Positive

Elvira has been waiting for hours at the hospital. The laboratory door suddenly pushed opened and a doctor came out.

Elvira immediately walked towards the doctor. "Doc, how is it?"

The doctor gave her the test result and smiled at her. Elvira was surprised. She didn't know the reason why the doctor was smiling. She collected the result with her trembling hand. The doctor patted her shoulder gently and walked away.

She opened the paper and looked at it and her eyes widened immediately. At the bottom of the paper it says: POSITIVE.

Elvira's mind went blank. Her hands tremble and the test result fell from her hand. She stumbled back and fell on the chair.

"Alex is Leonel. My son, My son is alive" her lips tremble and endless tears flowed from her eyes. She covered her mouth to stop her from crying out.

She immediately remembered Alex telling her about his family and how they died. "Alex has pictures of his family and not of my family, so how can it be possible?" she thought and shook her head. "Alex is not my son. The doctors made a mistake"

It would have been better for Elvira if the test result was a mistake. Alex can't possibly be her son.

Her phone rang immediately and it interrupted her thoughts. She pulled the phone from her bag, looking at the ID: It was Lola belen. She can't pick the call like this. She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe. She opened her eyes and picked the call.

"Anak, where have you been? I heard you did not go to work today. Where did you..."

Before Lola belen could complete her sentence, Elvira has already burst into tears again. Mrs belen was surprised that her daughter was crying.

"Anak, what happened to you? Why are you crying?" Mrs belen was worried.

Elvira opened her mouth to talk, but shut it back as she could not find anything to say. She only continued to cry.

She did not know how she will explain to her mother that Alex is Leonel. She closed her mouth again to reduce the sound of her cry.

"Anak, where are you? Are you in trouble? Should I call the police?"

"I... I" her lips tremble and tears fell from her cheeks. "Mama, I am coming home" she said in a hoarse voice and hung up immediately.

Her mother could not help, but worry. She did not understand why her daughter was crying.

Elvira wiped her tears, picked up the test result and walked towards the doctor office. She did not believe the results was real.

At alvardo street, Binondo.

Mrs belen has been walking up and down the living room thinking about her daughter. She turned back to look at Isabelle who has been sitting for a very long time waiting for Elvira. Isabelle has been trying to calm Lola belen, but she did not listen.

"What do you think is wrong with my daughter?"

Isabelle could not tell Lola belen that Elvira went for a DNA test. She lowered her head and lied, "I don't know"

She knew the only reason Elvira was crying is because of the DNA test, but she did not know whether it is positive or negative.

She bit her lower lips and prayed silently. "God please, help Elvira"

The door opened and Elvira walked in. Her eyes were red and puffy and her hair was messy. Lola belen walked over to her daughter and placed her hand on Elvira's face.

"What happened? I was so worried about you and why are you crying?"

Elvira was silent. She slowly walked to the couch and sat down. Her mind flashed back to the doctor's office and she began to cry again.

"Doc, this is a fake report. Alex can not be my son. This is fake" Elvira said as she placed the test result on the table.

The doctor removed her glasses and placed it on the table. "Ma'am Elvira, we have performed the DNA test and the result was positive which means he is your son. If you don't believe us, you can try another hospital or you can have another test done here"

"So that means he is my son" she said and bit her lower lip. The doctor nodded her head. She took Elvira's hand and gently patted her hand.

Elvira lowered her head and said quietly, "He is my son. He is alive"

Isabelle opened her eyes in surprise. She covered her mouth and tears rolled down her eyes. Mrs belen was surprised seeing the two women crying.

"Who is alive? Who is your son"

Elvira raised her head and said, "Leonel is alive"

"What are you saying? Are you going crazy? Leonel died fourteen years ago and you are telling me that Leonel is alive" Mrs belen did not understand why her daughter was talking like that. She thought she was going crazy.

"No Lola, she is not going crazy" Isabelle said, shaking her head. She knew her friend will not lie to her.

The first time she saw Alex, she knew he was somehow related to Elvira, but she did not think that he was Leonel.

Mrs belen was surprised. "What are the both of you saying? Why are you behaving like this? Are you hiding something from me?" she asked curiously.

"Ma, I am telling the truth. Leonel is alive. Alex is Leonel"

"How is it possible? Leonel died fourteen years ago" Mrs belen could not hold back her tears as she allowed them to fall freely from her eyes.

"I took Alex hair yesterday when he came and I went for a DNA test today and this is the report" she opened her bag and pulled the DNA test results from her bag, and gave it to Mrs belen.

Mrs belen took it from her and looked at it. She stumbled back almost falling, but Isabelle was fast. She caught Mrs belen. "Lola, you should sit down" she helped Mrs belen to sit on the couch.

"Ma, Leonel is alive. He did not die that night"

"But how is it possible?" Lola belen asked.

Elvira, "I think he was saved and then he was adopted by those people that took care of him"

Isabelle, "What will you do now?"

Elvira was silent for few seconds and she took a deep breathe. "I don't know yet, but I can't allow Carissa to know about this yet"

Isabelle, "Why?"

Elvira, "I don't want her to know about her brother yet. I will go to Alex tomorrow morning to talk to him"

Lola belen, "I will go with you. I want to see my grandson"

Elvira, "Am I a good mother? My son has been around me and I don't feel that he is my son. Am I not a bad mother" she began to cry again.

Leonel has been alive for fourteen years and Elvira did not feel it. Her son came to her house, ate with them and even slept in their house, but she did not feel that he was her son.

Isabelle immediately walked to her and patted her back. "No, you are not a bad mother"

Elvira, "I did not look for my son back then. Do you think he will forgive me?"

She felt that she was a bad mother for not looking for her son.

Isabelle nodded her head. "Yes, he will forgive you. If he is really your son, he will forgive"

"What if he doesn't remember anything? How will I explain to him that I am his mother?" Elvira looked at Isabelle in the eyes and asked. Isabelle did not know what to say. She looked at her friend with pity.

It's been fourteen years since Elvira last heard of her son. She missed his laughter, his voice, his hug and his smell. She missed everything about him.

"My son is a grown man. He looks exactly like his father" Elvira said with a smile and Isabelle nodded her head.

The door opened and Carissa and Dyosa entered. "Didn't I tell you that it won't happen?" Carissa said with a smile on her face.

"Yes. You won anyways" Dyosa said with disappointment on her face.

It seems like they don't know what was happening.

When Elvira heard their voices, she immediately wiped away her tears and a smile appeared on her face.

"Anak, you are back" Elvira said pretending as if nothing happened.

Carissa immediately noticed something was wrong with her mother. "Nay, what is wrong with you? Have you been crying?"

"No, no, something entered my eyes, so it looks like I have been crying, hahaha" she lied.

Carissa looked at their faces and she knew something was wrong immediately. "You all look pale. Did something happened? Tell us now" she was worried.

Lola belen stood up and walked over to Carissa. "We were all waiting for the both of you. We are all cooking together today, right Elvira?"

"Ah, yes, the both of you should follow me to the kitchen" she said and grabbed Dyosa's and Carissa's hand and dragged them to the kitchen.