Ten Years Later

Author: ABS-CBN Interactive

Summary:

Sister Aida brings the abandoned baby boy to the orphanage and immediately tends to his needs. She takes off his bracelet thinking that it would only hurt the baby's tender skin. The other nun, sister Caridad wonders at the cruelty of the mother who deserted the poor thing but Sister Aida tells her to simply pray and thank the Lord for keeping the infant alive. The jolly nun decides to call him Bonifacio or Bong and then hides the mystical stone on a box inside an altar's cabinet.

The next morning, Myra awakes on the river finding Gabriel gone! She then becomes hysterical while screaming for her son's name. Seeking the aid of Isidro's mother, the scene that she witnesses upon reaching their house stops her. The tragic death of Isidro has been discovered and Doña Ingrid is panic-stricken with shock and fury for the fate of her only son! The police officers merely look on while she demands God to bring Isidro back. Nicassio then saves himself by blaming the deed on Myra saying that he saw her stab Isidro to death and runs away!

Later, Nicassio shows a photo of Myra to the law enforcers, hinting that she can't escape their town since she is penniless. True enough, they spot her on a bakeshop looking ragged in her grubby clothes. Then they proceed to arrest her for a crime she didn't commit. In prison, Doña Ingrid forces Myra to tell her where the baby is. However, she doesn't believe that the boy was swept by the river and instead, accuses her for being a terrible mother. Upon seeing Nicassio, Myra screams incoherently but defending herself is simply too late.

At home, Doña Ingrid refuses to believe that her grandson is dead despite Nicassio's conviction that it is possible that Myra also killed her baby just like what he did to her husband. She insists that she feels it in her gut that the baby is still alive and she will do anything just to find him. Devious as ever, Nicassio volunteers to head the search together with his false promises that he has nothing but good intentions for the family.

In the bar, Nicassio celebrates his fatherhood as he learns that Divina is carrying his child. With this, Divina excitedly asks him when they can break the news to his mom so they can start planning their wedding. Horrified, Nicassio clarifies that he has no intention to tie the knot and she should be grateful that he's willing to take responsibility for the unborn child. Worse, he plans to use the kid as a replacement for the lost baby of Isidro. Divina vehemently rebuffs this but Nicassio threatens to kill her next.

Alarmed, Divina quickly packs her things to escape her lover's evil plans. Though confused, her friend Charisse follows suit when she told her that Nicassio may hurt her if she opts to stay. As if on cue, Nicassio arrives and angrily knocks on their door. Running for their lives, they flee through the back window with their assailant on their heels. Getting away from him is not the end of their ordeal though. Divina bleeds to death after giving birth to a baby safely. But before she dies, she tells a frightened Charisse to take care of her infant and never give it to Nicassio.

Ten years passed and Myra is still serving her sentence in jail. Though life has thrown her much pain and sufferings, she is filled with hope that one day she'll be reunited with Gabriel.

Meanwhile, an orphan's imagination is running wild as he begins to tell his prospective parents a ghoulish story. Sister Aida hushes him and asks him to go back to his room first. Assuming that he will be taken away now, he starts to distribute all his possessions to the other kids including his prized collection of comics to his bestfriend. His Ate Shane then accompanies him back to the nun's office to join his new family. But all his hopes are crushed when he finds the couple gone.

Language: English