THE LIE: DECEPTION TO THE CEO

Arriving in Santiago

Once he walked in the middle of his parents to the living room of the mansion, Christopher sat down in the middle of the two of them on the large sofa.

-I am very grateful to God,” Christopher confessed, “There was never a moment of anguish or despair.

-My God, son! I am infinitely grateful to God for seeing you safe and sound,” declared his mother, taking her son’s face in her hands and kissing him hard on his cheeks.

-Calm down, mother! The captain is an expert, when he saw the failure, he looked for a place to land, so none of us were afraid, because of the safety he was giving us.

-Why didn’t the control tower warn you about the weather,” said his father.

-True, son, or in any case, they should not have allowed you to take off without having complied with the maintenance of the plane. They should have watched over your integrity, as well as the crew’s,” added his mother, leaning on his chest, hugging him tightly.

-I am the one responsible! No one else, parents,” he confessed, ashamed and lowering his eyes to his father, “I insisted on returning myself last night. Even though I had a suite reserved for several days.

-Why did you do it? You are not irresponsible, nor reckless, nor foolish. What happened? Why did you make such a wrong decision? -his father questioned, somewhat angrily.

-Because I saw Amber arrive at the apartment where she currently lives with her mother in Islander, holding hands with Dylan, happy and content. I was blinded! It threw me out of my mind. I argued with them and left straight for the airport,” the remorseful man argued.

Even though the Captain informed me that we could not leave because they were not allowing us to take off from the airport due to weather conditions, I ordered him to do so, to get me out of Islander,” he explained, facing his parents.

-And then,” asked his father, “Those pictures where you are hugging her, kissing her and declaring that she is the woman you love, what does it mean? What are you looking for? Son, you can’t force a woman to love you,” he questioned.

-I know, father! However, I cannot allow Lugo to separate me from her again. I even suspect that it was him who was behind the separation between us. He and Michelle were great friends,” he added with determination.

-Have you told that to Amber?” his mother asked, listening to him carefully.

-No. I have no proof. Besides, she won’t believe me, because she’ll think I’m doing it to separate her from him,” he confessed bitterly.

-And what was she doing there? At the airport,” asked her mother, who has always believed in Amber’s innocence.

-She was worried about me,” he replied, “She went to get some news, when I surprised her with my arrival.

-She didn’t speak, she was totally surprised and mute! -Daniela interrupted her brother.

-She was like that yesterday, when she saw me standing in front of the door of her apartment, waiting for her, but Lugo hugged her in front of me. He made me assume that she was his girlfriend, which was denied today by Amber, forced by Alejandra to tell me the truth,” he affirmed.

-No wonder! I didn’t understand what was going on around me and I was surprised that Amber’s mother demanded her to tell the truth -said his sister, holding her left hand closed in a fist to her mouth.

-So, what was the agreement?” asked her mother, anxious to know.

-Nothing, only that before she left, she called me “stupid” because I hugged her, kissed her, took a selfie with her and uploaded it to the networks,” he said, smiling.

-Just that? How about that?” asked his mother, putting her left hand closed to her mouth, in the same gesture that her daughter did, adding, “You go too far Christopher, that’s not the way to conquer a woman, especially not Amber, whom you already know.

-Mother, she was there, because she loves me! She still loves me! She proved it to me, a few days ago, when I took her to dinner, only that afterwards, she ran away -he added this last, keeping quiet in front of his parents, who had been together more than a week ago.

She won’t be with someone if she doesn’t have feelings for that person,” he said.

-You didn’t tell me anything,” his mother commented with a smile.

-For God’s sake, Mom! I’m a man, not a child. It seems absurd to me, to be here in front of you, giving details of what I did or didn’t do with Amber,” he said angrily.

Sister, what time does your flight to St. Lucia leave?” he asked, to end the conversation with his parents and avoid further insistence on the subject of Amber.

-Elian had told me that today at eleven o’clock in the morning, but we left that time behind a while ago, in fact, I don’t even feel like traveling anymore,” she commented, looking at her husband.

-Don’t postpone your trip, because of what happened to me, please, enjoy your days off. You stayed up late enough to get them,” he suggested, looking at her with pleasure and affection.

Then, looking at his brother-in-law, he asked him….

-What do you say, Thiago?

-I agree with you! -We stayed up all night to get this week off. Since everything has been solved, we deserve to go,” he said, in his calm, husky, but very manly voice.

-Okay! We’ll go, then. Please agree with Elian about the new departure time,” she asked her brother, accepting her husband’s decision.

-I’ll let you know,” Christopher answered, calling Elian.

-Where are you?

-At my apartment,” answered his assistant, “I came to drop off my bag. To go to the office, there are many pending matters. By any chance, do you know if your sister is going on a trip today or will she leave it for tomorrow,” he asked.

-Precisely, that’s why I’m calling you,” Christopher answered, “they are always going to make the trip, what time will the plane be ready? I don’t want any more failures in our fleet,” he ordered.

-I’ll call you back, let me confirm and I’ll make your observation, how do you feel? -Elian asked anxiously.

-I’m fine! I’m fine, I just have new plans, study the Islander market, I will open a branch there,” assured Christopher firmly.

-Ok, count on that -commented his assistant with a smile, thinking about his boss’ real reasons for opening that agency.

“He’s doing it for Amber, to be close to her,” he mused, smiling…Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.