Forgotten Child

Forty-fifth Chapter

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-Aks

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Medyo lumuwag ang hawak niya. 

"W-What?" Gulat niyang tanong. "My real Sergeant?"

Binitawan niya ang pagkakahawak niya sa'kin kaya nahulog ako sa sahig. Lumakad siya paalis, hawak ang ulo, tapos lumakad pabalik sa'kin.

I was still coughing and trying to catch my breath, but I managed to nod.

Alam niya ang ibig kong sabihin sa 'real.' It means a Royal.

"How?!" Gigil niya. "How did you become my real Sergeant when I already have one? No, that's not it.. How are you the real one when Sylvester Theo Travis didn't have any child?!"

Hawak-hawak ko ang leeg ko habang sinasagot siya.

"H-He did, pero walang may alam kung saan ito napunta. The whereabouts of my birth and such were hidden and lied about for my own protection."

"At ikaw ang anak na 'yun? Ikaw? Paanong nangyaring ikaw at ano ang pruweba mo?"

"Oo, ako. Ako dahil ako mismo ang naghanap ng kasagutan sa pagkatao ko na naglead para makilala ko ang mga magulang ko. At isa na doon ang pagiging Travis. Zie Krauss did a background check on me. Siya ang pruweba ko."

Natigilan siya ng banggitin ko ang pangalan ni tita Zie. Kilala niya ba siya? Wait. Why do I even question that? Of course she does! She knows Doctor R.

"I know what your father did to the previous VP kaya siya pinatalsik sa Underground ng previous President."

"Just because you know what happened doesn't mean it was the real thing." 

Tulad din ng sinabi ko sa tatay mo. 

Tinignan ko siya. 

"You know, first hand, how far someone would do to get things go their way. My dad was framed up. He did not kill the previous VP. He didn't do such acts to put himself in question. Hindi siya tanga at mas lalong hindi niya pa gustong mamatay dahil mahal niya ang kanyang pagiging Sergeant sa Underground. Sounds familiar?"

Nanlaki ang mga mata niya in the realization. "Ang ibig mo bang sabihin --"

Tumango ako. "Kung kayang baguhin ang mukha, bakit hindi ang pangalan? He was known as George Villen back then, back to the time he was 'helping' my dad with the Ayala clan. But after the assassination of the VP, he immediately changed his name to --"

"Gorden Geytt, the Travis Family lawyer." Pagtapos sa sinasabi ko ni Angel.

"Yes. Though I still don't know when did he change his name or why, but changing face can be done by a mask or a really good make up."

She visibly gulped. "A-And when you said, sounds familiar?"

"Well, kung usapang dugo lang naman, I could say that it runs in the blood." I let that sink in. "Hindi ko alam kung paanong nawala sayo ang trono mo, pero ang mag-turn back ang mga tauhan mo, except the real loyal ones, kahit wala ka namang ginagawa... o meron pero hindi mo alam, tulad ng pagbigo sa kanila o pagtraidor sa kanila somehow, ibig sabihin nun, may nagaya sa'yo..."

"O di kaya... may nakilos sa likod ko gamit ang pangalan ko..."

I nodded. "At ngayon ay nagre-reyna na sa iyong kaharian."