Illusion of Love

[DeppAngel]

Ch 1 – Transition


Liliana, all full of shock and resentment, stormed out of Johnny's apartment while he kept begging her to come back. She had caught him in bed with the “plastic b**ch, and he had given her the lamest excuse possible. "We were just playing doctor," he said, with a shaky laugh. Liliana began to walk the crowded streets of Paris, and that was when she found Criss, who, at the time, was a homeless mime.

Johnny stayed in the apartment, and couldn’t get what had just happened out his mind. He felt awkward with this new situation. The woman that he loved with all his heart and soul was gone, maybe forever, but at the same time, the “plastic b**ch,” as Liliana called her, was able to give him momentary pleasure and satisfaction, and although what he felt for her was not real love, she was like a mannequin, and she did what he wanted, which was very convenient for him. But what Johnny didn't know was that
Liliana had found a new character in this series of unfortunate events. She had found someone who had captivated her vision, not only with his tricks of magic, full of charm and illusion, and not to mention his penetrating eyes and his peculiar sense of humor.


His identity was an enigma to her, so she decided to get a Little closer and become part of his audience for just one moment. He was no common mime; he went beyond. He was unique. Mimes pretend to use a wide variety of invisible objects, and one of them was a chain that went from his eyes directly into Liliana’s heart. When the show was over, Liliana decided to get even closer to deposit a few coins in his cup, but when she bent down to do so, he grabbed her chin gently, and raised her head until their eyes met. Both stayed frozen as if time had stopped going by. They looked at each other, without being able to say one word, and at the same time they felt a warm sensation travel through their bodies.
It was a feeling that Liliana had not experienced in a long time, not since Johnny’s attitude towards her had changed.
Then he asked, “What is your name?'' which left her even more impressed, because it was the first time she Heard someone speak English in France. At last she felt like she had found someone with whom she had something in common; a new friend, even though she felt is was just a normal friendship, but the beginning of something bigger.
There was something in his eyes; something indescribable.
Then she snapped out of her dream and said, “My name is Liliana.”
He said, “Hey, you speak English too…! Oh sorry, I'm Criss, Criss Angel Sarantakos. Nice to meet you.”
Liliana said, "Same here"
Criss: so did you like the show??
Liliana: yes, yes! it was very impressive...too bad that the folks around here don’t seem to appreciate it too much.
Criss: yeah, you're right, it’s tough out here.
Liliana: then, may I ask why are you here, then?
Criss: well, i wanted to travel around the world, and become famous in many places....but I guess I’m gonna be known more as a homeless mime by the mean-eyed folks that live here...but at least you liked it. that’s all I need.*Liliana looks down and blushes**Criss after a short pause* would you like to have a cup of coffee??
Liliana: Eh,I don’t know, I think I should be going now [doesn’t really have anything to do but she just can’t get Johnny out of her mind]*Liliana tries to leave fast, but Criss grabs her by the arm[gently]. She stops and looks at him*
Criss: please, please! it won’t take much of your time, I promise, it’s just that...I haven’t been able to have a real conversation with anybody in a long time, and you're the first person I feel I can talk to.
Liliana: * feels compromised, and at the same time somewhat flattered*...Ok then, I’ll go with you.
Criss: *In an excited voice* really?! *feels embarrassed after having busted with joy in a childish [but cute] way* Oh I'm sorry, I think I got carried away.


They walked in, and looked for a table. Despite of Criss's long brake from women since he's staying in France (due to the language barrier ) Criss still remembered his manners and how to be a gentleman. He pulled the chair so she Liliana could sit down, and they waited for the waiter.
When he came, Criss was about to freeze out of fear again because he still had problems communicating in French, and just as he was about to make a fool out of himself, Liliana surprised him by saying, "Apportez-nous un couple de cappuccinos, s’il vous plait."


The waiter understood with no problem and said, "Est-ce tout?" Liliana replied, "Oui," and the waiter left.
Criss was in shock, and also embarrassed that she was smarter than him, despite the fact that he had been in Paris longer than she had. Criss snapped out of his shock and said, "Wow, you're really good at French, aren't you?"
And she said, "Hehe, well, not too brag about it, but I don't only speak French, I also speak Italian, Russian, German, and Spanish, being my first language."
Criss stared at her in amazement. He couldn't believe he was the one who carried the name of "Angel," and yet he had just met a real angel, in the street of Paris. Such perfection, such beauty, such intelligence; it was marvelous. But all that intimidated him at the same time. He felt that he wasn't at her level, and started to feel uneasy.
Criss's expression changed entirely. Liliana asked, "Is there something wrong?" and he said, "Ehhh, I'm sorry, but there's something I gotta do. See ya later." and left the cafe in a rush.
Liliana just stared at the door for a moment, still wondering what had happened. But there was thing she was sure of: They would meet again.

[DeppAngel]

CH 2 - Despise

Liliana took a look at her watch.I t was late for her too. She really didn't have any business to attend to, but she had to find another place to live. She knew she couldn't go back to Johnny's place. Except to pick her things up and leave right away, again.

When she returned to the apartment, there was no one there.
She began to take a look around, probably just trying to see if there was anything different from the time she had left until now.
There was quite a mess, but that was the usual wherever Johnny went. If it wasn't for her, he would probably prefer to sleep in a dumpster.
Then she focused on the motive of her visit. She began to look for the suitcase.
It was at the top of the closet.
It was too high for her, so she had to stand on her toes. She could barely reach the suitcase, and started pulling it as hard as she could.
When she was almost done taking it out of the closet, she pulled hard one last time, and in doing that, she discovered something not very pleasant.
The suitcase dragged with it a ton of pictures that got scattered all around her.
she didn't pay attention to it at first, since she was in a hurry, but she saw that there was someone in the picture that she hadn't seen before. It was a woman. Had blondish hair, was really skinny, pale like a ghost, and had a funny smile.


She shuffled through the pictures one by one. It was like a dagger at the heart. Johnny, the love of her life, being with another woman. The tears began to come out her eyes. They fell from her cheeks and onto the photos. One by one, the pictures began to drench in Liliana's sorrow. But then, Liliana heard a noise. It was the door. Someone was in the room! And she didn't get the feeling it was the landlord. She ran into the closet and stayed quiet. She tried to look through a little gap, and there she saw something worse than a picture.
It was Johnny, laughing and joking around. But make no mistake; he wasn't drunk and talking to himself. No. He had that plastic b**ch in his arms. He threw her on the bed, and began to make out; all in front of Liliana's watery eyes.

Liliana tried to look away, but she couldn't. The man she thought was a dream, had become a nightmare for her, and worst of all, it was a nightmare Liliana didn't want to wake up from. The pain was to overwhelming for her, and yet, she preferred to look and suffer. Then, a rush of adrenaline ran through her system. Jealousy began to take over her good common sense. She stormed out of the closet, grabbed a flower vase that was on a small table next to the bed, and hit Johnny on the head with it. The woman began to scream out of terror. Johnny wasn't moving, and her hands were stained in blood.
Liliana stared at the scene in confusion. She still hadn't grasped the seriousness of the situation. The screams of the plastic girl woke her up. Liliana turned around and left in a hurry. She run and run, with no direction.

[DeppAngel]

Ch 3 - Reliance


Liliana had found shelter among some trees in a public park of Paris. She was sitting there, alone in the cold. She wanted to cry, but she couldn't. She didn't know why. It probably was because she had experiences too many shocking events in only one day.
All she could do was think about what she had done. She hadn't just killed anyone. She had killed Johnny Depp, a movie star! It was a fact that the news were going to be all over it. It would be a classic crime: a crime of passion.

Then, when Liliana had drowned in her own thoughts, and just when she had lost all hope, she heard a voice. It was a juggler playing some fun tricks on the street. A small crowd had surrounded him and seemed to be very entertained by him. It could only be one person: Criss. She got up and ran towards the crowd. She tried to look over people's heads, but she coudn't get a good look. She began to push people aside and said, " Excuse me, excuse me."
And when she had finally reached the center of the crowd, her soul became as solid as rock. It was just a street clown. Nothing but another homeless person, trying to make ends meet.
But this gave her an idea. She realized she wasn't far from the street where she had found Criss. She thought, "I'll go look for him there, he might be able to tell me where I can spend the night for today!"

She began to run again. This time she had a smile on her face. She wasn't exactly happy, but she was trying not to lose hope. He was her only chance. He was also, just like he said, her only friend in the big and crowded streets of Paris.

The image of the Eiffel Tower from the ground made Liliana feel like she was just a little ant. But she kept running and running. She had nothing to lose now. She had no husband, no place to live, no belongings, nothing, nothing but herself, and the hope of finding this Criss character.

While on her way to the street where she had met Criss, she couldn't stop thinking of what she was going to tell Criss when she saw him. The problem with that was that she began to hold onto that hope too tightly, and almost completely took for granted that he would be there. She was trying to stay in one piece. She couldn't lose her mind now, she had to be focused.

She ran for a little bit more, until she found the street. There were a lot of people walking by. She was afraid she wouldn't find him in such a big crowd. She began to feel desperate, so she began to shout his name, "Criss Criss Where are you CRISS"

But there was no response, nothing but the sound of people walking back and forth, the noise of the car engines, the laughs and chit chat coming from a nearby bar, but none of those sounds sounded like Criss.

She began to walk back and forth desperately over the same piece of sidewalk, trying to make sure he really wasn't there. Then she stumbled upon a man with a bad attitude that told her, "Hé! Regardez où vous allez!"

The man pushed her into the middle of the street and Liliana tripped, thus falling on the ground.

She was just about to get up when she heard the horn of a car coming really close. She saw the front lights of the car as if they were the lights that lead to Heaven. And just when she thought that that was her end, a couple of arms embraced her with such fury and took her out of the road. The driver just screamed, "Hé! Ce que l'enfer est votre problème!"

*Liliana stayed frozen for a moment still trying to swallow what had just happened. Her senses had sh*t down for a few seconds. Then she came back to her own self and realized that those arms were still holding her. She turned around and looked up, in amazement.

It was Criss!
She didn't know what to do. She wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. He looked right into her eyes and said, "Hey, I told you the people here weren't very nice. You better watch out from now on, cuz next time there might not be a bum that will take you out of the road jaja"

Liliana slowly smiled and tears began to come out her tired-looking eyes. She launched into his arms and gave him a big hug. Then she started crying so hard that Criss told her, "Hey, it's ok now, if you keep crying like that you're gonna dehydrated" Liliana kept crying, and then he said, "c'mon lets go get something to drink." Liliana stopped sobbing for a second and said, "I'm starving."
Criss giggled. Liliana was catching on to his sense of humor. That was a good sign, he thought. He said, "now that you mention it, I'm hungry too, let's go get something to eat then, and this time I'LL ORDER ok HaHa," Liliana said, ''haha ok" and they left. The eyes of the city were witnessing the birth of something that goes beyond any scientific explanation, beyond time and space. Something that only a few in this world are ever able to experience. It was the birth of love, true love.

[DeppAngel]

Ch 4 - Bonding
Liliana and Criss walked out of the restaurant of an expression of satisfaction on their faces.
They were talking and laughing. They certainly look like the happiest couple ever.

Criss then said, "Would you like to take a walk on the park?" Liliana replied in a sarcastic voice, "are you sure you don't have anything to do right now?" Criss looked down and said, "Oh, about that. I'm sorry I left like that at the cafe this evening. It's just that"

Liliana interrupted him, "It's just what? You didn't like it that a girl knows how to do something you don't?" Criss felt ashamed and said, "Well, that's one way you can put it, but I don't want you to think I underestimate women, ok?" Liliana looked at him with confidence and with a mischievous smile she said, "I know, you don't have to apologize, I was just kidding."

And they kept on walking through the lonely park. The trees were their witnesses, the Moon: their protector and the wind was in charge of spreading their pollen of love all around Paris.

Then they sat on a bench for a moment. All of a sudden Liliana's expression changed. She became serious and looked down at the floor. Criss was still talking and joking around, until he turned to look at her, and noticed that she wasn't ok. "What's wrong?," he asked. "Oh, don't worry, it's nothing," she said. "No, it's not ok. If it makes you look this sad then it's got to be important. Please, tell me," he said.
"Well," she said, "I just realized rights now that, it's getting darker and I don't have a place to spend the night in."
Criss didn't know what to say. The thought of his own reality came flying at full speed to his mind. He didn't have a home either. He was used to sleeping on park benches and covering himself with old and dirty newspapers. How was he supposed to help her this time?
Criss knew that it would be too embarrassing to tell her the truth, so instead he came up with a good idea.

"Well, there's a place where I stay every night, if you want, I can take you there." Liliana looked at him with her watery eyes and with a cracked voice she said, "Really? Are you sure it's ok?" Criss replied with a fake confidence, "Yeah, sure! Let's go, you must be freezing out here."

Criss knew an old woman who owned a big old manor where she usually received all kinds of guests, especially tourists. She would charge them very little for spending the night over there, so she always had quite a bunch who wanted to stay there. Criss barely had enough money to provide food for himself and he preferred to rather save whatever money was left and make the sacrifice of sleeping in the street rather than spending it all on a soft bed with warm sheets. But he didn't want her to know he was a low-life. Well she already knew, but he didn't want her to know he was such a low-life.

