Wizards of Waverly Place
I've got a secret
Part Nineteen: Day Nineteen
It was Wednesday, October 20, day nineteen in the year in the life of the Russo's, and though things were not going as they had planned, and things had definitely taken an unexpected turn of events, things were looking up for the Russo's for the first time in a long time, well, for most of them. Aside from Alex's physical abuse and food deprivation, the group was finding these newfound things to be acceptable, and even an improvement to their unfortunate lives, for now that is.
There was much excitement for Theresa, Max, Kramer, and especially James, to learn that his parents were famous wizards, Ignaceous and Gatling Dodreick, making him not only a celebrity, but not also a full wizard, which comes with more power than any of us can ever imagine. This was exciting for all, except for Mason and Juliet, who had other things on their minds to worry about. "Mason, do you really think now is the time to tell them? I mean, they're so happy." Said Juliet. "Do we really want to ruin it for them now?"
"Well, it seems no matter how good things get for us, sooner or later something else comes along to ruin it, so we might as well ruin it before that. I mean, better us than something else." Said Mason.
"I guess that makes sense, or was too long for me to want it explained again." Said Juliet.
"Besides, this is important that we tell them, and now that they know who James' parents are he'll take it a little easier. How bad could it really be?"
"Well, I mean how would you feel if you found out your sister's boyfriend had dated your girlfriend?" Asked Juliet.
"Well, my sister is twenty seven years old, so I would not appreciate Alex dating a man that much older than her, but this is slightly different. I don't know what to do. I wish Alex was here to tell me what to do." Whined Mason.
"This is why we broke up, you can never make decisions for yourself." Said Juliet.
"What, I always made decisions, all the time." Responded Mason.
"Oh ya, why did we break up then?" Asked Juliet.
"I don't know." Said Mason.
"Ha there, don't know either of your names." Said Kramer as he walked down stairs. "Now, you're the, housekeepers aren't you?"
"No, we're dating Alex and James." Said Mason. "Well, she's dating James, I'm dating Alex."
"At least mine is around." Said Juliet quietly.
"What?" Asked Mason.
"I didn't say anything. Ha, I decided to take some classes, on rock climbing, so I can finally realize my dreams, of hiking the rocky plains, or, I can't remember what it was, but I'm gonna do it!" Yelled Juliet.
"Okay, just wanted to know what your names were, and I still don't." Said Kramer.
"Mr. Kramer, how do you think we should go about telling James that we've dated before? I don't know how he'll take it, because my sister is so much older than his, and I've never found out about new parents of mine, what do you think?" Asked Mason.
"What, you think he's going to be able to relate to those scenarios?" Asked Juliet.
"Ha, what makes you think I can't relate to that?" Asked Kramer angrily.
"Can you?" Asked Mason.
"No." Said Kramer.
"It doesn't matter how he would react to it, we have to tell him no matter what." Said Mason.
"Wha, you're the one who asked Kramer how he'd feel!" Yelled Juliet. "You always contradict the things you say."
"No I don't, this is kinda the first time." Said Mason unenthusiastically.
"That settles it, as soon as we see James, we tell him!" Yelled Juliet as she slammed her fist on the table.
"Thank you Mr. Kramer." Said Mason as he shook his hand.
"You're welcome." Said Kramer as he shook Mason's hand. "Now, wait, you never told me what your names were."
"If we told you our names, would you really know us better?" Asked Juliet.
"I guess not, I'm sorry." Said Kramer as he sat on the couch. "Is there any way I can make it up to you?"
"Don't sit down for the rest of the day." Answered Mason.
"Alright." Said Kramer as he stood up.
"Ha, anybody seen James?" Asked Theresa as she walked in.
"No, we really want to see him too, kind of important." Said Juliet.
"Hi guys." Said Max as he walked in.
"Ha Max, have you seen James today?" Asked Theresa.
"Ya, we really got to talk to him." Said Juliet.
"I hope he's in a good mood." Said Mason.
"I hope he knows where to get a back brace." Said Kramer as he rubbed his back.
"Ha why all the sudden is James the most important person in the house? I mean twenty-four hours ago he didn't even know his real name. Why doesn't anybody want to talk to me?" Asked Max.
"I'm sorry Max." Said Mason.
"Ya, we just needed to tell something to James." Said Juliet.
"And I don't care who I talk to, long as they know where to find back braces." Said Kramer.
"-Ya I just wanted to see James, he's pretty normal and not insane." Said Theresa.
"Ya!" Yelled the group.
