Sergio's POV

I had just fallen asleep when I heard this ear piercing scream coming from Raquel's room, I quickly put on some sleep pants and ran into her room. When I got there she was passed out on the floor I carefully picked her up and took her into my room and laid her down on the bed. Once she was under the covers I went back into her room to see why she would have screamed. Sam, Alec, Liam, Iris, and I all walked into her room, there on her bed looked like someone took a can of paint and threw it. I went over to her bed running my hand on the top of the comforter to see if it was already dried and it was.

"Alec I want video footage of the hallway NOW! Sam call Alison I want her in here dusting for prints; Liam you will now be with Raquel while she is in the Diner I don't want this shit to happen again."

"Sir" they all said together as they left to do as they were ordered. The only one left was Iris, he had this horrified look on his face I wasn't sure if it was because of his sister or how close the person had gotten or even if he was the one doing this to her.

"Where is Raquel?"

"She was passed out when I walked into the room; I took her to mine for right now. If you want you can go sit with her I don't know if she's awake yet or not."

"I'm going to check on her," he said leaving the room. I went to bed to see if it was dry or still wet, that might tell us how long ago this was done. When I ran my hand over the blanket it was dry so this has been here for a while now. I was just walking out of the room when Alison was walking in.

"What the hell happened?" She asked me so I told her everything that I knew unfortunately it wasn't much. "Well at least they didn't go after her."

"Yeah but they shouldn't have been able to get in here without someone seeing them, I have Alec checking the security camera's in the hall right now. Liam will now be staying with her in the Diner while she is working, and Sam will be watching Iris now too." This was a good reason should someone see him watching Iris.

"I'll check for prints but I'm not sure if we will find any so I don't want you to get your hopes up yet. I'm also going to need Raquel's and Iris's prints just to rule them out."

"I have Raquel's down at the gate now, we walked down there earlier so that we could get her set up for access to the house but I don't have Iris's."

"Good I can use them; I'll get Iris's now that way he can get some rest before school in the morning."

"He's in my room with Raquel right now; I was just going to check on her now so I will show you the way." Once we entered my room Iris was sitting beside Raquel while she was still out, holding her hand and apologizing over and over again.

"Iris, Alison needs to take your prints so that we have them on file and so that it will rule you out for being in her room."

"Ok, what do I need to do?"

"Just come with me and I will take your prints then you can get some more sleep before school." He gave Raquel a kiss on the head and left with Alison, I took his place next to Raquel.

"You need to wake up beautiful; I need to see those brown eyes of yours." I whispered to her while I gently stroked her cheek. "I will find out who is doing this to you sweetheart and when I do there will be hell to pay for it." As I was talking to her I noticed that her eyes were moving under the lids a sign that she was starting to wake up. "Open those beautiful brown eyes for me baby." Slowly her eyes started to open when they did I said a quiet "Hi."

"What happened? How did I get in here and where i am?"

"What do you remember?"

"I had said goodnight to you and then went to take a bath to help me relax, when I came out the light was off. I thought it was odd because I didn't remember turning it off before I went into the bathroom. When I turned it back on I walked over to the bed and noticed that something was on it, I must have freaked out and then passed out."

"I heard you scream so I ran into your room, when I found you; you were already on the floor passed out. I carried you into my room which is where you are now. Alison is dusting for prints now to see if we can find anything, Alec is checking the security footage also to see if anyone went into your room. Liam is going to be sitting in the Diner while you are at work just incase something were to happen."

"Ok, do I need to talk to Alison?"

"Yeah she will probably want to talk to you just to take a statement of what happened. What do you want to drink?"

"I'm fine thank you. How long do you think she will be? I need to get some rest before work tomorrow and I don't want to be in the way."

"You can sleep here if you like or in another room but until we know more the room you were in is now off limits. Unless you need clothes but not to sleep in, we are going to have to clean the room good before you go back in there."

"Ok, um I'll sleep in one of the other rooms I guess until everything has been cleaned." I was a little sad, I would have liked to hold her in my arms while sleeping but I could understand her not wanting to, it's not like we really knew each other.

