Author's Note: Hi guys it's been almost two months since I've updated this story and a month since my last update period. I am continuing story and SOTH so don't worry about me not finishing because they will both be completed eventually. The reason I've MIA lately is just a combination of work and school issues. I'm in my final year of college and in between studying for exams, completing projects, getting ready for midterms and finals I haven't had the time to write or post.
But, today I took my last final (yeah for me)! So to make a long story short I am now able to post latest chapter of Sweet Revenge. So I hope you enjoy it. Also, I've added a character page to this story on my website that has pictures of the people that I use when I think of the characters in my story. Please check that out and tell me what you think! So without further ado here's the next chapter.
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Chapter Six
In a room not too far from an accident, she stood by the windows overlooking a park favored by children. The door opened behind her, she turned, shrewdly studying the two men she hired for the next job.
"You have one chance to complete this …" she paused glancing briefly at her partner sitting on a couch. "What should we call this?"
"Activity?" He offered.
She nodded smiling in agreement before placing her gaze back on the two goons, the smile disappearing. "Yes, activity seems right. You will only have one chance to complete this activity. My source, a woman, on the inside will practically give you the child. But there is only a small window of opportunity so be quick about it and don't screw up. And after you're done make sure you dispose of the woman. Now, get out of here and do the job I'm paying to do." With a fling of her hands she dismissed them and immediately the two goons left.
"So you think they'll succeed?" He asked.
"They'd better." She replied returning to her prior position by the window. "But, if they don't — they'd better take cover because they'll wish they did by the time I'm done with them. Go. Watch them make sure these idiots don't blotch this." She commanded giving her full attention to the window. Today was going to be a good day; she could feel it assuming especially that everything went as planned.
* * *
Liliana was lounging on her bed reading an old James Patterson novel with her private line rang. Reaching over to her nightstand she picked up the phone, answering on the third ring.
"Hello, this Lily."
"Hey Lily, you called earlier?" Kieran replied on his end of the line.
"Kieran," Lily said happy to hear from him as she placed her book on the bed. "Why didn't you call me back yesterday?"
"I got busy at the office—," she interrupted him.
"Oh that's right you started your internship at Beagle and Case (an architectural firm). How was it? I want to hear everything about your first day. Was it everything you expected?"
"It was great, they took me around on a tour and since I'll be working for them part time next year, they're going to allow me to get the chance to spend time in all of the departments. But, I don't want to bore you —,"
"You could never bore me, tell me what did you do today."
"Nah, that's alright I'd rather hear about whatever you wanted to talk to me about."
"Well, I actually called to update you on my plan to meet Daddy."
"Uhh, Lily you know this is going to blow up in your face, right? I mean eventually your parents are going to find out you lied to them."
"I didn't lie, I simply omitted some information not all just a few minor details. I don't see why it's such a big deal."
"Lily, you told your mother I was fifteen."
"Semantics besides you were fifteen, last year."
"Uh huh but how are you going to explain that I have a car and can drive. Not to mention that I graduate from high school next year.
"Again, that's a simple omission of details. Besides, that my mom didn't ask so I didn't tell. I can always tell her that I didn't think it was important to be mentioned or that I forgot."
"Okay, that's all well and good but what happens when they find out we've been going out since May, you know that would be three months before you even told them about me."
"I don't know. When it comes up I'll think of something. Kieran if it didn't bother you three months ago that I wasn't telling my parents everything why should it now?"
"Correction, it bothered me then too Lily. And I told you then that we would just come clean with them. But you said and I quote—,"
She interrupted him before he could complete the statement. "I know what I said. And I still stand by my original statement." She paused sighing momentarily. "Look you have to understand, I'm my father's only daughter so naturally he's protective of me. Letting me date would be like letting me go, letting me grow up. And Daddy just isn't ready for that; he's not ready to let me grown up yet."
Kieran sighed. "I get it, I get it but I still think that ultimately I'd be better off just being myself rather than this image of some sort of sweet, timid-scared-of-his-own shadow guy."
