The whispers and murmrs erupted the entire party hall and Richard smiled.
• why is she alive?
• wasn't she supposed to be killed along with her father?
• didn't the lider send El Asesino to kill Alvaro and his family for what he did?
• why is his daughter still alive?
"What's going on?, what are they talking about?" Isabelle asked Adrian who sighed sadly.
"Things will get really bad" Adrian muttered and Isabelle wondered what he was talking about.
"I know you all have questions and don't worry, i would answer all your questions" Gabriel said making everyone silent.
Maria wasn't moving, she stared straight ahead with her lifeless eyes as she stood beside Gabriel who felt like he was on top of the world.
"What the hell is your father doing!?" Wesley asked Yolanda immediately he got to her.
"He is not my father" Yolanda gritted her teeth in anger and Wesley furrowed at her.
"What are you talking about?" Wesley asked.
"Just fuçking leave me alone" Yolanda gritted.
She received the DNA result and truly Gabriel wasn't her father, that means what Caroline said was true.
She had been been furious since then but she just have to keep her cool till she inherited all of Gabriel's assets and since she can't have Sebastian no one can.
She was glad with what Gabriel was doing to Maria, this way the falcone would want Maria dead since she is Alvaro's daughter.
"As you all know we sent the falcone's best killer to end Alvaro and his family but it turns out this man didn't kill Alvaro's children" Gabriel started and Sebastian glared at him there's nothing he wants more than putting a bullet in Gabriel's head but they are on falcone's ground.
Killing anyone here would mean breaking falcone's rules and the person would be branded a traitor.
Alvaro manged to maneuver half of the falcone's asset which gave the former lider a heartattack, killing him and it was already obvious Martin would be the next lider but Hector and the members of the la gente never wanted Martin as the new lider
Martin had promised to remove them from their positions immediately he becomes the lider so they never wanted that to happen, Hector took that to his advantage and plotted with the la gente removing Martin from power and killing him, making Hector the lider.
Though Alvaro was missing and no one knew where he was cause the falcone had used their networks to search for this man but he was never found, making everyone think he was already dead.
When Hector became the lider he used Sebastian to his advantage cause he knew how skilled and determined Sebastian was.
He gave Sebastian the task to find Alvaro and kill him, he definitely wasn't expecting Sebastian to find Alvaro but he did.
That was the impossible job Sebastian did, Sebastian found the one man the falcone couldn't and killed him taking back all the falcone's assets Alvaro stole Making the falcone the number one organization in the world.
Sebastian had planned on killing everyone of Alvaro's family cause Hector had told him Alvaro killed his father but he saw how Camilla almost killed her daughter and Maria defending herself.
Since he just wanted Alvaro dead what's the need for killing the child since her mother is Also dead.
The very first time he met Maria at Emilio's wedding he knew she was Alvaro's daughter but he just doesn't care.
But now Gabriel is taking things too far, all these people here didn't even ask a single question when his father was killed even though the man deserved it.
But here they are planning to kill an innocent girl who has no idea what her father did in the past.
"I'm sure you would all like to know why El Asesino didn't kill Alvaro's children, who knows maybe Alvaro may still be alive" Gabriel Said with a smirk.
Sanchez smiled drinking from his wine glass, there's no way Sebastian and Maria can escape this one.
Miguel was gritted his teeth in anger as Gabriel spoke, so this is what they were planning.
They plan to get Sebastian killed!
"Do you really need to bring out what happened years ago Gabriel?" Miguel started.
If they want to bring this up then the truth about how Martin died would be revealed.
It was said Martin tried to leave the falcone that's why he was killed but no one knew they plotted against him.
"Everyone needs to know what happened" Richard Said this time.
"Alright since you decided to bring up what happened years ago why don't we tell everyone how Martin died" Miguel said again and Richard squeezed his palm in anger.
"That is a matter nobody should bring up" Raul yelled but Miguel scoffed.
"And this is something everyone should know?" Miguel retorted.
"We all killed Martin and claimed he tried to leave the organization, deceiving everyone!" Miguel said again.
"He deserves it!" Sofia said this time, her tongue sharp.
If things continued like this, they would all loose their positions if not their lives.
Gabriel was quiet, as they all spoke, he just watched them ruin their reputation.
• what's going on?
• isn't this about Alvaro's daughter?
• what's this talk about Martin now?
Everyone murmured among themselves as they were getting confused.
"Can everyone please just calm down" Gabriel spoke up.
"Calm down? Didn't you say everyone needs to know the truth? That's what am saying" Miguel said and a gunshot was heard.
