Chapter 245 - Paying His Respect

Meanwhile, back in the Philippines, Ramon was in a meeting when he received an urgent call from the Queen of Stonasia's assistant.  It's regarding the King, and he has no choice but to accept the invitation.

"Let's adjourn here for a moment, and I must take this call.  Be back in a minute, meanwhile... continue."  He told his colleague as he got up and go to his office to take the call.

"This is CEO Le Grand, what can I do for you?"  He asked sternly, letting the other person know that he was displeased for being disrupted.

"Apology you Highness, it's an urgent missive from the Queen in regards to the King's request."  Replies the assistant.

"Go on! Speak for I only have a few minutes to spare.  I'm currently in a crucial meeting and your disrupting.  Be quick. I will give you five minutes of my time.  Not more than that!  Do you understand!"  He sternly to her as he sat comfortably to his chair and listened.

The Queen's assistant went into the detail as quickly as she could.  Once finished, she waited for his answer while holding her breath.  She needed to ensure that he would accept the invitation, or else she might get the Queen's wrath afterward.

After contemplating a while, he responded.  "Unless it's the King himself that would contact me and summoned me.  I'm not coming!  Time's up!"  He then hung up the call and stayed seated for a moment in his office and thinks...

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Ramon wasn't too happy that he had to stop whatever he's doing only to fly back to Stonasia.  As much as he didn't want to go back, he has no choice when the King himself asked and contacted him via facetime, and he could see how bad his current health. 

He figures that this could be the last time they would ever meet, and he wanted to give him at least a proper send-off. It's the profer thing to do for the person that brought him in this world.

He took the earliest flight that was available, not wanting to delay any longer.  He wanted to arrive there as soon as possible, for he was afraid that the King might pass away anytime soon.  While on the way, he was in deep thought...

"What happens if he asked me to stay, what would I do then? What if my mother finds out that I'm there and come to create a mess like before?  I need to make sure that my mother does not find out, no matter what.  I can't deal with her whining all the time.  What if she forces me to go to the Spaniard Kingdom and accept the title of Crown Prince.  I can't accept that!  It's a dilemma if it happens."  He mumbles while his eyes were closed, trying to get shut eyes.

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After many hours on the plane, he arrived at Stonasia Intl. Airport without delay.  Since nobody knows him as one of the Prince, he was able to arrive without hindrance. 

However, no sooner than he stepped out of the tarmac on the way out.  Palace guards were already waiting for him outside the airplane to escort him to the Palace.   His brows raised and he touched the bridge of his nose for a headache began forming.

He was not happy at all, for he doesn't want to attract people's curiosity.  However, it's too late already for many passengers who were curious began speaking with each other wanting to find out as to who he is...

"Wow!  Is he Prince from another Kingdom?  I never knew that the Royal family has another Prince beside the Crown Prince Alexander and the young prince. Therefore, I know he's not one of our princes.  I wonder who he is?"

"Well, whoever he is, he must be a relation to the Royal family.  If not, why would the Palace guard's be here to escort him? Something going on in the Palace that we don't know?"

"True!  I believe he's one of the princesses.  Will soon finds out.  I'm sure if he's one of the princesses, they will announce it soon enough. I heard that the Crown Prince might get dethroned, didn't you know that he was in a freak accident?"

"What?  When did this happen?  Is he alright, tell me of what you know?"  Asked another curiously while standing at the side as Ramon and the Palace guards pass by.

The two other people were shocked when they heard what the other person said.  However, it's a taboo to even speak about the incident that happened a year ago.  Therefore, they shut their mouth and stayed quiet.

Ramon was passing by along with the Palace guards, heard the conversations. However, he didn't say or do anything.  They continue walking so they could get out of there as soon as possible.  

Ramon couldn't wait to get out of the prying eyes of the people of Stonasia.  He wanted to keep his arrival unknown, but from what he had heard and seen a moment ago.  He would be on social media before he even arrives at the Palace. 

He was right with his assumption.  The people that saw him walking out of the tarmac were quick to post it on social media.  Therefore, before he even made it out of the airport... His mother, Lady Lucy Le Grand, already knows he's in the Kingdom of Stonasia.

*Bzzz, bzzz, Bzzz* The cellphone inside his suit jacket was vibrating and making a buzzing sound as he went inside the vehicle that was waiting for them.  He took it out to see who was calling, and when he saw that it was his mother...  He knows that she's going to give him an earful.

"What now?  Does she knows that I'm here, or she was only calling to say hello?"  He mumbles before he took a breath of air, then sliding his finger to answer his mother's call.  "Yes, mother!  What can I do for you?" He asked, casually.

"Don't you mother me!  I know where you at right now, and I'm on my way!  Don't you speak with them without me, do you hear me?!"  She then hung's up that call without waiting for Ramon to reply...