November 2011
Minsan isang taon, naglalaan ng panahon ang NBI agent na si Gabe Avelino para sa sarili at nagte-trekking sa kung saan. But by a twist of fate, nakatagpo siya ng ‘trabaho’ sa Negros. Isang dalagang dineklarang ‘missing’ ng mga magulang at matagal nang inilapit sa kanilang ahensiya, ang nakita niya. And for some strange reason, he felt an almost deperate wish for another chance na makita ito muli. Marahil dahil naintriga siya sa mga narinig niya ukol dito… o baka na-affect siya sa kagandahan nito. Hindi pa niya sigurado kung alin doon ang tunay na dahilan.
Pero sa isang bagay lang sigurado ang NBI agent: ayaw niya itong maging subject.
Trivia:
Kay Elise Estrella po originally talaga si Gabe, mula sa series na Lovesick MDs. Dapat magiging Sentinel si Gabe pero parang ‘di naman daw niya gusto (uhm, ayaw ni Gabe, hindi ni Elise). per Elise, he wanted to remain with the NBI. when I mentioned about naming one of my characters Juan Gabriel (so named after Noel and Beng Cabangon’s son), she said, di kaya iisang tao sila? i just shrugged. pwede naman. pwede din hindi. she offered kung gusto ko daw sulatin ang kwento ni Gabriel and i accepted after i asked numerous times if she really had no intention anymore of writing his story. and here he is.
the manuscript had originally been intended only as a regular release. my editor, even after the approval of the original plot, had other plans, though. so i stretched the story and it became part of the second batch of premiums released by MSV.
cover peg is French actor Olivier Martinez.