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CHAPTER 26 °°°
AUTHOR'S POV
The whole family was seated at the sitting room in a serious mood as they all sat in quietness.
"What's your say on what Fernanda is suggesting? Seems like she didn't drop any message about having a change of heart" Abuela said seriously.
"Mum you know Fernanda so well, since she hasn't said anything about it till now then I don't think she's going to change her mind" Benicio said.
"But still Fernanda isn't the type of girl who goes ahead with her decision without thinking of her family's opinion" Florencia cut in.
"We can't just seat here and make conclusions on why Fernanda made such a decision. Jeromino is Marisol's father and we don't allow Jeromino visit her often, isn't that being unfair to him" Damian said and everyone stared at him.
"Looks like none of you have a solid solution on this either so I will just go with mine. Jeromino can't take my great-grand daughter not while I'm still alive. We're Fernanda's family so we should always be there for her when she's going through difficulties and her current situation doesn't seem to make her think straight so I'm totally against Fernanda's decision" Abuela said seriously and their door cracked open and everyone's eyes landed on the door.
Fernanda walked in majestically with Fernando next to her and everyone flung their mouths open.
"Fernanda!" Everyone called out excitedly as they ran to give her hug.
"What happened? Why didn't you tell us, you were getting released? Don't you longer see us as family? You chose to tell Fernando rather than us" Damian whined as they had a group hug.
"It feels so good to be back home. I'm finally free daddy" Fernanda said excitedly as she had a special hug with Bruno.
"I'm so glad you're out of there my dear" Bruno uttered in tears.
"I missed you so much Abuela" Fernanda cut in as she gave Abuela a hug.
"I miss you too my dear, I was so worried you wouldn't be coming out sooner. I was scared you would encounter more danger in there"
FLASHBACK ***
"Fernanda Dante was falsely accused with forged evidences so she is hereby released from her sentence" The judge announced.
"We did it Fernanda, you've gotten your freedom back" Jorge said excitedly and tears of joy roll down Fernanda's eyes.
Marisol, mummy is coming back home. Fernanda uttered in her head.
"Jorge can we through with the arrest?" Fernanda asked seriously.
"We can't arrest him if we don't have any evidence against him" Jorge said.
"But the police caught his men when the drugs transaction was taking place"
"None of his men are ready to talk so it's quite impossible to arrest him with our suspicions" Jorge said.
"But Agustin is the real owner of the casino"
"You've got a point Fernanda, let's request for an arrest with that first and look for evidence while he's been locked up" Jorge said.
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Agustin's mansion in Mexico city...
The police got to Agustin's house to arrest him.
"Where's Mr Agustin Guzman?" The police asked Mr Williams.
"He's out of the country as of the moment" Williams said boldly.
"When did he leave the country?"
"May I ask what the police is doing here?"
"We've been given a warrant to arrest Mr Agustin so can you move aside, let's search the area" The officer said and pushed Williams aside.
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Fernanda in her room seated close to the window.
"What! I never knew Mr Agustin was scared of getting arrested" Fernanda chuckled as she had a conversation with officer Henry over the phone.
"Luckily my men searched everywhere thoroughly and saw him sleeping at his secluded bedroom"
"Secluded bedroom?" Fernanda asked curiously.
"I know what you're thinking Fernanda but we couldn't find anything against him at his house. I think he doesn't let his guard down"
"But at least, you've arrested him so we will buy sometime with that"
"Fernanda If today ends and we still didn't get any evidence against him, he would ask for a bail" Henry said and Fernanda clenched her fist.
"We've come this far so we can't let him slip our fingers. He has to pay for what he did to my mum" Fernanda said seriously.
"Fernanda relax, we will definitely get justice for Maria Jose"
"It would have been perfect if uncle Luciano was here. He's used to dealing with criminals like Agustin"
"Fernanda do you trust your uncle that much?" Henry asked.
"Of course I trust him, although we had suspected him for hanging out with bad gangs but I still trust him because he has always fought for me ever since I was a kid"
"Too bad I couldn't find anything in his records but I think we've got a clue on where he is right now"
"Are you serious? Where did you find my uncle? Is he safe? He's not injured right" Fernanda asked anxiously as she blinked nervously.
"His line came back to life last night so that means he's back in Mexico but he's currently staying in a hotel"
"If he's fine then why hasn't he come back home yet? He's not the type who stays away from home for too long" Fernanda uttered worriedly.