"But, you are a sweet guy. Not timid, I give you that but you're definitely not some jerk off. In fact, all things considered you're one of the nicest guys I've ever met, period. Which, is why I want you to make the perfect impression on my parents. So will you please just go with my plan once more, just to meet my Dad?" Lily begged knowing that he would agree with her way of thinking eventually. There was a pause on line.
"Okay, against my better judgment I'll do this one last time. I'll be Kieran O'Neal boy wonder. But, I want you to remember when this all comes back to haunt you that I was against this completely."
"Remembered and duly noted. Now, here's what we're going to do …" Lily began as she once again outlined her plan to present Kieran in the best father-pleasing way.
Chloe walked to meet Mimi at the front door. She had just arrived home herself after spending her morning with her manager in the city. After hearing about all the break-ins at Titan and the archives, she and Mimi decided to conduct their own little mini investigation in helping out their husbands. They figured that whoever had hacked into the security system at Titan and then breached the archive records clearly had some knowledge of the way the systems were built and more importantly had worked closely with Victor or someone else in the executive offices. So they compiled a list of possible suspects who would have worked with Victor closely within the last ten years.
Chloe opened the door to Mimi. "So I take you got the list?"
"Of course, although it took more time than I initially thought it would. But, my connections came through 100%." Mimi answered walking into the house with a small briefcase.
"Great we can get started going through the list in a second; I just want to check on the boys."
"Alex wasn't any trouble, was he?"
Chloe shook her head grinning sardonically. "Are you kidding Alex is never any trouble. This makes me wonder if he's even your child." They rounded the corner to the children's playroom to see the boys sleeping. Lissette saw them at the doorway and made a point of coming out of the room. She was dressed to go out in gray slacks and a pink sleeveless blouse. "Are you going somewhere?"
"Yeah, I'm going out to lunch with Danny's mother." Lissette answered scrunching her face up.
"Well it can't be that bad. Or are she and your mother still rehashing ideas for your wedding?"
"That's it, pretty much. Mom and Shelia can't seem to agree on anything at this point. I almost wish I had agreed to elope when Danny asked me to and saved myself all this drama."
"Well the drama can be fun you know. But, keep the faith maybe today will be the day that they finally agree."
"I doubt it." Lissette sighed. "I'll be back in an hour or two to take the boys to their playgroup."
Chloe nodded hesitantly. "Oh I assume than that Philip already talked to you about keeping the boys indoors for the day?"
"Yes, I plan on it."
"Good, then have a good lunch." Chloe replied sending Lissette on her way as she and Mimi walked the short distance to the lounge area. She closed to door so as to ensure their privacy from prying eyes and ears namely those of Liliana.
"Everything ended up checking out and we've got the list narrowed down to a select group of plausible women."
"A select group?" Chloe questioned.
"Yes, it definitely wasn't easy but I got a list of over one hundred women down to a plausible twenty-six. " Mimi answered as she placed the small briefcase on the table, opening it and pulling out some papers.
Chloe took some of the sheets on the table and scanned several of the names noting the couple she knew or had been introduced to. "How were you able to minimize our choices to so few women?"
"I called Belle and Sámi and had them check off anyone they knew on the list that couldn't have been a suspect. Between the two of them several people were eliminated."
Nodding as she flipped through several pages of info she glanced up pausing on one page. "What are the asterisks on some of the names?"
"They are for people Belle and Sámi knew about from the list meaning that they either worked for Titan or Basic Black at some point. But, they didn't know the person, personally. So what do you want to do with the list now?"
"We should go give it to our darling husbands and do the rest of the grunt work of pulling up these files. They may even know some of the people so we can eliminate more suspects." Chloe rose from her seat pulling the papers on the desk into a neat pile she gave the file to Mimi who pocketed it before heading out the door toward the library where Philip and Rex had been held up all morning.
Lily ran down the stairs making her way to the kitchen to grab herself a bite to eat. As she passed the boys playroom she noticed that Lissette had them putting on their shoes.
