Chapter 160 - CHAPTER 157

Elisio opened his eyes and saw Bruce standing over him.

"You will soon be in too much pain" said Elisio.

"Yeah, about that. You see I am going underground for few days so that I don't have to go through your torture" said Bruce.

Elisio got up and sat on the bed.

He held his head and Bruce handed him a bottle of water and said "drink the whole bottle and you will be good soon"

Elisio drank the water and asked "fiore?"

"She has been shifted to the ICU." Said Bruce.

"How is she?" Asked Elisio wanting to hear positive response.

"Come, now you can meet her" said Bruce avoiding to answer Elisio. He held Elisio's arm to stand and walk.

"I can walk" said Elisio.

Bruce put Elisio's hand over his shoulder and said "remember when we walked like this?" and started walking with Elisio.

"No" said Elisio.

"Ya. I did that with my other friends. You were never that intimate with me" said Bruce and Elisio removed his arm from his shoulder and pushed him away.

"See that's the friend you are. I know now why you don't touch me. You are afraid you will catch feeling for me" said Bruce trying to make him laugh and distract him from how serious the situation is.

Elisio stopped walking and stood in one place and shed tears. He didn't say anything but knew what Bruce was trying to do. 

Bruce knew no matter what, there is nothing that could cheer Elisio than a good news of Sabrina getting better. But Bruce didn't have that good news to give to Elisio.

"Dude, come on. God can't be that cruel. Just think of this as, she is just relaxing. I mean she really needed a break from you. When was the last time you even let her sleep peacefully?" Asked Bruce.

Elisio smiled a little and said "we have had many sleepless nights" 

"Yeah, I can only imagine and then taking care of the kids. Charity work, Running shelters and god  knows what not. And the time she spent on taking care of Xavier. She must be exhausted. She getting a short sleep man. She is resting. When she wakes up. She will be as fresh as new" said Bruce with a smile.

Elisio looked at the smiling Bruce and knew he was making up a lot of things to make him feel better.

"Is that suppose to make me feel better?" Asked Elisio.

"Yes" said Bruce and smiled  more at Elisio.

"It worked " said Elisio and wiped his tears.

"We are weird. I love us" said Bruce and both walked to the ICU.

Elisio entered the ICU and saw Sabrina attached to a lot of wires and tubes.

A nurse saw Elisio and moved back.

Bruce looked at the nurse and smiled and said "would you be a darling and call the doctor for us please." 

Nurse smiled and nodded and went to the corner to call the doctor.

Elisio caressed Sabrina's cheek and said "rest my love."

Dr Atkins walked in the ICU and automatically his hand went to his throat and he held it. 

He removed his hand from his throat and said "she is in a coma. We tried our best and still trying. She is stabilized for now but she needs the machines to help her breath." 

"What are her chances to wake up?" Asked Bruce.

"Very low. I am sorry to say that she may or may not wake up. She is only breathing 10% by herself." Said the doctor.

"I'll take that 10%. I want you to shift her to the mansion. Get the best equipments and nurses and a doctor who will be with her all the time." Said Elisio not moving his eyes from Sabrina.

"I suggest we keep her here for some more time. It's too early to shift her anywhere. She is too fragile" said the doctor.

Elisio smiled a little and moved his thumb on Sabrina's cheek and said "she is my delicate flower. Mio fiore"

Everyone went back to the mansion except Elisio, Bruce and Arlo.

Ermanno went to meet his children.

"You don't have to stay" said Elisio to Arlo.

"Why not?" Asked Arlo.

"Just saying" said Elisio.

"Not leaving your side bro" said Arlo.

Elisio smiled and patted Arlo's thigh and sat in his chair.

Xavier was shook by the incident and was crying uncontrollably.

Romeo and Raffaele didn't leave his side for a minute. They both were crying with him.

"Don't cry. Mama will be fine and your mom will come back to. Remember she is a spy. She will fight the evil man and come back to you" said Romeo sniffing from crying.

"Yeah. Don't cry" said Raffaele and wiped Xavier's tears.

All three hugged eachother and cried.

Zeke called all three boys close to him and all hugged Zeke.

"Xavi, we are Devonte men. We are strong enough to beat any difficulty on its face. Be strong Xavi" said Zeke.

"I tried beating that man. But I could not" cried Xavi.

"But you tried. That's what is important. You showed bravery Xavi. I am proud of you. And now you can be even more brave" said Zeke and all three boys asked "how?"

Zeke smiled and said "by not crying and showing your support to your fathers. Show them you can take care of yourself and that they can concentrate on their work. Every single and the smallest of help and support counts at times of difficulty." 

"We will be brave" said Raffaele and all three nodded.

Sasha and Martina were looking after the three boys and were in tears seeing their love for eachother.

Ambryl approached the two and Martina said "we are so lucky that our children have such good elders and family who teach such good lessons of life to them" and shed tears.

"This are lessons we need to learn and teach our children and their children. Family stays together and fights together." Said Ambryl.

"Yes, we will fight and pray for this time to pass" said Sasha shedding her own tears.

Ethan and Kyle had Emerald and she was silently shedding tears asking for Rose and placing her head on Ethan's chest.

"Your mummy is a fighter. She will beat the bad guy and come back in a flash" said Kyle. 

"Promise?" Asked Emerald.

"Duh. Obviously" said Kyle and Emerald nodded.

Kyle looked at Ethan and wiped Ethan's tears.

Ermanno went to see Xavier first and when Xavier saw Ermanno he rushed to him and hugged him tight.

"The mean man wanted to take me but mama didn't leave me. He hurt mama because of me" cried Xavier.

"Hey look at me. It's not your fault okay? It's not. Bad people do bad things. And don't worry. Mama is strong as hulk, remember?" Said Ermanno and Xavier nodded.

"Let him stay with us. All three boys can stay together" said Sasha.

"Maybe later. Right now, I want to hold my children close to me" said Ermanno and Sasha nodded. 

"We are right here" said Martina and Ermanno picked Xavier in his arms and nodded and left the room to meet Emerald.

Emerald ran to Ermanno and said "daddy I am scared" and cried.

"Don't be scared. I'll never let anything happen to your mom. And mama will be fine too" said Ermanno and hugged both his children.

"We will stay with Emerald here. We got her. You concentrate on finding Rose." Said Ethan and Ermanno nodded.

Ermanno held his kids close to him and both slept in his arms. 

After the kids slept Ermanno took the kids to their room and lowered the kids in their beds and placed two guards outside their room.

Sabina volunteered to stay in the kids room tonight expecting Xavier to wake up scared from recalling what happened in the evening.

Ermanno hugged Sabina and thanked her.

Ermanno went to see Joshua and saw him, Brad and Alena looking at a footage they found from Disney World.

Ermanno moved forward to see the whole incident recorded in CCTV.

Ermanno fisted his hand and Joshua said "he doesn't look anything like the picture we had given to the security. I mean his hair colour, eyes and his skin is so tanned." 

"The cops found the car he took Rose abandoned one mile away from Disney World. But here is what we figured out. He drove 1 mile back to New York which means he is here in New York. Now we have to figure out where he is" said Alena.

"The cops have been useless to find Harry till now. We need someone who is not as incompetent as the cops" hissed Ermanno in anger.

"Your father knows few people in the mafia. One of them even respects Elisio and loves Sabrina. Once he comes to know your family needs help, he will personally come down here from Italy to help us. He can definitely help" said Joshua.

"Oh no, not him. Only his name brings shiver down everyone's spine. He is a cold hearted murderer and the most feared and powerful mafia leader till now." said Alena.

"Who?" Asked Brad.

"LUCIFER VIOLANTE " said Joshua.