Rise Of The Disgraced Heir

Ian, Seth, and Camilla all waited in Ian's office for them to be called. 

According to Marco the CEO was arranging for something with a friend and that it involved what Seth's men and the police found while they were in Mike's and Armand's respective homes. 

"Why can't you tell us?" Camilla asked as she was starting to get impatient.

"Because of how both of you might react." Seth repeated for probably the tenth time that morning. "I'd rather tell you in front of Assistant Marco and the CEO." 

Ian noticed how Seth's expression would suddenly become worried as he glanced at him. 

"Come on Camilla, let's just work." Ian told her as he handed over several documents.

"That's your work, you aren't tricking me to do your work!" She complained. 

"Then get the stuff you need from your office and work while we wait. It will help with the nerves and will keep you distracted." Ian advised as he turned his attention back to the work at hand.

"How can you even focus right now?!" Camilla asked in a hysteric tone. "Something clearly happened and they aren't telling us. We need to know." She insisted.

"Worrying about something that is outside of our control is worthless." Ian said as he kept his attention on the document in his hands. "Focus on what you can control, and right now, it's work."

"You're just a workaholic, that's different." Seth teased making Ian shake his head.

"Although, you might want to keep yourself distracted and follow Ian's lead." Seth said with a shrug. "Maybe go get some paperwork that needs to be done while waiting?"

Camilla sighed as she marched out of the room.

Ian and Seth thought that they had annoyed Camilla. So both of them quickly followed her, only to find out that she had taken their advice and they had gone to her office to gather her things.

"What are you two doing?" Camilla asked, as she marched out of the office, past them and back to Ian's room.

The two men looked at each other and laughed. They both thought that she had gotten mad and had decided to walk out.

Thirty minutes passed as Ian and Camilla continued to work, while Seth seemed to be continuously stepping in and out of the office to speak to people in the room.

He told Ian and Camilla that it had something to do with Mike's and Armand's case, but that was all that he was willing to say.

They were all startled when they heard a commotion outside, as if a large group of people had arrived in the office and were all arguing in the hall.

"Should we check it out?" Camilla asked as she looked at her two companions. 

Ian nodded and got up and left the room with Seth and Camilla tailing behind him. 

As expected there was a big group in the hall, some of which Ian recognized as friends of the Reyes Family. He saw the men who had been in the VIP room at Hype Bar as well as a few other people.

"Ian, Camilla!" Marco said as he walked up to them. "It's a good thing you stepped out, I was just about to get you." He told them.

They followed the group of people as they entered the CEO's office.

"Who are they?" Ian asked Marco.

"Don't you recognize them?" Marco asked Ian, it was clear that he should have, but for some reason he just couldn't put names to the faces in the hall.

"No, I'm sorry, I think I'm tired and stressed and it's messing with me." Ian admitted as they waited for everyone to get in before they entered as well.

"It's fine, it's understandable for now. But I need to warn you, no matter what the situation is in the future, you need to be able to remember people you have seen or met in the past. It will be an invaluable skill." Marco told Ian.

"I'll work on that." He said with a nod as they entered the CEO's office.

There were a lot more people than Ian expected. He thought that there would have been only a small group of people.

The CEO's office was packed, as a matter of fact there was nowhere for people to sit anymore and Ian couldn't help but wonder where they were supposed to stand.

Those that arrived before them were clearly very important, they were just assistants. They were there to listen and help the CEO with what he needed.

Marco led Ian and Camilla to stand at the front, slightly to the side of the CEO. 

It seemed that they were the last people that were supposed to arrive as the door slammed shut behind them.

Ian spotted Seth standing with an older man, someone he assumed to be Seth's father, as he observed how they interacted.

"I called you all here because a small problem turned out to be bigger than we expected." The CEO said as he sat behind his desk. "Marco, the details please."

Marco nodded and stepped forward.

"What started out to be a sting operation to catch an employee that had been stealing from the Reyes Group has revealed an even darker story." Marco announced to the group. "With the help of the Dean Family we had led the police to their homes in order to enter them without a warrant."

"You know that you could have just asked me for help on that, right Emilio?" A man that Ian recognized to be the Senator, Jose Sebastian said as he looked at the CEO.

"There was no time." The CEO told him. "Go on, Marco." 

"It was not what we found in one of the homes that stunned us, but who." Marco announced in a grim tone.

Ian noticed Seth's eyes shift to him with a guilty look. He knew that this would mean that the matter somewhat involved him. 

"Get on with it, Marco." A man who was seated on the couch said.

"We found a woman, tied, badly beaten and abused in Mike's home." Marco announced. "From what we gathered, her name was Josephine Ortega."

As Marco said the name Josephine Ortega, Ian went pale as the world around him vanished. Josephine Ortega was the name of Jas' older sister, but she was supposed to be in France, not in the capital.