Raquel's POV

He looked so sad when I said that I wanted to sleep in one of the other rooms but I just wasn't ready for that yet. I mean we aren't even dating yet why would I sleep with him? I was still shaken up about what happened but I knew that Sergio had a lot of security in this house so he would hopefully be able to find out who did this.

"Where is Iris?"

"Alison had to take his prints because we didn't have them yet, when she was done he was going to go back to sleep. He stayed in here for a little bit while you were out but I told him to get some sleep I knew that he had school in the morning."

"Ok good, I would have told him the same thing. Do I need to give my prints to her also?"

"No you already have your prints on file, when we did them earlier at the gate." I nodded in understanding; I guess I didn't think about that. I started to get up from the bed so that he could get some sleep himself, when he saw what I was doing he came around to help me up.

"What happens now?"

"I'm waiting for Alec to get back to me about the security footage to see if there was anyone in your room today. Then we have to wait for Alison, if she found any prints other then the people in the house we will know more, but right now there is nothing that we can do."

"Ok, goodnight again Sergio, and thank you."

"Goodnight beautiful, I'll see you at lunch tomorrow ok?" I nodded to him and left to find another room to sleep in.

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I was a few minutes late this morning, I managed to get lost on my way; hey I had never been to Sergio house so I wasn't familiar with the area sue me.

In the diner

"It's about time your lazy ass showed up; if you're going to be late again don't bother coming in at all." When she turned her back to me I flipped her off. Liam was sitting in one of the tables by the window when we got there; I walked up to him and asked what he wanted to drink and if he wanted anything to eat yet. I didn't want him to have to deal with Lauren and her bitchiness this early in the morning. Once he was all set I went to take care of my other tables, the day went by fairly quickly at least up till lunch time. The whole crew walked in Sergio and his men followed by Alicia and Silene.

"Hey Raquel I heard what happened at the apartment yesterday, how are you doing?"

"I'm ok a little shaken but I'll get over it. What are you guys having today?" Everyone put in there order, when it was done I brought it out to them and told them I would be back.

"You need to tell that guy by the window it's time for him to go, there are other people that need a place to sit and he has been here since this morning."

"Why? He's not doing anything; he has ordered meals and drinks. He's a paying customer just like everyone else is. If you want him to leave then you say something, I'm not going to get involved in it." I knew she was talking about Liam but I wasn't sure what to tell her. I walked back to Sergio to let him know what was going on and how it should be handled.

"Lauren, my manager, is going to tell Liam that he has to leave so that others can have a place to sit. She doesn't like that he has been here all day; I didn't know what to tell her."

"Don't worry about baby, he'll tell her what she can do with that idea. Is there a reason that you don't want her to know about him?"

"Not really, she bitched me out this morning about being late and said that if I was going to be late again then not to show up at all. I just don't want to give her a reason to fire me is all."

"Well if she gives Liam to much of a hassle then I'll say something but let's just let him deal with her." We all turned our attention to Lauren and Liam, I was curious to see what would happen.

"Excuse me sir but you're going to need to leave."

"Why?"

"There are other people who would like a place to sit also and you have been here all day."

"I see open tables, they can sit there." I could see the steam coming from her ears she was getting mad, Liam just acted like he didn't have a care in the world and what she said didn't matter to him at all. In a way it was funny to watch but I didn't want her to call the cops or anything either.

"Those will be full at the lunch rush, why are you here?"

"That is none of your concern mam. I am a paying customer that's all you need to worry about." You could tell that he was getting annoyed with her now. I was trying not to laugh at the situation, I felt Sergio put his hands on my waist and pull me down so that I was sitting on his lap. I was going to stay there until someone needed anything because this was just too much fun to watch.

"Well if you don't leave then I will call the cops and have you banned from here."

"On what grounds? I'm not bothering anyone and I have a bill going now that I plan on paying for when I leave tonight. So I ask on what grounds are you going to call the cops on?"

"Loitering," she said with a smirk, thinking that she could get him on that.

"But I'm not loitering; I have been buying food while I've been here." He had a point there really wasn't anything that she could do to make him leave and neither could the cops.

"You're not doing anything but sitting here looking out the window so you really need to leave now."

"Sorry but I can't, I'm working."

"On what, people watching?"

"Yes actually I am, is there something wrong with that?"

