like that of the devil's

With the room once again falling into silence, Gabriel was left with his thoughts. They slowly began to spiral, picking up from where it had been left off minutes ago, cursing and blaming himself for the current situation.

At some point, he felt like laughing at his very on stupidity. Leonica had seen through the witch's trae color, heck, even a whole Megan, someone who wasn't as involved in him and Leonica's life as Anastasia, had seen through her facade, Thinking back to the annual banquet, Gabriel seerned to now understand the reason why Mirgan had referred to Angelina the way she did. And along with that thought, came a sudden question.

Had Angelina always been this evil? Was that the reason why Grandmother had been against him marrying her? Was she the one who caused the complication to grandmother's life support that day, as a way to take out the obstacle standing in her path? Gabriel gritted his teeth at the cruel possibilities.

'... Gabriel!" The sound of Leonica's voice once again snapped him out of this thoughts. "Jesus, I know your tensed about the situation right now, but can you please not ignore me."

But he wasn't ignoring her. "I'm sorry," He said, not bothering to explain the reason behind his silence.

Leonica seemed to discard his apology as quickly as it come. "That aside," She began and Gabriel knew exactly where she was heading. He injected before she could continue

"I'm not going to send the location to you once Angelina sends it, so it's better you get your mind off it

"What?" Her voice questioned sharply.

"I'm not sending it to you, Leonica." Gabriel repeated. Be angry at me for as long as you want, but I'd much rather take that than putting your life in danger

"My son's life is in danger God dammit, why the hell should I care about my life being in danger."

"Because that's the rational thing you should do," Gabriel said as he glanced back at his phone, expecting a text message to pop up on his screen. When he saw nothing, he began wondering if Angelina had changed her mind, perhaps returned from the cocaine frenzy. Nah, that was too much of a dream and as bad as he had come to learn Angelina was, she never did drugs. Her mental health already seemed far too shaky

for that

"Look, Leonica," He started in a calmer tone, walking towards his study window and looking outside for some reason. "I'm not going to put you in danger."

"... And you think I want to put you in danger?" Came her hesitant answer. "Please stop being stubborn and give me the God dan location"

"I can't do that. Gabriel shook his head.

lashed our, allowing the pressure

you see it, she's baiting you..us, and she's doing so with Ashley. I'm not going to let you walk right into her

at her hands? Call the cops or prepare to have another child with you

said anything about abandoning Ashley." Gabriel said and when Leonica remained silent, clearly wanting to hear whatever

Leanica scoffed. "Wow, are you have or stupid? Or do you

go there alone, at least that's what she'll think, but in reality, you're going to come along and locate Ashley and rescue him while I stall

to it.

sorry to tell you that as of this moment, you no longer have that choice." He didn't need to full spell out the situation, those words alone were enough go tell Leonica that Angelina had begun her

felt right, she would have paked out the entire meal she had with Owen early. But doing that would not

every now and then and Arvan's reassuring gaze also helped bountifully in

but I'm not going to allow your walk in there and leave me waiting outside on some kind of call sign." She allowed the rest of

fully well

entrust my son's life

do you suggest?" He asked after swallowing the thoughts of how much Leonlea didn't

he could

on you, somewhere Angelina wouldn't be able to spot it, then I'd be able to see the surroundings as

admit it, but that was a

it. The longer we delay, the faster Angelina has the chance to realize something is

met up with Leonica a few minutes later. As she fixed on the camera in his necklace, the very same one his grandmother has left for Him, they

and hair shampoo wafting into his nose each time the wind picked up, and the annoying presence of Owen who was hanging behind in her car, setting up the camera connection, Gabriel had barely

set discretely, Gabriel began his journey towards the location Angelina had sent him. A few meters behind

him belonged to the house he had bought for them to move into once they had gotten married, a few years back. Stepping into the premise gave Gabriel a nish of memories, both good and bad, but he quickly placed them aside

chair in the entire house. She rose to her feet with a happy smile the moment she

the shore throwing you under the bus at the very first sign of trouble." She tutted, shaking her head to express her

as he scanned the surroundings for Ashley but couldn't find him. "So don't

mouth. "Don't you fucking defend her when the one with the detonator is move."

was one thing they hadn't planned

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