Chapter 123 - 123 - Enemies

We made love a few times in my hospital room. Jayden was especially careful with my wrists. We were both satisfied after our steamy session and had already fixed ourselves before Kyle and the others arrived.

"I was informed you used your authority as the princess to remove your IV. You are very stubborn, Margaret. And also you, brat!" Kyle said while glaring at Jayden.

"Yeah, I know it's my fault. Spare me, big brother." Jayden answered in sarcasm.

I giggled but stopped when Kyle glared at me.

"Are you going to return to your country?" Kyle asked.

"We need to. We're worried about Caden. Are you okay alone with grandpa? We don't want to leave but Caden needs us. Matthew Forelli may be out there, somewhere. Waiting for a chance to attack any of us. You should also be careful." Jayden answered.

Kyle took a deep breath and smiled. "It's okay I understand. Just make sure to say goodbye to grandpa before you leave. He'll be flying to the US next week to get treatment. Can I borrow Missy or anyone you could trust to be with grandpa? I can't leave Flousia." He said.

"I'll talk to Missy so she could come here before grandpa's flight. Please take care of yourself and Emily. If anything goes wrong, call us as soon as possible. I hate to leave you here but our son needs us. Father might be looking for him now." I said in a serious tone.

"Did you find anything?" Jayden asked, looking at Luke.

"Peggy's father is really good at hiding. He's using a different identity as if he knows we have a way to find him. I need to go to the headquarters and see what I can do to adjust the system. Caleb used IT to look for your father but nothing. Even the devices he used couldn't be traced." He answered.

"How about the person who let Peggy escape? Any CCTV cameras around the area? From the Forelli mansion to the tower?" Kyle asked.

"Yes. We were able to retrieve the cctv footage from all the cameras and I think we already know what happened." Percy answered.

Then he put his laptop on the table and showed us the files. It started when my father went out of the room I was being held in. I think that was after we argued over Caden. He left around four men outside the room then walked out of the tower.

Another video was from the Forelli mansion. Venice came running inside holding something that looks like a letter. He gave it to father and looking at father's reaction, the content wasn't that nice.

"Where did you get this?" He asked Venice.

"It was in our mailbox." She answered.

Then a few minutes after, they started abandoning the mansion. The other videos from the time I was freed were not clear. But it showed a man wearing a hooded jacket and another person knocked out the four men who were guarding me, unlocked the door then left.

"They left the letter in the mansion and it's a warning from the other clans, asking to hand over Matthew Forelli to them and the rest of the clan will be spared. From the Rossi's and De Dios." Luke said.

I frowned. "De Dios? His wife's clan? I'm confused. I thought you wiped out the Rossi's and the De Dios clan was my father's ally."

"Not really. We were able to win against the main branch of the clan but there are smaller clans that we spared. Alejandro Rossi was leading one of them. It wasn't clear yet why they suddenly turned against the Forelli Clan. De Dios was not really his ally, especially when he mistreated his wife. They were just afraid of him and couldn't fight him alone. So maybe they joined forces along with the other clans to fight with your father." Andrew explained.

When I was away for three years, Luke and the others including Jayden and Kyle were able to fight with the Santelmo's and the Rossi's. The Santelmo's were also a Mafia Clan who had a long time feud with the Wilson Clan, Luke's family. They were able to kidnap Luke, Alora, Percy and Sophie when they were kids and took Alora during a party. We were trying to find out who was backing the Santelmo's since they were not a powerful clan. It turns out, the Rossi's were the ones supporting them.

The Rossi's are a group of hired killers, assassins and mercenaries. At first, we were told that they don't interfere with other clans and never sided with anyone. They were just getting paid to kill someone. But in the end, they were actually getting an alliance with some clans. They were almost like the Forelli Clan. They became powerful and everyone was starting to fear them because of their ruthless members. But Luke and the other's were able to fight them and the Santelmo's yielded to them.

"We have George to know the details. Maybe he knows something. But since we're talking about Matthew Forelli, a lot of clan leaders wanted to have his position. Not only that, we found out that he's as wealthy as the Jackson Clan so they also wanted to get his wealth." Luke continued.

"But one of my sister's was supposed to marry Alejandro Rossi. I thought they were okay."

"We are not sure about the details. But it's possible your father was willing to give his daughter to the Rossi's so they won't fight him. Maybe he wants them to side with him." Percy answered.

We went quiet for a while when the doctor and the nurse came inside the room. They checked me again and were informed that I can go home by tomorrow.

I could see that Jayden was so relieved that I'm fine now and we'll finally go home to Caden. He was staring at me with a smile on his face. I saw him open his mouth saying 'I love you'. 

There are still a lot of questions left unanswered. Truth that haven't been discovered. And we all know that we're still not safe as long as our enemies were out there.