Prisioner In Your Arms

The lawyer representing Sergio called him after reviewing the documents. The ones from the Williams-Rossano consortium were in order, but there was a problem with the inheritance that Rina had transferred to him. That fortune actually belonged to Nicole, rendering the papers signed by Rina invalid.

“Damn it! Now it turns out that my company belongs to that useless woman. I’ll have to talk to Bruno to have him come and sign the papers,” Sergio said.

“As soon as you order it, I will go, sir. I will start preparing the document right away,” his lawyer replied.

Sergio decided to immediately call Bruno. He had to force Nicole to sign the documents.

“Hello,” Bruno answered.

“My dear friend,” Sergio began.

“What the hell do you want now? We’ve given you what you asked for-return our son,” Bruno said.

“Well, it seems you’re in a bad mood. I need Nicole to sign some documents. Since she is the owner of the properties and the fortune that Rina transferred to me years ago, those documents are not valid. My lawyer will come to have them signed,” Sergio explained.

“She won’t do it,” Bruno said firmly. He was determined to put a stop to Sergio’s plans. He had recorded their conversations and had a recording of Nicole signing the document.

“What are you saying? How dare you contradict me?” Sergio was deeply angered.

“This has to end. She will sign those documents when you safely return our son, and that’s my final word.” Bruno abruptly ended the call.

Sergio trembled with anger. He would show Bruno that he couldn’t dare to play with him. He took a knife from the kitchen and headed towards the child’s room. Bruno had returned home to talk to Nicole when he received a video call from Sergio. He knew they could trace his location that way, but he had already ordered for the helicopter to be ready to take them away from there.

A man recorded the scene as Sergio abruptly woke up the sleeping boy, Santi. Seeing the man holding a knife in front of him, Santi began to tremble.

“This is what you’ve brought upon yourself, Bruno Leone. I will send you a piece of your son’s hand, and if you don’t comply, you’ll never see him again. I’m not playing around,” Sergio declared.

Sergio ended the call, leaving Bruno pale and unsure of how to react. Nicole fainted from the shock.

Sergio was determined. As he reached for the boy’s hand, he heard a thud. The bodyguard who accompanied him fell beside him. As Sergio turned around, he felt a blow to his head, and everything around him went dark.

When he woke up later, the boy was no longer there. Several of his men were dead. He searched the entire house for Deborah but couldn’t find her. Half of his men were missing. He entered his office, only to discover that the documents and the money he had were gone. He rushed to the backyard, only to find the helicopter had vanished.

“Damn woman! I knew you would betray me at any moment. You became attached to that brat. I should have gotten rid of you when I realized,” Sergio cursed.

Later, Nicole regained consciousness. Her parents and Bruno’s parents were at her house. This time, Rina and Gío didn’t care that she didn’t recognize them. They wanted to know about their grandson.

Bruno’s face was flushed, and his eyes were swollen. He couldn’t believe that his son had been harmed because of him.

“I can’t handle this, Father. I shouldn’t have gone against Sergio,” Bruno lamented.

“Don’t blame yourself, son. You thought it was an opportunity to reclaim your son. Anyone would have done the same,” his father reassured him.

At that moment, Bruno’s phone rang.

“Hello,” Bruno answered.

“Bruno, my son.”

“How dare you call me ‘son’ after everything you’ve done to us? Sergio hurt my son, and you did nothing to stop him,” Bruno retorted.

“You’re mistaken. Santi is safe with me. I didn’t let him get hurt. Now Sergio is after me. If he finds me, he’ll kill me. I’ll assume a new identity, and the same goes for my grandson. He’ll stay with me until we catch that maniac,” Deborah said before abruptly hanging up, not giving Bruno a chance to respond. He stood there, pale and shocked.

“What happened, son?” Noah asked with concern. It was just the two of them in the office.

“What happened, son?” Noah asked, concerned. It was just the two of them in the office.

“It was Deborah. Sergio didn’t hurt Santi. She took him away, and she has no intention of giving him back. She’s keeping him with her,” Bruno replied.

“Damn it!”

“That way, she ensures that we won’t try anything against her. She’s just like Sergio, a despicable human being.”

“No, son. They are anything but human. There’s no humanity left in them.”

They left the office to discuss what had happened with the others. It was incredible how they kept going from one problem to another without seeking it.

Nicole felt some comfort knowing that the child was safe, although being with that woman posed a constant danger.

Leandro arrived later, and Bruno showed him the recorded video call from Sergio.

