Let's Go To Novaliches

Alex sat down on the chair with his hand in his hair. He was trembling. Elvira walked over to him and knelt down beside him.

"Alex... No, I mean Leonel, listen to me" she picked up the paper from the floor and showed it to Alex. "You are my son. That day you were leaving my house, remember I told you to leave the room and I will help you arrange your things" she hesitated and burst into tears. "I took your hair that day from your brush and I went to the hospital for a DNA test and the result came out as positive"

Alex raised his head to look at Elvira. "You took my hair?"

Elvira nodded her head and apologized. "I am sorry. I should have told you, but I don't know how to explain to you that you are my son"

"I don't believe you!" he yelled angrily.

"If you don't then we can have another test done and I promise it will be positive again"

Carissa prayed that Alex will believe everything her mother told him. She is just so happy that her long lost brother is alive.

Elvira stretched out her hand to pat Alex's back, but he moved to the other side of the chair.

"Don't touch me" he said

Elvira's heart ached. Being a mother, her son was rejecting her. She did not know why Alex can't remember anything.

Elvira raised her head to look up at her mother and tears rolled down her cheeks.

Mrs belen took three steps and sat down beside Alex. His face was sad and at the same time, his face showed how angry he is.

Mrs. belen placed her hand on his back and patted him gently. Alex turned his head to look at her and she smiled at him.

They stared at each other for three seconds then Alex stood up from the chair and said, "All of you should leave my house" his voice was cold. "I am begging you all to leave my house before I loose it now" he shouted and it frightened Elvira.

She took Mrs. belen by the hand and turned to leave without looking back. Carissa stood still looking at Alex. Tears run down her cheeks. She wished she could change his mind and let him know that they are his real family.

Alex turned and saw Carissa still in his house. "What are you still doing here? Go away!"

"Kuya Leonel, if you don't believe the DNA test mother did is real then you can have another one done" with that, she turned and left the house.

After they left, Alex sat on the chair and his hand were at the back of his head. He turned subconsciously and saw the photo Elvira gave him on the floor. He stood up and walked towards the photo. He squat and picked the photo. He looked at it for three seconds and thought, "If they are telling the truth then why can't I remember them?"

At alvardo street, Binondo.

Isabelle and Dyosa has been pacing up and down the living room waiting for them to come back. Dyosa stopped and turned to her mother.

"Nay, what if they don't succeed on making Kuya Alex realised that they are his family?"

"No, stop saying negative things. Let just pray that he finally realize that they are his family" Isabelle said and continued to walk up and down the living room.

"Nay, what if he does not remember anything about his family? I heard that he was trapped in the fire and when the police got there, they said he was already dead and now the test result shows that he is truly tita's son. I am confused"

What Dyosa said made Isabelle stop. She walked to the couch in the living room and sat down. She thought of what Dyosa said and burst into tears.

Dyosa rushed to her mother and consoled her. "Nay, don't cry. Everything will be alright, okay? Let's just keep praying to God so he can protect them and make kuya Alex know who he really is"

Isabelle nodded her head, but she did not stop crying.

***

Inside the bus.

Elvira was staring into space. She has a lots of things on her mind. Carissa noticed her mother and brushed her arm gently.

"Nay, what are you thinking of?"

"Let's go to Novaliches"

Carissa's eyes opened wide. "What? Novaliches? Why?"

Ever since the incident happened fourteen years ago, Elvira has never talked about visiting Novaliches, or even talked about Novaliches. Carissa was surprised when her mother mentioned Novaliches.

"I want to know what happened to Leonel fourteen years ago"

Carissa was silent for few seconds and then she said, "I hope one day, kuya Alex will realise we are telling the truth and then he will come back to us"

"I hope so too" Elvira said and looked out of the window.

At south cotabota.

After they left, Alex pulled out his phone from his pocket and called his friends to come to his house. He wanted to explain everything that happened to him to them. He felt like he was going to blow out thinking about his problems.

Ten minutes later, the door opened and his friends came in. Alex was sitting on the chair with the head lowered and his face buried in this hand.

"Bok, what happened?" Cyrus asked and sat down beside him.

Alex raised his head and sadness was written all over his face. His face was pale and sweat was dripping from his forehead.

Cyrus gave him a worried look. "Are you okay? What happened?"

Alex pulled the photo Elvira gave him from his pocket and showed it to Cyrus and Horace. Horace snatched it from him and looked at it. His eyes widely opened. "Who are these people?" he asked.

Cyrus collected the photo from him and looked at it. His eyes moved from the photo to Alex's face then from Alex's face to the photo hanged on the wall. "Is this not you?" he asked pointing at the little boy in the photo.

"Yes, it's me" Alex answered.

"Then why do you look alike? The boy in the photo looks like you"

Alex was silent for five seconds. He stood up and walked towards the photo hanged on the wall. He raised his head to look at the photo and took the photo in his hand and showed it to Cyrus and Horace.

"They said they are not my real family. I was adopted by them"

Cyrus and Horace were confused. "What are you talking about Alex?" Horace asked.

"Those people in that photo are my real parents and not these people"

"I don't understand"

Alex walked to his seat and sat down. He took a deep breathe and explained everything to his friends. His friends were surprised when he told them the story.

"Are you saying that Mr. and Mrs. cabela are not your real parents?" Cyrus asked.

"I don't know. I am really confused right now. I don't know who to believe" he said in a very sad tone.

"I think you should get another DNA test done to know if they are your real family, or not" Cyrus said.

"What if they are lying? What if they are not your real family? What if the test was just fake?" Horace asked questions after questions.

"Then he should do the test in the hospital that they don't know" Cyrus answered for Alex.

Alex was confused. He don't know what to do.

"Bok, I think you should have that test done again to know who your real family are" Cyrus said and patted Alex's back gently.

Horace later agreed with his friends and they all suggested that Alex should go for another DNA test.

At Novaliches.

Elvira stood in front of her old house. The street was noisy. Children were playing with their friends on the street. Carissa looked around and smiled. Even though she could not remember everything that happened when she was young, but she knew that her Childhood here was peaceful. Elvira was about to open the door when they heard someone shout her name.

"Elvira, Elvira"