During the family dinner that evening, they had talked again as usual.
At one point Mariam even asked, “Aside from Lolo Osvaldo and Lola Rebecca’s disapproval of Corazon Medina, is there any other much graver reason for the Medinas to hate them, Mommy Des, and Oli, Lola?”
Lola Ofelia paused for a while and then narrated, “I think that Cirilo is blaming Osvaldo and Virgirlio for the death of his first wife, who was Conrado’s biological mother. Preciosa is Cirilo’s second wife and Corazon is their daughter. Aurora was the name of his first wife if I am not mistaken. Aurora has near her due date already when she got into a vehicular accident. She was severely injured. Before she lost consciousness, she said to all the first responders and doctors who attended to her to save her baby. Cirilo