"We're not insane!" Yelled Mason. "Uh, uh." Groaned Mason as he scrubbed his hands with bar soap and scrubbed his shirt.
"I, am so sorry, I am sorry, about, everyth..." Started Juliet into a camera with no lens or tape.
"Show me all the blueprints!" Screamed Kramer as he clenched his back.
"It's, so cold, can't, feel..." Started Max as he shivered and rubbed his arms.
"Ah! You idiots! Be, sorry, the year 1996!" Screamed Theresa. "Ha, never said I wasn't insane."
"What's all the insane yelling?" Asked James as he walked in.
"Ha, do you know where I can find a back brace?" Asked Kramer.
"No, I don't think there's such a thing." Said James.
"Ah, I have to stand all day, do you know what that's going to do to my back!" Screamed Kramer.
"Why don't you just lean on something?" Suggested Juliet.
"Ha thanks, is that okay Mason?" Asked Kramer.
"No." Answered Mason quietly with his arms crossed and a serious look on his face.
"Ah! Well I'm gonna get some breakfast, ah, almost nine, I'll wait." Said Kramer as he walked off and clenched his stomach. "Ah!"
"Oh, I almost forgot about that watch, it's my purpose in life to find it, who wants to help!" Asked Theresa enthusiastically.
"I wish I could, but I really don't want to." Said Juliet.
"Fine, I never liked you, James, you've always been like a son to me..." Started Theresa.
"No, James can't help you, he's busy." Said Mason quickly.
"No I'm not." Stated James.
"Well you are now, we need to speak to you Ju-I mean James." Said Juliet.
"Okay, sorry mo, I mean, Mrs. Russo." Said James.
"Fine, nobody wants to help me with my purpose in life, what about all the times I've helped you?" Demanded Theresa.
"You've never helped us with our lives, you've never done a damn thing to help anyone been too freakin' busy with that stupid closet, or solving Max's problems, or that watch, it's all been about you!" Yelled Juliet.
"Just coulda said no, don't have to yell." Said Theresa as she left for the under of the stairs.
"Why didn't she ask me to help?" Asked Max.
"You're no help to anybody." Commented Juliet.
"That's right." Said Max.
"So what did you have to tell me?" Asked James.
"Oh, uh, what we had, to tell you, is, uh..." Started Juliet.
"What are you waiting for, just tell him that, uh, you're right, maybe now isn't the best time." Said Mason.
"What do you mean now isn't the time, are you going to tell me, or not?" Asked James loudly.
"No." Said Juliet.
"Well okay, now, I know things have changed a little, with the discovery that who I think I am is all a lie, but we have to work around that, and get back to our present lives." Said James.
"Good idea, now, since things have changed in this category, when we get married do you still want me to take your last name, because, well, look at it, hu." Laughed Juliet.
"Uh, not what I was referring to, but we can talk about that later." Said James.
"Oh there won't be much to talk about." Said Juliet.
"Ah, now, things around here are starting to look up, and we only have a few things to work out, there's the watch thing, Theresa has that covered, and the only other thing is Da-I mean Jerry. Now that we know I'm not his son, and Max is too young, the only person who can do the transplant is Alex, so once we find her we can move on with ourselves." Said James.
"Sounds good, the only question is, how do we find her?" Asked Mason. "I saw the people who took her, but I have no idea who they are, I just don't know."
"Well don't get too frantic, the doctor said we have time, a week at the least were his exact words, it shouldn't take that long, but where do we start? We've always had some sort of lead, something that links people to kidnaps, but this time we have nothing, I don't know how we're going to do this." Said Juliet.
"We've faced things harder than this, I'm sure we'll find a way, we always have, I mean bad things happen to us, but they always get better, that's the way it's always been." Said James.
"You're right, I guess we'll just have to wait, until we think of something or until something is given to us. Stated Juliet. For now all we can do is think of how our lives are going to change as a result of all of this."
"Well, all that's really happened is Justin has a new name, and none of us will have anybody trying to arrest or kill us, besides Mr. Russo, Kramer, maybe James if she doesn't find the watch, so not much." Said Mason.
"Well, I'm now a full wizard, which means there are no questions about finalizing our relationship one day, no risk of me becoming a mortal." Said James.
"Ya, I guess it is nice, knowing what we're involved in could turn into something serious, and we can start a real relationship now." Said Juliet. "But now right now, because now is the time for me to focus on my life's goal, of becoming a rock climber, look at all these pamphlets I got. I know everything we try to do is hard, but I feel that this can really happen, see, my life's purpose is achieved by paying some money and taking a few simple classes, little work, take that Mrs. Russo!" Yelled Juliet.
