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Giovanni's POV

"Dad?" I looked at the man strapped to the chair.

"Wrong," Sid retorted, "This man is Aurora's brother. Your father found him left for dead, stole his identity and had him stored somewhere for years. We decided to kidnap him so we could try to bargain, because I want back my wife."

"She won't remember you," I looked at him fiercely.

"We don't know that for sure," he said angrily, "She hasn't seen me since he took her." I did sympathize for him though. It must have been hard watching the person you love live their life without you.

"So if you get Gianna," Gina finally said, "We get Alex and her uncle?"

"Precisely," Sid smiled.

"I find that hard to believe," Gina said coldly.

"It's all I wanted," he explained, "Every plan that I set up was to get her back. If you don't comply, I'll simply kill them."

"What the fuck?" I looked at him in shock, "You're lying."

"They don't mean anything to me," he looked at them scornfully, "I want what matters to me. You won't threaten to kill her, so I do have the upper hand."

He's right. I wasn't going to put a gun to my wife's head for two people I barely knew. I've never felt so conflicted before. I couldn't even hatch a plan. Give away Gianna?

"So," I started, "I bring her to you. What if she doesn't want to be with you?"

"There's no way that she wouldn't want to be with me," he smiled, "Gianna loves me."

"You're not even considering the option?" I looked at him surprised and he shook his head.

"Where is your boss?" Grayson called out to him, "You said 'we' earlier."

"Oh he's right here," Sid pointed to himself, "My partner is in here though." A man stepped forward into the light, and Aurora sank to the ground.

"Jhonny," I whispered, sinking to the ground. How could this be?

"In the flesh and blood," he looked at me. There wasn't a spark of love in his eyes. He looked cold and distant.

"Why?" I asked sadly, "Why would you do this to your own daughter?"

"I have no attachment to her," he said icily, "I've never met her."

"That doesn't matter!" I yelled, "She is your fucking daughter for Christ's sake! How could you do this to your own flesh and blood?"

"My 'flesh and blood' is fooling around with the enemy," he said, "and so are you. That organization is sick and twisted."

"You think you're better?" Grayson stepped on, "You have your own daughter strapped to a fucking chair, blindfolded and scared. How does that make you better than us?"

"Like I said," his eyes flitted to Jamie, "I never met her. Aurora got pregnant and ran away with the baby. She didn't want to be involved with me and she didn't want me to father the baby."

"You were sick," I said disgusted, " and still are! You abused me, cheated on me and you wanted me to stay? You hurt me Jhonny. Physically, emotionally and mentally and I decided that you wouldn't father my child."

"I don't care," he said simply. I looked at him in contempt. He was even worse than I remembered.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"I want Sid to have his wife back and I want things to go back to the way it was," he explained, "Both of the organizations were doing well. There's enough work here for both of us."

"You think after this stunt that'll happen?" Giovanni said harshly.

"You think your father is such a fucking saint," Jhonny snickered, "He's as much of a lunatic as I am. The sick and twisted things he's done to get this far, it's disgusting. At least our company never had any of those problems. We were thriving before your father even started, but he hated us. He hates competition."

"When did you join this company?" I looked at him.

"It's a family company," he wrapped his arm around Sid's neck, "My parents entrusted it to me and my brother."

What the fuck.

I didn't know how to react anymore or how to feel. I felt completely numb. At this point, nothing could shock me anymore. The amount of information that I needed to process just left me speechless. Thoughtless.

"Give me my daughter," I stood up and began walking towards her. Several guns immediately pointed at me, ready to shoot. One, two, three.... wait what? There was ten gunmen lurking in the shadows. They were extremely hard to see if you didn't look closely.

"You heard the deal," Sid said, "If you try to take her, my men will shoot. I suggest you leave and come up with a suitable offer."

"By the way," Jhonny looked at Jamie, "Aurora killed your father."

Jamie's widened in horror. Well this is great.

"That guy," he pointed to Grayson, "killed your mother." Tears welled up in her eyes and she ran out of the basement. Gina followed after her.

"Leave now," Sid instructed. I looked at Grayson and he turned his back towards them.

"We have no choice," he sighed.

"I'll come back for you," I called to Alex. She didn't respond. I know that comment must have made her confused, and it will only cause problems from here on out.

I stood outside, wiping my tears. I felt Gina wrap an arm around my neck and I leaned into her.

"This is too much," I whispered to her, "I don't know how much of this I could take."

"I know it's a lot," she kissed my head, "but we'll power through."

"I don't know Gina," I sighed, "Assassins? Your family and Alex's family. The only thing I'm sure about in life right now is the difference between left and right." I could feel her smile against my head.

"Jamie," she said softly, "You're one of the strongest people I know. Don't let this set you back. We will get Alex and we will work through everything together. I know it's a lot, but I'm not giving up on you or Alex. We have got to stick through it."

"You're amazing," I smiled.

"Jamie?" Aurora came up behind us.

"I'm pinning that conversation," I held up a hand to her, "We need to focus on getting Alex back."

"What's our plan?" Gina looked around at everyone.

"The plan is to come back when we have sorted out a better plan," Giovanni said quietly.

"We're just going to leave her here?" I looked at him in astonishment.

"Here's the situation," Giovanni explained, "They are heavily armed. We are . All he wants is Gianna. They don't seem to have any other motive driving their decisions. If we don't comply, Alex and her uncle will be dead. Time is not our friend, so we need to be strategic."

He's right.

"Where are we going now?" Aurora asked.

"To the Romano's," Giovanni grimaced.

At this point, I felt defeated. There was so much information for me to process through and absorb. My mother killed Jamie's father? How could she? What was at stake for her to do such a thing? I know she must have her reasons, but I just didn't know what to think anymore.

"Are you okay?" The man that's supposedly my uncle asked.

"I don't even know how to answer that question," I responded.

"Well on the bright side," he said, "you answered it."

"I guess you're right," I smiled, "What's your name?"

"Leonardo," he replied, "Be careful with what you heard. It was plainly said to cause rauction."

"I know," I said quietly, "but the words had merit to them."

"True," he agreed, "but at the end of the day, they're your family. Our family. We have to forgive them no matter what. Being in that assassin organization is not an easy thing, and I'm sure Aurora only did it because she didn't have a choice."

"There is always an option," I disagreed.

"Yes," he said, "but would she be here today is she chose another option?"