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Eleanor Pallos Petropoulis' POV

         "Nico?" I heard an angry voice, then it changes abruptly from angry to sad. He sounded like a sick man. Then, I remember I was kidnap.

God, please help me. I cried inwardly. I wanted to see who was my kidnapper, but I'm scared what he might do to me once I opened my eyes. I need to think of something to get away. I need to stay calm and don't panic.

"No, No... She's mine Dad!" I heard him coming closer to me. Then, I heard a metal sound. I pretended to sleep. The thing I was laying on felt like a bed. It's soft.

Then suddenly, he turns the speaker on. He was talking on the phone. My head almost burst out when I realized who were they.

"Please son, don't do this. Don't make another mistake." Uncle Jude's pleading voice reach my ears. He sounded so agitated and terrified.

"Dad, I won't. She will love me the way Teisha did. She'll be my Teisha." I heard that determination in his voice. When he mentioned Teisha, I felt like all my blood rushes to my heart, pumping so hard. Now, I felt really, really scared.

Then, something flickered in my head. "You will look stunning like my Teisha, Elle. She really rocks this straight bob haircut," I remember him said when I was still battling what hair style would I do to my hair to change my looks.

Now it is all clear to me, why every time he suggests something, he always attaches Teisha. I thought they just missed her. He just misses her, because he loves her because she's his baby sister.

"Son, you are wrong. Please don't do this. Let her go."

"No dad! She's mine." I heard JJ's sick voice. My skin felt like it's crawling out of my body. I felt terrified. The JJ I know is sick?

Teisha?

He loves, Teisha.

Why?

Teisha is his sister?

"Jaschel James, son, Listen to me! LET HER GO!" I could hear now that uncle Jude is angry.

"I'm sorry, dad." JJ said and then I heard the speaker went off.

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Nicolai Petropoulis' POV

         I watch zio as he talks to his lawyer about the transfer of the company in my name. He even called all his partners to let them know, that he's selling his stocks to me.

I've been checking my phone if she texted me, but I got nothing. It's passed six and I can't seem to relax. We are done eating at one of the best Italian restaurant here at downtown Manhattan. And I can't wait to go home.

I was fiddling on my seat as I watch him impatiently.

"Alright. Good. I want it sooner." he said in dismissal tone. Then he hung up and place his cell phone in his pocket.

"Are you alright, figlio?" He asked, with his eyebrows furrowing.

"It's just that, Elle hasn't texted me yet. I don't know if she's home." I told him honestly.

"Then, call her." He chuckled.

I did.

I dialed her number, but it went directly on her voicemail. "No, Shit!" My heart beating so fast. I tried it again and it gave me the same thing. It went directly on her voicemail.

"You can't call her?" Zio looks worried now as well. He knows all about us and Elle. I told him about our abrupt wedding, her pregnancy and he even called me a "sharpshooter" and about her stalker. "Let's go, then and see her." zio stood up in haste. After he places a few hundred bills on the table, we headed out.

I started dialing her driver, Eldon, and Brant, her security.

"Eldon, S-"

"WHERE THE HELL IS MY WIFE?" I yelled gruffly, cutting him off.

"Ah, S-sir, s-she's s-still inside h-her office. W-we are just w-waiting for her call." He stammered, fear is evident in his tone.

"AT THIS HOUR? IT'S ALMOST SEVEN, DIMWIT!" I couldn't contain not to yell at their incompetencies. "GO, GODDAMN CHECK ON HER!" I yelled again.

"Y-yes, S-sir." I hung up the phone and as soon as we are both inside the car, I drove off. My tires screech, getting attention from the busy streets. My heart was already pumping like crazy. I could feel the burning sensations in my ribcage, with my heart pounding loudly and fast. I never felt so terrified before until now.

"Relax, figlio. You are chasing death, slow down." I heard zio beside me. I forgot he was with me. I just realized I was driving about maximum speed. I let go of the gas and drove just maximum speed, inwardly praying that nothing happened to her, but my heart knew something happened.

