NEGATIVE RESULT

Ting dong!

Katsuo opened the door and received the envelope from the messenger. His informed by this delivery ahead.

They just finished breakfast. They were served with: a variety of Rice balls with pickled plum or tuna, with seaweed wrap or enoki mushrooms, chicken, or even cheese. Gluten free tempora of shrimps, peas, zucchini, and eggplant, daikon and carrot salad, chawanmushi, and fruits of papaya, melon, and apples and green tea.

Katsuo invited them in the living room, he said: "I have here is the DNA result. I will not open it. I will accept you as Maketa's family without this."

Silence.

"Please open it we want to know the truth," Tony said.

Maketa said, "If my father said so, I'm happy with it."

"I suggest we open it so that the truth has no loose ends. We need to accept the hard truth and decide later." Juan said.

"Well then, Let's open it," Katsuo said.

Katsuo's hands are shaking as he is opening the well-sealed DNA result.

Ichika get the scissors and gave to him, he cut the edge of the envelope and get the five result, will he read the first result?

Katsuo desire to find the truth, but this few days, he was also in love with this family, that he doesn't want to break it up again if the result is negative. They all feel in a dilemma to open it or not.

Now, he takes a deep breath, and read it.

"NEGATIVE" Not related in any way.

Maketa, Ichika cried.

Ruthie sadly pat their back.

Jacky comforted Juan and embraced him.

Ely and Luz can not believe what they hear.

Katsuo can not see the paper because of his tears flowing. He put the papers on the table.

Then a long crying, then silence with sobbing. Nobody can move, the sadness is unbearable that even the employees looking are also crying.

This is the mourning that happened in this house with no dead person.

Then the silence was broken.

"No, that is not true! Ely cried.

" What do you mean? Luz asked him.

"Are you saying the laboratory result was altered? Katsuo asked.

" They can not do that, Dad!" Jacky defended her school.

"I will fire them if they do that!" Maketa said.

"I will not just fire them but imprisonment will be their reward!" Katsuo said with voice rising.

"That first document could be Tony's result. He is not related to Martha genetically. Ely said in Japanese.

Katsuo wipes his tears and tries to look again. "Yes, it's Tony's result."

A hush descended on them.

He hurriedly checks the next paper and it was Ruthie's result. He flips the paper and it says, POSITIVE, They are related.

Ruthie jump, Yehey! and embrace her mother Martha.

Juan and Paulo also are Positive, they had a group hug. And Tony joined them.

Katsuo and Ichika joined them also. They had a long hug, with tears, they cried. Then...

The cries turned to smile and laughter.

"Let's celebrate," Ichika shouted.

All their employees clapped. Ely, Luz, and Jacky clapped with tears.

The long search is now finally fulfilled.

Katsuo called his lawyers for a scheduled meeting.

"I'm sorry Tony that I did not remember you. I'm already seeing you blurry but I'm confident that your love and what you have done to our children is proof of your love. You have raised them well and I'm thankful that you all have found me." Martha said.

"Let's start again, let's make a new life with our children," Tony said.

"Let's explore Tokyo. Ely, Luz, and Jacky, we want you to join us" Katsuo said.

"We can join you this weekend, sir" Luz said.

"I suggest that you file a leave in your companies for one month if possible, we will tour not only Tokyo. If they will not approve, tell me, I will talk to the owners. If they will ever fire you,

I can install you to positions that will be greater than what you have now." Katsuo said with authority.

"We will sir," Ely said.

"When will your classes start? Maketa asked Jacky.

" Next month Mother, the three of us," Jacky answered.

"That's good, we have time to bond," Ichika said.

Juan is controlling the agency by phone, email, and video calls. He has projects on his mind and he is getting many ideas and technology here in Japan. He always talks to his boss Alex Rollo. Alex is so happy with the news of finding Martha.

Tony is exporting tons of fruits and vegetables locally in the Philippines and to Japan through his trusted officers and staff of Goldenfruits Inc.

Katsuo finds everything about them through his paid detectives. The reports are all satisfactory. He is happy that Maketa's family is a real Christian family.

"I have the reports of my detectives to find anything about you all. They are satisfactory. Please understand that I did this to protect Maketa. Now, I have no worries." Katsuo said.

Katsuo gathered them in the small conference room in his house only high executives of the Takuma empire can enter that room.

These are suggestions :

" Tony, you can expand your business here in Japan, not only in Tokyo but to other regions as well"

"Ely we can make our new company that you can be the President if you want with Luz as your CEO."

"Juan, after you finish your law in the Philippines, you can study International law here in Japan."

"Paulo we can build a Gallery for your paintings in the Philippines and Japan."

"Ruthie can head a business here after you finished your business administration course."

"Jacky has a great future in TMDU, I'm one of the major stockholders of that university and hospital."

Those are future possibilities that we can work out as we go.

So I want you to give me one proposal each that we can do those directions and we will study it and see how we can implement it the best as we can.

Everybody is happy to hear it.

Now we will start with the family tour.