"Fernanda let's talk some other time, I have to go now. The interrogation isn't looking good, I have to go do it myself"
"Alright officer, thank you" Fernanda said and he hung up.
Marisol started crying and Fernanda stood up from where she was sitting.
"Baby girl why are you crying? Are you hungry already?" Fernanda uttered softly as she carried her from her bed.
Fernanda had a flashback on how Jeromino carried Marisol for the first time and she stopped crying.
"Why am I thinking about him out of the blue? Thinking about him now won't do any good to my current situation" Fernanda murmured as she began to feed Marisol some milk with her feeder.
Fernanda's phone started ringing and it's Luciano calling.
"Hello, uncle Luciano how are you? I've been worried sick. Hope you're alright? Where are you now uncle?" Fernanda asked curiously over the phone as placed Marisol's feeder on Marisol's hands.
"Fernanda it's a long story but that's not the reason why I called you. I called you because of Agustin Guzman, I heard you're looking for evidence to use against him in court?" Luciano asked in a low tone.
"Yes but how did you know about that uncle?"
"I don't have much time to explain myself Fernanda but I will testify as a witness against Agustin. I have evidence against him that he's responsible for Maria Jose's case" Luciano said seriously.
"Uncle I don't think speaking over the phone will do. Can we meet? So we can discuss about it properly?" Fernanda requested and Luciano hesitated before answering.
"Let's meet at a kiosk down the street so I will drop by home after over conversation"
"But uncle what kind of evidence do you have against Agustin? I'm really curious" Fernanda asked anxiously.
"I'm bringing it with me so you don't have to worry yourself" Luciano said and hung up.
"Hello, uncle, uncle Luciano" Fernanda repeated over the phone but he hung up already.
"Why does uncle Luciano want to testify as a witness against Agustin's case? What's meaning the meaning behind this" Fernanda whispered suspiciously.
Later That Day In the Evening..
Fernanda walked to the kiosk down the street, patiently waiting for Luciano to show up.
"Fernanda!" Luciano called across the road waving at her and Fernanda smiled on seeing him.
Luciano was crossing the road but had no idea a big truck was heading his way.
"Uncle go back!" Fernanda shouted as she saw the truck but before Luciano would get what she was saying the truck crashed him in milliseconds.
The truck hit him hard that he was flying on the air before he landed on the ground with his head and he began to bleed.
"Uncle Luciano!" Fernanda called out in shock then ran to him but the truck drove off with speed.
"Uncle Luciano, open your eyes. Please open your eyes" Fernanda sobbed.
"Phone...." Luciano whispered then lost consciousness.
"Uncle Luciano what are you saying?" Fernanda sobbed.
MERINO HOSPITAL
Luciano was rushed to the hospital. Fernanda called the whole family to the hospital.
"Doctor how's my son?" Abuela asked curiously as the doctor came out of the emergency room.
"Who's Bruno here? The patient wants to speak with him" The doctor announced.
"I'm the one.." Bruno said anxiously.
"Please come with me" The doctor said and went back into the emergency room with Bruno.
"Why weren't you watching where you were going?" Bruno nagged with teary eyes.
"I'm sorry Bruno, I'm so sorry for everything I did to you. I have never been a good brother to you or the others. I'm really sorry for everything, I'm sorry for Maria's death and I'm sorry for everything Fernanda have been through. Apologize to Fernanda on my behalf" Luciano said faintly with tears rolling down to his ears.
"Why are you speaking like you won't survive this? You're a very strong man, this is a little challenge for you. You can overcome this" Bruno encouraged as tears escaped his eyes.
"I'm .... Sorry...." Luciano said slowly then gave up the ghost.
"Luciano! Please open your eyes!" Bruno shouted as he boost into tears.
"You have to open your eyes" Bruno shouted in tears.
The whole family rushed in and the nurses came in as well.
"Time of death 7:20 pm" One of the nurses announced after checking on Luciano.
"Uncle! Please don't go" Fernanda boost into tears as sat on the floor miserably.
AT THE STATION..
"Boss the job have been done" Williams informed Agustin as he visited him at the station.
"Very good. Fernanda you can't win against me in this fight so mourn in peace. Williams I'm in a good mood so you can take the rest of the day off" Agustin said with a wide smile.
TBC...
RIP Luciano 🥺
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