XXIII

CHAPTER 23

"We will find her and make sure to punish whoever kidnapped her" Alexis reassured her woman.

She too is worried about her daughter and Eve. That poor woman was hit by a gun, they don't know where they were taken. She will make sure to make that person pay. She then remembers Olivia, she is probably the one behind it. She left Samantha, she angrily approached the brunette who was sipping her another glass of wine, she grabbed her arm and pulled her closer.

"Did you send people to take my daughter?" Alexis spatted at the brunette who looked so confused.

"What the hell are you talking about, Max?" Olivia responded, she pushed Alexis away from her, her arm is in pain due to the tightness of the grip.

"I'll rephrase it. Are you the person behind kidnapping my daughter?" Alexis asked again in rage.

Julia takes hold of her cousin, she knows she is going to burst at any moment and might hurt the brunette.

"I have no idea what you are talking about. Why would I plan to kidnap an innocent child? I also have a son, our son Max. I wouldn't do such a thing like that" Olivia explained, holding Alexis by the arm.

She too is confused why she was accused of that crime. The trio studied how the brunette reacted and they figured out she was telling the truth. Samantha's friend's are now brainstorming thinking who could be the one who took their niece if it's only Olivia who had a grudge towards Samantha.

"Are they still tailing us?" one of the men who kidnapped Amalie and Eve asked.

"I think we lost them" the other one answered while looking at the back.

"Let's go to the hideout and report to the boss" another man said with a smirk, they will surely get bonus money for doing a job well done.

Alexis and Samantha's family are now contacting their people to search every corner of the state. The blonde's parents came to the party as soon as they could when they heard about the bad news, Ricardo is furious about his granddaughter being taken by kidnappers.

"Adelina" Marcellina called out to her daughter and embraced her.

She comforted the blonde who's crying and sobbing at her embrace. Ricardo went to his friend and asked about the current updates they gathered. Maximus shakes his head no, telling his friend his people lost the car they are tailing.

The hall door suddenly opened revealing a couple with six bodyguards tailing behind them. Everyone looks at the two strangers who suddenly grace the celebration. Marcellina recognized the woman who just entered the hall, she approached the woman, curious why she was here.

"Carol, why are you here?" Lina asked the female.

"Lina, I haven't seen you for decades, it's nice seeing you here. I came to see my daughter" Carol answered.

Marcellina was curious who she was looking for. She hasn't seen her for a long time, the last time she saw Carol was when they were teenagers, then she moved out. The couple excused themselves and approached the brunette who was holding Lex. They both smiled when they saw the little boy.

"Mom, Dad, you came" Olivia greeted the couple and hugged them.

Marcelina's eyes widen realizing the brunette is related to Carol. Her husband came beside her asking her who the woman was and why she was so surprised to see them with Olivia.

"Who is she?" Ricardo asked his wife.

"That's Caroline, my second cousin," Marcellina answered.

The couple carried the little boy with pure joy, they were happy to see their grandson so handsome and cute. Alexis was staring at the two she had only met right now. When she dated Olivia she was staying with her uncle, her parents sent her away when she turned eleven and then took her when she turned twenty, the times where Olivia broke up with her and their engagement.

"Are you the one who made my daughter pregnant?" Olivia's father asked with a serious face. Alexis nodded, she didn't expect the man to give her a tight hug.

He thanked her for creating this wonderful grandson who looks so handsome. They kept mumbling that he will one day inherit their business and be the most beautiful man. Alexis doesn't know where to focus right now, her other child is missing and now the grandparents of her son are here to finally see them.

"Can you excuse me for now, I need to look for my daughter" Alexis excused, the couple raised a brow at her. They didn't know she had other kids other than their grandchild.

"How dare you have another child from some sluts?" Carol said with irritation.

Everyone heard it loud and clear, Samantha doesn't care about it right now, her focus is about her daughter who was kidnapped. She doesn't care what other people are calling her, they could call her names yet she doesn't give two shits. However, her mother's ears are ringing for someone calling her daughter a slut. She approached her second cousin and slapped her hard on the cheeks.

