Circle of Life

14.

Not so long after the phone call ended greggy can't comprehend already but he tried to remain calm as he composed himself he doesn't want to ruin the night. He saw how happy everyone was and he didn't want to create a commotion without Irene confirming it.

After a couple of minutes greggy then had the courage to go back where he was sitting earlier, his face doesn't show any emotions already. He's eager very eager. He sat down beside Irene, "hon who called you?", Irene his wife asked

"Nothing" greggy just plainly answered to her wife without even glancing at Irene

"Are you okay?"

"I am"

"Hon.. what's wrong?"

Greggy didn't respond any longer towards his wife's questions which made Irene wonder, "why is her husband acting that way already". But she just shrugged it off and continued the night they were having as she was really enjoying seeing her daughter happy. Irene then leans her body towards greggy. Which greggy just let as he stayed quiet while his gaze was just fixed at Zoey who's having her great time laughing and chitchatting with everyone as they make some silly jokes nor corny one.

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"One more round of beer?", Bong asked when he saw greggy just being quiet and continued drinking his beer

"Bong tama na nakarami na kayo at late na, we still need to be early tomorrow at babalik na tayo ng Manila", liza interjected

"I'll get one and continue it sa office there's an urgent work to do my secretary just called a while aga and I need to check on it. Excuse me first", greggy said towards the family. Gladly his alibi had work which the rest agreed to let him but for Irene it didn't work.

Irene knows, she knows her husband very well. She knows something is wrong and she can sense it behind greggy's behavior, as for greggy if he's the one who arranged a vacation like this he didn't want anything to bother him even if its regarding the company if it can wait he'll let it be to step it aside and just do it after.

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Greggy went immediately to his office as he opened the computer and scanned the files that his private investigator sent. He opened and read it until it landed on the original and true copy of her birth certificate. It stated the child original Name, "Georgienne Kiela Rae Marcos-Araneta

"Georgienne? She did name you after us tge one we planned to when we thought she was pregnant again", greggy said as he chuckled while tears were brimming on his eyes

Mothers Name, "Irene Marcos-Araneta"

Fathers Name, "Gregy Araneta".  And there it was then confirmed that's why Irene was so eager to meet emmeline as Zoey, Zoey was his daughter. Now all the speculations towards his head had been answered, it all now came to a sense.

"Are you really my daughter? My own daughter", greggy asked as he drank his liquior fully

"No wonder you got Irene looks and you got ny charateristic, my height, skin color and nose", greggy said as he sob looking at the picture of his newborn daughter together with his wife in a hospital bed