go and save that woman but believe me you will never see your daughter again"

Miguel knew that Karen was Camia's weak point so she used Karen to threaten her. Camia will never want to be away from her daughter. She love her daughter than anything else, she will die for Karen if she had to.

"Okay, I won't tell the police, I won't". Even though she wanted to tell the police and give justice to Leonel and Nicolas death but she can't sacrifice her only daughter.

"Good, we will leave the Philippines today"

"Why? To where? She asked

"We are going to the US"

"The US?"

"Unless you want to stay here and forget about your daughter"

"I will go" she immediately agreed.

"Okay then. Ella, go and pack our things, we are leaving for the US today"

"Okay sir" the maid ran to their rooms and began to park their things.

Miguel picked up his phone and dialed a number.....

"Book a flight now, we are flying to the US"

"Okay sir"

Miguel begins to show his true colors. Camia never expected that her husband will be so cruel.

Elvira call her mother and told her the sad news. Ms belen began to cry when she heard that her dear grandson is dead. Elvira promised to keep her daughter save; she's the only one she has now.

Ms belen decided to move to manila so she can take care if her daughter. That night, Miguel and his family left the Philippines. Camia was so unhappy that she could not tell Elvira that the person that killed her husband is Miguel.

Day passes by and Elvira moved to another house with her mom in manila, she won't want to stay where she lost her son. As Carissa began to grow, she told her the story of how she lost her husband and her son in Novaliches.