Burn Those Who Burned Me novel Chapter 47

“Burn those who burned mel”

Chapter 47

-Pete’s POV:

The entire ballroom was filled with gasps, whispers, and confusion as the scene between the Michaels‘, Lockwoods, and Crests played 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 related to the Prices.

Chairman Michaels, I’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 is Pete Price Chairman of Priceland Techware, this is my wife Gloria, our son Sean, his wife Catherine, our granddaughter Gracie…”

Pete then turned around and gently pulled Rabena to the front.

“And this is my niece Rabena Price.”

The crowd let out loud gasps, as Thomas and the Crests tried to walk over, four large security guards stood in their way. Pete continued on.

“19 years ago, my older brother Paul along with his wife Grace adopted Rabena after she had been abandoned to an orphanage. Later on, around the time Rabena was six, it was discovered that there was a human–trafficking ring going around to different continents stealing babies and selling them to black market orphanage workers who were receiving percentages for children being adopted out.”

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

“Shortly after the ring was taken down, my brother and sister–in–law investigated to verify if Ruby was apart of that kidnapping ring. Turns out she was.”

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.

“Once my brother and his wife learned the truth, though it pained them realizing they may be losing their only child, they decided to find out who Rabena’s biological parents were. That’s when we learned it was the Crests. Figuring they would be happy to find their long–lost daughter, they book an immediate flight to Banton.”

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

“Some of you may or may not know this, but my brother and his wife were not very flashy people, and they didn’t often leave the western continent much less travel to the northern continent. That’s why, when the Crests first met them, they assumed they were commoners or at the very least below them. When they informed them they’d had their biological daughter for the past 5 1⁄2 years…”

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 was about to say what he thought….

“The Crests told them they didn’t want Ruby because she had been tainted by people beneath them.”

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

“THAT’S A LIE!”

Pete opened up the paper he’d been holding. It was adoption 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 eyes burned as they overflowed with tears. Damon was now also crying; he looked over at his parents; Darius and Daniel also standing in shock. They never knew about this. Darius spoke first.