When he was dragging his suitcase out of the school premise, a black van stopped in front of him which caught him off guard.
Five black masked men covered his head with a brown cloth and immediately entered the van while they carried him up forcefully.
The passerbys witnessed all that happened which unable them to react immediately and it meticulous happened in just a second.
It was a premeditated kidnapping.
Right now, he connected the kidnapping incident to his Auntie's husband's family in his heart.
After all, it happened after he walked out the school premise.
His Auntie Grace married Elizaar Sandoval, the eldest son of the former Commanding General of Philippine Army, whose first wife went missing 17 years ago and remarried another woman because of connection between the Fortich Family and Sandoval Family and that was Grace Fortich.
Basically, she's a second wife and gave birth to Arturo Sandoval.
And, Auntie Grace Fortich Sandoval and Grayshelle Fortich Sacrado were twin sisters.
Unfortunately, his mother didn't remember her past memories but one thing for sure, he's the son of his mother when the DNA test was conducted before he was moved to the Sacrado Family when he was ten years old.
However he was confused as why his cousin wanted to exchange such opportunity to be enrolled in PMA, the prestigious school for military students who have the higher probability of promotion to a higher position in the Police Department or in Military after graduation, to his smartphone.
'Well, I think I need to check my smartphone again if there's something important that I neglected before' he thought and slipped all of it back to his mind.
Although he blamed the Sandoval Family, he still felt that there's a conspiracy lurking around the Sandoval Family.
This was all based on his instinct around him against danger.
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Meanwhile...
His eyes observed each and everyone's actions without being found out while talking to his mother.
Then, his eyes narrowed as he saw his Auntie Grace was peeking to his father, Arthur Sacrado and blushed whenever his father looked back at her.
He staggered and his lips twitched. Did he somehow find something he shouldn't have?
He remembered that whenever he wanted to get something, Arturo will intervene to get it by requesting to his father and his father always granted Arturo's request which was unreasonable at all.
After all, Arturo Sandoval belongs to the house of Sandoval. Unless...
His eyes flashed and clenched his hands into a fist while his body shook because of anger.
'Good. Very good, Arthur Sacrado. You are cheating with Auntie Grace behind my mother's back' then calmed down.
Before everything was exposed, he needed some evidence and those evidences will be obtained through these so-called guests right now.
He chuckled.
No wonder. There were always an incident from his previous life he couldn't tolerate but need to endure because of his father.
That was when he wanted to skip grades from Grade 7 to Grade 9 by completing the requirements and passing each final examinations by obtaining 95% passing rate, Arturo was also eager to do the same thing but failed which made him dissatisfied and complaint to his father, not to Elizaar Sandoval.
He thought that his cousin, Arturo, was just a competitive individual and didn't want anyone he knew among his age to be successful other than himself.
He smirked.
"Ariel, why have you wake up so late? You slept for too long and now, it is dinner time" a woman's gentle voice asked as she personally prepared Ariel's utensils.
Her eyes filled with fondness and lover for her youngest son which gave warmth to Ariel's withering heart.
"I felt unwell and couldn't get up. No one came up to remind me" Ariel responded while smiling but his words contained hidden meaning.
Like, my mother's twin sister visited with her son and we all slept at the same time yesterday night.
However, the maids only reminded his Auntie and cousin Arturo but no one came up for him.
Am I not also the young master of the house? Why were they all focused on his Auntie and cousin?
However, his mother Grachelle Fortich Sacrado didn't understand his words at all but this brought paleness to his Auntie Grace's face.
Arthur Sacrado frowned after hearing Ariel's words.
He's not stupid not to know behind Ariel's words but when did he find out?
His eyes flashed and it happened in a second. Even Ariel didn't see it. Otherwise, he will find out that his so-called father showed ruthlessness in his eyes.
'Then, don't blame me for teaching you a lesson, my so-called youngest son' Arthur said inside his mind.
Fortunately, Ariel didn't have the ability to read minds of others. Otherwise, he will certainly fall out with Arthur and the Sacrado Family.
He walked towards where his seat allocated for him was located next to his eldest brother, Aristotle Sacrado, but he frowned when he realized that the one who seated on it - was Arturo.
'Hooo~ This is interesting~' he giggled inwardly.
Arturo's face froze when he saw Ariel was walking towards his direction.
It also made Aristotle frowned and dissatisfied with Arturo.
Although He and Ariel were half-siblings, they both belonged to Sacrado Family and he was the one who found Ariel.
Obviously, he sided more with Ariel than the relatives of his stepmother.
Arthur Sacrado was married to his first wife, Angelica Benedicto Sacrado but she died after she gave birth to Aristotle.
Then, Arthur remarried again to Grayshelle after they faced the Fortich Family which showed that Grayshelle didn't suffer or die outside.
Going back...
Arturo wanted to explain but Ariel didn't give him a chance to talk.
Ariel spoke out his reasons while his eyes were filled with doubts without looking at their eyes, pretended that he couldn't understand why such seating arrangement was arranged this way.
"Aunt, Cousin, this is my seat. Haven't you known about the seating arrangement of Sacrado Family?"
"So, father occupies the main seat because he is the Patriarch of the Sacrado Family. So, why is Auntie Grace sitting down at the right side of father? Shouldn't it belong to mother?"
"Also, Brother Aristotle is the eldest son of Sacrado Family so he obviously occupied the left side seat. However, you are my cousin Arturo. So, why are you occupying my seat?"
"Auntie Grace, you are the guest of Sacrado Family and my mother's twin sister. Why are you sitting at the right of my father?"
" Or, are you implying that you are supposedly the Mistress of Sacrado Family? If not, then please move next seat beside that seat. After all, it solely belongs to my mother"
As he emphasized the word 'it solely belongs to my mother' in order to warn her that she should not have any ambiguous ideas to his father.
"After all, it's not good to spread a scandal that the twin sister of Grayshelle Fortich stole Grayshelle's seat"
"So, the exact seat where you are right now should belong to me, Arturo."
He sighed heavily and continued, " This seating arrangement was the tradition of Sacrado Family. Why is it that no one follow or does the tradition slowly fading away?"
"Enough!" Arthur couldn't sit still as he glanced at his wife's doubt, then paleness and discomfort as she looked back and forth between Arthur and Grace while Ariel's words sounded throughout the four corners of the dining room.
Even the servants felt discomfort after hearing Ariel's expression of doubts on his words.
However, who made Arthur cold-blooded to his father?
Of course, it was no other than his father.
Before, it was not spotted at all but the frequent visits of Auntie Grace and Arturo since the day he was brought back made everything sense!