"Are you taking the boys to the park?"
Lissette looked up for a moment surprised to see anyone at the doorway. She quickly composed herself as she rose from tying Nicky's shoelaces so Lily wouldn't see how nervous she was. "Yes, I'm taking the boys out for their daily constitutional. "
Lily nodded. "But, I thought that Daddy didn't want them going out?"
"He changed his mind."
"Oh, if you say so. I'll see you later then." Lily replied back. "Have fun guys, bye." She moved on then heading down the hallway to the kitchen.
Lissette breathed a sigh of relief as she watched her boss' daughter continue down the hallway. She pushed hair back behind her ears. "What do you want me to do now?"
A mechanical voiced answered through the tiny earpiece she was wearing. "Take the boy and go to the Lincoln Memorial Park grounds. When you get there sit down on a bench directly across from the sand box and await your next instructions. Remember, the car is wired with a tracking device if you go anywhere but to the park we'll know and your mother-in-law is dead. You have exactly thirty minutes from the time you start the car to get there, be a minute late and we'll start cutting her bit by bit." The voice then buzzed off.
Her hands trembling, Lissette pulled her hair over her ears and then turned to the boys. She had to do this she didn't have a choice. So she pulled herself together, "O-okay boys lets go, shall we. Your friends are waiting for you." She said with false cheerfulness that plagued her mind with guilt. Holding out both hands she waited for Nicky and Alex to take them as she lead them down the hall, with a quick glance at the closed library door, and out the house. Her last thought as she left the Kiriakis Mansion was that she hoped she didn't get killed for what she was about to do and for someone, anyone to get her out of the mess she was in.
Chloe and Mimi had bombarded their flustered husbands with their newly printed list of viable suspects over an hour ago. Now, they were able to eliminate a total of fifteen people off of the list. The only had eleven more women to check the backgrounds of before they knew who the true culprit of the stolen information from the data archives truly was. It was simply a matter of checking the details and facts.
Chloe sat beside her husband in a chair behind the desk watching as he typed another name into the Titan database for information. Mimi and Rex sat beside one another at the table, Mimi was held the files of names and Rex was busy accessing the Phoenix Enterprises database from his laptop computer.
"Alright Suzanne Reynolds is clear, so who's next on the list?" Philip asked as he went back the Titan mainframe.
"The next person on the list is …" Mimi said as she paused in shuffling some papers around looking the original list. Rex found it for her.
"One, Elena T'gre – that's t-apostrophe-g-r-e."
"Elena T'gre," Philip mumbled as he typed the name into the Titan database and waited for some information to pop up. A few seconds later the screen came up with no information available, which meant that she, had never been in that database. "There's nothing on her here. Are you sure she's supposed to be on the Titan database?" He questioned as his brow ruffled.
"If her name is on the list then she should be in on the database. I ran a check on anyone who had been employed by Titan and Phoenix Enterprises within the last ten years. I cross-referenced the list myself. Maybe she never officially worked for Titan maybe it was just Phoenix, I don't know."
"Either way she's not in my database." Philip sighed as he leaned back in his chair.
"So then maybe someone erased her from the database, it's not like that could never happen. Just put her name on to the side and let me see what I can find out about her."
"That sounds like a plan, Meems." Chloe offered glancing at her watch. "I have a couple more hours before I need to go to my interview so let's get through these last few people." She added get ready to look through another list.
"No we should take a break, we've been at this for hours already and then we can just finish going through the list after your interview. I don't want you rushing out to get ready for you interview. It's important."
"Well it's not as important as what we're doing. Besides, I can be ready in a half hour for my interview, there's no need to worry about that. The sooner we get this done the faster we can get a chance for everything to go back to normal."
"Fine but we should still take a break."
"I agree," Rex added as he closed the computer.
"Finally, if we kept this up any longer I was afraid I'd have to threaten bodily harm to one of you. I'm going to get a drink and check on Alex, you coming Chloe?" Mimi asked rising as she stretched from her seat.