"Oh shut up!" Yelled Theresa quickly.
"Well, I guess now that we have some time off I should start looking for a job in the Wizard World. I'd look for one in the real world, no, why do they call it the real world, wizard one's real, anyway, I'd look for one in our world, but the wizard currency is worth ten times what it is here, plus they use American bills." Said James.
"Maybe Mark Wahlberg's a wizard, with his acting talent, there's no way he could be that rich." Stated Juliet sourly.
"Na, ya get that kind of money when ya work and get three kinds of welfare at the same time." Retorted James.
"So Mason, what are you going to do once this is all cleared up?" Asked Juliet.
"Well, I hope that Alex and I can start our serious relationship again. I mean, it was great when it started, like, eight days ago, then it all fell apart the next day, and I haven't seen her in four days, so I hope we can put all that, death, murder, betrayal and kidnap stuff behind us and finally become a real couple." Stated Mason.
"Ya, I really hope I can accomplish my life's goal of becoming a rock climber." Said Juliet.
"You told us that already." Said James.
"Ya I still can't believe it's coming true." Said Juliet in a low and quick voice.
"Well, I'm gonna go find Kramer and get a back brace." Said James.
"Why?" Asked Juliet.
"Ha what else am I going to do?" Asked James.
"Help Mrs. Russo find the watch?" Suggested Mason.
"I'll go with ya." Said Juliet as they headed for the door.
"Okay." Said James as he left.
"Ha don't leave without me." Said Mason as he raced after them.
"Hello!" Yelled Theresa from the closet. Max then ran for the door.
Back at the mob headquarters, the mobsters had just gotten in to clock in for work. "Uh, another day of bangin'." Sighed de Havilland as he put his card in the clock.
"Ya, when we kill those Russos I am retiring to Florida in a house on a hill so high, people will pay to use my ski lift, just to deliver my mail." Stated Susan as she punched in.
"Ha you idiots, you're three hours late!" Yelled the mobster.
"No we're not!" Yelled de Havilland as Susan and him stared hard at him.
"I told you to clock in at six, and it's nine!" Yelled the mobster.
"Oh." Said Susan.
"At least there was a couple hours of common sense here, I don't see why you let these people torture me." Said Alex.
"Ha, it's hard to find people who will work for two dollars and hour, that's right, we can lower our pay scales whenever we want." Said the mobster.
"Ha, we can quit whenever we want, if we could find a job that pays as much as this." Said de Havilland.
"Ya, I only get a couple of pennies for dancing on the street, that doesn't even cover the cost of the hat I put on the sidewalk." Stated Susan.
"Alright, can we all stop talking about how unfair our lives are!" Demanded the mobster.
"Ha, I didn't get to talk about how unfair my life is, like how, like, well my house doesn't have good ventilation, so it's kinda cold this time of season, and the landlord always asks for the rent a day too early, that's pretty frustrating, and, uh..." Mumbled de Havilland.
"Stop!" Yelled the mobster.
"Thank you." Said de Havilland as he sat in a chair and it broke. "Ah!"
"I don't believe this, we have been at this for four days, and Jerry Russo hasn't even sent one of his drones to spy on our operation, why is this so difficult?" Demanded the mobster.
"I told you, he probably has no idea where I am, or that somebody's kidnapped me, he hasn't dealt with anybody from your stupid mob since that card game, twelve days ago! Why would he relate my absence to this mob at all?" Asked Alex angrily.
"I guess she's right, but I will not take that chance, that if we go to Jerry Russo's house, that he might have an entire army ready to kill us, but ya, this isn't really working is it?" Asked the mobster.
"No, but what do we do?" Asked Susan. "I mean, we have no way of luring him in unless we get closer, and from the calculations we did last night it would prove fatal if we got even an inch closer to Jerry Russo's house, so I don't have any ideas."
"Why are you so worthless, at least I put gas in the car once, on your debit card, but at least I took the time to do it." Stated de Havilland.
"No you didn't, you put gas in your car, so we had no car to drive to the restaurant we wanted to shoot up, and we had to carry our heavy guns, for seven miles!" Yelled the mobster.
"This seems pretty personal, maybe I should leave while you work this out." Said Alex.
"Ya, maybe, wait, no, we are not losing another one like this, let's all agree that we are all equally important, and get back to the task at hand." Said Susan.
