The President's Son #1 (Sandro's Home)

Chapter 62

Sandro's POV:

Hindi niya napigilan na hindi suntukin ang kanyang kapatid. Pinigilan naman siya ng kanyang ina sa pagsugod muli sa kanyang kapatid na hindi naman nanlaban sa kanya.

"Enough Sandro, your brother was not also expecting that Iona will leave like that" sabi ng kanyang mommy.

"I get it that you wanted to be fancy and such Simon but only if you had told me sooner where she is, maybe she won't disappear like a bubble." naghihinakit na saad niya sa kanyang kapatid. Yumuko lang ito at humingi ng tawad sa kanya. Afterward, Simon handed him a letter, he knew exactly who wrote it, in trembling hands, he accepted it from his brother.

"Hi Mahal, when you receive this letter I may not be in this country anymore. I won't keep it from you that yes I went abroad to maybe start a new life away from everyone. I told myself that I don't want to be married to someone who has the will and means to run as a politician, but I still choose you. Please, don't look for me anymore, just pursue your dreams and be happy. By the time we meet again I do hope that there will still be a chance for us to continue what we started but I don't want to be selfish if ever you can't wait for me any longer be free to love someone else. A week from now you'll be receiving our annulment papers coming from Blake's law firm. I had given my statements and my lawyer will handle everything, I want us to grow separately. Everything happened so fast between us, this time let's make ourselves better and understand what sacrifices and love really mean. When I had my stay in Baguio I did a lot of revisions and thinking, that maybe your love for me wasn't that deep enough for me to stay, that maybe it all happened for us to learn and teach us a lot of things. There's no word to express how much I love you Sandro but I think it's about time for us to go on with different paths to take. I'll be honest with you that I still have lots of issues when it comes to my family. Please don't get involved anymore if you ever want to know about the truth. I want you to be safe as well as with all the Marianos and other people who are important to me. I want to keep my own family's safety as well. I'm referring to the Arellanos. I hope now that I'm gone and far from everyone, you can finally have the best time of your lives. If you ever had the chance to talk to one of my Aunts, tell them that I'm safe and they don't need to worry anymore. I'm still positive that I could see you all again but let us not get our hopes high this time haha. I love you Sandro, but I need to go now. I'll see you when I see you" doon nagtatapos ang sulat ni Iona para sa kanya, hindi niya mapigilan ang humagulgol sa harapan ng kanyang pamilya, he just can't accept that Iona left him so broken as of this moment, why does it need to happen to them. Kinalma naman siya ng kanyang ina at tinignan ng kanyang ama ang sulat na iniwan ni Iona. When his father spoke determinedly.

"Sandro, move your ass, we won't stop like this. We need to find out what Iona is trying to avoid and what she is scared of, if it is about her family and she mentioned not for us to get involved then I'm not buying that. Iona grew up with us and she is a part of our family. She is now one of the Marianos, and a Mariano needs to help a family. Simon gather all the information you can get, Sandro collect your shits and move. I'm going to ask for help from everyone I know. We won't back down and we will bring Iona back. If we need to fight against a giant we will." His father is determined and that gave him the strength he needed to find out everything and bring Iona back. In order for us to know more, we need to start from the very beginning that will be the Arellanos . The next days were very busy for all of them, they try to contact one member from the Arellanos pero wala ni isa sa mga ito ang sumasagot. While Simon asked for Syrin's help which the woman agreed to, they found out that a woman named Blaire is now handling all of Iona's assets and that Iona is with Blake right now but she doesn't know where exactly they are. They went to check the airlines and there it was confirmed that they took a flight to US exactly at New York city, hindi niya maiwasang magalit ng malaman niyang si Blake ang kasama ng kanyang asawa, hindi siya pwedeng personal na maghanap sa mga ito that's why they asked for detective from Syrin's agency to look for his wife as he was also busy with the campaign. Christmas and New year passed by and he celebrated them with his family but he doesn't feel complete. It's a new year and they've got even more busier as for the election is approaching, until now wala pa ding progress sa mga Arellano na kataka-takang tahimik sa nakalipas na mga buwan, as for Iona and Blake hindi pa din nila mahanap ang mga ito. Hinalughog nila ang New York but from there wala ng ibang lead parang biglang nawala ang mga ito. As for the campaign it's an obvious landslide for my father's win, nagtataka sila na walang nakukuhang suporta ang kabilang kampo mula sa pamilya Arellano at sa mga tauhan ng mga ito pero labis silang nagtaka na ang pamilya Cong ay biglang nagpakita ng suporta sa kalaban na dati rati naman ay hindi nakikialam sa pulitika o di kaya'y tahimik lamang na tumutulong sa mga tumatakbong kandidato. They've started investigating about the Congs pero ang nakalap ni Simon na impormasyon sa mga ito ay ang illegal activities at ang partisipasyon ng mga ito sa underground at blackmarket. Dahil sa nalaman hindi pumayag ang kanyang daddy na ipagpatuloy ni Simon ang pag-imbestiga na siya naman lg tinutulan ng kanyang kapatid but he's father insisted that it's a very dangerous case so he let Syrin's father to take over the investigation of digging more dirts of the Cong. As for him kung may chance na lumabas siya ng ibang bansa he's busy tracking down his wife, actually matagal na niyang nareceive ang annulment papers na tinutukoy nito sa iniwang sulat pero hindi niya ito pinirmahan. Busy naman ang kanyang ama sa pagtrack sa mga miyembro ng Arellano na hanggang ngayon ay wala pa ding paramdam sa publiko pero may mga pribadong tao na nagpahayag ng kanilang suporta at tumutulong sa kanila, they're are also investigating these people kung saan galing ang mga ito.