“I recognize that place. It was my room in a house on the outskirts of Milan.”This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

“We have to go there immediately. I imagine we won’t find anyone, but it’s a starting point for further investigation,” Bruno said.

“I agree with you, son, but Sergio will try to approach Nicole to have her sign those documents. I’m sure he won’t stay idle. Someone needs to stay and protect Nicole,” Noah said.

“We’ll stay, Gio and I, if he agrees,” Noah replied.

“Of course, I’ll stay to protect her.”

Nicole looked at them with confusion. Why were these man and woman so concerned about her?

“I’ll call the hangar immediately to prepare the jet. We’ll arrive in less time,” Bruno said.

Later, they gathered at the hangar. Bruno, Leandro, and René were hoping to find some clues that would lead them to the child.

Deborah had managed to bribe some of Sergio’s men. She offered them double pay, and now they had to protect her and help her hide. If Sergio found them, he would kill them all. He didn’t know how to forgive.

Bruno, his father, and Leandro arrived in Milan eight hours later. They headed towards the San Siro area, passing by the stadium and the racecourse. The house was beyond all that.

Upon arrival, Leandro unlocked the door with his keys. They found traces of dried blood in the garden and inside the living room. They didn’t know what had happened there, but it was logical to assume that Sergio hadn’t called the authorities.

They searched the entire place. In Leandro’s room, they found Santi’s clothes. Bruno picked them up and could still smell the scent of his son on them. He sat on the edge of the bed and cried, thinking about everything his son was going through. Santi was still too young to understand what was truly happening, and it pained Bruno to think that he might believe they had abandoned him.

Leandro felt the same way. He adored that child with all his soul. Sergio was his father, but he wouldn’t hesitate to end him if he ever found him. Someone had to put a stop to him. He couldn’t continue hurting innocent people just to fulfill his plans.

“We have to keep searching. Who could we ask if they noticed anything strange?” René asked Leandro.

“Mrs. Rinaldi is the neighbor in the property next door. I’ll pay her a visit to see if she has noticed anything,” Leandro replied.

“We’ll wait here and continue searching the place.”

Leandro made his way to Mrs. Rinaldi’s house. She was a sweet elderly woman who had known him since he was young. Moments after ringing the doorbell, Mrs. Rinaldi opened the door.

“Speak up,” she said.

“Mrs. Rinaldi, how have you been?” Leandro greeted her.

“Leandro, my child, look how big you’ve become. Come in, don’t just stand there,” she replied.

Leandro followed her into the living room. He was familiar with the house. When they traveled to Milan, he spent most of his time there because his father would often leave him alone at home.

“I was starting to think you wouldn’t come to visit me. Your father spent months on the property, and I thought you hadn’t traveled with them,” Mrs. Rinaldi said.

“I just arrived. I’m a bit worried because I haven’t been able to reach my father,” Leandro explained.

“Well, I don’t know what happened, but yesterday their helicopter took off from the property, and a few minutes later, several vans left,” Mrs. Rinaldi shared.

“Perhaps my father’s phone got damaged, and that’s why I haven’t been able to contact him.”

“Most likely. Would you like some tea? I’d love to, but I have to leave. I just came by to say hello,” Leandro replied.

“It’s been nice to see you, young man,” Mrs. Rinaldi said.

Leandro left to return to the house where Bruno was. What the hell was happening between his father and Deborah?

“Did you find out anything?” Bruno asked anxiously.

“Nothing concrete. Mrs. Rinaldi only told me that she saw a helicopter take off from my father’s property yesterday, and a few minutes later, several vans left. That’s all she saw. My father had been here for months. I can’t believe I was so stupid not to realize. He owns various properties around the world, so I didn’t think he would be here,” Leandro explained.

“Could it be that Deborah and my son were on that helicopter? I can’t think of any other way they could have escaped from Sergio,” Bruno wondered.

“Probably. She has been loyal to my father. I have no idea what happened between them. It must have been a severe problem for them to be separated. In all the years they’ve been together, they had never done that. Where one went, the other followed. Always together,” Leandro said.

“A perfect match, as I’ve always said,” René replied.

“I loved that woman too much. I don’t know how I didn’t realize the evil she possessed. I blame myself for making such a poor choice of a mother for my son,” Bruno lamented.

“Deborah is not willing to give up my son. She made that clear. It will be like finding a needle in a haystack,” he continued.

The three of them looked at each other. They had no idea where to continue searching. They felt frustrated, realizing that they would have to return the same way they came, without any clue of where to find them.