HEALER (Completed)

Chapter 37

TAHIMIK LANG NA NAGHIHINTAY si Chantria sa sasabihin sa kaniya ni Prince Travis pero maging ito ay tahimik rin. He's just facing her as if he can see her. His blind but still he's intimidating.

Nagsimula na siyang magplano sa isip kung ano ang kaniyang unang sasabihin at gagawin. She wants to ruin the silence that filled them. Hindi siya sanay rito. But before she could planned everything, Travis speaks.

"Am I not important to you Chantria?" He asked. This time his voice sounded opposite to what he was earlier.

Nagtataka man ay sumagot siya. "Of course you're important to me. Hindi nga lang sa akin kundi pati na Rin sa iba pa. You're our Prince remember?"

Travis laughed but his laugh doesn't sound happy at all. "Yeah right. Because I'm a prince. Pero bilang ako, hindi."

"Ano ka ba? Don't say that," naiinis niyang sabi rito. "Hindi mo lang maalala ang lahat pero naging importante ka sa akin. You maybe the coldest and rudest man for me at first but you're still a kindhearted man. So don't think like that. Don't degrade yourself."

"Pero bakit ganun nalang kadali sayo na ipamigay ako sa iba?" And that shut her off. Mukhang dinibdib nito ang sinabi niya kanina. She wants to say sorry but she opted not to. Dahil sa huli ay magiging totoo naman ang lahat ng sinabi niya kanina.

"Answer me Chantria! Don't just gave me with a silent treatment!" Malutong itong napamura pagkatapos kaya napayuko siya. "Siguro naman alam mo na ikaw ang gusto ko pero bakit pakiramdam ko pinagtutulakan mo ako sa iba?"

Muli siyang napatingin rito at buong tapang itong sinagot. "Hindi kita pinagtutulakan dahil wala namang Tayo! I am just your healer your highness. Kailanman ay hindi nararapat ang isang tulad ko sayo." That's all lies. Pero walang siyang magawa kundi magsinungaling rito. This for his sake after all.

"Stop me with your lies Chantria because I already knew the truth!"

Napaatras siya ng bahagya sa sinabi nito.

"Y-You knew?" She stuttered.

"Sky already told me everything about you and you don't know how painful it was to me knowing that your lying to me." Ramdam niya ang lungkot sa bawat salitang binibitawan nito sa kaniya. "Is it because I am now blind Chantria? O dahil wala na akong maalala ngayon-"

"No!" She instantly answered. Ayaw niyang ma-misinterpret nito ang kaniyang napagdesisyunan. "Walang kinalaman ang kondisyon mo ngayon sa napagdesisyunan ko."

"Is it because of my Dad?"
Her body froze but she instantly recover.

"Of course not." Another lie. "Walang kinalaman dito ang ama mo."

Tila hindi naman kumbinsido rito ang binata.

"I heard your conversation with him earlier Chantria," he added that made her eyes widen on shock. "Oo bulag ako pero masyado nang malakas ang pandinig ko ngayon. And hearing that, I couldn't help but to be mad at him. Hindi mo lang alam kung gaano ako kagalit sa ama ko ng marinig ko ang lahat ng sinabi niya sayo. How dare him said that to you!"

Dagli niya itong nilapitan. Hinuli niya ang mga kamay nito at pagkuwan ay nagmakaawa rito.

"Please, don't be mad at your Dad. May karapatan siyang magalit sa akin dahil ako ang dahilan kung bakit ka nagkaganiyan. I-I'm the one to be blamed." Gumaragal ang kaniyang boses. Nagsimula na ring pumatak ang kaniyang mga luha pero pilit niya ang sariling humikbi. Ayaw niyang malaman nito na nasasaktan siya ngayon. But still that's not enough to not be heard nor sense by him. At the end, she still failed to faked herself.

Niyakap siya nito ng mahigpit at dito na siya tuluyang humagulgol. Prince Travis just embrace her and continues to comfort her not just by his gestures but also with his words. She kept saying sorry but Travis counters it with his sweet words.