The needle of the IV dextrose has long been retracted from the protruded vein on the back of Inang Maya's right hand, but the sedative effect under which the centenarian has been apparently enjoying for some time now still lingers.
Given to daydreaming more and more, and entertaining more and more the many habitues of her memories inside her room, Inang Maya recalls that fateful morning that Alfredo Apostol made his first appearance in the residence of Fiscal Renato Baylon.
Who would have imagined then that this gangly messenger-clerk of the National Archives and Museum would become King Carlos Felipe XIII of the House of Habsburgs, the supposed heir to the throne of the kingdom of Ziagar?
More because of the manipulations of Director Fernandez rather than of her beloved Ato's love for
