Chapter 216 - 211

Arlo looks at Joshua who was in the board room with Elisio, Nevio, Isaiah, Ivanov and himself.

"He is a brother I never had," says Elisio looking at Arlo.

"You have three brothers," says Arlo.

"Exactly, he is like a brother I never had. I have asked him to join us in our business many times but he refuses. If he had agreed he would be sitting amongst us and not standing behind me" says Elisio.

"I don't like numbers and business is all numbers. And anyways both my wife and son are too rich. Who would I want to earn extra for?" Asks Joshua.

"Hmm.. so what's happening here?" Asks Arlo.

"I am interested in knowing about the girl in Ivanov's house. Tell me, what do you know about her personal life" asks Elisio to Ivanov.

"Isn't she too young for you?" Asks Isaiah.

"I love my Fiore. The world knows it and anyways there is no single girl who can even come close to what my Fiore is for me. I am interested in knowing about this girl for other reasons, so tell us, Ivanov. Tell us what you know about her?" Asks Elisio again. 

"She has a father, a step-mom and a brother," says Ivanov.

"And? Do you know her full name?" Asks Elisio.

"I.. I had told Joshua, uncle, to look into her background. He said she didn't lie in her resume and he double-checked" says Ivanov.

"I did check. She didn't lie." Says Joshua.

"Did you check who she was?" Asks Elisio.

"We all trust Joshua. So do the kids" says Isaiah.

"Yes. I trust Joshua more than all three of you. But he does his job as our security not as our third eye to our business. He checked the girl and after he came to know about her he filed her bio in his files and his work was done. She was no threat to anyone in the mansion and as all guards do he assigned the guard who looks after Otis to keep an eye on that girl too. That's all his job is" says Elisio and looks at Ivanov and says "Joshua did his job but you didn't check on this young girl who out of nowhere comes into your house and doesn't talk much about her family and starts living with you" 

"Otis... "Starts Ivanov and then bites his lip and asks "who is she?"

Elisio looks at Joshua and he gives Ivanov violet's file.

As soon as Ivanov saw the file he knew he did a big mistake not seeing her file himself. 

"Do you think she had a hand in leaking the information of the highest tenders for the project?" Asks Ivanov to Elisio.

"You tell me?" Asks Elisio.

Ivanov looks at Joshua and Joshua says "she didn't lie in her resume" 

"It doesn't mean she wouldn't help her father or brother to get the tender. They are the biggest bidders and the board agreed to give them partnership" says Ivanov in frustration.

"Who is she? Is she the daughter of ...." Starts Nevio but stops when Joshua's phone rings.

"Who?.... The others?... The kids and the women?.... F.u.c.k. Call the cops and I'll talk to the chief of police." Says Joshua and looks at Ivanov with sympathy and says "Otis is been taken".

Ivanov couldn't think for a second and neither could he understand what Joshua said.

"What do you mean taken?" Asks Isaiah.

"Let's get to the mansion we will get all the information there," says Joshua.

Elisio approaches Ivanov and places his hand on his shoulder.

"Do you think violet did it?" Asks Ivanov.

"Lest find out. Come on, let's go find your son" says Elisio and Ivanov nod.

They reach the mansion and sees a nurse dressing a wound on Katrina's arm while Bruce was holding a very scared Lucus.

Rose was holding Agnolo close to her and crying and Ermanno was consoling her.

Alena and Strawberry were talking on the phone and commanding orders.

Joshua reaches Alena and she starts telling him about all that has been happening.

Ivanov with a little hope looks around to find his son but fails. Tears fill in his eyes and he couldn't stop himself from crying.

"They just took Otis. They came for only Otis. We were in the park and they took...." cried Rose hugging Agnolo.

"They were four large men wearing masks. I tried fighting them but couldn't fight them all. Our guards caught two of them and one of our guards is shot. He is in the hospital now" said Katrina.

"The cops are trying to take out information from the men our guards caught," says Strawberry.

"They took violet too. She didn't let go of Otis so they took her too, hubby" says Rose and cried looking at Ermanno.

Everyone was still discussing what to do and what was happening when Ivanov's phone rang and he saw Jessica calling.

He received the call and she said "missing your son, Ivanov?"

"Jessica. Where is my son? I'll kill you if you even put a finger on my son" says Ivanov and everyone is alert listening to him.

Enrique approaches Ivanov and places his hand on his shoulder and takes his phone in his hand and puts it on speaker.

"What do you want?" Asks Enrique.

"I want you to make my father your partner in business," says Jessica.

"Done. Bring the paperwork and I'll sign it myself." Says Elisio. Everyone looks at Elisio and he approaches Ivanov and says "no amount of money is more important than our blood"

Ivanov sheds more tears and nods.

"Who is that?" Asks Jessica.

"I am someone who you don't want to mess with. I want Otis and that girl in front of me in less than an hour or you and your family will regret to even exist" says Elisio.

"Elisio Devonte. I have Otis. I am in charge" says Jessica with courage.

"No. Only I am in charge. If you have your father close to you, ask him who I am and what I can do. You have less than one hour to bring back Otis or you will directly face me" says Elisio and cuts the call. 

"We found them," says Alena looking at her laptop. 

Everyone looks at her and she says "like everyone else and as protocol, I had placed a tracking device in violet's phone. She still has her phone with her" says Alena and Ivanov, Joshua, Enrique and Ermanno rush out of the mansion to get Otis.

Ermanno stops before leaving and looks at Elisio.

"Aren't you coming? You were talking all big things a few moments ago and now you are not coming with us." Asks Ermanno.

"Why would I come? I have already created an image for myself. Everyone is scared of me. I can just say it's me and people do what I want" says Elisio and sees Sabrina walking in the mansion with Ambryl after talking to Ivanov outside.

She sees Elisio and hugs him.

"Save Otis, Elisio" cried, Sabrina.

"Don't worry Fiore. I'll save him. I have threatened the kidnappers and sending the boys to get Otis back safe." says Elisio and Ermanno rolls his eyes and walks away.

..................

"Mama" calls Otis and shakes the half-conscious violet. 

Violet opens her eyes and holds Otis close. She looks around and sees they were in a dirty room with a cot.

She looks further around and sees her bag. 

"Otis, could you get me my bag?" Says violet leaning at the back of the wall seated on the floor.

Otis nods and drags her bag to her.

She opens the bag and sees all the packed food and drinks she had for Otis still in the bag.

She gives Otis a fruit juice to drink and takes out water for herself.

Otis sits beside her on the floor and drinks his juice.

During the struggle to get away from the kidnappers with Otis, violet got beaten up by them.

No matter how bad they hit her she didn't let go of Otis. She had him wrapped around in her arms. 

She had bruises on her face and her whole body was hurting real bad with all the punches and kicks she received from them.

She drinks the water and gives Otis a small bowl of fruit to eat.

"Eat it ,okay. You need to be strong" says violet.

Otis picks a small piece of fruit and offers it to violet.

"No you eat," she says in pain.

"Peesh (please)" he says and she smiles with a bruised lip and eats it.

After they finish eating, Otis climbs on her lap and touches her face.

"Mama, bobo," says Otis and sheds tears.

"It doesn't hurt. I am very strong" she says and smiles.

Otis kisses her bruised cheek and asks "bobo, ok?" 

"Bobo, ok," she says and sheds tears with a smile. 

Otis wipes her tears and leans and places his head on her chest.

Violet hears loud noises outside the room and holds Otis close to her. 

The voices get louder and louder.

Otis starts crying and violet starts shivering scared for what was to come.

The door flies open and Otis screams a loud scream. 

"Otis " calls Ivanov and sees violet holding Otis close to her.