"No you can go ahead I'm going to see if I can convince my dear husband to massage my shoulders." She flicked her head toward her husband.
"Okay." Mimi said smiling before heading out of the library.
"So how about it Mr. Kiriakis, will you rub my shoulders?" Chloe as she pulled her long hair over one shoulder as she settled onto his lap.
Philip grinned as he pulled her across his lap, her legs going over the arm of the chair. "I don't know maybe you should be rubbing my shoulders." His arm came up around her waist as one of hers went around his neck.
"I'll have to think about it." She leaned down to meet his lips in a kiss. Their lips had barely made contact when Mimi reentered the room.
"The boys weren't in the playroom, I guess Lissette got back early from her lunch and took them out." She said as she reclaimed her seat next to Rex sipping from her glass of soda.
Rex frowned, as he took off his black wire framed glasses rubbing the bridge of his nose. "What are you talking about Meems? Lissette isn't taking the boys anywhere today, the play date was cancelled."
Chloe pulled away from Philip in confusion. "The play date was cancelled?" She asked Philip.
"Yeah," he nodded. "Michelle called earlier and said that some of the kids at the center got the chicken pox and instead of taking a chance of infecting other children, they closed the center for the rest of week until the chicken pox isn't a problem anymore." Philip answered.
"And you told Lissette this?" Chloe replied back as she slowly began to stand, uneasily.
"Of course, why?" Philip asked bringing his seat into its upright position as Chloe started to back away.
"When I saw Lissette earlier she said that she was getting ready to leave the house to meet her future mother-in-law to discuss plans for her wedding."
"So?"
"So she told us that she was taking the boys out when she got back … to the play date." Mimi answered feeling Chloe's agitation as the phone started to ring.
Philip picked it up on the second ring. "Kiriakis."
"Do you know where your children are? I do." A mechanical voice said before clicking off. Philip dropped the phone on the hook as he stood.
"Philip, who was it?" Chloe asked but he didn't answer her as he picked the phone up again and pressed a number.
"Has Lissette Graves left the premises?"
"Yes, sir, Mr. Kiriakis about an hour ago." The voice of a young man answered.
"Was she alone?"
"No, sir she said she had your approval sir. Is anything wrong?" The voice answered promptly again. Philip clenched the phone in his hand, closing his eyes. "Sir, Mr. Kiriakis?" the voice sounded again.
"Lock the gates and don't let anyone in or out of the estate unless you hear from me personally." He placed the phone on the hook, slowly raising his gaze to meet the others in the room.
"Oh my god, she took them, she took Nicky and … and Alex." Mimi guessed her voice cracking at the mention of her son. The glass she had been holding slipped from her hands and broke, tears feeling her eyes. Rex stood and took his wife in his arms.
"What about Lily? Did she have Lily?" Chloe asked.
"I-I don't know, he didn't say," Philip started as Chloe took off out of the room. He went after her instinctively knowing where she was going. Together they ran up the stairs and down the hallway to get to the family apartments. They got to their daughter's bedroom, and opened the door. Chloe walked in first closely followed by Philip. Lily wasn't on her bed; she wasn't in her room at all. They checked her walk in closets, private bathroom … everywhere; she was nowhere to be found.
Chloe picked a picture of her daughter and son taken just a year earlier when they had visited Stefano on Eixel. "They're gone Philip. Someone's just taken my babies." Tears that had been waiting to fall as they'd searched the circumference of Lily's room started to fall. Pulled her into his arms
"It's okay Chloe we'll get them back; I promise you we will get them." Philip said holding her tightly within the frame of his arms as they stood with their backs to the door.
Lily entered her bedroom singing to the music in her headphones. "I wanna know what love is … I want to show me…" Philip and Chloe jerked their heads toward their daughter entering her room. Lily arched her brows surprised to see her parents embraced in the middle of her room, she pulled off her headphones. "Mom, Dad what are you —," The words died on her lips as Philip and Chloe embraced her in a hug, kissing her cheeks. When they pulled back from her a bit, giving her enough room to breath she asked, "What's going on?"
