~ ~ ~ FLASHBACK . . .
July 28, Echeverria’s Residence
A MONTH BEFORE THE CRIME. Ondrea was set to graduate in October of that year. Four months before her graduation, Ondrea broke the news to her mother about how she landed a job as an Information Technology senior analyst at SamTel. Ondrea was all giddy to tell her mother about her achievement.
"Mum, you'll be proud of me," Ondrea said, smiling at her mother. Then she gazed to her brother sitting across her.
"I am always proud of you, sweetheart."
"I got a job,” she broke the news.
"A job?" Ethan asked, his eyebrows furrowed.
“Yes, a job.”
“A job? You are in college. Graduating and you get a job?
“Yes, Ethan. I can manage.”
“What kind of job, sweetheart?” asked Josie.
“IT senior analyst, mommy.” Then she looks at her brother, w
