Chapter 28: Game Changer 5

Agad natigilan si Lauren sa sinabi ng tiyahin. "Mistress? My mother is not a mistress!" she protested.

Muli, humalakhak si Tita Lileth. "Oh, you didn't know? Lorainne was the mistress of your father Daniel Salvador, that poor married guy from San Ildefonso. Why do you think you are an Ortega and not a Salvador? Ganyan ka ba katanga, ha, Lauren?"

Hindi siya nakaimik. It was the truth. Noon pa man, may kutob na siya sa totoo niyang pagkatao. It wouldn't take a genius to know why she does not carry her father's surname, she is an illegitimate child. Subalit, ni hindi niya nakitang umalis nang matagal ang kanyang Papa sa bahay nila habang lumalaki siya. Tuwing umaalis ito, kasama rin sila parati ng Mama niya. And what does her Tita Lileth mean when she said they were poor in San Ildefonso. She grew up there in a decent house with at least two housemaids and a gardener, if she remembered it right. They also had cars. They were living a quite comfortable life in San Ildefonso. How come...