❝ 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚘𝚜 ❞
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It's only a few hours before the private jets that hold Avril, Sergio, Elizabeth and Victor land in Chicago. I talked to Grayson, Aria and Jayden about how I called their parents, asking them for their help.
Thankfully they were okay with it and it turns out they would have called them to fly to Chicago so they could help us. I decided to talk about my idea with my parents, Odette and Grayson. I asked them to meet me in the office room where Odette has basically been living in these past few hours.
Since she can't go back to the building she works at, she's been doing her work in a random office room in the mansion she found. "Hey, Serenity, could you hand me a new yellow highlighter? This one ran out of ink . . . again." I get up and grab a new highlighter she needs and set it in front of her on the table.
I was only here a few hours ago to tell her I would talk to her and before I left, she asked me to get her a new highlighter. I've memorized the colors she uses at this point.
Yellow is for any evidence she finds, whether it's proven or it's not. She will then use other colors and narrow it down until she knows what evidence is real and what isn't.
A few minutes later, our parents walked in the room. "Took us a while to find this room." Mamá begins, taking a seat. "All that Grayson told us was that our daughters are waiting for us in one of the office rooms."
"And the boy didn't even say what floor." Papá adds. "Like this place is humongous and I still find new rooms I didn't even know existed.
Welcome to the club.
"Anyways, what did you need to talk with us about?"
"Hold on mamá , we're still waiting on one more person . . ." Which is Grayson. Not even a minute after I said that, he came walking in. He walks past all of us and towards Odette- who he gives a peck on the lips before leaning against the shelf behind him. "Great," I clap my hands together as I stand up, "now that we are all here, I wanted to talk to you all about something."
"What about?" Odette asks.
"About sending you to stay at the Morales Residence in New York." I responded.
"Wait, why?"
"We won't have anyone to make sure you and the kids are safe while the rest of us are out on the mission." I pause. "And before you ask about the safe house you went to the last time, Elijah and I think that's not a good idea this time. Y'all could easily be followed on the way there. So we may think it's best for you four to stay with Celestina and Valentino."
Everyone goes silent for about thirty seconds before my mamá speaks up. "I think it's a good idea. After what happened with Alessandra, I don't think any other men that work for Elijah can be trusted at least until he does something to make sure there are no more moles. I trust Valentino and I know they'll be able to keep you safe because that's all I want, Odette."
Odette looks at our papá, asking for his opinion. He nods his head. "It's a good idea. I want to keep you safe as well as my granddaughter."
"It will also make me feel so much better knowing that you and our son are safe and protected while I'm on the mission with everyone else." Grayson adds, placing a hand on her shoulder and looking at Odette.
She looks down at her paperwork in front of her before looking back at me. "Okay. Guess I'm taking a little vacation to New York."
"Well thank you everyone for your attention . . . now I need to go and talk with Natalie and Samuel." I decided not to talk to my parents about Alessandra since they hinted to me that they're okay with it as long as she's safe. Elijah and I already talked about having Alessandra stay in New York and seemingly we were both okay with it.
After I talk with Natalie and Samuel, I'll be calling Celestina to ask for the favor. Now that I think about it, I should have done this the other way around. I should have asked Celestina and Valentino if they were okay with letting four people stay with them while the rest of us are out on the mission.
After I left the room, I began looking for where Elijah was. All I know is that he's somewhere with Alessandra because like I said before, neither of us has left our daughter's side. I found them a few minutes later in the playroom with Emmanuel and Sebastian. On the plus side Natalie and Samuel were there as well so I didn't have to worry about looking for them.
"Finally, you're here! My dear brother over here is holding Samuel and I hostage and wouldn't let us leave the room until you got here." Natalie says and I look at Elijah.
"Really? You couldn't think of another way to have them stay in the room?"
"It was the only thing I thought of at the moment. Plus Natalie was going to go work out and you know how she doesn't like being disturbed unless it's about her sons." He adds.
"Anyways, Elijah told us about who can make sure Emmanuel and Sebastian are kept safe while the rest of us are out on the mission." Samuel says.
"Yes . . . we can have them stay in New York with Valentino." I responded. "Odette and Alessandra will be staying with them too if by any chance you were wondering if the twins would be the only ones going."
Natalie and Samuel then began talking with each other for a few minutes about the idea I came up with. While they are doing that, I turn my phone on and click on Celestina's name to send a quick text to her.
Serenity: Hey, will you and Valentino be free to talk with Elijah and I in a few minutes?
Celestina: Yeah, of course. Is everything okay?
