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“She helped this person get Deacon free.” Stephano growled.
My mouth popped open in shock. “Nurse Jocelyn helped him to escape?”
Nodding, he swung his glare over to Amadeo. “You were not present to prevent this.” It wasn’t a question.
Amadeo shook his head as he simply replied, “No sir, I was not.”
“I will not ask you why.” Stephano swung his angry gaze to me now. “You, on the other hand…I need to ask why have you betrayed us?”
Fear knotted in my chest as I hadn’t considered how this looked. “I didn’t—”
“No, non voglio sentirlo!” Stephano shouted at me as he cut my reply off. “I do not wish to hear it. You know what this means.”
I felt breathless. He wouldn’t… he couldn’t do that.
“Father, what are you saying?” Amadeo asked.
“She was using her wiles to lead you away, so that Deacon could escape.” He stared at me as he said it. “And she knows what price she will have to pay.”
I clasped my hands together and defended myself, “I did not help in this, Mr. Descalia. I did not!”
“She and I had something we needed to discuss,” Amadeo said. “She wouldn’t—”
“You do not know the situation, son. So please be quiet.” He tapped his cell phone and raised it to his ear. “Rocky, I need you and the men to look everywhere for Deacon and this Nurse Jocelyn. They have a tall wide shouldered man with them. They couldn’t have gotten off the property. Keep me informed.” He tapped his cell screen and glared at me. “You will need to be guarded now. Until he is found at least. Then you will leave.”
“Father, you can’t just—”
“Amadeo, you have no idea what is happening here.” His father cut him off.
No, Amadeo didn’t know that my whole family was in great danger now. He had no idea that we were irrevocably on opposite sides. We were enemies and always had been. My future and the safety of my family had just gone up in smoke.
Chapter Thirteen:Really Bad
Amadeo
I decided that I was tired of being kept in the dark about this. “If I don’t know what is really happening, then maybe you should tell me.” I stepped closer to Gia and put my arm around her shoulder as I stared at my father. “Whatever you plan to do, you need to rethink it. If you fire Gia, then I walk.”
My father stared back at me and asked, “Walk?”
I nodded. “Right out of this house and I will not return.”
His eyes narrowed at me. “You would do that for this woman?”
I nodded. “Unless you can tell me why you think she helped her patient escape and...” I glanced at Gia to see her real fear now. “...You also need to tell me why she suddenly looks so afraid of you.” I looked back over at him.
“We do not have time for this!” my father yelled. “Deacon is free. Do you hear me?”
I shook my head. “He cannot get off the property. He also cannot do harm to anyone right now. The men will find him. Although, I’m not sure who could have carried him—”
“Has anyone seen him?” Valencia asked as she came rushing in.
We looked over at her.
“Did you help with this?” my father asked her.
Halting, she stared at him. “If I had, I wouldn't be standing here, would I?”
“We haven’t gotten any news,” I told her.
