Chapter 34 No Family Background
“Please do not insult my parents, if you want us to have a civil conversation then come inside let’s talk in my office” Ana said seriously.
The lady rolled her eyes before stepping inside and Ana followed.
Her parents sighed in relief that the crazy woman had calmed down.
Ana took her to her office and asked her to sit down.
“Now that you are calm, can you please tell me what the problem is?” Ana asked.
The lady brought out the dress in the bag she was holding and showed Ana. “take a look at this fabric I used in making this dress. It got worn out after I wore it just once, I want my money back!!”
Ana took the dress and stared at it closely. She looked at her parents who shaked their heads which indicated that she didn’t buy it here.
“She did not buy it here” Nala said
“I did, it was bought here, here is the receipt!!” The lady slammed it on the table.
Ana took the receipt and looked at it. It looked like their receipt and it had a date on it but she knew very well that this was not their fabric because their fabrics are of high quality and the receipt had a difference.
She looked at the woman and shaked her head with a smile. The woman must have bought it in a local market and in a bid to get more money from it. She decided to fake a receipt and wrote a date of two weeks ago then came here to cause a problem.
Ana relaxed her back on her executive chair “Bring me all the CCTV footage from two weeks ago” Ana said and Nala immediately brought them. They were all saved in the tablet she handed to Ana.
Ana showed her all the CCTV footage and she was not seen in any of them.
“So what are you going to say now ma’am?” Ana waited to see the woman’s reaction.
The woman still sat boldly because to her, she had a receipt so even if she doesn’t show on the footage she still had a backup “I have a receipt, how am I not sure that you did not delete my footage” she glared at Ana.
Ana smiled “Madam, I’m sure you are aware of the law. Do you know how many years a person who present a fake purchase receipt spend in prison? You know about fraud, right? Are you willing to spend 25 years or more in prison for fraud?” Ana said with a serious expression.
She watched the woman shiver "And who said I committed fraud!! Prove it”
Ana smiled “Okay”
Ana brought out their original receipt from the receipt machine and showed it to the customer.
The woman looked at it but was confused “So?”
“Take a look at the one you showed me and this one. The one you showed me, the date was written with a pen but our’s get printed out by the machine. So do you still say that you bought it here?” Ana asked her.
The woman became so dumbfounded, she was caught. Her hands started shaking.
“Emmm, I think I made a mistake” she stood up and rushed out.
When she got outside she met some police men.
Ana’s father had called the police while the woman spoke to Ana.
Ana and her family went outside.
“You are under arrest for harassment and fraud,” the police said to the woman.
The lady turned to look at Ana. And pleaded "Please forgive me, don’t allow me to go to jail!!”
Ana looked around and was glad that everyone who witnessed her outburst earlier was also here to see how the lady is getting arrested for fraud.
The people around whispered.
The woman was taken away while Ana told her parents she will go to the police station to file the complaint.
On her way to the police station Emiliano had called her and she had informed him of the situation.
When she arrived at the police station she filed a complaint and pressed charges. She also presented footage of what had happened.
The woman was placed behind bars
Ana plans on allowing her to spend at least two weeks in prison then she will drop the case just to make her learn her lesson.
On her way outside the station she saw Emiliano come down from the cab and rush towards her.
“Are you okay?” Emiliano said as he looked at her from head to toe to be sure nothing happened to her.
“I’m fine, thanks for coming” Ana smiled at him.
Emiliano sighed in relief, “I’m glad you are okay”
Ana nodded, they both got into the taxi and left.
Meanwhile, Fernando’s Maybach packed in a corner.
The people watching Ana 24/7 had called and informed him of the situation at her business place and that the person was arrested.
He rushed to the police station and was about to step down from the car when he saw that man go to her. He stayed there and watched them until they left.
He had done his investigations on him. He goes by the name Emiliano Rodrigo. Fernando found it strange that his pipe did not find out more things about him apart from his name and that he is a guy into tech. No family background or history information.
Fernando clenched his fist hard, he hated the fact that such a mysterious person was close to Ana. He will have his people dig out more information about him.
“Go back to the company” he said and his chauffeur started the engine and headed back.
Ana returned back to the shop with Emiliano and her parents were relieved that the commotion ended and the offender was behind bars for trying to defraud them.
Her parents thanked Emiliano for being with her at the station.
Emiliano had later left after making sure they were okay.
Ana was glad the commotion started and ended today too. At least their business did not get any bad name. People that watched what happened would see that they were not the ones at fault.
When they closed that evening, she informed her family she was coming home with them since she got a few days off to rest.
Her parents and her sister were so happy.
Since she bought the house, they could not remember when she had slept in it.
Ana was able to clear her mind from thinking about Fernando by having a wholesome dinner with her family and watching a movie with them. But when it was time to sleep, she freshened up and laid on the bed and then all that happened last night with Fernando came rushing back. She was filled with guilt.
If she was Silvia and her fiancee cheated on her will she be able to forgive him when she wakes up? Ana thought about it but no answer came to mind.
She forced herself until she slept off.
“Ana you have to wake up” Nala said.
Ana opened her eyes and saw the face of her sister trying to wake her up.
“What is it?” She turned the other way to sleep more.
“You have to wake up at 10am and there is a man at the door. A very, very handsome one at that, he looks so intimidating and looks like Fernando Buenavista’s” Nala said, not sure if it was really the young billionaire known by the whole country.