RDD 54

Chapter 54

On the other part of the country, a red Ferrari entered the entrance of a mansion. 

A man in his early 30s came out of the Ferrari after he parked his car.

"Sir Sean, you have returned." The head maid showed up and greeted him. 

"Yeah, how's Dad and Mom?" 

"The same as always."

Sean shrugged when he heard what she said. There was nothing new, huh? 

Sean Castillo. He was the second son of Ernesto Castillo, the owner of Castillo Construction and Tortillano Chips. 

The wealth of the Castillo family had started from Sean's grandfather. His grandfather left the province of Davao to start his new life in Manila. He and his wife paved the way to start a business. 

Sean's grandfather was a contractor and he had a contract with a subdivision. With this project, Sean's grandfather started his company and prosper it. They decided to set up their business in Cavite, the province close to Manila.

From Constitution Company to Car Wash/Repair shops, to Tire Factory, to Corn Chips. Sean's grandfather started most of them. 

Of course, the Tire Factory and Corn Chips factory were led by his two sons. In a way, the development of these companies was because of his two sons. 

Now that his grandfather retired, he gave his four companies to his two sons. He didn't bother with making a trust fund or leaving any shares.

In his opinion, he started his life from scratch, so his descendants should start from scratch as well. If his two sons failed to keep the companies, so be it. He was old anyway. 

Sean's father, Ernesto Castillo, inherited the Construction and Chips factory. While the other son inherited the Car Wash/Repair Shops and Tire Factory. 

They were clearly rich. Rich that Sean could have a Ferrari without a problem. 

Sean entered the mansion and found his mother grumbling and fixing the flowers in the vase. 

"Mom, I'm home."

"Humph! Why are you so late? Don't tell me you're spending your time with that actress again. Sean, I'm telling you, if you like her, then marry her. Don't play with the woman's feelings. It's obvious that she has feelings for you and she's a nice girl."

"Mom, I just arrived. Why are you already nagging me?" He bitterly smiled.

"What do you want me to do then? You're Dad is grumbling because his investments in Internet Industry are not going well."

"Hayst, that's why I told him not to play with these investments. Internet is still new and there's no proper profit business."

The dot-com bubble was slowly reaching its end. Once something bad happened, the bubble would burst and another round of suicides on Wall Street would happen. 

Thankfully, Ernesto didn't take the investment seriously. He didn't invest that much, it was more like a guy. 

"I recommend him to invest in real estate instead."

"You understand that your father has dozens of properties in his hands, right?"

"Yes, Mom." 

Sean's mother has the name of Leah Castillo. She was a nurse when she met her husband. Since then, her husband started pursuing her until they married and had three children, three sons to be precise.

Ernesto was a good father but he was too serious in his job. He wanted all of his sons to be successful. Especially to his youngest son, he wanted Keith to marry a daughter of a politician and entered politics. 

Rich people had endless ambitions and Ernesto was one of them. He already engaged Keith to the woman, Ernesto knew that Keith didn't have any strong ambition so he wanted to give him a push. An ambitionless person would reach nothing in his life. 

In the end, Ernesto realized that Keith impregnated a poor woman, causing the current situation. 

Six years, Keith never showed his face for six years and the atmosphere in the family was bleak since then. Ernesto Castillo became grumpy all the time. 

"Where's brother?" Sean was trying to find his older brother. 

"Jeremy is still in the company. That brother of yours is always serious with his life. When will he start relaxing? Sometimes, I want him to be like you, happily spending his life... Of course, I don't want him to be exactly like you." She glared at Sean. 

If Jeremy was a workaholic man, then Sean was the playboy. Sean never had a serious relationship with a woman. In fact, he was used to two-timing or three-timing relationships. He had the rizz in his veins!

"Ouch, Mom." Sean acted like he was hurt by his mother's words. 

"Humph, don't give me that crap... So, where did you go this time? I heard you went to Quezon, did you talk to Keith?"

This time, Leah was concerned. She never saw her son for six years. She missed him. Unfortunately, the family knew how stubborn Keith was. 

If Ernesto was the most stubborn person in the family, then Keith was the second. This father and son would never reconcile, it was basically impossible. Unless one of them let go of their pride. 

However, it was already six years and the two men were still having a silent battle. 

"No, Mom. I didn't even know his exact address. If I disturb his family, he would probably find another place to stay. You know what happened last time when we met him..." Sean shook his head. 

Perhaps Keith and Penelope thought that they would be separated by the Castillo family. 

"Then what did you do to Quezon!? You heartless child! I can't believe that I have a son like you!" Leah was close to crying. Her family was slowly crumbling. 

Her three sons had different behavior and it was impossible to see them together. 

"Wuuu wuuu wuuu!" She covered her face and started crying. 

Sean sighed. 

"Mom, you didn't let me finish my story."

"Tell me then!"

"You know that my friend has a taxi company and I talked to him to accept Keith. Well, I just realized that Keith resign last week. It was already late when he told me this. If he knew, he would at least give him over 50 thousand as a separation fee."

"What happened to your brother?" Leah looked at him. 

"... Mom, you're not even crying. There are no tears at all."

"Don't change the topic!"

"Okay fine."