APOV

"Oriella is moving in then" Grandma asked me as I put the last of the dishes in the dishwasher.

"Yes, she is" I smiled, glad that she wanted to stay here with us. "I don't even want to think about what would've happened if they had taken her."

"She's fine, probably making out with her boyfriend up there" Grace laughed.

"They are both over age and as they're on the opposite side of the house from my bedroom, I don't have to listen to anything."

"Do you want tea" I asked them.

"You finish off, I will put the kettle on" Grace told me.

I was just about to turn the dishwasher on when my phone started vibrating on the counter. I knew that tone as I had heard it tested by my husband so many times, so I bolted from the kitchen, barking dogs following closely behind.

"LUCY" I shouted.

She was coming down the stairs, faster than she should've with her foot but her Dad caught her half way down, having ran from his office with the trail of men quickly following behind. Lucy was hyperventilating as he carried her into the living room, placing her on the couch.

"Lucy, what's wrong." I pleaded, kneeling down in front of her, next to Christian.

"Nicole" she said, taking in a shaken breath.

"Baby girl, calm your breathing. Focus on mine" Christian told her as she focused on him and slowly calmed down.

"Tell us what's wrong" I asked her, hating to see my daughter so distressed.

"I was on a video call on my laptop with Nicole. She had to go to get her dinner so I picked my iPad up. While I was on that, I heard a voice say hi. I thought I had set a video off as I had been of Facebook, but I hadn't. A man was sat in Nicole's bedroom or it looked like it. He had a white wall behind him which is how Nicole's is at the moment as her mum has just decorated."

"Who was it" Christian asked her.

"He said he was her brother. Gary I think he said his name was, but he wasn't, Nicole doesn't even have a brother, she confirmed it herself. She went white as a sheet when I told her that I had spoken to a man that was in her room. I just slammed the laptop lid down and ran out of the room. She's going to be panicking thinking some man is in her house" she cried as Christian pulled her into his arms.

"Barney, get yourself and your equipment to the house now" I heard Theo say.

"Sweetheart what did he say to you" Christian asked her.

"He was trying to get me to speak to him but I wouldn't, told him I don't talk to strangers. He called me Luciana all the time, never Lucy. Nicole has never called me Luciana, always Lucy so how would he know my full name. He called me a smart arse so I told him, I took after my Dad. His face went dark then as if he was angry."

"What did he look like, can you describe him to us."

"My iPad, something didn't feel right so I took a picture of the laptop screen with my iPad. I dropped it on the stairs when I came down."

Matteo disappeared from the room but it wasn't long until we heard him, the whole house could hear his cursing.

"What" Christian asked.

"Shitty disguise, change of hair colour and a fake beard. I will change him permanently when I get my hands on him" Matteo said before he handed over the iPad to Christian and soon his curses matched his sons.

"Jason call it in. I want Cameron Berci brought in, preferably alive."

"Even I would recognise him" I told them.

"I wouldn't, I have never seen him before in my life."

"That's what he was counting on. I don't think he expected you to be smart enough to take his photo" Christian told her, kissing her forehead.

"Mum, Dad, Nicole is going to be panicking. She might think it's something to do with her Dad."

"Do you have a number" Grace asked.

"Yes, my phone should still be on the counter, it's in there under the name of Penny."

"You have your answer son to which side he's on" Carrick told Christian.

"Yes" was all Christian said, he was barely holding it together at the moment.

Someone had gone after both our girls and my husband would make them pay for that.

…

Our house was a hive of activity yet again. My husband, if I didn't know and love the gently giant inside the way I do and knew he loved me just the same back, I would probably be terrified of him now. There is only one way I could describe him and that is the feared mob boss that I know him to be.

The people who were following Cameron had been up to his apartment, where they had last seen him go. He hadn't answered the door so they let themselves in, finding it empty. He wasn't there, the things they did find though was as if he had left in a hurry but where did he go. The whole apartment building had been surrounded, Barney even hacking the cameras but he hadn't come back into the hallway but still somehow, he had slipped past them and Christian was on the warpath.

