Chapter 16

Year 1897

Senor Fedel's Pov****

That was around 8:00 am in the morning I need to help our farmers surely done the harvest.

The moon festival was almost done, and for next month we need to gather a good harvest for us to also have a good trade for the Chinese visitor that will be coming here on the first week of next month.

Father just told me, enable for me to marry her I need to confess and impress his father.

The love I have with her is something to do with her future life, there's nothing else I couldn't wait for, but the day we were together, coming back to the life we once left.

The harvest is good, there were few farmers told me that it was the first time these going good. The moment they had with Senor Armando they told me,

"He can't focus, he is busy with the military and always forgot to initiate with the farmers ideas on the harvest".

Then who will I stand? should I say "Maybe I'm good enough, I am".

The farmers left around 2:00 pm in the afternoon and I was left there realizing the life I choose over the future. This was the reason why my family was rich, because my ancestors had worked for all these things for us. They were once who give us the life we can't imagine we have now in the future.

I just stand there watching to the harvest we've done, some parts of the areas of the harvest were half of us, and some are from Senor Armando's family.

Their families were also influential but mine were as influential as they have, that's why my father had insisted me to join the military so that I would be able to help the needy. For some instance, I should've done that for Isabella's father, for me to impress him.

I was glancing a bit, trying to forget the thoughts I have at the back of my mind. I was about to leave the place, But I noticed a girl who's familiar to me.

Isabella? What are you doing here? the only thing I left spoken, shocking about her appearance. She was crying, she has many bruises on her face and of her shoulders.

What happened? I touched on the bruises she had on her left shoulder.

Stop there!

What happened Binibini? Why do you have all of that? what happened to your face, shoulders and why are you crying, where did you get that gun shot?

I noticed her more even crying, and just begun hugging me.

"He's so bad". He's a killer, he has no mercy".

What do you mean? Who are you talking about?

Before she speak, she had already collapsed.

I brought her to the hospital, I was hoping that her father will do everything to let those people who did that to Isabella, pay for their sins.

The door was finally opened, and I see those smiling face on Isabella's father with Senor Armando on his right.

"Everything was good don't worry, he told me".

I can offer a help to find those people who did that to her.

No.. no! no need, maybe it was just someone who's related to my power, people who were desperate to take over my place.

And as he keep going, he smile back at me and told me "I'm glad you're back", don't be too slow for Isabella, he needs someone to protect her. We can make a deal, I can have that marriage fixed for you.

I can see that Senor Armando was not facing me, nor he was on the other side just looking on us. I know he hears all of that, and I can feel how much Isabella means to him.

"This life is a battle,If I need to step out or hurt the people that will hinder my love to her, I'll do that".

I saw them leaving the place, there were militaries coming in and out of the hospital to guard the whole facility for Isabella's safety. I was there, I tried balancing our business and meetings for me to look for her.

A guy opens the door and he was wearing a military uniform, he placed the red roses on the table, and started checking on her, he placed his hand touching her face, upper face and left face, exactly how he wants to feel her breathing.

Aren't you going home? I am here to take over your place, I'll be here till' morning.

You can go now.

No? I still managed to answer him that.

Okay, he answered.

Let's have together here "he added".

No. I need to go, I just prefer not to insist myself, for some reason I know how much Isabella known him, and loved him, for now I need to distance myself. Plan for all the things I need to do.

The last time I saw her, she was on the safe person, who can take care of her that much.

"Isabella? for now, let me feel these, if somehow I wouldn't have to get you and marry you these life, I would be willing to kill the people who will be a hindrance to my love for you".

As the time passed by, I was on the state where I can't even recognized myself, I almost forgot my mission, and that was to settle things and helped Isabella. The moment I get here, I even more inconsiderate and selfish. I loved her that much, and even I insisted not to do it, tries to pick her up, I can't manage to see her with Senor Armando, everytime they were happy I can't manage to look them like the way I wished her to have.

Jelus' mother said, the life I had here isn't easy, now I understand Jelu insisting for me to leave Isabella, it's because she knows I can't manage the whole Fedel in the past.

Someone told me in my dreams "Don't be like the Fedel you are in the past, you weren't born there". I know it was Jelu's mother working on my dreams. But for somehow I can't deal with insecurity, jealousy and the emotions I have for her. And that man?

" I could've killed him"