Liliana and Criss arrived at the manor. Criss knocked on the door gently. But there was no response. He knocked again, but still, no one answered the door, until he became frustrated and began to slam the door and yelled, "Open the door you!-" And just as Criss was about to slam his fist on the door again, the door suddenly opened and an old lady came out screaming, "Ce que l'enfer est tout ce bruit?! Êtes-vous fou?!"1 Criss and Liliana stared amazedly at the old woman, and there was a sudden pause. Then the woman looked at Criss and with a look of disappointment on her face said, "Criss, what are you doing here?" Criss answered, "I need you to do a favor for me, please. See, this is my friend, Liliana. She doesn't have a place where to spend the night and I was wondering if…" The woman's expression turned even more hostile. "Ne même pas y penser!" the old woman screamed. "No, no! It's not what you're thinking! We'll pay you! Umm, nous vous remboursons.!"2 Liliana made a quick turn and looked at him and furrowed her brows while she thought, "Wow, this guy does speak some French after all!" When the old lady heard the words "payer" and "argent,"3 her expression and attitude made a 180 degree turn. She immediately said, "S'il vous plaît, entrez en jeu,"4 as she opened the door widely for the two of them and raised her hand to show them the way in.

Once inside, Criss took care of arranging everything with the landlady, while Liliana stayed aside for a moment. Criss and the old woman were talking in a very low voice and Liliana seemed to notice that. When Criss came back to Liliana, she asked him, "Is everything alright?" and he replied, "Yeah, sure," with a suspicious tone, but she was exhausted from the tedious day she had had and didn't want to argue. They went upstairs until they found their room.

When they finally found it, they opened the door, and to Liliana's surprise, there was only one small bed. She didn't really know what to say at that moment, but before a word could come out of her mouth, Criss said, "Well, I hope you have a good night, I'll be leaving now." Liliana turned around quickly and said, "What? You're leaving? Where?" He stuttered, "Umm, well, you see, I got a different room, you know…" One could see in Liliana's face that there was nothing she couldn't see. "You're lying, huh? C'mon, just tell me. You're lying." Criss felt cornered at this point and had no choice but to tell the truth. "Ok, fine. So I didn't get a room. What's the problem with that?" "So then where are you going to sleep in?" asked Liliana in confusion. "Nowhere," he replied, "I got nowhere to go. I'll just find myself a good spot down close by down the street." Liliana sighed and said to him, "Why do you like to complicate things even more? You can stay on that couch over there," and she pointed to a small and dirty couch. It was yellow and covered in small red spots. It had some holes on it, but other than that, it could make for a good bed. "Eh, I don't think so," Said Criss. "But why not? Don't tell me the sidewalk's hard and wet floor is more comfortable than this couch. C'mon just lay on it. Besides, you were the one who paid for this, so it wouldn't be fair that you didn't take advantage of it, don't you think?" Criss was amazed at her power of persuasion, and also a bit ashamed of himself for being such a push-over. "Well, if you put it that way…,"he said in a tone of defeat, and proceeded to accommodate himself on the couch, which by the way, felt like a needle bed due to all the springs that were sticking out of it. Liliana took off her coat and hit the bed. She was exhausted. Criss looked at her from the couch. She was looking the other way. After a moment, she said, "What are you looking at?" Criss said in an innocent voice, "What do you mean?" She replied, "I know when someone is looking at me. I can feel it." She turned around and said, do you wanna share half of the bed?" Criss closed his eyes as if he wanted to fall asleep and get away from the world and said, "Nah, the couch is fine. Don't worry." She sat up on the bed and as she patted the bed with the palm of her hand, she said, "Aww come on. You know you're not comfortable on that couch. Come on, I'll look one way and you'll look the other one. Deal?"Criss didn't know if he should, but that offer sure was tempting. He got up the bed and as if he was being forced to do it, he said, "Ok, fine. You win." Liliana giggled and said, "Like always."

They finally turned off the lights. Each one of them curled on their edge of the bed. Liliana fell asleep like a rock as soon as the lights were off, but Criss just couldn't close his eyes. They were wide open, like the eyes of a cat in the middle of the dark when it's struck by a ray of light. He couldn't stop thinking about all the things that had happened in just one day, and furthermore, he couldn't stop wondering about what would happen next. Then Liliana, in her sleep, turned around towards Criss and put her arm around him. Criss was in shock! He didn't move at all, He stayed like that all night without being able to stick his eye-lashes to his eyes.

[DeppAngel]

Ch 5 - Uncertainty

The sunlight began to pour through the window onto Criss' face. He growled and slowly began to wake up. He sat up on the bed and looked around. Liliana was nowhere to be found. He got a strange feeling in the gut. He didn't know if it was amazement or worry or fear. A million things began to rush through his mind. "Could she have just left me like that? Or, maybe her boyfriend found her here and took her back with him? No, it can't be, I would have heard something."

Criss proceeded to get up from the bed. Just as he walks towards the door, the knob turns, stopping him in his tracks. The door opened. It was Liliana, carrying a couple of paper bags, and they seemed to be filled with goodies.

Criss didn't say a word and just stared at her and the bags she was carrying. She said, "Oh, you're up, I brought a few things to make some breakfast.

Criss still had that feeling of confusion that he had when she had barely come into the room, and stuttered, "Oh, umm, yeah, that's great, that's pretty cool." He paused for a moment. "Umm, at what time did you leave?" Liliana began to put the groceries on the table, and said, "What shall I make for breakfast? Should I make some scrambled eggs, or maybe just a couple of sandwiches?" Criss said, "You haven't answered my question yet? And besides, where did you get the money to buy all this stuff?" Liliana smiled at him, and said, "Oh, don't worry about it." Criss got a little upset and said, "What do you mean 'don't worry about it? First you just leave without telling me, and now you're being all mysterious all of a sudden? What's going on?!" Liliana's smile vanished from her face. She looked down and said, "I had some business to take care of." Criss became even more mad, and yelled, "Ok! Now I see how it really is! I can see that I'm not needed here, so I guess I'll just leave you alone." Criss's rampage suddenly stopped, as he noticed that Liliana was smiling at him again, this time, with a funny look on her face. Criss said in a loud voice, "What's so funny?!" Liliana's expression didn't change. Then she said, "Aww, you were worried about me, weren't you?," and winked at him. Criss's face blushed until it turned as red as a tomato, and he stuttered, "Wha-what?! What are you talking about?" It was obvious that he was lying through his teeth. Liliana, a very clever woman, never missed anything, and completely knew what was going on. "You don't have to deny it. I actually appreciate your concern," Liliana said, in a sweet voice. Criss calmed down, and looked at her in surprise for a moment. Then he grinned and said, "Umm, so…what's for breakfast?" Liliana giggled. "What? What are you laughing about this time?" Criss asked. "You're so random and funny too! I like that," Liliana replied in a flattery voice. Then she said, "Ok, then, so what do you want me to make for breakfast?" Criss said, "I don't know, make whatever you like." Liliana finally decided to make egg sandwiches. While they were eating, Liliana suddenly said, "I went back to my ex's apartment." Criss was about to give a bite to his sandwich but suddenly stopped out of shock, and looked at her. Then, Liliana added some more, "I went to get some money and a couple of changes. The clothes are in those bags over there." Criss took a sip of his coffee and said, "But you should have told me." "I'm sorry," said Liliana. "Was there anyone home when you got there?" asked Criss. "No, no one was there," she responded.

[DeppAngel]

Ch 6 - Curiosity

"Au revoir, Madame! Merci pour tout!," Liliana exclaimed at the old lady, as both her and Criss departed from the building. The old lady stood in the doorway and cheerfully waved at Liliana. Then Criss turned around and looked at the old woman, who made a mean face to him and said, "You better behave, ok kid!" Criss just sighed, turned around, and kept on walking without giving her any response whatsoever. They walked for a little while, without saying one word. Then Liliana stopped, and said to Criss, "Well, aren't you supposed to go to work or something?" Criss replied, "Well, now that you mention it, yeah I have to go to work." Then Criss froze as he noticed how Liliana was staring at him. She said, "Aren't you tired of your job? I mean, it's not even a real job. I know you had a dream of becoming famous in this country, but sometimes we have to be realistic. Maybe you should go back to the U.S." Criss looked down at the ground out of shame, but he wasn't ashamed of his job as a mime, there was something else in his mind; something that Liliana hadn't been able to notice this time.

He looked down, and put on a serious face. The tone of his voice became serious as well. "That is not my real job," he said. Liliana said, "What do you mean? I saw you do those tricks on the street yesterday. "That is just a facade," said Criss. "Then, the whole mime thing is just a hobby?" asked in ignorance."No," said Criss, "I told you, it's a facade." "But a facade for what?!," Liliana asked in a desperate attempt for trying to figure out this mess. "It's a facade for my real job," Criss finally admitted. Liliana was surprised. She didn't expect any surprises from a guy like Criss, who seemed to be an honest and timid person. Still, she hadn't found out the whole truth. "Do you really want to know what my real job is?," Criss asked in a deep and creepy voice. "Liliana began to have some goose bumps, but still she said in a shaky voice, "Well, yeah."

"Are you sure you wanna know? Remember, there will be no turning back once you learn the truth," he said, still talking in that scary voice. Liliana began to feel worried. But her curiosity was bigger than her fear, and she couldn't just say, "Oh, forget it," oh no, she had to know the truth. "I'm positive. Just tell me, it can't be that bad, is it?," liliana finally said. "Well then," he said in an authoritative way, "come with me; I'll show you."
Criss began to walk and Liliana just followed. He wasn't talking, and had a serious look on his face, similar to that of a sphinx. Liliana then asked in a low voice, "Umm, Criss, where are you taking me?" "You'll see. Just keep walking," he answered, without even turning his head to look at her.

Then he asked, "Liliana, what's your favorite holiday?" Liliana was thrown off balance. "What did that have to do with anything?," she thought. Then she said, "Umm, I don't know, I've never really thought about it. Why do you ask?" "You'll see, just wait a little bit more; we're almost there. Oh, and by the way, mine is Halloween," he said, as he turned around gave a freaky smile to Liliana.

Once again, Liliana felt worried, but this time even worse. Her heart began to beat faster and faster. She didn't know if she should keep following him or just sneak away while he wasn't looking.

Then she asked him, "Oh really? And why is it your favorite one?" He put on that freaky smile of his again and said, "Because you get to wear costumes" He noticed her preoccupation, and said, "It's ok, soon you'll understand.

[DeppAngel]

Ch 7 – Concealing


Criss and Liliana arrived at a storage in a lonely part of town. Criss opened the lock on the door and took the chain out. Then he opened the big blue doors, and said, "Well, come on in." Liliana was just standing there, and didn't move. "Oh c'mon, what are you afraid of?" he asked sarcastically. "Well, I got my reasons to doubt you, you know. You've been acting very strange the whole morning, it's like you're a different person from the man I met yesterday," she said.

Criss looked down and swallowed. Then he looked at her and said, "I'm sorry, it's just that…you're the first one to know my secret." Liliana began to feel that the Criss that she had met at first was coming back, but there was still something wrong.

Criss then tried to reach to her with his right hand. She looked at his hand for a moment with a sense of suspicion. Finally she gave in, and held his hand, and they both went inside the dark and damp storage.




They walked for a little while, and then stopped. Criss whispered, "Stay here. I'll be right back. Don't move from here, ok?" and he left quickly. Liliana began to get the chills all through her body, as she looked around her in the middle of the darkness. Then the lights turned on, one by one. Criss came back running and said, "Ok, let's go." "Go where?," she said. Criss held her hand, smiled at her, and said, "Follow me." They walked some more into the huge storage. There was a great amount of garbage scattered all around. Suddenly, Criss said, "Stop." Liliana waited for him to unlock a metal blue door. They entered the room. It was a locker room. Everything seemed to be normal, until Criss went and opened one of the lockers and took a big black bag out of it.

It was a plastic bag with a hanger coming out of it. Obviously, it was some kind of outfit. Criss showed it to Liliana and said, "Look," as he took the clothes out of the bag. The outfit seemed to be some kind of uniform. It was royal blue, and it included some kind of hat. Criss put the outfit which was still hanging from the hanger onto his chest and said, "What do you think? Does it look good on me?" Liliana was extremely confused at this point. She had no words to describe what was going on. Then she said, "Well, I don't know. Are you planning to put it on? Is that the uniform for your real job?"

"More or less," he said. "Well then, is it?" Liliana asked. "Soon, my dear, you will find the answer to all your questions, but in the meantime…" he said as he went to get another outfit from another closet, "put on this outfit. It should look great on you." He gave the bag to Liliana, and she barely held it with her fingers. She didn't understand what she was getting herself into. Now she regretted not having run away while she still had the chance.

But that was then, and this was now, and she had no choice but to go along. Criss left Liliana in the locker room so she could change her clothes in privacy, while he changed his outside the room. When Liliana took the clothes out of the bag, she told herself, "No way, no way!" Criss finished putting the uniform on, and as he pulled up his zipper, Liliana opened the door.
Criss looked at her, and said, "Wow, looking good."Liliana looked mad. She said in a loud voice, "There better be a good reason for making me wear these clothes!" Criss said calmly, "There is." She shouted, "Well, I demand to know right now!"

