Aurora was the first to see Sandra when she awoke. Aurora thought of going to inform Leo and the others but Sandra's warm hands on hers stopped her.She looked at the drained Sandra, her face pale and white as a piece of paper. Then a thin line of tear fell from the corner of her eyes and down to the pillow. Aurora wondered if she already knew that she lost her child. If so, how could she be so calm about it? Aurora remembered her own behavior vividly. She praised Sandra in her thoughts."I lost the child, didn't I?" she spoke and Aurora didn't know the best way to reply to that but her silence already gave Sandra her answer."I'm really sorry, Sandra." were the only words that could form out of Aurora's lips."Why are you sorry? It's entirely my fault." she drew in a deep breath "Although this pain would never go away, I'm glad it happened.""Sandra," Aurora thought she was going nuts and tried to stop her but she refused."It's the truth," she lifted her gaze and responded to Aurora
Andrea stepped out of the bath minutes later with Leo to the inquisitive stare of the family."It's... it's not what you think." she tried to wave it off "I must have eaten something really bad."Mrs Genovese stared at her for a moment, not convinced."I-" Andrea was ready to put forth another lie but Luca stepped up this time."It's not true, mother" he said "Andrea is truly pregnant."The look on everyone's faces, Leo and Luca excluded, turned from inquisitiveness to shock and unbelief. Mrs Genovese bursted into a long shout. She walked towards Andrea."If that's true, why did you want to hide it?" she asked and when Andrea did not reply Mrs Genovese understood."I owe you an apology also," she admitted "I'm sincerely sorry for the vile things I said about you and for the things I did. Will you please forgive me, Andrea?"Andrea nodded slowly. In a moment, Sandra was also next to her. "Hey, congratulations." she said with an immense pain in her heart but with nothing against Andre
When Aurora woke up it was already late in the evening. With sleepy eyes, she sat up on the bed and yawned. A thin smile crossed her lips when she remembered the passionate moment she shared with Luca.Eyes fully opened, she turned to stare at the man beside her but was shocked to find out that the bed was empty."Luca?" she whispered, her tone still slurry. She felt the space beside her and noticed how cold it was. It meant Luca must have climbed out of bed long ago. She got out of bed and forced her legs into the slippers on the floor and walked out of the room."Luca?" she called as she strolled through the passage and stopped when she heard low voices coming from the kitchen. She walked down the small stairs and stopped by the kitchen door when she heard,"You've got to protect her," Luca said "With your life, Leo." he said rather aggressively."But," Leo took in a deep breath "Aurora wouldn't like this.""You-""She's going to throw a fit, Luca." Leo explained "She's gonna blame
Without the knowledge of someone in the booth, Luca drove roughly and arrived at the deserted location under an hour. Parking the car several meters from the main location, he gathered his items and alighted from the car. He spoke into his earphone, "Enclose the region, search for possible obstructions. I'll be there in two minutes."Disconnecting, he stared at the lonely and dark street, locked the doors and booth of the car before crossing to the other side and beginning his journey.Automatically, Aurora was shut in the booth. Her screams and call for Luca couldn't be heard in the dark and eerie street.On the other side, Luca met with his co-workers and they ignorantly told of a clear coast. Luca walked into the house and began searching for his proposed item.Meanwhile, Alex watched Luca and his circle walk into his building from the top of an abandoned and desolate building. Chuckling, he pressed the button on the timer of the bomb and set it to ten minutes.Luca had less than
Five minutes remaining, Luca muttered under his breath, "Shit!" He left the enclosed room where he'd been busy and shouted into the earphones, "What do you mean she's not there?! Didn't I ask you to protect them and not let especially, Aurora out of your sight?! Damn you Leo!" he cursed into the phone with veins popping through his forehead, totally disconnected from his previous aim."Luca, I did! The doors to the house is still locked like you asked me to do! I swear I've been here since you left and Aurora never stepped foot out of her room." Leo explained with sincerity in his voice "Andrea just moved up to check and we found out she's gone!"Pacing the small area where he stood, Luca was completely losing his mind."Get the bodyguards together! Tell them to search the entire area around the mansion, immediately!""Luca, Aurora isn't here!" Leo stressed his point "The doors are still locked, there's no way she could have gotten past me I swear to you."With a low, agitative voice
"Luca!!" her screams pierced the air as tears like a river fell out of her eyes uncontrollably. Despite her aching abdomen, she leapt towards her husband who was on the ground, blood spurting out from his mouth, his head badly injured from the bash against the ground.Aurora carried him into her arms, sobbing loudly."No," she cried "This can't be..." she shook her head as she kept on wiping off the blood pouring innumerable from his mouth. "This can't be," she repeated.It was obvious Luca wanted to speak but he couldn't. Aurora understood that he was in actual excruciating pain but was only acting strong because of her. It made her feel more emotional.Alex came out of Luca's Maybach, laughing like a hyena. While Luca was dieing in the bosom of his wife, he was actually happy. Leaning against Luca's Maybach, he watched the touching actions of the couple and laughed to stupor. He dialed a number and spoke into the phone,"Mission accomplished, get the toxin for me." Luca's phone beg
Luca was rushed into the hospital with Leo and Andrea by his side and the media reporters were shut outside.Leo found himself calling God numerous times and was unaware that he wanted to enter the theatre. Unfortunately, the doctor stopped him."What happened to him, Mr Genovese?? He just managed out of the accident two days ago. He looks pretty bad to me.""It was an accident," Leo explained with shaky voice "He was run over."The doctor sighed with a forlorn look."Doctor, please..please save him.""I'll try my best of course, Mr Genovese but.." his words trailed off and then he walked into the theatre room.Leo face-palmed himself as he flopped on the seat next to the wall. Andrea sat beside him and placed her hand around him. That was all she could do. Words failed her......The next day, Aurora woke up tied to the bed. Her head ached and every part of her skin burned and then she remembered. Thin line of tears began to fall. She felt the ring Luca had placed in her hand and wond
The doctor approached Andrea and Leo who was resting on her shoulder the next morning."Leo," she called and he looked up to find the doctor. He was up on his feet immediately and Andrea followed suit."Good morning, Mr and Mrs Genovese" the doctor greeted "I'm sorry that I'm only here a day after the accident. It's just that the real problem took a while to figure out.""Doctor, what are you talking about? How's my brother?? Is he alright?""Mr Genovese," the doctor placed a hand on his shoulder "I'm afraid your brother will be paralyzed for the rest of his life.""What?" Leo chuckled while Andrea gasped. "Doc, that..that can't be true. Perhaps there was some form of misconduct.""Mr Genovese, although your brother had major injuries from the accident it is not the cause of his paralysis. That is why I took as much time as I could and eventually arrived at it. Luca was injected with a very dangerous substance, currently the most sought after toxin right now in the country and only fe