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Misha carried the baby up to her bedroom and laid her in the crib. She was sound asleep. She had just picked the girls up from school. They were having a snack before they started their homework Misha pulled a light cover over Lexi and walked out of the room. She sighed as she walked down to her bedroom to pull off her shoes. Mark had only been gone five days an it seemed like forever. She missed him.
The girls missed him. He called every night but it wasn't the same. Misha just wanted him home. She walked downstairs and checked on the girls. They were having their fruit and milk and laughing about school. Misha smiled. "Okay you girls finish up and get started on homework."
Danni smiled and downed her milk,leaving her with a milk mustache."Okay Miss Misha..oh by the way..can I call you mommy?"
Trini grinned and Misha just looked shocked."Well umm maybe you should..well I'm not your mother honey."
Danni grinned."Well the way you and daddy been kissin I'm sure you will be soon."
Misha blushed and Trini just giggled more. "Danni just because two people kiss that don't mean they are getting married.
Danni and Trini both grinned. "I'll just ask daddy tonight on the phone..if he says yes, is it okay?"
Misha sighed. "Danni don't ask your father that okay, we're just friends..now get to your homework, both of you."
The Girl put their glasses in the sink and took off giggling. Misha just shook her head, that's all she needed was them two making Mark think she was after him.
Misha washed up the dinner dishes the baby was in bed for the night and the girls were in the den watching TV. She heard the doorbell and she dried her hands and headed for the foyer. Misha opened the door to find a dark haied middle aged man standing there, in a nice suit. "Yes can I help you?"
"Yes Ma'am, are you Misha Georgio?"
Misha nodded ."Yes I am, what can I do for you?"
The man smiled."I'm Lucien Talecio ..I was a friend of your father's."
Misha recognized the name her from what Gorge had told her. "MR. Talecio..I heard that my father owed you some money,unfortunately, he died broke..so there is no money."
The man just smiled. "Well the debt has been passed on to you, you are his daughter."
Misha frowned."Legally you cant get a penny from me."
He smiled a not very nice smile."Well morally perhaps...you see I want my money and if I don't get it..well things might get ugly."
Misha's frown deepened."I'm calling the police."
Mr. Talecio shook his head. "Thats a pretty little girl you have, be a shame if something happened to her."
Misha froze and seen the man was dead serious. "I'm going to be generous. I'll give you a week to come up with the money, and then well then things are going to get mighty unpleasant if you don't have it."
Misha watched him walk away and slammed the door locking it. What the hell was she going to do. Mark would flip. She was putting his girls in danger as well as her own daughter. She thought about taking Misha and running,but she couldn't do that to Lexi and Danni, or Mark for that matter. She cared for them all. She wondered if she should just call the police. But what if he really did hurt Trini, she would never forgive herself.
She just didn't know what to do. There was no way she could come up with five hundred thousand dollars.
Misha watched as the girls took turns talking to Mark, and luckily Danni didn't say anything about calling her mommy, she would have died on the spot if she did. The Girls took turns telling him goodnight and handed the phone to Misha. "Hey Darlin how is everything going?"
Misha had to bite her lip, she wanted to tell him everything, but she couldn't, he would be furious, after all she was putting his daughters in danger.
"Umm fine ,just fine." She managed to get out.
Mark frowned. "You okay Misha, Danni giving you any shit?"
"Nooo no..I'm just tired..its been a long day and I'm ready to turn in."
"Okay Darlin, get you a cup of tea an relax, okay..I'll talk to you tomorrow."
Misha nodded."Okay..have a good night Mark."
"You too Darlin."
Misha hung up the phone and sank down on the couch, what in the world was she going to do.
The next week was hell. Misha was torn, not knowing what to do. She hesitated several time, about spilling everything to Mark, but she didn't, he would probably fire her. To make matters worse Talecio had his goons following her around. They would smirk at her and wave, she was scared to death. She had even been tempted to try and sell one of Mark's bikes and she was even ashamed for thinking about it, but she felt trapped.
Mark had noticed she sounded tense,but she kept telling him she was just tired and he tried to convince himself thats all it was. He had to do his two weeks, he had agreed to it. So he just tired to think about how soon he would be home, hell maybe she was just missing him. He smiled, Maybe that was it.
Misha was getting more desperate as the week wore on, The day before Talecio was supposed to come pick up the money, she decided to call her father's friend George at the bank,maybe he would give her a loan.
She waited till the kids were in bed and called him at home. "Hey George,its Misha."
"Hi Misha how is everything going?"
"Umm well not good, I was wondering if I could get a loan from the bank?"
"I don't see why not,come round tomorrow and we can fill out the paperwork..how much a couple of thousand?"
"Umm no more like five hundred thousand." Misha said sinking back in Mark's recliner.
"Misha there's no way you'll get a loan for that much, based on your income, that's like a business loan, there's no way you'll be approved for that and no way you could pay it back."
Misha sighed, this had been her last hope."Okay George thanks." She said hanging up. Now what in the heck was she going to do.
George sat in his living room,sipping a glass of wine, thinking, why would Misha need that kind of money. He frowned. That Talecio fellow. He was some kind of loan shark if he had ever seen one. He wondered if he was bugging Misha for the money. He sighed and got . Maybe he should call Misha back and ask. George looked at the time, it was late, he would call tomorrow. If he was bugging Misha, George would call the police himself.
Misha got up the next morning , worried sick. She got the kids ready and packed their lunch and dropped them off at school,careful to make sure no one was following her. She took Lexi back home and locked the doors .
Misha tried to concentrate on cleaning and planning dinner, but she was so worried, she really couldn't concentrate. She finally got laundry finished an was just about to carry it upstairs, when the front door burst open, Talecio was standing there with several of his goons. "I assume you have my money."
"I told you I don't have that kind of money!" She shouted more angry than scared now.
"Well I bet your rich boyfriend does." Before she could moves, one of the goons had grabbed her, she screamed her only concern was for Lexi, who was sleeping upstairs they either didn't care to kidnap a baby or they forgot about her. One of the goons slapped tape over her mouth, and Talecio taped a note to the front door."C'mon boys lets get out of here."
The largest one of the goons, threw Misha over his shoulder and carried her out to the waiting car. Talecio smiled, he would be willing to bet this wrestling fellow would pay to get his girl back and without going to the police if he wanted to see her alive again. He shut the door laughing, on his way out.
