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Hunted 47

    “Burn those who burned mel”


    <b>Chapter </b><b>47 </b>


    -Pete’s <b>POV</b><b>: </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 Michaels<i>, </i>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 <i>is </i>Pete Price Chairman of Prd <i>Techware</i>, this is my wife <i>Gloria</i>, our son Sean, his <i>wife </i>Catherine, 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>“</i><i>And </i><i>this </i><i>is </i>my niece Rabena <i>Price</i><i>.</i>”


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


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


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


    <i>“</i><i>Shortly </i><i>after </i><i>the </i><i>ring </i><i>was </i><i>taken </i><i>down</i>, <i>my </i>brother <i>and </i><i>sister</i>–<i>in</i><i>–</i><iw </i><i>investigated </i>to <i>verify </i><i>if </i><i>Ruby </i><i>was </i><i>apart </i>of <i>that </i><i>kidnapping </i>ring. <i>Turns </i>out she <i>was</i><i>.</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>“</i><i>Once </i><i>my </i><i>brother </i>and <i>his </i><i>wife </i>learned the truth<i>, </i><i>though </i>it <i>pained </i><i>them </i>realizing <i>they </i><i>may </i><i>be losing </i><i>their </i><i>only </i><i>child</i><i>, </i>they <i>decided </i>to find out who <i>Rabena’s </i><i>biological </i><i>parents </i><i>were</i><i>. </i><i>That’s </i><i>when </i><i>we </i><i>learned </i>it <i>was </i><i>the </i><i>Crests</i><i>. </i><i>Figuring </i><i>they </i>would <i>be </i><i>happy </i>to <i>find </i><i>their </i><i>long</i><i>–</i>lost <i>daughter</i>, <i>they </i><i>book </i>an immediate flight to Banton<i>.</i><i>” </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>“</i>Some of you may or may not know <i>this</i>, but <i>my </i><i>brother </i><i>and </i><i>his </i><i>wife </i>were <i>not </i><i>very </i><i>shy </i><i>people</i>, <i>and </i><i>they </i><i>didn’t </i><i>often </i><i>leave </i>the western <i>continent </i>much <i>less </i><i>travel </i>to the northern continent. <i>That’s </i><i>why</i>, when the <i>Crests </i><i>first </i><i>met </i><i>them</i>, <i>they </i>assumed <i>they </i><i>were </i><imoners </i>or at <i>the </i><i>very </i><i>least </i><i>below </i><i>them</i><i>. </i><i>When </i>they informed them <i>they’d </i><i>had </i>their <i>biological </i>daughter <i>for </i>the <i>past </i><i>5 </i>1?2 <i>years</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 <b>was </b>about to say what he thought….


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


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


    “<i>THAT’S </i><i>A </i><i>LIE</i><i>!</i>”


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