My Son
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In the middle of their argument, Simba came running back to Eryna and gave her a white flower and then ran towards Renya and gave her a flower too.
Seeing the little kid act that way Renya spoke slowly,
“He—he is just like Simba. Your Simba,”
Her eyes stared at the kid with love and she stroked his cheek.
Tears rolled out of Eryna’s eyes when she heard Reyna say those words.
The kid didn’t understand their conversation so he ran off to the fields once more,
“I was happy when I heard that you were getting married, I wanted to come but dad had locked me up. I was still happy to know that you had finally found your happiness but not long after that, I heard the news of you disappearing. They found Simba’s dead body but they didn't say anything about you. That day— I regretted my decision more than ever.”
Reyna voiced her emotions and stared at Eryna with a yearning look.
Eryna’s big black eyes kept on staring at her sister, her pink lips twitched a bit but didn’t speak a word. The wind blew through her curly black hair and from afar her figure looked like a lonely soul waiting to be blown away with the gust.
“I am sorry for everything, everything that I have done to you. I am sorry for all those times when you wanted me with you and I was not there, I am sorry that you went through so much pain alone— I am sorry.” She choked at her words because she was sad and happy at the same time. She had found her sister which everyone considered to be dead.
Reyna took a few steps forward and hugged Eryna,
The warmth of Reyna’s hug enveloped Eryna and reflexively her tears which she had held in for all those years made their way out of her eyes.
Not far away from the flower patches; Under the majestic oak, three gravestones were shadowed by the branches of the tree.
The stones had names engraved into them, Eryna sat beside one of the graves, her eyes were calmly shut and she traced her fingers through the engraving, her long lashes trembled slightly as her fingers felt the ups and downs on the stone.
“Simba Garcia.” She whispered into the wind.
Renya looked at her sister in pain, she knew how much she wanted to be loved and how much she had missed Simba.
Eryna slowly opened her eyes and shifted her gaze towards the other two stones and gave out a half-hearted laugh,
“I was amused at first when I saw my gravestone,”
Eryna was looking at the stone placed beside Simba’s; in a beautiful font her name “Eryna Serene” was inscribed.
“Sigh, it was the least I could do for my sister who was rumored to be dead.”
Renya spoke with guilt and thought Eryna resented her,
“Thanks, Even though I am not beside him, my name will always be by his side. He won’t be lonely,”
‘Though I will always be lonely, without him by my side,’
Eryna thought to herself as a crystal-like tear fell from her eye, Her hopeless eyes stared at Simba’s gravestone, She moved in closer to the stone and kissed Simba’s name lightly.
Eryna’s lips moved,
“Don’t look at me like that or I won't be able to collect the broken pieces of myself,”
Without looking at Renya. Eryna felt her sympathetic gaze on her back.
She slowly stood up and looked at the three stones one last time, she took a few steps towards the last one where her mother was buried, she slightly bowed and placed a white flower on her grave.
“Mother, I am sorry for not visiting you these years, I will come again,” she whispered,
The wind blew gently as they stood over the elevated ground facing the fields, Little Simba was running like a squirrel through the flowers and giggling. Eryna’s eyes were calm and contented, Renya too was looking down at him with a slightly perplexed look.
She finally broke the silence.
“He is not your son, Right?”
She had an element of confidence in her voice.
“Ha, how could he be,” Eryna’s lips formed into a smile.
“Then?”
“He came to me, He came to me when my dear ones left me When I had made up my mind to join them too,”
Eryna looked at Reyna with a deep gaze, A memory of the past flashed before her eyes when she spoke of it,
I woke up due to the strong smell of medicines in the air, I had no idea what had happened in the past few days,
My vision wasn’t clear and the only thing I saw was the blurry white ceiling,
“Doctor! The patient woke up,”
Someone spoke sharply close to my ear that caused me to knit my eyebrows, The next moment someone opened my eyelids and flashed a light into my eyes.
I felt drowsy and lost consciousness, the next thing I remember was lying in a ward, I opened my eyes and looked around, at first I didn’t remember anything but slowly as I regained my memories of the night, the first thing that came to my mind was Simba, I sat up in the bed and looked around but there was no sign of him.
My heart sank and I got off the bed. The floor was ice cold but it didn't matter to me much.
I ran around and looked for Simba, but there was no sign of him. Finally, at the reception, there was a nurse, I rushed over to her and asked her.
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