KINIKILABUTAN si Maya nang maisip na kaapilyedo pa ng nanay niya ang ina ni Yoshin. Hindi siya mapakali at nagbabakasakaling nagkataon lang na magkapareho ng surname. Marami naman kasing ganoon, same surname pero hindi naman magkadugo.
“What’s wrong?” balisang tanong ni Yoshin.
Si Boyet na ang sumagot. “Nanay’s surname was also Vergara.”
Nagimbal din si Yoshin. “I know it’s possible, but she didn’t know my mother, right?”
“W-Who is your mother’s father?” tanong naman ng kan’yang ina.
“I didn’t meet my grandfather from the mother's side, not even my grandmother. My mom said that she was an adopted daughter of my grandmother, who was once my grandfather’s housemaid,” ani Yoshin.
Kumurap-kurap si Maya nang may napagtanto. Naalala rin niya ang kuwento ni Yoshin tungkol sa nanay nito, at
