•CAMILLA•“Sakai?” I answered the phone on my way to my car.The hospital called to tell me Roy was being discharged, but Francesca had a seizure and they scheduled her for surgery.I was asked to sign documents to complete her surgery preparations.“Do you remember what we talked about? The people in the library before Dad saw them and collapsed?”“Yes?”“I think it was Cecilia and Xavier. I know it sounds crazy, but Casey told me everything. She saw them together. She didn’t give me much information, but I believe her.”“Casey?” I gasped, and the car took off.Casey was working with Cecilia. Why would he believe her? Unless Cecilia broke their arrangement and Casey spilled everything to spite her.“Yes, and she told me Cecilia had been planning to vote you out of the Ross companies. Everything she had done to get Casey to impersonate you was all to get you out of the factories.”“Oh,” I scoffed. “That sounds like her. God, I wonder why she thought she could do that. I have shares in
•SANTINO•“They met in the HOQ restaurant. They booked the place, and, according to the head chef, Lucius was devastated because Camilla rejected him. He introduced the boy to him, and after that, she gave him a document that stated he had signed away his parental rights. She told him in the face that you’re Nico’s legal father.”My heart broke when I heard that. I was so undeserving of Camilla’s loyalty, even when I had done everything to make her get back to Lucius.“Thank you, Leonard. Paul said I could trust in you.”“Before you hang up, sir. Lucius promised Camilla he would take his son from her, and nothing would stop him. Not even you.”“Of course, he said that. Well, I hope you received your money. I’ll call you again when I need your services.” I hung up the call and hopped out of my car.I looked around the location I sent Flint and sighed. This was it. Once Vin was dead, I would get back to my family.I would have to handle Lucius and ensure he never disturbed my family aga
•CECILIA•"I'll call Camilla about the board meeting tomorrow morning. Once she's voted out, we will get everything done then." That's the plan, Daniel. But I think we might have a problem with Paxton as well. I think he knows something he's not supposed to know, and that makes me a bit edgy. I don't want things to go wrong once Camilla gets to Chicago. If he knows something about our plan and warns her sister, you and I will be in trouble." "Don't worry, I'll talk with the boy. He's my son, and I don't want us to hurt him. He won't be a problem anymore." "If you say so." I hung up the call and sighed when I heard a knock on the door.I dragged my feet to the door, and it was Paxton. My heart kind of jumped when I saw him. I hoped he didn't hear me when I mentioned his name on the phone. I felt bad that after I warmed up to the boy and thought I could rely on him just like I did with his brother, he just became too shady for my liking.Paxton and I had a good relationship, and if
•CAMILLA•“Oh, baby. You’re home.”“Yes, I’m home.”I popped my eyes open, and Santino’s arms were around me. I was sleeping, and it occurred to me later that we officially broke up.I jumped out of bed and scolded him. “What are you doing in my room?!”“I thought this was our room.”“Yes, before we broke up. You’re not supposed to sneak up on me and cuddle me as if nothing happened.”“I wanted to protect you and Nico. That’s why I broke up with you. I didn’t want the people who shot at us to come after you. If anything happened to you, I wouldn’t have been able to forgive myself.”“That’s funny because Gia was there, wasn’t she? I don’t think Mario broke up with her and told her their marriage wasn’t working anymore just because he wanted to protect her from the inevitable.”“They shot me, Camilla!” He got off the bed and leaned toward me. “I almost died and lost you and Nico. You don’t know how hard it was for me to think I would die before making things right with you.”“You didn’t
•CAMILLA•“Mommy, why are we leaving Daddy behind?” Nico asked when we got inside the car.I looked at Santino as the car drove off and breathed. He didn’t deserve this after so many years he had been there in raising Nico, but I needed to do this.“We will find Daddy when we come back, honey, okay?” I kissed his cheeks.“Alright, Mom. I hope to show him my drawing when we come back.”“You’ll show him anything you want to show him.”I sent Lucius a text about the meeting location, hoping he had arrived.I took Nico’s hand and headed inside the restaurant when we arrived. The restaurant was fully booked to prevent the paparazzi from taking pictures and posting immature content.“Camilla.”“Afternoon, Lucius.”“Hi.” Nico waved his hand and smiled at him.He directed us to our table and helped me sit before he took Nico and sat him down next to me.“Good boy. My name is Lucius. I hope you still remember me.”“Yes. You’re Mommy’s friend.”Lucius smiled as he leaned back and sat down in fr
•SASHA•“Well done, Sasha. The jeweler had been pronounced dead by homicide. Reports say one of the delivery guys shot him and stole everything in his store. Though I’m not sure if that news might excite you after sucking his dick.”“Am I free now?” I questioned Mateo on the phone.I was back from seeing Lucius and signing the transfer papers of Airbyte when he called me.“You’re never free, sweetheart. You thought you could play a game with me, and now I’m putting all the cards on the table. Don’t pull out yet. We haven’t had the winner.”“If you want to tell Dario who and where I am, tell him, Mateo, because I won’t be your mule anymore. I can’t let you involve me in your murderers.”“Are you sure you want me to tell Dario where you are?”I froze and gulped. If Dario found me, I would be as good as dead, and he would make sure I paid for all the years he had been searching for me.“What if I gave you information in exchange for my freedom?”“What information?”“Your brother.” I took