"What's wrong with you, Lina?" Carol asked while holding her stinging cheeks.

"That woman you are calling a slut is my daughter. How dare you insult her? It is your insane daughter who clings to my daughter's lover" Lina uttered with rage.

She hated hearing people insulting her daughters. They can gossip about them but never insult them with improper names, she groom them to be a fine lady and to be respected by everyone. Ricardo came to calm his wife, he hadn't seen her this mad before.

"Everyone, this party is over" Alejandra spoke to the microphone to let everyone know they are free to go.

They need to settle the mess right now. She is happy to have wonderful little great grandkids however the situation isn't good right now, the parent's of her heir are fighting over it because she got the two women pregnant.

"Mija go and find Hope, I'll handle this conflict." Alejandra said. Alexis nodded, then ran out the door and helped find her daughter, Glenn excused then ran after her.

She came to the blonde and said some comforting words, "I know it's hard but Alex will find her and she will be in your arms again" she embraced the blonde who sobbed yet nodded agreeing to her statement. She knew Alexis will do everything to make their daughter safe.

Alejandra suggested everyone come by the mansion and settle the conflicts. The faster they talk and solve the issues the better. They need manpower to find Amalie who is in the hands of a bad guy.

"Why did you bring the nanny?" The boss yelled.

"Isn't that her mother?" One of the men asked, confused, they knew they did a job well done.

"Idiot! All of you are moron" the boss yelled and hit the man with a fist. "Her mother is a blonde, is that blonde hair to all of you?!" The boss asked, pointing at Eve, his men who nodded no.

They at least took the little girl correctly, it is still a success to their mission to kidnap the kid. The boss tells them to put on a blindfold and tape their mouths. They need to leave in the evening and transport to another city. They need to drive for more than five hours before they get to their new location.

Alexis together with Glenn and Paul are heading to the last location they found a clue on where the kidnappers brought Eve and Amalie. They have been looking for Amalie for hours, it's dawn and they haven't slept a bit. They wanted to hurry and look for the little girl, Alexis knew she was crying right now looking for her and Samantha.

"Are we close?" Glenn asked Paul who was the one driving the car.

"We'll be there in ten minutes. Our people are already blocking the area close to the warehouse" Paul explained.

Alexis sighed, she is glad they found where the kidnappers brought her daughter and it didn't take them days to find her. After ten minutes of driving they finally arrived at the warehouse. The place doesn't look abandoned, the equipment inside still looks new and inside of this place looks clean.

"Spread out," Alexis commanded.

Glenn and Paul with her, they are heading to the freezer, the freezer is no longer cold and the boxes inside stinks. The three spread out and look at every corner to check if Eve and Amalie are in there. It took them about ten minutes to check each corner and storage room inside the freezer, yet didn't find anything. Paul then received a radio transmission from one of their men that they found something. The three ran to where they were waiting.

"What did you find?" Paul asked his men.

"We found this and also this" they showed them a left foot sneakers that Amalie wore in the party and a blooded piece of clothing that looks like it was ripped from someone's clothes.

Alexis gripped the shoes and the blooded clothing with rage. She will surely immobilize whoever took or hurt her daughter. They figured out the people who took her daughter had already abandoned the warehouse and moved out. There are signs of tire marks on the ground and a cigarette that was still wet. They took the evidence and sent it to their lab.

While everyone was busy looking at the warehouse, the boss was laughing. They left mini cameras in the warehouse to see the people following them. The boss laughed wickedly, they escaped and are now close to their next place to hide.

"I'm a step ahead of you Alex" the boss said with a grin.

Back in Leone's mansion, everyone is settled down. Alejandra sitting in the middle couch staring at the two families who're sitting apart from each other. She is now going to talk to the parents, she sent Olivia out in the garden like everyone else. They can overlook the five of them inside sitting and talking, the trio are still comforting Samantha.

"What?! They're not there?" Julia yelled, she received the news that the warehouse was empty.

"Alright, I'll call and inform them to check a strange vehicle driving somewhere else, I'll let you know soon, Maxxy" Julia bid goodbye to her cousin.

