Alexandra Verlino

Ep 10: Finally able to walk around

I wake up realizing I have my clothes fully on my body. I don't remember changing myself so GD must have done it. I look around but there's no one to be seen. I decide to just wake up and go take some shower. As soon as I stands up, I can hear the door opens and some new faces are coming in.

"Oh, are you awake? How's your night?"

Is that a question or just an insult? I can never answer that question to be honest, so I just throw out a smile.

"Ah by the way I am Daesung. This is Seungri, Youngbae, and TOP. I don't know if you remember us, but we used to work together in YG. I hope Ji Yong did tell you that," he speaks up with such a cheerful voice.

I feel happy just by listening to his voice, but I tell him nicely that Ji Yong never tells me any story about my works yet. He just told me about the people I need to know in my life.

"Ah.. well I thought you guys talk a lot last night because he refrains us from coming in and he was here all night. I guess he just falls asleep then," he continues.

I mean, I can't possibly tell him what actually happens, but if he takes it that way, then I have no reasons to start another lie on them. Super Junior member also comes in right after that and I was having a difficulty in remembering their names.

"I apologize for now because I think I will need time to remember everyone," I tell them sincerely with hopes that they will not feel bad if I call them with different names.

They all seem to be so nice and understanding of my condition. I hate to even forget who I am and what type of person I used to be. All I want is to remember everything so I can start thanking all of them for their nice hospitality to me. Today I am left with Super Junior member, Kim Heechul. He is so funny and nice. He makes jokes often and I honestly feel comfortable with him faster than I thought I will be. I try to ask him to continue the story that Jung Soo told me. He hesitates for a while, but he actually starts to tell me few details.

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President Choi at that time has a son who lives overseas. His position as a president of South Korea was threatened with all the enemies eyeing for his positions. He had no choice but to send his son out from Korea for his safety. When his son returns, he brought back a baby girl, which he claims to be his daughter. He might be accepted, and the matters won't be worse if he also brings back the mother of the baby, but he told his father that the mother died while giving birth to the baby, and he had been taken care of her since birth. He also stated the fact that he never married the mother of the baby. This story gets leaked outside and the people of Republic Korea starts to question the president's family history and even questioned whether he still valid to be their president. More up rages were fired up from his opponent from different parties.

The president was embarrassed with his son's behavior and ordered so that the baby girl to be adopted by a rich family. The son tried to fight for his right and never wanted to be separated with the child, but his dad would even kill him and the baby at that moment if he refuses to give away the baby. He chooses the adopt family himself so that he won't be regretting sending Alexandra to them. However, the president's son never forgets the baby girl and will always go and see her when he had time. He will buy her toys, clothes, and even pays for school's tuition. This was done under supervision of president Choi himself. When the president's son died at his age of 72 years, he left the family a note on the girl. He revealed all his findings on the girl's DNA and the family had keep it safe all this while.

Before the president's son died, there was already a split opinion on Alexandra being the next heir of the power and wealth the son has in his life. The president's son never married in his entire life as he already dedicated his life to take care of the child. His love towards her is already like a father to a daughter. Some supporters were all in for protecting Alexandra's life while some just want to kill her so the money will go to the people of Korea. On paper, it looks like it will go to the people, but the reality is, the money will go to the ones in power and that person will probably use the money for himself. Since the first news broke out that the president's son brought back a child, people were already speculating things and no one knows how her last name, Verlino was revealed to the public. It caused the public to be more uprages as he kept the child's last name from her mother's side, not using the Korean surname from his family. They had been accusing him of being a traitor to the country since he brought a baby which is half Korean and don't even use the Korean surname. The president's son suspected the immigration officers leaked the information and ordered that all of them to be fired for revealing one's identity. Some talks also somehow managed to know her full name as Alexandra Verlino, so the president's son changed her name to Stella Verlino to protect her from hates. He told the family that will take care of Stella to stay low and never show up as someone rich. He also advised them to send Stella to learn martial arts for her future. At that time, Alexandra or Stella absence from the main house of the president was never been announced to public. They lived as if Alexandra was still living with them.