Dave fucked up..BIG TIME. He got involved in shoot outs. Also got dragged in some thief syndicate. He started being a junkie again. As a result, we have to move. We moved to a very far northern area of Luzon island where Manila City is located. We move to a province called Zambales. In Zambales we move 4 times within a year. Obviously, I have to move school 4 times too. The last school don't even want me anymore because of my fycked up grades for the current year. So they put me in one of the worst class.
We stayed more than 2 years in a place that I can only call "The End of the Road"....Literally..
The front of the house is the end of the concrete road because after the house is the path going up the mountain thru the forest.
For the next 2 years I experience new things and new life...life that is much more difficult. I go to school on foot thru rain or sun by a highway that is not suppose to be use by people as only dump truck from the mountain nearby doing mining past that road. Because the proper road going to the school I attended would take 3 or 4 times the distance compared to what road I used. Still same shit with school. No money or snack. Except the times I go to the river to catch fish or collect clams to make teriyaki clams. Although most of it is for my siblings since Dave and Tina can't do it. The store near the house also let me have a tab on them. For some reason the neihbors know me and help me when they don't know Tina and Dave.
One time I went to the store to barrow some groceries since Dave ask me to. Dave instructed me to tell the store he will pay next week. The store owner laugh at me because of that. The store owner said they don't even know him. The store owner gave the groceries but put it in my tab instead because they know me better.
I am happy for that haha...
Anyways the clam and fish I cooked, I brought some to school for lunch. Some classmates of mine bought it from me for a much higher value. Even exchanged it for some better food. I get money every exam day because I let my classmates copy my answers and they pay good money for each answer. The school also discovered me after my first year in the school. They pay me to join school competitions and I also get money from the competition too as rewards or prizes. Most of the money I earned, I gave it to my siblings. Some to Tina and Dave so they will allow me to waste time in school. Some I can use for my school.
Good business I say.
But it did not last long. In my 3rd year of high school, we have to move again.
This time we move to a province called Bulacan. I stayed there for 2 years. I was able to finish my 3rd year and 4th year high school in the same school. But in that school my business do not exist. It is also the longest stay I had in high school (during my time there is 4 years in high school and no junior high in the Philippines. So 6 years elementary except pre school level then 4 years high school)
In that school, I never felt I belong. I had no real friends in that school. Most of my classmates are rich. I also do not like their attitudes. During my time there. I illegally drove a vehicle called tricycle to make money.
Again most of my money I gave to my siblings and more to Dave and Tina.
I was 15 years old during that time. No license and underage- driving a public transportation vehicle. If I get caught I will be in prison so I wore large jacket and wore mask and hat I got from a second hand shop. It was risky but I will make money that I and my siblings need. So that's fair to me.
Same routine of catching fish and clams but this time not to sell at school but for my siblings food.
During our stay in that place we move a total of 4 times as well. But in the same town this time so I was able to finish high school at least.
One day, Dave told me to go somewhere with him. So we walked and then I learned are target is the orphanage in the middle of a farmland. He wants me to ask for some financial help from the sisters of the cult there and told me to ask if I can be accepted in the orphanage as an orphaned kid. My mind was frozen for a few seconds. I want to get out of there and shout at his face but I am scared for myslef and I am worried what would happen to my siblings. So I grit my teeth and walk to the mansion by myself and Dave went somewhere in the distance.
That's when I realized something. Why is this orphanage in the middle of nowhere. I've seen many orphanage and they are all in a good spot. Or at least near main roads. This one is in the middle of nowhere a few km away from the next at least small concrete street. I also notice that the place is peaceful. So peaceful it is creepy. I did not hear any noise or at least children's voices.
I tried going near but I dont see anyone in there.
Anyways I tried knocking and ringing the doorbell...No one answered tho.
We went back to that place many times but as if something weird happening, always no one answers.
Anyways , i finished high school. No awards or whatsoever this tine, no friends or someone I can say I am close with. Fucked up town anyway..hahhah lots of weird people...many of my classmates are related to each other. Some of them in a relationship...just fucking creeping me out.
After high school, we moved away again...this time to a completely different place...about 6 hours away by car.