Kris Aiden's POV
It's been a week since I received Elle's voicemail. I stopped searching for her and gave what she wanted but I keep on pressuring the SNL Technology to fix the tracker. I know Elle still wearing it. Every day, hour, minute, I keep on checking the tracker but still no trace of Elle.
"Umamin na ba ang HR ng Mirabelles Company kung saan nagpunta si Candice?" tanong ko kay Spencer na bagong pasok ng opisina ko
"She's in New Zealand for business purposes pero I have a feeling na excuse lang ang business purposes. What are you going to do now?"
"Book me a flight as soon as possible, you'll come with me" I said
"Got it" then lumabas na sya ng office ko
Kinuha ko ang picture frame na nasa table ko, it's a picture of Elle.
"Love, I already gave you a week. It's time to look for you again. Why are you making me this miserable? *sigh*" bulong ko sa sarili ko habang nakatitig sa picture nya
Maya maya lang ay muling pumasok si Spencer
"It's settled, our flight will be at one in the afternoon"
"Ok, you may go now and pack" lumabas naman sya agad
Pagtingin ko sa relo ko ay 11am na, tumayo na rin ako at lumabas ng office ko. Mabilis akong umuwi sa penthouse ko at nagpack ng kaunting damit. Pagkatapos ko ay bumalik na rin ako sa office. Pagdating ko ay naabutan ko si Spencer na nag-aabang sakin.
"kailangan na nating magmadali man, 12pm na. Baka mahuli pa tayo sa flight" sabi nito kaya naman sumakay na ako sa kotseng maghahatid samin, sumunod naman sya sakin.
"Did you contact our people there?" tanong ko
"Yes, I already informed them about our visit. They'll be waiting for us in the airport tomorrow morning. We're expected to arrive exactly at 11pm here, and the time there will be 3am"
"Good, we'll visit the company first tomorrow morning before we proceed to Mirabelles' branch there" sabi ko at binuksan ko ang laptop ko para icheck ang mga reports from the New Zealand branch ng Lee Corp.
After some minutes, we arrived at the airport I owned, the KAL Airline under the KAL Corp.
Pagpasok naming sa airport ay dumeretso na kami sa boarding gate, naayos naman na ni Spencer ang lahat ng kailangan and this is my airport anyway. Pagpasok namin sa eroplano ay dumertso na kami sa VIP room. Pag upo ko ay binuksan ko ang cellphone ko umaasang may makikita na akong trace ni Elle, but to my disappointment, wala. What kind of company is the SNL Technology? They cannot fix their own product! Kung hindi lang sila kilala ay hindi sana ako sa kanila pinagawa ang necklace tracker na iyon! I don't even know who's the owner of that company! He or She was unknown.
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Elle's POV
"He's going to New Zealand, as expected" bulong ko habang nakatingin sa tracker na naka install sa cellphone ni Aiden
"Are you done packing your things, Sam? It's dinner time" biglang silip ni Sammy sa kwarto ko
"Hmm, almost done. Susunod na lang ako" sabi ko
Tinago ko na ang cellphone ko at pinagpatuloy ang pag aayos ng gamit ko. Narinig ko namang sumara ang pinto ng kwarto ko
It's already 7 in the evening here in Amsterdam and our flight is 11pm later. We're expected to arrive tomorrow 3pm in Manila. I should warn my people in my branch in New Zealand to delay Aiden to know that Candice was really not there. I'm still not done placing my fake locations in my tracker.
Sorry, love. But I want to play hide and seek with you. I want to test you more.
Pagkatapos kong magayos ng gamit ko ay bumaba na ako para kumain. Napangiti ako nang naabutan ko silang kumakain habang masayang nagkekwentuhan.
