Stingky Son in Law

chapter 6

Ai, are you okay?"

A voice startled Diego. He opened his eyes. There was a lot of pain in his head. Diego had to close his eyes again to endure the incomparable pain.

A woman was watching him. Her face was puffy and her tears were flowing. A worried face looked at him.

"Ai, are you okay? Which part hurts?"

A sudden sense of wonder seeped into Diego's heart. No one ever called him Ai anymore. Only his father. Only his mother. The little name his father kept calling him.

"Sorry, who are you? Do you know me? How does Madame know my little name?" Diego asked.

"The young master doesn't recognize her?"

A voice appeared from behind. Diego noticed it and was surprised.

"Rudolf? How did you get out of prison? Who set you free?" Diego asked angrily.

"The young master must still remember him, right? I'm sorry, young sir. I could only remain silent when the accusation was leveled at me. But really, as I said before, I never betrayed you. I was not the one who killed your Excellency. There was no fault whatsoever in that car. I was not involved. Axel Giordano didn't die because of me!" Rudolf exclaimed.

It made Diego endure the pain in his head to get up and punch Rudolf in the face.

"Ai, stop!" Cried the woman holding Diego's shoulder. Rudolf endured the pain in his temples. He was able to fight back, but he did nothing. Letting the disappointment out.

"Yes, young master. I am indeed guilty. I did nothing when Axel Giordano died right in front of my eyes. I am indeed guilty. I did not try to save him. I am indeed guilty. But really, I didn't cause the accident. I tried to stop the vehicle. But the brakes weren't there! I wasn't the one who did it." again Rudolf tried to explain.

"You think I'm a fool? The police just named you as the prime suspect. How can you deny it? The only person who messes with the car is you. You do the cleaning, you do the maintenance, so how could you not know that the brakes were out? That's just a lie!"

"Stop it, Ai. You're not listening to me talk?" The woman snapped a little louder.

Diego was silent. Then he looked at her. He was instantly shocked. Those scratches on her face. How could he forget it? A face he hadn't seen in a long time. Only through her image.

The woman Cedro Giordano had driven out of the Giordano residence when Diego was seven years old after the kidnapping. The woman who was accused of having abandoned her only son until he was kidnapped, was kicked out of the house.

His grandfather, Cedro Giordano, had never liked her. A woman born in an orphanage. Having no clear origins, they felt demeaned by Axel's marriage to Hana.

"You..."

"Yes, young master. She is Mrs. Hana Makaira, your mother." Rudolf explained.

"I don't need your explanation, Rudolf! You'd better leave!" Diego exclaimed coldly without looking at Rudolf.

"And mom, how are you here? Didn't they say you were even expelled from this country? They said you were in Brazil?" His eyes shifted to Hana.

"That's true. But don't introduce me to Hana Makaira again, Rudolf. Hana is long gone. I am Nathalie Anderson."

"Are you kidding me? The mother of the Anderson family? They own the biggest company in the country. Almost all the biggest companies in the country belong to them. Hundreds of their subsidiaries are scattered everywhere, how is that possible?"

Hana seemed to exhale softly, then told Diego to sit back on the hospital bed.

"It's a long story, Ai. But clearly, I keep trying to come back. I'm sorry. I wasn't even there when it was hard for you. You must be suffering a lot these days, right? Now there's mom. I won't let anyone touch you again. Consider Giordano dead, let you be born again with Anderson, Anderson is my father's family. They managed to find me when I was in Brazil," Nathalie smiled.

"Then what about that man? Mom believes that if he didn't kill Dad, he caused the accident, Mom. He sabotaged the brakes and caused the accident," Diego said emotionally.

"I would never expel him if he was your father's killer. He wasn't involved in anything. He was just a scapegoat. Someone set him up. We have to expose them, they caused everything, got rid of you and your father, they're too much! We must get back at them!" Nathalie Anderson said angrily.

"They?"

"Yes, they are. We'll get back at them one by one. In the meantime, just let them think Mom is gone. Let them think I'm weak, we'll see! One by one, we'll get them down, Ai."

"Alright mom. I agree. But why do you keep calling me Ai? Why not just Diego?" Diego asked curiously.

"I never knew you had changed your name to Diego. I even looked for another Ai and was wrong. My men found her three months ago, after your father died. But they found the wrong one. They found Hayden. Not you. I never knew your name was changed to Diego," said Nathalie.

"What? "