All Chapters of OB-LO: Deadline for Innocence: Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

3 Chapters

Deal or No Deal

The warden, Col. Jake Zubiri, 40, took a good look at the details of Nina’s records, and then at the young woman herself. 23, pleaded guilty, reclusion perpetua. Nina was already wearing the familiar orange over-all that all new detainees are issued with. She was no longer cuffed, and she was already shod; somehow, she still felt the heaviness of the handcuffs around her wrists. She tried to feel her pulse. Instead, she heard the beating of her heart getting louder. And faster.“It’s okay, George. I’ll handle this one. Why don’t you leave Miss, uh, Cañete, here with me for a little while? So we could have a heart-to-heart talk about, uh, her situation here with us. And please lock the door behind you.”With knowing eyes, the correction facility’s supervisor, Sgt. George de Silva, 45, curtly nodded and obeyed the warden’s instructions.As the door closed, Jake stood up from the black, leathered executive chair and stared at Nina’s eyes.“First name’s Nina, correct?”The young woman nod

Last Updated : 2022-08-06

Life from the Inside

OB-LO: Deadline for Innocence/Abismo

After two weeks, Nina appeared to have transitioned her life as a detainee inside the ob-lo. Though the fringe benefits of being in a secret relationship with the warden was the game changer.But it was not as Nina imagined it would be. Seldom were the days when the warden was in the facility. And when Jake was in the ob-lo, he was always busy with his routine rounds. Word was Jake was being groomed by some backer politicians and businessmen based in northern Palawan to be the next Mayor of the island province of Coron.Coron had become a bustling tourist haven for both the locals and the foreigners. Most days, Jake would be in Coron, and Nina would just be with herself and with some prison underlings inside the small library reading the romantic tales and adventures of those odd species of humanity called writers.But all was not lost during this time. Nina got to know Sgt. George de Silva better. The former navy man was, of course, married and had two children with two different wom

Last Updated : 2022-08-06

Twist of Fate

OB-LO: Deadline for Innocence/Abismo

The following morning. The basketball court adjacent to the correctional facility of the ob-lo. Prisoners were allowed to leave their cells and walk around the court to get their daily dose of sunlight and exercise. Nina thought about it. Kill herself. This was the reason why she had the broken off piece of razor blade tucked discreetly inside an undisclosed part of her prison uniform’s hemline. She nursed the swollen part of her belly with one hand. She felt one side of her rib cage was smashed. Last night, her cellmates, led by Ninang, were laughing at her while they slept. They told her not to sleep so soundly because they would gang-rape her later with a guard’s baton. One of the minions joked that she would let the K-9 get a piece of what Nina was giving to Warden Jake and Sgt. George. Last night, the young woman did not have a wink at all. She kept thinking of why she deserved this twist of fate. This return to the dark reality of the system which was supposed to dispense just

Last Updated : 2022-08-06

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