Warming the Ice Queen's Tears

Chapter 44.2

"Aiden, what is going on?" Aunt Therese burst through the door with Uncle Ben on her trail. "The board is petitioning you to step down. You are neglecting your job and we're losing the company."

"Calm down, honey."

"Ben... Aiden... We haven't taken care of the problem in our main branch and now..." she sighed tiredly. "What are we going to do?"

I raked my hand through my hair as Uncle Ben comfort Auntie, rubbing circles on her back.

Hindi ko na alam ang gagawin ko. I haven't told them both what we had discovered. Masyadong patung patong na ang lahat. It only happened three days ago pero dahil sa mga dumadating na pangyayari, parang... It's too much. Lagi lang akong nandito sa loob. Sitting, looking somewhere far away.

Gusto kong pumunta doon at mag-imbestiga, kahit si Azel pero hindi kami makaalis ng bansa. I just had my men go there. Naguguluhan parin ako. Hanggat hindi ko nakikita ang katawan ng kapatid ko, hindi ako maniniwalang wala na siya.

Nakatanggap ako kanina ng tawag bago pa sila dumating. One of my men told me that no remains were still found from the three missing people.

Uncle was still trying to calm Auntie down. They're now sitting on the sofa inside my home office.

"Where's Al?"

My heart sunk with the name. Hindi ko alam ang isasagot kay Uncle kaya nanatili akong tahimik. "Why would you take her to rest first? I know you and Auntie are tired." I said changing the topic.

"We're fine Aiden. Why won't you give us a sight on what's going on." Tumingin ako sa seryosong mukha ni Uncle. Buti nalang nawala sa isip niya ung tanong kanina. Lumitaw ang mga linya sa gilid ng mga mata niya nang ngumiti ito ng bahagya. I admire Uncle Ben because he always remained calm with any problems. I'm glad Auntie has someone like him. Not like me who had his mind jumbled up.

Lumapit si Aunte sa tabi niya at ipinaliwanag ko ang lahat.

"With what happened to R-Rainne..." I started with a heavy heart.

According to the investigation, it was not an accident. Someone-and I knew who that someone was planted a bomb causing the accident kung nasan ang mga empleyado ko at si Rainne or Alonna. Syempre...sino ba ang main suspect kung hindi ang may-ari ng eroplano. Ako.

Our assets and bank accounts were frozen by the government until the investigation's over. We couldn't do anything about it. Nagpetisyon kami pero hindi pa naaaprubahan. Nalaman din nila na kaibigan ko ang attorney ni Rainne kaya kasama rin siya sa naakusahan because almost all of her company's money was missing. I didn't even fcking know that he was her attorney. They assumed conspiracy.

Hindi lang 'yan. The worst part was that the construction of Rainne's subdivision and my mall beside it collapsed. Biglang bumigay ang lupa ng dalawang site kaya bumagsak lahat. May mga taong nasaktan at pumunta na don si Azel agad but he was arrested the next day.

Bakit? Dahil trabaho niyang siguraduhin na maayos ang tinatayuan ng mga ito. Both company, mine and Rainne's pressed charges against him. It was not my decision. I was temporarily out of my position to do anything.

Cindy's family was involved too. Sa kanila kami kumukuha ng mga materyales at lumabas sa imbestigasyon na mababang uri ang ibinibigay nila.

Everything was in chaos. R&A Envision Corp was losing money bringing us all down... kasama na rin ang mga share holders na kabilang ang pamilya ni Azel.

Hindi pa nareresolve ang gulo sa main branch tapos na freeze lahat ng assets namin. May mga nasaktan din sa mga gumuhong construction at nanghihingi ng suporta.