Chapter 23 - Traces Of Blood

Traces Of Blood

Mardrigo's POV



I hurried back to the building, I went straight to the room I saw them before I left with Tom

" Thank Goodness " Madrigo sighed deeply thanking his God that his family were still there

He went further to open the door, his son was already at sleep

"Hey" He went closer to tap his wife

He opened the door as quiet as possible, he knew Tom left his two hefty guards to watch them, so he did not want to take any chances

"Madri… ohh Madrigo" she was lost of words, tears rolled down her cheeks "I thought I won't see you again Madrigo, please take us out of here" she cried

"Shh, I will but we have to leave here as quiet as possible" he said under his breath

"OK, lucky for us Davison is sleeping" she held her child tightly to her bosom

"I've missed him" Madrigo kissed his forehead, "let's go"

"Yes please, you can kiss him for as long as you want when we get back home"

"OK" Mardrigo laughed

He assisted her to get up, he went out to make sure that the way is safe for them to go, he would then go get them walking as fast as possible

"What's that? Someone?" his wife Spencer noticed Nancy lying unconscious

"No, let's go" Madrigo saw her, he had the urge to go rescue his niece but he did not

"Are you sure, what I saw was not someone in need of help?" She asked running out

"No, it's probably a wood or something else" Mardrigo waved for a taxi

"A breath of fresh air" Spencer inhaled deeply " That place is my worst nightmare, I don't want to ever… hold on Madrigo, what's going on between you and Tom?"


"Can we talk about this when we get home please?" Mardrigo faced the driver "Morocco Street"


"Hop in" the driver said with a huge smile on his face, they needed it

Spencer remained quiet until they got, she knew Madrigo well enough to not disturb him at the moment until the next day

"I'm not with mine"

"OK, take mine" Mardrigo gave her the keys to the door. "Bring Davison over here" he added


She was struggling to open the door because she carried Davison

"Thank you" she turned to open the door properly

They went into the house
Madrigo went for a shower first, he was very tired and exhausted, his mind went to Nancy several times, he wanted to go back, even if it's to let her go

After shower, he went to bed, he couldn't sleep, his thoughts to Nancy

"What's wrong babe?" Spencer noticed he had been restless ever since they came into the house

"Nothing dear, I am Ok" he turned to face her "I'm really glad that you are came home safe"

"Why then are you moody and not speaking to me?"

"I am, I just got alot on my head, about my business with Tom and other things" Madrigo tried to convince her

"OK, do you want to talk about it now?"


"We would talk about it tomorrow, you must be very tired and you need some rest" Madrigo kissed her lips

"Alright" she slept off immediately she closed her eyes, she must have been very tired and did not want to deal with Mardrigo's moodiness

He noticed that she was fast at sleep, he dragged the blanket away from his body to her, then sat on the bed

"Arggg" he groaned in frustration "Why, just did you come into the picture?"

He inhaled deeply with his eyes closed as he stood from his bed, going to safe Nancy

He carried his car keys and drive away, he slowed down when he got to the building, his eyes scanning through the building for any attack

It was safe, he found no threat, then he got down from the car and went straight to the room that Nancy was kept

He slowed down on the way, there were traces of blood, from the room down the hill

"What the hell happened here?" he rushed to the room he saw her the last time he came here but she was nowhere to be found


She was not lying there anymore, something had happened and it's of no good with the traces of blood

He searched another room, but still couldn't find her. He then followed the traces of the blood which led him outside and it seems the killer carried the injured person on the person's shoulder because there was not a single drop of blood

He then called out her name several times but it returned to him without answers, this got him really worried, wishing he had just saved her that moment he had the chance to save her life

He entered his car to leave to leave, picked up his phone call Racheal but it was to no avail, she wasn't close to her phone

"Damn" he hits his hands against the wall, regretting all he had done, but all he could do was to regret he could never undo the things he had done


He went back home to his wife and son, it was almost dawn, and Davison needed to go to school, so he used that opportunity to get his things ready, using that to clear his head of everything happening around him

"Hey" Spencer came closer, rubbing her hands through his back "Did you sleep at all?"


"Yes I did"

"At some point, I noticed that you were not on bed"

"I was watching a movie, why didn't you come down to check?" he gave a tired and loving smile

"Silly me" She laughed and went to the opposite side of the table to get Davison's cloth "Thank you" she was shocked to see Madrigo assisting her and even went further to arrange his dishes

"You are the best" she said, going to hug him

"You are welcome darling, does he use this spoon?" he showed her the spoon he kept for him to use

"Yes he does"



Helsi's POV



Helsi went down to her lawyer the next morning after the shower, he stays few blocks away, so he wasn't far from her

She needed to discuss what had happened that night and go to the police, she had alot on her table