68 - Pain

DANIEL FORTELEJO

“Dan, can you stay for a while? I need you in the company. I can’t do it all alone,” pakiusap ni mommy habang nanghihina itong pinupunasan ang katawan ni daddy.

Na-stroke si daddy nang malamang bumabagsak ang company namin matapos na magkaroon ng malaking issue sa bridge na pinapatayo sa Bohol-Cebu, na bumigay ang iilang bahagi nito. So far, wala namang nasaktan sa mga empleyado namin. Iyon nga lang, nawalan ng investors ang konpanya namin at binawi sa amin ang proyektong iyon.

We had already lost millions because of that project, and now the government is demanding a refund for the money we spent on building the bridge. But how? All the payments they gave us had already been used for the project. We can't refund the money because if we do, we'll lose even more, leaving us with nothing.

That’s why I pushed to finish the project. I knew it was our only hope. I worked tirelessly, day and night, organizing every detail, overseeing construction, negotiating with supplier