Hearing these words, Antonio could not keep his balance and almost fell.
Hector rushed to hold him up, at the same time, pulled out a paternity test and handed it to his father.
-Dad, read this document. Last time I came home on purpose and took a hair of yours to make an identification with my sister’s hair. I finally found out that she is my biological sister.
As he spoke, he laughed himself silly. He was very handsome and beautiful, but this time he was grinning like an idiot.
-In fact, there is no need for any paternity test, as long as you go to see her, you will know that Albina is from our family.
Antonio clutched the paternity test document and his fingers trembled.
-Albina. Her name is Albina now, right?
-Yes, Albina Espina,” said Hector, raising his eyebrows. What a coincidence! Albina was adopted by a family that also has the surname Espina, so my sister’s surname is still Espina.
-Good!
Antonio said excitedly, apart from saying well, he didn’t know what to say anymore.
Suddenly, Hector and his father heard the sound of a chair moving behind them.
Only then did Hector remember his mother and turned around together with his father.
Bianca’s eyes were already red and tears were streaming down her face. She trembled and almost stumbled toward Hector.
Hector rushed to hold her and said:
-Mom, are you okay?
Bianca no longer cared to answer him, her fingers gripped Hector’s neck tightly, and her teary eyes stared up at him.
-Is it true that you found my daughter?
Her tears glistened in her eyes and she was very nervous.
-I have found her, I have a picture, mom. I’ll show you my sister’s picture.
Hector took his phone out of his pocket in a hurry.
The father also approached them, and the three of them were almost head to head, their eyes fixed on the phone screen.
Hector showed a picture from a fashion magazine and pointed to his sister.
-Mom, Dad, look, this is my sister. She is now a very famous fashion designer, her works even appeared in Paris Fashion. Now she has her own studio, she is very excellent.
Antonio picked up the phone and looked at the photo again and again with the mother.
It really was as Hector had said, there was no need for any paternity test, just with one look, they already knew that the girl in the photo was a member of the Espina family.
In the photo, Albina was wearing a neat outfit and smiling confidently. She was very bright and beautiful.
Where they didn’t know, that little girl had grown so much that she could stand on her own and become a prominent presence in the eyes of others.
-She’s our daughter, she’s our daughter.
Bianca cried out excitedly with her voice hoarse from sobs and the tears were falling unceasingly.
Her husband was worried about her and quickly patted her back and reassured her a little.
-Yes, she is our daughter, we have found our daughter. You should be happy and smile. Don’t cry, look, your face is already dirty.
Bianca showed a smile, but she was still crying. Now she was losing her elegance, she looked a little miserable and unconcerned about her image, but it was very real.
Hector looked at his parents with a tenderness in his eyes that even he didn’t know he had.
Hector’s parents paid no heed to their eldest son, rather they stared at the photo and watched Albina closely once more.
-“Honey, Albina’s eyes look just like yours, they are very pretty,” said Bianca.
Her father’s voice was filled with pride:
-True! Bianca, Albina’s nose and mouth look like yours, how beautiful she is! She doesn’t look like her siblings, she only inherited the pretty parts from us. Her picture is already so pretty, maybe in person she looks even better.
Hector was speechless.
“Well, it means Albina inherited the good genes, but I didn’t.”
-Dad, you’re right, Albina looks good, this photo doesn’t show half of her beauty.
When Hector finished his words, his parents looked at him at the same time.
-Have you seen her in person?
-Of course,” Hector looked at them in confusion. If I hadn’t seen the real person, how could I have gotten her hair for the paternity test?
-Imbecile! -The father couldn’t hold back his scolding, “It means you discovered this fact early, why didn’t you tell us in time?
-I… I wasn’t sure and I was afraid that you would rejoice in vain, that’s why I decided to do a paternity test -Hector hurried to explain- I told you as soon as I got the result, that’s why I came back early in the morning!
Hector’s parents were still angry.
-We don’t need to do the paternity test, we can identify her as our family just by looking at her,” said the father.
He looked at Albina’s photo again, suddenly took out his own cell phone, found a photo and put it next to Albina’s photo.
-No wonder I felt familiar with Albina, it turns out she looks a lot like my mom when she was young.
Bianca also went over to look at the two photos, indeed, besides the noses and mouths, even the shapes of the faces and eyes were very similar.
At the mention of this, Hector again showed his pride.
-I also think Albina looks a lot like grandmother, so I did this research.
His father looked at him with a smile and said:
-Well done! Then we don’t blame you for keeping this discovery from us. Go take Albina back quickly, why are you still here? Go do it.
Bianca also suddenly reacted to hearing these words.
-Yes, yes, go pick up Albina,” as she said, she ran off. I still have to tidy up the house again and also Albina’s room.
Although their daughter had not been found, there was always a bedroom for her in the Espina family mansion.
There were only two rooms on the second floor, one was Hector’s and the other was reserved for his daughter.
The room was cleaned every day and every time Bianca saw something nice when she went shopping, she would buy it for her daughter.
Everyone in the Espina family knew this, except their youngest son, Adrian.
He was young and capricious, and only knew that there was a room on the second floor that was locked every morning after it was cleaned, and no one could enter except his parents.
-Hector, do you know what Albina likes to eat? I have to prepare her favorite food before she comes back.
Albina was only two years old when she left home. Back then, she was still drinking milk and eating things for the children. So many years passed, Bianca didn’t know her eating habit now.
Bianca was eager to know everything about her daughter and looked at Hector anxiously.
Hector sighed and took his mother by the arm.
-Mom, don’t be in a hurry, I still have something to say -he paused and whispered- Albina still doesn’t know her true identity yet.