“My brother let Angelo slip by way of his fingers, however Claudio was the love of my life. I gained’t be so careless with Angelo’s household,” she drawls.

“Wh-what are you going to do to us?” I stutter out.

She smiles, coldly lovely. “The identical factor he did to Claudio,” she says. “Slit your fairly little throats.”

I begin to scream and she or he nods at some man within the shadows and an enormous, scarred man places a sock in my mouth, placing duct tape round my head to safe it.

I cough however finally attempt to breathe out of my nostril. Chelsea is cuddled up in opposition to me, crying into my chest, and now I can’t even discuss to her.

What the hell am I going to do? When are they planning to kill us? They may do it proper now, and there’d be completely nothing I may do about it.

“Not but, sestra,” a person’s voice says from the again entrance of the warehouse. “We’re going to steer Angelo right here to them, and for that, I would like them alive.”

“However Dmitri…” Anastasia protests.

“However nothing. I’m pakhan, not you, sestra. Thanks on your assist, however I’ll take it from right here.”

Chelsea’s trembling in opposition to me and I want I may maintain her.

It seems like we now have a while, at the very least, and I’m grateful for it, however I’ve acquired to make some sort of plan. My father has all the time been terrified this is able to occur to me, however thus far I’ve accomplished all the things he taught me. I kicked and screamed and bit and it acquired me nowhere.

“In case you’re ever in hassle, cara mia, wait. Simply look ahead to me, and I’ll come and prevent.” That’s what he mentioned to me.

So now, all I do know to do is wait.

27

ANGELO

Catarina and Chelsea are each gone. I had Nico ask his spouse to go by the penthouse. Apparently Catarina took a number of of Chelsea’s issues. All of Catarina’s issues had been already packed for the honeymoon.

They’re gone. Chelsea’s favourite toy is lacking, a stuffed giraffe she’d named Sophie.

My coronary heart feels prefer it’s being blended into paste.

“Pay attention, man, perhaps she simply wanted a while. She known as me, on the lookout for you—”

I maintain up my hand to cease him. “Don’t pity me, Nico, I simply…I want a while alone.”

Nico nods and heads to his room quietly, and I instantly go to the kitchen and pull a bottle of tequila out of the freezer.

I take a pair photographs proper from the lip of the bottle, and I don’t really feel ashamed. If there’s any time to drink, it’s when your spouse and little one have left you.

However earlier than I can get actually drunk and go out on, Nico is again.

I frown. “What now?”

“One thing isn’t sitting proper with me,” Nico says mysteriously. “Why would Catarina name me on the lookout for you if she was simply going to go away?”

I shrug. ”I don’t know, perhaps she needed to verify I wasn’t on the best way again right here.”

Nico frowns. “Perhaps.”

He doesn’t look satisfied. “Did you attempt to name her again?”

Nico nods. “A number of instances. She’s not answering her cellphone.”

I swallow onerous. I do know it’s most likely simply paranoia, perhaps even a little bit little bit of wishful pondering, however I can’t stand the concept that one thing may need occurred to my women. Even when Catarina has left me, damaged my coronary heart, I nonetheless love her and Chelsea greater than something.

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