Nabalot ng katahimikan ang malaking bahay ng mga magulang ni Alpheus nang tanungin niya ang mga ito tungkol sa kapatid niyang si Abel. Ethan might not be that stable but he knew that the man wasn’t lying when he said that Abel was from the orphanage.
Nag-angat ng mukha si Adelina at tumango. “Silverio and I had no idea that I was already pregnant when we adopted Abel. Totoong bibo ang kapatid nito. But there was something about Abel that caught our affection. Tahimik siya at hindi palakibo pero mabait siya.”
Nalungkot si Alpheus sa nalaman. Mabuting tao si Abel at kung mabibigyan siya ng pagkakataong pumili ng kapatid ay ito pa rin ang pipiliin niya. He was always gentle, reserved but warm, quiet but protective.
“When he was old enough to understand what adoption is, we explained everyt