The blonde was staring at her being hopeful. Julia nodded and then sighed, she was worried about Amalie. The person who took her seems to know what to do, she thinks someone knows them well and how they work. She wonders if that person has access to their own Intel's. She looks around and eyeing everyone, she looks at Olivia to see if she is acting strange but no, she is calm and playing with Lex.

Julia walked where her wife and friends were sitting, she wanted to tell the blonde that the warehouse was empty when Alexis came. Samantha sobbed when she heard the update about her daughter, she must be scared. She also hopes Eve is alright. She wondered who took her daughter, was it just because the kidnappers wanted some money? But if they want money, they should have called them already.

"If they want money for ransom, why aren't they calling us to negotiate?" Samantha asked, Julia thinks the blonde made a point.

"Isn't it obvious? Maybe they want your daughter because they are child traffickers and will want her fresh and healthy organs in black market" Olivia said without caring what Samantha would feel. She would be happy if it's only her son left as Alexis' child, that means he doesn't have to share his father.

"You witch!" Donna yelled at the brunette, Julia held her arm. She is going to jump at the woman who was still carrying Lex.

"I swear I'll strangle you to death" Dina warned the brunette who just hissed.

"You're also a mother, you should be sympathizing in this kind of situation" Rose muttered.

"Olivia, shut your mouth if you only want to say negative comments. I swear I'll hit you, you know me too well not to piss me off" Julia warned the brunette who walked out, they went by the pool and played with her son.

It is his day and Alexis is busy finding Amalie. They are supposed to be celebrating his special day but that daughter steals the limelight. She also wonders who took Amalie away, she should thank that person and make sure to keep that girl out of the picture. Alexis should only have her son as her only child.

Three days have passed and still they haven't found Amalie and Eve. They toss and turn every corner of California and they still haven't received a call from the kidnappers. If only they know that Amalie and her kidnappers are no longer in California but in a different state far from them.

"Shut up little girl" one of the kidnappers yelled at Amalie who was screaming for her Da-da and Ma-ma.

"Please don't yell at her, she's just a child" Eve begged the kidnapper.

One of them kicked her on her stomach to shut her up. Eve was beaten many times for trying to speak up to her little Amalie, she shielded her with her body when the second in command boss tried to hit her with a stick. Her body was bruised and bloody. She had cuts everywhere, her eye also was punched and now turned purple. She made sure not to get Amalie any scratch, it's her responsibility to make sure she is safe, her bosses were so kind to her.

"It's been three days and the boss still hasn't called for some ransom money?" one of them asked curiously why they are still waiting for so long before contacting the rich parents of this little blonde.

"Da-da" Amalie cried, calling for her Da-da.

"Don't cry Hope" the boss took the girl and carried her.

Amalie stopped crying and stared at the boss then smiled. Eve recognizes the boss, her mouth agape when she finally remembers the man.

"Uncle Tep," Amalie said happily. She cuddled to the man, while the man soothes her hair.

Amalie felt tired and sleepy from all this time she had been wailing and screaming to see her parents.

"We will get you to mommy okay?" The man said, making Amalie's eyes sparkle and she nodded.

Amalie eyed her nanny whose mouth was now taped and is now tied to a chair where the little girl was tied earlier.

"Nana" Amalie looked at her uncle and pointed at her nanny Eve.

"She needs to stay here, we will go find mommy, Hope" the boss said and left the place and ordered his men to keep an eye on the woman.

His men were confused why the little girl called him uncle. They didn't know they were kidnapping his own niece and then will surrender her to her mother. They think their boss is crazy for doing this kind of plan and then change his mind.

He brought Amalie to the room they made cozy for him, he laid the already sleeping Amalie. He soothed her hair adoring the little girl who looks exactly like her mother.

"You'll see your mother soon. Let's see if she'll come alone" the man said wickedly.

He took a burner phone and dialed the blonde's number. After three rings Samantha answered the call. She is now in their own house, alone in her room. Alexis was busy locating Amalie, she is with her cousins Julia and Glenn.

"Hello" she answered the unknown number.

"I have your daughter with me" when she heard that she gasped, the kidnapper is calling her, she needs to tell Alexis about this.