Serenity: Everything's fine, we just need to talk to you both about something.
Celestina: Okay, well I'll be expecting your call.
"We're okay with it." Natalie says, making me look up from my phone. "It'll make me feel so much better too knowing they're safe."
"Will we be flying to them or will they fly to us?" Samuel asks, which makes Elijah and I look at each other. Neither of us obviously wants to answer the question because we don't even know their answer to this.
"We . . . still need to ask them." I say. "You two are now free and no longer hostages."
Natalie stands up and kisses the top of Emmanuel and Sebastian's head before kissing Samuel which has Elijah looking away with a somewhat disgusted look on his face.
She thanks me and leaves the room. I'm guessing she's going to her room to change into some clothes to workout in and afterwards, she'll be in the workout room.
I picked my phone up that was sitting on my lap so I could call Celestina. As it rings, I put it on speaker and hold my phone in between Elijah and I.
"You really must hate me if you are keeping me from having sex with my own wife, diabla."
"Valentino, stop- give me the phone!" Celestina's voice in the background says. "Sorry about that."
"Celestina, I literally texted you a few minutes ago that I would call you." I chuckle. "Don't tell me you forgot."
"Sort of? I'm sorry- I mean it is so hard to find alone time with my husband when there are kids running around everywhere."
"Tell Valentino that's what locks are for." Elijah says.
"Okay, how about this Castillo. Is it easy for you to find time to have sex with Serenity?" Valentino asks.
I look at Elijah with a look that means to not say anything. But of course, he ignores me. "It's quite easy in fact because we have even done it in-" My eyes widened, knowing what he was about to say next so I slapped my hand on his mouth to get him to shut up.
"Look, Valentino, I am so sorry to be a disruption but I needed to talk to you both about something." I pause. "We need a favor for you guys."
"What kind of favor?" Celestina asks.
"Would you two be okay with letting our daughter, Serenity's sister and my nephews stay in New York with y'all?"
"Are they in any danger?" Valentino asks.
Elijah and I decided to go in depth about what happened to Alessandra. How there was a mole. How we can't trust any of Elijah's men until we've done a thorough background check and how we can't risk them being followed if we were to send them to a safe house instead.
"Yeah, of course they can stay here with us." Valentino says.
"When are y'all planning to attack?" Celestina asks.
"Maybe three days or so. We need to rest because I'm sleep deprived right now."
"We can fly to Chicago in the jet tomorrow and take them with us to New York." Valentino says. I look at Elijah for his opinion and he nods his head yes.
We thank them before hanging up. Now it's time to pack some bags and spend time with Alessandra before she leaves.
THE NEXT DAY
It's now noon and we're waiting for the private jet door to open and the staircase to be brought as well. Elijah and I are sitting in the backseat with Alessandra in the middle.
Odette and Grayson are in the front. Natalie, Samuel and the twins took a separate car. They are parked beside us. It's not long before we see the door being opened and Celestina steps through.
That's when Grayson starts the car, Samuel does the same and we move closer to them. Once we're close enough, we begin getting out of the car.
Elijah gets Alessandra out of her car seat. Grayson helps Odette get out of the car. She's started having trouble getting out of the car now since she will be six months in a few days. Natalie and Samuel are taking their sons out of their car seats.
I notice Celestina and Valentino walking closer to us. I walk towards Celestin and hug her when I'm close enough. "Thank you for doing this."
"It's not a problem, Serenity. I know you guys would do the same thing if it were us asking."
That's true.
When I pull away, I notice Elijah is standing a few feet away from me. We already talked to Alessandra about how she will be staying at Asteria's place for some time. We made sure not to leave out that her cousins and Odette will be going as well, which did calm her down a little bit. I could tell she was scared because of what happened.
"¿Recuerdas de lo que hablamos, mi amor?" Do you remember what we talked about? I hold her hand.
"Si, mamá."
"Te amo tantismo, Alessandra." I hug her before kissing her cheek.
"Te amo mamá." I smile and let Elijah have a moment with her.
I walk towards Odette. "I already had this talk with mamá and papá but I need to have it with you too. Serenity, I need you to stay safe, okay?"
"I will, okay?" She pulls me in for a hug. "Enjoy your little vacation in New York."
"How can I enjoy it if I'm going to be worried about our parents, you and Grayson?"
"I love you, Odette."
"I love you."
I pull away when I notice Grayson standing patiently behind Odette so I let them have their moment.
We probably stayed here for almost half an hour before they all boarded the jet and watched it take off.
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The next three chapters will be filled with the fun and violence stuff :)
— cristal g.