Chapter 5.1: Manila Torres

Luna pulled her phone out of her pocket. She opened the music app, plugged in her earphones, and listened to a shuffle of songs. She plans to skip school today and go to Bacoor, Cavite instead to search for Wendy Tores or any of her relatives. Hasty she was but she did not think so. She was losing time and her headstrong desire to search for her grandfather got the best of her. Now that she had a chance to do something about the situation, her brain sort of just gets this mental itch to go for it and it will not stop bugging her until she finds her. This risk she was willing to take is nothing compared to the threat of life pending on her grandfather's fate.

Three minutes later, the old, rusty, and loud train approached the platform. With heavy mechanical whirring and dark smoke puffing out of the train's pipe, the Philippine National Railway or PNR train set to a halt. The doors slowly opened, letting out hundreds of sweaty passengers from kilometers away. It's as early as eight in t