Chapter 15

                                    

                                          
Isabelle
Nakarating na kami sa Manila, nasa loob na kami ng van papuntang Makati, sabi ni tita Irene pupumunta muna kami sa family house nila bago pumunta sa Forbes, yaman nga naman. Mags-stay sila tita Imee at ang mga anak niya kasama si mama Meldy pati sila tito Bong pero uuwi din sila sa Malacañang bukas, gustong-gusto din nga ni tita Irene na mag-stay dun kaso may klase siya bukas.
Nandito na kami sa family house nila, lumabas naman kami sa van para makapag-paalam sakanila.
"Babye po, mama Meldy." I said shyly, I gave her a cheek kiss.
"Bye, take care hija." she replied, she also kissed my cheeks.
"Bye kuyas, salamat po.." I said and hugged them, they also hugged me and kissed my forehead.
"Bye belle, balik kayo dito ha." Kuya Borgy uttered, I just smiled at him.
"Bye bye, Sandro, Simon and Vinny!" I bid my goodbyes to them, I hugged each of them and they also did the same.
"Bye tita Imee, Mr. Tito and Tita First Lady!" makulit kong sabi na nagpatawa naman sakanila.
"Babye kulit, I hope to see you again soon." Tita Imee said and opened her arms so we could hug each other.
"Bye, not so little princess belle!" tita Liza muttered, she initiated a hug which I accepted right away.
"Mag iingat kayo, see you soon again Belle my bestfriend!" Tita Imee exclaimed and hugged me once more, I waved my hand as goodbye.
"Hope to see you all again soon too po, thank you po sainyong lahat." I replied with a smile, ang babait nila, sobra!
"You'll visit us ha, bago ka umuwi ng Ilocos!" Tita Liza told me, I looked at tita Irene, she's smiling while looking at me, she nodded.
"Opo, sure po." I replied.
"Okay, I'll organize dinner sa Malacañang, day before you leave." sabi ni tito Bong, grabe naman 'yan, sa Malacañang pa talaga?!
"Uh, tito isn't it too much po?" I asked, shyly, they're too kind, pleasee!
"Of course not, princess Belle!" Tita Liza replied, courageously speaking.
"Like what Mama Meldy said, please see us as your family." Tita Imee said, walking towards me and held my shoulders.
"Thank you so much po, sainyong lahat. Y'll have special space in my heart." I said sweetly, I'm already tearing up. I don't know why, but I think it's because I have received such an unexpected love & attention from the people who are not my family nor relatives.
"Bakit naman may iyakan?" Tita Imee asked loudly, tumawa naman kami, naiiyak nadin kasi si tita Irene.
"Group Hug!" Kuya Borgy yelled, we obeyed din naman agad and when the car arrived we bid our final goodbyes.
"I hope this isn't the last time that I will see you, Isabelle." mama Meldy said, I give her a reassuring smile before going inside tita Irene's car.
...
Irene
We are now infront of our house, the Marcos Mansion, where my mom currently lives. Manang and her kids will be staying with mama and also Manong Bonget but they'll leave tomorrow and go back to Malacañang. 
We are now exchanging our goodbyes. I can't help but smile when I saw Isabelle and my family gets along very well, she's getting comfortable with us, step by step.
I saw her tearing up while thanking us, so I caressed her back and held her waist, my heart melted, seeing how easily she gets attached to the people whom she just met yesterday. 
...
Isabelle
As we entered the car, I began overthinking.
Ang dami kong tanong sa sarili ko, mga tanong na alam kong hindi masasagot ng kung sino lamang.
Ito kaya yung mararamdaman ko kapag kasama ko na yung pamilya ko?
Ganito din ba sila magmahal?
Hinahanap pa din ba nila ako?
Naaalala pa kaya nila ako?
Hindi ko manlang naramdaman na may mga luha nang umaagos sa pisngi ko, this isn't the first time that I have ever wondered about my family especially my parents.
Although, Sister Theressa told me that they found me because I was lost, I'm still hurt and there's this hatred towards my parents, I know it's wrong but I can't helped it. They found me by the market while they were buying supplies and I can't thank them enough for not leaving me behind and for taking care of me since then.
Maybe I have this hatred towards my parents, even though the two kindest nuns I've met have already told me not to because they're sure that my parents are doing their very best to find me.
Doing their best huh? It's been a decade since I got lost yet they didn't still find me.
Sometimes I would cry in Paoay when I felt like the world is against me. Yeah, literally, I really feel so unfortunate.
Don't get me wrong, I'm lucky that I grew up with two amazing nuns beside me and I'm so thankful.
You know what makes me feel so unfortunate? Not being able to experience genuine happiness with my parents, their love and attention, I'm wishing to feel.
I have this one person who I trusted the most, who knows all of my secrets, my rants about my biological parents. But she's far away from me because she married someone who lives abroad, she was my go-to-person, she treats me like her own sister, she was also a choir member in Paoay, she trained me with her knowledge in music. 
We still have contact with each other and before she left the country, she told me that when she gets back, she'll be adopting me and I'll be living with them in America, we still communicate until now, she's always checking on me and I even told her that I'll be studying music here in Manila.
Her name is ate Talliah, Talliah Elizabeth Andrada-Wilson and her husband's name is kuya Harris Wilson. We already met via zoom call, he's funny, kind, caring, generous and a good-looking man. When I'm having this kind of scenario, I suddenly missed my ate, because she's always the one who would comfort me.
Nagulat naman ako nung nagsalita bigla si tita Irene.
"Belle, are you okay?" She asked me, softly, I pretended to be asleep, I couldn't look at her with my puffy eyes, I felt her caress my hair and when she saw that my eyes were closed, she gently put my head to her shoulders.
"My Celestine.." She whispered.
Huh? How did she know my second name? This is quite shocking, I never told any of the Marcos's about my second name. But I didn't think about it more, since I felt sleepy too because tita was humming a song.

To be continue..
Sorry for the wrong grammars and misspelled words.