Hundred and Twenty-Three

DIMITRI

While Silas and Vance expressed surprise and talked of how this situation had some to be in the first place, my head was bowed. I was deep in thought. At this point, it didn't really matter to me that the woman I had been living with was Grace. Actually, it did but it was pretty insignificant in the grander scheme or things. What I wanted to know, what I had to know, was Valeria's whereabouts.

I had loved Grace. I thought I knew her and what she was capable of, but now, I really couldn't vouch for Valeria's safety if she was in Grace's hands. Perhaps the woman I had loved had hurt Valeria in some way. I didn't think Valeria had agreed to stay away from me at her own volition.

I hit the table with my fist. Hard. "She has to be found!" The two men stopped talking and finally gave me their attention. "Later, we will probably be able to figure out how Grace is still alive and how she's managed this deception for so long. Now we need to find where the real Valeria is. I'm sure as h