"Agreed, so who has any ideas?" Asked de Havilland.
"Uh..." Started Susan.
"No, no more of this, we have wasted enough time, I'm going home to think this over, you stay here, and by tonight, I will have an idea on how to capture Jerry Russo, so don't move!" Yelled the mobster as he stormed out.
"Alright, so what do we do until he comes back?" Asked Susan.
"We can play hide and seek." Suggested Alex in a sickly sweet voice.
"Great idea, I'll hide, and you seek!" Yelled de Havilland.
"Okay, go hide, one, two..." Counted Alex as de Havilland ran away.
"Well, got rid of him." Said Susan proudly.
"Bet you can't hide longer than him." Challenged Alex.
"Bet I can!" Yelled Susan as she ran off.
"Idiots." Said Alex as she pulled out a nail file and tried to get past the rope and file her nails. "Uh, uh, come on!"
At the house, Theresa was looking through the under of the stairs for the watch. "She was struggling to move boxes, and struggling to see through the dust. "Cu cu, uh, hello! Anybody want to help me!" She yelled. "Where is everybody?"
At the department store, Kramer was talking to a clerk about the back brace while James talked to Juliet and Mason. "So why is it he can't stand all day?" Asked James.
"It's a long story, don't want to bore you with the details." Said Mason.
"Sounds pretty good to me." Said James.
"Okay, James, we've waited long enough, and I think it's time we told you, that, that, uh.." Started Juliet.
"We told him that already!" Yelled Mason. "Just forget it, with the stress of this back brace thing I don't think any of us can handle any more pressure, so let's just deal with this first, where's Kramer?"
"Ha, I saw this back brace first!" Yelled Kramer as he pulled on the brace with another man.
"No I saw it first, let go!" Yelled the man as he pulled the brace.
"You don't need it!" Yelled Kramer.
"Ya I do!" Insisted the man.
"Did you do something wrong and can't sit for the rest of the day too?" Asked Mason.
"No I fell off my roof while I was doing some tarring, I need this to re-adjust my spine." Answered the man.
"Oh." Said Mason.
"Give it to me!" Yelled Kramer.
"No!" Yelled the man as they pulled on the brace.
"Let's go get the manager to arrest them." Suggested Juliet.
"Agreed, come on Mason." Said James.
"Alright, ha, you better not sit while I'm gone!" Yelled Mason.
"I won't!" Yelled Kramer.
"Good." Said Mason as he pushed up the collar on his jacket.
"Ha, I've been looking all over for you guys." Said Max. "Let's get that back brace."
"Forget it, gonna get the manager." Said Juliet as she pushed past him.
"Follow us." Said James as they walked out of the store.
"Okay." Said Max as he followed them.
At the mob headquarters, Alex was sitting in the chair while de Havilland and Susan were yelling at each other. "Ha, do you think she's coming?" Asked Susan.
"Shh!" Yelled de Havilland.
"Uh, this is awful, where are they? I mean, they'll probably die if they come here, but it usually never takes them this long to come, what if something's wrong?" Alex asked herself. "I hope that mobster guy doesn't come up with anything that could hurt me, like he could actually think, ha ha, oh." Groaned Alex as she leaned back in the chair and it fell over.
"Ha ha!" Laughed Susan from far off.
"Shh!" Yelled de Havilland.
At the house, there was a knock at the door. "Uh, who could that be?" Asked Theresa as she came from under the stairs and went for the door. She opened it, and it was Kramer, all beaten up, and a police officer. "Officer?"
"We caught this man fighting another man over a back brace, we were able to separate them in time, but I'm afraid the back brace is destroyed. He claimed this was where he lived, so we'll let you deal with him." Said the officer.
"Alright, thank you officer." Said Theresa.
"Thanks Theresa." Said Kramer as he walked into the house clutching his back.
"He's not my husband, he's just hiding here because he and my husband are wanted by the mob for having a card game." Said Theresa quietly.
"I figured, well have a nice day. Oh, you owe us fourteen dollars for that back brace." Stated the officer.
"It's coming in the mail." Said Theresa.
"Good, see ya." Said the officer as he left.
"Moron." Said Theresa as she closed the door.
The door was immediately opened and James, Juliet and Mason walked in. "Ha." Said Mason.
"The officer brought us here." Said Juliet.
"Well then who drove the car?" Asked Theresa in a frustrated voice.
"Damn!" Yelled James as he sat on the couch with his face in his hand.
"Lucky." Said Kramer.
