The Rozovsky Heirs 10: Adam Mikolos Rozovsky

Chapter Twenty-three

Chapter Twenty-three

Betrayal

I always thought that Adam's life would be better without me. If he never met me.

Until I found out from the twins that their family was only helping me, and supporting me and my child in exchange of like acting as their real daughter who's sick...

"I'm sorry, Aeva..." was the only thing Ate Asherina and Kuya Asher could say to me after I learned the truth...

Habang ako naman ay natutulala pa rin. Parang ngayon ko lang din naintindihan ang sinabi ni Papa noon nang marinig ko silang mag-usap ni Mama. "She's with child now..." ani Papa kay Mama na para bang may sinasabi nga siya rito na gusto niyang maintindihan din ni Mama...

At the end I still feel grateful to them... At kahit paano ay ligtas naman ako sa puder nila at ang anak ko...

Sinama ako ni Ate Asherina isang beses sa kung nasaan nila tinatago ang totoong kapatid nila. Ang totoong pamilya nila.

The first time I saw the real Analia, Eithne Analia De Avila Zachmann, she was lying in bed. She was sick. Ate Asherina explained it to me that the Zachmanns were hiding her because of her condition.

"Hindi nakakasiguro sina Mama kung sino talaga ang kalaban namin. Or Mama is just so mistrustful, dahil na rin sa mga pinagdaanan niya sa buhay... At may ilan na mga taong malapit din sa pamilya namin ang nakakaalam na na lima kaming magkakapatid. And that we have a younger sister."

"After Mama realized that they, sila ni Papa, can't train Eithne like how they trained us siblings, that's when they decided to hide her here." Ate Asherina said looking at her real younger sister laying there unconscious.

"Ano ang sakit niya?" I asked calmly. Even though I can already feel the betrayal.

I still feel betrayed. Because after all I still considered them as my family. Ang pamilya na inakala ko noong magmamahal sa akin nang kinuha nila ako sa orphanage noon. I followed the Zachmanns orders all my life until now. Sinunod ko ang Mama at Papa, si Kuya Aldrich. Kahit pa natatakot ako. Kahit pa ayaw ko naman talaga sa gawain ng pamilya.

But I was not given a choice.

Pagkatapos nila akong kunin noon sa orphanage ay parang nawalan na ako ng kakayahang mamili. Dahil simula noon bawat kilos at kahit paghinga ay parang kailangan na may approval sa kanila... Kailangan gawin ko ang utos sa akin. And I couldn't say no.

Because we are family.

And now after I learned about this, hindi ko na alam kung tinuring nga ba talaga nila akong pamilya. Or just plainly used me for their daughter, for their real sibling. Para sa totoo nilang pamilya.

I feel betrayed. And I feel sad and alone...

Dahil pakiramdam ko ay wala na talaga akong totoong pamilya. No one really truly cares about me...

Kahit ang pangalan na mayroon ako ay hindi naman talaga sa akin...

Bumaling sa akin si Ate Asherina para sagutin ang tanong ko kanina. "She was involved in an accident many years ago when she was still very young. And she fell into a coma. But also, unlike us four, sa amin nina Asher, Kuya Levi at Kuya Aldrich, Eithne was already born weaker..."

"Kaya hindi siya pwedeng maging katulad namin..." she added.

"Kaya kumuha kayo ng iba na pwedeng maging katulad ninyo?"

Mula sa kapatid niya ay bumaling muli sa akin si Ate Asherina at nagkatinginan kami sa sinabi ko. And then she let out a soft sigh. "I'm sorry, Aeva..." she apologized.