Episode 14

That night was not easy for any of them, it was anxiety mixed with fear, distress, and nervousness, both from the Castro family and the Albertini family's children.

In the morning, Augusto was already ready to leave early, he was going to go to Mark's house before going to the organization, he had only received the day off on Alice's birthday, but before leaving he made a request to his family.

"I have to leave, as soon as Pietro arrives, let me know immediately, stall him as long as possible until I get back. I'll talk to Mark, but I'll try to come up with an excuse to go to the organization headquarters later, I need to be here when he comes to pick up Alice, you understand?" He warned his parents, who looked at him suspiciously.

"What are you planning to do? What's the difference if you're here or not?" his father questioned.

"I have a plan, but I don't know if it will work, so don't forget, call me as soon as he shows up."

"My son, what plan is this? If it's risky, I don't want you to do something stupid, you know that depending on what you do, it will harm the whole family."

"Don't worry, Mom, I know what I'm doing."

Augusto left shortly after, but his parents were intrigued and worried about their son's words. He didn't say what he was planning to do, thinking about it only made them even more anxious.

As soon as Augusto arrived at his friend's house, he rang the doorbell, waiting for him to answer. Mark took a while to open the door, and when he did, he looked like he really wasn't well.

"Dude, you look terrible, what's your problem? Did you get rejected by some girl? Because by the look on your face, it seems like you got drunk out of disappointment," Augusto said as he entered.

"Good morning to you too, Augusto. What are you doing here so early? Came to make fun of me and torment me? Isn't there anything more fun to do out there?"

"Actually, no, I wanted to see how you were doing. I'm a good friend, since you told me yesterday that you weren't feeling well, I came here to check up on you. Will you tell me what's wrong?" he asked, hugging his friend.

For Augusto, it was nothing out of the ordinary to do that, he always hugged Mark without any problem. What he didn't realize was that for his friend, it meant a lot, as he wished that hug wouldn't be just a friendly and brotherly hug, which were Augusto's feelings towards him.

"There's no problem at all, I'm just worried about you and Alice. After what you told me you were going to do, I got scared that Pietro might do something to you guys," Mark replied, removing Augusto's arm from around his neck.

"Don't worry about that, but if anything happens to me, I want you to take care of my sister and my family for me. I can only trust you to do that."

"Don't you dare say something like that, nothing can happen to you, got it?" he held him by the collar.

Augusto and Mark were at that moment very close to each other, he could see his friend's teary eyes, he had never seen him like that before, it was clear that something was bothering him, but he could also perceive that Mark still wasn't telling the whole truth.

"What's your problem, Mark? I know I'm your best friend and you love me, but you don't have to be like this. I'm sure nothing will happen to me," he said in a lighthearted tone.

Mark had reached a point where he couldn't take it anymore, thinking that Augusto was about to fall into Pietro's hands was driving him crazy. He knew that Augusto only saw him as a great friend, but at that moment, he decided to tell him how he felt, as there might not be another opportunity.

"It's not that, Augusto, the thing is..."

His words were interrupted by Augusto's phone ringing, who asked for a moment to answer because it was his mother on the line.

"Hi, Mom, what's up?"

"You asked to be notified when Pietro arrived, he's here at the house right now, I don't know what you're planning to do, but if you're going to do something, now is the time."

"I'm going," he ended the call soon after.

Augusto looked at his visibly distraught friend and informed him that he needed to leave.

"I have to go, Pietro is at my house right now, he went to get Alice and I have to be there when he arrives. I'm confident that everything will work out, wish me luck," he patted Mark on the shoulder.

Augusto left quickly, as he was in a hurry. However, Mark couldn't say what he wanted when he decided to open his heart and confess his love, he still couldn't do it.

"I guess it wasn't meant for you to know about my feelings. I hope one day you can forgive me for my cowardice and for not telling you about all this scheme that bastard pulled," he spoke to himself, throwing a glass with some leftover drink against the wall.

While Mark lamented his fate, Augusto hurried to his house as quickly as possible. He didn't even introduce himself to the security chief that day; he couldn't risk Pietro taking his sister away. This moment would be decisive, and he had finally arrived.

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