Lucresia: We All Lie

3 - Gray

"Mommy!" agad na napaupo si Astrid sa kama na basang basa ng pawis.

Napasabunot sya ng buhok nang maalala ang mga nangyari noon.

Nilibot nya ang paningin at nakita nyang umaga na pero napatingin sya nang may mabigat sa hita nya. Kaya
ginalaw nya iyon at saka nya lang nakita na may band-aid na sya sa kanyang pisngi, siko at tuhod.

"Hey! Wake up" tinapik nya ang pisngi ng taong nakahiga sa hita nya.

Napangiti si Astrid nang kusutin nito ang mga mata nya gamit ang maliit nyang kamay pero agad ding sumeryoso ang mukha nya nang makita sya nito.

"Ate-- Princess Astrid" nakangiting bati ng batang Prinsesa.

"Why are you here?" masungit na tanong ni Astrid kaya napanguso si Annalise.

"I brought you food because you didn't eat lunch and dinner yesterday but I'm afraid to wake you up that's why I waited for you. Then I saw your bruises kaya I clean them and... I didn't know that I fell asleep po pala" nakayukong saad nya habang nilalaro ang daliri nito at nakanguso.

Tinignan ni Astrid ang pagkain sa coffee table na nandoon parin pero may takip lang. Magsasalita sana sya pero may narinig silang boses sa labas.

"Princess Annalise! Princess Annalise" agad na pumasok sa kumot ang batang Prinsesa para magtago lalo na nung may kumatok sa pinto ni Astrid.

"Come in" saad ni Astrid.

"M-magandang umaga mahal na Prinsesa. Nakita nyo ho ba si Princess Annalise? Pagkapasok ko ho sa kwarto nya ay wala na sya at mukhang hindi roon natulog" kinakabahang saad ni West.

"Mukhang k-katapusan ko na ho" kinakabahang dagdag nya kaya napangisi si Astrid at nginuso ang paa ni Annalise na nakalabas sa kumot.

Nakahinga nang maluwag si West at dahan dahang lumapit. Inalis naman ni Astrid ang kumot kaya nakita si Annalise.

"Pinakaba nyo ho ako Princess Annalise" saad ni West.

"Hali na ho't kailangan pa ninyong kumain at pumunta sa paaralan" napanguso si Annalise at aayaw sana pero tinaasan sya ng kilay ni Astrid kaya sumama na sya kay West.

Napailing si Astrid at humiga ulit para matulog.

"From now on, they are going to live here with us and we will be a happy family"

Simula nang tumira sa palasyo sina Rachel ay sunod sunod na nagpatupad ng patakaran si Astrid kagaya ng hindi pwedeng tawaging Queen si Rachel kaya ang tawag sa kanya ay Ms. Rachel. Hindi rin pwedeng tawaging Prinsesa si Aliyah bukod kay Annalise na half sister nya.

Her law would last for only six years and she can only execute a law inside of that six years.

Nagiba rin ang ugali nya lalo na nang magpakasal ang kanyang ama kay Rachel.

She even ruined their wedding when she played with the candle that caused Rachel to burn her wedding dress on her wedding.

She explores more. She do bad things, joined gang groups, become rebellious, and in just almost a year she changed from better to worst.

And then, she caused an accident that the Royalties from Lucresia and from the other countries almost died, the reason why she was thrown and banned from Lucresia. Good thing that they didn't punish her.

After what happened, everyone think that she's bad and scary. Na parang kung nasaan ay nandoon ang gulo.

Even though she's out of her country, she didn't stop investigating her mom's case and a month ago before she go home, someone sent her a message to go back and investigate because her mom didn't kill herself. It makes her keep motivated that she have to take revenge and look for justice for her mom.