"As soon as we reach her building, I saw a Mercedes-Benz ML63 leaving, and I thought it was her when I saw the plate number. It's not her SUV.

I parked just a few meter away from the spot where the SUV emptied and then turned the ignition off. Zio already got out of my car and I look around for those morons security of hers and I saw the SUV park across the street. Well, there's no space in front of the building since it's pack with cars.

I followed zio heading to the entrance of the building. Not long, I saw Eldon and two other securities, Brant, and Thurman. They all look apprehensive.

"S-sir Nico." The fear in their faces became prominent and my heart pounded louder this time. Their faces only say one thing. She's not inside her office.

"FIND HER!" I yelled along the street, my voice booming, dominating the sounds coming from the cars buzzing around us.

"Calm down, figlio. You have to relax. We will find her." Zio's hand tap my shoulder. "Let's go to your condo. Maybe she's home now." And he led me back to my car. He took my keys and I let him drive. I was too mad and scared at this minute. I wanted to kill. My heart is already at the verge of bursting.

"No, please... Nothing happened to her and my baby." I mumbled inwardly.

"Nothing will happen to her, figlio. You have to relax. Everything will be alright." Zio kept comforting me as he drove off.

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It's seven thirty and I hear nothing about her. I was pacing back and forth inside our living room. My head hurt so is my heart. I felt so empty and terrified. I can't think properly. My head was running with a lot of horrifying scenarios.

I was running my hair with my fingers in frustrations. I remember to call dad and petheros. They needed to know.

"Yes, dad. It's me." I couldn't hide the dread in my voice.

"What happened? Are you alright? Is Elle alright?" Dad asked continuously.

"N-no Dad!" I croaked. "Elle is missing. Her phone is dead and I don't know where she is." I explained. I felt the stray tear rolled down my cheeks.

"Alright, relax son. I will call Demetrio right now. I will call all my connections to search the whole city." Then he hung up before I could say anything.

Then, I remember to call JJ. Why did I forget that?

I dialed his number. "Sorry the number you have dialed is out of service please hang up and try again?"

Are you fucking kidding me? I almost hurl my phone in frustration when I remember her uncle Jude.

I quickly dialed his number too. I'm glad I save it in my phone when she called him once using my phone.

"Good Evening, Mr. Baumgartner. This is Nicolai Petropoulis. I was wondering if my wife, is with you at the moment." I was trying to sound cool, even though my heart is already burning with fury and terror.

"Oh.. E-Elle is not here, son." I could hear the hesitation in his voice.

"Please Sir, I want to know where she is. Do you know any places where she could be?" I asked again, hoping he knew something. I just had this feeling that he does. I don't know. Probably I was just too desperate.

"I really don't know son."

"I'm sorry for bothering you, Sir. I thought she was there for dinner. She was supposed to have dinner with you and your son, JJ." I apologized and I heard him gasped.

"I wasn't informed. My son is not here. I'll try if I could reach him. I'll call you once I found her." Then he hung up.

I dialed her friends again and I got the same response. They don't know where she is.

After talking to Jude, and couldn't reach his son, I knew it in my heart, he had Elle. He's Elle's stalker.

"You found her?" zio look at me with the same worries etched in his face.

"No. I believe that young Baumgartner has her." I clenched my jaw and grind my teeth. I could hear me heartbeat beating, almost deafening. I feel like crying with terror and at the same time, extremely angry, or beyond. My head and heart are at the verge of exploding with all this awful emotions swirling within me.

I don't know what will happen if he touches her. I will kill him for sure. I WILL SKIN HIM ALIVE!

"Nico!" I heard zio running after me. I didn't know, I stormed out without him. I was really lost. My hands are still shaking as I dialed Brant.

"Call the security team. Find JASHEL JAMES BAUMGARTNER. DEAD OR ALIVE!" I growled at the other line.

"Right away, Mr. Petropoulis."

I dialed my dad. "Yes, son. The team is on the way. We are heading to the tarm-"

"Did you know who did this?" I heard petheros voice. It was firm and menacing, with a tinge of fear.

