Chapter 80 - Alicia Palmero

One had to know that Albert's wife didn't help Elena out of goodwill. She hated that woman the most in the world. How could she save Elena, the woman for whom her husband had gone berserk? 

She helped her to escape to save her position in the Scuderi family. 

She was also the same person who helped Elena in protecting Isabelle as Elena knew that she wouldn't be able to live for a long time. 

Elena had begged Albert's wife to send Isabelle to Dante and tell him that Isabelle was his daughter. 

Instead of handing Isabelle to Dante, she threw the child in an orphanage in fear that Dante would avenge Elena by killing her husband. And it wasn't wrong, Dante had loved Elena fiercely. He would have wiped out the whole Scuderi clan at the cost of his own life. 

Poor man still thinks that his daughter had died with his woman back then. 

Elena's death was Albert's greatest regret and sin. He loved Isabelle just because she resembled Elena. However, now that he knew that his wife was the daughter of his dead lover… 

What the chaos!

He believed all along that Isabelle loved him genuinely even when his late wife injected him with the medicine that led to him being paralyzed, she still married him and took care of him. 

Everything was faux. 

"Belle, you want to know the truth about your mother?" Albert weakly asked him. 

Isabelle sneered. "Do you think that I didn't get the truth during my long vacation with your family? Albert, if I hadn't known the truth, I wouldn't have dared to kill you. Yet, there is one thing that I still don't know… " 

"Who is my father, Albert?" Without beating around the bush, she asked him the question she always wanted to ask but was afraid of. 

"Dante Kingsly." 

"I will forgive you, Albert," Isabelle said with a small smile. One would be a bigger fool than this old one if they believed that Isabelle was saying the truth. 

Albert hopefully looked at her. Wasn't it just forgiveness that he wanted? If she was ready to forgive him, what else could he want in this life? 

Isabelle smiled and nodded. "Whatever happened between my mother and you were all in the past. Although I never loved you in a romantic way I still cared for you… atone for your sins and I will forgive you." 

Isabelle, who had dealt with him for years knew how to make him dance in her palm.

"What do I need to do to earn your and Elena's forgiveness?" Albert was still thinking how if he got her forgiveness, he would get the same from Elena too. After all, she was her daughter. 

"I will do anything," He continued. He was desperate to find forgiveness. 

"Please say, Isabelle." He was ready to do anything as long as she agreed. 

"Simple… just tell me where you have hidden Alicia Palemaro."

"Isabella…"

She was recruited by Mr. K to work for him in disguise as Albert's wife. She was like an undercover agent working for Killian. Years ago, when he had noticed her approaching Albert and found that she had some hidden motives, she offered her a deal that she could not refuse. She was desperate for revenge and he was desperate for information. She just had to give each and every information related to Scuderi's and Marino's to him. Of course, he had his reasons for doing the same too but she was never informed by him. 

Isabelle was afraid that Killian would get rid of her as soon as she finished this mission. He had already told informed her to end this mission. She never revealed that she was here for revenge. Plus, he would go berserk if she told him that she killed almost everyone in the Scuderi family. 

But it seemed God was on her side as she accidentally found Luca Palermo's family information while spying on Albert. The Palmero family was ordered to be murdered by Don Marino many years ago. And this particular case was the main reason why Lucien was dead. 

He protected young Alicia when he was supposed to kill her with her parents and brother. 

It was only recently she got to know that Killian Palermo was very much alive and he was no one else but Mr. K. 

And what could be the motive of Killian Palermo to spy on Scuderi's if not to search for his long-lost sister? 

She wanted to find Alicia not because she cared for her but because she wanted to save her life. 

Killian would kill her mercilessly if he got to know how she killed three people in this family. 

He was a lunatic she couldn't understand and handle. So, she needed information on Alicia fast to save her ass. 

"Lucien is dead, Albert. I know he had something on you that forced you to save Alicia that day… just tell where she is?"

Since the old man would be dying any second, she just needed to get information. And she would be done with this family. 

"Alicia is my mom's goddaughter. She wouldn't forgive you if you won't free her daughter of this guilt of not being able to protect her. So, tell me…" 

Of course, Isabelle was bluffing. Elena knew Emilia Palermo but she wasn't so close to become Alicia's godmother. 

"That day, Lucien threatened me to save that girl. She was unconscious at that time. Although I know saving her means betraying Don Marino, I still couldn't take Lucien's threats lightly," answered Albert Scuderi." That boy was more sinister than her father at the age of 17. So, I sent that girl with the old childless couple who used to serve my mother back then. I never checked on her after Lucien's death." 

Isabelle knew that he wasn't lying. But she knew this already. She needed to learn something else. Something that happened after that. 

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Author's note: The mass release ends here.. Now we will see Persephone and Santiago soon.