تسجيل الدخولIsabella’s POV
“The woman in that photograph is Alexander’s mother.” For several seconds, I couldn't breathe. Alexander stared at Victor, his expression turning dangerously cold. “Take that back.” Victor shook his head. “I'm sorry, sir. But it's the truth.” “My mother died twelve years ago.” “That's what your family told you.” Alexander grabbed Victor's collar. “Are you saying my mother isBella's POV“I'm the fifth baby.”Nanlamig ang buong katawan ko nang marinig ko ang boses ng babae sa cellphone ni Alexander.Hindi ko alam kung bakit, pero may kakaibang takot akong nararamdaman.“Who are you?” tanong ni Alexander.Tumawa ang babae.“Don't you recognize my voice, Alexander?”“Stop playing games. Tell me your name!”“Soon. You'll know everything soon enough.”Biglang naputol ang tawag.Napatingin ako kay Alexander.“Who was that?”“I don't know.”“Alexander, what if she's really our sister?”He slowly placed his phone on the table.“Then we'll welcome her. But first, I need to know why she's hiding.”Napatingin ako sa lumang litrato ng limang newborn babies na nasa mesa.Limang sanggol.Limang magkakaibang buhay.At isang napakalaking kasinungalingan.“Alexander, do you think Margaret kno
Charlotte's POV“Alexander Monteverde… is your half-brother.”Parang tumigil ang mundo ko.“What?”Victoria struggled to breathe while I stared at the DNA report in my trembling hands.“No… hindi puwede.”“Charlotte, please listen to me…”“Alexander? Alexander Monteverde? The same Alexander who is married to Bella?”Victoria slowly nodded.Napaatras ako.“So you're telling me na kapatid ko ang asawa ng babaeng matagal ko nang gustong sirain ang buhay?”“I'm sorry, sweetheart.”Napatawa ako nang mapait habang tumutulo ang luha ko.“Twenty-eight years, Mom. Twenty-eight years akong nabuhay sa kasinungalingan!”“Charlotte…”“Who is my real father? Bakit si Alexander Monteverde Sr. ang nasa DNA report?”Bago pa siya makasagot, biglang bumukas ang pinto.“Because there's something your mother hasn't told you.”Napalingon ako.
Bella's POV“Charlotte Villareal?”Hindi ko napigilang ulitin ang pangalan na nakasulat sa likod ng hospital record.Hindi maaari.Si Charlotte?Ang babaeng ilang beses nang nagbanta sa akin? Ang babaeng gustong mapangasawa ni Alexander? Ang babaeng tila gagawin ang lahat para sirain ang relasyon namin?“Alexander, are you sure this is real?”Hindi siya sumagot agad. Muli niyang sinuri ang dokumento.“Four newborns. Four different identification numbers. And Charlotte's name is connected to Baby D.”Napailing ako.“Pero bakit? Bakit niya kailangang itago ang totoong pagkatao niya?”“That's what we're going to find out.”Biglang tumunog ang cellphone niya.Adrian.“Sir, may update kami tungkol kay Charlotte.”“Tell me.”“She's currently at the Villareal mansion. But there's something else.”“What?”“Her mother, Victoria Vill
Catherine's POV“One of his children is already living inside your family.”Paulit-ulit na umalingawngaw sa isip ko ang mga salitang iyon.Nakatayo ako sa harap ni Margaret, hawak pa rin ang sulat ni Amelia.Hindi ako makapaniwala sa narinig ko.“Miguel has another child?” nanginginig kong tanong.Ngumiti si Margaret.“Hindi lang isa, Catherine. Mas marami kang hindi alam tungkol sa lalaking pinakasalan mo.”Umiling ako.“Stop lying! Kilala ko si Miguel. Hindi niya kayang gawin iyon!”“Talaga ba?” Tinaasan niya ako ng kilay. “Then why don't you ask him about November 18, 1998?”Napahigpit ang hawak ko sa sulat.“What happened that night?”Sandaling natahimik si Margaret bago siya lumapit sa akin.“May isang babaeng dumating sa St. Gabriel Hospital bago manganak si Amelia. She was carrying Miguel's child.”“Who was she?”“Dr. Elena Santos.”
Catherine's POV“Twenty-eight years ago, there weren't just two babies born at St. Gabriel Hospital.”Richard's words echoed throughout the living room.I stared at him, unable to process what I had just heard.“Three?” I whispered.Richard nodded.“Three baby girls.”I shook my head.“No. That's impossible. I was there. I gave birth to one child, and Amelia gave birth to another.”“That's what you were made to believe.”I turned toward Margaret.“Mother, what is he talking about?”Margaret calmly placed her wineglass on the table.“There's no reason to become hysterical, Catherine.”“No reason?” I raised my voice. “You're telling me there was another baby? Another child whose life you destroyed?”Richard opened the envelope and removed an old hospital document.“Here.”I grabbed it.My eyes immediately moved toward the nam
Bella's POV“Bella? Bella, look at me!”Alexander's voice sounded distant.I couldn't move.I couldn't even breathe properly.My phone was still in his hand, and the photograph of Isabella remained on the screen.YOUR SISTER IS NOT WHO YOU THINK.Six words.Six words that threatened to destroy everything I had ever believed about my family.“Bella, what happened?” Alexander asked again.I slowly raised my eyes toward him.“She's my mother.”His eyebrows furrowed.“Who?”“Catherine. She said she's my biological mother.”Alexander froze.Behind him, my father slowly stood from his chair.“What did you just say?”I turned toward him, tears already falling down my cheeks.“Dad... Catherine said she's my real mother.”Miguel looked as though someone had just struck him.“No.”He shook his head







