Arya! No. It could not be. Even though he believed it, his heart dropped to his stomach. He only just got her back. In his arms, his sister shook. It was obvious they both had same thoughts and fear. “Never mind, Don. One of the prisoners tried to escape”, a soldier said. His racing heart slowed down. “What is the problem?”, he asked. “It’s the Greg guy. Should we get rid of him now?”. He shook his head. He intended to get as much information as he could from them. Bianca sighed in relief. “Don’t worry too much. You know your health is still fragile”, he said and frowned in concern. “Like you were not worrying yourself. She’s just as important to me, you know. And so are the babies”, she retorted, trying to hide her tears. He held back his response so as to not hurt her feelings. “You do not have to worry anymore. They are alright now.” “For how long? How long before someone strikes again? I love Arya but she has changed you. I admire it too but these are dange
They got to the hospital and rushed Arya and the babies into their respective wards for thorough medical care. “What was that about, Dr?”, Leonardo pulled Doctor Lucy aside. “Calm down, Don. I think…..” “Don’t test me, Lucy. What was that about?”, he was slowly loosing his restraint. “I think whatever that is happening to her is a mental thing. Her hormones are all over the place right now not to mention her traumatic experiences. She’s okay. She just needs rest and lots of love right now”, Dr. Lucy said. “Are you sure about that?”, he asked. “Yes, Don.” Leonardo nodded and she left to tend to Arya. As he walked towards the room, he received a call. No caller ID. This should be interesting. “Who is this?”, he asked, picking up. “Hey, Don. It’s your love.” The voice was very familiar. He sighed. “Cut the crap, Maria.” “Crap? You call our love crap? I thought you were joking. I thought you wanted me to prove myself worthy of your love. Can you not see the length
“No. How could you say that? Never!”, Arya said. Leonardo turned to Rob. “Give us privacy.” Rob nodded and left the room. “Princess. I know I should not be asking you this but we don’t have a lot of time. Something big is coming and I want us to trash this issue once and for all”, he said and sat on the hospital bed. “I understand but there has to be another way”, she held her babies tightly as she cried. “We have no choice and there is no other way. I promise that nothing bad will happen to our babies. They’d be safe”, he said. They eyes met and she stopped crying. ******************* The couple quickly had to set their plan in motion. The just got to the cell building where Russo, Rico and Fin were held captives. She looked around as they walked into one of the cell. She recognized the man in chains. “I know this man. He works for my father”, she said. “Yes. He does”, Leonardo responded and kicked Rico’s face. “Oh, fuck!”, Rico cursed as he woke up. “Yo
Carls paced around in his secret establishment’s office. Maria had proven to be a bigger distraction than he would ever admit. He had to keep himself in line, in check, especially as he was this close to fulfilling his dreams. Bringing the Don to his knees. All he had to do was wait for Maria to return with the good news and it would be as easy as pie. Speaking of Maria, he admired her drive and mastermind. She knew what she wanted and was not afraid to go for it, no matter the cost. Too bad he had to get rid of her once the deal was done. This was the part of the plan he hated, waiting. He sat on his seat. Calling her in the moment was risky so he refrained from doing so. Rico was not picking up as well. They only had one shot and if they miss- Knock Knock! Yes!! The door opened and Maria stood there with an I-told-you-so smile on her face. “With a smile like that I can only say we were successful”, he started. “Extremely successful”, she said as she walked into the
Carls smiled. Maria was no doubt the best. He began to rethink killing her. Keeping her around would not hurt one bit, after all. One of the babies started crying, and Fin attempted to take him or her out to rock them to sleep. “Don’t do that. I hate babies. Rock the carrier instead”, Maria said. Fin did as he was told and the baby calmed down. “So what is the next step?”, Maria asked Carls. “What else but to make demands to the Don. With his twins here he’d sacrifice anything to get them back”, Carls responded. “Definitely. Do we need to send him a message?”, she asked. “Well, that would have been Rico’s duty but I don’t know where the fuck he is. I don’t want Leonardo to find out about this place”, Carls responded. “Yeah, about that. What is this place, though?”, she asked. A man entered the office. “Boss. The women have been moved to the owner’s location, including children. The disabled are going to be used as organ donors”, he said. Maria looked at Carls
Leonardo stood in the front of the building with Arya between him and Rob. He eyes scanned the area with scrutiny extra concerned for Arya’s safety. His eyes met with hers and his heart broke. Her entire life was about to be shattered by the coming events. “Remember that you won’t come back the same way you go in”, he reminded her. “It’s a good thing then”, she replied and walked into the building, kicking the dead body he knocked down out of the way. He watched as her hips swayed with every step she took and he got lost. She turned around to catch him drooling. “Are you coming?”, she asked. “Yes, Don. You can stare all you want after. The men have given us the signal to in”, Rob said. He was watching Don the whole time. Leonardo shook his head and went after her. Arya’s mind flashed back to their earlier conversation. FLASH BACK She came out of the bathroom to find the baby carriers gone. Her scream brought the nurses into her room. They looked at each other in
Arya needed to be sure she was seeing right. A safe like board was under the wooden floor. “Leo…”, she called out to her husband. A gun shot was heard and her heart dropped. No, no, no! It can’t be. Not now. “Arya!”, he called. Relief flooded through her. “In here”, she responded. “Our men must have missed one person”, Leonardo said as he entered the room with Rob. “There’s a safe here. Or I think it’s a safe. But how do we get the password?”, she asked. Leonardo knelt down with her and tried the passcode. It was wrong. “From what I know about this person, there can only be one passcode”, he said and tried again. A - D - R - I - A - N - A He typed that in and it pinged, opening a door in the wall that they didn’t know was there. Arya had a shocking expression. “Who is Adriana and how is that door in the wall?”, she asked. “I have no idea about that wall door. And as for the name, you’ll come to know in time”, he responded. The door had a stair
“What the fuck?!”, Arya cursed. Walking in on her father having sex was not the nicest experience and with Maria? “What are you… Don, what a surprise”, Carls said as she tried to press the button to alert his men. “That won’t be necessary”, Leonardo said. “We have taken care of them for you. You’re welcome”, Rob said. “What do you mean by taken care of them?”, Carls raised an eyebrow. Maria quickly covered herself with the sheets on the couch bed. Turns out Carls had them in all his offices. “Leonardo, my love. I can explain. It’s…. It’s not what you think. I stopped when you confronted me”, she said. “Confronted you? If I remember well, which I do, I could not care less”, Leonardo said with disgust written all over his face. “Father. Wow! I am disappointed but I guess nothing could compare to the disappointment I felt when I saw you how locked up our fellow humans in a tight cages”, Arya said. “I can explain… Wait, how could you get in?”, Carls asked. Leona