Chapter 31
“Vanessa!!!”Andre yelled out loud even if she wasn’t there. The young woman had managed to take Robert’s identification card from him and switched it with her dad’s. She had a spare of each member of her family identification cards, just because of emergencies. Andre had thought she would be with Robert so he wanted to check Robert’s address from the card.
“Check her bedroom for any clue”, Ariana suggested.
“Yes go now!, search every corner for a clue”, Andre ordered the security men.
After just twenty five to thirty two minutes of searching, they found what could have been said to be a massive clue. They found the phone she had placed under the bed. It read thirty four missed calls and twenty two text messages. The screen looked extra cracked. One of the messages read :
“Hey girl, it’s Miles. I have gotten the address you sent. I am coming to Italy to get you. It’s risky but get ready. You are going to be free”.
Andre fumed.
” She must have been on her way to Beverly Hills now”, Ariana said.
“Why is she running away from you? Is she not your girlfriend?! Who is Miles?! What is going on?!”, she yelled at her son.
“Mama, I will answer you later. I have to get her now. The flights for Beverly Hills won’t leave till tonight by six o’clock in the evening”, Andre answered.
“Hey, the both of you let’s go. We are going to meet them at the airport no matter what it takes. I must find her”, Andre informed his security guards.
“Be careful son, I don’t want to lose you”, his mother informed him.
“I will be fine”, he assured her.
*****
It was Chris’ wedding day. Miles was in the hotel room with his friend. They were both dressed in the same type of clothes – blue suits, white bow ties and really nice Gucci shoes.
“Congratulations man”, Miles said as he hugged Chris. The ceremony was due to start in three or four hours.
“Thanks alot”, Chris answered as they continued to hug each other. Miles is not expecting to go well so he decided to tell Chris he would be leaving early.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.
“… hmm”, Miles murmured for a few seconds.
Fixing his cufflinks, and putting on the new wrist watch Miles gave him some minutes ago, Chris asked,
“Is something wrong?”
“Not really, it’s just that I might not stay till the end of the wedding. I want to check on Vanessa”, Miles lied. He could not open up on the danger that was going to happen.
“This is bad but it’s fine, you have always been there for me. You can go see and try to make her come with you. You can take some food, drinks and cake to Lance and her brother Trey”, Chris answered with a smile. Deep down, Miles could not forgive himself.
*****
“I am sure they are currently looking for you”, Robert informed Vanessa. It was the next morning, Robert and Danica had some rough sex last night. It made Vanessa who was in the other room get horny and had her fingers to please herself.
“The one way I suggest you move out of Italy is by train. They might want to catch up with you at the airport. The flight for Beverly Hills leaves tomorrow and they would know this”, Danica suggested before she handed her boyfriend and Vanessa a cup of coffee each.
“Okay thank you. The issue is I don’t have any money with me. I am willing to trade these expensive clothes I got from the store”, Vanessa said. It was too catchy to reject the offer. The couple were willing to pay ten thousand seven hundred and twenty five euros for it. They would probably resale and make double the buying price.
It was fine by Vanessa, she really just wanted to leave Milan, Italy.
“I have some cash here, I would send the remaining via bank deposits”, Robert informed Vanessa.
“We have to leave by ten o’clock this morning to help you catch the train”, Robert added. That was barely an issue as she was already prepared for the trip.
*****
The police were already on the search for Vanessa. Ariana made a report and she said Vanessa was kidnapped and not lost. She held evidence from the CCTV footage that she was last seen at the store. The search was going to involve checking all bus stations, train stations and airports. Robert already got calls from his colleagues at work that he was wanted by the police. They saw him as a suspect. He informed the ladies.
“We will not move to Beverly Hills today. We will move to another city in Italy. We would move to Turin ”, Robert said.
“No problem, anything to move away from this beast of a human”, Vanessa said. The couple were good with it. They were both from Turin. They only moved to Milan for jobs and to explore.
“I will drive”, Danica shouted out loud.
“No, it is dangerous now and we have to move fast”, Robert answered.
*****
It’s been hours of driving and they were very close to Turin. They talked and vibed well. The ladies even saw a movie together “Just for summer”. They had lunch at two restaurants. A friend of Danica just posted on her Instagram story a picture of Vanessa and captioned it “The police said they are willing to offer ten thousand five hundred and twenty five euros if anyone can find her”. Andre made all this happen. The greedy Danica was shocked by the news.
“Robert pull over, I need to talk to you now”, she told her boyfriend. He did just that and the pair got down from the car to talk.
*****
“No we cannot do that!”, Robert shouted. It made Vanessa, who was fast asleep, woke up. She wondered what they were talking about.
“We offered to help, we should not betray her because of some money”, Robert added.
“Man, be wise. What if we get caught trying to help her? It’s either Andre kills us both or we are sued for kidnapping”, Danica answered.
Vanessa heard this and was shocked. Andre had just made it all worse.
“You either pick me or you pick her, Robert”, Danica informed.