The Turn-out Prince

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Crown

I don't know what to do. She called me Avery, A from the Williams. Nakakatawa dahil ako pa talaga? Nasa guest room lang ako, simula nang mangyari 'yong kanina, hindi na ako lumabas ng kwarto ko. Wala namang nagbalak na sumunod sa kanina at hanggang ngayon, tahimik lang ako habang yakap yakap ang sarili ko.

Mayamaya lang ay may kumatok sa pinto. Sana hindi sila 'yan, sana si Koby lang 'yan.

Pero hindi ko na nga kinagulat nang si Maisie ang pumasok sa kwarto ko. Iniwas ko naman agad ang tingin ko sa kanya. Lumapit naman siya sa akin pero lumayo ako mula sa kanya.

"Jayne..."

"Maisie, ano ba 'tong kalokohan na 'to?" lingon ko sa kanya. "Ayoko ng ganito, ha. Nagkakamali ang Queen, I was never part of this family at kahit kailan hinding hindi niyo ako magiging kadugo. Babalik na ako sa Halliway." Usal ko.

"Try to listen first." Aniya.

She was trying to reach my hand pero lumalayo lang din naman ako sa kanya.

"I just wanted to share this with you pero alam kong hindi pa 'yon ang right time na malaman so, I just kept it. Kinilala muna kita at inalam kung tama nga ba ang hinala ko na nahanap ko na ang kapatid ko. Jayne... Avery, sorry."

Napangisi naman ako sa sinabi niya, "I still don't get it, Maisie. Please, tell it is a joke?"

Pero natahimik naman siya. Napahalakhak na lang din naman ako. Pinipigilan kong hindi maiyak dahil sa mga nalaman ko. Alam kong nagkakamali lang ang Queen kaya niya nasabi 'yon.

"The Queen is your biological mom, Jayne."

Napailing naman ako sa sinabi niya, "how can you so sure about that, Maisie?"

"Because she was my friend," Napatingin naman ako sa nagsalita, tiningnan ko lang ang Queen na palapit sa amin. "Avery."

Avery?

"Avery."

"It's Jayne." Pagtatama ko pa.

Naupo naman ito sa edge ng kama, "Okay, Jayne. Your adoptive mom, Eyriel Bresett was my friend a long time ago. She's from Halliway, where she was born. But later than that she sailed to North Peeliana when she was 20 years old, and that time I met her and became my personal maid. From that moment, the Peeliana's gone on a war. They threatened us to kill my new born baby..." tiningnan ko naman siya. "And that was you, Jayne."

Napailing na lang din naman ako. "This is nonsense."

"I talked to Eyriel, I forced her to leave the North Peeliana and bring you with her, and that's when she brought you to Halliway, to live away from us."

Naramdaman ko naman ang mainit na likido gustong kumawala sa mga mata ko. "Then why didn't she tell it to me? Bakit hindi niya sinabi?"

"I did." Aniya. "She brought you to Halliway to stop the war between the Peeliana's. I named you Avery but I said to her that she have raised her with new life and new name. I did talk to her na hindi sabihin sayo ang nangyari. It's all my fault."

"Queen..." lumapit naman si Maisie sa Queen at niyakap ito.

"That time when Eyriel got to Amea, the time where everything changes your life. Her life was changed."