'TRUTH'
ARTILLERY WADSWORTH VENIZELOS
"THE bullet is on the left chest, 4cm in the heart and 0.9cm from her main artery.Hindi kona kayo isu-sugarcoat dito Mr.Venizelos, the success rate can't reach the percentage of fifty percent above, maaari s'yang mamatay sa ganitong sitwasyon" ani Kristen
She's an interventional cardiologist who's handling Althys' complication right now, she's the only person I trust here aside from Sariah since they're our research groupmates before and Althys' friends too.
"Could we possibly increase the success rate with serum?" tanong ni Alcyone rito
"No, the hands of the surgeons will be the major focus here, serums and other medicines won't work" deretsahang sagot ni Kristen
I heard Alcyone sigh, I can't chime in their conversation for as I am not one of the relatives which is on the law here in their hospital.
"Do it" napalingon kami nila Malgaux sa sinabi nito
Evander and Malgaux is here after they heard about the news, Zylan also came alone for some reason.He just popped up out of nowhere and told us he was busy handling everything on that abandoned building.
"I will ask you again master, are you sure?" paninigurado ni Kristen
"Yes" Cy answered without any hesitation
Kristen nodded and look at her files.
"The surgery will be performed one hour from now, we will properly prepare everything and we will promise to do our best" Kristen slightly bow before leaving
Tumayo lang si Cy doon habang nakayuko at naka-pamulsa ang dalawang kamay, his eyes were closed and he seems thinking about something important.
"I thought she's strong" I said, bullying him again
"Serums made by our father makes her strong at ang ambag n'ya doon ay ang maayos na pag-gamit niya sa lakas na 'yon but she became stupid enough to use the most expensive, menacing and secure serum to you out of sympathy because you're such an idiot to let your father torture you" nag-isang linya ang kilay ko sa sinabi niya
I stood up to level him and I did stare at him directly to his eyes.
"You know nothing" maikli kong sagot
"Oh really?Then tell me everything!" he said sarcastically
"You want to know everything?Fine!My father doesn't approve my existence, he hates me so much that he wants to kill me.He want Artherios to rule the clan and be the next emperor but before he can achieve that, I must be gone.. I must die so they could only focus on Artherios and not to me.He wants to kill me since I was seven so he sent me to Altadeo to stop himself from committing such crime infront of the clan that would make him miserable and lose everything.That day when Althys came, he decided to kill me already and I already accepted my fate but she came to rescue me.I was glad that time and I was thankful because she injected that to me, I know my father's move more than her so I thought I could save her but I can't"
"It did turns out like this but I successfully killed my father, I commit the crime he doesn't want to commit.Before all of this, I already left the clan.Why did the guards didn't help me?That's the reason, I left the clan for good but my father wasn't satisfied at all"
Natahimik silang lahat at kita ko ang gulat sa mata ni Cy, I know he would be shock and I hope that this explanation would puzzle my actions on him.
"Pwede kang makulong" sagot n'ya lang but I just sarcastically smile
"I knew that already" sagot ko at bumalik sa pagkaka-upo
Sumandal lang ako at ipinikit ang mga mata ko, I don't wanna hear more comments from them.I'm sure it's all the same and I don't want anyone showing some sympathy to me.
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"Master Alcyone?" napatayo kaming lahat nang lumabas si Kristen sa isang kwarto
"How's the surgery?Is she okay now?" salubong ni Cy sakanya
"The surgery was..successful" napapalakpak si Evander, Malgaux at Zy
Both me and Cy celebrated in our minds, I knew him so well and I know he would let others celebrate loudly first.
"She's awake by now" ani Kristen habang naka-tingin sa wrist watch n'ya
Dumeretso kaagad kami sa kwarto ni Althys and her eyes were still close, kala ko ba gising na?
"Lil sis" pagkasabi non ni Cy ay nag-mulat ng mata si Althys
She look so sleepy and hungry at the same time.
"Kuya" sambit n'ya rito
"Art at Cy, bantayan n'yo s'ya bibili lang kami ng pagkain" panimula ni Malgaux na agad naming sinang-ayunan
We sat down in both of her left and right side, tahimik lang ang kwarto at tanging tunog lang ng aircon ang maririnig.Maybe she doesn't want to talk.
