Gabriel learnt the hard way that it was harder to sooth the pain of a broken heart by just staying in his office and staring at the landscape of Oslo while hoping that Leonica would walk right through his office door and tell him that she was just pulling a prank on him.The truth was, that wasn't happening. Not anytime soon.So here he was, sitting on a bar stool in a pub, drowning his sorrow away with alcohol.The bartender had already given up on him, choosing to let the male drown in his own misery instead of telling him off.Gabriel raised the beer mug to his lips, taking another sip, hoping that the alcohol would magically erase the fact that he had just screwed up and chased away the best thing that had ever happened to him.His grandmother sure would be disappointed from up above, he chuckled at the painful truth.Lilia has loved Leonica so much. On multiple occasions, when she had enough strength to move around, she would request that Gabriel come visit her in the garden, onl
"Ugh," Lloyd groaned as he helped Gabriel into his house, tossing him on the first chair he came across. "Fuck! You're heavy man!"The person he was talking to, groaned, but managed to pull himself into a seating position, burying his face into the palm of his hand."Why in God's name would you even get so drunk?" Lloyd asked as he walked over to the mini bar and grabbed a bottle of water, tossing it to Gabriel who happened to catch it, once he had gotten close. "Did you happen to fight with Leonica?"Gabriel didn't answer immediately, instead, he chugged half of the water down, hoping to sober himself up.It worked to some extent."She found out that I put Billy up to watching her." He simply said, but that was enough to give Lloyd the full picture."Bloody hell Gabriel," He hissed. "I warned you not to do that. Leonica isn't your average chick, she's smarter than them and can easily spot Billy."Gabriel silently looked at the water bottle in his hand, trying to crack his brain for a
"Mr. Vanadas, he was found dead in his office two days ago.""What?!" Leonica bolted upright and rushed for the television remote, turning it on at once. She quickly found a news station and switched the channel to that."...two days ago. We're yet to receive an official statement from the police, but from our sources, it's been confirmed that cause of death was a stroke from Overworking." The news anchor on the screen announced."Death from overworking," Leonica parroted but she found it hard to believe, after all, the last time she had seen Jamil, he looked more than capable to fuck a thousand women.So how come he was found dead from overworking?"The company will be closed for the next week or two while the staff mourns his loss and we await the final statement from the police, thank you." The anchor added and Leonica switched off the television, turning back towards her phone.She parted her lips to speak, but honestly didn't know what to say. She hated Jamil, yes, but never wish
Leonica sped towards her family house at full speed, feeling extremely panicked and on edge as she recalled the conversation she had with Irene back at the Church’s parking lot."Irene," Leonica had called out after answering the phone. "Why are you calling me?""You wound me Leonica!" Irene exclaimed, being unnecessary dramatic. "Are siblings not allowed to call one another?"Not us, Leonica thought as she tried thinking of a reason why Irene had called, it certainly wasn't so that they can bond over boy talk.After a few seconds of thinking, she came up with nothing and Irene, showed no sign of revealing the reason why she had called, so Leonica took this as an opportunity to confirm the thought that had slipped into her mind after Florence informed her of Irene's appearance at Jamil's office."Since you don't want to talk, I'll ask you this. Do you happen to know anything about Jamil Vanadas's death.""That Asshole?" She scoffed, not sounding the least bit surprised to hear about h
Staring at the location of a totally different place, Leonica became confused.Why was she receiving a different idea when Chief Robert has figured out where her mother was being held?Was this all part of Irene's plan to throw them off? Or was the building the decoy?Benjamin's abandoned property was on the outskirts of town, far away from civilization and general public, so if the police were to start their journey there now, it's take them nothing less than three hours to get there.But this location she had been given, Leonica thought as she opened Google map and typed it in, was closer.If she left now, she'd probably get there within fifteen minutes, maybe less.So was this the real place her mother was being held? And was her father's building just a decoy? Or was this place the decoy and Irene was just trying to throw them off her trails, believing that Leonica would cry wolf to the entire police team and her father if she received this picture?Well, she predicted one thing c
Leaning her head against the wall, Leonica stared up at the ceiling, counting the minutes in her head. It had been approximately an hour since she got here and there was still no sign of Chief Robert.She sighed. Perhaps she shouldn't have put her safety in his hands. She wasn't even sure how smart he was, she had simply trusted him."You're regretting it, aren't you?" Her mother's voice had her glancing her way."What?""Coming here?" Cassandra clarified as she sat beside her daughter.Leonica shook her head. "I regret nothing." She smiled and pulled her mother closer. "We're going to get out of this, and we're going to bring her down. I promise."Cassandra nodded and hugged her daughter, a soft smile gracing her lips. If her daughter wasn't willing to regret, neither would she."I hope the police find us soon." She sighed. "I hope your father finds us soon." She added.Leonica chuckled. "They will."Her mother mirrored her smile, taking her finger which had her engagement ring on it
"Are you sure this is the place?" Chief Robert asked as he examined the building in front of him with his hands on his hips."Yup," Candace came up behind him, holding her laptop in one hand, while she typed with the other. "According to the tracker, Ms. Leonica Romero should be here, but," She looked up from her laptop at the building and her face scrunched up in confusion. "This place looks too...dead."Robert nodded, agreeing with his partner. The building in front of them looked abandoned, no movement of any sort and it had a very dead aura around it.It looked like that one house straight out of a horror movie.Scary and pretty dead looking, but he couldn't continue standing here. If Leonica Romero was indeed in there, she could be hurt.The sound of his phone ringing had Robert looking away from the building. He glanced at his phone, seeing that it was the rest of his team calling."Report." He said as soon as the phone was pressed against his ear."Sir, we managed to discuss th
"Where the hell have you been?" Was the first thing Leonica was greeted with when she walked into her house, followed by Owen's worried face. "Eight hours, fifty three missed calls and its just now you're showing up.""I'm so sorry Owen. I went to the church to meet with Florence but then Irene called and-"Her explanation was cut short when Owen came in front of her and grabbed her chin, eyes darkening at the sight of a bruise on her cheek."Who did this?""Owen-""I said who did this to you?" He repeated and she sighed."Irene.""Your half sister?" Owen spat and Leonica nodded."She's the one that kidnapped mom, but don't worry, I was able to rescue her.""Rescue her?" Owen mumbled, it even sure where to start tackling Leonica from the explanation she had just given him.She was late because she went to rescue her mother from the clutches of her half sister and she also got the bruise on her face whilst doing that.Which meant he had no route to tackle her from.Deciding to leave it