Healer

Kabanata 10

Family Issue

Kung may batas man masusununod sa mansion nang mga Menaid ay iyon ang salita nang aking ina. Her words controls everything, her words is higher than my father's command. She doesn't smile and she always wear her poker face. Nakita ko lamang siyang nakangiti sa wedding picture nila ni Papa.

"Why hide the truth twenty years ago, Amanda?" Nasa opisina kami ngayon nang mga magulang ko. Katabi ko si Kuya Redias at si Hecap. Nasa kabilang upuan naman nakaupo si Tita Amanda habang nasa gitna namin sila Mama at Papa.

"I'm scared of losing someone I could trust,  Sorriena."

"Scared of what? Leaving you? Yet, he stayed with you for almost half of Hecap's life. I believe my brother in law has been loving you for years, Amanda. Did Alkis knew this?"

"Alam niya. That's why he started gambling and wasting the company's money." Nakayukong sagot ni Tita Amanda.

So matagal nang alam ni Tito Alkis na hindi niya tunay na anak si Hecap? Napa-isip ako. Matagal nang nagsusugal si Tito Alkis, ten years old palang ako ay palagi kong naririnig ang pagtatalo ni Tito at Papa sa telepono. Hindi ko inaakalang maliit pa pala si Hecap nang nalaman iyon ni Tito. Ngunit hindi manlang nagbago ang tingin niya kay Hecap, tinuring niya pa rin tunay na anak at ipinangalan niya pa ang kompanya sa kaniya

"Nagkakilala kami ni Albun noon high school pa lang ako, nagkaroon kami nang magandang relasyon. Nagkahiwalay lang kami nang ipinagkasundo ako ni Mamá sa mga Menaid para magkaroon nang magandang pundasyon ang kompanya namin. Sa mga panahong iyon, labis kong kinamumuhian ang pamilya ninyo at ang sarili ko. Bakit pa ako magpapakasal sa taong hindi naman ako ang mahal? Alkis was happy to meet the heiress of Regus. Sa tatlong magkakapatid na Regus ay si Zerah ang nagustuhan niya. He manage to make your company grow in billions because of one reason, he wants Zerah Regus to think that he is the best in the field. That Zerah deserves him more than anyone else and after that I enter their love story.." Ngumiti ito nang mapait.

"My parents always admires how clever the Reguses when it comes to business, nang naipasa na kay Zerah Regus ang kompanya ay laking tuwa ni Mamá. Hindi niya alam na ang taong pinagkasundo niya ay may napupusuan na pala. At dahil ayokong makatuluyan si Alkis, Albun and I tried to elope. We go to the secret Island in Hawaii and we think its for the best. We happend and my parents knows about it. My father wants Albun gone and I can't do anything about it.. and god knows I tried to love Alkis. We tried, we tried to be a happy family but what I can do? His heart belongs to someone else. He was happy when I got pregnant and get disappointed years later.. that his son, his only son was his but it's not. I meet Albun secretly and he was married to Helerna Regus, the older sister of Zerah. I ask him of DNA test and he agreed, it turns out Hecap was truly his son and he is damn happy.." Nagsimula na siyang umiyak ulit.

"How about Helerna, does she knows about this? We can arrange things, we can transfer the company to Seunjah." Mabilis akong napatingin kay Mama. Ilang beses akong umiling.

"No, no, Mama. Tito Alkis already sign the papers, kay Hecap mapupunta ang kompanya. Hecap was already part of our company, kung hindi dahil kay Hecap ay tuluyan nang bumagsak ang IC!"

"Alam mo ba kung bakit IC ang pangalan nang kompanya, anak?" My father ask. Umiling ako.

"IC means, identity over class. Hindi IC ang original na pangalan nang ating kompanya. It's Menaid's Choice but then, I did not accept the company and Alkis manage for it. He wants his identity to be known, that he is ruthless when it comes to business, that no one can destroy him and no one can take it away from him. He chose it over class, he doesn't care about the class, elegancy, abundance because he has only one goal.. to steal Zerah Regus's heart."