Chapter 83: Mrs. Ayah Isabel Gonzales Fernando

"Hello, state your name please?"

"Hello I am Mrs. Fernando from the Philippines. Who is this? Where is my husband, Mr. Marco Fernando?"

"Why you call this number and how you got it, from whom?"

"Please I want to talk to my husband. This is the emergency number my husband gave it to me, in case I will call him for emergency purpose. And, this is the first time I used it."

"Mrs. Fernando, this Oliver Luna, son of Mike Luna and Lina Luna. Do you know my mother?"

"Yes she's working with me, in Makati City, here in the Philippines. So, you are Oliver Luna. Yes I knew you, Lina told me that you're with Marco in Shanghai. Where is my husband now and why you are the one answering this phone?"

"Mrs. Fernando, actually, it's confidential and your husband is taking an operation at the other place. Can I get your message to him?"

"Oliver, kindly tells him that I will call again tomorrow. Tell him to take good care always because I loved him. And, my concern is about our children. Thank you Oliver, bye."

I closed the phone and put it in my pocket. Janet looked at me with a questioning face that I gladly talk about it.

"Janet, we cannot tell anybody about this incident, even his family. This is very dangerous for us, until we can be sure of our back-up and in case, an evacuation team for us to leave. We are inside the enemy territory and needs our patience,"

"Oliver, what I am thinking right now, of course, the businesses under him. We are not so sure about its status right now, if the government will sequester and close it all."

"Let's wait for HQ decision and action."

Anne Rose Fernando POV

"Calling all passengers going to Pudong Airpot Shanghai is now boarding at Gate 6. Thank you."

I stood up from my seat and went to Gate 6. I stood in line while I observed my fellow passengers. I can't forget my precious brothers and sister who worked together to become a united family. Also, my mission right now is my father. My family knows nothing about what is happening with Daddy in Shanghai.

Just this morning I received my mission from HQ, USA. But my mission is to replace Daddy in his businesses throughout China. It's hard for me but I can do it. I am also an operating officer of the CIA and I have rights to Daddy's properties. Maybe, this is why they chose me to take over. But where is Daddy now?

We are close to Pudong Airport and I looked down below the ground - the Chinese infrastructure is ultra-modern compared to the Philippines. Its vastness in modern technology and developments is enormous.

I stepped inside the airport and out of the arrival area where two Chinese nationals introduced themselves as CIA agents. I was briefed before these two men and I know that our co-agents. I got into a sedan car with two men. After 47 minutes, the car stopped and the three of us got off in front of a building.

The three of us entered the building and took the elevator to the seventh floor. We arrived at the seventh floor, and a woman and a man came up to me, but deep inside I knew them beforehand. The three of us were brought in and seated on the sofa in the living room. The two men said their goodbyes and were left with a man and a woman, ordering the two men to prepare food in the dining hall.

I started my observation in the living room and said goodbye to using the comfort room. The woman sac r accompanied me while observing my behavior. After I used the comfort room I went back to the living room and sat on the sofa.

"Hello my name is Anne, and you?"

"Hi I'm Janet and the other male over there is Oliver."

"Nice meeting you Janet, and please call Oliver now we have a meeting. Where's Daddy's study room?"

We headed to Dad's Study room and the two were seated in front of me. I looked at them straight in their eyes, searching for seriousness within themselves.

"Take this as an orientation to both of you. The CIA HQ sent me here to replace Daddy's business ownership, as he vanished without a trace and nobody's claiming the incident. Even in the newspaper, nothing can be heard of. So, my mission, together with both of you, to continue what he created here in China. As the eldest daughter of Marco Fernando, I have the rights and able to continue as what he intended to do as per HQ. While we are rearing for our dangerous mission, I encourage both of you to please observe secrecy as much as possible. I have to give orders for both of you today, and we have timeline to finish transferring the ownership on my behalf."

Oliver and Janet digested Anne's orientation wherein the two thanked her. But, deep within Oliver's mind, he asked Anne, "What's the plan for your father to recue, the HQ will do the action or to be assigned to an agent?"

"With regards to your question Oliver, the CIA HQ has started the operation "Billionaire" – mission to rescue my father. In fact, they organized a team for this purpose, and it's confidential."

"Oliver and Janet, kindly return all the equipment and documents to the secret room of my father. There, we can deliberately discuss possible actions and solutions we can take. And, please URGENT!"

"Yes Mam Anne and thank you," Oliver and Janet said in unison. They left the apartment and went down to the second floor of the building.

Alone on the study table, I began to check and study document-by-document that were organized on my father's table. The more I decipher the papers, the more my mind bogged down in something negative. The remorseful situation of my parents and my brothers continues to linger within me. I missed my Dad and the situation he's in trouble because of his insatiable desires. Within the boundary of my well-being, the same path I was taking beside him. But, I was trained for this job and my Dad too.

I want to believe that our fate or destiny entwined since my birth, or was it the love that blossomed between my parents? I knew our situation before, and I knew how to handle the present situation within the boundary of my determination to succeed inside enemy territory. Fortunately, Marco Fernando Junior was here in Shanghai and his grandfather, Benjamin Gustilo. I think, maybe, just maybe, because of Marco Fernando Junior's acquaintance with his father that this incident happened. I have to meet him one way or the other to get some information.

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