Infatuation Of Darkness - Chapter 281

“You mean to tell me what the fucking source was anonymous?!” He yelled, “How the fuck can no camera catch that bastard?!”

He placed around the room and finally let go, “Just find it. That’s not possible. Then any-some camera must have caught him.” He hung up.

Nothing was making sense. How the hell did someone go by undetected by the cameras of the agency. . .unless. . . that were involved in it.

That had to be it. They dared to attack him. Angelo knew he had to do something about it but with his adventure at the agency had the media covering it, there was too much heat that he had to take care of. If he took his revenge right now there would be chaos all around.

He had to think it through.

In his life of 30 years, none of his family members had gone to jail or even called to the national security service. It was him as the first man to ever enter one with handcuffs on him.

The humiliation was real. How could-

“Papa?” Salvatore and Lucas stepped in. “Can you help us?”

He nodded and followed them out. Alexis had made sure to get the point across that they had to do some tiny things for the children as well. Even though it would make them dependent on the parents they would not at least hide their mistakes from them.

“There!” They both pointed up to the tree their frisbee was stuck.

Angelo nodded and turned to a guard to have him bring up a ladder. “How did it reach up there?” He turned to his kids then.

Salvatore shrugged and looked at his older brother who took the fall as always. “We were seeing how high can the other throw because we had a lot of frisbees. . .but then. .”

“. . .we got to bring another and the packet was empty,” Salvatore mumbled with a pout on his face and widening his eyes a little bit.

Angelo scoffed and looked away. He flicked Salvatore’s forehead and said, “That works on your mother, not me kid.” He then pinched his cheek earning a cry from his kid. “Take care of how much is left before you use it, okay?”

Both of them nodded. The guard came out with the ladder and he climbed it. Taking the frisbee from the branch and handed it to his children.

“Go play and be careful!” He said loudly as they ran away.

“Angelo!”

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The driver raced the car just as his Donna demanded from him. Three years ago when they did not find Julia they had declared her dead but if one frail woman were working with Madison and had practically sold out and the family it meant that it was Julia because no one else knew as much as she did. This had to be her.

She got off the car and rushed inside. “Where is he?” She asked Agatha.

Bella Rosa seeing her mother come in immediately went to her to apologize for today’s incident. She was sorry and she knew that she had her hurt mother with her actions. “Mommy—”

“Baby, not now,” she kissed Bella Rosa’s head, “I am sorry honey, but I need to talk to daddy, okay?” She looked into her child’s eyes as she talked to her.

Bella Rosa nodded and kissed her mother’s cheek as well who was kneeling to talk to her.

She stood up and asked Agatha once again, “Where?!” She hissed.

“. . in the garden. . .” Agatha mumbled in shock and then watched as her madam rushed outside. Gesturing to another maid to watch out for the child she followed her mistress out.

She quickly caught up to the rushing lady and asked in a huff. “What’s wrong, Madam?”

“I think I know who did it.” Alexis huffed. The house so big without any reason.

“Angelo!” She called as soon as she saw him.

He stopped and turned her, even the boys next to him looked at her. Alexis was a parent who never yelled in front of their children. She walked quickly towards him and stopped only when the grass came. Her heels stuck to it so she walked on the stone path where he joined her too.

“What’s wrong?” He frowned and looked behind her, “Bella everything okay?” Alexis turned behind her where her daughter stood shyly. Alexis understood what she wanted.

“Salvie, Lucas! Play with your sister too!” Listening to his mother, Lucas immediately called his sister and handed her frisbee.

“What is wrong?” He asked again frowning at her state. “You ran. Why?”

She shook her head and said instead, “Think about it, how could they know which one had no stock in it? They warned you and they knew enough were and-”

“Yo ho! Granny is here!” Isabelle came out too. A wide smile on her lips probably because of her grandchildren. She stepped closer to the new parents and clapped happily. “I heard about their first day, how was it?”

“Is Gabrielle with you too?” Alexis asked instead which instantly had her receive a frown from Isabelle. She has to involve him too. Her heart thundered in her chest.

“Yes,” Isabelle nodded and stepped to the side a bit. “Is everything okay?” Alexis looked like she was highly stressed about something. “Ah, Look! There he com—Ah!” Isabelle gasped and clutched her chest. That hurt.

“What’s wrong?” Gabrielle came to his wife her ready when he saw her bend a bit in pain.

“Nothing,” she grimaced. “Probably pulled a muscle.” That had been happening a lot. She stood up but the pain remained and it was wet making her frown. She took off her shaking hand and a broken, teary smile came to her face as she saw blood. “That . . .”

“Mother!” Angelo looked ahead, “Follow there!” He pointed to the area where the shot could have been clear from. The guards left their post immediately. e

“Isabelle!” Gabrielle cried out.

With a cry, she fell as Alexis panicked about what to do. Pressure the wound. She had to make sure that it didn’t bleed out. She pressured the wound to stop bleeding with her own hands shaking.

The situation was so dicey. She was shot in the chest and none of them knew what to do.

“Agatha!” Alexis yelled, her mind returning, “Call the ambulances, now!” She yelled at the top of her lungs. Her eyes went to her kids who were all standing together and watching their parents and grandparents with years in their eyes. “Mariam! Take the kids inside!”

Mariam rushed in with a maid and took the reluctant children in.

“I. . . Don’t. . ” Isabelle could barely speak anything as she breathed from her mouth. It got more difficult for her and it was visible to then. The only sound left was cries of pain and nobody could handle that.

What had happened?

The blood was not stopping and Alexis was applying more pressure to it. She had to stop the bleeding. She had to do something.

“Fuck it! Get the car out!” Gabrielle yelled and picked her up in his arms knowing that they could not wait any longer. Alexis remained to apply pressure to the wound making their position awkward but focusing on the task none the less. The main thing she had to do was not let Isabelle bleed out. Her heart screamed as her mother figure let out cried of pain. Gut-wrenching, those were.

The car screeched to a stop and Angelo was in it and for the second time, he looked panicked out of his mind.

The three of them took the backside and Isabelle started to cough. She heaved it out but a smile came to her face making Alexis’s heart sink.

It couldn’t. . .

“Gaab. . . Lov..” Isabelle heaved and a smile came to her face and so did the tears in her eyes. “Children. . . ” she raised and held her husband’s cheek with eyes full of love even though she was in pain.

Gabrielle shook his head at her attempts and cooed with tears in his own eyes, “Sh, baby, sh. Don’t speak. Save your energy.”

Alexis pressed harder as the blood did not stop. It should have by now. She gasped when she felt her jerk.

Isabelle’s chest jerked up once. . . Twice and Alexis pushed it back down, crying out the words. “Please stop! Don’t!” She knew what was happening. It was too cruel to witness.

A laugh spattered out of Isabelle, “Lo. . . Gabi . . .” Her chest jerked up a few times and she went still. There were no more cries of pain, choking on air and Gabrielle’s shushing.

So did everyone in the car.

Isabelle Gabrielle de’Alessandro was dead.