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The siblings arrived earlier than expected. In a stroke of luck, they did not encounter heavy traffic on their way back. Claude and Vince slept in her bedroom while she busied herself with their dinner and game night food. Her brothers seldom crash at her place, so when they do, she makes sure that she makes their favorite food. For dinner, she whipped their family recipe of adobo. She also prepared buffalo wings for their game food.

Ellie live streamed the news on her tablet and listened to it while she busied herself with cooking. The reports were repetitive. It’s about another victim of extrajudicial killing tied up to the government’s war against drugs. In the early days of the campaign, there people had an outrage from all the violence happening. A lot have protested about the injustice. But then as time went by, such reports have been a news staple, it desensitized the viewers. It’s unfortunate, really.

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