Alexandra Verlino

Ep 14: Discovering Truth (Part 1)

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The room is filled with silence. I am so ready to hear the story, but it seems like none of them is about to start. I hold my father's hand. Cold. He's worried of something. I look at my mom's face. She still trembles with fear to even start.

"I will stop thinking as if you are just some ahjusshi and ahjumma. I will treat you like my real family. Don't worry, family will never be angry or keep secrets from each other," I say with a smile, although I have zero confidence in making sure I don't lose control of myself.

They look at each other before returning the look at me. I make this "what?" face as a reply to their stares. Did I say something wrong? My dad starts holding my hand tighter, and my mom rushes over and kneels in front of me.

"Stella ya...what are you saying? You are our daughter. You are not adopted in any way," my mom starts talking.

I left out a sarcastic chuckle.

"You know we don't have to do this anymore. I know everything about Alexandra Verlino, which might be me in term of, my other names before I was adopted in this family?" I sound super serious and also confidence.

That's it. That's the last straw. If they won't start saying it out, I will. And I will not hesitate as I am already fine with me being a single entity in this whole world, without any knowledge on my parents. I already accepted the fate.

"No, no. You don't understand. You really are my daughter. I carried you nine months inside my womb and born you to this world, honey," she keeps her lies.

"Now this!" I stand up as I am speaking.

"I had enough of this secret being buried. I know the fact I am adopted. Why don't you want to admit it?! WHY?!" I unnoticeably scream at her.

She seems shocked and can't hold her tears, while saying

"But you are my daughter...she wasn't. How can I convince you to believe me," as she's talking she's also sobbing.

"She?" I start to become confuse.

Then it means...I am really not that alien girl?

It feels as if a huge pile of relief just occurs to me and I was super glad that I am not weird or different than other normal human beings. I actually let go a sigh of relief upon hearing that. But the question remains. If I am not Alexandra Verlino, then who is that alien baby? I turn my head to my dad. He looks at me and start reaching for my hand once again, asking me to sit down again.

"Yes honey. She. The real Alexandra Verlino is now safe in our protection," he replies.

Mom still can't stop sobbing. I hold her her shoulders up to make her stop crying.

"Protection? From what? All this while people had been thinking I am that Alexandra girl. She wasn't supposed to be in any sort of danger," I keep asking.

"Because she can't even wake up, we had to put her under incubation, to replace you," he replies short and then couldn't continue his words.

This really makes me more confuse. Why would she replace me? Why would I even be under incubation? The most important thing, where is this place that she was put? I still have more questions adding up. I thought I can just confirm that I am the alien baby, turns out I'm just human and so that explain why I don't have this "super powers" or anything.

Mom starts to weep her tears and then faced me with her red eyes and swelling face.

"I really don't have the strength to do this tonight. Can we just show you tomorrow, so you'll be able to understand better?" she asks.