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~Mirabelle~

"What are we going to do? He's going to kill her!" Mason exclaimed out of frustration as he plopped down on the couch, running his fingers through his hair. Mom has been trying to calm him down ever since. But it seems all her words of assurance were falling on deaf ears.

"My men are searching the entire city as we speak." Dad who had been on the phone came back few minutes later to the living room and said. "They couldn't have gone far. We'll get them in no time."

"Hey," Mariano knelt in front of me and places his hand on lap. "Are you alright?"

I shook my head.

"Belle, listen to me, this is not your fault.."

I was trying to hold back my tears. "Yes, it is."

"No, it's not. Gonzalez has been planning his escape from prison for a long time now. And it so happened to fall on the same time period of your return so none of this is your fault, okay?"

"Grandpa, are you going to give me to him? The bad guy?" Natasha who was in mom's arms asked Kurt who had been restless.

"Of cour