AND THUS IT BEGAN

CHAPTER 18

Marco:

Over three hours had gone by already and yet no one had spoken a word, not because there was anything stopping them but because I was on edge and they knew better than to open their mouths this instance.

The security footage had been watched over and over again and yet nothing was found, or at least nothing out of the ordinary, all there was, was a blue Mercedes without a plate number driving through the very gates I had put on lock down, someone was definitely going to loose their lives.

   "So let me get this straight"
Catherina began, God I could never get used to calling her Adriana, what kinda name is that even.

   "You sat there and watched them take the kids without even screaming or fighting back or even any sort of resistance, how?"
She asked the household staff who kept flinching and shrinking back into their sits as a result of the way her voice sounded.

Deadly and venomous.

  "What the fuck were we supposed to do huh?, they had guns and they asked who the Dons daughter was, of course I pointed out your brat, they seemed to want the both brats so I allowed them take them both, it's not like I plan on dying toda-"

I never got to hear the end of that statement cause she got two bullets from two angles, one to the mouth from Catherina and another to the head from Luca, I couldn't miss out so I gave one to the chest, Sue me but the bitch had it coming, I have no idea how I hired something like that as a personal assistant.

   Pheww, Catherina breathed out rather too dramatically before she stared at us with confusion.
   "What?, I always wanted to shut the bitch up eternally"
She said, sounding rather exasperated.

I really loved this woman but we needed to talk really soon.

  "Someone get me a laptop"
She yelled to no one in particular.

I wondered what she was going to do, I had exhausted every resource available yet everyone came back with nothing, that didn't mean they were allowed to give up either.

My daughter and neice had to be found at all costs.

Soon enough Avilia returned with a laptop and handed it to Catherina who kept staring skeptically at her, I trusted Avilia with my life cause she was always there for Luca and I, even when shit would always go south she was always there, embracing our errors and mistakes with open arms.

She turned to me as if asking why Catherina was staring at her like that but I simply shrugged cause I didn't know either.

    "Jeg vil at du skal holde øye med henne, jeg stoler ikke på henne og deg bedre enn noen vet at instinktene mine aldri svikter meg"

    (I want you to keep a close eye on her, I do not trust her and you better than anyone know that my instincts never fail me)

First off I was shocked cause she spoke in Norwegian, one of the many languages she had taught me way before we became lovers, secondly I didn't know how to feel about her statement cause I trusted Avilia so much I couldn't find it in me to understand why Catherina would feel otherwise but then again she was right about one thing :  Her instincts never failed her, It  was like her instincts were her super powers.

If she was right about Avilia no longer being loyal to us then our little exchange was bound to give her ideas about escaping so instead I smiled as genuinely as possible to her and slowly I watched as relief washed over her.

    "È grata per la tua presenza e vuole che ti riposi perché sembri esausto e lei non vuole che ti ammali."

   (She is thankful for your presence and wants you to get some rest cause you seem exhausted and she doesn't want you to get sick)

Call me stupid but that was the only way to explain Catherina's expression, it was working cause she offered a small genuine smile before mumbling what seemed like "Worry about the kids, I'll be fine dear"

I looked at Luca who stared at me in question or more like trying to confirm my thoughts, to which I subtly nodded.

  "zia Come get some rest"
Luca said leading her back to the safe room and I followed subtly in case of any sudden surprises, I watched as he tucked her in and placed kisses on her head which made her relax a bit more, he smiled at her before stepping out and locking the safe room with the reset access codes only he and I knew for now.

   "Do you think she has anything to do with either of this"
I asked him before he could enter back into the room we were in before.

   "Yes Brother, some weeks back I found her rummaging through my office drawers, she seemed desperate and when I asked she said she had forgotten her duster in there somewhere, I was skeptical but I let her go, I rechecked for any missing thing but all was as  it was so I let it pass, few days later I found her sneaking out of my home office but this time she said she'd been cleaning it, I ignored her-"

He stopped and took a deep shaky breath before he continued.
"some time later I realized that the blueprint of the compound had gone missing from my safe, I thought that I might have taken it back to the archives so I let it pass, I'm sorry brother cause my trust and carelessness has cost us so much today"

He spoke with voice laced with so much guilt and frustration I couldn't find it in me to even be upset so I patted his shoulder.

   "I would have ignored it too if I was in your shoes, let's go find the kids then torture some truth out of someone"
I said before leading him back to Catherina who was typing furiously on the laptop.

   "What's that?"
I asked, genuinely confused about all the codes and binaries that appeared in the laptop screen, soon it translated into Dots that spread across the screen and in no time all the dots vanished, leaving one in particular, looking up close it was a map and the dot was ticking on an abandoned warehouse not quite far from here.

    "Why does Sophie have a tracker"
I asked, it was normal for anyone to have a tracker for security reasons but Sophie was a kid who lived with a single mom, in the poor outskirts of a city, the kid could shoot a damn gun for crying out loud.

   "Act now. Talk Later"
Was Lucas reply before rushing away with some men, I was about to follow when she grabbed my hands.

   "Bring them back in one peice, above that bring me the fucker in one peice, not even a scratch on his face, I have art to draw"
Were her last words before she kissed me deeply.

I nodded before walking away from her.

I knew that ordinarily no one in the world was sane enough to just attack my home, there was something deeper going on here and I could bet my life that it involved Sophie and Catherina.

I didn't know what it was about and I honestly didn't care, no one was taking them away from me ever again.

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