Gonzalo ✔

Chapter 43

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Rosa's POV

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"Leo!" I gasped as my eyes flew open and I frantically looked around, realizing I was in our matrimonial bedroom, formerly Gonzalo's bedroom. Gonzalo was speaking to an elderly man with a black box and they were far from the bed.

The events from the company passed before my eyes like a blip and I flinched, my eyes widening.

Leo was kidnapped from his school's end of the year party.

Immediately I sat up, Gonzalo walked over and sat beside me, placing both hands on my shoulders as he pulled me in for a hug.

"You scared me." He said while pulling away and searching my eyes.

"Leo? Where's Leo? I want to see my brother. They said he got kidnapped-" I tried to pull away, my chest hurting as I realized my little brother still wasn't here yet. He was in the hands of the enemy. Anything could go wrong. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if anything happened to him.

Had I known this would happen, I wouldn't have let him go to the party. 

"Calm down Rosa. We're tracking him down right now. We've gotten the images of the said vans from the CCTV camera in front of the school and we're tracking their locations as we speak."

"Who did this? Why would they come for him? Why him, Gonzalo? It should've been me. I'm the older sibling, I'm the one they should be after." I sobbed, my eyes stinging with more tears than I had the strength to shed.

Gonzalo gave me a stern look. "Don't talk nonsense, baby. We will find him. And very soon." He assured me.

With trembling shoulders, I pulled him into me and hugged him, sobbing in pain. I wished I could do something. I didn't want to be so helpless, sitting here and crying all day when I could be pulling strings like I knew Gonzalo was currently doing.

After I calmed down a little, Gonzalo stole a quick glance over his shoulder and I eyed the man who was looking elsewhere, a hand in his pocket while the other one gripped the black box case handle tightly.

Gonzalo pulled away and walked over to him. He told the man something in a tone so low I almost wouldn't have believed they were conversing if I didn't stare intently at his lips.

The man replied and they spoke for a bit before they shook hands and he left.

I tried to get out of bed but Gonzalo stopped me. "You're a bit weak at the moment and haven't had anything to eat except the oatmeal from this morning. You should rest a little so you won't faint again."

I shook my head. "I want to help. Take me to the tech room so I can at least do a follow-up. I might have some inputs to add." I said desperately.

Gonzalo shut his eyes for a brief moment, massaging the bridge of his nose. Then he looked up a me again and shook his head, giving me a look that said 'you don't know what you're talking about.'

"We can't do it that way, Rosa. Please listen to me just this once and don't try to fight me on this. You need proper rest. I don't want to worry more about you than I already do because I want my full concentration to be on finding my brother-in-law. Also, you need to take care of Greta. Leo stays with her most of the time and now that he's not here, she'll definitely panic. We can't have that. I'll tell her nanny yo bring Greta here. Try and distract her because she already asked me where Leo is and I know she'll probably ask you as well." He pecked my forehead and patted my hands which I'd clenched together, then left the room.