Chasing my PRINCE

In the city

(Flashback)

Camilla's Pov

I'm on the farm, feeding the ducks and chickens. I always love doing this since I was young. And then I go to the plots to water the tomatoes, we have different plants in different season. Sometimes it's eggplants, sometimes it's cabbages. If I can sell more of our harvest, I buy fruit seeds and planted it on our little lot, what we call mini farm.

After doing some choirs, I went to my little wooden house which made by my father. I drink milk while resting for awhile before going home. I removed my old booths and lift my feet and place it on the higher flatform, by this, I could relax myself for a moment.

"Milla! Milla!" Ingrid appeared panting and catching her breath. She's my bestfriend, we grew together and we're almost like sisters.

"Why did you run?" Her face is full of worries and it's like she want to tell something to me.

"Why Ingrid?" I asked one more time

"Your mother! she passed out while selling bananas on the market!" what?! my mother!

"Where is she?"

We went to the hospital on the other village to see my mother. Ingrid told me she was rushed here by the meat vendor in the market. I am distressed by the news and I can't think of anything now. I just want to see her.

I enter the ward where there are approximately 25 patients sharing one room.

"She's here, come on!" I follow Ingrid and then found my mother sleeping. I became emotional and Immediately hug her. I can't live without you mother. I don't want to be alone.

"Please get well. I need you on my side. I can't lose you. You need to be strong"

I talked to the clinic doctor and he said my mother has tumor on one of her lungs and need to undergo operation. When I heard of what he have said, it was like the downfall on my world. My knees wants to melt and I almost fell from the ground but Ingrid seized me. I don't know how, I don't know where I could get money. My profits from the vegetable I'm selling is not enough.

I went to the market to sell our ducks and chickens, I was able to sold it but still it isn't enought for my mother's operation.

She's now bedridden in our house, I have to take care of her and that decreases my time to sell vegetables in our village. Some of my neighbors lend me money for my mother's medication. Ingrid seeks help from the students in their school.

I always cry in the evening, hiding in my small room. If I could ony had the chance to study, I could find a stable job. I just keep on reading my book just to uplift my fighting spirit. I need to be strong for her and so does she to me.

I only have three days to gather one thousand bucks and I just gained seventy five for the whole week. Sometimes I think of having a fairy godmother. If only fairytales do come true, I can save my mother from her severe sickness. It breaks my heart everytime I see her crunching her body and moaning because of pain. It doubles the pain on my chess and what I can only do is to hug her tight and show that I'm always on her side and I love her.

One day.. I went to Ingrid's house to ask for a favor from her. I need someone that could take care of my mother while I'm finding way to get money. While talking to ingrid I unintentionally dropped my book, I always have my book on me, wherever I go, this reminds me of my mother and it helps me to gain more courage and hope.

"Milla, what's that?" Ingrid bend her back to get something fell on the ground, I think it came from my book.

"Calling card? Where did you get this?" calling card? uh.. I don't know.. uhm..it's from..! I remember now!

"The woman with an expensive car gave this to me"

She said she has her contact number in this card, but I don't know what I'm gonna do with those digits.

"Call her!" Ingrid insists. How can I call her, I don't know where she lives.

"Here's her contact number" I really don't know that.

"What's the meaning of it?" There are a lot of things I do not know since our small village is way far from the civilization.

"Camilla, you can call this woman through telephone. But the problem is, there's no telephone here in, we need to go in the city"

in the city? but it's too far away here. I just have few days I guess I need to get there, no matter how far it will be.

Ingrid and I talked about my plan, I'm going to London to contact Dolly, I wish I could find her. I left my mother to Ingrid's house, her family will take care of her for this day while we're on the city. It's my first time to go there and I'm quite excited to see new things. I wear my best clothes, a white dress that my father has given to me during my 18th birthday. I braided my hair and wore my old but clean brown booths.

We left our village before sun rise, we ride a bus which is one way going to the city proper. I fell asleep while we're in our journey and when I woke up we're here already. I lean on the window and was amazed by the skyscrapers, the roads are concretes not like in our place.

We tried to find telephone booth and the guard in the buliding where we stopped says we need to cross the street. He pointed the red rectangular small room which is located on the other side. The wide road is two way and several cars passes by. Wow! cool cars indeed. Ingrid is holding my hand while we cross, we walked little fast and the green light beams, we stopped at the center island and waited for the red light signal again.

A red car stops infront of us and its mirror rolled down. Its driver..oh!

Oh holy cow! This guy is so cute, no.. I mean handsome, goodlooking! admirable.

He turned his head where we are standing. Oh! I need to look somewhere, I know he didn't caught me looking at him.

"Hya?!!" Hya? I heard that name again.

"Milla, come on! we need to cross now" she held me and we cross again, I look back to the cute guy and he still calling me Hya, he even went down from his car. Gosh! he's weird! I walk faster and I heard loud beeps of the vehicles.

We finally reached the phone booth.

Okay! so this is what they call telephone. I just heard the term many times, now I'm able to use it.

"This is how you use telephone, first, grabbed this thing, then dialed this number on the calling card. Just click the following numbers and wait for it to ring" She handed me the phone and placed it on my ears. I can now hear it ringing. Amazing!

Dolly : Hello

Camilla: Dolly! wow! I can hear you., it's me Camilla Lopez

Dolly : Camilla, what makes you call?

Camilla: I wanna ask for help

Dolly : what can I do for you?

Camilla : my mother is sick, I need money for her operation, don't worry I'll pay you soon, I-I just don't have enough time now to gain money from my veggies, that's why I'm begging you now.

Dolly : No problem, I'll help you. I'm coming to your place tomorrow

Camilla: Thank you so much!

I was touched, I'm so happy! She's really kind. Oh mother, everything will be alright now.