"Mukhang masaya ang pinag-uusapan nyo" nakangiti kong sabi sa kanila habang umuupo sa pwesto ko
"Binabalikan lang naming yung mga naging experience natin dito, Sam" masayang sagot ni Manang
"I'm really glad you enjoyed our tour here, Manang" sabi ko at hinawakan ko ang kamay nyang nakapatong sa lamesa, at dahil katabi ko lang sya ay madali ko itong naabot
"I'm really thankful to you anak, kung hindi dahil sayo baka mawala ako sa mundo ng hindi man lang nakakarating sa lugar na ito" nakangiting sabi nya at may namumuong luha sa mata nya
"Don't say something like that Manang, we'll travel the world. Kahit saan mo gusto, you're like a grandmother to me. It's just my way of expressing how grateful I am to you for caring for me and my parents"
"Me too, Manang, I'm really thankful to you for caring for me and Candice too. Even if we're not blood related with Sam" biglang sabi ni Sammy
"Yes, manang. Same here. Nang mawala ang mga magulang namin, ikaw ang nag-alaga samin kahit sa kapatid ko. We love you, Manang" sabi naman ni Candice
Si Manang naman ay tuluyan ng tumulo ang luha nya dahil sa mga sinabi ng dalawa
"Kayo talaga, pinaiyak nyo na ako. Of course, aalagaan ko rin kayo dahil para ko na kayong mga apo. Noong una ay inaalagaan ko lang kayo dahil kay Sam pero napamahal na rin ako sa inyong dalawa. Sobrang saya ko sa buong linggong pag-stay natin dito dahil kasama ko kayong tatlo. Hindi ko mapaliwanag kung gaano ako kasaya" sabi ni Manang habang nakangiti at may tumutulong luha
"Aww Manang, stop crying na. Di ba you told us, nakakapanget ang pag-iyak. Bahala ka papanget ka nyan" pagbibiro ko
"Ikaw talagang bata ka haha" natatawang sabi nito at pinunasan ang luha nya. Ang dalawa naman ay tumawa rin
"Tapusin na natin ang pagkain dahil baka ma-late pa tayo sa flight natin" sabi ko kaya naman pinagpatuloy na naming ang pagkain
Nang matapos kami ay nagpunta na kami sa kanya-kanyang kwarto para gumayak. Makalipas ang isang oras ay nakahanda na kaming lahat at ang mga bagahe namin ay nasa sasakyan na.
Dalawang van ang gamit naming dahil madami silang pinamili dito sa Amsterdam, may tig-dalawang luggage silang iuuwi. Nagpunta kami ditong walang dalang luggage pero pag-uwi naming ay may pitong luggage na.
Isa lang ang akin dahil halos mga pasalubong lang ang binili ko para kina Dad, Mom, Kuya Lay, Aiden at Lola Flora.
Sina Candice at Sammy ang pasimuno kung bakit pati si Manang ay may dalawang luggage. Dahil minsan lang naman daw ako mag-aya ng ganitong klase ng travel at sagot ko pa lahat ng gastos ay sulitin na daw nila. And it's fine with me, kahit naman marami ang pinamili nila, 5 million lang naman ang nagastos nila sa lahat ng mga kinain, pinamili at mga entrances sa mga pinuntahan namin sa loob ng isang linggo. Hindi naman sila katulad ng iba na bumubili ng mga expensive brands. Even if, I won't mind as long as they are happy. They're my family so I'm willing to give what they want.
16 hours ang byahe mula dito hanggang Manila, and kapag dumating kami ay 12 hours nang nasa New Zealand nun si Aiden. I need to do my things done as soon as possible we arrive in Manila.
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Kris Aiden's POV
It's been 10 hours since we arrived here in New Zealand.
Nandito kami ngayon sa branch naming dito and kakatapos lang ng meeting with the board members of this branch. The whole meeting, I can't focus as I want to go the Mirabelles branch to look for Candice, I know she knew where's Elle and she's helping her to hide. I have a feeling they were here not because of business but to hide or if Elle said she wanted to have some time alone, this is a good place for that.
"I'm really glad you visited us here, Mr. Lee. But you don't have to worry, everything's good here. The company is doing great" Mr. Capiz, the assigned CEO of this branch, said.
