Royce Miller's POV

 My heart was filled with fidgets and apprehension as I boarded our private jet back to LA. With me, are my parents, Walter, and a few of my dad's men including Arthur. I feel uncomfortable wearing this charcoal gray suit jacket, with a pressed clean white collared shirt under it and a classic necktie, paired with dark trousers and well-polished leather shoes. This is my first time wearing business formal attire and I feel a little awkward. 

Walter who is sitting beside me tapped my shoulder as if to say I need not to worry because everything will go well. Then, he grabbed a piece of newspaper and started reading it. I can say that Walter is like Reid when it comes to business matters. No wonder, he is my brother's best friend because they have the same priorities.

Walter was my brother's classmate in college and his executive assistant in META. So rare to have a male EA, but it's my brother's preference. He has been working with Reid for five years already, so among all the people in the company, he knows my brother very well.  This is the reason why my parents asked him to help me in carrying out the plan.

At first, I protested my father's plan to take Reid's position in META but after knowing that my brother's comatose state will take too long, due to the side effects of Thiopental Sodium excessively injected into his body, I was then obliged to take the position since I am his only brother. Besides, I need to protect my father's company and this is the best thing I can do for our family. All my life, I'd been a stubborn son who brought nothing but shame and disgrace to the Miller clan. And I think this is the right time to compensate what I failed to do for 28 years.

After my long conversation with dad two weeks ago, I found out the reason why he doesn't want my cousin Charles to take the CEO position. It's because a day before my brother's accident, Reid found out that Uncle Sam did some anomalies with Charles conniving him. They forged my dad's and Reid's signatures in order to transfer an amount of 1.5 million dollars into their bank accounts. Reid told dad about it, but the following day he met an accident and dad has no time to investigate the issue since he has been occupied with a lot of pressures in the real estate company. And when I told dad about Doctor Smith and Uncle Sam's suspicious conversation and about that thiopental sodium, he made up his mind to transfer Reid to another hospital, while hiring a private investigator to look into the case.

With the help of the hospital director, who happened to be dad's friend, we were able to secretly took my brother out of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center by a private jet taking the flight to Canada. The plane was equipped with medical equipment that monitor my brother's heart rate and blood pressure while on air travel. 

Traveling on that Tuesday midnight, were my parents, Walter, a doctor basing in Canada, a few of dad's men, and me. Aside from us, no one else knew about our flight. When we reached in Canada, Reid was taken to my Aunt's private hospital and was given medical treatment. My parents went back to LA the following day, together with his men, while Walter and I, remained staying in a hotel to have ample time to learn everything about my brother.

Walter asked me to watch Reid's videos to study his gestures and movements. I need to learn everything about him from the way he talks and walks, to the way he dresses and grooms himself. I even let my hair dyed and changed its style in order to look the same way as my brother. I admit that acting like Reid is not that easy. We have different personalities, so it's really hard for me to just imitate someone's traits and characteristics. I am may be his twin brother but we are two different persons. But since this is my responsibility, I need to stand for it, especially that Reid's unconsciousness would take too long. Fortunately, I found out about that thiopental sodium earlier, otherwise, my brother's life would be even more endangered.

After two weeks of rehearsing myself to act like Reid and through the help of Walter, I got to familiarize the names and images of businessmen whom my brother was acquainted with, as well as the places and events he used to go to. And now is the time, that I'll be taking my step to META not as Royce but as Reid. Thinking that a few hours from now, I'll be living my brother's personality, made me tense and restless. What if I could not perfectly act like him? I took a long deep sigh as I quickly glanced at my wristwatch. It is Reid's favorite watch and wearing it makes me more uncomfortable.

"Are you okay son?", dad asked me and placed his hand on my shoulder. He is sitting beside me on my left side. I thought he was sleeping and I did not realize he had been observing me all the time.

"It's okay son, it's just for the meantime. I'm sorry for letting you act like your twin brother because if not, the board of directors will have to elect a new CEO and I'm sure majority of them will vote for Charles. Your Uncle Sam called for an emergency board meeting without my knowledge, planning to elect another CEO since it's been one month already that your brother wasn't able to perform his duty. So you need to be there in META before the board election at 11:00 am.", dad said while showing a look of anguish on his face.

I nodded and tried to close my eyes. I was thinking how could Uncle Sam, make a decision like that? He may be the Vice Chairman, but dad is the chairman of META, so he was supposed to ask first for my father's approval. Gladly, one of dad's trusted men knew about it and informed him about the meeting, or else we would be waking up one day, that Reid is no longer the CEO.

No! I can't allow that to happen. META  is my brother's life and my father's inheritance from our grandparents. I will protect it no matter what.

But why did Uncle Sam and Charles do such thing? I couldn't even imagine how they could steal money from the company when we treated them as our family.

Totally disgusting!

Yet, we need to find more shreds of evidence against them. And once they are proven guilty, they will surely have to face the consequences. And not only that. If I will find out that Uncle Sam was involved in my brother's accident and the person behind that thiopental sodium, I swear he will rot in jail!

After some time, the plane reached its destination and landed in a private jet terminal at LAX airport. I looked again at my wristwatch and it was already 10:30 in the morning. The board meeting will be at 11:00 so we need to be there in META on or before the time.

My comeback to the company is unannounced and is secretly kept by my family, that is why there are no presses around. But my parents had already planned for it. Media reporters will surely be there in META as soon as the board meeting is finished.

When we got off the plane, Walter carried my business suitcase and the two chauffeurs of Lamborghini and Porche greeted us and showed us some respect. I guessed they were already instructed by my father on what they are going to do. 

Walter and I went inside Lamborghini and pulled off the driveway heading to META, while my parents took the other one heading to our residential house.

Inside the car, the feeling of tension is getting higher but I need to control it or else everybody will find out the truth. And I don't want it to happen, not now.

Relax...relax...I whispered to myself.

Until we arrived at META.

Time check, 10:58 am. We need to rush because the board meeting will start in two minutes.

This is it. 

After fixing myself, I went out of the car. And as soon as the employees saw me, they were all shocked because in the first place, they did not expect that Reid will be coming back today. They greeted me and showed me some respect.

"Good morning sir Reid. We are glad to see you. Welcome back sir!", the employees exclaimed in chorus.

But I just nodded and smiled at them like Reid used to do. Then, they shifted their gaze to Walter and greeted him as well.  We hurriedly took the elevator going to the 10th floor where the board meeting is held.

I told Walter to get inside first in the conference room to know if all board members were already there. While I remain standing at the doorstep waiting for Walter's go signal to get inside. 
Until the time has come. I heaved a deep sigh as I flipped the doorknob and went inside. All their eyes widened in astonishment as they were all exclaimed in chorus.

"Reid, you're back!"