[ITNOL #2] How Right It Is To Love You? (COMPLETED)

Chapter 40

#HRIITLYMysteriousOldWoman

A/N: HALLO MALAPIT NA MATAPOS HRIITLY! Omggg huhu parang kailan lang nagsisimula pa lang ako dito sksks. My target ending chapter is Chapter 50 talaga okey. Buuuut if ever may changes, I'll inform you naman kaagad. Well anywayyy, here's an update! Sorry for the grammatical errors and misspelled words. Thank you, enjoy reading!

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She died...unjustifiably.

She died...without her informing me about the truth.

She died...without me asking her what really happened.

She died...with a heavy heart.

"I'm sorry for your loss, hija. Your mother was a good friend of mine." a woman in her mid-40s said. Hindi ko siya kilala pero nilapitan niya ako at sinabi sa akin ang mga katagang iyon. I just gave her a quick smile and nodded. Lumayo na ito sa'kin at bumalik sa pakikipag-chikahan sa mga kasama niya.

Sobrang daming tao dito sa loob ng function hall. I was expecting that but not this many. I haven't kept in touch with this mother of mine for how many years so I didn't got to know about her whereabouts. Siguro because of my stepfather's connections and money, they've got friends from the corporate world and stood their own buisness to consolidate with them too.

In these four walls of Cosmopolitan Memorial Hall, these people do not know that this woman laying in this white fancy coffin is not my real mother. Wala silang alam tungkol sa katotohanang iyon, well, why should they? It's a personal matter and I believe that this should be kept as is. Pati ang stepfather ko ay wala ring kaalam-alam sa naging sagutan namin ng pekeng nanay ko nang maconfine siya sa ospital. So in this case, I am representing as the 'real' daughter of this hypocrite laying in her deathbed.

Nanghihinayang ako sa pagkamatay niya. Sa loob ng maraming taon, ang una naming pagkikita ay lingid sa kaalaman ko'y yaon na pala ang huli. Ni hindi ko nagawang pakinggan kung ano ang paliwanag niya, hindi ko nalaman ang mga sagot ko sa tanong na bakit, paano, saan at kailan, hinusgahan ko siya dala na rin ng aking galit at poot. Hindi ko nalaman kung saan talaga ako nagmula at kung  ano ang totoong nangyari sa mga magulang ko at kung nasan na sila ngayon. Hinayaan ko siyang mamatay na may hinanakit sa puso niya at hindi ko siya nagawang pasalamatan dahil kinupkop niya ako...at patawarin sa mga kasalanang nagawa niya.

Whoever your identity is, I just want to thank you for still giving me the life I deserve as a child. Maraming maraming salamat.

But that doesn't erase the fact na may kulang pa rin sa buhay ko.

Hay.

"Regine..." someone whispered from behind and sat down beside me. "Sorry ngayon lang ako. Hindi na ako naka-catch up sa mga nangyayari sa paligid ko. I was busy doing some things..."

"No, it's okay Lei. May priorities ka." I smiled at her.

"I brought Aga and Benj with me. Baka gusto mo silang makita?" she beamed, literally trying to cheer me up and disclose my thoughts about my real identity.

I stood up from where I sat and went behind the crowd. Kitang-kita ko naman kaagad ang matikas na tindig ni Aga and not to mention...ang gwapo niyang mukha. Napatawa nalang ako sa iniisip ko, para naman kasing pinagnanasahan ko ang asawa ni Lea. Hahahaha.

"Hi Regine!"

"Yeah." tipid kong sagot. "Hi, Benj." I fuzzed his hair.

"Hi Tita Regine. Ang ganda mo po as always." pambobola niya sa'kin. E san pa nagmana? Sa tatay!