THE BEGINNING:CHAPTER XII:REGRETS

The two eyewitness who had alighted near the wreckage with their red chopper at the early hours of the day, had taken permission from Philip to inform the police about the missing airplane but was quite hasty to tell them the current location of the wreck fuselage despite Philip's efforts to convince them to be patient about it until the NAS agency in Summerville has sent their selected delegates that will carry out necessary investigations when the they arrive in the city but they remained adamant and notified the police stationed in Greaves who swiftly responded to their call using snow mobiles to convey their task team to the site without notifying the district NAS agency also stationed in Greaves.
"This totally sucks, I can't believe she's gone", Jonas said trying not to shed a tear which had clouded his eyes after receiving a good deal of shock at the death of his secret lover. Although he wasn't serious with her, he actually felt bad and guilty when he heard about her death as soon as he recalled that she had actually used the assignment as a coverup to see him in Greaves in order for her to see him face to face.
"What do you mean? Do you personally know the dead agent ?", Steven inquired peering at his cloudy face that was filled with remorse and tears.
"Yes.... I do. She actually wanted to see me under the pretext of completing some task here in our district", Jonas replied weeping softly after failing to control his tears. Steven couldn't believe that his partner was shedding tears for a woman he hadn't met yet since he always knew deep down that Jonas wasn't sincere with the ladycops in their department but when he saw Jonas's misty-eyes bursting out in tears for someone he barely knew, He felt sorry for him having lost a close associate and stood beside him patting his back with his flat palm in order to console him for his heavy loss.
"I'm so sorry for your loss but don't worry, we'll find out what happened to her and the others in the airplane, so cheer up and clean up your wet face", Steven whispered to Jonas's left ear without the knowledge of the female officer behind them and returned his gaze from Jonas face peering at the rolling scene on the television which kept displaying the wreckage with the some policemen cladded in their dark uniform helping out get dead passengers out of the excavated plane to their ambulances.
"We will surely get the mastermind behind this crash", Steven muttered to himself gazing at the television and headed back to his seat leaving his partner who continue to stare at the abominable sight displayed on the white screen.

"It isn't my fault! They went ahead to inform the police about it without telling me about it! And unfortunately, they attracted those reporters!", Philip roared angrily inside his office before hitting his desk with his fist feeling infuriated by a call from the Mayor of Summerville who had seen the broadcasted news in his city which had made him mad together with the superior head of NAS agency who wasn't pleased with the News especially with the rookie reporter from GBS daily news that had thwarted their image during the live stream which has gotten viral in the countryside including Greaves where the viral video was at it's worst making it more difficult for the mayor to curb the situation that has laid a huge dent on the reputation of the agency that even found it complicated to step out into the streets of Summerville from their district where wild protesters instigated by a close relative of the dead agent surrounded the building giving them no free access to pass through but were prevented to carry out any violent demonstration that might lead to a brawl between the police and masses. Even the airport wasn't spared from the case by the infuriated public after unknown sources prompted them to action when they were informed of what had transpired before the aircraft departed from the city which led wild riots in the city after those who witness the brawl which occurred inside the terminal including those that were victimized sprang up in anger against the operations of Summerville airways having deduced that the airport should have postponed the scheduled flight to the next day instead of going ahead with the decision the imminent departure of the aircraft after being delayed due to poor weather conditions during the night of the scheduled flight which they believe is the major cause for the horrible crash of flight A43 leading to deaths of all its passengers that board the flight including the head pilot.
"I don't know! The harm has already been done by the reporter. So, there's nothing more I can do at this point! The only way out now is for you to hold a press conference!", Philip replied feeling furious about falling into a whole mess because of his initial search party and closed the venetian blinds on his transparent door using the slat which prevented the watchful eyes of his staff especially Jerry Anderson who was peering at his violent demeanor inside the office.
"A press conference without solid proof won't solve the problem. What we need is a make believe story that will quell down the minds of the agitated civilians. So before a press conference would take place, we are sending an elite team to properly investigate the wreck in the mountains borders of Greaves", the mayor replied from the other end of the phone call.
"And where does that leave me?", Philip asked pacifying himself in order to catch his breath after four hours of intense struggle with his emotions inside his office.
"All you have to do is provide a coverup so that they may bypass any obstacles in the way seeking to prevent them from gaining access to the crash scene", the mayor replied and cut the long call leaving tired Philip to sit down on his black armchair in order to plan his next agendas while panting heavily trying to placate his heart beatas as he lay his back on the soft chair peering at the half bundle of unfinished files which lay on a brown table facing him waiting for him to complete after he had struggled to meet up with the unfinished work that keep delaying itself till the next day where he will continue to work on and decided to take a nap to cool off his temper before taking any action according to the directives he had received from the mayor.