"Don't you dare tell anyone or I'll kill her and the woman. I will send you an address to meet me, alone" the man then ended the call and threw the phone on the fire drum.

Samantha tried calling back the number that just contacted her but it is no longer in service. She's smart enough to tell that the kidnappers disposed of the phone right after they finished the conversation. She is doubting if she should tell Alexis or her friends about it or not. She thought what if the kidnappers kill Amalie and Eve on the spot when they knew she told someone else.

"Sammy? Are you alright?" Rose seated beside her and looked at the blonde who looked pale.

"I'm fine, just tired" she answered and smiled at Rose.

"The girls brought some food and drinks, let's go downstairs" Rose said and helped her up.

The girls decided to bring her food and accompany her. She has been sulking for days and worried about their niece so much. They wanted to be there for her and comfort her when she needed someone. Samantha tried having fun with her friends, her thoughts are all over the place. She was thinking about when the kidnapper would contact her again to tell her where to meet and finally see her daughter. She will do everything for her child, no matter what danger will come to her, she doesn't care as long as Amalie is safe.

"We'll be back, we're picking up Gianna. She came to visit me" Dina said with a huge grin.

Rose pushed her by the wall, "She came to visit me not you, dumbass" Rose mocked the other girl who is now frowning.

"As far as I know I am smart, maybe you're the dumb one, Rose" Dina teases Rose.

"Oh come on, go now or else Gianna will just hail a cab to come over here" Donna said, making the two hurry and run by the door. They even got stock themselves there for not fitting. The kitchen door was meant only for one person to get in and out, not two.

"How are you now, Sammy?" Donna asked her friend who lost a few pounds for not sleeping and eating on time.

"I'm fine, Donna" she sent a small smile to her friend.

"Julia said they are now exploring another state where the strange vehicle was spotted. I hope they see her soon" Donna hoped.

Samantha's phone vibrated, she received a text message from an unknown number telling her where she should meet the kidnapper who took her daughter. Donna looking at her friend, she can tell she has been acting strange since they came over.

"We're back" Dina yelled when the two came back with Gianna with them. Her twin sister must be driving really fast to get back quickly.

"Did she drive fast and beat lots of red lights?" Donna asked the two who nodded.

Donna frowned and pinched her sister's ear for not driving safely. Gianna was laughing at her suitor, she was pouting and looking at her friends asking for help. The four laugh while the blonde is spacing out. Rose walked closer, worried about her friend. She placed a hand on Samantha's shoulder yet the blonde jolted in surprise.

"Are you okay, Sammy? Tell us if something is bothering you" Rose said calmly, she wants her to know that they are there for her.

She nodded no and smiled at them, she wanted to act normal. The kidnapper already sent her the address she needed to go and find Amalie. She'll just leave her GPS on with her phone so if something happens, Alexis and the others can go and locate her. All she wants right now is to find her daughter and be by her side, to tell her she is safe and mommy is here.

The four let her be in her little space yet still talking to her and asking her if she is fine. Gianna stares at the blonde, she has not seen her many times but her photos are all over their house in San Francisco. Her brother's room has tons of pictures of the blonde on his wall. She already told him that it is their cousin's woman.

"Omg why do you have a lot of pictures of Alexis' woman in here?" She asked her brother who just came from the shower. She came to ask him about the file she needed to sent to the finance department.

"It's none of your business Gia" Stefano said, while choosing his clothes to wear for the day.

"It is my business when you are trying to steal someone else's woman, they had a kid together. Why are you so obsessed with her?" Gianna said, came to the wall and tried taking the photos off the wall, but Stefano grabbed her by the arm and pushed her by the bed and screamed.

"Don't you dare touch any of it! They are not yet married, I still have my chances to be with Samantha" Stefano uttered then laughed like an insane human.

"Fine, do whatever you want. Give me the papers so I could leave your sorry crazy ass here" Gianna sighed, she looked at her brother who was acting crazy about the blonde.

She was in doubt if she would tell about her brother's obsession towards the blonde. She heard from Rose and Dina that Amalie was missing since the christening of Alexis' other child. They had no clue who took the little girls, Olivia seemed to be innocent. They have been keeping an eye on her every now and then, but it is not her who hired someone to take Amalie.