* * *
Lissette had driven the boys to Lincoln Memorial Park and let them out of the car to go play on the playground as she sat down on the bench and awaited her next instructions. She sat on the bench watching the boys play, thinking of a way; anyway she could possibly get out of this nightmare she was in. Unbeknownst to her, caught up in her own thoughts, a man dressed in all black slinked up behind her and quickly stuck a needle in the back of her neck releasing chemicals into her blood. Then, as quickly as he walked up he moved on as she slumped in her seat, he pocketed the needle.
Nicky kicked the ball out of the bounds of the wooded park area. He spotted the ball several feet away lying in the grass. Knowing that he wasn't supposed to leave the park area he bit his lip as he decided what to do. Glancing over to Lissette he saw that her head was down as if she were looking at something on the ground. He decided that since he would be back before she even looked up. He quickly ran out of the wooded area of the park to the grass for his red ball. When he got to the place he had last seen it, it was in the hands of girl. She looked as if she was just a few years older than his sister.
"Is this your ball?" She asked kneeling down so that she was his height. She was pretty with hair lighter than his sister but not as long with blue green eyes.
"Yes, thank you." He replied as she offered back the ball so he could take it.
"You're welcome … Nicky."
His eyebrows rose as he placed the ball on his hip. "You know my name?" He asked although it was more of a question.
The girl nodded. "Yeah, you see I know your Dad. My name is Angelica. You can call me Angel." She offered her hand but before he could shake it, a tall man appeared behind her.
"Angel, they've taken out the nanny. We need to get out of here now." He told her urgently and then noticed the small child standing before her. "Is that him?"
"Yes," she answered as she swiftly stood. "This is Tristian Nikos, Nicky. Nicky, this is my—Patrick. Are you sure they're gone?" The man nodded his eyes on the child.
"They did something to the Nanny; she's completely out of it. If we're going to get out of this without getting caught, it has to be now."
"Okay then we need to move quickly," Angelica bit her lip slightly as she thought about her options. Leaning in close to Patrick so that Nicky wouldn't be able to overhear her she added, "Get the nanny, I'll take Nicky." Patrick nodded and handed her a small handkerchief sized piece of cloth.
Patrick kept hold of her chin so she wouldn't move away from him just yet. He leaning down he whispered, "I'll meet you back at the car." Brushing his lips against hers he moved again away from her and headed back toward the park.
She watched him go before kneeling back down to Nicky's level. "Nicky, I need you to come with me please."
The small child shook his head. "Momma and Daddy said to never go with someone I don't know—."
"But, Nicky, I'm not a stranger I promise you. I-I know you're Daddy, please Nicky," She held out her hand hoping he would take it.
"No," was all Nicky said before he started to back away. Slowly, he started to turn to run away from the strange woman. But, before he got very far, he felt her arms come around him. He opened his mouth to scream but couldn't as a place of cloth was placed over his mouth and nose, he breathed it in and within seconds everything went black all around him.
"I'm sorry, Nicky." Angel whispered as she stood turning Nicky around so that his prone body lay against her shoulder. After taking a second to adjust his position on her shoulder she glanced up at the park and saw three men in black circling the playground, they were looking for someone but thanks to her they weren't going to get him. Not this time. She turned around and started walking swiftly to the parking lot on the other side of the park where she and Patrick had come from. Patrick was already at the car settling the nanny into the black Mercedes' Escalade.
He walked to the other side of the car, holding the door open as she walked up and took Nicky from her and buckled him into the car seat before closing the door. He climbed into the passenger seat, tossing the keys to Angel, who put them into the ignition and started the car. "So where to now?" He asked glancing back at the two passengers in the seat behind him.
"Well I think it's time we shook the family tree and see what falls down." She replied putting the car into reverse and then drive before pulling out of the parking lot with the gravel flying.