Her outfit consisted of a long black dress with small diamonds embedded on the lower part of the dress and a black hat with some black feathers on top as well. It wasn't exactly embarrassing, but it was just too elegant for her taste. She thought, "How come I'm wearing a very expensive dress while he's wearing that ugly uniform?" The answer was closer than she thought.

Criss and Liliana walked out of the storage. Criss locked the gate behind him and said, "Liliana, head to the nearest bank. You know where the JP Morgan Chase Bank is, right?" Liliana said, "Yeah, but…" Criss interrupted her, "OK, go there immediately; I'll meet you there soon." "But where are you going? What are you gonna do?" she asked in a frightened tone. "Don't worry; just wait for me there, ok? He said. The tone of his voice reflected the urge he had to leave right away.

Criss left in the opposite direction and turned around a wall. Liliana, looked at him as he ran away, trying to decide if she should do what he has said or not. And, just like the last couple of times, she ended up following his directions.


She hurried to the bank. People looked at her and mumbled with one another. They probably were asking themselves who was that rich woman and where she was going. When she finally arrived to the bank, she walked in, and found a chair where to sit. Suddenly, she heard a phone ringing. The sound was nearby, and no one seemed to pick up any phone. She knew it wasn't her, since she had left her cell phone at Johnny's apartment.


The ringing kept going. She thought, "Well, there can't be any pockets on this dress now, can it?" and as she searched with her hand around the dress she fell a small part that was different from the other material from which the dress was made from. She examined it, and realized it was a very small zipper. She opened it and inspected inside that pocket. To her surprise, there was a small cell phone inside. She quickly took it out and answered it. "Hello?" she said. "Stand in line," a mysterious voice said. "Who is this? Is it you Criss?" she asked loudly, since she could barely hear due to all the people that were talking and passing by around her. "Lower you voice," He said, "and don't say my name out loud. Now please do as I say and stand in line, I'm almost there."





"But--," she said, but the call was dropped. She tried to redial but the number turned out to be private. She had no choice. She had come this far, and had finally understood what Criss had said earlier about not being able to turn back. She rose from the chair and walked towards one of the lines. There she waited for about five minutes, constantly checking her watch.

Then, she turned around to look at the door to see if he was coming. She didn't see him.

Outside the bank, a van had parked almost in front of the entrance. A man in a uniform came out of it, and walked into the bank, looking down and holding a packet of papers which seemed to be bank receipts with his left hand, and a big black sack hanging from his right one.
He walked through the front door. Liliana felt a cold wind blowing from behind as the main door opened.

[DeppAngel]

Ch 8 – Regeneration

Liliana was about to turn around to see who had come into the bank, but her movement was stopped by a man’s voice that came from behind saying calmly but firmly, “Don’t move.” “Is it you, Criss?” she thought. The man put a small piece of paper in her hand, and then left, passing right by her right side. Judging by the suit he was wearing, it seemed to be Criss. She stood there, frozen, until he disappeared into the crowd. She took a look at the paper. It said, “If I were you, I would walk towards the main door.”

Liliana said to herself, "This is my chance!" She had no idea what Criss was up to, but it seemed that now that he had given her "permission" to get close to the door she would be able to escape. She rushed to the door, and just as she was about to get there, a man in a black suit and barely putting a mask on broke in pointing a gun at everyone. Liliana froze. The man took advantage of this and took her hostage. He used her as a shield from the security guards. The guards just pointed their guns at him without shooting, fearing that they would hurt Liliana.

Then, a really loud noise was heard from inside the bank. It sounded like an explosion. The criminal let go of Liliana and told her to run towards the counters where the employees were, pointing the gun at her to make sure she ran as fast as she could. Liliana turn his back on him and began to run as fast as she could. Then, she heard a huge "Boom!" and she fell to the floor. She was partially unconscious. All she could hear were the screams from the people running around her. Her eyes would open and close over and over again. Every time she opened them, the vision of people lying on the floor struck her eyes. Until he felt someone grab her from behind and say, "It's ok, just hang in there." That was the last thing she remembered.

"Ahh!," she screamed, as her whole body jumped on the van's co-pilot seat.
She looked out the window and saw the buildings pass her by really fast, which made her head spin. She closed her eyes for a moment, trying not to faint again, and then she looked to her right. Her eyes open as wide as they could. It was Criss! He was the one driving the van!

Her hands began to shake, and in a desperate voice she said, "What’s going on!? What did you do?!" "Don't worry," he said, as he smiled at her. He seemed to be very calm. "Where are we going," she asked, still with a little weakness in her voice. "It's ok, just rest for now," he said, without taking his eyes off the road.
"But I don't wanna rest! I want to know what's going on!" she demanded. Criss's smiled disappeared, and now an expression of impatience had covered his face. He sighed and said in an angry voice, "Ok, you really wanna know?! Fine! I'll tell you!" "Don't you raise your voice on me, you bastard!," Liliana complained.

Criss calmed down, took a deep breath, and finally said, "What do you remember from the bank?" Liliana's face was clueless at first. She turned her head the other way to think for a moment. Then the memories came rushing back to her mind like bullets into her head.Liliana remembered when the man in the black outfit grabbed her and put the gun to her head. She could feel the cold metal against her skin, and the man's hand holding her arm behind her back really tight.
Then the man suddenly had a change of heart. He let go of Liliana and told her to run away as fast as she could. He fell on his knees and put his hands behind his head without even being told to do so, as a sign that he had given up. Liliana kept running until she heard the explosion and that was about everything she could remember.
Liliana turned her head toward Criss and told him what little she had remembered. Criss kept driving, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Liliana tried to calm down, and asked Criss, "Criss" but she was abruptly interrupted by him, "I robbed that bank, alright! Is that what you wanted to hear?" Liliana was in shock. Not only was she barely realizing that Criss was actually a bank robber, but now she would probably be incriminated as well for having "escaped" with Criss in the van, even though it was him who put her there.


Liliana was pissed off. She began to breathe really fast. She was trying to control herself, but her patience had reached its limit, until she finally exploded on Criss. "What the hell were you thinking? Why did you lie to me! What the hell do I have to do with this! Tell me! Tell me!" she screamed at him directly into his ear.


He began to feel uncomfortable, but still, he didn't say anything, and just kept on driving. Liliana felt frustrated and started screaming again, "Stop the van! Stop it right now!" and she grabbed the wheel which made Criss lose control of the van.
The van was zigzagging along the roadway. Criss stepped on the brakes and stopped the van before they had completely gone out of the road.
Criss and Liliana were both shocked. Liliana's eyes and mouth were wide open. Criss was breathing fast and his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
Liliana was speechless. Criss gulped, and as he was panting, he said, "The money is not for me, ok! Well, not all of it!" Liliana's eyes were full of despise. "Yeah, right," she said, and tried to open the door of the van. Criss grabbed her arm and said, "No, please! Don't leave! Let me explain everything!"
Liliana looked into his eyes. Those weren't the eyes of a criminal, or the eyes of someone who wanted to hurt people. But he had admitted it was true, and there was no way he could retract.
But the way he was looking at her touched her heart and she let go of the door handle. He let go of her arm and looked down at his lap. Liliana just stared at him for a moment, until he said, "It all started when I was younger, I was about 12 years-old when it happened. My little brother, Jonathan and I always played together, but one day he got sick and had to stay in bed all the time. I had always liked magic, and I always practiced so I could perform for him, I thought that would cheer him up and help him get better."
After hearing this story, Liliana wasn't mad at Criss anymore. She said, "Criss, that's really sad. May I ask what was wrong with him?" A tear sneaked out of one if his eyes, as he was trying to pull himself together. He said, "The doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. They kept giving him antibiotics, until one day, I came back from school, and I wanted to show him a new trick
I'd learned. But when I opened the door, I saw my parents crying. I rushed to Jonathan's room, and as I was about to open the door, the doctor came out of his room, and told me, 'It's ok. Go play somewhere. Maybe you want to show me one of your tricks later?'" Criss's eyes became full with tears and he started screaming, "No! No! Let me see him! Let me see him!" Criss began to cry uncontrollably and he rested his head against the doctor's lap. The doctor put his arms around Criss and tried to console him.
Liliana put her hand on his shoulder and said, "That's terrible." Criss kept sobbing. "Liliana didn't know how to say what she had in her head without sounding like she was indifferent to his horrible story, but she just had to ask him. She then said to him, "Criss, I know that was horrible, but I still don't understand how that has to do with what just happened." "Wait," he interrupted, "there's more."

He continued with his story. "I grew up with that memory stuck in my mind. I felt like I have failed to protect my little brother. I felt so useless. I changed. I was never the same Criss I used to be before."
Liliana said, "But you couldn't have done anything. Stop blaming yourself for that!" Criss said, "I know, and that's what pissed me off. I couldn't help my little brother who was in pain."
Criss then added, "At first, I felt like giving up my dream of becoming a professional illusionist. I thought I wouldn't be able to bare the memory of my brother's face as he watched me perform from his bed, trying to smile at me. I thought my dream was hopeless, and that it wouldn't do any good to anyone. I thought about it day and night. At times, I felt like I was betraying myself too for not becoming what I wanted to be. So, in the middle of that battle of thoughts, at the age of eighteen, I took whatever money I had saved and came to France, looking for a change. I looked for a way to follow my dream here, but the doors kept closing on me. Until one day I was walking by the street with no direction, thinking about a million things, when I found myself a hospital for little children. I walked in. One of the nuns stopped me, and asked if I had come to visit one of the children. I said, ‘No.’ The nun asked me why I was there. I told her the same story I’m telling you right now, and she told me about the children that they treated. Some had cancer, and others had leukemia. There were others with physical disabilities. In other words, each child was a different story. That's when I realized what my goal in life was. I wanted to help those children in pain. I wanted to live the life that my brother couldn't live. And so I found a plan to achieve that by using my abilities as an illusionist."
"What do you mean? I wouldn’t call robbing a bank a magic show." said Liliana sarcastically. "It is," he responded, "the way in which I steal the money is an illusion itself." Liliana seemed confused again. Criss continued, "Do you have any idea of how this all was carried out?"
Liliana took a moment to think about it, but couldn't find a logical explanation for it. There were only these loose pieces of a jigsaw puzzle in her brain that she just couldn't put together.
On top of that, she had fainted due to the explosion, to which she didn't have an explanation either. Criss interrupted her thinking, and said, "Lemme tell you how it happened."
When Criss and Liliana split up back at the storage, Criss had gone to get the van. His uniform was supposed to be that of a truck driver, simply delivering money to bank. When Criss got to the bank, he was carrying a packet of papers on one hand, a big black bag on the other one. Both items served special purposes.
The papers functioned as a "sandwich disguise," as Criss liked to call it, in which the papers were the "bread" and the middle part was a hidden gun.
The bag had two purposes. The first one was to deceive the employees at the bank by making them think that he had money in there to deliver, but in reality he had a pack of explosives to detonate the big safe. Then, after exploding them, he would use them same bag to carry the money out of the bank.
"But, if you were wearing the blue uniform, who was the other man" asked Liliana. Criss gave her an evil smile and giggled. "What? What did I say?" asked Liliana. "Do you really think this was all random? Did you think this was all done just in the spur of the moment? No my dear. This had been meticulously planned from weeks ago, and you just happened to get a role in this act.”
The other man was in fact, the real truck driver. Criss had kidnapped him days before the crime and had threatened him with killing him and his family if he didn't cooperate. Criss made him believe that he had men in every corner watching his every move, so the man always followed his instructions. Criss made him get the keys to open the doors that lead to the safe room. Of course, the safe couldn't be opened with just a simple key, but Criss already had the solution for that: explosives. The last order that the man received from Criss was to act as the real thief in the most obvious way to turn the attention towards him. That way, no one would get in Criss's way to go get the money. The man received orders directly from Criss through a small microphone hidden under his clothes. But that wasn't the only thing that Criss had hidden there, he had also covered the man in bombs, so if he tried to disobey him, that would be the last thing he did. What the man didn't know was that no matter what he did, his dead was already part of the plan. By making his explode, Criss would be able to escape from the bank through the smoke, and the only witness that knew his whole plan would be gone from this world. Liliana had only helped Criss gain more time by involuntarily acting as a hostage. But when the man exploded, Criss didn't have any plans of leaving her there. She was not only a witness too, but he had a special connection with her.
Liliana was shaking from the horrible words that were coming out of Criss's mouth. "But why did you have to kill all those innocent people?! Why?!" Criss put his hand on Liliana's mouth to shut her up. Liliana's fear froze her to her bones. "Sometimes we have to make sacrifices to get what we want!" he yelled. Liliana pushed his hand away and shouted, "You're sick! I'm leaving!" but Criss grabbed her again. This time, Liliana didn't give in that easily like last time. She began to kick and move her arms around. Criss finally pulled her towards him and kissed her on the lips. Liliana tried to push him away, but slowly she began to give in again, until she just let herself get carried away by his enchanting lips.
She loved him and at the same time she hated him. When he finally let go of her, she rested her head against his chest and began to cry. Criss said, "That hospital I was telling you about, it was about to get shut down, because the nuns didn't have enough funds to keep treating the children. I knew I had to do something about. I couldn't just let all those kids die like my brother did. This money is not for me. It's not so I can buy a nice car o a big house, no. This money is to help the hospital. Can't you see it? In this world nothing is balanced. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. All I'm doing is trying to give a little balance to the situation here." Liliana raised her head to look at him, and said, "Criss…" she paused, as she didn't know what to say. Criss replied, "It's OK. I can't blame you for judging me like that. I just wanted to explain my reasons to you. It was never my intention to get you in trouble. I even made you wear that dress with the hat so people wouldn't recognize you. And that's why I took you out of the bank while you were unconscious. But none of that matters now, because all I am is a bank robber, and I should have told you from the beginning, but I didn't, and it's my fault. It's ok if you hate me. You can go now. That was all I wanted to say." Criss turned around and looked out the window so Liliana wouldn't notice that his eyes were getting watery. Liliana looked down for a moment, thinking of something to say, but her mind was a mess. She impulsively turned to the door and put her hand on the handle. And just as she was about to open the door, she turned around and put her arm on his shoulder. Criss let out a "Huh?" out of surprise.
Criss turned and look at her. She smiled tenderly at him, and said, "I understand you. And I forgive you."