"It's good to know everything is fine. I don't have enough time to visit this branch to check. I'm glad, my father did great decision of choosing you handle this branch" seryosong sabi ko
"Thank you for trusting me, Mr. Lee. Please relay my gratitude to your father" sabi nito at nag-bow
"I'll surely relay it. I have to go now; I have things to do. Just contact my assistant if there's a problem here. Good to see you, Mr. Capiz"
"Sure, Mr. Lee. Have a good day" sabi nito at muling nagbow kaya naman umalis na ako
Paglabas ko ay naabutan ko si Spencer na nakatayo habang may kausap sa telepono. Binaba naman n anito ng makita nya ako
"Anong balita?" tanong ko
"Hindi daw nila nakitang pumasok o lumabas si Candice mula sa company branch" sagot nito
"Let's go there, I think they already know that we are here and being careful not to found them"
Lumabas na kami ng building at sumakay sa kotse.
Isang oras ang byahe mula sa company branch naming papunta sa company branch ng Mirabelles.
Nang makarating kami sa labas ng building nila ay mabilis namang lumapit samin ang mga tauhan ko at dumeretso kami sa entrance door ng building pero hinarang kami ng nagbabantay dito. Napakunot naman ang noo ko dito. Hindi ba nya ako kilala?
"I'm sorry you cannot enter the building, sir" nakayukong sabi nito
"What? Don't you know our boss?" iritang tanong ni Spencer dito
"We do, sir. But we really can't let him enter the building" magalang na sagot nito
"Why can't I enter the building? I'm here for business purposes" seryosong sabi ko
"I'm sorry sir, but we're personally instructed by the owner not to let you enter the building"
"What a nonsense! Let us enter!" galit na sabi ni Spencer at sinubukanng itulak ang guard at pumasok ng biglang may mga dumating na mga guard pa mula sa loob
"I'm really sorry, sir. But if you keep insisting on entering the building and make a scene, we don't have a choice but call the police"
"Let's go, Spencer. Don't make any more scene" I said coldly at tumalikod na
I can't offend Ms. Mirabelles. She's helping Elle to hide. They are really close. Even if I'm in rank 3, I still can't let my guard down. Ms. Mirabelles can do everything in just one word. She can make anyone's life miserable. Only knew her true identity and that made her really mysterious. Her rivals don't even know who's to target. She knew everything in this world and have connection everywhere.
"Aatras ka na lang ba talaga, Kris?" tanong ni Spencer pagkapasok namin sa kotse
"No, babalik tayo bukas. For now, let's go back to the hotel" sabi ko at pumikit.
We only had 2 hours of sleep when we arrived. I feel so tried and sleepless.
Pagdating namin sa hotel ay dumeretso na ako sa kwarto ko at nahiga. Ilang minuto lang ay tuluyan na akong nakatulog
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After 2 hours
Nagising ako dahil sa sakit ng ulo ko, tinignan ko naman ang orasan ko at nakitang 5:30pm na. Dalawang oras din pala ako nakatulog.
Binuksan ko ang phone ko at ang tracker. Napabangon ako ng makitang may red dot na ito. Zinoom ko ito at lumitaw kung nasaan si Elle ngayon. Napakunot ang noo ko ng makitang nasa Netherlands ito. Zinoom ko ito lalo para makita ang exact location nya.
Tinawagan ko agad si Spencer ng makita ko ito
'Book flight tickets to Amsterdam now! And pack your things as soon as possible!'
Binaba ko na agad ang call at inaayos ang gamit ko
Ilang minuto lang ay may kumatok sa pinto kaya binuksan ko ito. Bumungad naman sakin si Spencer na dala ang mga gamit nya
"The flight is 8pm. We can go now to the airport but why are we going there? The flight time from here is more than 24 hours because of 1 stop over" nagtatakang tanong nya
"Elle is there, the tracker is now fixed. It showed her current location. Let's go" sabi ko at kinuha ko ang gamit ko sa sofa at lumabas na ng kwarto. Sumunod naman sya agad.
"Are you sure Elle is there? But how about Candice? The HR told me she's here."
"It's either the HR lied to you, or Candice lied to the HR" cold na sabi ko, napahinto naman sya sa paglalakad nya saglit at sumunod din agad sakin