Chapter 11 The Break In
It was midnight when Abby finally emerged from her bedroom. She wore her Thief Lord attire, but her mask was in her hand. It didn't matter if the gang knew, she still had to complete the job the Conte hired the Thief Lords to do. Fifty thousand dollars was a lot of money and it could buy the gang, Scipio and her the life they wanted. Abby quietly closed the door and tiptoed across the hall to Scipio's door. She went to open it when the knob turned, which made her jumped back a little. Scipio emerged from his dark room in his Thief Lord outfit, his mask on. He jumped back, startled by Abby standing right outside the door.
"What are you doing" Scipio whispered as he closed the door without making a sound.
"Going to get you" Abby replied as she handed Scipio the flashlights.
The two made their way to the roof of the grand Massimo house. Then they hopped from roof to roof until they saw the Casa Spavento. They climbed down the side of the house next door and landed on the wall overlooking the garden. They jumped down from the wall and landed in the garden. The lights were out in the house.
"Doesn't look like anyone is home" Scipio whispered to Abby as they made their way to the back door.
"That or they are all sleep" Abby added as she fished out her hair pin.
Abby knelt down and pushed her hair pin into the lock, jiggled it around until she heard a click. She pushed the glass french door open. Scipio turned on the flashlights and gave one to Abby. They entered the kitchen.
"Where do you think she hid it" Abby whispered.
"Let check the storage rooms" Scipio answered leading her to a door with boxes outside of it.
They opened it carefully and walked inside. They spent quite a while in that room looking over everything. They heard something outside of the door.
"What was that" Abby whispered to Scipio
"Just the wind or a cat, I saw a bowl in the kitchen. It is not here let's move onto another room" Scipio replied.
They tiptoed toward the door. Scipio opened the door, looking back at Abby to make sure they didn't bump into anything. As the door opened Abby saw something, she never ever wanted to see. There, with flashlights, stood the gang staring at them.
"What are you doing here" hissed Mosca angrily.
"What are you doing here, this is our job" Scipio hissed back. Abby grabbed his hand interlocking their fingers. She didn't care if the gang saw.
"This is not your job anymore, Liar Lord" Riccio hissed "You can't even talk to the Conte, not even a message, because we have Sophia. So there"
Scipio looked at Abby, they both forgot about the stupid pigeon. Scipio and Abby took off their masks.
"Stop it, did you forget we are in someone else's house" Hornet whispered, then she saw Abby's hand in Scipio's.
"When did that start" she asked pointing to their interlocked fingers
"We have been together for a while." Abby stated, looking at Scipio.
"Whatever, let's leave the liars and find the wing" Riccio said as the gang turned away from Abby and Scipio.
Prosper stayed behind staring at the Thief Lords.
"You two better go home. The others are really angry and they don't understand what you have done." Prosper whispered to them.
Abby turned to walk up the stairs to the bedrooms. Scipio stayed behind.
" Are you angry? Do you understand?" Scipio whispered back to him.
Scipio turned and followed Abby up the stairs. They made their way to the master bedroom. Abby opened the door and they walked in. Stuff was strewn everywhere in the room. However, that didn't stop Abby and Scipio from finding the wing, wrapped in a red blanket.
"I think I have seen this wing before" Abby whispered as she examined the wing. Where have I seen it before.
Then was a noise downstairs and raised voices. Abby and Scipio made their way down the stairs. There is a room filled with photographs stood the gang. They were talking with a older woman, maybe in her forties, who must be the homeowner Ida Spavento. There was a shotgun propped up by the doorway.
"Who would want fifty thousand dollars for the wing" Ida asked dumbfounded.
Abby grabbed the shotgun and pointed it at Ida.
She must have pointed it at the gang, who would do that to kids Abby thought.
"Our client wishes to maintain the utmost confidentiality" She spoke clear and precisely, a hint of angry could be heard in her voice.
"We have the wing it was upstairs in her bedroom" Scipio stood right behind Abby.
"Give me that" Ida tugged the gun out of Abby's hands, "the thing does not even work"
A little while later, in Ida's kitchen, Hornet started telling Ida the story about how they all came to be in Ida's house. Abby and Scipio paced the floor.
"It is an angel wing, right" Hornet finally asked
"Good gracious no. It is a lion wing" Ida said after she sipped some tea.
"I told you so, nobody listens to me" Bo piped up.
" I got it when I left the orphanage" Ida said.
Everyone turned to her with surprise on their face.
"Look I will give you the wing, but you must let me help. I want to find out more about the wing too." Ida said.
With the Thief Lords and the gang left Ida's home.
The next morning the gang without the Thief Lords let Sophia go to let the Conte know that they were finished with the task and that they had the wing.