The three excused themselves, Donna is now left with Samantha. They don't want her to be alone by herself, Alexis called them to watch for her woman. Rose and Dina are taking Gianna out to the mall, they want to spend a day with the woman. Gianna hasn't chosen who she liked more from the two women she has been seeing for a fifth time.

Samantha went to her room and left her friend who was munching some food while watching a film in their mini theater. She is waiting for the right time to leave the house, it was harder earlier because all of her friends are there. She tried calling the number that sent her the address, luckily it rang and someone answered the phone.

"Hello" she said on the other line.

"Oh you called, I thought you wouldn't want to see your daughter again" the man said on the line.

"How can I know my daughter is really with you?" Samantha asked, she wanted to make sure Amalie was really with him.

"Listen to this. Come on talk to your mommy" the man said on the phone and she heard her daughter's voice, "Mommy" the man then covered her mouth.

"So do you believe me now?" The man asked, Samantha cried she really heard her daughter's voice.

"I'll meet you at the address you sent me, I'll be alone so please keep your promise not to hurt my daughter and her nanny" Samantha said while her tears were running down her cheeks.

"I'll give you until midnight to come and see us. If you failed to come BANG! A bullet on your lovely daughter's head." The man then ended the call, he again burned the phone.

He will be the one calling her when the time is right. The blonde looks at the watch and she has seven hours till it's midnight. The address was more than five hours drive from where she is now. She needs to be quick, she came to see what Donna is doing and she seems to be fully focused on what she is watching. She came back to her room, took her phone and got her notepad then tore a paper writing the address where she was going.

She then hurriedly left and drove on her way to the location. She thought of how Alexis would be so mad when she knew she left all alone and met the kidnappers, but she didn't care. She just wants to make Amalie feel safe when she finally sees her, she has been gone for three days already. She knew whoever could see what she had written in the paper would call Alexis and let her know about it. She just hopes by the time they read it she was still on her way to the location. If not, she doesn't know what the kidnapper's plan is.

"Mommy is coming, Hope. Are you happy?" The man asked the little girl who nodded with a huge smile.

"Ma-ma comin' Uncle Tep?" She asked her uncle, she wanted to make sure it's the truth. The man smiled and nodded.

Samantha had been driving for more than three hours, she was speeding and running over the red light which she never did before. The things she does for her daughter. She stopped by a shop and got herself some food, then bought a baseball bat if she needed to fight them. She knows they are armed but she doesn't know how to use a gun, Rose is the only one who knows how to use a gun while the three of them are scared to use it. Rose's family sells guns so she needs to know how to use guns for safety reasons. She now regrets not learning how to use a gun, Rose was right, you shouldn't use a gun to hurt people but for your safety.

She is now close to the address, and her phone suddenly rang. She answered it and it is the same person who called, she wants to know who is behind everything. You can't really tell who is behind each call, the voice sounded weird like a robot, she knew the person didn't want to be recognized.

"Park inside and I'll see you when I figure out if you really came all alone or not" the phone call then ended.

The boss called his men to check outside if there was no one else following the blonde's car. His people reported that it's clear. He also ordered one of his men to check the surveillance cameras and report to him if he noticed something strange. He hired fifteen men to plan this all thing and now he is coming to his success, the blonde and the little girl are with him.

Samantha feels so nervous and scared yet told herself to be strong for her daughter. She patiently waited for someone to come and meet her in this semi-abandoned warehouse. She heard some footsteps coming from the right side, and a man stopped two meters in front of her. He is wearing a mask, she can't tell who could be behind it until the man revealed himself with a huge grin.

"Welcome sweetheart" the man greeted her with open arms.

"Stefano?" Samantha's eyes widened seeing the man right in front of her.

"Aren't you happy to see me?" Stefano asked, approached the blonde, leaned closer to her and sniffed her scent he loves so much.

The blonde pushed him away from her. Stefano gripped her by the face to make her look at him face to face. He kissed the blonde forcefully. Samantha kicked him in between his legs, he screamed in pain making his men notice something happened to their boss.