I had spoken to Penny also and explained the bare minimum that someone must have a grudge against the Senator and was targeting his family. Grace had arranged for them to be moved into an apartment that her and Carrick had in the city. The story was so that the police could check the house over to see if there had actually been an intruder and if they had left anything behind. Knowing it wasn't her father, Nicole was actually relieved although not too happy about having some stranger in her room. It makes you think what this father of hers is really like when she would prefer a stranger in her room than him.

Oriella's kidnap attempt was on the news which is what we wanted. The cops had released the image of him from the stairwell but not having the photo that Oriella had taken, he was still unidentified to them. Christian wanted him panicking and also thinking he was one step ahead of us when in fact we had his identity. The only problem we had was how do you find a dead man.

Barney was in Christian's office at the moment, looking over Lucy's laptop while she was sat with her Dad on the couch. Christian had been outside, barking orders to everyone, even left for a little while himself but never for too long. At the moment having Lucy by him is the only thing that is keeping him calm.

"How is your foot."

"Better now I can't feel it any more" she yawned.

Even the simplest children's painkiller could send my daughter to sleep and as she did more damage to her foot, navigating the stairs at speed, they're needed at the moment.

"You sleep baby girl ok" Christian whispered, kissing her forehead.

"Love you Daddy" she mumbled.

"Love you too."

He left her sleeping before getting up and coming over to me. His arms wrapped around me tightly as we held each other.

"Any news on Cameron."

"No, the team is still there, searching the place at the moment. I wanted to see if they could find anything that would lead him to Garcia, Ramirez or if he is working for someone else entirely. He sure a fuck isn't working for me. I'm sorry, if me barking orders and shouting is scaring you Princess, I just don't think I have been this angry in a hell of a long time, not since you and Lucy were taken."

"I understand but don't keep it to yourself, I'm here if you need me."

"I know Ana, you're my rock do you know that."

"I would say you were the same thing. Take a step back and focus. Do you know what his movements would have been today."

"He's was due to turn up for his shift at the warehouse."

"The warehouse though, isn't that dangerous to have him working where all your shipments come in."

"Remember we have more than one warehouse, we have acquired many over the years. The only one he has ever stepped foot in was the one that held our meeting. That is not our main warehouse, that one is where he will end his days."

"Can you do something for me" I asked.

"Anything Princess, you know that" he told me, cradling my face between his hands.

"When you find him, I want him to hurt for every tear that our daughter shed."

"I promise Ana, he will pay."

I left Christian as he went outside to the office, going up to my bedroom to get a sweater because with the doors opening and closing all the time, I was starting to get a chill. I was trying to wrack my brains as to how he would've gotten out of his apartment as I knew Christian had a large team watching his every move. As I headed back to the stairs, something caught my eye that gave me an idea.

"Dad are you ok with Lucy, I need to see Christian."

"Yes, she isn't going anywhere at the moment, although she keeps mumbling about Rosie."

I smiled looking down at her.

"That's the name she has chosen for her pup when it comes."

"Oh, ok. I thought she was having a conversation with someone from school" he chuckled as I shook my head.

"Oriella are you ok" I asked as she was sat at the dining table, tapping away on her laptop.

"I'm fine Ana, just catching up with some work. I don't know what Barney did to my laptop but it works a lot faster."

"I won't be long ok, Milo Giz, come on boys" I called to them as they followed me to the door. Sprout and Rocco stayed where they were, by my daughter's side.

Wrapping my sweater close around me, I headed across the grounds. I saw many of our guards on the way but I didn't have time to stop and talk.

"His sister, has he been there" Christian asked his team at the table before heads turned to me as I opened the door. "Ana?"

"Sorry to interrupt, do you have a minute" I asked Christian.

"Of course."

He took my hand, leading me into a smaller office.

"What's wrong Ana."

"Cameron's apartment, does he have an attic."

"Yes, it's been checked."

"All of it."

"Ana what is it" he asked me.

"Do you remember why we boarded the floor of our attic."

"Yes, Luca" he smiled, shaking his head. "You think."

"I don't know. I have been trying to think of a way he could've gotten out of there without being seen. Maybe he never left and is just laying low until your team leave."

