Volatile Shadow

4. Stress reliever

"Hey." I look to where Cassandra is sitting. she's already indulging herself with the house's bar.

I hope she hasn't emptied a whole bottle yet. It'll lead to a hangover she'll regret.

"Hey." She greets back, pouring a newly opened bottle of wine. "Checking up on me already?" She sees my worried look.

"Guessed right. Wanted to see if you're okay." I sit on the bar stool, right next to where she's sitting too. "You alright?"

"I'm not drinking cause Galan was being an idiot. Again." She scoffs. "Although, I guess you can say it's another list of reasons I'm still gonna continue..." She gives a stressed out look down to the glass she's holding.

Another list of reasons? Must be work then.

"You had a stressful day, huh?" She glances back at me, and nods.

"And seeing Galan like that was definitely not the best way to end your day..." I sigh at the realisation. She already seemed done with it all, even before we arrived.

When's her big brother gonna learn?

Galan's twin sister, Cassandra Vetrova. The exact opposite of her brother, in a lot of ways.

Not just in gender, but personality too. More reserved, more disciplined, especially to the public eye.

Wouldn't want one of the heads of the company to cause a scandal with a daily escapade.

She's younger than Galan by mere minutes, and yet she fills that big sister role perfectly.

I guess it was necessary for Casssandra to take that role, Galan's antics didn't exactly help with her options.

"I'm sorry that I did that to you." I apologise to her. I feel guilty for not watching over Galan today.

"Sorry?" She chuckles at my attempted apology. "You're talking like it's your fault."

"I am the one who's meant to protect your family, the dumbass included." I jokingly say, pointing to the hallway that leads to her brother's room. She's smiling a bit more now.

"I told you that you can have a free day for yourself today." She sips her drink, it's still half full. "Galan was the one who got into trouble on his own."

But Galan wasn't the one who started the trouble this time though... At least not initially.

I'll save that discussion for tomorrow, I'd rather not put more stress on Cassie. She already seems to be hit with it already.

"May I ask what's got you so drained?" It's unusual for her to be this worn out. "Did something happen?"

She let's out an exhausted sigh."The meeting that's coming up soon... After the funeral. You know. That one."

The one about Angel Castellanos. One of the city's founders.

Well, not founder, more like, essential entrepreneur.

He was one of the individuals that helped with Angel Gate's creation around 60 years ago, he greatly help fund the whole construction, alongside others.

While the government did permit the creation of Angel Gate, they didn't step up to the work that much.

Mr. Castellanos is the one everyone knows as one of the true saviours of this area after the disaster.

Amongst the other entrepreneurs who assisted as well, he's one of the most remembered by the public. Being given the title of "Founder of Angel Gate", has the whole damn city named after him too.