[DeppAngel]

Ch 9 - Balance


Criss kept driving, while Liliana took a short nap. Then Liliana began to slowly open her eyes. “Good morning sunshine! Or should I say, ‘Good night?’” he said with a mocking tone. Liliana rubbed her eyes and then said, “I’m hungry.” Criss said, “Oh really? Well, it’s OK; I had to buy gas anyway.” Criss drove some more until they reached a gas station. Luckily, there was a small restaurant next to it. “You can go ahead. Order something while I put gas in the van,” he said. Criss gave her some money and she walked towards the restaurant. Criss then put the hose in the car’s nozzle as he reflected on all the things both Liliana had he had gone through today. But his thoughts came to a violent halt as he heard a gunshot. He immediately turned around. The noise had doubtlessly come from inside the restaurant. He ran as fast as he could and entered the place. Liliana was standing there, facing the counter. Everyone had their eyes on her. Criss ran to her, and asked, “What happened, I thought I heard a –,” He couldn’t finished his sentence after what he had seen. Liliana was pointing a gun at the cashier. Criss put his hand over Liliana’s right arm, and calmly he said, “OK, calm down, Liliana. Now, put the gun down, please.” Liliana’s arms were as stiff as metal bars.

The sound of dragging chairs made Criss turn around. A couple of men had gotten up from their tables, and were now walking towards Criss and Liliana. One of them was holding a knife while the other one had grabbed a chair and was carrying it over his head. An “Oh-oh” escaped Criss’s mouth. He put his own hands around Liliana’s, which were still holding the gun as tight as if they were glued to the gun, and made her point at the man with the chair. He gave pushed her index finger, therefore pulling the trigger. People screamed, and the chair blew into many pieces falling on the man’s head. Liliana got scared, and her body let go of some of its stiffness. Criss grabbed her hand and took off running with her, saying, “C’mon, let’s go!” as they escaped out of the restaurant.

Criss got on the van and turned it on, while Liliana only opened the door but froze as she saw the men coming towards them. This time there were more than just a couple. Criss yelled, “C’mon, get in!” but she wouldn’t. Then she pointed the gun at the men, and Criss screamed, “What are you doing! Let’s get out of here!” Liliana’s hands were shaking. The men were getting closer and closer, until she suddenly pointed to the ground, where all the oil from the hose had splattered. She shot. The collision between the bullet and the floor ignited the oil. The flames began to travel along the gas and towards the gas station pump. Criss shouted, “Hurry up and get in the car! This place it’s gonna explode!” Liliana snapped out of it and jumped into the car. Criss stepped on the accelerator at full speed. The wheels screeched as they tried to escape.

The men stopped right next to the gas pump, and stood there, watching as the van got lost in the distance. Then one of them sniffed something and said, “Hey guys, you smell something?” One of the men replied, “yeah, you're right, it's like something's burning.” The men all turned to their rights, and so how the flames were beginning to consumer the gas pump. The men screamed their lungs out, and then there was a deafening sound, which made Liliana curl in her seat and cover her ears. They kept driving for a while at a high speed, and when they thought things couldn’t get any worse, they heard a police car siren from behind.

Criss checked the mirror, and saw the cop car signaling him to to stop. Criss exclaimed, “!+%%!” and pulled over on the side of the road. The police car stopped behind them, and the officer got off his car and walked towards Criss’s window. Liliana whispered, “What are you doing? Let’s get away!” Criss shushed her and said, “What! Are you crazy? We would get caught more easily that way. We gotta pretend like nothing’s wrong!” Criss suddenly stopped talking to Liliana and looked out the window, where the police officer was standing. The cop said, "is everything alright?”Criss said nervously, “Oui, oui!”4 Liliana leaned over so she could see the cop more clearly. She smiled at him very innocently and said, “Eveything is ok, don't worry!”5 The cop bent down to get a closer look at Liliana, and said, “Hey, you look familiar! Arent you that girl that came out on T.V who had an arrest warrant for attempted murder?”

Liliana’s pupils dilated. The officer stepped away from the van and said, “I'm going to have to ask both of you to come out of the car”. Criss immediately obeyed and proceded to step out of the van. He was about to open the door when he was surprised to see Liliana’s hand holding the gun right in front of his face. The officer hadn’t seen the gun yet, but had noticed that Criss was taking too long to come out of the van. He came closer again and bent down. When he saw Liliana pointing the gun at him his eyes opened widely and immediately tried to get his gun out. But before he could do so, Liliana pulled the trigger, leaving the cop lying on the floor. Criss yelled, “What the **!* are you doing!?” Liliana said, “Well, we were gonna get caught; I just had to do something about it.” Criss looked at her, surprised, and said, “Yeah, but,-,” Liliana interrupted him by saying, “You wanna help those kids, right?” Criss nodded affirmatively.

“Well then,” Liliana said, “get us out of here.” Criss closed the door, turned the van back on, and began to drive. They remained quiet for about five minutes, until something suddenly struck Criss. “Wait, what ever happened at that restaurant? I sent you to order something and a couple of minutes after I hear a gunshot. And when did you even took my gun from me?!” he exclaimed in an upset voice. Liliana look somewhat ashamed. Then she began to talk. “Well you see…”

Liliana had walked into the restaurant. Everything seemed normal. There were only people eating, and the waiters walking by, typical of any restaurant, until she got to the counter to make her order. She turned to look at the T.V. that was there. It was set on the news. The host was talking about a huge crime in Paris. Liliana began to fear that they could be referring to the robbery of the bank. But to her surprise, it was something different, but equally bad.

The French news reporter began to say,
“We’re here at this apartment building, where it is presumed that the famous movie star, Johnny Depp has been found unconscious. Apparently, he was hit on the back on the head with a flower vase. The police hasn't been able to find where the anonymous tip came from. We've been reported that Johnny Depp was taken to a hospital. The doctors said fell in a comma and remains in a critical state at the moment. The police suspect this to be a crime of passion, based on some photographs that were found inside the apartment. Rumors tell of the actor having a relationship with two women at the same time, thus causing one of them to take revenge on him. We'll try to find more information as this case develops. Here are a couple of photographs of the women. She has a slender body, blond hair. The other woman has a small complexion, black long hair down to her shoulders, and light skin. If you have seen any of these two women, please contact your local police station.

When the news reporter finished talking, Liliana noticed that everyone was looking at her. She realized that she was in big trouble. The manager kept looking back and forth at Liliana’s face and then to the T.V. screen where they were still showing the photograph. Liliana held still, waiting to see what happened. The manager slowly walked toward the telephone, and then…

“You shot the damn telephone?! You’re insane!” shouted Criss. “Well, what did you want me to do? He was gonna call the cops on us; is that what you wanted?” Liliana asked ironically. Criss replied, “No, they were going to call the police on you, not me. I’m not the one who almost killed a man with a flower vase.” Liliana stunned. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She said, “Well, I’m not the one who blew up and entire bank and killed dozens of people.” Criss’s expression became somber. He didn’t talk back and remained silent for a moment. Then he said, “I have a cause, you know.” Liliana responded, “Yes, I know. But my case was an accident. I didn’t mean for that !@%+*#@ to end up at the hospital.” Both of them seemed to calm down.

Then Criss said, “So, I take it that he’s your so –called ex-boyfriend?” Liliana nodded and said, “Aha.” Criss paused, and then he said, “So… why did you try to kill him?” Liliana went off on Criss. “I told you, I didn’t want to kill him! Get it?!” Criss, holding his laughter deep inside, said, “Alright, alright, I get it. I was just joking. Besides, now we have another thing in common: we’re both running from the police.” Liliana whined, “But I don’t wanna be running away for the rest of my life!” Criss looked at her and smiled, but didn’t say anything. “What? What’s so funny about that?!” Liliana uttered. Criss mockingly said, “You already in this mess before you even knew it, and there’s not way out of it, honey.”

Liliana crossed her arms and looked irritated. Then Criss asked, “So, why did you guys break up then?” Liliana looked out the window and muttered, “I don’t want to talk about it.” Criss responded, “Oh, c’mon! I told you my sad story, now’s your turn.” Liliana took a deep breath, and said, “Alright then, if you insist. Johnny-.” “Johnny Depp, right?” he interrupted. “Yes,” she stated, annoyed, “he was my boyfriend, and-.” Criss interrupted her again, “Who would have thought it, an alleged bank robber and a super star’s ex-girlfriend in the same car. The world sure is small.” Liliana lost her temper and said, “Is everything a $!$++!+ joke to you?” Criss kept smiling mockingly and said, “You know, now that you’re a fugitive as well, the last thing you should do is lose your cool, you know. You gotta keep a cold mind, and most of all, you should make good use of your sense of humor, because if you keep up with that anger you’re bound to make a mistake that could get us both in jail.” Liliana hated to admit it, but he was damn right.

She decided to veer the conversation, “Where are we going anyway?” Criss seemed happy to hear that question. “This time we’re going to my place.” He said confidently. “Oh, so you do have a place after all,” said Liliana in a burlesque tone. Criss nodded. “And may I ask where is it?” she said. “Oh, don’t worry, it’s not too far from where we are now, and I’m pretty sure you’ll like it,” he said very pleased. “Oh, really?” she asked doubtfully. “Oh, yeah,” he replied, as he looked right into the darkness of the road ahead.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 10- Confrontation

The night arrived and a light rain began to fall, which lowered Criss’s visibility of the road. Once again, their short fuses became a problem.

“So,” Liliana said, to break the ice after a long period of silence and boredom, "I assume that you've been doing this for a long time."
Criss turned and asked, "Do what?"
"Well, you know, rob banks and stuff."
"Why you ask?"
"Well, that didn't seem to be your first time doing that. You seemed very professional about it."
"That's why you don't hear about me on the news; they don't even know it's me, unlike you who leaves all the evidence there for the cops to see!"
"What are you talking about?!" Liliana replied in disagreement.

"Well, you send a guy to the hospital, and you leave pictures and belongings there. Now they got your face all over the news. And then, you take out a gun in a restaurant full of people, as if you were admitting that you were the one from on T.V. That was totally careless and unnecessary. Then you kill that cop, and with my gun! Now they're going to have a bullet to examine which can lead them too other clues."
"Well it's not like I haven't learned anything. I set the gas station on fire precisely so there wouldn't be any traces or witnesses."
Criss scolded her, “But you can't be sure of that! How do you know that some of the people survived the explosion, and that they're now getting closer on us? I make sure that no one gets even a small glance at my face."
"Well, that's also why I shot that cop; I was trying to get rid of a witness-"

She was stopped by Criss who started yelling, "Are you trying to add more years to our sentence? Why do you want to pile our record with even more unnecessary crimes? This is not a game, you know. This is serious, and you should be thankful that I managed to get you safely out of your own mess."
Liliana remained quiet and just looked out the window. Criss kept driving with a mad look on his face, until he was able to cool down, and said, "OK, you know what? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you. It's just that this is a serious situation and-" this time Liliana interrupted him.
"I understand"

Criss didn't know what to say. He looked at her with eyes of shame, while she kept staring out the window. It was going to be a long night.
The rain got heavier, and there seemed to be no end for the long and dark road that lied ahead.
Liliana asked, "How much longer?"
"We should be arriving there soon," he answered.
"You said the same thing hours ago, and you're still driving."
They kept driving some more until Criss began to slow down. He made a right turn and entered another small and desolated road. Until they arrived to what seemed from the outside to be a big old house. It wasn't exactly a mansion, but the building was of huge proportions. Criss parked the van in front of the front gate of the house.
"Wait here," he told Liliana.
"He went out in the rain, and rang the bell.
A voice answered from the speaker and said, "Who is it?"
"It's Criss," he replied.