"Well I have had no luck in finding that stupid watch, there are just too many boxes, and dust in there, I really need some help." Said Theresa.
"Eh, I don't know." Said Juliet.
"Either this or you tell James." Whispered Mason.
"Okay I'm in." Said Juliet as she got up and went for the stairs.
"I'll go to, because everything else is just confusing me." Said James as he left for the stairs too.
"I'm gonna get to work on a back brace." Said Mason as he grabbed some fabric and some needles and headed for the sewing machine.
There was then a knock at the door. Theresa went to answer it. It was Max. "Hu hu, I went to the bathroom and they left without me." Said Max in tears. Theresa hugged him and handed him a tissue. "Thanks."
At the headquarters, de Havilland was sitting in a dark closet, he had some fabric, and was knitting with some needles. Susan called from across the warehouse. "Ha, what are you doing?" She asked.
"Knitting a back brace, my dad needs one and they were all sold out last night." He answered.
"Ha, my mom needs one, knit me one." Said Susan from another closet.
"Why's she need one?" Asked de Havilland.
"Fell off the roof while doing some tarring." Responded Susan.
"Ah." Said de Havilland as he went on sewing.
At the house in Mason and Max's room, Mason was lying in his bed throwing a football up and down while Max just laid in his bed on the left of his and read something. "Max, how do you think your sister will act when I tell her that Juliet and I dated before?" Mason asked Max.
"I don't know." Answered Max.
"Well, why not, you're her brother, shouldn't you know how she acts to things like that?" Asked Mason.
"Na, she's three years older than me, she never spends time or has interest in me, I really don't know that much about her." Stated Max.
"Well, me neither, I'm not even sure if she really likes me. I mean, she never tells me her secrets, never confides things in me, and is always bossing me around. I just don't know." Said Mason.
"Ya, Alex is never outright with anyone, I never know what she's thinking, or how she feels toward me." Stated Max.
"Well I sure hope she likes me, because I really like her, I always have." Said Mason.
"Don't worry, she likes you." Assured Max.
"How do you know? I mean we've been, 'going out,' since May and she still doesn't treat me like her boyfriend, are you sure?" Asked Mason.
"I'm sure, Alex has never gone through this much with any other guy. She's never invited anybody into the house before, and no guy has gone through as many of her crazy schemes with her as you have." Said Max.
"Uh, I still don't know." Said Mason.
"Ha, I don't know much about Alex, but what I do know, is she wouldn't spend three days walking through the forest to find anybody but you." Assured Max.
"Hu, I guess you're right, thanks Max, you're a real friend." Said Mason.
"So are you. I mean, James and Alex are always with their other friends, and they're so much older, they never talk to me, but you always spend time with me, you listen to what I have to say, you're like my big brother." Said Max.
"Really, that's so sweet, well, I'd be proud to be your big brother, and you can always talk to me Max." Said Mason.
"Thanks Mason." Said Max.
That night at the mob headquarters, the mobster had just come back and he look enthused, but still nasty. "I'm back, and I have a ful, ha!" Yelled the mobster as he found Alex in the chair, lying on the floor, alone. He went over, pushed up the chair, then pushed it over.
"Ah!" Yelled Alex as she fell face first on the floor.
"Where are you dumb asses!" Demanded the mobster as he slammed his foot on the floor.
"We can't come out!" Yelled Susan from the closet.
"Shh!" Yelled de Havilland.
"Get out here!" Raged the mobster.
The two then ran out. "Sorry boss." Said de Havilland.
"You never came for us." Said Susan with a serious look on her face.
"Will you all shut up!" Demanded the mobster.
"Ha, you got yelled at." Laughed Alex.
"Oh, you won't be laughing for long, for I have just come up with the most ingenious idea to get your father and kill your family." Stated the mobster.
"What, are you going to kidnap my dad's recliner and deprive that of food too? Hu, is that what you're gonna do!" Asked Alex loudly.
"No, this is no indirect method that will be more work than it's worth." Stated the mobster.
"What, but, that's what the nameless mob of New York City is about! I, I don't kn..." Started de Havilland frantically.
"Shut up! No more of this, Jerry Russo is the greatest threat our mob has even faced, and it's long overdue that we take extraordinary measures!" Yelled the mobster.
"Oh, I love that movie, I was one of the lucky twenty people who actually saw it." Said Susan.
"So, what's your big plan?" Asked de Havilland.