"Come on" he said, leading me back out to the main office, everyone wondering what was going on. "Seth, come in."

"I'm here Boss" he said through the radio

"The attic was it boarded."

"No sir, just full of insulation fluff, Pete couldn't stop sneezing so we closed it back up again."

"Check it again, all the sides, corners. Pull it up if you have to but check it again." he said.

"Son, Ana what is going on" Carrick asked us but Christian looked to me to answer.

"I was trying to figure out how he got past the guards that are assigned to him, knowing the building was surrounded so I thought if he was still there, where would he hide. It's a long shot but worth a look."

"How did you think of the attic" Elliot asked me.

"I went to my room to get a sweater because I was cold and I caught sight of our attic door out of the corner of my eye, remembering Luca's adventure up there."

"That was a perfect place to hide, apart from itching for a week" Luca proudly told us.

"What happened" Tommy asked.

"When the boys were little we were having the loft insulated so to keep them out of the way, we decided to play hide and seek. Luca seeing the attic door open, decided to explore and thought it was the perfect place to hide, especially after the man had finished and closed the attic up. It was dark up there but he didn't care. He won the game as we never found him during the time. He had managed to manoeuver himself against the far wall and cover himself over with the insulation. The only reason we found him was we kept hearing sneezing above the bedrooms."

"I remember that day. Mum was having a panic attack as we couldn't find him and the gate to the water had been left open" Theo told us. Never again. It was boarded up not long after that and a lock attached to the attic door.

Christian and I had our arms wrapped around each other as we waited for news of whether he was still there or not. A gun shot sounded out through the line, making me jump, before shouting occurred.

"He's here" I heard someone shout. "Shut him the fuck up before someone calls the cops."

"Seth, check in."

"We found him, hiding as you suspected. He's currently knocked out on the floor now."

"The shot, was someone hurt" I called out.

"No ma'am, there is currently a small hole in the roof now but no one was hit."

"Who took the shot" Christian asked.

"He did, can't shoot for shit though as he stumbled back in all this fluff."

"Move him to the warehouse but keep an eye out for any nosy neighbours. Someone would've heard the shot. Get someone to make a racket in the back alley, hopefully they will put the loud bang down to that" Christian told him before he turned to me. "I need to go."

"I know, make him pay for what he has done."

"You can guarantee that Princess."

CPOV.

I made my way into the house with Ana, saying goodbye to the girls. I had no idea what time I would be getting back but the house would be locked down until then.

"Come home to me" Ana said from the door, as I walked to the car.

I turned around, walking back to Ana before I pulled her into my arms, bringing my lips down to hers. I tried to pour all my love into the kiss but sometimes words or actions cannot even come close to expressing how much this woman means to me.

"I will be home as soon as I can, I love you Princess."

"I love you too, be safe. Look after our boys."

"I will" with one last kiss I finally made it into the car.

We headed towards the docks, going in at separate intervals so as not to draw attention to ourselves. It was early evening now and unless you were security, which we could get away with, stating Luca's company or had a shipment due, then not many people were usually here.

"Boss" Barney said, approaching me as I got out of my car.

"What have you found."

"It was the friend's laptop that was infiltrated not Miss Grey's. They had managed to hack into it, make it so that when Miss Myers came online, they could view whatever conversation she was having so they knew the perfect time to make their move. They basically had full access to her laptop and with gaining access to her room, they were able to copy the backdrop and make their own, thinking they could fool Miss Grey."

"They didn't though."

"No, they didn't" he smiled. "She was too smart for them. I have given Miss Myers a new laptop, keeping her old one with me. Her new one had this highest security system on it and I would like to do the same to Miss Grey's, only having time to do the essential checks today."

"It's in my office at home, pick it up when we leave here."

"Sir."

We both turned, hearing a car approach as the doors on the side of the warehouse opened to let it in. I didn't want Cameron, screaming or drawing attention to us so like everyone that is brought here against their will, they get the luxury of being driven to their death.

I walked into the warehouse and to the back of the car as he was pulled from the trunk. He had barely gotten his feet on the floor when my fist impacted with his ribs and he crumpled into a heap.

