A disguised man is hiding behind a tree looking a man who was watering a small garden with a little tiny child in his arms.
He had a lonely sad look in his eyes deeply mixed with regret and guilt
"G-Gulf"...the disguised man muttered with sobs about escaping from mouth but he harshly held it in
The winds blowing carried the echo of his words to the man with a child in his arms
The man watering immediately halted when he heard the very familiar voice, his heart pounding very fast..he wanted to look back but was very afraid
Afraid that his worst nightmare might come through, that Mew would finally come to finish him off
'Is he really here?' thinking about that,he quickly turned back but saw nothing but a tree behind..he looked around but still found no one
'I must be imagining things' he thought and quickly went into the house with his daughter as the evening breeze was getting too cold.
The disguised man came out from his hidden spot when the man he called Gulf entered into the house..
On the grounds, he fell and broke down in tears
Tears of regret...
Tears of anguish...
Tears of guilt..
Tears of yearning...
Tears of sadness...
He was internally dying...he never believed that a day would come when he would be near yet so far from the love of his life.
He quickly ran, he thought he was brave to meet Gulf after everything, call him coward or whatever but he didn't care, he didn't care that he didn't know where he was running to, all he knew was that he needed to let his screams of pain out to the world...
Guilt was eating him up...drastically
He just couldn't..he was ashamed of himself, his love was so weak that it succumbed to black magic.
And so he ran and ran till it was dark and he found himself on a cliff...and there he screamed with his loudest voice to the earth...pouring his emotions out
"WHY ME????!!!!!!"
"WHY MEEE????!!!!!!!!"
He screamed painfully to the earth but the echoes of his questions were all he could hear back..with no answers given...
The world had abandoned him.
"Maybe if you kill yourself he would forgive you" No
"You caged him Mew, he must be hating for everything you did" No
"You separated him from his son knowing fully well of how strong their bond was" No
"You're really a bad father and a bad husband" No
His mother's words screeched at him
"NOOOOOOO!!!!"
Gabby baby, would he ever want me back again???
"Are you done Father? Your apologies won't bring my mother back, It won't take all the pains you have caused us especially my mother SO PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" Nooo Gabby!!!
"If you're done speaking, can you please me alone now?..I really do not want to se you" No, I'm sorry
"I'm hurting too,so deep..so bad, why can't anyone feel my pains...am I really alone!!??" He cried aloud
After a moment, he went totally numb..he was tired, he stopped screaming and crying, he stood and left back to his kingdom.
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It was a bright morning, Gulf cleaned up everywhere, fed his child and got ready to leave for the market but was startled when Sera and Abram hurriedly came into the house and shut the door.
"What's wrong Mom, Dad?..why are you both breathing heavily" he worriedly asked
"G-Gulf I think some people are here for you, they ordered us to get you..they look like palace guards with some elders and they said they are from SHEXING KINGDOM and they want to see their QUEEN" Abram said and his heart dropped in fear, have they come to kill me?? Gulf asked himself..he didn't even notice he was already trembling
"What's wrong my dear? Why are you shaking? Are you really the Queen of SHEXING KINGDOM" Sera surprisedly asked
"I-I was mom, why have they come for me?" Gulf asked with protruding fear
"We are with you my dear, let's go and hear that they have to say okay, no harm will come your way" Abram assured Gulf
So the three of them left the house with Ava sleeping the in arms of her mother.
Immediately the guards and elders saw their Queen..they all bowed
"ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF SHEXING KINGDOM" they said in chorus still bowed
Gulf was confused on why they were still addressing him that way, he felt really uncomfortable and didn't even know how to tell them rise, he wasn't their Queen anymore.
He noticed Mr sing and Mr Qiang amongst the elders that came, he had good relation with only them so he went towards them
"Mr Sing, Mr Qiang please them to rise and why are they referring to me as their Queen, I was banished" Gulf pointed out
Mr Sing then told them all to rise and they did.
"I, KING MEW SUPPASIT OF SHEXING KINGOM HEREBY ABOLISH THE BANISHMENT DECREE MADE BY ME TO QUEEN GULF KANAWUT SUPPASIT.
AND YOU'RE HEREBY RELIEVED OF ANY PUNISHMENT. IMMEDIATELY REPORT TO THE PALACE UPON YOUR ARRIVAL.
THANKS."
The Royal advisor finally finished reading the scroll written and sealed by his king. He then bowed to Gulf when he was done.
"I'm sorry Queen Gulf if we disrupted anything you were doing but we were sent by HIS ROYAL MAJESTY to bring you back, he would have been here but travelled to another Kingdom for a meeting" The Royal Advisor ,Mr Trika politely said
'Suddenly he wants me back to his kingdom?"Queen?? He must be insane if he thinks that I would return to that position, not after everything I have been through in his hands' Gulf thought with anger, humiliation and shame brewing up inside of him
"Listen everyone, I am not your Queen anymore!!! I would be grateful if you people stop referring to me as such and for your king, tell him I love my life here" Gulf said, for a while his anger covered his senses making him not remember about his precious son,Gabriel, he was about entering back inside when Mr Qiang's words stopped him abruptly
"What about your Son Gabriel that still yearns for his mother, are you not willing to come back for him?" Mr Qiang suddenly asked
"Gabriel"...that one word shook Gulf's world immediately, he had forgotten about his precious son, he possibly can't leave him alone, not now that he's free to come back to the palace, he couldn't betray his son, never..
"You should also think about Princess Ava, she also needs her brother's love if not her father's" Mr Sing said..he wanted to spill everything going on with Mew but he had forbidden them to say it Gulf
"Give me five minutes, I am coming back with you all, I am coming back for my son" Gulf said with a straight face and entered inside with the couple, Abram and Sera.
"Dad, Mom please I want you both to come back with me, you have done a lot for me and my daughter, please I cannot leave you both on your own, who would do the chores and go to the market? Who would take care of you both?" Gulf wanted to cry but the couple sadly smiled and shook their heads
"No my son, things are not always done that way..we are pure natives of SHUFONG KINGDOM, we possibly can't leave the home of our ancestors, we were fine before you came and trust me, we would also be fine after you're gone, the only thing you can do for us is to take care of your family my son" Abram gently said to make Gulf understand
"Yes my son, my Gulf..take good care of your family and whenever you're chanced you can always come to visit us, we aren't running away and our home is always welcomed to you, we can take care of ourselves and remember my children and grandchildren sometimes comes to visit us so do not be sad okay, we love you so much and enjoyed our stay with you, God bless and safe Journey my son..I will go and pack your clothes and some food for you" Sera said and quickly went to the room, tears were already dripping from her wrinkled eyes, she had tried to hold them in, she knew they had to let Gulf go, it was for the best..he definitely didn't belong there.
After a while, she came back and gave Gulf everything, he hugged them so tightly before starting his journey back to SHEXING KINGDOM.
There was a Royal carriage available but he abruptly refused anything that came from Mew. Instead he walked with them, what punishment hasn't he passed through?? What is just walking some miles compared to what he has been through, they didn't banish him with a carriage so why should he accept a carriage from them?
He has been tortured in the worst possible ways so he was definitely fine with walking.