"A simple kidnapping of his only daughter did not bring him here, so we have to move to a whole level, we will send the message to Jerry Russo that the nameless mob of New York City will do anything to get it's man, we'll thief, torture, and even murder." Stated the mobster.
"Alex finally looked up with a shocked look on her face. "What, murder?" Asked Alex.
"Yes, I have called the leader of our mob, and by tomorrow night, he will be here to take on the deed. Your death will be made known to your father, with a note, that his entire family will be killed, until he comes to us." Stated the mobster.
"What, are you sure you're not taking this too far?" Asked Alex nervously.
"No, it has all been set up, by this time tomorrow, you will be six feet beneath the ground, and Jerry Russo, will be on his way to his fate. Come, our work is done, be here promptly at six thirty to prepare. And you, rest up, it's a big day tomorrow, ha ha." Laughed the mobster as he left.
"Uh, oh, where are you dad, Justin, anybody?" Asked Alex desperately.
At the house that night, everybody was sitting in the living room. Theresa was drinking some tea, the others were sitting at the table or the couch. James then walked in. "Ha, I think we should start researching who might have taken Alex. I think if we go to the spot where she was kidnapped, find any kind of foot prints or DNA, then we can make some headway before the weekend, we'll find her before the week's up, I know we can." Stated James.
"That's the Justin I know, always finds a way to work around the most hopeless obstacles of life. I don't care how many times your name changes, I'll always love you." Said Juliet.
"That's so sweet, I wish Alex was here, then I could have somebody to love me." Said Mason.
"We are going to find her, sooner or later. The only important thing is that we're making progress, for now we just have to enjoy the normalness." Stated James.
"Ya, this is the first time in months that we have nothing to worry us, nothing to hold us down, and we can just be a family." Stated Theresa.
"It's nice, without all the shooting, or the yelling, or the betrayal, just like normal families." Stated Max.
"Ha, never call us that!" Yelled Kramer as he walked in. "Ha, I found a lawyer who works on contingency, I think he can get me out of this!" Stated Kramer happily. He went to sit down.
"Don't." Said Mason not even looking at him.
"Sorry." Said Kramer as he stood up.
"Ha, I finished the back brace, I think you'll really like it." Said Mason as he handed it to Kramer.
"Thanks." Said Kramer as he put it on. "Uh, this hurts my back worse, eh, at least it's slimming." Said Kramer as he walked over with it on.
Juliet and Mason began to walk towards James. "Um, James now that we don't have any worries on our minds, I think now is the best time to tell you." Said Juliet.
"Tell me what?" Asked James.
"Well..." Started Juliet.
"A while ago, before we met you or Alex, Juliet and I, well, we were friends, and, we dated." Said Mason nervously.
"What, you two?" Asked James.
"Ya, for like, three months." Said Juliet. "Sorry we didn't tell you sooner."
"That's no big deal, I know you love me, and I know Mason loves Alex, and we're al friends." Stated James.
"That's great to hear." Said Juliet as she sat on the couch and started to paint her nails.
"I'm glad this is out in the open, now we don't have any secrets, no life threatening situations, we can finally be calm." Stated Mason.
There was a knock at the door. "It's open!" Yelled Theresa from the couch.
The door knob was turned several times, then the piece of door around it broke off, the hand came through, then the door was pushed open, to reveal the doctor. "No it wasn't." Said the doctor.
"Doctor, what are you doing here?" Asked Theresa.
"Well, I was on my way to the other side of town, and decided I'd stop by here on my way, save time." Stated the doctor.
"Good idea!" Yelled Max.
"Doctor, why are you here?" Asked Juliet.
"Well, we were doing some tests, and I'm afraid your husband's situation has become critical Mrs. Russo." Stated the doctor.
"What, what does this mean?" Asked James as he got up from his seat.
"What happened?" Asked Theresa.
"We're not sure, but all we know is that now we don't have enough time to do the surgery as we thought." Said the doctor.
"What, how much time do we have?" Asked Theresa.
"Two days, Friday at the latest, I'm afraid." Stated the doctor sadly.
"What! Friday, we don't even know where Alex is." Stated Mason.
"I'm sorry, unless you find her before then, I'm afraid your husband will not survive." Said the doctor gravely. The whole family stood with shocked and hopeless looks on their faces.
Will Alex be able to escape the mob before their leader comes to kill her? Will the family find Alex before Friday? Will Alex be able to do the surgery in time? Will Theresa find the watch and free Justin? What will ever come of Mason if he loses Alex? You'll know if you read the other 349 days in the year in the life of the Russo's, "I've got a secret."