Then a buzzing sound was heard and the gate was open. He signaled Liliana to come out of the car. They entered through the gate. The front yard was gigantic. There was a huge fountain in the center with sculptures of angels. There were some swings too. Liliana couldn't explore further with her eyes because of the rain. They finally got to the door. Criss knocked and the door. They waited for a few seconds until the door opened, and a nun greeted them.

"Please, come in before you catch a cold."
The nun led them to a small living room, where she offered them a cup of coffee.
"If it's not too much of a problem," Liliana said.
"Oh, no, it's not a problem at all. I'll be back in a moment," the nun gladly said.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Liliana asked Criss, "Hey, where are we?"
"Isn't it obvious?" he said.
"Is this the hospital that you told me about?"
"Yes."

The nun came back with a huge smile on her face, and holding a tray with the coffee and some sugar.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, here's your-"
The nun's hands started shaking, as she stared into the hallway that was behind the couch where Criss was sitting on. The nun dropped the tray, and the cups broke, splattering coffee all over the floor. Criss got up quickly and turned around.

Liliana did the same. A woman with blond hair and a slender body stood there in the hallway, holding a rifle. Without taking his eyes off the woman, Criss ordered the nun to run away. The nun left quickly.
Then the woman said, "So, it seems that you got yourself a new man."
Liliana was frozen, while Criss couldn't understand what was going on.
Then he asked Liliana, "Do you know this woman?" But Liliana couldn't talk. Then the woman said, "C'mon Liliana, why don't you tell your little boyfriend here what you did. Tell him how you took my man away from me!"
A thunderstorm had started outside.

Criss said, "Liliana, who is this woman? What is she doing here?"
"It seems that she's too shocked to talk," the woman said. "I'll tell you who I am. I am Johnny Depp's fiancée, and this +@@@# sent the love of my life into a world of pain, from which I don't know if he'll be coming back!"
Criss was calm, too calm. He's confidence struck the woman as he said, “So, you must be the one that gave the anonymous tip to the police, am I right?"

"Wow, you really are smart, my dear, " she said sarcastically.
"Well, then, what do you want from us?!" he shouted.
"I want the money the money you stole from that bank."
Criss acted surprised.
"That's right, I know everything about it. I know you're the one who stole that money and killed all those people."
"Then why don't you turn me in? Wouldn't that be much easier?"
"Oh no," she said, "that would kill all the fun! Besides, I don't want just the money."
"Then? What do you want?" he exclaimed.
The woman pointed her rifle at Liliana.
"I want her life as well!"
And just as she was about to pull from the trigger, a shot hit the ceiling above her, letting small rocks and dust to fall on her. Criss and Liliana turned to their rights. The kind nun that they had met before was now holding a shotgun in her hands and had an expression of anger on her face. Her hands were not shaking at all. The woman ran away and Criss followed her. When he had come out of the front gate, a shot almost hit him, but he was able to dodge it. The woman was already on her motorcycle, holding the black bag with the money. He exclaimed, "!@%#!" as she got away, laughing at him.

Liliana came out after that, looking for Criss.
"Criss, what happened!? Are you OK?"
"Yes I'm fine."
"She took the money! Criss, I'm so-"
"It's OK, don't worry about it."
"But, Criss!-"
"I said, it's OK, really. Look, I'll show you"

Criss took Liliana to the back of the van and opened the doors. He said, "You see that?"
Liliana said ironically, "Yes, I can see that the money is not there!"
Criss got inside the van, and pushed a couple of boxes among the mess he had in there. He began to search for something.
"What are you looking for?"
"Wait…I almost…got it" he said, as he struggled to find what he was looking for, until he finally seemed to pull something out of there. Liliana was amazed. It was the black bag!

"But,-but how?!" she stuttered.
Criss winked at her and said, "The bag was here all the time."
"But then, what did she take with her?"
"A black bag," he said.
"Yes, I know that! But, what's inside?"
Criss just smiled.

The woman was riding her bike as fast as she could, fearing that Criss and Liliana would follow her. When she realized that she was safe, she stopped abruptly in the middle of the lonely road, and took a peek inside the bag, as to congratulate herself for her great deed. Her nerves got tense, and her liver was about to explode. She threw the bag on the floor with all her strength. Blank pieces of paper wrapped in rubber bands came out flying out of the bag.
She was furious.

A mysterious man wearing a hat and a large grey coat appeared from the darkness.
"It looks like our friend, Criss, was smarter than we thought. He really has lived up to his reputation."
The woman just heard him. She was still mad.
"Well, no need to worry;" he said confidently, "We'll play a little more with him. And then we'll see who's smarter"

[RACHEL02189]

Yea i want to read the end of this story

[DeppAngel]

CH. 11
The sunlight began to pour through the window and onto Liliana’s face. She grumbled and her eyes began to slowly open. She found herself lying on the couch. She looked around but she was the only one there. Until Criss’s deep voice struck her from the side,
“Good morning sunshine.”
Still a little sleepy, she muttered,
“Morning.”
“Well, the nun’s made breakfast, so you better come eat something fast cuz we gotta leave.”
“Where are we going?” she replied, surprised.
“We only came to drop off the money for the nuns, and besides, that crazy chick might still be around, so we gotta keep on the move. C’mon, get up.”

Liliana rose from the couch and followed Criss into the kitchen. The nun greeted them,
“Good morning, my children. Please have a seat.”
The nun had served each of them a bowl of oat meal.
“Excuse us. We don’t have much here,” said the nun shamefully.
“Oh, it’s ok! The oat meal tastes really good! Thank you very much,” Liliana cheerfully replied.
The nun smiled pleasantly at her. Criss was already done eating, and said, “If you keep talking it’s gonna get late. Finish that so we can leave. Liliana looked at him in disagreement, and then looked at the nun again and discreetly smiled at her.

Meanwhile, the mysterious man and Vanessa remained in their car, waiting for Criss and Liliana to pass by so they could make their move on them. Then man suddenly received orders from above.
“How’s the mission going?” asked the voice through the headset earphone.
“Good, sir. We’re waiting for them to come out of the manor.”
“Keep an eye on that woman. Her feelings can become a problem.”
“Don’t worry, sir, I got everything under control.”
“I hope so. Now, get to work-oh, and if that woman tries to hinder the mission on any way, please dispose of her discreetly.”
“Yes, sir.”

The man hang up with his boss. Vanessa then asked,
“What did he tell you?”
“Nothing, he was just making sure we were doing our job properly. That’s all.”
“You better not be lying to me. If you’re hiding something, you better tell me right now.”
“Listen, I’m the one who gives the orders here, not you. And you should be grateful that because of us you can take your stupid revenge on Liliana.”
Vanessa growled at him and opened the door of the car.
“And just where do you think you’re going?”
“I’m gonna do things my way,” she replied as she shut the door roughly, and walked away.
“+%%%,” he said to himself, “Now what am I supposed to do?”
Back at the manor, Criss and Liliana were saying goodbye to the nun.
“Thank you for everything!” Liliana exclaimed happily.
Criss said, “Would you wait just a moment here? I’ll be right back,” and left in a hurry. Liliana couldn’t even say, “OK,” when he was already gone.
“And where could he be going now? She asked the nun, but the nun just raised her shoulders. About five minutes later, the sound of a car engine was heard. Criss came out of nowhere driving a red Pontiac. Liliana’s mouth was wide open.

“When in the hell did you get this car?
“Oh, you know, I got my ways. Besides, we need to change our image. If we keep driving that old van they’ll know for sure it’s us.”
“And don’t you think this is going to attract even more attention to us?”
Criss looked at her and said, “OK can you stop whining and just get in the car?”
Liliana just sighed and turned around to say goodbye to the nun for the last time.

Back outside, the mysterious man was impatiently waiting for Vanessa to come back, when he saw a red car drive by right in front of him. He thought, “
“#!@%, it’s them! And where the @*+@ is Vanessa!?”
He knew he had no choice but to follow them and leave Vanessa behind. Besides, she had her motorcycle and could catch up to him any time.

But as soon as the red car drove by, Vanessa also passed by, apparently following them as well. He felt relieved, and began to drive. He kept a certain distance so he wouldn’t be seen that easily, but had to accelerate when he realized that the Pontiac was driving faster.
“He must have seen me,” the man thought.
Vanessa began to slow down so she could be next to the mysterious man’ car.
“Vanessa! Go get them!”
Vanessa took out a gun and pointed it at Criss’s car.
“C’mon! Shoot the wheels or something!” the man yelled.

But Vanessa didn’t shoot, and instead,, she pointed the gun at him.
“What the hell are you doing?!” he exclaimed.
Vanessa was about to shoot when the man abruptly stepped on the brakes. His car began to zigzag and then to spin around. Vanessa didn’t shoot and kept driving. The man got off the car saying, “What the hell was that?!”

The red Pontiac and the black motorcycle kept moving along the road for a while until both stopped. Vanessa got off the bike and walked towards the red car. She stood in front of the window.
“Oh my God! Are you going to kill me Vanessa?” Criss exclaimed.
“Oh, whatever!” she replied.
She took off her helmet. It was Liliana all along.
Back at the road by the manor, Vanessa was trying to untie herself as she walked towards the road.
“Those bastards! I hate you Liliana!” she screamed.
Liliana got on the car and they left together, leaving the bike in the middle of the road.
They finally arrived to a city of Le Havre Rouen. They had barely made their way into town, when Criss said, “, we’re being followed again.”
“What!?” said Liliana as she turned around to see.
“Put your seatbelt on,” said Criss.
“What are we going to do?” she asked.

Criss stepped firmly on the accelerator and began to make random turns on every intersection, but no matter what he did, the other car was still behind them.
Some people almost got ran over, and a fruit stand was destroyed by one of the cars, but none of them would give in.
“He just won’t give up!” Liliana screamed.
Criss made another turn and found himself driving towards a storage. The gate was slowly closing down. He accelerated even more and screamed, “Get down!”
“What?"
“I said get down!”

Liliana and Criss took off their seat belts and ducked in their seats.
Liliana screamed as the car was about to get through the little gap that was left between the floor and the gate. The gate tore away the roof of the car, making sparks jump in every direction. Criss drove a little further inside the storage until they finally stopped.
“C’mon, let’s go,” said Criss, panting out of shock.
The mysterious man parked in front of the gate and got off the car. He spotted one of the men that worked there and said to him, “Hey! Hey, you! Come and open this gate for me, would ya?”

Criss and Liliana had barely started to tiptoe along their way through all the piles of boxes and merchandise that created some sort of maze, when they heard a voice call out to them.
“Come out of wherever you’re hiding! There’s nowhere to run now! Just give yourself up!”
Criss and Liliana remained silent and kept walking forward, without making any noise.
Then the man shot upwards, which made Liliana scream.
“Bingo!” the man exclaimed victoriously.

Criss and Liliana began to walk faster. Then, a bullet hit a box next to Liliana’s head. She screamed. Criss took her by the hand and they ran as fast as they could. The man kept following them and shooting at them, missing every time. Then, Criss quickly turned around to see if the man was still behind them, but the man had disappeared. They stayed still for a moment, trying to predict from what direction the man would attack next time. Then Criss heard a footstep and turned around. But it was too late. The man shot Criss on the head. Criss came to hit the floor and Liliana ran up to him and tried to wake him up. She held him in her arms, crying.
“Please, Criss, wake up! You can’t do this to me.”
The man approached her, pointing the gun at her, and said, “It’s over, there’s nothing you can do to help him. Now get up and put your hands behind your head.” Liliana put Criss gently back on the floor and slowly rose. When she was halfway up, she punched him between his legs, making him flinch. She hit him on the back with her elbows and he fell on the floor.
She took advantage of that to run away as fast as she could. The man got up, grabbed his gun, and began to chase her. She ran and ran, until she finally spotted another gate. And best of all, it was wide open! She ran towards it with all the strength that was left in her. The feeling of freedom attracted her, as a moth is attracted to the light. She finally got out. The light blinded her. But it wasn’t over. It had just gotten worse, as she saw herself surrounded by police cars and cops pointing at her and telling her,
“Put your hands behind your head!”

Liliana was as still and as cold as an ice berg.
“I repeat. Put your hands behind your head.”
Liliana did what she was told. Then the mysterious man walked by her. Liliana began to point her hand at him, and screamed, “That’s him! He’s the one who’s been trying to kill us! Get him!”
The man smiled sarcastically at her, and took out his wallet. He showed her his police badge.
“I’m detective Adam Palmer. You’re under arrest.”
Liliana couldn’t believe her eyes. The police had been following them all along, and even Criss hadn’t realized it. Two cops came to her and handcuffed her.
“Take her away,” he said triumphantly.

The cops grabbed Liliana by her arms, and just when they were about to take her to the police car, another police office came out running from inside the storage, saying, “Sir, the man is gone.”
Liliana was able to hear that. She knew Criss, and she knew he was up to something. Strangely enough, she felt a rush of confidence through her body.
“Keep looking!” said Adam furiously.

Liliana was put in the car. She put no resistance, for she was sure that Criss would come save her any minute. Of course, she couldn’t be certain of this, but her hope was the only thing she had left and that was helping her to bear with the situation.

