60. Seventeen years.

"Oh my gosh! Is Lena alive all this time?!" Carlotta exclaimed, looking like she'd just seen a ghost.

"Paano, Miguel? Namatay na ang babaeng iyon! Nakita naming lahat nang ilibing siya! Sino ang babae na 'to?" Stefan was equally perplexed.

"She's not Lena! Her name is Lara, Stefan! Don't you all remember? May kapatid si Lena!" sagot ni Lola Cordelia, not sounding so patient at her children.

"Kapatid? Ah, I remember now. That little brat who suddenly went missing! How did she grow up resembling her sister so much?" Sandra added.

"Did you have her face go through surgery, Miguel? Gano'n ka kadesperado na ibalik ang babaeng 'yon?" Leonard joined the conversation.

"It's been f*cking seventeen years ago! How could you not get over her death until this time?" said Stefan again.

"This is so ridiculous! What a shame! Are you so desperate to cling on to your position now?" Leonard remarked.

"All of you, stop this nonsense!" Lola Cordelia ordered sternly. "You have no respect!"

"And you gave h