Chapter 63

Lucky

What is happening? There are more sounds like shots being fired, then I feel a body on top of me. “Do not move, Miss Gianluca, stay down.” Villessey commands me. His voice stern, I realize I am holding my breath.

“Oh my God, what is going on?” My voice quavers, a lump is in my throat at the sight of a motionless Phillip laying in front of me.

“We are under attack, stay still help is on the way. We have the place surrounded. I can’t move you just yet we are in the open.”

“Obviously we are not protected enough if someone has managed to shoot Phillip. Is he, is he dead?”

“Yes, he is cold.” Great that doesn’t sound nice, does it? I mean he is, was a person a living person who had a mother and a father. And who would be attacking us? I thought this place was like Fort Knox with all the security, the eyes in the sky and just about anything else that Nico could surround us with in terms of security.

“On the count of three, I want you to get up and follow closely behind me, I will shield