Chapter 20 (1/2)

Chapter 20

Less than a week after the deaths of more than a hundred lives, several people fro center of Pelaez Along with the Filipino doctors, the foreign professionals taught several volunteer health workers the process of facing the cala a way to beat the disease Countries are coions Laoag, Cabanatuan, Masbate, Butuan, Zao As if God wants to burn the world Until one day, good news finally arrived Finally, the cure to defeat this terrifying problem is found

Thursday night, the municipality did an announcement The people are asked to come out of their homes and to properly line them up in front of the church where the health professional tents can be found The people of Pelaez rushed to arrive, women and men, children and elders Everyone, wrapped in fear The announcement reached all the way to the precinct where the prisoners are also having their blood taken

“I thought you were going to give us a vaccine,

“There still isn’t a vaccine, sir, the reason e’re taking blood is to find the blood type that willdeveloped”

Bok-bok’s already irritable because of the dread in the air, as isup in fours in front of the plaza in Sto Do up to the precinct and the fire station

“Could you please hurry up already, people are dying!” Another rievances

“We’re just doing our job, don’t make us out to be the villains!” The tone of one fely Some of the citizens retaliated A small commotion happens inside the line Scared people and tired volunteers; sleep-deprived, hungry—all terrified creatures Thunder ru in the line is starting to get bigger when a nurse started shouting in a aphone

“Rogelio Manglicmot!”

Bok-bok nudges his friend when he heard his na for you!”

“I’ily anshile slowly returning back to his slumber on the floor

Bok-bok listens to the naain “No, it’s you! Hey!”

After a while an Italian doctor and a representative froelio again They test once more The doctor calls someone on the 2-way radio that he talked to in Italian after speaking to the Filipino in broken English

“We need hielio