She looked from inside the car at how the police was desperately trying to find Criss. She could tell by their worried faces that they had had no luck in doing so. She kept looking, waiting for Criss to pull off one of his insane tricks. But the cop started driving, and there was no sign of Criss. She kept looking back, trying not to lose hope. She didn’t want to think that that was the end. She wanted to believe, but maybe this time not even Criss would be able to do anything. She was already caught by the cops. How could he even attempt to do anything? He had miraculously survived the gunshot on his head, but could he get away from the police just like that?

[DeppAngel]

CH. 12- Survival
Adam and the other officers went back inside the storage to search for Criss.
“Let’s split up. This place is like a maze. He could be hiding anywhere. And be careful, he’s a dangerous man.”
Each cop took his one path inside the storage. They walked slowly but steadily, so Criss wouldn’t sense them coming. He might already have a trap ready for them. Adam heard a shot. He turned around but didn’t see anything. He yelled,
“Is everyone alright?”

His voice echoed throughout the building. Most of the cops replied “Yes, sir.”
Adam kept walking, and heard more shots. He immediately ran in the direction from where the shot was heard. He found two dead officers. He called the others through his radio. Some were still alive. But he kept hearing gun shots, and each time they came from different directions until there was complete silence. He tried to call the others but there was no response. He was sweating with the adrenaline rushing through his system. The place was so quiet that the only thing he could hear was his own breath.
“Freeze!”

Adam froze. He raised his hands in the air and dropped his gun on the floor.
“Well, it seems like I was the one who got caught in the end,” he said playfully.
“Shut up!” shouted Criss, as he held a gun from one of the dead cops in his hand.
He had a look of hatred on his face. Criss had never been so furious in his whole life. This time, he felt able to do whatever he wanted. Criss put the gun against Adam’s back.

“So, I think this is it, then.” Adam said, but he didn’t look scared at all.
Criss pulled the trigger, but there were no bullets left in the gun. Adam chuckled evilly. He made a quick 180 degree turn on Criss and hit Criss’s arm, making him drop his gun. Then he swiftly punched Criss on the face, and ran to where his gun was to pick it up. Criss recovered quickly from the punch on his face and jumped on Adam. Adam’s hand got so close to the gun, and he tried to reach for it. But Criss was chocking him. He really wanted to kill him and stop this whole mess as fast as possible. But Adam was able to grab the gun, and shoot backwards, hitting Criss’s shoulder.

The bullet didn’t get stuck in him, but rather just scratched him. Criss screamed in agony, and Adam was able to push him away and point his gun at Criss. Criss kicked his gun away from Adam’s hands, and then kicked him on the face. Then he tried to kick him a third time, but this time Adam was fast enough to catch Criss’s foot in the air, and pulled him towards himself, making Criss fall on his back. Adam got up and went to get his gun back, but Criss wasn’t done fighting. He punched Adam in the stomach, and as his anger built up, so did the strength of every punch with which he hit Adam. Criss punched Adam on face over and over again. He hit Adam so fast and so hard that Adam didn’t even have time to react and do anything. Criss gave him his final punch, and Adam fell on the floor. Criss was breathing hard like a wild beast. Adam was still alive and conscious, but he was so weak that he couldn’t move, Criss wiped some of the sweat from his face with his hand, and said,
“Stay.”
Criss left in a hurry. He sneaked out of the storage and took a police car and left.
Back inside the police car, Liliana was losing more and more hope as she got closer to the prison. Until one of the windows shattered, and the car began to zigzag on the road.
“Lily! Over here!” screamed Criss from the car next to theirs.
Liliana said to herself, “I knew it! I knew he would come rescue me!”

Criss began to crash his car against the police car to try to make it stray out of the road, but the cop backfired by doing the same and shooting his gun at Criss. Bullets began to hit every part of Criss’s car, but none of them hit Criss. It was like the death was on his side. Criss desperately looked for a gun in the drawer. He found one. He began to shoot the officer, and one of the bullets struck him in his arm, making his lose control of the car. Criss accelerated and made a wild turn in front of the police car to stop it.

The police car where Liliana was being transported crashed on Criss’s car. Criss hit himself on the forehead, but he was still alive. Liliana broke the window with her handcuffs and managed to get out of the car. She went to help get Criss who had gotten stuck in his car. Once he got out, the sound of sirens began to get closer and closer. Both of the cars were wrecked and useless. They were close to a bridge. They ran to it and jumped off of it into the water. The police cars drove by without noticing them. Once they were gone, Criss and Liliana came out of the water. They found a motored boat nearby. The hopped on it and turned it on.

“Criss, where are we going to go now?”
“This time, I have no idea. But one thing’s for sure: we’re getting away from these cops and out of this country.
And so they began to travel along the river, and disappeared in the mist.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 13
Two months later in Geneva, Switzerland...

"Criss wake up" Liliana said, while moving Criss' shoulder. Criss groaned while moving around his bed and covered his face with the blanket. "Criss come on!, get up you lazy!" Liliana whined. Criss uncovered his face and saw Liliana sitting beside his bed all dressed up. "Oh my...god, she looks beautiful" Criss thought to himself.

" Criss, its been two months since we arrived in Geneva and we haven't had the chance to go out and have fun" Liliana told Criss while opening the window curtains. suddenly Criss growled while the sun rays came into contact with his eyes, "ahhhhhhhh, it burns!" " Criss, I'm serious. Lets go out and look around" Liliana said while making her way to Criss' bed.
"Lily, you know is to dangerous" Criss continue " you know our situation and we can't risk our lives and be seen in public"
Liliana began to get mad, then again Criss had a point. But she didn't want to spend the rest of her life locked up in an apartment.

Criss looked at Liliana and waited for her response. Liliana got up and began to walk away. She was angry and then again mad, for the fact that once again she was going to spend a beautiful sunny day locked in an apartment. Criss quickly, but gently grabbed Liliana by her arm and said,
" Lily, I'm sorry but like i told you..." Criss was rapidly interrupted by Liliana who said, " I understand Criss, and yeah we can't risk our lives" Criss looked at her. He knew that Liliana was young and wanted to have fun but then again he wanted to have everything under control.
Criss sighed, " Ok...you win, we'll go out and have fun" Liliana looked up at Criss and couldn't believe what she was hearing. " Are you serious?" Liliana said in a excited voice. " yeah I'm serious, and you're right we can't be locked up in this room forever" Criss said while making his way to the bathroom. Liliana waited for Criss in the living room. A few minutes later Criss came out and they both headed out the door.

While exploring the city's most famous attractions, they visited the famous Museum of Art and History and Le Jet D'eau a majestic 140m water fountain which is the tallest fountain in the world. They were having a great time, they chatted, laugh, over all had a great time.
While walking through the plaza Liliana was talking when suddenly she was interrupted by Criss "I'm hungry". Liliana looked at him and burst out laughing. "You are random, but now that you mentioned it, I'm hungry too" Criss smiled and took the shopping bags away from Liliana's hands. " I'm gonna take the bags into the car, wait for me here. So we can go to that restaurant we saw two blocks away from here" Criss told Liliana while he took out the car keys from his pocket. Liliana agreed. To kill time she began to look at some of the Art work stands around the plaza.

" Bonjour" a voice said. Liliana quickly turned around and saw this tall handsome man with short dark hair, and beautiful light brown eyes. Liliana stared at him for a moment and swiftly greeted him. " Ohh, Bonjour" " I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you" the man said. Liliana blushed " oh no, don't worry I fine" "Beautiful art, I wish I could paint like that..by the way my name is Stéphane" He said while looking at Liliana. Liliana shook his hand and introduce herself as Camille.
Criss was coming back from his way to the car and at the distance he saw Liliana chatting with a man. He began to walk fast towards them and find out what was happening. Sétphane gave Liliana his number and told her that he wanted to see her again and said good bye.

Liliana wave to Stéphane good bye while he waved back. " who's that?" Criss said in a angry tone. Liliana jumped out of surprised and turned around to see Criss standing tall and with a serious look on his face. " Oh my gosh, you scared me Criss" she said while putting her hand on his shoulder. Criss still with a fierce look in his eyes looked at her and said, " I'M WAITING WHO WAS HE?" "It's a new friend I just made, his name is Stéphane, he gave me his number" Liliana exclaimed while she look at the paper where he had written down his number. " I'll probably see him again" she stated. Criss' eyes widen out of surprise. " WHAT??????" he exclaimed.
Liliana was surprised to his reaction. " NO!, you're not going to see him again" Criss demanded while walking away. " What? why?" Liliana shouted and began to follow him. " Criss you can't do this to me, I'm a girl, I have the right to meet people and date...I have feeling you know" she stated while Criss kept walking and looking straight forward without saying a word. " CRISS! answer me, why are you doing this. is not like me and you are together.Criss stopped walking, " FINE!! if that's what you want, GO! go and call him, and go on a date with him". He began walking away again.

This time Liliana didn't followed him and just stayed there watching him walk away. And suddenly she shouted, "OH MY GOD... YOU'RE JEALOUS !" Criss stopped but didn't looked back and began to walk again. " CRISS ANSWER ME!" Liliana shouted again. " Ahh whatever, fine don't answer me, that's what you always do" Liliana said and began to walk the other direction. Suddenly Criss grabbed her, turn her around and planted a passionate kiss on her. and while still holding her, he looked in to her eyes and said, " Does that answer your question?"
Liliana kept looking at Criss, she then began to feel uneasy. She quickly let go of him and started running while tears streamed down fer face.
" Lily! wait!" Criss shouted as he tried to follow her. But Liliana didn't stopped, she run faster than ever. Criss kept following her without trying to lose her sight. Liliana was getting closer to an interception. " That will stop her, she can't cross the street with cars passing by" Criss said to himself. But Liliana didn't cared and made a run for it. "LILIANA!!!" Criss shouted as his heart went down to his feet, feeling that she would get run over by one of the cars. As Liliana made a run through the busy street, many cars braked and others honked, but Liliana made it safely to the other side.

Criss reached the street but unfortunately couldn't cross it himself. He began to get worried, he knew that in just a few hours night will arrive, and he didn't wanted Liliana to be roaming around the city by herself in the dark. He quickly run to his car and headed the direction where Liliana had gone.
Hours passed until darkness hit and still Liliana was no where to be found. Criss began to get desperate, he worried that maybe something bad happened to her. He came across the park where Liliana and him had visited early that day. "If I'm lucky, maybe I'll find her here. Criss said while parking his car and getting out. He began to walk through the park and searched for Liliana. He began to scream her name but there was no response. Criss came to a stop and sat down in one of the benches, he looked down and rubbed his forehead. " ahh Lily where could you have gone" he said while trying to hold his tears back. As he was getting up to head back to his car. He heard two women talking nearby, one of the voice sounded like an elderly woman and the other voice sounded familiar.

He walked to where the voices were coming from and to his surprised he saw Liliana sitting down in a bench talking to this woman who looked around her 60s. Criss sighed of relief, " Lily!!" he said as he just stood there waiting for her response. Liliana turned around and saw him standing there. " Criss!" she said while she made her way to him and hugged him. " I'm sorry Criss I shouldn't had run away from you like that" she said while tears came down her face. " No! Lily forgive me, for my childish reaction and telling you that you couldn't see that guy any more...if you want to see him go..." Liliana suddenly put her finger on Criss' lips and shush him. " I don't want to see him, why would I want to see a guy that I barely know, when I have a beautiful Angel by my side who.." Liliana was interrupted by Criss who then said." who loves you" and Kissed her like there was no tomorrow.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 14
Back in the apartment Criss and Liliana were making out all passionately in the living room, when all of the sudden there was a knock at the door.

" Grrr, can't they see we are busy" Criss said in an angry voice while making his way to the door. Liliana giggled at his remark " well, they can't see us the door is locked" she said laughing. Criss opened the door and standing there was a man that looked around his late 20s early 30s. "I'm sorry to bother you sir, but are you the owner of a gray SL550 Mercedes-Benz?" the man said. " Ummm, yes, I believe that's my car. Is there a problem?" Criss asked in a worried tone. "The headlights are on" the man said. " oh . Are you serious? Thanks for telling me man" Criss said while going back to the living room and grabbing the keys. "What happened?" Liliana asked worriedly. " I think I left the headlights of the car on. I hope the battery didn't died" Criss said while running his way out the door. Liliana only smiled and headed to the kitchen to pour two glasses of red wine.

Criss came back up and told Liliana that to his luck the battery was still working. He sat down on the couch and saw the two glasses of wine in the center table. " Oh what is this?" Criss surprisingly asked. " I want to make a toast" Liliana said to him while grabbing the two glasses and giving one to Criss. "I thank God for putting you in my life. When life seemed lost and with no meaning, an angel suddenly appeared in the crowded streets of Paris and found me" Liliana said to Criss while staring into his beautiful hazel eyes. Criss smiled and gently stroked Liliana's face. " In that moment I thought that Love for me was over, I seriously thought that my true love was Johnny and when I found out that he was having an affair, my heart shattered into pieces" Liliana continued while a tear streamed down her cheek.