"Go get her and bring her upstairs" Stefano ordered, still in pain.

He limped while following them upstairs, Samantha saw her daughter eating a sandwich and drinking some milk and was guarded by a young looking guy. She heard her daughter giggling while the young man was playing with her rock, paper, scissors. Amalie giggled whenever she won over the young man, he only smiled at the little blonde, praising how good she is with this game.

"Baby" Samantha called her daughter, Amalie looked up and saw her mother with two men holding her tight side by side.

"Ma-ma" Amalie screamed in joy, the young man helped her up and down to the floor to come to her mother.

Samantha smiled at the young man and her daughter, she thought that the young man isn't that bad after all. She could get help from him at the right time.

"Let her go" Stefano ordered his men to let the blonde be with her daughter.

Samantha holds Amalie and kisses her all over her face making the little girl giggle. She checked if her daughter got scratches, if these people hurt her. She's thankful that she is fine and no harm happened to her, she looks around to spot Eve but there's no sign of her. She looks at the insane man asking for Eve.

"Where's Eve?" She asked curious if the woman was still alive or if they did anything bad to her.

"She's tied up somewhere. Now that you're here, we are complete. The mother, the father and then my daughter" Stefano came beside Amalie and kissed her cheeks.

The child doesn't know that the man is insane. She thinks he is still the good uncle she has that always buys her food and things when they meet. Amalie smiled at the man and her mommy. Samantha is thankful that her daughter thinks that everything is fine or else she'd get traumatized.

"You're crazy, Stefano. You will never be my daughter's father" Samantha spatted at the delusional man.

"Right after I kill Alex, she will no longer be Hope's father." Stefano said and laughed evilly.

Samantha felt scared and nervous about what Stefano could do to her lover. She doesn't know how his brain works, of all the people she never thought he could be the person behind all of this.

Right after the movie finished, Donna went to the kitchen to refill her bowl of popcorn. She is planning to watch another movie until the other girls are back. The servants are on day offs, so they have the house to themselves. She came upstairs to check on the blonde and invited her to watch a romantic film.

"Sammy, wanna join me in the next film?" Donna asked by the door, she heard the water from the faucet is on so she thought Samantha is still inside.

She kept talking and talking, asking something to the blonde yet received no response. She knocks the door yet nothing again, she is now worried if something happened to the blonde inside their bathroom. She tried opening the door but it was locked. Donna came to the drawer to look for the keys and noticed the torn paper, an address written on it. She was at first clueless about the address on the paper until she remembered Samantha was acting strange since they came over. She thought that the kidnapper probably called her and this was the address she was going to. She hurriedly took her phone and called her twin sister about what she found out.

"Dina, Samantha is missing," Donna said right after her sister answered the phone.

"What? Where could she be? Did you call Alex and told her about it?" Dina asked lots of questions to her twin sister. The two with her told her to put the call in speaker.

"I think she went to an address that the kidnapper told her to meet. I saw a paper here with an address. I will send you a picture" Donna replied and hurriedly sent the photo to her sister.

"We will go there first, call your wife and Alex to meet us there" Rose said and they marched out the mall to go to where they parked their car.

"But it's dangerous, let's call them then the cops" Donna reasoned, she had a bad feeling about it.

"Sammy is all alone, we don't know how many people are there. We will just go and check the location then update you" Rose explained, Donna sighed then agreed.

The three started driving on their way to Sacramento. When they figured out about the paper, Samantha was already halfway there. They knew about the address written on the paper, two hours later. Donna informed her wife, Julia and Alexis about what she found out and that the other girls are already on their way to Sacramento.

"What do you mean Gianna was with them?" Julia asked clarifying about what she heard.

"Gianna came over to visit Rose and Dina. Can you stop inquiring about it and hurry, go after them I have a bad feeling about this" Donna ranted at her wife.

"Thank you Donna, we will go there as soon as we can" Alexis thanked the girl.

Julia is now worried about her cousin who is getting involved with them. They don't know what is going to happen to them if they come to the lair of the kidnappers. Julia called her cousin, Gianna. She answered right after three rings.