"You need to leave; you can watch people from outside on a park bench or go for a walk."

"I happen to like this area just fine ma'ma, plus it looks like it might rain and I don't want to be out in that walking around or sitting on a park bench as you said." She was getting really irritated with him now; you could hear people in the Diner snickering. I had to burry my face in Sergio's neck so that I didn't laugh out loud at this ridiculousness.

"It always looks like rain; buy an umbrella then either way you still need to leave." I noticed that some people were looking at her with raised eyebrows questioning what her deal was. I went over to a few tables to see how everything was.

"How is everything?"

"The food was great dear, but I'm afraid that I'm going to have to ask for the check. I never realized that the management of this place was so poor, I can't believe that she is harassing that poor guy."

"I understand, but that guy happens to be a friend of mine. He's actually here watching me work; I've had some problems recently and need someone to help me so he's been here to look out for me. She just doesn't know that," I whispered to them. "If you're ready I can take care of everything for you."

"Thank you dear, I hope that the problem you have will be solved soon then." I told her thanks and left the bill for her, Lauren saw that they were walking out and had barely touched there food.

"Bella, what was wrong with there lunch?"

"Nothing Lauren, she just didn't want to watch the show anymore, she said she didn't know that management was so poor that they were harassing customers and didn't want to watch."

"Oh whatever, I don't harass the customers. You need to tell your friends to leave now." I stood in front of everyone making sure that I got there attention.

"Excuse me friends of mine but the boss has asked that everyone leave." Slowly Sergio and his crew got up; next a few other tables who I didn't even know got up and were ready to walk out when Lauren stopped them.

"You all still need to pay before you leave."

"Why you just told us that we all had to leave, why would we pay for something that we didn't finish or in some cases didn't even get?" Leave it to Sergio to help cause a scene, I just rolled my eyes at him.

"I was only meaning this man here needed to leave not everyone else sir."

"Actually you said that Raquel needed to tell her friends to leave, well for all you know that could be everyone in here." Alicia said.

"Fine whatever" she turned back to Liam "you still need to leave now or I will call the cops."

"Go ahead and call them I don't really care but I'm not leaving."

"Fine, I'll be back then," she left for the office I guess to call the cops.

"You all can stay and enjoy your lunch nobody really needs to leave." I said to everyone, I didn't want them to get the wrong idea about this place and not come back or tell there friends and then we go out of business. Everyone returned to there seats and started eating again, I went back over to Sergio and the crew waiting to see what was going to happen with Lauren.

"Is she always like this?" Liam came over to ask me, I just nodded in response I didn't have anything nice to say so I figured it was better to keep my mouth shut. "What a bitch, I didn't think you would want her to know why I was here but I'm going to have to tell the cops when they get here."

"Maybe she won't really call the cops, she's just saying that to see if you will leave," Alicia said.

"It's possible she knows that she's wrong and by having the cops come here it would just humiliate her." I left then and went to take care of the tables that were getting ready to leave; I told them how sorry I was about the drama today and thanked them for coming. Most said they would be back but hoped that they didn't get a show like today. Lauren still hadn't been back out and the cops didn't show if she really did call them then they would have been here by now so it was safe to say they weren't coming out. Sergio and his men were getting ready to leave along with Alicia and Silene, who still hasn't talked to me.

"I'll see you at home baby, I hope that she stays in the office and doesn't come back out until you have left for the night."

"I'm not that lucky, the punch clock is right in front of her office so I know that she will see me when I leave."

"Take Liam back there with you then I don't think she will say much with him there, then again maybe she will." He laughed; I gave him a hug goodbye and said that I would see him at home. The rest of my shift was uneventful, Lauren didn't come out of her office and when I punched out the door was closed.

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Sergio's POV

When lunch was over I kept thinking about what Raquel's boss did in front of everyone, if it would have been my business I would have fired her on the spot, maybe I can check into her manager and have a talk with him or her.

Once we were back at the warehouse I wanted to get to business, starting with who was in Raquel's room last night.

"What did you find on the security footage at the house Alec?"

"Nothing, absolutely nothing! The only people who went into her room where the housekeeper that morning, you two when she got there and her brother that's it."

"Have you heard from Alison this morning about the prints?"

