Crown Series #1: The Dark Era of Diadem

Part 2: Chapter 125

Nagpaalam saglit si Alisa na may bibilhin muna siya, gusto pa sana siyang samahan ni Henry pero tumanggi na lang siya at sinabing sandali lamang siya. Buti na lang ay hindi na rin namilit ang binata.

Gusto niya lang magpahangin saglit dahil pakiramdam niya nauubusan siya ng hangin habang naglalabas ng hinanakit si Henry. That's all in the past but it was still haunting her to this day, para bang nangyari lang ang lahat kahapon.

Her memories are vivid, every night it keeps on appearing in her dreams, whenever she's alone it keeps on popping up on her mind. Randomly every single day.

Nasanay na lang siya na palaging ganoon ang routine sa araw-araw, she wished she died that day together with Aziz but seems like the God still has something for her. She's thankful for her new-found friends, dahil hindi rin naging madali sa kaniya na tumira sa ganitong lugar, they guided her even though hindi nila alam kung sino siya at sobrang mailap niya pa noon.

Henry was the one who helped her the most, he found her in her most devastating state. May grupo kasi noon na gumagala at nangunguha ng mga dalaga nang labag sa loob nila, human trafficking. In exchange for big sum of money, they exploit and traffic these poor girls. Well, Henry found her in one of the carriages, unconscious, was about to travel in the border of Faeroe and Rosedenn, town of another country.

Sampu silang dalaga ang nailigtas nito, muntikan pa silang mahuli pero magaling makipagbuno ang binata kaya napatumba niya kaagad ang humarang sa kanila kaya sila nakatakas, though, some of the girls were not saved dahil natunugan na sila kaya bago pa man din mailigtas ay nakatakas na sila.

At first, she doesn't have any memories of she was, para bang isang sanggol na kakapanganak pa lang at iniwan ng kaniyang nanay sa isang tabi. That's why Henry took care of her at her lowest, pansamantala siya nitong pinatira sa bahay niya, pinakain at binuhay. Not long after that, half a year after he found her, her memories came crashing like a memory lane.

After that, umalis na siya sa puder ni Henry at bumukod, nakahanap siya ng matitirhan niya, medyo malayo nga lang sa kung nasaan ang mga kaibigan niya, ngunit iyon lang naman ang kaya niyang bahay, hindi na siya mayaman katulad ng dati, hindi na lahat nakukuha niya ngayon, hindi na rin siya nakakakain ng mga gusto niya. Iyong mga bagay at pagkakataon na madali niya lang nakukuha noon, ngayon ay kailangan niyang paghirapan lahat.

She even have to do triple job just so she could eat, she had to beg her bosses for her salary when they don't want to pay her for the work she did, telling her that her job sucks and what she did, didn't satisfy them. She got taken advantage of, had to count all her savings, had to crumpled like a paper on her bed due to hunger, had to sleep with empty stomach, and a lot more. Nalaman niya na ang kahalagahan ng singko-- ng piso, na hindi lang pinupulot sa kalsada. She learned to value everything she's earning, value what she have; she learned it all the hard way.

It's her downfall, for everything that she had done, for all the lives she took, for all the lives that she changed, and for the people she hurt that's still hurting now. She deserves what she's going through, wala siyang karapatang magreklamo dahil sa dami niyang ginawang masama. Now, she's just getting by, almost stable but still enough for her to live by. Nasanay na lang din siya sa buhay niya ngayon at kung tatanungin kung gusto niya pang bumalik sa dati niyang buhay-- baka 'wag na lang. Mas tahimik na siya ngayon.

Yes, she's struggling with money but here, life here is simple, no complications. No politics, no powers, no complicated people, just this scenic view in front of her and the serenity that it gives. It's peaceful. Iniwan na niya ang dating Lacy Marquez, patay na ito para sa kaniya at para sa mga taong nakakakilala sa kaniya. She's now Alisa, living in the South East Barrio of Faeroe, where no one knows her, not even a single thing. And she's planning to keep it that way.