Chapter 2
Salem, USA
Nina laid back in her bed at the Salem Inn reflecting on how she'd arrived here. It had been one wild ride. Sneaking out of the mansion undetected, and boarding a flight out of Italy at the last moment hadn't been cheap. At least she had the money she had found in Stefano's-
Stefano.
Not her father.
It still seemed so unreal! Her whole life had been a lie. God, what was she going to do? She only had a few thousand dollars left, and a gun. She didnt even have a change of clothes. And how was she going to find John Black? She did'nt even know what he looked like. She'd have to locate a computer tomorrow and look him up.
What would she say? "Hi, I'm your daugther."
He proably didn't even want her.
She was all alone in a foreign country, and she had never been this scared in her life.
Phillip Kiriakis sat at the bar in Dune drowning his sarrows in his cups. He saw the pititful looks he was getting and didn't care. They didn't live his life, they had no idea what it was like to have everything you hold dear to you gone in an instant. Even though he had been the one to leave Belle, it didnt change the fact that he stilled loved and missed her. And Claire.
God Claire.
His beautiful little girl.
No, not his. Shawn's.
"Hey Bartender, can i get another over here?" Phillip yelled.
She slid up saying, "Don't you think you've had enough aready?"
"I'll be the judge of that."
"Hey take it easy, I'm only trying to look out for you." She poured him another shot of vodka and was on her way.
He took the shot in one smooth motion. Feeling it burn all the way down his thoart. Sighing he took out his wallet and left a hundred dollar bill on the countertop, and paused after pulling out a picture of Belle and Claire. He had taken it at Shawn and Mimi's Wedding. They looked so beautiful. His heartached at the loss and he shoved the picture away, and wondered if anything would ever be okay again.
Venice, Italy
Stefano paced around his palor wondering where Nina was. It had been three days and still no word on her whereabouts. Where the hell was she? How had she managed to disappear without a trace, and why?
"Boss we got some news."
He turned around and faced Bart, Antonio and Nick. "It better be good."
"The good news is we've found her." Bart looked around wishing he didn't have to tell Stefano the rest. He new the Boss wasnt going to like this in the least.
"Well? I'm waiting Bart."
"It seems she booked a flight to New York..."
"New York? Why the hell would she do that? She's never been to America before..."
"Well you see f-from t-there she uhh..."
"Bart, stop stuttering and be out with it!" Stefano demanded as he slammed his fist on the table.
Nick stepped forward and offered up the rest. "From New York she flew to Salem."
"What! This can't be happening, how on earth did this happen?"
"Well it appears that she knows about John Black, sir."
"How?"
"We checked the security camera's and it appears she came here the night she gave the slip to Antonio and I." Nick looked to Bart to continue.
"Yes, it seems she found her way through the secert passage way in the hall, and was indeed in the downstairs office when we were discussing her er situation." Bart confessed.
"Damn! So she knows about John Black does she? Well Boys it looks like your going to America." Stefano said to Nick and Antonio. "Get her and bring her back as quitly as possible, and under no circumstances is she to make contact with John. Do you understand? I won't have her ruining my plans."
"Yes Boss." And with that the two departed.