"That's one" I told him, one tear and many more to make up for. "Tie him to the chair."

"Sir I found this where he was hiding" Seth told me, handing me some paperwork which had addresses written on it. I nodded to him before I put it in to my pocket.

"Why are you doing this" he groaned, "I haven't done anything."

"If you haven't done anything, why were you hiding like a pussy in the attic" Matteo asking him, delivering a hit to the side of his head which would've knocked him and the chair over if he had hit any harder. "That's for my sister, there is many more where that came from."

"I was threatened by Ricardo, I was hiding from him" he shouted out as Theo took his hit. "Please" he groaned.

"It's funny then, why you look remarkable similar to the man who scared our sister. Did you think you would speak to her and she not identify you? She's smart, smarter than you could ever hope to be" Luca told him, holding a print out of the photo that Lucy took in front of his face before he hit the other side of his head. Whether his mother or sister, you don't touch either or Oriella.

"Sebastian Ortez, where is he" Luca asked him.

"I don't know anyo" a perfectly timed punch to his mouth stopped his lies.

"I will ask you again, where is Sebastian Ortez" Luca asked.

"I don't know, I heard the name Seb but I have never met him" He cried out as I'm sure a rib had just broke.

"Boys" I said as they stepped back. Cameron's breathing now ragged. "How long have you been working for Garcia, was it before or after my wife put you in your place. Just so you know it was my intelligent wife who figured out your location today."

"Before" he groaned. I'm sure he would be holding his ribs if he could move his arms.

"Before. So I will ask you this, why."

"My brother in law worked for Garcia. You ran him off the road and he was killed. You ruined my sister, I did this for her."

"Bring the sister in" I told John.

"NO Please, she doesn't know anything about this. Doesn't know how her husband got his money. Please, she has a one-year old daughter who she's now bringing up on her own."

"When was this so-called murder of her husband" I asked.

"Six months ago. He was delivering a shipment of drugs over near Oregon city and was run off the road, killed instantly and then she had the cops knocking down the door and searching the house because they found the drugs in the car."

"Well they do say drugs kill, maybe he shouldn't have been delivering them in an area he knows not to" Theo told him.

"Fuck you, he was just trying to make some extra money for his new baby."

"So, let me get this right, he was delivering drugs on our turf, for an enemy that was trying to push its way in again. He gets killed, you can say he was run off the road but how do you know he didn't just have an accident. Because of this, you automatically blame us and turn traitor. Do any of you know about this death."

"Don't know, killed so many" Dwayne smirked.

"YOU DID IT" He shouted in my face so I slapped his.

"If I did it, I would've left him burning in front of his wife's house, letting her know just what kind of person she married" I spat at him.

"Did your wife know what kind of person she married" he said before I gripped his throat.

"Be very careful what you say about my wife" I said, tightening my grip as I watched the man in front of me turn blue from lack of oxygen.

He was gasping for air when I finally released him, still alive for now but even mention my Ana's name and that would be it.

"She, she."

"What was that" I said as I gripped his hair, pulling his head back.

"How old did you say your niece was."

"Please you have a daughter."

"Yes, and I would kill to protect her. Now fucking talk."

"She planned it" he said. I thought he was talking about Ana at first before I remembered another she in this scenario.

"Where does Maria Ramirez fit into all this."

"She's in charge, with Ricardo. She's worse than him though. That was why I scoffed in the meeting when your wife said about her being a Boss. I was pissed at being pushed around by a woman."

"Whose plan was it to go after Oriella" Luca asked.

"Hers, you destroyed their guns so she said it would hit you where it hurts. Your daughter, was her idea as well. Ricardo wanted to wait until the next shipment came in, so they would have double the firepower to take you on but she said she wanted some fun. She's evil. She figures that because she's a woman she has to prove herself more in the business, show she is Boss. She likes to pay games which pisses Ricardo off because he likes to plan everything to the minute detail whereas she will jump straight in. She's very immature for a Boss, thinks she can get away with what ever she does and by upsetting and scaring the girls, she thinks she's won."

