CHAPTER 23

The night is deep and it is time for Mariella to sleep but she first ensures that the door and windows are locked. Even if she uttered words like she’s ready to die, as a twelve-year-old girl, fear still seeps throughout her well-being that someone might enter her room and hurt her or at worst assassinate her.

Mariella heard heavy and in a rush footsteps, and also muffled voices on the ground floor. Seems like they are having a chaos. When she looks through her window, many men in black, probably Giordano's men are going inside the vans. Despite the curiosity, Mariella just let it slide because it is definitely none of her business.

The next day came, Mariella’s ready to attend her classes when she heard two of the family servants talking in the hallway.

“Are they dead?”

“I heard they are in a critical condition but still alive.”

“For sure, the family will be thrilled and threatened. It’s an uproar to the Giordanos.”

“You’re right. We might get involved if something worse happened.”