Chapter 383 - Unity (2/2)
Sophia tilted her head and brushed her cheek on Felix's fingers which rested on her shoulder.
Sarah and Aiden glanced at each other, smiling. They are all in this together.
JoAnna got an idea. ”Can we count on mom?”
”I don't think so.” Sarah responded. ”She spent more than twenty years keeping us out of it. If we tell her that we are going to face this head on, I can't imagine that she will be happy about it. Knowing her, if mom finds out about this, she will stand in our way.”
”Let's not talk to mom about this, for now.” Sophia agreed with Sarah. ”First step is to gather information, so that we know what kind of a monster we are facing here.”
”We are on it.” Sarah and Aiden said in unison and Sarah continued. ”The challenge is that we don't have much to start with, and we need to be extra careful not to alert anyone that we are poking around.”
”Not much to start with?” JoAnna was confused. ”How about we start with Stella? And grandparents Bogdan and Svetlana?”
”Eh...” Sarah exhaled. ”Bogdan and Svetlana Asenov don't exist. Not as a married couple in Eastern Europe with corresponding ages. Stella Asenov is a person who showed up first time as a student who entered US in 1988 at the O'Hare Airport port in Chicago. We don't find her as a passenger on any flights arriving that day.”
JoAnna understood. ”Oh, fake identities.”
”We will find what we are looking for.” Aiden assured them. ”It will just take longer than usual.”
They all confirmed that they are in this together. There was a strong sense of unity in the room.
Sophia felt her heart warm up from emotions. She loves the idea of six of them working together and getting along well. She was still trying to find a good name for their team of six. Her thoughts were interrupted by JoAnna.
”You know...”, JoAnna looked at Sarah and Aiden. ”This is like Romeo and Juliette. Two lovers, opposing families... very romantic.”
Felix cleared his throat, and said solemnly, ”That is a tragedy. Two teenagers fall in love and three days later a lot of people are dead. Including them.”
JoAnna frowned. ”You just killed romance.”
”What is romantic about people dying?” Felix retorted.
”I think we can all agree that was a bad example.” Sarah scolded JoAnna.
Sophia didn't want this to escalate, so decided to change topic. ”Let's talk about Cox Industries.”
Felix didn't approve. He wants Sophia to take rest, all this is too much stress for her. ”Do we need to do that now? You should take it easy.”
”I'm OK.” Sophia squeezed his hand gently. ”Thank you for your concern. I organized data, and it seems that they have two more companies with whom they are collaborating in their shady dealings...” Sophia summarized her findings and sent copies to everyone for review. By the time they finished, it was lunch time.