The Sixth Girl Book 2

Chapter 11

Tama nga yung nurse.

Kinabukasan ay pinalabas na din ako ng doctor.

Medyo masakit pa ng konti ang katawan ko pero world class talaga ang med facilities ng Riksent dahil effective ang treatment nila at gamot.

Busy sila Winry, Travis and the rest kaya solo akong nag stay sa hotel ko.

May two days pa ako sa bakasyon ko pero minabuti kong hindi na tapusin iyon at umuwi na agad. Siguro dahil ayaw ko ding makaabala pa at para na din makapagpahinga lalo ako.

Nasa airport ako ngayon ng Laroost at may kasama akong ilang bodyguards na ipinilit sa akin ng Grand Duchess.

Nakita ko ang private airplane na sasakyan ko. Hindi na ako mag coconecting flight at direct na ihahatid ako ng air force jet ng Riksent sa Hyiliopolis.

Sinama ako ng guards sa isang private room malapit sa departure are at nagulat ako ng makita ko doon sila Grand Duchess Kady, Travis, Winry, Drei at Stacie.

“Are you really sure na ayaw mo na magtagal dito sa Riksent?” malungkot na tanong ng Grand Duchess sa akin, “I know your experience here is clearly not the best one and I am at fault here. But can’t I tempt you for at least another week? I can assure you that me and my people will make sure you will experience only the best we can possibly offer after all the things that happened here to you,” pagsusumamo sa akin ni Kady.

I courteously bow and shook my head, “I’m afraid I have to decline that generous offer, your highness. At the light of the events that transpired here, the last thing na gusto kong gawin ay manatili dito at abalahin pa kayo. I know how busy and hectic things are here.”

Tumango naman ang nanay ni Travis at muling nagsabi na welcomed ako dito anytime.

Yumakap naman sa akin si Stacie, “This hug is from me and Louise. Salamat ng madami, Verna. You saved not only the lives but also the futures of my brother and sister in law. You will always and forever be welcome to come and stay at Greenland and Scandinavia. We are forever in your debt,” naiiyak niyang sabi sa akin.

Nang bumitaw na sa akin si Stacie ay tiningnan ko silang lahat bago tumitig kay Kady, “Your highness, for the record, let me get this straight. I still insist that you don’t owe me anything. I have done all the things that I did here for myself. Not for your child, not for this country, not for anyone else but myself. It is my selfish motives that made me do the things I never knew I can.”

“And yet, it’s thanks to your selfish motives that my child is still standing with me today, I have my daughter in law right here beside me, gave us the chance to reconcile. Your selfish actions as you keep on saying is the reason why my soldiers survived, why my country is still intact today and why we didn’t lose our heir. Sa lahat ng sinasabi mo na pansarili mong hangarin, walang naidulot sa aking bansa kundi kabutihan. And for that, you have mine and my country’s eternal gratitude,” iyon lang and to my surprise ay nag bow ng malalim si Kady sa akin kasabay silang lahat na nasa kwarto.

“Don’t ever forget, you’re always welcome here, Verna. No matter what happen in your life, no matter what path you may take, the doors of the Tripartite Alliance Nations was, is and will always be open for you,” formal na sabi ni Drei sa akin.

Magalang akong nag bow at nagpasalamat.

“About your compensation, Verna. It is in the agreement that I signed with the leaders of the countries that you represent,” mabilis na sangat ni Kady before we left the room together.

Napangiti naman ako, “If I recall correctly it is stated there that it is up to my terms right, Grand Duchess?” magalang kong tanong kay Kady na tumango naman, “Well then, bigyan ninyo po ako ng one to two years or more then we will talk about it?”

“I will be waiting, Ambassadress,” pormal na sagot sa akin ng butihing dukesa bago lumingon kay Drei and to my surprise ay may binunot itong malaking suklay at pinilit ayusin ang magulong buhok ni Drei, “First time mong pupunta ng Pilipinas tapos hindi ka man lang nakaalalang magsuklay kang bata ka?! Come here! Give me your head Drei!” galit na sigaw ni Kady kay Drei na hindi na nakawala at pikit matang hinayaan syang suklayan uselessly ng tiyahin niya.

