Chapter 110 - You Are Forgiven

"What did you say?" Mr. Dioko finally found his words, his gaze stuck unbelievingly at Allie.

"Yes, sir. You heard me correctly. "

Allie's head remained bowed down even as she tried to take a deep breath. She was already expecting the worst. In any moment now, she was expecting a fatal blow. She prepared her mind that she could be hit hardly, kicked or mauled. She even expected the worst, to be shattered by hundred bullets. Mr. Dioko's anger wouldn't surely be appeased with just few slaps. Whatever his reaction would be, she could understand. Even if Mr. Dioko knew that he deserved the iron bars for a lifetime, no human could help himself from breaking into rage once he is faced with the one who caused his downfall and miseries.

"You released the blue print or the map inside the lab. You also gave away the passwords and the codes of all the entrance and exit doors. I had a trusted security team back then and our security defense system was impenetrable for years.So it meant, you had an accomplice from the IT department. Who is he?" Mr. Dioko was already shaking in mixed emotion but he was still able to maintain his calmness.

Mr. Dioko was expecting her to cower. Of course exposing another person would be another grave act which would endanger her life. For sure, she already had enough, and perhaps, had already learned her lessons. He stared at her closer and found that she was already trembling. There were visible fine tremors in her hands and it was enough for him to expect that she wouldn't sing his name out. To his surprise, she straightened up and cleared her throat.

"William Orque." Allie spoke softly but loud enough for him to hear.

"Wait..." Mr. Dioko sharpened his gaze at her and gave out a look that he had just dug out a pot of gold.

"Yes, sir. I guess he volunteered as one of your witnessess against your co - syndicate leaders."

"Do you mean, he's not just a plain housekeeper?" Mr. Dioko's gaze got deeper as he put the pieces of the puzzle together.

"You're right." Allie's voice was firm and held a power of authencity.

"What's the motive?" Mr. Dioko now stood up and pulled a chair right in front of her. He then sat down across her, his knees almost touching hers.

"His wife was sexually molested by Mr. Rivera and I had the evidence. In return of what he wanted from me, I also asked him the favor of stealing the blueprint and the passcodes. At that time, he was the IT of a certain famous company but he applied as a housekeeper in your factory to take his revenge. It was easy for him to manipulate your company's trusted IT because he was another relative of ours. And besides, a bottle of alcohol would be enough to make him rant out a secret." Allie gave him a quick glance before she continued.

"William has suicidal instincts and it was his plan to kill himself after he would succeed in his evil intention. You know that Mr.Rivera took his guard off once inside the premises. It would be very easy to trip him off. He just needed those evidence as a back up in case his plan would fail. I was not willing then to give it to him then since that would seal his determination for revenge. Eventually, William was convinced of my greater plan and we worked it out together. And this was something Dino did not know."

"So you mean, you know about the videos he submitted to my lawyers to prove that I was just blackmailed?"

"We planned it all, sir. However, his only interest was the fall of Mr. Rivera while I aimed for the whole syndicate. You see, how many lives are wasted in Kamelyo and what hurt the most is that, many of them are my relatives."

"Before I submitted the map to Dino, William resigned with the disguise of illness and he fled to somewhere faraway. I wanted him out of it because he had enough miseries of his own as the illegitimate son of my grandmother. I just thought that we would get out of the picture once Dino takes over."

"Somehow, before I left the country, when I learned that my life was endangered, I begged him to come out when needed. We were both benefeciaries of your scholarship program since we were in elementary years. Aside from that, you saved his mother from the brink of death when you had her sent to the hospital to be treated for her illness. We are only poor but we know how to keep a sense of gratitude."

"What held him back was the threat of Hayri to kill the one who betrayed you. And of course, because he knew who." Allie now got the courage to glance up and look at him in the eyes.

"What made him change his mind?" Mr. Dioko was now talking to her like she was just a friend.

"I don't know anymore but I guess it's because I told him everything that happens to me in a message." Allie answered while glancing at him stealthily and to her surprise, Mr. Dioko nodded in agreement.

"He came to the office of my lawyer, one time, and presented him all those videos he got that could prove that I did not want to do this business."

"Yes, because if you did not accept their proposal, they would kill Hayri."

Allie then pulled out her phone from her purse and opened a locked file.

"Is this one of those?" Allie smiled weakly as she handed her phone to him. It was a video taken during one of the closed door meeting Mr. Dioko had with Mr. Rivera.

Mr. Dioko's eyes widened as he watched the video in her phone. It was indeed the video which strongly supported his claim that he never wanted to do this businesss if not for the threat to kill his son. It happened when one time his company suffered a great loss that he was on the verge of bankruptcy. Mr. Rivera, one of the closest business partners he had, was the first one who got into his mind. He didn't fail him. He even brought with him some business comrades who offered monetary assistance for his rescue. Only to realize his deceptive intentions later when he could no longer back out. Never did he expect that behind their generous offer, he would became the vessel of their black market expansion here in the country. The worst of it all was the threat that they would kill his son if he would back out.

While at the ground and upper floors of Mr. Dioko's factories the production of his textiles, computer and camera parts were operating, underneath the basement, the mega shabu lab was brewing its tons of methampethamine products. Through the years that they succeeded in their disguise, most of all because Mr. Dioko multiplied his services to the public. In the eyes of the people, he was very precious. He was very approachable in their times of need and he even generated medical funds for their times of sickness. He was also very thoughtful of their children's future and it was proven by the different scholarship programs he offered in different schools. No one would ever suspect that there was something stinky behind his charitable deeds.

"Mr. Orque's testimonies coincide with the videos he presented. The times he planted those secret cams also coincide with Mr. Rivera's arrival to the plant. His motive to appear as a witness is now also under investigation and all his claims are very well supported with evidences. "

There was a moment of silence between the two of them as both were lost into their thoughts. Mr. Dioko connected the pieces in his mind and he then understood why Allie did those many things to the company. But the bitter fact out of it was that she did it because of gratitude and certainly not because she fell in love with his son.

Their silence was broken when they heard footsteps coming towards them. Both of them knew, even without glancing that those were Hayri's.

"Sir, I am sorry. " Allie said as she looked into Mr. Dioko's eyes then to the direction of Hayri. Of course, he understood now what she meant and why she didn't deserve his son.

"If you tell me about this before, perhaps, you will no longer live up to this moment. But you're too brilliant to reveal yourself at this time when what's inside my heart is all about peace and forgiveness. "

Allie stared at him in disbelief while her tears run down in deluge into her face.

"Come here." Mr.Dioko stood up and stretched his arms out to welcome her in a warm and forgiving embrace. Allie froze in her seat while her sobbing increased. She just couldn't believe her eyes. Before she was able to gather her strength to come to him, he felt Mr. Dioko's arms encircling her in a fatherly embrace.

"Thank you, Allyza. You are forgiven."

He said tearfully while he hugged her tightly.

It was when Hayri reached them. "Dad?"