“Burn those who burned mel”

bChapter /bb47 /b

-Pete’s bPOV/bb: /b

The entire ballroom was filled with gasps, whispers, and confusion as the scene between the Michaels‘, Lockwoods, and Crests yed out. What was the true identity of the Chairman’s fiancé?

Davis looked at Aaron as if he had three heads, there was no way Rabena was rted to the Prices.

Chairman Michaelsi, /iI’m not sure who these people are, but my daughter”

Pete cut Davis off mid–sentence; he’d had enough of these fools disrespecting his niece. Pulling out a piece a paper, Pete decided to address the crowd to clear up the confusion. Aaron handed him the mic so that the entire room could hear him.

“Allow me to introduce myself. My name iis /iPete Price Chairman of Prd iTechware/i, this is my wife iGloria/i, our son Sean, his iwife /iCatherine, our granddaughter Gracie…”

Pete then turned around and gently pulled Rabena to the front. fn9b28 Th?s chapter is updated by find?novel/fn9b28

i“/iiAnd /iithis /iiis /imy niece Rabena iPrice/ii./i”

The crowd let out loud bgasps/b, as Thomas and the Crests tried to walk over, fourrge security guards stood in their way. Pete continued on.

“19 iyears /iiago/i, imy /iolder brother iPaul /iialong /iiwith /iihis /iiwife /iiGrace /iiadopted /iRabena after she ihad /ibeen iabandoned /ito an iorphanage/i. iLater /ionb, /baround the time Rabena iwas /isixi, /iiit was /iidiscovered /iithat /iithere /iiwas /iia /iihuman/i–itrafficking /iiring /iigoing /iiaround /ito different continents istealing /iibabies /iiand /iiselling /iithem /iito /ick market orphanage workers iwho /iiwere /iireceiving /iipercentages /ifor ichildren /iibeing /iadopted iout/i.”

This information stunned even Rabena, her parents never told her this information. Pete looked at Rabena with slight sadness in his eyesb, /bit looked as if he were about to reveal a dirty secret.

i“/iiShortly /iiafter /iithe /iiring /iiwas /iitaken /iidown/i, imy /ibrother iand /iisister/i–iin/ii–/iiw /iiinvestigated /ito iverify /iiif /iiRuby /iiwas /iiapart /iof ithat /iikidnapping /iring. iTurns /iout she iwas/ii./i”

Rabena could feel the blood drain from her face as her hands started to tremble. Aaron looked at his fiancé, his face filled with sorrow, he knew Pete would be revealing the full truth. He gently held her hand to give support. Damon walked up and grabbed her other hand.

i“/iiOnce /iimy /iibrother /iand ihis /iiwife /ilearned the truthi, /iithough /iit ipained /iithem /irealizing ithey /iimay /iibe losing /iitheir /iionly /iichild/ii, /ithey idecided /ito find out who iRabena’s /iibiological /iiparents /iiwere/ii. /iiThat’s /iiwhen /iiwe /iilearned /iit iwas /iithe /iiCrests/ii. /iiFiguring /iithey /iwould ibe /iihappy /ito ifind /iitheir /iilong/ii–/ilost idaughter/i, ithey /iibook /ian immediate flight to Bantoni./ii” /i

Pete turned back to Rabena; her breathing had slightly elerated as she wondered where this story was going. ncing over to the Crests, she noticed Amber and Davis looking as if all the air had been taken from them. Pete continued.

i“/iSome of you may or may not know ithis/i, but imy /iibrother /iiand /iihis /iiwife /iwere inot /iivery /iishy /iipeople/i, iand /iithey /iididn’t /iioften /iileave /ithe western icontinent /imuch iless /iitravel /ito the northern continent. iThat’s /iiwhy/i, when the iCrests /iifirst /iimet /iithem/i, ithey /iassumed ithey /iiwere /iimoners /ior at ithe /iivery /iileast /iibelow /iithem/ii. /iiWhen /ithey informed them ithey’d /iihad /itheir ibiological /idaughter ifor /ithe ipast /ii5 /i1?2 iyears/i…”

Rabena could feel the tears streaming down her face. Pete’s eyes began to water as well. Damon looked over at his parents with shock, if Pete bwas /babout to say what he thought….

“iThe /iCrests told them ithey /iididn’t /iiwant /iiRuby /iibecause /ishe had been itainted /iiby /iipeople /iibeneath /iithem/ii./i”

Loud gasps irrupted throughout the ballroom, many of the guest had btears /bin their eyes as they listened to Pete. What kind of people would abandon their own child. Hearing the whispers, Amber yelled out

“iTHAT’S /iiA /iiLIE/ii!/i”

Pete opened up the paper he’d been holding. It bwas /badoption forms along with the parental release forms. The Crests signed their rights as parents over to the Prices.

Rabena felt as if she was going to faint. Her beyes /bburned as they overflowed with tears. Damon was now also crying; he looked over at his parents; bDarius /band Daniel also standing in shock. They never knew about this. Darius spoke first.