As she saw them walking, Elsa let out a sigh. All she wanted was for her best friend to be happy. Even though she had found her family and they were rich, Elsa couldn’t help but wonder whether she would be comfortable there and treated well. They had been friends for more than ten years thus she knew how much Amanda had suffered, what she wanted and how she always pretended to be strong so that she could not worry.
Although she had heard from Ariana that Amanda had always pretended even when she was small, she couldn’t help but worry as she wondered how a rich family like theirs could lose their daughter and even fail to find her after all those years.
Thinking about that, she wondered whether there was someone in that family that wanted her to disappear but at the same time, she asked herself why. Knowing that she had a lot of questions and maybe her parents had answers, she stood up hurriedly and walked towards her car.
After twenty minutes of driving, she arrived home. She opened her boot and took Amanda’s luggage which was left behind since Ariana said that there was no need for her carrying her old things since she had everything she needed there.
Elsa would have thrown it away or given the clothes to the poor but she knew how much Amanda valued the stuff she bought with her own money. Also, with Amanda’s pride, she knew that she did not take anything given by the Scotts.
As Elsa walked with the luggage in, all the servants wondered why she had come with a suitcase and she had just left home two hours ago. Even though they wanted to say that she was shopping, they knew that that was not the case since they could tell that the bag was old.
“Elsa, isn’t that Amanda’s suitcase?” her mom asked as she was familiar with it. Amanda had been living with them before she got married to Damien.
She nodded her head as she walked to sit on the empty sofa.
“Elsa, I heard from my friends who went to the Scott’s banquet that Damien divorced Amanda because of Marie,” her little sister, Rose said.
“Yes, I know. I was out with her. She called me after she left that house,” Elsa said.
“Where is she? You came with her luggage but we don’t see her anywhere. Don’t tell me that she did something stupid because of that boy,” Dad said, making her shake her head.
“If she came here, could you have let her in and gotten in trouble with the Scotts for her?” she asked him as she looked at her deeply.
Hearing her daughter’s question, Mr Flores lowered his head.
Yes, he did love the girl but he could not just risk his ancestors' empire because of her.
Elsa understood what was going on in her father’s mind but she didn’t dare speak.
“Elsa, you know that we love her as our own but…” her mom tried explaining but Elsa interrupted her.
“I understand, Mom. I just came with the luggage 'cause she wouldn’t be needing anything that is in it anytime soon,” she said, making them frown as they did not understand her.
“What do you mean when you say that, Elsa? Can you just tell us where she is and whether she is safe? We are also worried about her,” her brother, Bryant said, making her glare at him.
“She is safe and doing fine. She has gone somewhere where she will be happy and where there is no stress. She won’t even care what the Scotts might do to her in the city."
They all frowned as she was talking as if she was talking about someone who was dead. Although they wanted to say that she was dead due to her words, they knew that if she was really dead, Elsa would be crying and her eyes would have turned red out of pain and crying.
“Can you stop in parables?” Rosa asked in a displeased tone.
“Rosa is right. Stop talking as if she has died when she hasn’t,” Bryant said.
“Dad, can you tell me what happened when the Anderson’s daughter went missing?” Elsa asked her father as she looked at him.
The question shocked everyone but they remained silent as they waited for the answer. Both Rosa and Byrant were also curious since they had heard of the missing girl.
“Why do you ask?” her father asked her in confusion.
“Just tell me,” she answered.
“Mh. At that time, Mr Anderson’s brother who had been banished had just come back from abroad after getting the news that their parents had died. Since Mr Anderson loved his brother despite what he had done which led to his being banished, Mr Anderson welcomed him and promised to give him a position in the company so that he could try doing something right with his life. At that period, he was even living with them and all the kids were close to him since he was their uncle who spoiled them so much.”
“But after some years, things changed. Mr Anderson found out that the company's funds were being embezzled thus he decided to carry out an investigation. He was broken when he found his brother was the person behind it. When he confronted him, the brother said that if he had asked for the money, he would not have been given, thus he opted to take it from the company.”
“Mr Anderson fired him and told him that he should stay at home till he gets funds to give him so that he can start his own business. Everything was okay for a few months but things got out of control when they discovered that he always lost money through gambling and had a debt of more than half a billion. Out of anger and feeling betrayed, Mr Anderson chased the brother away and told him that he had nothing to do with him. As the brother needed money to pay the debt so that he could have a peaceful life, he kidnapped the little Anderson and sold her to human traffickers. Since then the girl went missing and the Andersons have been searching for her even today,” he concluded.
“They found her,” Elsa said in a low tone.
“You mean, Amanda is Anderson's lost daughter?”