This I Promise You

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"W-What's happening?"

At first, I was very hesitant to ask them, pero nakatingin pa lang sila sa akin ay matindi na ang kalabog ng dibdib ko dahil sa kaba. Kung hindi ko pa ito agad malalaman ay hindi ko na alam kung anong mangyayari sa akin.

"Ezekiel," Tawag ni Evan sa kapatid nang lumakad ito palapit sa akin.

Ezekiel paused to look back at his brother.

"She has to know, Kuya."

"What do I have to know? Tell me now, Ezekiel." Dikta ko.

Ezekiel took a deep breath before continuing to get closer to me. Hindi na siya pinigilan ni Evan, but his face was so solemn. General dela Cerna was also just looking at us with the same expression as her first son.

"Nagawa na namin ang plano tungkol sa pagkamatay mo sa Germany at ipinaalam kaagad iyon ng mga tauhan ni Gustafsson kay Blenda..."

I was so confused when Ezekiel handed me his phone.

"And your fake half-sister decided to do a press conference regarding it." Pagpapatuloy niya.

Tinanggap ko ang cellphone at pinindot ang play button upang mapanuod ang video ng press conference ni Blenda.

"We found Princess Reveka's body in Germany, and based on the autopsy, she was dead a few days after her eighteenth birthday...I remembered talking to her before she was missing..."

Nag-igting ang panga ko nang magsimulang humikbi si Blenda sa harap ng media at ibang mga manunuod.

"She's worried because her fiance, Evander dela Cerna, will have a change of heart and not marry her anymore. And then, on her eighteenth birthday, we found out that that man was cheating on her. She didn't believe it at first, so she decided to follow him....If Reveka didn't leave the palace and if that man didn't cheat on her, maybe my sister is still alive at this moment."

Madiin ang pagkakabigkas ni Blenda sa mga huling kataga na tila galit na galit siya at dahil iyon sa isang tao. Nag-angat ako ng tingin kay Evan.

His expression didn't change, but he was looking at my face very intently, like he was observing my expression and reading what was on my mind.

"This is not the first time my sister experienced something like that, because even before she was born, the whole palace knew that her mother, Princess Rebecca, had already started her relationship with King Brandt even before my parents got divorced. She's the reason my mother and father separated. And now my poor sister is suffering all because of her mother's sin!"

Humagulgol nang iyak si Blenda at muntik pang mawalan ng balanse kung hindi siya kaagad naalalayan ng mga guards.

Walang akong ibang nararamdaman sa mga oras na iyon kung hindi puot, galit at pagkasuklam...Paano niya nagagawang magsinungaling sa harap ng madaming tao?

"She's not only accusing Kuya Evan of being a cheater but also claiming that Princess Rebecca was a home wrecker." Usal ni Ezekiel tapos bumaling sa ama at kapatid. "This is not right, Dad. We need to do something!"

Nagbuntong-hininga ako upang pakalmahin ng kaonti ang galit.

"Take me back to Sweden." Untas ko.

Lahat sila ay napatitig sa akin, hindi naman ako nagpatalo at nakipagtitigan din sa kanila.

"I will go back to the palace and tell everyone the whole truth."