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There was no other option.
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Gabe
Bella fell into my arms and I never wanted to let her go.
She turned her head to look up at me. “Anything yet?”
“Nothing yet. I just know that he wants us to sign over my mom’s property, and we’re going to do that.”
“Have you talked to your brothers? Ava?”
Ava poked her head out from the living room. “He’s talked to me, and yes, I’m on board with selling it. Anything for my nieces.”
“Thank you, Ava,” Bella said, releasing me to hug her best friend.
“I’m so sorry,” Ava replied.
“It’s not your fault. If anything, it’s mine,” Bella said.
“It’s not your fault either, Bella. The girls were in their cribs, with monitors on. There’s no way anyone should have been able to sneak in under our noses and grab them,” I said.
Bella looked back at me. “Do we know how they got into the house?”
“I think so. It’s only a guess since the cops took all the CCTV recordings.”
“So what happened? Or what do you think happened?”
“I suspect that someone left the service entry door unlocked. I talked to the staff, and I guess sometimes they leave it unlocked during the day because they come in and out for smoke breaks. They thought it was safe to do during daylight hours, it was just carelessness.”
“And you don’t suspect any of the staff of being involved?” Bella asked.
After what had happened with her and her mother, I completely understood her concerns about the staff.
“I don’t, but the police are interviewing all of them just in case.”
I had fired the ones that admitted to leaving the door open. Even if it was just an act of carelessness, I couldn’t have that in my house, not when it came to my family.
“Alright, so what do we do now? Just sit on our hands until we hear something?”
“Well—” Before I could finish speaking, the bell rang signaling someone was at the gate to the property. The three of us shared a look as I walked over to the intercom and camera.
Staring back at me was Dante from the driver’s seat.
“Hey, Gabe, care to let us inside?”
I pushed the button for the gate to open.
A few minutes later, they rang the doorbell and I let them in.
“What are you doing here?” I asked.
“Once Roman told me the news about your little girls, I knew we had to get our asses up here to help find them,” Dante said. He looked over at Roman who had his hands shoved in his pockets. “We want to help, don’t we, Roman?”
“We do,” Roman said. He cleared his throat and finally looked at me. “Man, I’m so fucking sorry. This is all my fault. I really thought Tony was fine with looking at other properties.”
I placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him. It would have been a waste of time and energy to get into that right now. I could see the look in my brother’s eyes, I knew he felt like shit.