"Yes. It's the son of that Baumgartner."

"I WILL KILL HIM!" I heard petheros Demetrio yelled gruffly.

"I have the whole team searching for the whole goddamn city. You go straight ahead to the father and do whatever it takes to make him confess where the hell that fucker is!" Dad said.

"Relax, Demetrio. We will get her back, no scratch." I heard dad comforting petheros. From here, I could feel the tension and his wrath.

"Yes, dad. I WILL KILL THAT FUCKER MYSELF!" I grit out, gripping the phone tightly.

As soon as the elevator was open, zio and I strode hastily both in silence to the SUV waiting at right in front of the building  and climb inside. "To the Baumgartner mansion," I commanded the driver.

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Eleanor Pallos Petropoulis' POV

         I heard a lot of metal sounds, shuffling sounds and him pacing here and there, busy on doing something. I waited, but it seems he has no intentions of leaving.

I decided to open my eyes to survey the place and what is he doing. I tried to ignore the terrifying feelings that slowly enveloping me.

I slowly flick my eyes open and I was welcomed with JJ's smiling face. "Good, you're an awake baby doll." I wanted to scream to his face to stop calling me that. I used to like it, but now it creeps me out. I pretended it was okay. When I tried to sit up, I realized both my hands and legs were tied up.

I couldn't contain myself not ask him. "Why are you doing this, JJ?"

His soft and happy face morphs into a creepy one. Now, I'm a hundred percent sure, he's a sick man, hidden in a beautiful face. "Because I love you so much Elle. You were my Teisha's reincarnation."

The word gave me creeps and I felt all my hair stood up and thought my skin crawled out of my body. I felt terrified.

"But Teisha is your sister?" I asked almost inaudible. Still feeling lost for the new terrifying revelations. JJ is in love with his sister and he is a sick man.

I heard him laugh, really loud. Just imagine how a wicked, insane man laughed. "She is not my real sister. I was ten, turning eleven when mom and dad adopt her. She was very cute and she looks like a doll. I had loved her ever since, but she didn't love me. I had to keep her here in my place for a while before she finally realized that I was the man for her." I saw how his face smirk, and then his sick smile broke out.

I shivered inside. I wanted to run, away from him. Now, I regretted running away that day. If only I could go back.

How could he do that?

Wait?

He kept here until she finally realized she love him?

I don't understand. "What do you mean you kept her here?" I asked warily. I was suppressing the faltering of my voice. I can't let him know that I'm scared.

I just noticed the scissors, brush, mirrors and some other sets of things for hair, sitting on the oval table on one corner, facing the bed I was laying on. JJ was sitting on one of the chairs. He's still wearing his shirts and suit pants from this morning.

"Baby doll," I had goosebumps everywhere hearing that endearment, but I kept my mouth shut. I don't want to aggravate him. I need to play cool. I need to escape. "I had to keep her here to be with me and give her time to learn to love me. And you see, a little reinforcement, she finally love me back. It's just sad that she passed away, after a day she realized she love me. She had to suffer too much before she realized it." I see the pain in his eyes, guilt and then again, a wide smile formed in his lips. Now I really see a madman in him.

I scoot myself to the headboard and slowly hauled myself up until I was sitting upright, leaning to the headboard. He was staring on the wall and when I followed his gaze, I saw a huge frame of Teisha. And we almost look the same. Only that she has a really dark hair and brown eyes. Everything looks like me.

"You see, she does look like you, isn't she?" He sounded so proud. An obsessed man.

"But, I'm not her JJ." I shook my head in disbelief. I can't believe I didn't notice anything different, for two years I've been with them.

"Of course, you are. You're her reincarnation!" He sounded so confident with desperation. His eyes twinkles, and then he scanned my face, his eyes then stayed longer to my hair. "A little dye to your hair, just like her, then cut a little too, then you will look exactly like her." His grin broadened in a sick way and all the more, I wanted to cry and screamed help.

Nico.... I need you now ... I beg inwardly. I suddenly felt so hopeless and dying.