Miguel was shot on his chest, holding the gun was, Richard. Everyone ran out of the hall cause if someone was bold enough to kill on falcone's grounds then they can do anything.
"Let's see how much you can talk when you're dead!" Richard yelled.
"Richard what did you do!" Raul yelled as the hall was already getting cleared as people left.
Though Wesley refused to leave as he rushed over to Maria to help her but Sebastian got to her first.
Gabriel pointed his gun at them.
"You would want to leave her where she is" Gabriel said icily.
"Sebastian brought out his gun and shot Gabriel on the arm.
Maria was still looking so lifeless she acted oblivious to the situation.
Yolanda gritted her teeth in anger, there's no way she would allow Maria escape.
She brought out her gun.
A sharp gunshot echoed through the walls and Maria jerked backwards as a crimson stain bloom on her chest.
"Maria!" Wesley called as he stared at her, his face full of worry and fright.
Yolanda smiled I'm triumph.
Adrian rushed back into the hall, he had escorted Isabelle outside cause he knew it would be dangerous, though it wasn't easy as she wasn't ready to leave maria, Adrian had to promise her Maria would be fine.
Wesley and Adrian tried to shoot Gabriel's men away as Sebastian tried his best to keep Maria alive.
"Take her out of here" Adrian said and Sebastian quickly took Maria in his arms while Wesley and Adrian covered them as they left the hall.
Maria's blood stained Sebastian's suit as she was loosing so much blood.
"Don't let them escape!" Yolanda yelled as she got to her father.
Sebastian took Maria out of the hotel and went to his car outside driving straight to the hospital.
"Just stay alive, don't close your eyes" Sebastian pressured as he drove, Maria was struggling for breath.
This feels like that day all over again, the only difference is, she wasn't shot by her parents.
Sebastian roughly parked by the hospital and rushed Maria inside, the nurses put her on the stretcher and took her to the emergency ward.
*
Gabriel's men had retreated since their target was gone, himself and Yolanda had left the hotel.
Adrian breathed in relief, he was shot on his arm by one of the men.
"Where did he take her to!?" Wesley yelled at Adrian referring to Sebastian.
"To the hospital obviously" Adrian glared back as he left.
Wesley sighed heavily, he brought his phone out to make a call.
"You told me to come for the party but you didn't show up!" Wesley yelled immediately his father picked the call.
"Judging from your voice, it seems something really happened, am glad you survived" Carl said over the phone.
"So you knew this would happen! You fuckiñg bàstard" Wesley yelled and hung up.
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HOTEL, 11PM
"What do you mean he is still alive!" Sofia yelled as she paced around the room, Sanchez was sitting on the couch.
"That's the information Gabriel sent to us, he escaped but the girl was shot" Sanchez said anxiously.
"I knew this plan would fail, Miguel caused all of this!" Sofia yelled again.
"Speaking of Miguel, Richard killed him, the lider won't take that especially the fact that it was on falcone's grounds" Sanchez said and Sofia sighed.
"That idiot, it doesn't matter if Richard dies or not, Sebastian would kill all of us" Sofia yelled in anger.
"Calm down Sofia" Sanchez said but Sofia was still anxious cause she knows Sebastian would come for all of them.
"The lider helped us take care of Martin, I think that's what everyone of you is failing to understand, the lider was Also part of it!" Sanchez retorted.
"Do you think the lider cares, as long as he is untouched, he doesn't give a shit about the rest of us.
When Sofia heard of Alvaro's crimes, she was annoyed, not just by the fact he betrayed her but he has a wife and children elsewhere after abandoning her!
The lider had suggested to use Sebastian to take care of him and even though it took Sebastian two years, he killed Alvaro.
"We just have to stay safe" Sanchez said again.
"En ningún lugar es seguro (no where is safe!)" Sofia said breathing heavily.
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RICHARD'S PLACE
Richard was sitting on the couch, sipping from his wine as he was deep in thoughts.
Miguel wanted to ruin all their lives, he deserves it, he was calm cause he knew the lider won't kill him for killing Miguel on falcone's grounds cause he was protecting all of their secrets.
The door opened and Mario entered.
"Did you do what I asked?" Richard asked.
"Yes I did, I managed to get the assets Alvaro owned that were hidden" Mario said.
"That's good son, don't let anyone know about this" Richard said.
"But Fernando knows about the assets, if he finds out Luis was killed, he would know I did it cause I was the only one he told" Mario complained.
"Then fuckiñg kill the boy! Do I have to tell you everything" Richard yelled and Mario nodded.
"Sì, padre (yes, father)" Mario said before leaving.