ACT II: What's Your Secret?

Chapter 32: Who is Iliana? (Part 2)

CLEOPHEE

I've been stuck in the same room for days now, my mind is still processing how the heck did my brother showed up outta nowhere and how he revealed himself as Enyo. Sya pala ang nagpapadala ng mga bulaklak sakin all this time? At doon sa isang buong garden?

I grabbed the bouquet of flowers, It was almost dried dahil sa katagalan, I didn't bother to put it in a vase dahil naging abala ako sa mga iba pang mga kaso, the planner....

I still don't have any idea who could've stolen it from me, kung sino man ang taong yon, I'm sure they know about it and they may be related to Nemesis. I have so many questions! I could die from overwhelming emotions right now. This is too much, they were right, Ignorance really is a bliss but I don't wanna remain ignorant forever. This is still my fault.

Lothaire remained intouch with me, he was Javier Manansala indeed, ginamit nya lang ang eksenang iyon para makita ako ulit. he was with me all this time. He was the one sending me warnings. He knows about Nemesis, sya ang mortal nyang kaaway. Napaisip naman ako kay Alaric at sa iba pa. Alaric mentioned before that Enyo was an old friend of them, ibig sabihin kilala nila si Kuya?

"Cleophee?"

Naputol naman ang pag-iisip ko nang marinig ang katok. 

"Come in!"

It was Memphis, or should I say Deborah.

Isa pa tong babaeng to, she also works for Enyo ibig sabihin alam nyang kuya ko sya? Kaya ba ganun nalang sya kung dumikit sakin?

She immediately locked the door at humarap sakin. Lumapit sya at hinawakan ang kamay ko. "Cleo, tell me, Are you Iliana?"

Kunot noo ko naman syang tinignan. My gaze turned to her hands na mahigpit na nakahawak sakin.

"U-uh what?"

"You are Enyo's sister right? Ikaw ang matagal nang nililihim na kapatid ni Lothaire samin, does that mean you are Iliana?"

"Hindi ko alam ang sinasabi mo", mas humigpit pa ang hawak nya sa kamay ko.

"The day Iliana died, they never let us near her corpse at huling balita nalang namin ay dinala sya ng pamilya nya abroad and Enyo never told me that him and Iliana are related. I just figured that out nang mapagtagpi tagpi ko ang mga impormasyon"

Natahimik naman ako, mas lalong gumugulo ang utak ko.

"At first, I wished you were dead dahil nang makausap ko ulit si Enyo, ikaw ang bukambibig nya and I felt like I was only being used for his own benefits and now it's finally starting to sink in! You are his sister!"

"Totoo, I am his sister but I don't really know 89% of what you're talking about, I was raised in the province, I never had a life here in the city before that"

Nadagdagan na naman ang mga katanungan sa isip ko. Isa lang ang makakasagot ng mga tanong sa isip ko. Si Lothaire, he is responsible for all of these curiosity. Bakit kamukha ko si Iliana at bakit sinasabi nilang kapatid nya din si Iliana?

"I don't know anything anymore. Kapatid ka ni Enyo and kapatid ni Enyo si Iliana, she was never seen after her death and I don't know what kind of sorcery was used on you at naging exact replica ka nya"

"Lothaire can answer all these questions, did you tell everyone?"

"Si Ace lang ang nakakaalam tungkol kay Enyo, he is also one of his goons. We both are"

"Ace? You mean Ace Paul?", gulat na tanong ko.

"Yes, we've been working together for years now but I didn't know about Iliana and Enyo being related back then, sumali lang ako for the sake of living a normal life at para kay Iliana, she's like a sister to me. I just recently found out about Enyo and Iliana's relation"