Semua Bab Hiding my Stepfather's Daughter: Bab 111 - Bab 120

“WHERE have you been?”Yan ang unang tanong na bumungad sa kanya nang makapasok siya sa loob ng kanialng silid. Tulalang nakatitig si Marcella sa wedding gown nito na mukhang handa na para sa kanilang pagrampa.“I was in Dubai.”“Dubai, yet it took you seventeen hours to travel,” anito. “Ilang Dubai ba ang pinuntahan mo, Aiden?”It was this time that Aiden had to put on his mask and conceal his expressions and emotions. Alam niyang nagdududa na si Marcella. And kung tama nga ang kanyang mga kaibigan, nakakatunog na si Marcella.Tumayo ito at bumaling sa kanya. Pansin niya sa mga mata nito na wala itong gana. Nanatili lamang siyang nakatitig dito. He’s doing good at hiding his emotions too well. Ngunit agad siyang natigilan nang marinig ang pangalan ni Bliss.“Why does it feel like you and Bliss are slowly drifting away from me?” mahinang tanong nito habang nakatitig sa kanya. “Why do you keep delaying our wedding?”“Marcella…”“I know.” Napakagat labi ito. “I know it was my fault. I w

“How is she?”“Still unconscious.”“My Bliss…”“As for now, we’ll still keep monitoring her for some improvements. Let’s just pray for the better.”Yan ang mga naririnig ng dalaga kahit na nakapikit ang kanyang mga mata. She can recognize their voices but she’s confused of who is who. Ang daming tinig na nag-uusap. Parang kumikirot ang kanyang ulo.Narinig niya ang pagsara ng pinto at ang usapang pumailanlang sa lugar kung nasaan siya ngayon.“Should we call Marcella?”“And then what? Put our granddaughter into danger?” Umismid ang isang tinig. “Marcella is a dangerous woman, pumpkin. She’s not the right person who should know about our Bliss’ current situation.”“But she’s still her mother. Marcella has all the rights to know about what happened to her daughter.”“No. You’re not telling anyone in that damn country what happened to our Bliss.”Why are they talking about her mother?And why… why can’t she move a limb?Sinubukan niyang igalaw ang kanyang paa ngunit hindi niya magawa.“I

Hindi niya alam kung ilang minuto na siyang nakatitig sa kawalan, habang ang kanyang sekretarya naman ay abala sa pagbabalat ng mansanas para sa kanya. Sila lang dalawa rito at wala silang imikan pareho.“What really happened?” Hindi na niya mapigilan pa ang sariling magtanong dito.Dahil sa totoo lang, she’s confused. Hindi niya alam kung ano o alin ang dapat isipin. Hindi niya maalala kung paano siya napunta rito. Her grandparents refused to tell her what’s the truth.It feels like someone snatched her rights to know what happened to her.And now, Pia is not speaking anything. Nag-volunteer pa nga ito na ito na muna ang mag-aalaga sa kompanya habang siya ay nagpapagaling sa kanyang mga sugat.Nag-angat ng tingin sa kanya ang kanyang sekretarya ngunit wala itong sinagot. Sa halip ay tipid lang siya nitong nginitian. “The doctor advised you not to force yourself to remember what really happened. For now, you need to focus on healing and getting better soon. The company is waiting for

“He said his name is Aiden. Aiden Ivanov.”Wala sa sarili siyang napatingin sa kanyang lola at napansin nitong naghugot ng malalim na hininga. Habang siya naman ay nakakunot lamang kanyang noo dahil sa pagtataka. This is the very first time she heard about that name. Is he foreign? A new person who suddenly came into the picture during the five years she can’t remember?“Who is he?” tanong niya sa kanyang lola na ngayon ay seryosong nakatingin sa nurse. “I can’t recall anyone named Aiden.”Nilingon siya ng kanyang lola. Mayroon itong malawak na ngiti sa labi habang nakatingin sa kanya. “We don’t know him too. I guess they got the wrong room number.”Kumunot ang kanyang noo ngunit wala siyang naging imik. Mukhang tama naman ang kanyang lola. Although she feels something inside her chest just by simply mentioning his name, pinili niya na lamang na h’wag itong pansinin.Mariin niyang kinagat ang ibabang labi at piniling ibaling ang tingin sa labas ng bintana. Kung kakilala niya ‘yon, pani

“We only detected it just now. Hindi namin alam kung sino ang nagbigay ng tip. We confirmed it first before we called you.” Humugot ito ng malalim na hininga. “But we already know it was too late so we decided to come up with a solution.”“And that was to fvcking shower the church with lots of bullets?” Umigting ang kanyang panga nang itanong ito. “Are you fvcking out of your mind? Marami ang nandoon. Nag-iisip ba kayo?”Hilaw itong ngumiti sa kanya. “Well, it was just a scare. We fire bullets but we didn’t aim it above. The sole reason is to only snatch the groom from the wedding.”Nagngingitngit siya sa galit ngayon, ngunit alam niyang wala na siyang magagawa.Imagine, he freaking waste years. Seven long fvcking years… for nothing.Well, hindi naman talaga sayang ang ilang taon na ‘yon. Nagawa niyang patigilin si Marcella sa pagsu-supply ng mga baril sa kanilang kalaban at sa halip ay napunta ito sa kanya. But now that he knew about this, hindi na niya alam kung paano niya tatakasan