Chapter 36: Chapter 36

I spent my night thinking about how I can tell Henry the truth. There's a lot of problems he is facing right now. His parents are part of a terrorist group and he is a rightful citizen of the country. His responsibility is to protect the country from rebels and terrorists to maintain peace and order. In short, he needs to protect the country from his parents.

"How can you stop them?" I asked him.

He sighed. "I have no other choice but to tell the military and the police. I won't let them do anything bad that can ruin people. I love them but they are criminals, they are bad and wrong, it is not right for me to tolerate that."

I was amazed at how he handled things very well, his mind is on the right track always, I really admired him for that. He is very different, and I think I will never find a man like him again.

"You are a very beautiful person," out of nowhere I just said.

"Not handsome?" He raised his brow.

I laughed. "Silly, what I mean is, your soul is amazing. I really love you, and if someone asks me to find another man, I will be looking for a man like which is very impossible because you are one in million." I kissed his lips.

He smiled and caressed my face. Silence surrounds us before he speaks. "I will marry you, Aliyah. When everything is settled, I will marry you in front of the Lord, we are going to build our very own family, we will raise our children, and when we are already old, I promise to still take care of you and wishing I go first."

I can but cry for his plan for us because it will never happen. I just hugged him tightly, I don't want to let go.

"Aliyah, what's wrong?" He made me faced him.

I shook my head. I am not yet ready to tell him the truth. "I was just overwhelmed; you already had a plan for us. Thank you." I hugged him again.

"Aliyah, the first time I saw you, I already had a plan to settle down," he said then kissed my forehead.

"I love you," I said wholeheartedly.

We are in the middle of kissing passionately when I suddenly feel a pang of pain in my chest. I stopped kissing him and held my chest. It is unbearable now; I feel like I am dying.

"Aliyah, what's happening?" he asked worriedly.

I can't talk anymore.

"Aliyah! What's wrong? I'll take you to the hospital." He is panicking while my sweats are all over my face.

Before I can stop him while whole turned black and small touches on my face waking me up. I slowly opened my eyes; I am in our bedroom. Thank God, he didn't bring me to the hospital.

"Aliyah?" I familiar voice called me.

I looked around to see who called me, it's Cristel. I tried to get out of the bed, but I felt the pain in my chest and gave up.

"Don't try, you still can't. Good thing, Henry didn't bring you to the hospital, he called us first before deciding anything," she said.

"W-What happened?" I asked her then I caressed my chest.

"You collapsed because of the pain you are feeling. Henry was very worried and he's out there to buy you some medicine. You didn't tell him the truth yet?"

I shook my head. "I am not ready; it will hurt him big time."

She sighed. "Then when are you planning to tell him? When are you already gone? Until the day you are already gone, and you left him without any clue of what happened to you and where did you go? Aliyah, either way, you will still hurt him. I think it is better to tell him until you have enough time, your bruise is getting worse every day. It looks like rotten meat when you look at it. You are dying..."

"Who's dying?"

We are both when Henry and Alfredo suddenly entered the room. My breathing became irregular, and I can't think properly. I am just looking at Henry who is looking at me too. He looked relieved when he saw me awake. He smiled and came near to me.

"Are you okay now? You made me worried, don't do that again..." He whispered to my ear.

Cristel is right, either way, the truth will hurt him. He has every right to know what is happening to me. I don't want to hide anymore.

"Henry," I called him.

"Hmm," he responded while holding my hand.

I looked at Cristel first, she nodded then smile. I let out a deep breath.

"I want to tell you something, about me." I closed my eyes.

"What is it, Aliyah? Is it about your condition? Are you having a serious disease?" he asked.

I shook my head then looked at him. "I need to leave you."

He looked confused now. "Here we go again, Aliyah. You are leaving me again, what's the reason? You said you love me so why are you leaving me? Why are you like that?"

"Wait, Henry. Listen to me first. I will tell you the whole truth while I keep on pushing you away from me. I will tell you so you can understand why we can't be together, why I am pushing you with Sonia..." I held his hand.

"Tell me, Aliyah, because you are hurting every time you are pushing me while I didn't know what did to you for me to receive that. Make me understand now..." He's looking at me with sad eyes.

"I'm so sorry for you hurting you, I didn't mean it. When I came to your town, I never plan to fell in love. All I want is to do what I need to do for me to come home immediately. I never to have an intention to find love at this time. But you made me lost on my track. I fell in love, and it was the worst I can do here," I said, my tears are flowing.

He creased his forehead. "What are you trying to say, Aliyah? What do you mean?"

I slowly sat on the bed. Cristel helped to sit properly.

"The truth that I will reveal is hard to believe, but it's true. I am from a different time, the reason why we can't be together because I need to go back to my time where I truly belong." I opened the buttons of my dress and show to him the bruise that is eating me alive.

He was shocked. "Aliyah, we need a doctor." He is panicking.

I stopped him. "Henry, listen to me. I am from the future of this time. I am from the year 2020, and I was transported here to do a mission, to make you and Sonia fell in love with each other. The only thing that can make this bruise gone is to make you marry Sonia. Through that, I can go back to my time and save my life."

He was stunned for a moment by my revelation. "You are joking, Aliyah."

I shook my head and looked at him with sad eyes. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you soon enough. I tell it to you now because you are the only one who can save me."

He looked at me. "What if I didn't marry Sonia? What would happen if I decided to keep you?"

"You can't keep me." I shook my head.

"Why?" he asked, there's a hint of tears in his eyes.

"Because before I transported here, I got to a serious accident, and I think that if I didn't return in the right time, my body will die. And..." I stopped when I realized something.

"What will happen to you here when you die on your time?" Alfredo asked.

I sighed. "I might disappear here."