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“…You know, seeing you lost was so unlike you. You had taken so much time, keeping me waiting…and getting me worried of course. Those are the two things you should never do to your fiancee, babe. Gabe, are you listening?”
Gabriel, even though he had been addressed and it being courtesy for him to respond, remained silent.
Currently, seated in Angelina’s recovery wing and listening to her tattle on about how late he had been- nearly an hour past when she had called- the male’s thoughts constantly strayed back to a certain child and
his mother.
Leonica and Ash.
His thoughts, ever since stepping into the recovery wing, had been filled with the two. The scene he had witnessed replayed in his mind. Thoughts of Ash being the child of another man taunting him.
Somehow, it felt those circling thoughts were driving
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him crazy, making him incapable of focusing on his fiancee in front of him, even when she hissed in pain each time the bandage around her ankles had been wrapped.
“Gabe?” Angelina tilted her head to the side at his silent state. “Are you okay…?Ah!” She glared at the nurse who quickly bowed at her mistake.
As quick as the threatening expression had come on her face, it had disappeared before Gabriel could even see it.
“I’m fine.” He assured with a sigh, palm dragging across his face in an attempt to rid his thoughts of the mother and son duo.
His attempts however, were futile. Those two
continued to plague his mind like a century old plagues that showed no sign of letting up until attended to.
And in this case, his attendance referred to the answers and explanation Leonica owed him. Answers that he needed to get as soon as possible so as to ease his mind.
Unfortunately he was being held up here.
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Glancing over at Angelina, who was still in the process of having her ankle wrapped and still had a long way to go before completion, Gabriel thought;
Perhaps, just this Angelina could stay without him.
“Ange,” He began, rising to his feet.
“Hm?” The female responded.
“I’ve got a lot of business to attend to at the company. I’ve been holding up the board for the past three days and need to attend to them as soon as possible.”
“You’re… you’re leaving?” She interpreted.
“Unfortunately so.” He walked over to her bed And placed a gentle kiss on her head.
Angelina relished in the feeling for only a little while before quickly snapping out. “But I need you here.”
“I understand, but my hands are tied.” Stepping back, he glanced over her, making sure the only injury she had sustained was her sprained ankle. Once the inspection was done and he was satisfied with the result, he continued. “I’ll send Bill over with something for you. That designer bag from last time, how does
that sound?”
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Without waiting for her response, he turned and exited the room, speed walking back in the direction of the hospital bench he had been waiting with Ash.
However, when he got there, the halls were deserted, no sign of mother nor son.
Gabriel tucked his hand into his pocket and hung his head, a string of curse slipping pass his lips in the
process.
“How fucking great, they’re gone.” He sighed. Feeling his frustration build anew, he scratched the back of his neck and repeated. “Just fucking great.”
Now what was he supposed to do?
He considered questioning the hospital for the child’s medical record, but upon remembering that he had come with his nanny and was probably registered under the name of an adult, that thought bubble was
busted.
‘Ah, A newly changed bulb appeared at the top of his head, lighting up with new ideas.
Christian, of course he could get Christian to run medical tracks on the boy.
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Reaching for his phone, Gabriel scrolled through his recent call list, about to phone his friend when he recalled the tensed conversation the had this morning and how Christian was so obviously taking Leonica’s
side.
Who was to say he wouldn’t do the same thing now.
Gabriel clicked his tongue in distaste, hating his
friend’s earlier action.
Focusing back on his phone, he continued to scroll, passing Christian’s contact and instead calling that of his assistant.
If Christian was going to stand against his plan, then he could just easily have Bill gather as much information as possible on the boy.
The line rang for less than a minute before it was answered. “Yes Sir?”
“Bill, I’ve got a task for you.”
“Of course sir, I’m all ears.”
“I need you to find someone for me. A child, no more than five years old, with blonde hair and grey eyes, associated with Leonica Romero. Get all the
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information that you can on him.”
“Yes Sir. Is that all?”
Gabriel glanced back in the direction of Angelina’s ward, recalling the promise he had told her. “Yes, and once you’re done, pick up a red Chanel bag from the store and have it delivered to Angelina’s residence.”
“Understood Sir. If that’s all, I’ll get to the tasks now.”
And with that, the call ended, leaving Gabriel standing alone in the hospital’s hallway with his thoughts, the sounds of beeping hospital machines and distant
chatters.
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“Okay, so you know how the drill goes, Ashely,” Leonical who was crunched at Ashely level, began, adjusting his new school uniform as they stood in front of the school’s entrance. “Be a good boy and?”
“Aunt Annie and mommy would take me to the amusement park during the weekend.” The young boy completed, glancing between his mother and aunt who nodded their heads at their said promise.
“That’s mommy’s prince.” Leonica praised, pecking his
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head. “Now, follow your teacher to your class and be sure to make lots of nice friends, alright?”
“Alright. Bye mommy. Bye Aunt Annie.” Ashely waved, turning around and entwining his fingers with his teacher who bowed one last time before leading them towards his classroom.
Leonica watched with a smile on her lips, a genuine one, Anastasia could tell.
The smile however, faded at the start of their new
conversation.
“You know,” There was a pause in Anastasia’s words as they both turned around and began walking away. “You can’t keep Ash hidden for much longer.”
Leonica remained quiet, and Anastasia continued.
“Even if this is Norway’s most secured kindergarten, that kid looks too much like Gabriel, who might I remind you, has his face plastered across half of the city. It would only take someone five minutes of staring before they point out the resemblance between the two.”
“I know,” Leonica admitted with a sigh.
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“So? You have a plan right?” She questioned. “You know, in the event that Gabriel discovers that Ashely is his? You do have a countermeasures for that, right?”
Leonica opened her mouth to speak, however closing it back the moment she felt her phone vibrating on the inside of her pocket.
“Excuse for a seconds,” She fetched the phone out, glanced at the caller ID and excuses herself.
Taking a few steps ahead, she answered the phone and pressed it to her ear. “Leonardo, what is it?”
The rustling sound of papers were heard from the other end of the line before her brother’s voice resounded. “Leo, where are you? Where’s Ashley? Did anything happen?” He bombarded her with questions.
“What? Wait, wait hold on.” She gestured her hand in the air even though she was well aware that he couldn’t see her. “What are you talking about. I’m at Ashely’s kindergarten and Ashely, well he’s in class. Why’d ask?”
“Did something happen today? Like did you perhaps run into anyone?” Leonardo questioned once again rather than answering her question.
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“No, no I didn’t.” She answered, switching her phone to her other ear and glancing around. “Why?”
“Kaden just got back to me,” Kaden was one of Leonardo’s strongest sources as well as his personal assistant. “Someone tried to breach our information base. To be precise, Ashley’s information and it was Gabriel’s men. So I’ll ask you this one last time Leonica, what happened today?”
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