Chapter 48

• “Oh my God, sweetheart! What happened to you? Why do you look like that?” Aling Lena rushed to her daughter, alarmed by her appearance. She cupped Gigi’s swollen cheek gently. Gigi winced from the pain.
• “Alyana! Get some cotton and alcohol, now!” Aling Lena shouted to Gigi’s sister.
• Gigi gave her mother a sad smile. Her two younger siblings rushed over, gasping when they saw her face. Gigi’s cheeks were bruised, her lips swollen, and there were faint marks on her neck—clear signs she had been strangled. Her eyes were puffy from crying.