Napatawa naman si Winry dito, “I hope pagpunta mo sa Pinas ay makahanap ka na ng love life Drei para hindi ka nang aabala sa buhay ng iba.”

“You wish, Winry. It’s not in my mind vocab to fall in love,” natatawang sabi nito at sa wakas ay hopeless siyang pinakawalan ni Kady habang nakatingin sa hindi nya naayos na buhok nito.

Napailing naman ako, “Count Drei, with all due respect, I sincerely wish na maumpog ang ulo sa Pinas ng maalog at mahanap mo na din ang true love mo,” I said sarcastically as I bowed to him.

Napatawa naman silang lahat habang napakamot ng ulo si Drei.

With one last goodbye, Kady, Drei and Stacie waved me off as Winry and Travis walked side by side with me papunta sa jet na sasakyan ko.

Ng makarating kami sa hagdan ng eroplano ay muling hinarap ko silang dalawa.

“So, this is it, huh?” malungkot kong sabi sa kanila.

Tumango si Travis at malungkot na ngumiti sa akin habang kita ko ang namumuong luha sa mga mata ni Winry.

“Tripartite Alliance Nations will formally close its sea and air boders for at least several years for security purposes. Even you will not be able to come here for the time being. It’s a complete lockdown. The last event left us traumatized and shocked so we need to strengthen our homeland defense to secure the safety of our people,” pormal na sabi sa akin ni Travis. I know he meant for me to bring this message to the countries I am representing.

Hinawakan ni Winry ang mga kamay ko, “Communications going in and out will be filtered and we will not be allowed to contact anyone outside the three countries’ borders for safety and intelligence regulations.”

“Wow so T.A.N is going from an open country to an isolationist one?” tanong ko sa kanila na mga nagsitanguan naman, “I can’t blame your nations. After all that happened. Tama lang ang ginawa ninyo.”

Tumulo ang mga luha ng dalawa habang malungkot na nakatingin sa akin.

I chuckled softly as I hold their cheeks and pushed it up a little, “Bakit kayo naiyak? Chin up! Hindi ako nagwala at halos magpakamatay para lang makita na umiiyak kayo when I leave? I strived for a happy ending and this is what you will send me off?” Really?”

Ngumiti naman silang dalawa sa akin sweetly at finally ay nakahinga ako ng maluwag.

For all the things that happened in my life. I can finnaly say to myself that I witnessed a true happy ending and I helped it make happen myself.

“Yung compensation at autograph ko, tsaka ko na kukunin pag ikakasal na kayo. I expect that I will be invited and will be allowed to attend the wedding, against the rules or no, right? Winry? Travis?” paninigurado ko sa kanila.

“Of course,” sagot agad ni Travis naman.

“Oo naman. Rules be damned, you will be welcomed with all honors we can possibly give to you,” pangako sa akin ni Winry.

I sighed and smiled at them, “I hope by then you will always smile and be happy together.”

Nagbow ako sa kanila one last time bago tumalikod at pumunta na sa hagdanan para makaakyat na ng eroplano.

But after I took my first few steps, I turned my head and looked at Winry’s direction and smiled with all my heart, “This is as much as we can do. The rest, is up to you, Crown Countess.”

Iyon lang at taas noo akong umakyat papasok ng eroplano without looking back knowing full well that I am leaving this country, wounded but fulfilled.

Finally, I proved to myself that real life fairy tales happens and happy endings do come true.

As the plane took off from the airport, I was sent off by an airshow of dozens upon dozens of airplanes for the Tripartite Alliance Air Force with the pilots close to my window are clearly saluting at me before breaking off and returning to Riksent.

I looked down at the island of Riksent as it gets smaller and smaller every passing moment, I am suddenly reminded of what I realized after all of the things that happened here.

Of what Dex taught me before he finally left our world…

It is easy to lose your hope and dreams in a world as harsh and unforgiving as this one…

But when the time that you truly needed them the most, you will be sure to find them waiting for you, sooner rather than later…

Because when you turn your hope and dreams into actions, not even a miracle is impossible…