Chapter 11: The Confession

"Dad!!! Seriously!!! I thought your doctor said that your health condition had worsened, so how come you are at home looking healthy as usual?" Sarah asked her uncle, who was in the sitting watching the news being displayed on the television. Actually, Sarah had received a call from her uncle a week after returning to England. He was requesting for her to return to New York City because he had something very important he wanted to discuss with her, but this time around, Sarah didn't even think twice before refusing. She had many things to take care of in England and wasn't going to allow her uncle to make her waste more time in addition to the one she had wasted recently. Two days after the refusal, she received an urgent call from her uncle's doctor, who informed her that her uncle's health condition had worsened and her presence was needed as soon as possible. Without thinking twice, she immediately cancelled all her meetings and took the first flight to New York City. On getting back home, she was surprised to see her uncle, who she thought would be in the hospital, sitting in the sitting room watching the news and at the same time looking healthy. "Well, the truth is that I was sick, but I'm fine," her uncle said to her in reply. "What do you mean by being fine now? Your doctor just called me an hour ago, telling me that your health condition had worsened and that my presence was needed, so how come you are sitting here looking healthy and not displaying any sickness symptoms?" Sarah asked her father with an inquisitive look. "Just as I said earlier, I'm fine already, so no need to worry, and why are you acting as if you aren't happy because I have recovered?" Sarah's uncle asked her. "Of course I'm happy that you have recovered, so do you mind telling me what you suffered from and also the medications prescribed to you by the doctor? Mind you, it must contain Toady's date," Sarah said to her uncle, but he remained silent while looking at her. "Dad, just admit it already; you weren't sick, or am I lying?" Sarah asked him while frowning angrily. "Alright, I admit it; I wasn't sick; I only wanted you to come back," Sarah's uncle said to him after some minutes of silence. "I knew it," Sarah exclaimed while glaring angrily at her uncle. "Come on, Dad, how could you do such a thing to me? You almost gave me a heart attack for crying out loud," Sarah said to her uncle before walking to the couch and collapsing on it, leaving her luggage behind. "Well, I wouldn't have put up the act if you had listened to me and come back when I asked you to," Sarah's uncle said to her before calling one of the maids to get her a cup of juice. "I must admit you got me this time around, but next time you will have to come up with something very appealing before I will accept your return to New York City unless it's for business purposes," Sarah said to her uncle, and at the same time, one of the maids came down and handed Sarah the cup of juice. "Please take the luggage to her room while going back," Sarah's uncle said to the maid, who nodded in reply before taking the small luggage Sarah had brought with her and walking to the stairs.  Sarah had been in a hurry to go and see her uncle, whom she thought was sick, and due to that, she didn't even settle down to park her belongings; she only took one of the smallest  luggage she had and parked things that were important to her inside. "Now that I'm finally back, can I know the reason why you had to put up with all this in order to make me return?" Sarah asked her uncle, who had his gaze glued to the television. "Have you seen the news?" Sarah's uncle asked her. "I don't watch the news; I'm not in my early eighties yet," Sarah said to her uncle before taking out her phone and scrolling through her messages. "I'm fully aware of that, but I will advise you to watch the news sometimes; it will really do you some good, and it will also help you to be updated with some news like that of the company of your ex-husband being on the edge of bankruptcy after two of his ships sank," Sarah uncle said to her, but she only nodded in reply, causing him to furrow his brows at her. He was expecting her to be surprised or something like that, not the cold reaction she gave him. "Let me guess; you are already aware of it, right?" Her uncle asked her. "Yes, of course, and I must admit that it serves him right; this is just the beginning of his tribulations. Now back to my question: why did you ask me to come back? Don't tell me that it's because of Xavier's company that it's on the brink of bankruptcy," Sarah said to her uncle. "Actually, it's because of it, and it's also not because of it," Sarah's uncle said to her, and immediately she narrowed her brows at him. "It's not because of it because I don't care about Xavier's company nor Xavier himself; it's because of it because I just got in touch with one of Xavier's clients who ordered some goods from him but wasn't able to get them because his goods were among the goods that sank in Xavier's ship," Sarah's uncle explained to her. "And what do you want me to do about that?" Sarah asked him with an inquisitive look. "I want you to convince him to buy the goods from us. From what I heard, the goods he wants cost millions of dollars, and you know what that means for the company," Sarah's uncle said to her. "Since you were the one who got his contact, why don't you try convincing him instead?" Sarah asked her uncle. "I won't do that for two reasons: first, I have handed everything over to you, and second, you said that I shouldn't get myself involved with your revenge mission on Xavier; so are you doing it or not?" He said to her. "As long as it's something that will pump money into the company and at the same time ruin Xavier, I will do it. By the way, I have a confession to make," she said to him. "Ok, go on; just like a priest, there's nothing that you will say here that will leave here," he said to her. "My confession is that I'm the one who sank Xavier's ships," she said to him. "What!!!" Sarah's uncle exclaimed in surprise. To be continued...