•Night Angel•

CHAPTER V - DAYLIGHT

After a couple of hours, at the Dumonts residency were only police cars, two ambulances and reporters. A lot of reporters. How did they manage to be there? How did they find out? No one knows. But it was starting to become a problem for Antoine, Victoire and Manuele, who were currently trying to go through the house gate.

Police came rushing to their aid and helped the car come inside without letting any reporter slip or make their way to the house.

Sophia was now fast asleep in Juliette's arms. She couldn't take it anymore, so she just fell asleep in her nanny's arms. So far it has been a crazy night. It was currently 3:20 in the morning and it just kept seeming as if everything had just happened a few minutes ago. Juliette saw her bosses car park and a few policemen helping them out.

Victoire didn't really know if she should cry or be angry, or worried, or scared. It was like a rollercoaster of emotions. The same for Antoine, but he was more worried than anything else. As for what the detectives had managed to tell him over the phone, it was an attempted kidnap for Sophia.

Antoine instantly blamed himself. He knew this was because of him, because of who he was, what he did. When he told Victoire, she was angry. Like really angry. How could he blame himself? How could he think this was because of him? It wasn't. Nothing of this was his fault.

Once they reached her daughter's side, Sophia was woken up by Juliette.

-Maman? Papa? (Mommy? Daddy?) - The moment Sophia's eyes were on her parents, the tears made an appearance once more. Antoine instantly took his daughter in his arms and held her close to him tightly in his chest, holding her with one hand and caressing her head with the other. Victoire was already crying.

-Nous sommes ici, bébé. Nous sommes ici avec toi mon amour. (We are here, baby. We are here with you my love.)- Said Antoine as he gave Sophia a kiss to the head. Victoire also gave her a kiss and took one of her little hands in hers.

-Tu es en sécurité maintenant, tout va bien (You're safe now, everything is fine) - As soon as she heard those words from her father, she felt safe again. She felt like everything was going to be fine.

The detectives let the marriage say hello to her daughter, to her nanny and their house management, before they could ask them a few questions and explain what had happened.

One of the things Det.Holland and Det.Russo admired about the Dumonts, was their humility. They treated all of their employees and people around them the same as if they were family, which they were, in some way.

After all the greetings were done, they proceeded to take them inside the house and explain the situation to them. At what time the bad ones came in, how, from where, everything. They still needed to open an investigation, but almost everything from now on was going to be easy. Thanks to the stranger.

-Nous avons une enquête ouverte maintenant, mais je pense qu'avec les aveux des criminels, cela aidera beaucoup. (We have an open investigation now, but i think that with the confessions of the criminals, it will help a lot.)- Once those words left Dt.Holland's mouth, Antoine had to make sure he listened correctly.

-Confession? (Confession?)- They still had no idea that the criminals were now in custody.

-Oui Monsieur. Les criminels étaient là, ligotés quand nous sommes arrivés. Quelqu'un les a laissés pour nous, mais nous ne savons pas qui. Personne ne le fait. (Yes sir. The criminals were here, tied up when we arrived. Someone left them for us, but we don't know who. No one does) - Now this was new for them. Victoire and Antoine shared a confused look between them.

-Nous ne comprenons pas. Pouvez-vous m'expliquer, s'il vous plaît? (We don't get it. Can you explain, please?) - Victoire said while taking her husband's hand in hers.