"She hasn't won shit. Maybe I will introduce her to my wife, then she will know who the real Boss is. You said a shipment would give them double the firepower so that means they already have weapons. Where are they storing them" I asked, smacking him across the face when he shook his head again.

"Please, they will go after her."

"Too bad. If you tell us, we will let her know that she's in danger, give her a head start. If not, we will bring her to the warehouse, your niece too."

His shoulders sagged in defeat as he looked up to me through swollen eyes.

"Please" he begged.

"Not interested, you should've thought about your actions when you targeted my girls. Lorenzo you have that address for his sister."

"Sure boss, I have it right here."

He read the address out, each word confirming that we knew exactly where she lived.

"Want to change your mind, your life is forfeit anyway. Your sisters, depends on you."

"I'll tell you" he said, weeping at what he had gotten himself into.

We placed a map in front of him as he showed us the location. We thought Portland but it wasn't. Where it was, made me feel sick.

"Why there" I asked.

"Maria did some digging around, got a cop who was a friend of the elder Garcia on board and he found out about that place so she figured it would be the last place you would ever go. Like I said, she likes to play games with people. Her Dad Ramirez, she has him wrapped around her little finger and lets her do whatever she wants."

"If you paid attention in the meeting instead of spending it sneering at my wife, you would have heard he is not her Dad though, Javier Garcia is."

"Where is it Dad" Theo asked.

"Montesano, the town where your mother grew up. The town that knew she was being abused and did nothing about it. Where about in that town."

"The house that she lived in was gone but there was enough land behind the rubble to set a small building up hidden in the trees. No one went there. As far as the town is concerned, it doesn't exist."

"Of course it doesn't. To acknowledge what was there, means they have to deal with what they ignored and they're too much of a bunch of cowards to do that."

"What's the security like there" Jason asked.

"There isn't any. The other places had guards. With this being the last place you would look or anyone would go, Maria joked to Ricardo that their stuff was safe there."

"What's held there."

"I don't know, I only went once and that was a few months ago when they were setting it all up. Maybe they have it guarded now, I don't know. I try and stay away. My job is to."

"Spy on us and feed them information" Matteo said.

"Yes. I'm a low man. I was a higher rank in your operation until I was."

"Knocked down a peg or two by my mother" Theo told him and I could see the anger in Cameron eyes over that fact.

"Yes" he seethed before my fist hit his mouth, two teeth now littering the floor as well as the blood they spat.

"You're going to come along for a ride, take a journey into hell" I said before hitting him in the head with the butt of my gun, knocking him out cold.

"Get him in the car, get clean up in here and I want a team ready to hit the road ASAP for Montesano."

Everyone started to move, as I made my way to the small office to call home.

"Christian" Ana breathed a sigh of relief. "You ok."

"I'm fine Princess, I might need my knuckles kissing better though."

"I will make sure I give them special attention when you get home, you are coming home" she asked when I didn't answer.

"Not yet Princess…. Shit" I sighed, rubbing my hand over my tired face.

"Christian, talk to me."

"We have found out the location of another area where they have been hiding their guns."

"Where" she asked quietly, knowing it must be somewhere significant for me to swear.

"Montesano Princess. Apparently they thought they would choose the last place we would think to look and have hidden them on the grounds of your old house."

"She's playing games" Ana said angrily.

"She is and when I get my hands on her."

"No, when I get my hands on her" my wife told me. "You can do whatever you want to finish her off Christian but I want her to know what happens to people who fuck with my children."

Shit I wish I was there, I know she will be shaking with anger now.

"I'm fine Dad, Christian is just letting me know he's going into hell."

"You're going back there" Frankie asked, coming onto the line.

"Yes, They have chosen to store their shit at the place of Ana's misery."

"I wish I was going back with you, I need to watch my girls though."

"That's where I need you to be Frankie, keep an eye on them for me. Lucy?"

"Nicole is here, as is her mother."

"Ok, keep information to a minimum around them. I will call when we're on the way back."

"Ok stay safe."

I was about to end the call when I heard Ana's voice.

"I'm sorry Princess, I thought you had gone."

"Never without telling you I love you."

"I love you too Ana, I will be home as soon as I can."