"No I haven't, I was hoping to hear something soon but if she's busy then it may take until tonight before she can tell us anything." I nodded, not exactly what I wanted to hear but whatever.

"Ok so we still know nothing! What have we found out on Vicuna and his obsession with Raquel?"

"I'm not so sure that he's after Raquel, I didn't know this but the guy is dating a woman names Leah and has been for about 3 years now. She is being used as a pawn for someone the problem is I can't figure out whom. I had thought maybe it was to get to you so that you would let your guard down but he hasn't been around this area for a while now. Her parents have passed but they were clean, even her brother, I'm at a loss here as to who it could be." Felix told me, he was the private investigator that I had hired to find a connection with all of this.

"Keep looking Felix, there has to be something that we're missing here. Have you looked into the people that she works with?"

"Not yet, I just finished looking into her parents."

"Thanks let me know what you find."

"We have a shipment of coke scheduled to come in what do you want to do about it?" Anibal asked me, I had forgotten about that until he said something.

"Store it at the club and contact the sellers, we can cut them a "good deal" if they are buying more. Make sure the workers at the club don't get into it though, I want that shit locked up tight."

"Not a problemo boss."

"We have the Russians coming in next month, are they going to be staying at the mansion with Raquel there?" Andres asked me, I would normally have them at the house but I didn't know this time if it would be a good idea.

"Not sure yet, let's see what's going on with that when it's closer to them getting here. I may put them up in one of my hotels not sure yet."

"The plans are coming along on the new club too, they said that it should be done it about 2 to 3 months then we can get things set up inside. Have you thought of a name yet?"

"I have club Elite now and that's doing well, I was actually thinking about calling it Underground. I wanted the inside to be like you were in an underground club; the building is all brinks so I think it would work."

"Sounds cool," Andres said. We finished with the business talk and then headed home, I haven't seen Raquel since lunch and I was starting to miss her.

Raquel's POV:

When I got home Sergio still wasn't there, I didn't have to pick up Iris until around 6pm after basketball practice so I thought I would go swimming. I walked into the room that used to be mine to find something that I could swim in but I didn't find any of my clothing. I walked into the room that was now mine to find everything already in there and put away with a note from Alicia that said:

I had the housekeeper wash all of your clothes and put them away for you, I hope that you're not mad. I also noticed that you didn't have a swim suite so I bought one for you, hope that you like it.

I thought it was nice of her and when I went to pick it up I noticed that it was a bikini, not something that I would normally wear but it was pretty. Once I had put the suite on I headed for the indoor pool, the water was nice and warm almost like bath water but just slightly cooler. I set the alarm on my phone so that I would have enough time to get Iris from school. I had been in the pool relaxing for a while thinking about everything that had happened that I didn't hear anyone enter the area.

"Well now this is nice to see," Sergio said. I was so startled that I screamed out in fright and fell off the lounger that I was on right into the pool. I came up sputtering and trying to wipe the water out of my face and catch my breath. "I'm so sorry baby, I didn't mean to scare you like that, and I thought that you heard me come into the room." He said laughing at me, when I finally looked at him I noticed that he was still in the suite and didn't have his swim trunks on. He was standing next to the side of the pool crouched down by where I had been resting, I started to swim up to him by the side.

"I guess I didn't realize that I was so lost in my head. How was your day?" He was looking at me like I was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

"It was ok, how was work after we left, did that bitch give you anymore problems?" He reached out to stroke my cheek when I grabbed his hand catching him off guard and pulled him into the pool with me. When he came back up I knew then that I was in trouble, I started to swim toward the stairs.

"You know that wasn't very nice of you, I'm going to get you back now." He said as he was swimming towards me with a look of determination on his face, I had no idea what he had planed so I ran. "You can run but I will get you!" He told me as he was getting out of the pool; I was already running up the stairs trying to get away from him. I had made it to the second set of stairs when I heard him so I ran as fast as I could to get to my room before he got to me. Just as I was opening the door he reached me, turning me around so that I was facing him now.

"I've got you know, what are you going to do?"

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I know you all hate me for leaving it there, but if I didn't do a cliffy the story would loose interest and you can't have that. LOL. Comment and let me hear your thoughts good or bad.