Shela’s little sister, mum-of-one Bennylyn, had such a bright future ahead of her
Shela Aquino, 36
Cuddling with my baby niece in the living room, I heard my sister Bennylyn, then 23, cooking and singing in the kitchen.
After finishing, Bennylyn lifted her daughter, Jellica, then three months, from me, into her arms.
‘Hello sweetheart,’ she cooed to her girl.
It was 2018 and Bennylyn had blossomed into a wonderful mum.
Although I was nine years older than Bennylyn, she was my best friend.
We’d grown up in the Philippines very poor.
But we always made
