2 Chap 02

Among the 15 children of their father, Brandon John Redwood, all five of them are the only sons, the rest were all daughters. Yes, they are 15 siblings from their father. Ten of them were from different woman in their father's life, and the only common denominators among his woman were having a blood of a Filipina and came from a well off family too. The endless party idea was based on their father's younger life, as Kevin mentioned. Because of his endless partying and always ended in bed with a woman. At least that's what they know.

Dustin's mother was the only Filipina that their father's past. But he didn't marry all those 10 women he got pregnant with. It's funny how their mothers let him go without taking responsibility of them. It's like; they all give up on him.

His mom just told him when he asked her one day, that they were not planning on getting pregnant with their father. For too much information, even when their father used condom, they still got pregnant. Dustin was not sure if she's serious about it, though.

Their father just changed when he married the 11th woman he got pregnant with. Her name is Akiko Ryuzaki, a half Japanese woman but lived in the Philippines with her Filipina mother. They have five daughters now. And because their names have Maria's on it, they call them The Marias.

He had a chance to have a glimpse of their father, when they decided to stay in the country. He just saw him several times but they didn't have the chance to be together. Despite of that, he had a chance to meet his five younger sisters and been close with them too. But when their father got sick, Akiko decided to bring him back to Pennsylvania and try to seek more medical help to cure him but failed.

That's the first time he met all his half-siblings, when their grandparents summoned all of them to be with their father, as for his requests. Dustin already met all of them in the internet and had a chat and conversations with them. That's the beauty of social media nowadays. When they were all present in his bedroom, where he apologized and bid his goodbye, in just few minutes, he passed away.

It was kind of sad because that's the only time his other siblings met their father in person, and it was the first they were all together, but it's tragic because the reason was the death and funeral of their father. What's surprising was that they don't feel any awkwardness with each other, instead, they find comfort. They may come from a different country with different languages, different characters, and different culture, but they still have the connection and understand each other's feelings. So, they all stayed there until the burial and stayed for another week before going back to their own lives again.

Their eldest, Cassandra, their father's first born, who lived in Pennsylvania with their grandparents, was the only grandchild they knew at first and raised. That's why she was the one who managed the business that their father established in its capital City Philadelphia. Cassandra has this serious character but she's not a snob. In fact, she can easily show her care for their younger siblings.

He was the second child of their father and after a few months. At the same year he was born, Javier and Kevin came. Lauren, Minji, Natasha, and Oscar were all a year younger than them. Pierina and Rafael came a year after, but on that same year, their father married Akiko. Who was already 3 months after giving birth of their first born Maria Sachiko, two years after, The they have a twins, named Maria Tomiko and Maria Toshiko, came and another two years after, another twins, named Maria Yumiko and Maria Yuriko were born. That makes them 15 children of Brandon Redwood, all in all.

Their relationships are not the usual legitimate and illegitimate siblings that we saw on TV, because they are not distancing themselves with each other nor hated each other. They are just different and weird way. They all knew about it because even though they were just half-siblings, they still accepted each other whiteout any ado. They just became friends. They all felt like they needed each other too. Their relationship became stronger as the time goes by, even though technology or social media were the only communication they all have. That's what makes them weird and different.

They didn't bother explaining themselves to everyone too. They just let them think what they wanted to think of them. So, after the stay in Pennsylvania, the boys wanted to go with him in the Philippines. Especially when he mentioned about the island he wanted to develop. When he brought them in the island, they already have a plan in mind, so now, the island was known because of the resort.