One Night With The Prince 31 Making A Tough Decision.

Andrea looked at Alexa, basically asking if she should stay or go... Alexa nodded, and Andrea left the two alone, locking the door from the outside so no one could come in and disturb them while in there talking.

As soon as Andrea Left, grandma Santos asked Alexa to sit down. Alexa who was almost out of her mind followed suit without thinking. She took a chair and pulled it out to sit down. Still at a loss and confused about what was going on. "What is this all about grandma? What is so important that you asked Andrea to leave? Don't tell me you have some type of cancer and you're dying: don't tell me that's what this is all about? Please!"

Grandma Santos reached out for Alexa's two hands before replying. [1] "Apo, listen to me, and listen very well to what I am about to tell you."

'Oh, no! Don't tell me she has cancer and she's dying. No!!!'- Alexa was thinking to herself. "Yes, [2] Lola, I'm listening, go ahead tell me." Her voice was cracking and about ready to burst into tears.

Grandmother Santos went into detail about what happened earlier that day. She did not leave out anything, and she even went into detail about her true ident.i.ty and about her mother's family who had no idea about her existence at all. Lastly, grandma Santos gave her the blessing to decide what she wanted to do with that information.

"Alexa, Apo, you know I have never treated you any different from your cousin Andrea, ever since the day your mother brought you to me to take care of you, I have loved you like you are my own flesh and blood. You know that right?" Grandmother Santos at this point had started crying, eyes full of tears as she spoke.

"I know it was wrong of me to hide your true ident.i.ty and let you live a life full of hards.h.i.+p when you could have been living in comfort; if I had returned you to any of your mother's relatives. However, I had made a promise to your mother, and I wanted to keep it and take it to my grave. Except that fate has decided for us and here we are..."

Alexa was unsure of what to say. She became speechless. One thing she knew for sure was that deep down inside her, and she had been longing for a father figure in her life hence she was glad to know that her father had been searching for her all this time. She was happy and sad at the same time that tears started to form in her beautiful eyes.

Alexa pulled her hands away, got up and turned her back to grandmother Santos before she spoke.

"Lola...- I don't know what to say to you nor what do right now... Should I be happy that I come from a family with money? Or should I be sad knowing I must go to them and leave you? Which one is it, please? Tell me, grandma!" From the sound of Alexa's voice, grandma Santos knew that Alexa was in pain and was trying her best not to cry. It was one of Alexa's traits: she never liked showing her true feelings, not even to her own grandmother.

"Whatever you decide to do, I will support you. Just know that I am here and I will always be here for you." The sadness in grandmother Santos' voice was evident too in the way and tone she spoke.

'What should I do? G.o.d! Please, tell me what to do?' Then they stayed silent for quite a while. Neither one spoke, both were afraid that it would inflict more pain if either one said anything.

After what seemed to be an eternity, Alexa spoke. "I want to meet my biological father and maybe someday my mother's family as well," Alexa said without turning to look at grandmother Santos' reaction.

"For the time being, please, don't let anyone from the family find out what you just told me; especially Andrea. I'm afraid she won't be able to accept it easily." Alexa then turned around and left the room without turning to look at grandmother Santos. She did not want her grandma to see how much she was hurting at the moment, and also she was not ready to forgive her for lying to her or instead keeping such ma.s.sive secret from her all her life.

Grandmother Santos was not happy about it, but there's nothing she could do but wait for Alexa to come around... If she would ever come back home to her or never return. This made her really afraid.

Note:

[1] Apo [Grandchild] Tagalog-[English]

[2] Lol [Grandmother] " "