" Aww sweetie don't say that" Criss said to her while he put his glass back in the table and wiped her tear of her cheek. " It's true Criss he killed me, he torn my heart into little pieces, he saw me cried for him and still he didn't cared and let me go" Liliana began to cry desperately and headed towards the window and stared to the distance. " He meant a lot to you right?" Criss asked her while he made his way to her. " More than anything, he was my everything, I even thought I was his everything. But I guess I was wrong to think that. I was fool in believing him" Liliana said in a sad tone. " You still love him?" Criss suddenly asked. Liliana tuned around and looked at him. She was shocked to hear that question coming out from him. She kept quiet and opened her mouth as to she was going to say something. But no words came out and just looked back at the window.

Criss just let out a sigh. " I'm not mad because you still feel something for him. I understand how you feel and I can feel that he meant a lot to you. So I don't expect for you to forget him that fast" Criss said to Liliana while he made his way back to the couch and sat down. Liliana felt bad. She knew she still felt something for Johnny, but she couldn't be doing this to Criss. Liliana was about to speak when Criss told her to go to the couch and sit next to him. Liliana did so and sat next to him. Criss gently kissed her on the lips and said " That night that I first saw you in Paris. I knew that you were a special girl and that you would be a very important person in my life". Criss said without taking his eyes away from Liliana. "I wouldn't judge you if you still felt something for Johnny. I mean he's a good looking guy. He's hot." Criss said while Liliana laughed a little. " It's true. I'm not saying this in a homo way. I know what I am. I like girls. I like you. But I'm just saying you know" Criss said trying to make Liliana laughed a little. Liliana laughed and punched Criss on the arm. Criss smiled to see Liliana laughing at his comment.

" that's why I like you. you make me laugh about the silliest stuff" Liliana said while she rested her head on Criss shoulder. " That's why I'm here for. To make you laugh and to make you happy. Every time I wake up and see you. you lit up my heart, my life. Criss stated. Liliana looked at him in the most sweetest way. They started kissing and headed out to Criss' room. while making their way through the room's door, Liliana stopped and Criss looked at her. " What happened?" Criss asked worriedly. Liliana sighed and looked at the bed. Criss looked back to try to see what she was looking at. He then looked back at her.

" Is something wrong?" Criss asked. Liliana sighed again and said, " I...I...never been with someone" Criss looked at her in surprised "What do you mean?...You were Johnny's girl why wou..." Criss was interrupted by Liliana " We never got intimate. We never had the chance. He was always busy filming" Criss then said, " Well if you're not ready, I'm not gonna make you do something that you're not ready for" and gave her a peck on the lips. " Come on. I'll walk you to your room" Criss said while holding her hand. Liliana hugged him " I know I'm ready" Criss looked at her and with a sweet voice said " Are you sure?" Liliana nodded. Criss kissed her and smiled. " I'll make sure this becomes the most memorable night in your life" Criss said while both of them walk to the room and closed the door.

A few weeks later...
" Babe I'm back" Criss shouted as he closed the door from the apartment. Liliana came out from the room and greeted Criss with a warm hug and a kiss. " Hi, baby. I'm glad you're back. How did it go?" Liliana said while both of them made their way to the table to eat." The car is in good condition, everything seems fine. It's ready for a road trip" Criss said to Liliana and smiled. " That's great Criss, so that means that we are heading to Liechtenstein tomorrow?" Liliana said to Criss while she took a bite of her food. " Yeah" Criss said. " I can't wait" Liliana commented while Criss grabbed her hand and smiled.

Liliana and Criss spend the rest of the day in the living room talking about each other. Suddenly Criss got quiet. " Umm babe. I need to tell you something" Criss told Liliana while he took a sip of his drink. " What is it?" Liliana asked kind of worriedly. "Well, is about our trip to Liechtenstein" Criss continued while Liliana just listened. " I don't think we will be staying there for long" he said. " what? why? I though you said that probably we were gonna stay for like 8 months to a year" Liliana said to Criss with a confused look. " I think is time to strike again" Criss said while looking at Liliana. " what do you mean?" Liliana became worried. " Lily, you know what I'm talking about" he continued.

Liliana knew exactly what he was saying. But she didn't wanted to bring that topic into discussion. So she decided to head out to the room and got up from the couch. " Oh no! where do you think you're going?" Criss said while she grabbed her arm and sat her down again. " Criss I don't wanna talk about that" Liliana said . Criss sighed " Lily, I need to do this. This is what I do, and I need your help" he said. " what's your plan?" Liliana said while she looked at Criss. " I knew you would stick with me on this" Criss said while he gave her a kiss on the cheek.

" OK, once we get to Liechtenstein, we're only staying there for a week. Then we'll have to head out to Munich, Germany. I already have my next victim....BayernLB bank. Once the robbery is done. We'll head to the next nearest city...Augsburg! Right there I will send part of the money to the nuns back in Paris. And from there we'll head to Berlin and stay there for a year". Criss said while Liliana listened closely. " Are you sure, everything will come out good?" Liliana said while she run her fingers through Criss' hair. " Don't worry babe I have everything under control. Remember this is not my first time doing it" he said while he gave her a kiss.
" We better go to sleep, we have a busy day ahead of us" Liliana said to Criss while she grabbed his hand and headed to the room.

[DeppAngel]

Murder, robbery, total chaos, and yet, not one speck of evidence left in every crime scene. News of robberies in many banks throughout Europe, every month. Injured civilians: many; fatalities: countless; monetary losses: above millions of Euros. So much has happened in the last two years, after the mysterious disappearance of Criss Angel Sarantakos and Liliana Ponce de León in the city of Le Havre Rouen, France. The Phantom Robbers, as the press has nicknamed them for their skillful way of committing their crimes without leaving any trace at all, are responsible for the monthly toll of money across the Old Continent. The Interpol has stepped in to try to solve the situation and put an end to the massacres, but so far, the only data they have obtained are sketches based on eyewitness descriptions; more specifically, the police officers led by Detective Adam Palmer and himself, the day the infamous pair vanished from the map. No one else has ever been able to spot them on the streets or provide any clues as to their whereabouts. For this reason, a special team, composed of the most highly trained members of the Interpol, has been designated to the sole purpose of finding and capturing The Phantom Robbers.
CH. 15- THE UNEXPECTED GUEST

It was a stormy afternoon in Germany. People hurried everywhere under their umbrellas. Others didn't have so much luck, and covered themselves with their jackets or newspapers. A couple was trying to find some refuge from the rain while they covered themselves with a newspaper from that same day. A man in a dark raincoat walked fast and steadily through the crowds. He stumbled upon the couple, making them drop their newspaper on the wet floor. The guy complained,
"Hey! what the hell! why don't you watch where you're going?!"
The man in the raincoat showed no reaction or emotion. He picked the wet newspaper, and read along the blurry letters which said, "Phantom Räuber Streik wieder in Italien!"( Phantom Robbers strike again in Italy).The couple kept yelling at the man in the raincoat, but eventually left due to the strange man's attitude. The man in the raincoat read a little bit further, and then raised his head as if an idea had crossed his mind. He began to walk again and disappeared in the mist and the rain.

A week later, in Sicily, Italy, Criss and Liliana rested in their hotel room. They seemed to be expecting something, or rather someone.
"Criss, why don't you tell me what are we waiting for? You know I hate surprises."
"Oh, you just wait. I'll give you a clue. It's a "he," not an "it."
Liliana rose from the couch immediately.
"What? You're telling me someone is coming here, to our hideout? Do you know for how long have we been disconnected from the world, with no friends or family at all? And who is this person anyway? Can we even trust him?"
"Honey, honey. Calm down." Criss said.
"Oh don't you honey me. Just tell me who he is." Liliana said in an angry tone.
Criss looked at his watch.
"You know what? He should be here any minute now."
He turned around and walked to the door. Liliana just rolled her eyes up and sighed.
She went to look out the window. It was almost pitch black. A few street lights illuminated the lonely street. Then, something caught her attention. A black car parked in front of the hotel. Liliana waited to see who it was.
"Sweetie! Do you know where I put that bottle of red wine?" Criss yelled from the kitchen.
Liliana turned around for a moment and said,
"I don't know!"
She turned again to look out the window but the black car was gone. She had a bad feeling, which increased when she heard someone knock on the door. She turned around and froze.

"Babe can you get the door please?! It must be him!" Criss exclaimed.
Liliana was afraid to go to the door. Criss came out of the kitchen and said,
"What happened? Where is he?"
"Umm, I haven't opened the door, I was about to"
Criss sighed in discontent and hurried to get the door. He opened it. Liliana stood on her ground without moving at all. She could tell that it was the person Criss was expecting. There seemed to be hugs and a hand shake. Then Criss and a handsome man came in. It was a young man, probably in his twenties. He had white skin, black hair, and a thin complexion. Criss introduced them,

"Liliana, I want you to meet Sully.
"Sully Erna. Nice to meet you."
"It's a pleasure." she said with forced politeness.
"Sully it's a distant cousin of mine. He might not look like much, but he has a lot of experience in the type of business that we do," Criss said in an ironic voice.
"Oh, really?” Liliana exclaimed acting surprised. Her inner self wasn't very pleasant with this unexpected surprised.
"Well, how about we continue with this conversation in the living room? I'll be right back. Sully, please have a seat, this is your home," Criss said, full of excitement.

He went into the kitchen, while Liliana and Sully slowly walked into the small living room and sat on the couches. Liliana had barely sat down when Sully said in a threatening tone,
"I don't know who you are, but from now on things are going to be done differently."
Liliana was struck by this sudden statement, but didn't let it show.
"Oh, really?" she said, mockingly.
"I've known Criss longer than you." Sully stated.
"Well, we'll see soon enough if you did."
Criss walked into their conversation, carrying a tray with cups and a bottle of red wine.
"We'll see if he did what, Lily?" said Criss.

Liliana was barely going to open her mouth when Sully said,
"Oh, I was just telling her about my experience with computers and technology in my job."
"Well," Criss said, "Liliana has earned quite a lot of experience in just the two years that we've known each other. She's a very reliable crime partner as well as a marvelous wife."
Criss winked flirtatiously at her. Sully seemed surprised. Liliana felt this was a discreet victory for her over the tyranny that Sully was pretending to establish.

"Oh, so, you guys are married?" Sully stuttered.
"Yes. I'm sorry, you know we didn't have enough time to talk the other day on the phone, so I couldn't tell you then, but, our marriage isn't what you would call 'legitimate,'" said Criss.
"What do you mean?" asked Sully.
"Well, you know our situation. We can't risk being seen by anyone. Besides, it might look suspicious that we have no guests or ‘witnesses’ at all, so we decided to have our own private wedding in a different hotel room, back when we were traveling through Switzerland."

"Oh, wow, that's quite a wedding, I'd say." said Sully, trying to hide his displeasure, and took a sip of his drink.
Liliana wasn't exactly in the mood to talk, but she felt somewhat accomplished for having demonstrated her importance in the team. She had shown Sully that she also had influence on Criss. Still, it was to be expected that this wouldn't be the end of their problems. A battle of influences was about to start.

[DeppAngel]

CH-16 Abduction

Three days later…

Liliana put on her jacket and grabbed her keys. She grabbed a green apple on her way out.
“Where are you going at this time?” asked Sully, presumptuously.
Liliana slightly turned around and said in a very firm voice,
“That is none of your business.”
Sully didn’t object any more. Criss came to the living room quickly at the sound of the door shutting. He seemed disconcerted.
“Did she just go out?” Criss asked.
Sully just nodded, and took a sip of his cup of cognac.

When Liliana was locking the door, she heard a noise. She turned around and saw the neighbor that lives right in front of them coming out as well. It was a blond-haired woman in her late 20’s or early 30’s. The woman noticed Liliana and greeted her with a big smile,
“Oh, hello, neighbor.” The woman said.
Liliana was a little thrown off and said,
“Hello. You speak English?”
“Yes, but why you look so surprised about it?” the woman replied.
“Well, we haven’t really met any people that speak English here in Italy in quite some time.” Liliana commented while putting her keys in her purse.
“Well you probably need to start going out more often, because it is full of tourists out there, mostly American, and specially here in Sicily.” The woman insisted.
That last thing she said really got to Liliana. She realized how she had been isolated from the whole world for two full years. Criss didn’t allow her to socialize with anybody to avoid the risk of being caught. But then she thought,
“Well, what harm can it possibly do to say ‘hello’ to my neighbor?
The woman noticed that Liliana was sort of spacing out.
“Hey, are you alright? Did I say something wrong?”
Liliana snapped out of it and replied,
“Oh, um, yes, I was just thinking…about something…”
The woman noticed a look of sadness on Liliana’s face, and said,
“Do you want to go buy an ice-cream with me?”
“Huh?” Liliana uttered a little surprised.
“If you’re not busy, that is. Were you going somewhere?” the woman asked.
“Not really. I just wanted to get out and take a walk for a little bit.”
“Do you mind if I go with you?” the woman said while she looked at Liliana.
“Um, no, it’s fine with me.”
“Oh my God, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Holly; Holly Madison,” she said as she stretched her hand in the air. Liliana willingly responded by shaking her hand, and by saying, “I’m. Camille.
“Alright, I’m going to show you this place where they sell really good ice-cream,” the woman said happily as they went down the stairs.

