TBITLG:This brat is the LEGENDARY GANGSTER (Under Editing)

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Naoko P.O.V

"I want you to meet my mother, Mrs. Ven MLAINE. Please come up on stage and join me here." nakangiti kong sabi. Emphasizing the surname.

Because from now on hindi na siya isang 'AGUILAR '. Her life being 'Ven Aguilar ' is over. Now she's back...Ven Mlaine is back, my mommy.

"What Mrs.Mlaine is still alive?"

"Diba sabi nila patay na siya?"

"Unbelievable!Mrs.Mlaine is still alive?"

Bulungan ng mga tao dito sa venue at mukhang nagkaka-gulo-gulo na rin. They all look confused as I expected.

Mommy stepped inside the room accompanied by butler Hyung. Inalalayan ni Butler Hyung si mommy papunta sa stage. Mommy looks nervous at the same time....sad.

It makes me irritated to look at her face. Why is she making such a face?

"Sit" I command. She does what I've said. She helplessly sit beside me.

Kyo grips my hand that is on the table at bumulong sa akin.

"What are you doing Hime?" mahinang sabi sa akin ni Kyo na ako lang ang makakarinig.

"Correcting a mistake?" pa-inosente kong sagot.

Then humarap ako sa direksyon nila daddy at mukhang pati sila naguguluhan din sa mga pinag-gagawa ko. Si grandma naman ay nakaka-kunot na ang noo.

"Umm...Miss Naoko, what is the meaning of this? We thought na patay na yung biological mother mo?" tanong ng isang reporter.

"A-ahmm...Ang totoo kasi niyan ay a-ano -----------" mommy tried to talk pero pinigilan ko siya.

"Actually, yes it's true. We thought that she was really dead after the accident that happens to her a years ago but fortunately she survived." I cut her words off. Mukhang napaniwala ko naman sila and the fuss lessen.

I could feel that mommy is still nervous and flustered. Mukhang hindi na siya sanay sa mga ganito.

"If she survived the accident.... Eh bakit hindi agad siya bumalik sa inyo? Why did she disappear in 9 years? At may kumakalat-kalat din na bali-balita na mayroong ibang pamilya ang mommy mo,is that true?" tanong ng isa pang reporter.

I inwardly let out a sigh. Ito na nga ba ang sinasabi ko. The reporters that like to pry in in people's lives. I could sense that mommy stiffen and starts to tense up.

"Leave it to me" mahina kong sabi kay mommy at hinarap ulit yung kumpol na mga reporters.

"No,it's not true. It's just a baseless rumors. My mommy doesn't have another family, only us. And the reason why mommy doesn't immediately come back to us is because she'd got a lot of critical injuries and was recovering. I've just found her recently in the isolated province and was being taken care of by an old couple." I made up a story.

Naniwala naman sila sa akin.

Lahat ng ito planado. Sinigurado kong hindi ako papalpak. I've made a record of mommy sa isang isolated province at binayaran ko na rin dun yung dalawang matandang mag-asawa para magpanggap na sila ang nag-alaga kay mommy.

And I erase all the TRACE of mommy being a Ven Aguilar.

"Pero paano na yung step mom mo? What will happen to her that now Mrs. Ven Mlaine is back?" tanong pa ng isang reporter.

For a moment, parang nakalimutan ko ang dapat kong sabihin at napatingin ako kay tita Anie na parang nanlulumo na ang mga mata. Daddy put his arms around mom's shoulder.