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Dirge stood up and hastened to the car. He opened the door to the passenger’s door and brought out the black parcel.
He handed it to Lana, who collected it slowly. Then he fell to his lares, still feeling remorseful.
ap, you idiot!” Clarissa snarled at hins but he didn’t move. Slowly, he raised beddened eyes to look at Lana, who was glaring hand at him.
“Do you want people to think et me as someone who maltreats their employees?” she said through clenched teeth “this is a public place. What the hell are you lateling down for?”
Emmediately, he spring to his teet, but still kept his eyes on the floor. His hands were clasped together in front of him and he looked so pitiful that Lana n
She stared at the black Lacquer box in front of her. It had a purple ribbon around it. Lana stared at the box for what seemed to be the longest of minutes.
What was in it? What had Laura left for her?
The box was small, only about a foot long and it felt light, Lana shook it slightly again, and the rustling only aroused her curiosity the more.
“What do you think is in it?” Clarissa asked curiously.
“I don’t know.“Lana answered softly. She also wondered what Laura had left behind for her.
As curious as she was, she was not ready to open it out here in the airport. She held the box to her chest carefully, then looked at the other twe
“Let’s head to Emerald City first. Then, I’ll look into this”
She turned and walked majestically towards where her private jet was. The others briskly followed her and soon they were in the clouds, seated comfortably in the
This was a different plane than the one she used in returning to Emerald City, when she left the Romeros. It screamed wealth and it was all in her name
The seats were a deep, rich blue in battery leather and generous enough to be comfortable, incase anyone wants to sleep on it. The plane boasted of a small, efficient conference room, two sophisticated bathrooms and a bedmom. The galley was stocked hell and the chels have gotten busy.
Soon they were served dinner of steak and red wine, high in the clouds. Lana didn’t eat much, and it took every of her will power not to open the box right there in
But this was something Laura had given her. Although, she did not know what’s in it but to Lana, It felt like Laura had given her a piece of herself that she should chenhall her life. It would be sacrilege to open it here and now.
When the plane touched ground at Emerald City, It was without ceremony and Lana was grateful that it was only a handful of bodyguards that came to get her.
Just six cars full of them.
The procession of Maybachs and G–wagons slowly left the airport and rode down all the way to the Fernandez Estate Clarissa had her own driver and guards pick. let up at the airport, and now Lana was all alone in the back of her Maybach, but she still did not open the box
“Miss, welcome home. The cuids which stood in a line just after the entrance, chocused, bowing low before Lana as she strode in
“is Father home? God, it was so late and the maids were still awake. It must be a little after midnight,
Lana’s heart wrenched with pity, and she could not help but feel a little guilty that she was the one that kept them up
“No miss. He went overseas for a conference this moming.‘
The answer the maid gave lightened her heart: She did not want to go up waking her Father this late, and there was something important to tend to, so she did not want to be disturbed.
She’d call im alter
Nie wallied into her room:
room and placed the parcel on her dressing table. Kicking off her shoes, Lana sank into the chair before the table and gently ran her bands over
The surface of the box
e tugged at the ribbon and it slipped off the box, easily. Lana opened the box with trembling hands.
There was a piece of paper lying on the top of it when it opened
Nu, an envelope.
Lana grostly reached for it and took out the letter inside. She kept her hands steady as she read the words
“My dear Lana, I’m sorry I’m not telling you this in person but you’re the one currently with Damien and you know how precious he is to me.
“And we’re not together anymore.” Lana thought bitterly
You must help him and keep him away from that vicis Carter woman for she seeks to destroy everything we’ve built. I have proof here and I’m giving it to you
because I know you’ll do wellwibi ”
ana’s jaw slowly dropped as she continued to read the words, her eyes widening with shock, while her breath came out in faint gasps.
Rina does not love Damien and is in fact after the Romero Empire?
Lama stated that she discovered Rina’s plans which was why she stopped her marriage to her grandson
However, Rina had support from an unknown person and Laura decided to go overseas to find out the identity of this person herself. She, however, sent what little proot she had found demanding that Lana use it to keep her grandson sate as well as the Enspire.
Lana sat back hard, her head reeling with shock from everything she had read.
She bit her lips as she bold into the box again. It contained tape recordings.
Lana looked lost, “What did Laura want me to do with all this?”
she had no tape recording player so she knew she ought to hand them over to the police or to Damien but not before listening to them herself.
“But it’s been five years,” Lana thought as she sat back hand. She was a bit lightheaded from the shock “Even though Lanta is dead now, Romero Empire is still going strong but Rana is still there. And there’s the unknown supporter to account for. And why would she want to do something like that
More still, what did she care if the Romero Empire went down, Lana thought resentfully.
They had done nothing except to bring her pain, and the fool of a grandson is still with the same woman his grandmother wamed him against. La laid the bootaside and began to pace her room. She had kicked off her shoes and the cold marble floor was soothing against the sole of her feet, She clutched her and hair with b
Igraned outloud, “why, oh why did you send me this box, Laura?!”
h both hands, a
She paused in the middle of the room, biting her thumbs, thinking hard “It’s too late. I’ve moved on already. Damien’s not a fool. He’ll protect himself and everything Laura had created
Laura wanted her to keep the Romero Empire safe, and also keep Hina away.
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“Not after everything they’ve done. I’m never returning back to Oakcrest city. She thought spitefully “Even if the Empire goes down, they deserve all of it and
Guilt squeezed her heart, like a tight fist and she admonished herself for that thoup
thought.
She did not wish for the Romero Empire to go down. That was Laura’s life’s work Laura, who had been like a mother to her.
She groaned again as she continued her pacing. The shrill sound of her ringtone made her stop and reach for her cellphone. She glanced at the caller 10 and froze
What perfect timing. ” she muttered, “No
“Now it’s time fory
ryou to make a decision, Laba.”
