Hello guys and a warm welcome to the seventh chapter of this beautiful story. I would like to apologize if I had hurt you with the last chapter. I am really sorry. This chapter will be a little sad and emotional to some of you but I hope by the time you reach the peak, you will at least smile. Don't forget to drop your comments about this story and never forget to rate. I love you guys.
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Alicia was moving from side to side, walking about the room. Her heart was pounding deep in her chest and her body was quivering. She was really nervous and her entire system was no better than she was feeling. She couldn't think straight no matter what she did. She was nervous as hell and she was panting that she was almost crying. It was almost evening and she hadn't any news about Angelo. It was three days already and there was just no sign of him.
She moved her eyes and saw Gabriel and Jack making an entrance into the house. She quickly rushed towards them and could tell immediately from that frown on their faces that there was no good news. But she was gonna ask anyway.
"Gabriel!" She gasped. "Did you find out anything about him?"
Gabriel raised his teary eyes to her and sighed even as he fought those tears from coming out. He knew very well that he had to act his best and look really vulnerable without anyone suspecting he was involved in Angelo's disappearance and that he was gone already.
"Alicia!" He gave a gloomy sigh. "Honestly, I am getting really scared. There is no sign of him. We have checked everywhere and couldn't even find his car. Three days..." He raised three of his fingers. "I haven't seen or heard from him in three days. He hasn't called me and he hasn't even texted me. He left his phone in this house and... I don't know what to do anymore." A fake tear dropped to his cheek. "I really need my husband back home as soon as possible. I feel empty and without a soul right now. This has never happened and I am scared.
Angelo is the only one that I have got and I don't want anything to happen to him. I can't imagine life without him. I just want him to come home but..." He sighed, rubbing his tear. "...I know Angelo and he loves me so much. Why hasn't he called me or told me anything? He never leaves the house without telling me where he has gone. If he is kidnapped..." He sobbed as more tears came to his face. "...why hasn't anyone called to demand a ransom? Why haven't we heard anything from anyone or even him? He couldn't have gone to any of his businesses because they haven't seen him in a really long time."
Alicia just watched without uttering a word. She couldn't fight her own tears from coming out. She was really scared after realizing that what Gabriel was saying was the complete truth.
"What if something bad has happened to Angelo?" She thought as she tried hard to fight off that feeling from her body. "What if what Gabriel is saying is the truth? God!" She prayed in her heart. "Please. Don't let anything happen to that boy."
"Please. You have to stop talking like this." Jack's tear came out, which he hated. He felt stupid and disgusted at the same time. He couldn't believe that was actually happening. "You are only making me feel hurt and bad. I know that nothing is gonna happen to my friend. I have trust in him and he will be kept from harm. I am pretty sure we are gonna find him."
"I hope so because I am really scared." Gabriel sobbed, the best way he could.
Gabriel went and sat on the couch with his face buried between his palms. All he wanted was to just be done with that drama and forget about it. He still had a task to run the companies and enjoy all the money and wealth he had gotten from Angelo. He still had his life to enjoy and there was just a lot that was in his mind. He just wanted to be done.
As they were both seated on that couch, the inspector arrived with two of his men and he looked really tired. As soon as Alicia saw him, she stood up and waited for him to come into the living room. Gabriel too stood up and tried to look as worried as he could at that time.
"Inspector, please tell me you have found something." Gabriel pleaded, putting his hands together. "Tell me you've got a lead."
The inspector looked at Gabriel and smiled faintly. "I am so, so sorry, Mr. Harrington but we've got no lead. We've been searching but up to now, we've found nothing. Right now I have my men still on the search and..."
"For how long do we have to wait?" Gabriel slightly raised his voice. "How long do we have..."
"Calm down, Mr. Harrington." The inspector said softly. "We are gonna do our best to find him and..."
"Well! Your best is not enough." He yelled in the inspector's face. "What kind of idiots do you have working on..."
"Calm down." He raised his hands as if he was surrendering. "You have to take this easy, Mr. Harrington. We are doing our best to find any link which will lead to us but this is really difficult. Try to understand us."
"For how long do..." Gabriel trailed off and winced, putting his hand on his head as if he was experiencing a terrible headache. He slightly closed his eyes, massaging his head softly.
"Gabriel!" Alicia was really worried. She moved closer to him. "Are you alright?"
"I am fine." He said harshly, moving his eyes to the inspector. "What are..."
"We will do our best to find him." The inspector said. "I came here to tell you that we have got most of our men on the search. The police in the neighboring towns are also on the search for him. What this means is that we are looking for him all over the country. We are pretty sure we are gonna find him very soon because our search has multiplied, okay?"
"Inspector, please do all you can to find him." Alicia pleaded at the handsome man. "Angelo is really important to all of us and we need him back home."
"Yeah, I know that." The inspector gave an assuring smile. "We will find him real soon. He couldn't have gone anywhere since you said everything is in the house including his passports and ids. What I don't understand though is..." He paused and looked at all the members. He was feeling pity for them. "...how can he go missing just like that?" He moved his eyes to all of them. "I suspected kidnap but if he was truly kidnapped then why haven't we received any call from the kidnappers for three days now? Mr. Rodriguez is a renowned man and he is super rich. If at all he was kidnapped then I am sure that there would have been a call by now. Are you sure you told me everything that had happened? Wasn't there any..."
"There was nothing." Alicia sighed. "Everything was perfect. He just left without telling anyone and then never came back. That is just the way we told you."
"Yeah," He sighed. "Anyway, we will do our very best just to make sure that we find him. We will not stop until we find him okay?"
"Do that." Alicia said in a sad tone. "Thank you very much, inspector. Please. We will keep in touch with you."
"Okay. I will be going now. But don't forget what I told you before. If you get even a hint of where he might be then don't forget to call me."
"We will do that."
With those words, the inspector made a turn and left the mansion. Alicia felt terrible. Now it was gonna be the fourth day and still no sign of him. She couldn't understand why that was happening to her. It was like torture.