* * *
Back at the Manor…
Philip and Chloe took Lily down to the library and calmly explained to her what had happened at Titan, at Phoenix Enterprises, and what Philip had found out before he had come home that made him take extra precautions around the mansion. She had been very angry when she found out, astounded that neither of her parents hadn't seen fit to inform her about the new revelations until it seemed that her baby brother had been taken.
Lily crossed her arms as she set about to pace around the room yet again. She glanced over at her parents sitting side by side behind the desk then over at her Aunt Mimi and Uncle Rex. Both sets of parents were silent, as if lost in their own thoughts. Enough was enough, something had to be done. "I get that someone wants something from you Daddy. But, why take Nicky and Alex; it just doesn't make any sense. So what are we going to do now, Daddy?" She asked with a mixture of fear and concern in her eyes. All plans of dates with Kieran forgotten the only thing on her mind the safe return of her baby brother and Alex.
"We're going to find him Lily." Philip answering rising from his seat beside Chloe to take his daughter in his arms knowing that she was just as shaken up with Nicky and Alex's disappearance as he and Chloe were. But, more so on her part because she had been the last one to see them. Hugging his daughter close he kissed the top of her head, his eyes meeting Chloe's above her head as she stood across from him.
"What are we waiting for Philip?" Rex asked settling his wife in a seat before turning to his cousin-in-law. The phone on Philip's desk rang once.
"That," he replied kissing Lily's head once more before gently pushing her toward Chloe as he went to answer the phone which rang for the second time. "Yes," he answered sternly.
There was a moment of pause but a mechanical voice answered him. "I've got your son Kiriakis. And I'll get your daughter too—,"
"What do you want from me? Give me back my son!" He demanded the anger evident in his voice.
"Give me what I want and you'll get back your son. Refuse and I'll make all those who are important to you disappear. Don't contact the police or FBI, if you do you'll never see your son again. I'll contact you with further instructions later. And remember I'm watching you." And then there was silence.
Philip gripped the phone in his hand tightly, his jaw clenching as he hung up the phone. All eyes were on him, watching, waiting for him to relay the message. He picked the phone and threw it across the room.
"Philip,"
"Daddy," Chloe and Lily called out simultaneously the power of their voices pulling Philip from entering the black void of anger and despair he was feeling.
He froze silently feeling the anger ebb slowly out of his system as sorrow filled it. "They took him." He said softly his eye gazing over directed his gaze to Mimi and Rex. "And Alex too."
"No," Mimi cried rising from her seat only to pulled once more into the comforting arms of Rex's arms sobbing. The house intercom system beeped.
"Mr. Kiriakis," the voice called out.
Philip swiftly walked over to system and pressed a button. "What!"
"Uh-h Mr. Kiriakis, sir. There's someone at the gate who says she need to see you."
"Didn't I say that no one comes in or out?"
"Ye-yes sir but she's very insistent that she see you. She says she has some imperative information about your son." The guard answered back and awaited further instruction from his employer.
"Let her through." Philip answered and then clicked the intercom off as he headed out of the room.
"Philip, wait a minute where are you going?" Chloe called out after Philip but it was to no anvil as he had already passed through the doorway followed by Rex and Mimi. Knowing that she also wanted to see just who this illustrious person was that had information on her son she turned to her daughter. "Lily, I want you to stay in here and don't come out until I get back." Pushing her daughter's long hair off her shoulder she caressed her cheek once before turning following the path her husband had traveled before her.
By the time she caught up to Rex, Mimi and Philip they all stood on the porch watching as a black SUV pulled up into the driveway with black-tented windows. When it came to a complete stop the passenger door opened to reveal a tall broad-shoulder young man who looked to be in his early twenties.
"Who is that?" Chloe asked as Philip and Rex started to move away from the porch.
"I don't know, stay here." Philip answered walking toward the man as he went to a side of the SUV pulled open the door and lifted someone out of the backseat. As Philip and Rex got near the man the saw that he was carrying an unconscious young woman, Lissette.
"Can I get some help here?" The man asked Rex looked at Philip before he approached the man.
