To whom it may concern,

What gives you the audacity to even try to deceive me? Who do you think you are? What makes you think you are doing the right thing? I am no longer angry at you but I am disappointed in you. I hope you realize what you're doing. - Cel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A little background on the letter above that I secretly wish I really sent: I grew up 23 years thinking I was the only child. Throughout the years my mother would subtly bring up the fact that I'm not <i>really</i> an &quot;only child&quot;, but I assumed she meant it was because she had a miscarriage before having me. Fast forward to the present year, I recently acquired some information that tells me I have a half-brother over seas. He is my father's illegitimate son. He was born shortly before my father arrived here in the U.S., married my mom, and then had me. From what he tells me, he has never seen or talked to him ever. His brothers &amp; sisters (my uncles and aunts) have and they say he looks exactly like our Dad. I don't know if they keep in touch with him because they won't tell me a thing and it frustrates me. At the time, I was told he was in Taiwan by my Dad so I attempted to look for him by bugging all my other relatives and by searching online. This is where the letter comes in. I thought I found him on myspace and I was absolutely thrilled! I saw his stastics: male, 26, Taiwan, married, proud parent. Ok. His profile photo was a little sketchy because when I clicked on it, it was nothing more than a thumbnail. I messaged him numerous times, No response. For three weeks. To make a long story short, one of my cousins calls me letting me in on a secret: another cousin of ours created a false account to fool me into thinking I found my brother. F*cking sh*t! Who f-ing does that!? I call my Dad asking him what the real deal is. On his recent trip to the Philippines he met up with his mistress (my brother's mother) at my aunt's village, and she refuses to give him any information on him. All he knows is that his name is <b>Ricky Bayquen</b>, he's maybe 25-27 years old, living in Korea now, and is married with one child. Apparently we're both in the same boat of confusion. Why won't anybody let us talk to him or meet him and why is everyone so secretive about it? Is he not really our blood? Is there some ultra shameful family secret that I don't know about? What's the deal? The reason why I'm making this public and putting my business on blast is because I know Flickr reaches thousands of people all around the world and if someone, <i>anyone</i>, knows anything that can help I will greatly appreciate it. That <i>and</i> I'm pretty sure she'll read the letter that was intended for her. *sigh*