"Stop at the bakery, I need to buy cake," Xavier said to break the silence
"Fine," I said and after a few turns there was no bakery in sight
After searching for a while we were finally in front of an old-looking bakery
"I will wait here, you go and buy what you want," I say but no
Why would they listen to me?
They had to drag me in
As we stepped in the bell on the door rang above our head
"Helloâ" she stopped seeing us and then quickly covered up her face
"Sorry, just surprised seeing new faces, this bakery is not on the main road and has very few customers and you are new faces, take a seat on the table, while you go through the menu," she said
I looked at her, she was probably in her 60s and looked harmless
"EVANGELINE GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE, WE HAVE CUSTOMERS" she shouted as soon as she was out of our sight and all three of us jerk our heads in the direction
I was about to walk there but Xavier held me back
"Not everyone with that name is her, get a grip," he said looking at me dead in the eyes
"THEY ARE OUR REGULARS, I DON'T CARE, EVERYONE IN OUR STREET KNOWS ME, STOP TRYING TO GET ME A BOYFRIEND GRANNY" we hear a voice shout back
"GET DOWN HERE NOW!!" the old lady shouts and soon we see a girl walk down
"I am here, what do you want?" she says as the old lady the back of her head and tells her to take our order
She grumbles and walks towards us "Hi, what would you like to take?" she asks
"A chocolate doughnut, 2 black forest pastries please" Xavier orders and she leaves
"She is quite a unique girl" he mumbles
After some time, she comes in with two plates in each of her hands and balancing one on top of her head and by the look of it she can't balance
"Careful with the doughnut on your head" Xavier shouted and she made a horrified look and glared at him I was confused as to why she was glaring until I heard a voice from the kitchen
"EVANGELINE, ARE YOU PLAYING WITH THE SERVINGS GAIN?" the old lady shouts as she burst out of the kitchen angrily
"No, I am not" the girl defends herself as she quickly puts the plates on the table
"I am so sorry for the disgraceful welcoming," the old lady says in a sorrowful tone
"No worries, it's livelier this way" I reply
"Yeah and..." Xavier was about to continue he got cut off by my phone ringing
"Hello?" I speak
"Where are you?" I heard Dad speak
"We are at a bakery," I say
"Did you say bakery? Bring something home" I heard Austin shout
"Fine I will," I say and then I ask what the reason for the call was and Dad said he called to check up on me since we were late
Austin and Callum were the only ones who were cheerful even after she left
They were constantly trying to lighten the atmosphere but
Nothing conceals the fact that she is gone
After eating and spending some time with Eva we went back
"What did you bring for me?" Austin asked as soon as we were in and I gave him a look before passing him the cake I brought him
"I got a blueberry..."
"ANGELO COME HERE NOW," Alexander shouted from the third floor making us all shocked
Never before did he shout this loud
We all went to the office only to see it was a mess
"I think I have a lead on her," he said making my heart stop
As soon as he said those words the house alarm went to life
"Shit," we all say as we heard the front door burst open
"Take your weapons and be ready" Dad shouted as we all grabbed a weapon and went downstairs to see men fighting everywhere
Some me were ours and others were of well I don't know
MASSIMO POV
Some tried to attack us and we dodged easily soon we were all in the fight and we were at a loss
Half of our men were on the verge of death and we were on losing terms
As soon as I taught to tell everyone to flee some men dressed in white burst through the front door
Shit
We are already on losing terms and with more of their men
We are bound not to be able to escape
As I looked again I was shocked
'What the hell?" I mumbled to see the men in white killing the intruders
"Dad, you called for backup?" Austin shouts still fighting
"No," I say as I am confused
Soon the fight was done and before I could even question
One of the men gave me a letter and they left without a word
"What was that? Did any of you ask for help?" I ask all my sons
"No" they all mumbled
"Let me see the letter," my wife said taking the letter from my hand, and as she started to read she cried
"My baby" she mumbled as she cried and fell to her knees
I snatched the letter from her hand and tears welled up in my eyes as I read it
Thanks to your daughter you are all alive she is with us, stop searching, she is not dead, yet will be with you on her 18th birthday, if she survives till then
LOTUS ASSOCIATION
The lotus
No one in the underworld doesn't know the lotus
The top assassin producer
More like killing robots
Their methods for training are more than 10 times of torture of a mafia and if anyone gets on their bad side
It's death, no
Death is peaceful
'This is not good" I mumble to myself as everyone reads the letter
"Our birthday, it's in one week," Angelo said as he clenched his fist and ran into his room we all ran behind him
"Angelo open the door, what happened?" I shout as I hear things shatter and I get panicked
What if he hurt himself
Alexander quickly opened the door with the spear keys he carries around for what reason I don't know
We all were stunned at what we saw
He was on his knees in the corner of the room and the vase that was originally there was shattered into pieces on the floor
'ANGELO" my wife shouts as she rushes towards him and carefully leads him to his bed and we all stand there in silence
"She is suffering, all I can do is wait, I can do nothing while she is suffering and while I was suffering she was the one to help me through everything" he cried
As I looked at him again I noticed his hands were bleeding
"You are bleeding, let's get you treated first," I say slowly walking to him and helping him stand
"I am scared, what if she changed, what if she hated me for not getting to her sooner" he mumbles
"She will never hate you, all she ever did till now was only to be strong enough to protect you," Alexzander says while I rub alcohol on his wound
"You waited a whole year, one week is nothing, let's do something that will cheer her up when she is back, I am sure she is missing you more than anything right now," Xavier says in order for him to cheer up
I look at him to see why there was no reply only to find him passed out on alexanders shoulder
"Poor boy, he is so worked up"
THIRD PERSON POV
One week felt so far yet so near to the Moretti family
Few were in guilt
Few were in despair and
Few of them were just blank
But one thing that was common in every member of the Moretti family was longing
Longing for their princess back home