Panicked

Donald Dante's POV

“Call Cara here”, I told my bodyguard, who immediately left the room,

A few minutes later, Cara entered the room,

“Sit” I said to her. She reluctantly did, she looked scared and who wouldn't, I was in a very bad mood.

“What day is it?” I asked, watching her keenly.

“Friday” she answered, her eyes on the floor,

“Are you pregnant?” I asked.

“Donald, you know this isn't my fault. We did everything right, I don't know why…” I raised my hand to silence her.

“You are the most useless gold digger I have ever seen, you don't even deserve to be married to me” I said. It was a privilege she was taking advantage of, and I needed her to know.

“I'm giving you one month to get pregnant. If you don't, I am divorcing you and I swear you will walk away without a dime”, I warned,

“Donald, you know I am trying to be good for you, I am trying, and I just love you” Cara began to cry ,but I know crocodile tears when I see them and these were definitely them.

“It's my money you love, just shut up and leave my sight” I said as I lit up my cigarette,

“Call Ben on your way out” I said. Cara walked out still fake crying. A moment later, Ben entered the room.

“Did you check in on Taylor?” I asked. 

“Yes. She is in France”. upon hearing that, I stood up.

“What?” 

“She went with the detective to France”, Ben informed me. I felt my insides turn as a wave of anger and fear washed over me.

“He is going to get her killed, oh my God!” I ran my hands in my hair. Why the hell didn't I tell that detective I would kill him if something happened to my baby?

“Send in our men. I'm guessing they went to see Vincenzo in France. My baby will get killed, we need to find them before they find him”. Ben quickly got to work as he made a few calls,

I paced around anxiously waiting for Ben to hang up the call,

“We need to go there immediately” I suggested,

“I don't think that's a good idea Sir”, Ben spoke. I eyed him angrily,

“My daughter is walking in a death trap, and you think it's not a good idea to go there and save her before it's too late?”, Ben had been with me the longest, way before Taylor was born. I understand he wasn't scared of me like the rest, but I didn't appreciate his useless advice.

“When you found out about Kelvin, you made a deal with those people, even if we get to France, chances are that the detective and Taylor have already met Vincenzo. We can't overstep”, Ben reminded me of what I was already aware of,

“I don't care” I said. I should have been more careful. I hired that detective, so Taylor would have an idea about the man she wanted to marry and claimed to love. I wanted her to find out exactly why I didn't want her to marry him,

I didn't think things would get out of hand to the point of Taylor putting herself in danger. I didn't even realize the detective was so good at his job that he got to know about Vincenzo when it took me a while to really dig into Kelvin.

“Calm down Sir” Ben said. I let out a sign sitting down

“I will never forgive myself if anything happens to my baby” I murmured, tears filling my eyes.

“She is all I have” I added.

“I know, and I know you love her very much. She was going to marry Kelvin, so we should only hope Vincenzo keeps her alive to honor Kelvin”, Ben said, but I shook my head, those people are ruthless.

“If anything happens to my baby, war will break loose” I said.

A few hours later, I sat in my study still anxious and scared out of my mind. My eyes were glued to the CCTV footage on my computer,

Cara received a call on her phone and hurried to lock the door. I increased the volume and zoomed her in, so I could see her upclose.

“It is getting impossible to stay here. I'm tired, I don't want to do this anymore” I heard her say,

I pressed a button on the table and Ben soon entered the room,

“Patience, my friend, patience pays. She will leave the house soon, have her followed. She is becoming more sly” I said,

Cara had no idea I was unto her, she was quite smart, I admit,

Whoever she talked to on the phone always used a payphone, making it impossible to know who the person was exactly. From what I had gathered, the person was probably a man, her secret lover. She never left the house but during her last phone call, she had mentioned she would meet up with him. I couldn't wait to catch her red-headed.

“The men from France are calling”, Ben said, driving me out of thoughts. I immediately took the call.

“Did you find them?” I asked.

“No Sir. They had already entered Cabona and Vincenzo wouldn't allow us through” the man explained. I felt myself running out of breath,

“Did she even carry her inhaler?” Was the only thing I said

“Try to make contact with Vincenzo again. He needs to know Taylor is my child and there will be war if anything happens to her.”

“We are on it Sir, but there is no way to contact the inside unless they want to” he said. I let out a sign,

Waiting was the hard part, not knowing what those wolves were doing.

“Gather as many men as possible there. I have a feeling this is going to get ugly”. I instructed him and hang up the call.

“Let's wait it out. Perhaps Vincenzo won't be so cruel”, Ben commented.

“For everyone’s sake, I really hope so” I said. A slight knock on the door disturbed our conversation. I already knew it was Cara, so I closed all the cameras and gestured Ben to leave the room and let her in. Cara came in a moment later looking as anxious and scared as she always does. One would find it hard to believe the kind of devious things this woman was capable of doing, looks could be so deceiving indeed. Among the 7 women I have married and divorced, she is the worst, and I was going to make sure she paid a huge price for her betrayal…