"What the hell are you three doing? Don't go and wait for us" Julia said, annoyed at what the three crazy girls were doing.

"We're already ahead of you, meet us there, Julia. I got some guns with me. We'll take care of ourselves" Gianna said, trying to calm her cousin down.

"Please be careful, if something bad happens, call" Julia ended the call.

Glenn called his uncle Max to tell him the news, while Alexis called Samantha's dad about the blonde missing and she might have come to the kidnapper's lair. Ricardo called out his men to go with him to the location Alexis had sent him. He brought twenty people with him, riding four cars. While Maximus called out some of his people then an ambulance with their own nurses and doctors to come with them. He is bringing two ambulances with two doctors and four nurses, then twenty men led by Paul.

Stefano locked the door where Samantha and him are. He ordered his people to take the little girl away, sent it to her nanny and watched for the two of them not to run away. It was just him and the blonde who was scared of the man who she was once friends with, she regretted letting him stay friends with her. She should have already cut ties with him the moment he confessed.

"It is just me and you now, Sam" the man said with a smirk.

He approached the blonde, caught her arms, pinned her by the wall. He started kissing her but the blonde fought back, she tried kicking him again between his legs however Stefano read what she was going to do. He punched her on the stomach making her weak. Stefano started kissing her by the collar, he kept mumbling how sweet she tastes and how aromatic she smells. Samantha is disgusted by this man, she wishes her friends are already on their way or else she'd be damn.

Dina, Rose and Gianna are now a few meters away from the warehouse. It’s dark and the light coming from the warehouse is the only thing that gives them light. They turned off their car’s light and stayed inside the car, looking at the place. Gianna seems to recognize something. She squinted her eyes looking at the familiar car they own.

"What's wrong Gia, did you see something?" Rose asked, looking at where the other woman was staring.

"Look at that car. It is one of our family cars, how did that car get in here?" Gianna asked, confused.

"Girls look at Sammy's car over there, look at that window you'll see the red car and the plate matches Sammy's" Dina uttered while pointing at the blonde's car.

Gianna is still confused why their car is in this warehouse. If someone from her family is involved in the kidnapping, then it hits her. "Stefano" she mumbled, making the two girls look at her wide eyes.

"That bastard!" Dina cussed.

"Be quiet, Dina. Gia, let me have one of your guns" Rose said, Gianna opened the compartment where she usually put her guns. She gave the Bretta 80x Cheetah to Rose. She checked the bullets in her hand gun, Heckler & Koch Vp9.

"Do you know how to use this, Rose?" Gianna asked, making sure she knew how to use it, it is dangerous.

"Yeah I do, I held much heavier arms than this" Rose said with confidence.

"Don't worry Gia, her family sells tons of guns and she's the only one who knew in our group how to shoot" Dina backed her up.

Rose tried teaching the three of them how to use a gun, but they were too scared. The gun shot was loud and it was hard for them to hit the target. They tried once and never again. Gianna nodded and told them about their plan, she is planning to go inside first, she knew her own brother wouldn't try to hurt her, then the two will just wait for the back up to come, the two agreed.

Gianna got inside she hid the gun on her back but still ready to shoot if in case they started firing at her. Dina and Rose look at the vicinity of the area to see somewhere they can get into if hell breaks loose. Rose's phone rang and it was Julia calling.

"What's the update in there?" Julia asked.

"We figured out it's Stefano who took Hope, well it was Gianna who figured it out about it. She is now inside to talk to her brother" Rose explained, Julia smacked her forehead for not thinking Stefano is one of the possible culprits to do this.

"Please call us again if something happened, Sam's father's men will arrive first" Julia said, making Rose feel relieved that their back up is close.

"Okay thank- Dina wait comeback!" Rose yelled at Dina who ran inside the warehouse.

"I saw Hope" Dina answered, Rose forgot to end the call so Julia could hear the conversations they had. She was still talking to them but they weren't answering. She decided to drop the call and told the driver to drive a bit faster.

