46. I miss mommy.

Deangelo

First, Elena. now Diego.

Why on earth would this boy think running away is the next thing to take? Ugh! Does he not even fear for his own life? Sometimes, I feel like that boy is not the age he actually is because he acts like he is actually way older than that!

My yearning for Elena made me even more angrier and distracted. I could not just believe that all of these disasters were happening all at the same time. I went into Elena’s room and took one last look at her just before I go and join the pack in search of my son.

Looking at Elena on the bed, wiggling and turning like she was undergoing some sort of bad dreams, I could not resist pressing a kiss on her forehead before I left, even though I knew how invading of her space that was and also the fact that I was acting like she was anything more than the kids’ nanny.

Once again, I also wished that I had done more than just hastily finish off her attacker. Any man who hurts any woman in that manner, in my opinion, deserves a painful and excruciating death. Much more one who hurt Elena. I should have taken my time and skinned him alive, do something like break his legs or even feed his dick to him, that death was easy, way too easy for someone who takes pleasure in hurting and taking advantage of women in such cruel manner.

As I was leaving the room, I ran into Sofia who looked busy counting the air even though it was quite obvious that she had been watching me in my room because she literally had no business on this floor. But then she pretended like that was not what she was doing but I decided to overlook that.

“What is the matter, Elena?” I asked as I closed the door to my room and stand at the entrance.

“I wanted to see you, alpha. I needed to let you know that uh... Diego is yet to be found and to also uh...” She started, obviously slightly, subdued, fearing retribution for slapping Mia that morning.

“Should you not be apologizing for speaking to my daughter the way that you did?” I let out. I had planned to speak to her about this, Mia might be insensitive and unnecessary but nobody talks to any of my children like that, at least, no one except me. I will not have anyone do that, not behind my back and especially not right in my presence.

“That... that is exactly what I am here to talk about too, alpha. I am so so sorry for my outburst earlier. I care so much about Mia and you know that, I just felt so annoyed at the way she spoke to you and the allegations she kept making, plus she kept keeping us grounded thus not letting us go to look for Diego which was the bone of contention. I know that I was very out of line though and that it was not my place to raise my voice at her like that, I am very sorry. And I promise that it will never repeat itself.” She apologized acting all sweet and sugary with me.

It would be a lie if I say that I do not notice some of her body languages towards me but a lot of time, I simply like to dismiss it as her trying to simply be free with me because this was Sofia and she has been my late wife’s confidante for years before her, she was literally like a sister to her even. And even after her death, I had continued to take her that way, I am sure she would never mean any weird stuff towards me nor my family, it was just too uncomfortable to even imagine.

When I did not say anything more, she spoke up again, “I want you to know that I will take good care of Elena while you are out looking for Diego also, I will be at her beck and call.”

“Okay, thank you.” I simply say to her as I walk down the stairs to meet Luca who was at my study waiting patiently for me. He was even compiling a list of all the possible places Diego might be and as soon as he sees me, he relays certain information to me but I had other ideas.\

“We should go and check is favourite arcade game centers, Luca.” I say as we both head out in search of my son. When we checked the CCTV, it was discovered that he had gone out through the gates when one of the maids had driven in this morning, and he sneaked out while the guards at duty were busy socializing and laughing with the maid.

They will definitely get sanctioned for allowing a little boy to sleep right through their fingers like that. That was just crazy.

We both get into one of the cars and head out in search of my son, hoping to find him as easily as possible. He is only five after all, how much distance could his tiny legs have covered.

Luca seemed to notice that I am distracted, as I drove, “I know what you are thinking, but I promise you that the Amato pack will never get a wind of the fact that Diego is missing. They will not, that is why I asked the other pack to stay back at the house instead of us going in search of him in a convoy, that is what will bring more suspicions and make them start trying to get ahead of us.

The thought had already crossed my mind of course but hearing Luca mention it, quadrupled my fear and so I increased my speed and the pedestrians jump out of my way to avoid getting killed.

“Slow down, Deangelo! You almost killed some people, you will get arrested for that!” Luca yelled and I scoffed, “I get arrested a lot of times, who cares about this now, that is my son out there and the Amato pack are one psychopathic people who will stop at nothing until they have ended our lineage! I will not even risk it like the last time, this is exactly how they got to my wife!” I yelled right back at him, refusing to slow down, as memories of my wife came rushing.

NO! Never again will those people take another person from me. Never again will I let them do it!

It was because of his fear of the Amato park in particular that I had refused to use my usual network of find Diego, it would never be this hard to find him if it were not for discretion. Because even though it is the faster route in finding my son,I do not want it to be leaked that my son was missing.

We searched everywhere for Diego, to no avail and this went on for about two hours. I was starting to get so paranoid and crazy until until we drive to a private park that Jules used to take the children to when she was still alive. It was her favorite place and in turn theirs. We searched all over the park and finally found Diego passed out on the fountain.

“Diego? DIEGO!” I yelled as I rushed towards him to pick him up and even though he kept kicking and screaming at me to leave him alone, I did not, I held him tight in my arms as I carressed his hair.

“I am so sorry man, I am so so sorry.” I kept whispering and finally, he stops kicking and then broke down crying on my laps.

Luca drove us home while I kept patting him on the back. “Promise me that you will never pull such a stunt again, Diego, please, promise me that you will never run away from home like that ever again!” I said to him as calmly as I could.

“I am sorry, daddy. I just want to see mommy so bad, I miss mommy. Can she just come and take me to wherever you all said she is at? I want to go there too.” He said and I sigh sadly.

“We all miss mommy, Diego. We all do and I know that you miss her so much too but mommy is in a better place and it is a place that she does not want you to come to yet because you are still young to come over there. It is not a place for children.” I explained as simple as I could.

“Can I go and meet her when I am eighteen?” He asked further, obviously refusing to back down.

“Not even when you are eighteen, Diego. You can only go when you are very old, okay?”

Once we were home, Sofia offered to take him and clean him up but Diego stuck to my arms, refusing to let me go so I decided to take responsibility of him throughout the day, his bath, his assignments and the likes.

We ended up in his room, while I tell him so many stories of his mother until the he dozed off and with a smile on his face.

Mia, on getting back from school and hearing that her brother had been found barged in and I shush her immediately,knowing how loud she could get. She merely looked around and hesitated, looking as if she would like to join him in bed but seeing that there was almost no room for her on the bed because I am so big that I completely fill up the space, she attempted to turn around and walk out of the room. But then I grinned almost sheepishly and opened my arms up to her. She rushed towards us whilst cuddling him and crying too.

I held her so tight and pet her without saying her word until she fell asleep in my arms too.

I looked around at the both of them as memories came rushing, I really did miss this part of me.