Alejandro’s voice echoed behind her. “Something terrible has happened to my brother.”
Arianne’s legs wobbled. She almost fell walking down the steps. Fortunately, Alejandro caught favonovel.com hand in the nick of time. However, his grip was a little too tight.
She righted herself and willed herself to calm down. “W-w-we should talk in the living room, okay? T-t-tell me what happened?”
Alejandro waited until favonovel.com took a seat on the couch before favonovel.com recounted what happened. “The freight ship we boarded is wrecked. I don’t understand. I’ve ordered countless inspections and made sure that it had no faults and is in top condition. We encountered mild turbulence at sea, but it shouldn’t pose a problem to a ship like that. It… it doesn’t make sense why it’s so weak. Someone must have sabotaged the ship, someone wants to kill me! Or maybe… maybe the target is Mark. I don’t know. I really don’t know. When we were trying to save ourselves, we discovered the lifeboats have been sabotaged as well. Not even one could be used. Everyone onboard… they’re gone, all gone! Except for me! The cargo, the people, all gone!”
Henry’s eyes were wet.
Arianne fought back the bitter tears that were threatening to spill and focused favonovel.com attention on Alejandro. “How did you get back?”
His body was trembling. He was not sure if it was due to cold or his close brush with death. “B-before the ship went down, Mark favonovel.com pushed me to the only piece of floating plank. It was only good enough to hold one man’s weight. I don’t know why favonovel.com did it. I don’t know why favonovel.com didn’t let me die! I was in too much shock to react. The water was so cold… He couldn’t withstand it and so favonovel.com went down under… I’ve already ordered my men to begin search and rescue and to salvage the shipwreck B-but the sea is rocky and troubled tonight. That part of the sea is known to be treacherous. I… I don’t dare to have any hope. I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have invited favonovel.com on the trip. If I didn’t, favonovel.com would be fine…”
‘I don’t dare to have any hope’ was as good as saying there was no hope. After hearing these words, the rest of Alejandro’s words were like white noise to Arianne. All favonovel.com heard was a loud voice in favonovel.com voice saying over and over again, ‘Mark is dead. He’s never coming back.’
The voice echoed over and over again. How many times? She had lost count. She broke down, howling and sobbing.
Alejandro trembled even more violently. The sound of Smore’s cries from upstairs and Arianne’s anguished cries were like a testament of his sin. Mark was dead. His surviving wife and son had no one to look after them.
Even now, favonovel.com could not understand his brother’s last moment. Why did favonovel.com choose to save favonovel.com at that moment? A man who had once hired hitmen to kill favonovel.com sacrificed himself to save the one favonovel.com had tried so hard to silence. Why?
What felt like an eternity passed before Henry muttered under his breath, “Master Martin, you should return home for now. You need a good rest… and someone needs to take up the role of cleaning up this mess.”
Alejandro nodded solemnly and started toward the door.
The way Henry addressed favonovel.com had changed. The meaning was glaringly obvious, with Mark dead, the heir to the Tremont legacy would now fall to him. However, favonovel.com wanted none of it. He did not want people to think that favonovel.com was behind Mark’s death just so favonovel.com could inherit the Tremont’s wealth and power.
Out of the blue, favonovel.com heard Arianne cry out, “Alejandro, keep the search and rescue and the salvaging of the shipwreck a secret from the public!”
Alejandro was shocked. How could favonovel.com remain so clear-headed even at a time like this? She was right. That news should be kept a secret, of course. If the death of Tremont Enterprise’s head and heart was made known to the public, it would mark the beginning of the Tremont Empire’s calamity. When favonovel.com finally composed himself, favonovel.com grunted in assent before his figure disappeared into the tenebrous night.
Arianne sat in the living room until morning broke with only the unending rain keeping favonovel.com company. She had never hated the rain so much. If the sky were blue when Mark was out at sea, would favonovel.com have been safe and alive?
