Chapter 109
[SAMANTHA’s Point of View]
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing from my mate.
Diana and Devon stood in front of me; both faces were filled with guilt as they fiddled with their fingers and pouted their lips, too embarrassed and ashamed of what they did.
They had already received a good scolding from Dominic before I reached the house. Seeing Dominic standing at the door of the kitchen with his hands propped on the sides, furious and scared, made my stomach tighten.
“Is it true?” I asked mostly about Devon after I found out it was him who initiated this. “Is it true that you dragged Diana into very grave danger? You brought her to the dungeon?”
His eyes were teary when he lifted his face to meet my angry eyes. “I thought I could find the culprit who kidnapped you in that place.” Devon’s lips quivered as he explained desperately while he fidgeted with the hem of his shirt. “I am so sorry, Dominic, Mom! I thought I was helping!”
Diane was too scared to talk and she just covered her face and cried. Dominic’s eyes softened as he saw his little princess and walked towards her with a helpless sigh. He sat on the sofa and put his hands on her shoulder as he asked her to look him in the eyes.
“I’m so sorry,” Diana murmured as she sobbed, “We are just trying to help.”
“I know.” Dominic lifted Diana’s tears-smeared face with his finger and gave her a soft but serious gaze—A fatherly gaze. “Your mother and I were so terrified at what you and Devon did. So...will it be okay if you let me and your mom do this kind of thing? Can you trust us to solve this on our own and promise to keep yourselves safe so we can focus on our jobs?”
Devon and Diana lowered their heads again and said in unison, “We’re sorry...”