"Think about what will the authority do unto you if they found you, JJ. Probably Nicolai is already out there looking for me. Please let me go ..." I tried to beg, maybe he'll listen.

"Don't worry baby doll, the authority won't find this place. I had securely hidden Teisha here for like six months before she died. If only she's still alive, we would have been still living here, happy and in love." He said dreamily with his eyes glued on the huge frame.

He killed her. I knew he did. Maybe the girl only said he loves him to escape from him, but, unfortunately, she had suffered too much. I just can't believe how much she had suffered. And now, I'm going to experience what she had gone through.

Now, it totally terrifies me. I just felt myself sobbing. My shoulders were shaking with fear and hopeless. I look down to hide the tears, not wanting to provoke him, but it's too late. I felt him coming closer.

"Hush, baby doll. Everything will be alright. You're now with me. I will take care of you." I felt his hand reaching me and I involuntarily scooted back away of his reach.

When I look at him with blurry vision, I saw his hand swung and before I knew it, it landed on my face. My face whipped to the side from the impact, and I felt the stinging sensation. I bit my lip not to cry harder. "I told you, you will be mine. You will love me the way I love you. Don't force me to do the same thing like I did to my Teisha, to realize I'm the man for you. I am, Elle. I'm the only man for you and YOU ARE MINE!" He stood up harshly and walk away.

My face still feels burning sore. I knew his palm left a mark in my cheek.

"Nico, where are you? I need you now..." I cried silently.

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Nicolai Petropoulis' POV

          We entered the Baumgartner mansion without permission. We had to taser the guard to temporarily paralyzed them to get into the mansion. Just as we arrived, dad's security team and so were friend's securities were there too.

Theios Rafael and theios Stavros was with me.

"We will get Elle, Nico. Just relax." theios Stavros said as he walk beside me. The whole team was already on the act, surveying the whole mansion for the old Baumgartner.

"Oh, that son of a bitch has to pay. He better has nine live, because he has to die nine times..." I heard theios Rafael as he walk past us in haste. His face is royally lethal and I felt a bit relax, knowing I'm not alone searching her. I felt a tad of hope rising in my gut.

"Hang on, sweet pea. I'm coming." I felt that tears again prickling around my eyelid. I terribly missed her and I wanted to hold her badly and my baby.

"I'm sorry.. Please, don't kill me." I heard the sound of him, pleading as the two securities dragging him to our direction.

"WHERE IS YOUR SON?" theios Stavros yelled gruffly at him. He looks terrified. He shook his head. I can't wait for them to do something so I step in and just found myself beating the old man.

"I WILL KILL YOU AND YOUR SON, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!" I kept punching him, and I felt strong hands pulling me away from him. I'm still hysterical and fuming. I wanted to rip his heart and snap his head off.

"Don't, let me do it!" theios Rafael tap me in the shoulder and I was still restrained with his two bodyguards that look like goons.

I saw him pulled the gun of one of his security and check it if it's loaded. His face is deadly. "I don't like talking too much, Jude. You know me, right?" Theios Rafael walks closer to him, scanning the gun with his finger, tracing the outline of the body while getting closer and closer to him.

"Rafael Valiente," he said audibly and theios Rafael nodded.

"Where is your son?" theios Rafael pointed the gun to his head. "You know what happened if you give me the wrong answer, Jude." theios voice is dark and menacing, dripping with a dangerous warning.

"Please don't kill him. I will tell you where he is. Please, my son didn't mean it. He is just sick.." He started bursting into tears as he pleaded.

"WHERE IS HE?" theios Rafael's voice boomed inside the mansion and at the same time, he fired one of the expensive vase sitting on one corner. Everyone was surprised, including Jude who looks like he just shit himself while he frantically spilled where his son is.

"115 Charles St. Room 8, basement"

After hearing it, I ran outside. "I'm coming sweetpea."

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A/N: Please tell me what do you think?

I'm really sorry for the slow updates ... I've been trying to get more hours from work, that's why. Bills are piling up, that's why. lol. Christmas, you know? Double budget.