Dina and Rose hid somewhere, they could hear the little girl giggling and playing with a young man. They could also see Eve looking bad, her face bruised and her clothes were torn. They sighed in relief when they saw Amalie without a scratch, they thought Stefano really liked the little girl.

Gianna walked inside and some men noticed her. Two of them approached the woman and tried talking nasty.

"A beautiful woman came to grace us, wanna have fun?" One of them said with a huge grin.

"Cut the crap. Tell my brother his sister is here. Dare to do something and I'll shoot you in the head" Gianna threatened them.

The two didn't want to believe her, so they tried to approach and have fun with her. She doesn't seem like she could hurt a fly. As one of them touched her by the shoulder, she kicked them. She kicked the other by the leg to make him limp while the other kicked him in the face. She was trained to fight, Julia and Alexis together trained how to use guns and do combats.

One of the men she kicked in the leg took his gun out and tried aiming to shoot her but before he could do it, a gunshot sounded and the man lay flat on the ground. Rose had shot the man by the chest. Gianna mouthed her thank you.

Stefano and Samantha heard the gun shoot, he quickly came to the monitor and checked what's happening. He saw his own sister and Samantha's friends hiding by the side close to Amalie. He checked the surveillance he had access a few miles away, he had access to Leone's intels when one time he came to visit Glenn in their security office. Glenn was a bit busy talking to the tech personnels about the software update to one of their computer systems that is transmitted in their mother company. He was just listening to the tech who was talking about the coding system. He started recording the conversation in his phone, he knew one day he could use it and that day is today.

He came to the blonde who is now gaining back her strength, he took the chloroform and put it on the handkerchief then drugged the blonde. Samantha could no longer fight over.

"Some of you come with me, the enemy is coming" he ordered and some of his men followed suit.

Gianna spotted his brother running in the back area of the warehouse where she spotted their own car. She called him and took his attention.

"Brother, stop this in instance" she yelled while pointing a gun at him.

Rose and Dina managed to take the little girl and Eve, the young man who was playing with their niece didn't bother to fight, he was only here because his brother was hired and he dragged him with him. Dina was untying Eve's hand, Rose guarding the area, they didn't notice Amalie run away. She saw her mother with Stefano.

"Ma-ma" Amalie screamed at her unconscious mother. Stefano pointed the gun at the little girl, the girl's eyes widened.

"Don't you dare, brother" Gianna said, she hoped he wouldn't hurt the innocent kid.

But she was wrong, Stefano smirked and aimed again at the girl ready to shoot. Dina ran as quickly as she could and covered the little blonde.

"No!" Gianna and Rose screamed in horror when the gun fired. Dina was on time to cover herself in front of the little girl and was the one who got shot on her back, blood came out of her mouth, Amalie saw her aunt blooded, she cried holding her aunt Dina's face. Rose ran to her friend who was wounded. Gianna cussing at his crazy brother.

"You really are nuts" Gianna screamed and aimed her gun at her own brother.

"You wouldn't hurt me Gia, I know you too well" Stefano laughed and stated the facts. Gianna is in doubt if she should fire at him or not, he is still her brother after all.

"But I will" Rose said and shot Stefano by his left shoulder, he dropped Samantha, he called him men to take the woman.

"Bitch!" He screamed and aimed at Rose's right shoulder. She dropped the gun she was holding, she is now in danger. Gianna shoots the people who are carrying Samantha, she was so busy that she didn't notice Rose was in danger.

Stefano aims again at Rose and shoots her by the chest, it's late when Gianna notices what happened. Rose dropped at the ground, blood spreading on the floor. Gianna run to her side, Rose was badly hurt.

"Omg Rose, help will be here soon. Hold on tight please" Gianna cried seeing the two women blooded.

She went to where Dina and a crying Amalie were. Eve limping trying to walk closer to them, the young man helping Eve. She pulled Amalie away from the scene, and hugged her trying to comfort the little girl. Gianna called her cousin for help.

"Julia, we need help. Dina and Rose were shot, please be quick" Julia could hear worry in her cousin's voice.

"Uncle Ricky's men will be there in five. Please hold on" Julia said.

"We're running out of time, R-rose is in danger, D-dina is not responding, p-please"