"Who are you?" Philip nodded as Rex took an unconscious Lissette out of the man's arms.
"Look, I don't know what they gave her but she should be fine."
Philip turned his steely gray gaze onto the man as he slowly began to walk closer to the man who was an inch or two taller than him. "I'm going to ask you one more time, who are you and what do you know about my son?"
"Angel," the man called not breaking his gaze with the older man. "I could use a little help here."
"Give me a second Patrick," a breathy feminine voice called from the other side of the car.
Philip looked over at the direction of voice and immediately was taken by surprise at bundle of joy the other person held in her arms.
"Nicky." Chloe called from the porch, she had just returned from seeing Rex and Mimi getting Lissette settled into the house. She rushed over to the girl and took her son from the girl's arms. Immediately she was stuck by how unresponsive he was. "What's wrong with him?" She raised her gaze to the girls awaiting her answer. But, before the girl had a chance to respond the young man did.
"We had to give him cyanide so he would come with us—," the man whose name apparently was Patrick answered.
"You drugged my son?" Philip demanded unable to hide the steel in his voice redirecting his gaze on Patrick.
Chloe softly smoothed over her son's soft blonde hair. Holding him tightly in her arms she breathed in his soft baby scent before redirecting her gaze on the girl who had held him and was struck her presence, the look on her face as she watched Chloe with Nicky. She recognized it well, a look only a mother could have, one she held herself before Nicky had been brought back to her, and it was longing for a lost child.
"Only a little … we had to. But, he'll be fine. He's completely unharmed, we would never harm fa … him," Patrick answered before breaking the gaze with the man in front of him to see Angel watching Chloe and Nicky. "Angel," he moved past Philip to go to her, effectively blocking Philip's view of her.
Philip noted the falter and asked again. "Who are you?
"Nicky," Lily called running out of the house to her mother. She gushed over her baby brother completely oblivious to other people around her.
"Take him in the house Lily, he needs to lie down." Chloe order gently as she passed her son into Lily's open arms brushing a kiss on his cheek. "I'll be in, in a minute. Now, go."
Lily nodded as she finally noticed two other people standing beside the SUV. But, instead of staying and letting her curiosity get the better of her she did as her mother had asked and left. As she left she knew that whatever happened she would definitely find out about it later.
Philip had walked around the car and was standing next to his wife awaiting an answer to his question. For some reason, he needed to see the woman who answered to the name Angel. He couldn't explain why he'd suddenly felt the need to see her but something about her voice called to him.
Patrick blocked any view of Angel as he tended to her. Pulling her chin up so that his gaze met hers he asked the question he needed to know the answer to. "Angel, are you ready for this?" He asked softly.
"No, but I-we need his help to get her back." Smiling slightly, her blue-green eyes twinkled. "Everything's going to be alright, I promise." Removing his hand from her chin, she leaned into him breathing in his scent, she pushed him away. "My name is Angel, Angelica and this is Patrick." She moved to stand beside Patrick so that Philip could see her fully. "And no we would never hurt Nicky … I could never hurt my brother."
"What?" Chloe gasped staring at the girl in confusion before turning gaze on Philip. And unlike her his reaction wasn't confusion, it was shock.
"An-Angelica," Philip said his steely gray eyes melting into a vibrate blue as he stared at the young woman before him in shock.
"Hel-hello Daddy," Angel answered as she went into Philip's arms.
"Chloe I saw Lily take Nicky upstairs, where's Alex?" Mimi said as she rushed down beside her friend.
"Who's Alex?" Patrick asked moving his gaze from Angel and her father to Mimi.
"My son, the other little boy who was with Nicky? You got him too didn't you?"
"There was no other child, there was just Nicky." Angel answered as she pulled herself slightly of Philip's arms.
"Oh my god," Mimi cried as she raised her hands to her face. "They took Alex, they took my son." Slowly Mimi fell to her knees on the ground her tears falling full-force, "Alex." She screamed and then collapsed into a storm of tears.
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