"Why are you still bloody and topless?" tanong n'ya saakin kaya nakaramdam ako ng hiya "Nurses might be drooling over your body"
"Jealous?" hinampas n'ya naman ako sa balikat nang 'di kalakasan kaya natawa ako
"Parang wala ako dito ah?" ani Cy kaya natawa kami pareho
Nag-paalam ako saglit sakanila saka tumawag ng nurse, I told her na doon na ako gamutin sa kwarto ni Althys and i'm glad she agreed 'cos if not i'll stay bloody topless right now.
"Sir, pupunasan kona kayo ng towel para linisin sugat n'yo" anito kaya tumango lang ako
She's doing it slowly especially in my abs so I raise both of my brows, I look at Althys and she's staring at the nurse deadass cold.
"Ine-enjoy mo katawan ng kumag na 'yan?Payatot naman" tinakpan naman ni Cy ang bunganga ni Althys
Nginisihan ko ito at inayos pa ang pwesto para mas madaling mapunasan at makita ng nurse ang abs ko, payatot pala ah?
"Who's payatot?Look at this hard abs of mine" sabi ko pa pero ngumiwi lang siya
"Look at that bloody back of yours and your tattoo.. it's gone" aniya kaya nilingon ko si Cy
He look at it and he look so shock.
"You've seen his tattoo before?" tanong ni Cy kaya agad na tumango si Althys
"Hmm oo, doon sa may dagat na tambayan natin I've seen his tattoo, sakop kalahati ng likod n'ya pero ngayon wala na puro na sugat galing sa latigo" aniya kaya kunot noong tumingin saakin si Cy
He look so mad but Althys look so confuse, he gave me a death stare but I gave him a cold gaze.Mabilis na akong ginamot ng nurse at tinapalan ang likod ko saka siya nahihiyang lumabas.
Umiling iling si Cy kaya tinapik siya ni Althys para tanungin kung bakit mukha siyang galit.
"What's the matter with that?" tanong ko naman
"Lil sis, the tattoo of a heir must not be shown unless it's halfway covered or looking like that" turo niya sa mga sugat kong natatakpan na ngayon "Or the one who have seen it will have to marry him"
I saw Althys' jaw drop as soon as she heard that.
"The tattoo of a heir is only for his wife or future wife, lil sis" umiiling iling pang sabi nito
"So when we are in senior before, bakit willing si Ceylon i-pakita ang tattoo niya saakin just to prove me that he is not a clone?" tanong pa ni Althys
Bilib din ako sa memorya nito eh.
"Simple, he wants to marry you" sabat ko sakanila "That's why we stopped him from showing you his tattoo"
"But you showed me yours" aniya na nakapagpa-tahimik saaming tatlo
Sasagot pa sana ako nang marinig namin ang boses nila Evander, Zy at Malgaux, they saved me from something I don't wanna say in this kind of situation.
"Kainan na!" ani Zy
They shared plates and I insist on feeding Althys dahil kakatapos lang ng surgery n'ya, ayaw n'ya pa nung una but Cy told her to let me do it since she did something great to me anyways.
I feed her whild the others eat, they bought some rice, chicken and other cooked meat.They also bought egg waffles for Althys because she loves eggs.
"Hand me the egg waffles" sagot ko kaya napanganga si Malgaux
"Ha?Anong egg waffles?" tanong n'ya pa saakin
"That orange thing, the egg covered with that orange thing.. egg waffles" sagot ko na ikinanganga din nila Zy at Evander
Why do they look so shock?I just need the egg waffles.
"He meant kwek kwek" sabat ni Althys kaya tumango tango nalang ako
"Oh?Kwek kwek, egg waffles" patango tango ko pang sabi
Kwek kwek pala ang tagalog ng egg waffles.
"Tangina teh na-bobo ako don!" ani Malgaux kaya natawa silang lahat
"Gago gulat din ako egg waffles kala ko 'yung binibili sa hongkong" sabat pa ni Zy
"That's the first time I heard that too" ani Evander
"You've been travelling and you don't know that?" taas kilay na tanong ni Althys
"Baby, I travel for business not for food" ani Evander kaya kumulo naman ang dugo ko
"You're not gonna call her that again Evander, ikaw isusunod ko sa papa ko" saad ko na ikinatawa nila
"Fine, chill Artillery" sagot n'ya naman
We proceed to eat again and they handed me the kwek kwek so I feed Althys, it's so weird that she wants that with no sauce.She told me that she wants to taste the egg so bad that she doesn't want a sauce on it.