The truth! [4]

Leo slowly fell into his knees may kutob sya that he already knew what exactly his mother is going say.

"Fate played a joke on me, His father is your father's mortal enemy!"

Hades?

Leo felt like being hit with a bomb, nayanig ang kanyang buong pagkatao dahil sa rebelasyon ng kanyang ina.

Daig pa niya ang nasabugan ng napakalakas na bomba, at ng mga uras na iyon naipanalangin nyang sana nasabugan nalang talaga sya.

His tears fell into his checks!

"Why. .why of all people, why it has to be him?"

Di nya mapigilang itanong sa sarili, this joke was too much to bear.

He accidentally knew about his younger brother ng makita niya ang kanyang baby album, there's one picture in there na kahit kamukha niya pero alam niyang hindi sya.

His mother hide it between his picture and it was just an accident ng makita niya ito, the baby in the picture was wearing a necklace with a locket pindant.

Habang sa kanya naman ay kapareho ng kanyang kapatid with a key as a pendant.

He suddenly realized why his mother is crying every night, noon akala niya na iniiyakan nito ang empernong buhay na meron sila. 

Alam naman kasi nilang hindi sila legal na pamilya at ginagamit lang sila ng kanyang ama sa personal na kaligayahan nito.

Pero bakit kailangan mangyari ang ganito? Why all of people it has to be him?

Noong una niyang makita si Rain, he really hates him iwan niya kung bakit.

He saw something in Rain ng di niya maipaliwag kaya't he always keeps his distance away from him.

Nagiging aloof sya sa lahat because he was scared to come across to him, but then, just like what fate had done to his mother.

He come across to Rain because of Sophia! It was in Dolphin island that Leo realized something.

Rain had their mother eyes kaya't wala sa sarili niyang sinira ang polo shirt nito to prove himself that he was wrong.

But he was the one who got shocked when he learned the truth. 

He was confused and devastated by that time, what if he really took the mission with out consideration? 

Malamang pagsisisihan niya ang nagawang magkakamali habang buhay. 

"How it happened?"

Wala sa sariling tanong niya sa ina, gusto nyang magwala ng mga uras nayon dahil sa galit pero pinigil nya ang sarili.

"Three years after you were born—" 

His mother paused habang impit na napapahagulgol. 

"Three years?"

"You were two years older than your brother, premature ka ng ipinanganak kita, I regestered you after two years dahil gusto kitang ilayo sa iyong ama but then nalaman niyang lalaki ang naging anak ko sa kanya, he took you away from me, dinala ka niya sa capital. I was about to give you up but I could not, You are the reason why I live in this hell, tiniis ko ang lahat just to be with you but then your father—he's a monster!"

"Anong ginawa niya sayo?" 

Di mapigilang sigaw ni Leo sa ina, he's getting furious lahat ng pagpipigil na ginawa niya bigla nalang kumawala sa kanyang dibdib at gustong niyang pagsusuntukin ang mukha ng kanyang ama.

"It was your two year old birthday, when I went to see you but on that very day he took down a passenger plane with a military excuse, it was a political war and they wanted to take down the biggest Mafia in the country, may isang agent na nagsabi that the man was it that plane!"

"Did he knew you were there—"

"Everybody knew I was his mistress my appearance was just a pawn ready to be sacrifice, who would suspect him if I was there?" 

Anitong naikuyom ang mga kamay habang nagtatagis ang mga bagang.

"There were over five hundred innocent people died on that night, at anong mas nakakatawa. Yong gusto nilang patayin wala pala sa eroplanong iyon ka apilyedo lang pala, I survive on that crash at napadpad sa isang isla. I temporarily lost my memory I feel inlove with a man, he was different, he's cold outside but warm inside then everything happened so fast I became pregnant with his child, lumuwas kami sa kapital then right after that I saw your father. My memory came back and I realized what mistake I made when Hades confess to me, he told me everything. I was scared, and was stupid I ran away, hindi ko sinabi sa kanya ang tungkol sa bata, I just disappeared!"

Anitong tinitigan sya na para bang binabasa nito ang kanyang reaction.

"I'm a bad mother, wasn't I? I left him sa isang madre because I choose to save both of you, but I just have to give him up!"

Napapikit si Leo ng marinig mula sa ina ang buong katutuhanan. Hindi rin niya ito masisisi nangyari na ang nangyari hindi na nila mababago iyon.

"Now tell me? Mali ba ako sa naging desisyon ko? That was the only way to protect both of you!"

Leo shook his head, his mother sacrifice a lot para sa kapakanan niya at ng kanyang kapatid.

"Pero kahit gaano pa kasama ng iyong ama, he's still your father please don't hate him!"

Blankong napatitig si Leo sa kanyang ina pagkatapos ng lahat ng ginawa nito sa kanila, sasabihin nitong wag magalit sa ama?

"No I did not hate him—I despised him!"

Gusto sana niyang isigaw sa pagmumukha ng kanyang ina pero nag pigil sya.

Nalala niya bigla si Rain when they were in dolphin Island, Rain also hesitated that time, does he know something? 

Bigla syang napatingin sa CCTV what if that fool was listening to them.

"I'm sorry ma, I just want to know something."

Anyang inalalayan ang kanyang ina.

"Really—But you said you found him?"

"He's already dead!"

Mahinang sabi ni Leo na ikinahagulgol ng kanyang ina. 

"I want to see him,please!"

Napatango si Leo habang nag iwas ng tingin sa kanyang ina.

"I'm going to bring you to him pag nakahanap tayo ng perfect timing!"

He excuse himself habang kinuha ang Cp sa kanyang bulsa. Makailang ring pa bago may sumagot sa kabilang linya.

"He. .hello?"

"Oh. .Lee why are you calling?" 

It was Sophia who answered the phone that makes him felt relieved.

"Where is that stup—he wasn't infront of his laptop, right?"

"Ah. .he was in the bathroom, why?"

Sophia bit her lips and calm herself, she tried hard to be cheerful despite the pain she felt.

Leo's voice seems to be crooked. Alam niyang nahihirapan ang lalaki sa sitwasyong kinakaharap.

"Nothing just tell him to put everything back in normal, I gotta go, bye!"

"Ok!" 

Sophia stood there in dazed habang nakatingin sa screen ng laptop.

She did copy the whole video and put in the micro disk before she erase it in Rain's laptop.

"Are you crying?" 

Nabiglang tanong ni Rain kay Sophia ng makita nyang namumula ang mga mata nito at panay ang singhot.

She did not answer.

"What have you done?"

Gulat na gulat na tanong ni Rain ng makitang naka " 80 % deleting" na ang nakalagay sa screen ng kanyang laptop.

"Oppss. .sorry I accidentally deleted it, but you promised to Leo, you should keep it!"

"Why. .why should I?"

Sophia hissed at pinandilatan niya ito ng mga mata. 

"What?"

"I just like your necklace!

Sophia smiled na ipinagtataka naman ni Rain.