A/N: I'm soooooooooooo sorry! I was planning to update it as a treat before I went to Japan, but I didn't have enough time to upload it. Well this is the chapter just before the trauma, meaning that in 2 chapters' time, you will finally read the part that most of you want.

The Christmas party ended off in a high note as everyone started to leave. Most of them were going to the de Marlow estate and spending their Christmas there. The mansion was awing. The marble pillars at the front, the glassy pond by the front drive, the sculptures and numerous fountains. They left the limo and went into the west wing of the house, so they would be far away from parents.

"Thanks for inviting us Isabella," said Maria.

"Your welcome. But you don't need to say that. I invited you," said Isabella.

Chisato gave Isabella a smile.

"And safety-wise, this house has a highly sensitive security system that would detect anything out of the ordinary," added Kyle.

"And you guys are finally home," said a tall girl with dark brown hair and honey eyes, wearing a cashmere sweater and black jeans.

"Christiana!" exclaimed Isabella before hugging her.

"Kyle, aren't you going to say hello to your big sister?" asked Christiana, smirking.

"Hello," said Kyle tonelessly.

"Awww....no affection, my dearest brother?" teased Christiana.

"I'm your only brother," grumbled Kyle, letting Christiana know that he was onto her game.

"Awww....oh well," said Christiana.

"Does mother know that you're back?"

"No and don't tell her. She's probably doing matchmaker already. Uh! The last time, she tried to make me marry Nicolas Conchire," said Christiana with disgust. Everyone started to laugh. Everyone know that Nicolas Conchire was a rich man in his thirties that had a multi- trillionaire fortune, but always fell asleep during social gatherings since he works long hours.

"When would she understand that I'm already engaged to Gareth Mendallen?" she said after the laughter subsided.

"You're engaged to Gareth Mendallen?" said Chisato, amazed.

Allison stood frozen in her spot, her eyes wide.

"Ya. You know, the heir to the multi-billionare fortune. He is closely related to the family with the largest fortune, the De Luna fortune. His parents said that if the authorities don't find the two De Lunas heir and heiress by the time the heiress is 20 years old, then the fortune would go to him. His father was Marissa de Luna's cousin and Marissa didn't have any siblings nor did Richard de Luna," said Christiana de Marlow.

Christiana noticed that Allison was staring at her.

"Is there a problem?" she asked Allison.

Allison snapped out of it and shook her head. Kai walked up to Allison and pulled her aside.

"Allison, don't fall back to memories just because she mentions something about your family," hissed Kai.

Christiana looked at them, one brow raised, not commenting.

"So, what are your names?" said Christiana drawling.

"Chisato."

"Aurora."

"Tina."

"Maria."

"Jolene."

"Enrique."

"Tala."

"Kai."

"And yours?" asked Christiana, gesturing towards Allison.

"Allison."

Christiana knew that she had found out what she had needed. The only thing that prevented her from reaching her true greatness. Gareth would be pleased. It seems like Kyle and Isabella are unintentionally going to put their friends in one hell of a ride.

"Hmmm....Allison. That names seems quite familiar," said Christiana, making Allison's blood run cold.

"And Kai. You are a Hiwatari, aren't you?"

Kai nodded in reply.

"Maria and....Tala.....Valkov. Am I not right?"

"Enrique Giancarlo, Jolene MacGregor, Chisato Ishida, Aurora Molitiva, Tina Li," murmured Christiana.

All of them belonged to the heart of the richest in the rich society. She was sure. The name Allison was a dead give away. She was Allison Isabella de Luna. The very cream of the society. She was the young heiress to the de Luna fortune. Christiana ran through the list of the creams of society to the outer edge.

De Luna, Hiwatari and Valkov and Mendallen and Conchire, de Marlow and Ishida and Stratton, Molitivia and MacGregor and Giancarlo and Lauridson, Li and Terison and Harrison.

Her family was in the third circle. And when she marries Gareth, she would be moved up to the second circle. If the young heiress is gone, then she would the in the top. She would marry up, just like her mother did, moving from the third circle to the second. Or better yet, like Marissa Callosia, or should she say Marissa de Luna.

Christiana walked away from them and to her room, where she dialed Gareth.

"Gareth honey, I have some information that may have some use," said Christiana, purring.

"Chrissy baby, I'm very busy right now. Can you call me back later?" asked Gareth, signing documents.

"Gareth, don't you want the de Luna fortune?" asked Christiana.

"Ok, tell me," said Gareth, putting his pen down.

"Well, my naïve little brother and sister had brought home some friends with them. The usual crème of society: Hiwatari, Valkov, Ishida, Molitivia, MacGregor, Giancarlo, Li. But I don't think that they know that they brought the richest of them all, the young heiress of the de Luna fortune," said Christiana.

"Chrissy baby, no one knows how she looks like anymore, or do they know how her brother looks like. How can you be so sure?" asked Gareth.

"Because she froze when I mentioned your name and her name is Allison. Besides I heard Hiwatari say something about not pondering about the past to her," said Christiana.

"Sweetie, even though we get rid of her, we still have her find her older brother," said Gareth.

"Don't worry about that right now. Let's concentrate on getting rid of her first," said Christiana.

"Chrissy, you know that the person you want to get rid of is my cousin. But she's my freakin' cousin and my parents are hoping that authorities will find them because 1) Allison looks a lot like Marissa and 2) because my parents were always fond of them, but they disappeared and were never heard from again. In some ways, I don't want to go against my parents' wishes. If I do, I might even lose my own fortune. You know that your parents left you out on their fortune because they found you to be too power hungry and greedy. Sometimes I wonder if you're just marrying me for my money or for me."

"Gareth, Gareth . Don't doubt me like that. Believe me, I will help you gain this fortune. If I can't do it and get caught, all blame will lie on me," said Christiana and hung up.

"Now, all I need is a plan," she muttered.

"And a phone call to my old friend, Boris."

(A/N: Whoohoo! Now it's getting to the good stuff, the stuff that you probably want to read other than the fluff.)

Allison sat on her bed in the bedroom that she shared with Chisato. Someone knocked on the door.

"Come in," called Allison from her position of reading her magazine.

Christiana entered the room and Allison looked up.

"Hello," said Allison surprised.

"Hello Allison. I was wondering about something," said Christiana.

"What is that?"

"Why do you dislike me so?" said Christiana.

"I don't dislike you," said Allison slowly, "but I find you a bit creepiest. Your mood changes quite abruptly."

Christiana gritted her teeth. She must be more careful about what she does. Allison seems to be a very observant person.

"I'll keep that in mind," said Christiana and she left the room.

Boris had told her the plan. Somehow, she would have to lure Allison to the cliffs and knowing that Allison doesn't really trust her, that would be hard. She racked her brains for an answer. Kyle! She knew that Allison trusted Kyle, after seeing them together at the dinner party. Kyle could probably set up a picnic and all of them could go out by the cliffs and she could execute her plans. She smiled with glee. This was just getting better and better.

A/N: Hoped you all enjoyed this chapter. Please R + R. Constructive criticism would be helpful. ^.^