I hung up, going back out into the main warehouse.

"Boss do you want some fireworks" Dwayne asked me.

"Of course, maybe enough for the whole town too."

He probably thought I was kidding but if I could get away with it I would do it. My boys were waiting for me by the car, already to get on our way. This was the last place I ever wanted to take them to but it's out of our hands for now.

…

The drive was long as we took a route that would bypass going through the centre of town and only coming in on the west side, close to the our destination. It was dark by now but it didn't change our mission, we had the equipment to deal with anything they could throw at us.

"Heat signals" I whispered to Welch as we made our way through the grounds, heading towards the trees behind. Frankie really did a number on the house when he was here as there is nothing left of it except a pile of rubble. The building we were seeking was really hidden away and would be missed unless you came close. Not that anyone came here anyway.

"No human signals."

"Seth any heat signals" I asked as he was in the woods.

"None in the trees. There is a house not far from here which has heat but none are outside."

"That must be where Kate and Mia grew up" Elliot commented and I had to agree with him.

"Boss I'm detecting a generator that is running so I would suspect that there are cameras in operation" Welch said.

"Can the generator be disabled from out here" I asked.

"A few carefully aimed bullets should do it" Elliot said, so I told him to get on it.

"Ok, Seth keep an eye on the house over there, see if there is any movements outside if shots are heard."

"Will do."

It was instantaneous, as soon as the bullets hit the generator, the humming stopped. I expected it to explode, not really bothering if it did as we were here to get rid of it anyway but it just quietened.

"Close in" I said, through the mic in my sleeve.

I turned to Ethan who was at my left side, telling him to go around the rear of the building to see what was there.

"It's clear around back" Ethan said.

"No activity from Kavanagh's old place, seems like they're watching TV" Seth told us.

"How many inside" I asked.

"Two."

"Ok, keep observing them and the woods until I tell you to pull out."

I gave Matteo light as he picked the lock on the door, which creaked open. Like the other locations, there were boxes and boxes here as if they were ready to start a war.

"Dad, these are filled with guns and ammunition." Luca told me.

"We have coke over her" Elliot said. "Sure as fuck ain't pure. You want to save any of it."

"No, not touching it" I told him, so he stuck some explosives in the middle of it and smiled.

"Get the town high, when this hits the air" he said as I rolled my eyes, turning to everyone else.

"Ok get the fireworks set up, it might not take them long to get here if they're close and I don't what them to arrive early and spoil the show. Get Cameron in here, he can enjoy it from the inside."

I stood back as everyone worked, looking at the area where my Ana had once lived. I was glad the house was not here any more as I don't think I could have stepped foot in it, if it was.

"Ready" Theo asked me as the cars pulled out and we headed back the way we had come.

"Yes, light it up. Let the town see, hopefully some of it will burn too."

The explosion ripped through the night sky as the building behind was in flames, no doubt I would hear Cameron screaming if I had bothered to stick around. I didn't care though, he had made his choice. I had been debating on the way here whether to call the cops in on this one, nothing worse than having the police take your guns away but with the cop that let Ramirez know about this place and the amount of bent cops that have worked in this town, they gave me no choice. If the cops come calling, like they tried to do last time when he house went up, I will let me wife deal with them. They will know before long that my wife would never set foot in this place and in turn us.

As our car pulled onto the road out of town, I turned back to see the plume of smoke over the trees. For every time our enemies set something up, I will make sure I take them down. Going after my girls was a step too far, something that is not done in this life. With a woman in charge though, a loose cannon, all bets are off and she will fall as if she were male.

"I want all these addresses looked into" I told theo as I placed the paperwork down in his lap.

"Where did you get this" he asked me.

"Seth found it in the attic where the coward had hid. Find out what they are first. Have they started up their protection racket again and these are addresses of businesses they have hit or are they places that they own. Its time to hit them even harder where it hurts because if they own these, I want them burning. It's time to bring the might of this family down on them."

As we drove away from a place I never want to set foot in again, I breathed a sigh of relief. I wanted to leave this hell hole behind, get back to Seattle but more importantly, get back to my girls.

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Caroline.