They walked out of the building. Liliana breathed the fresh air and thought,
“Man, I really needed to go out, after being stuck in there with that jerk for so long. Who does he think he is?” she thought.
The woman was quite talkative and asked a lot of questions, while Liliana was quieter and only gave short answers most of the time. Of course, she had to change some facts so her identity wouldn’t be revealed,
“So who are you staying with, camie? Oh, I’m sorry, is it ok with you if I call you that?”
“Oh, yes, it’s fine. I’m staying with my brother and my cousin.”
“Oh. Is your brother the guy with blue eyes and has a goatee?” Holly said.
“Oh, no. That’s my cousin.” Liliana replied.

They finally arrived at an ice-cream stand in a street full of passers-by and stands selling all kinds of stuff, such as food, souvenirs, and so. Liliana and Holly were having a great time together. They walked together, laughed together and ate ice-cream together. It was amazing at how good friends they had become in just an hour. Liliana looked at her watch and said,
“Oh, my, it’s late. I gotta go home.”
“Why? Will they tell you something?” Holly asked.
“No, it’s that. I didn’t tell them where I was going and I don’t wanna worry them. Thank you very much, I had so much fun,” Liliana said as she was turning around to leave.
“No, wait! I’ walk you!” Holly insisted.

Back at the apartment, Criss waited on the couch for Liliana to show up. Sully, who was already sleeping in his room, woke up and came out to check on Criss.
“What’s up? She hasn’t come back yet?” Sully asked Criss while making his way to the living room.
“No, and I’m getting worried. What if the cops saw her and they already--“
“That’s impossible!” Sully interrupted, “You said yourself that she can protect her cover well enough by herself.”
“Yes, but…” Criss didn’t finish his sentence when Sully interrupted and said,
“OK, then let’s go look for her. I’ll go with you”
“And what if we don’t find her?” Criss asked worriedly.
“Oh I’m pretty sure she’s just fine. Now get up and let’s go.”
Criss got up from the couch and went to put his shoes and jacket on, while Sully went back to his room to get ready to go out as well.

Liliana and Holly got back to the apartment building. They had barely reached the front door, when Liliana stopped Holly and said,
“Wait, um…”
“What’s wrong?” Holly asked.
“No, nothing, it’s just that, I don’t think I wanna go back just yet. I think I’ll take on a little walk before I do so.”
“OK I’ll go with you…” Holly offered.
“No,” Liliana interrupted, “I want to be by myself for a moment. Don’t take it personal, I just need a moment to think things through…”
Holly kindly put her hand on Liliana’s shoulder and said,
“Don’t apologize, I understand,”
Liliana timidly looked at her, then looked down, and said,
“Thank you.”
Holly went inside and began to walk upstairs, while Liliana stayed there by the door for a moment. She put her hands in her pockets to protect them from the cold, and realized that she had put the apple she took from home in there so she could eat her ice-cream. Meanwhile, Criss and Sully were rushing down the stairs. Criss was walking so fast that she stumbled upon Holly.
“I’m sorry,” Criss quickly apologized, and he kept going without stopping for one second.
Liliana looked at her apple and took a small bite out of it. She then heard footsteps coming from behind her. As soon as she turned around, the shadow of a very tall man shrouded her. Criss and Sully finally reached all the way down, and rushed out the front door. Both of them looked around, thinking of which way to go. Sully look at the floor, and bent over to reach something.
“What are you doing? We don’t have time to--” Criss said in a very tense and desperate tone.
“This is Liliana’s apple,” Sully interrupted.
“What?” Criss responded.
“I saw her take a green apple before she left, and now I’ve found it here on the floor.”
“Sully, are you trying to tell me that…”
Criss stopped. He didn’t want to utter those words.
“Yes. Liliana has been taken away.” Sully remarked.

[DeppAngel]

CH.17-Untied Strings
Forty-eight hours after Liliana’s abduction…

Criss and Sully came back to the apartment immediately.
“We’ve driven around the whole city, and yet, nothing!” exclaimed Criss in frustration, as he kicked the door open.
“Well, maybe she wasn’t kidnapped, you know. She could still be walking out there, somewhere…” Sully said, trying to alleviate Criss’s concern.
“For crying out loud, Sully, you said yourself that—“
“OK, OK! Never mind, I’m sorry!” sully said while he sat on the couch.
“Maybe we should keep looking for her.” Criss suggested.
“No, it’s too risky for us. We shouldn’t be showing our faces around too much. And besides, whoever the kidnappers are, they’re probably trying to get us too.” Sully said.
“So then, what do you suggest we do?” Criss asked while he looked out the window.
“I say we stay here and wait to see if they call. They might have called already and we probably missed the call.” Sully said.
“Hmm, maybe.” Criss said without taking his eyes away from the window.

Meanwhile Liliana woke up. Her vision was blurry. Her head was spinning. She could hear the voices of people talking far away, but she couldn’t comprehend what they were saying. She tried to move, but it was useless. Her wrists and ankles were hurting. The voices kept coming closer and closer, but still, they were nothing but vague sounds. The only word that she identified was her own name, called out by a man. She knew that man, but, from where? Suddenly, her eyes closed again. She woke up again, but this time, to her surprise, she was lying on the same sidewalk where that mysterious man had assaulted her. She slowly got up. Her whole body was aching. Criss, in desperation, launched himself at the door, pretending to search for Liliana again, careless of the risk. Unexpectedly, the door opened before Criss could get to it. Liliana slowly showed herself. She was limping. Criss ran to her and exclaimed,
“Where were you?! We’ve looking all over for you?”

Sully tiptoed out of the living room, unnoticed. He knew they were going to have a long talk, and he didn’t want to be involved. Criss just kept staring at Liliana. Liliana limped her way to the couch. She sat down, and rubbed her forehead. Criss gently said, “ Babe what happened? And why are you like this?” Liliana simply uttered an, “I don’t know,” in a cracked voice. Criss sat down next to her, and held her hand.
“Please, Lily, tell me what’s wrong.”
“I said, I don’t know. I went out for an ice-cream. I came back, and I think there was this man…”
“A man? What man?!” he yelled.
“I’m telling you, I don’t really know what happened. I woke up in the same place where I fell unconscious.”
“And where was that?” Criss said.
“Right in front of our building.” Liliana said without looking at Criss.
“But…we searched everywhere; how could they have just dropped you back at the same spot? It doesn’t make sense.” Criss shouted.
“You know what? I’m really tired. I’m going to bed.” Liliana remarked.
Liliana slowly rose and headed towards her room. Criss remained in the living room, silent, trying to make sense of the situation.

The next morning.

Criss and Liliana, along with Sully, got ready to move their hideout to another city to plan their next hit. They grabbed their bags and stepped out of the apartment. Liliana had dark rings around her eyes; a clear sign that despite her weariness she hadn’t been able to sleep very much. Nightmares hunted her sleep. Every time she closed her eyes, she was back in that white room, with her hands tied to the bed, and the unclear voices coming closer and closer. Criss locked the door behind him, while Liliana headed for the stairs, but something made her stop. She looked to her right, and fixed her eyes onto that neighbor’s door. It was Holly’s apartment. She rushed to the door and knocked frantically. Criss asked,
“What are you doing? Who lives there?”
“Open the door! Open! Open, please!” Liliana cried out, still knocking hard.
“Who are you looking for? What’s going on?” kept asking Criss.
“We shouldn’t leave any witnesses of our stay here,” said Sully.
Liliana kept knocking and calling out for Holly, but there was no response. Leaving her manners behind, Liliana tried to turn the doorknob, and much to her surprise, it did turn. The door was unlocked, but she hesitated to go inside. Criss and Sully just looked at each other, mystified. Liliana had a hunch. She didn’t know what it meant, but she knew she would find out if she went through that door. She slowly pushed it open. She was frozen at the sight she encountered there. She walked in, and Criss followed. The apartment was completely empty.

[DeppAngel]

CHAPTER 18- LEISURE

The trio drove down the road, this time heading to the beautiful city of Milan. While in the car, Sully couldn’t let go of the topic of Liliana’s kidnapping.
“OK, so you go out with this Holly girl for an ice-cream, and when you come back, this ‘mystery man’ comes to you from behind, and…,” Sully kept mocking Liliana, who kept quiet in the back of the car.
“Sully, stop it. I’m sure she didn’t mean for this to happen, right Babe?,” But Liliana stayed in silence and looking out the window to the passing trees and green fields full of cows and sheep.
“I’m not saying she did it on purpose, but didn’t we all agree on being extra careful? I mean, it’s not like we’re your typical tourists visiting Italy,” Sully continued arguing.
“OK, I say we all leave this behind. This is Liliana’s first mistake in two years, give her a break. And besides, it didn’t have any consequences.” Criss said.
“But maybe that’s what ‘they’ want us to think!” Sully continued.
“Who’s ‘they?’” Criss asked looking at Sully.
“The kidnappers! Who else?!!”
“Yeah, but we don’t know who they are anyway.” Criss exclaimed.
“That’s exactly my point!”
“But they didn’t ask for ransom, neither they threatened us with calling the police…” Criss commented.
“Which makes it all more confusing.” Sully kept arguing.
“Well, Liliana says she doesn’t remember anything after she fainted on the street,” Criss said, while looking at Liliana through the rear view mirror.
It was a long trip. Long as life itself. But it would probably be the last one, or at least the last “business trip,” if you may. Criss had gathered an enormous wealth to bring home for the diseased children, and after this last hit, Criss would probably want to spend the rest of his life away from all the bustle and hustle of the wild life he had lived until now. He would probably want to buy a cabana by the sea shore, where Liliana and him could gaze at the sun set every afternoon. Or,…maybe not. Maybe he would still want to get away from his criminal life, but spent his years living in the old manor with the children and the nuns…? Well, who knows, but for some reason this trip surely felt like the last one for Liliana. This feeling remained with her during the whole trip.
First, they crossed through Naples, where they marveled at the Castel dell’Ovo surrounded by the crystalline waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea. They also strayed a little bit from the road to visit the Museum of Capodimonte, famous for its beautiful art gallery. Next was Rome, and its astonishing Coliseum, where countless gladiators fought for their lives, just like Liliana and the guys were doing too. Will they be able to defeat the last beast that destiny was to put in their path?

Night came along. They decided to stay at Hotel Sant'Anna to recharge. But Liliana couldn’t sleep much. She kept rolling in bed, hunted by her nightmares, which where the only place where she could remember loose pieces of her captivity. The leather straps holding her arms and legs, and the voices, the strange voices that kept coming closer and closer. With every dream, the voices seemed to be sending a clearer message, but, what was it? What were they trying to tell Liliana?
The next day, they departed to Pisa. Criss’s gothic taste couldn’t resist to visit the Santa Maria della Spina church, and, of course, the Leaning Tower of Pisa wouldn’t be an exception on their trip. Then, their journey took them through the lively and beautiful streets of Genoa, the famous city where Christopher Columbus is said to have been born in. A few more hours on the road, and viola! The outskirts of Milan started to become visible on the distance. The adrenaline slowly began to rush through their bodies, for they knew what awaited them there: one of the biggest robberies of the century. As soon as they had arrived to Milan, they began to look for the scenario of their last encounter with danger: The Banca Commerciale Italiana. They asked around for directions, but with every person they asked, they felt like they were straying more and more from their destination, until Criss stopped and honked the horn at an old man who was about to cross the street,
“Liliana, please, ask that man for directions!” Criss exclaimed at Liliana, who was still not very responsive.
“OK, I’m right here, man! Am I useless or what? Lemme do this myself!,” Sully shouted as he stuck his head out of the window. Then he yelled to the old man, “Hey! You dire noi dove big bank è?!” raising his hands in the air as a gesture signaling something big. The old man stared at Sully, somewhat confused. Then he looked away and pointed to a big white building that was right in front of them. Sully, with a face showing desperation, looked to where the old man was, and his eyes widely opened in amazement. It was the bank! The Banca Commerciale Italiana! Sully smiled at the old man and said, “Grazie, grazie!” and got back in his sit. Having located the bank now, they proceeded to find a temporary hideout where they could design the blueprints of their last work.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 19 Dark Memories

Later that day the trio had found an abandoned house that was located only a few blocks away from the bank. Down in the basement Criss and Sully meticulously planned their robbery while reviewing the blueprints of the bank that Sully had gotten a few days ago. Upstairs in the second floor Liliana was inside one of the rooms. She was looking at some kids playing ball through the window. Suddenly she heard a knock. She quickly turned around and saw Criss standing by the door.

" Hey, are you ok?" Criss asked in a gentle voice. Liliana just looked at him and gave him a faded smile, and turned back to what she was doing.
" Is there anything I can do to make you feel better?" Criss asked her. But Liliana didn't respond, she didn't even make a sound. Criss interpreted her silence and left her alone. But as he was walking away, Liliana heard his footsteps coming back from the hallway,
"We need you in this; do you think you can handle it?" Criss asked while looking at her.
" Criss! Criss!" Sully suddenly shouted from downstairs.

Criss hesitated to go down, still hopelessly waiting for Liliana’s response.
He left momentarily and yelled, what sully? As he walked down the stairs.
Liliana rested her forehead on the window glass, and kept following the running children down on the street with her eyes for a little while.
She then walked to the bed and laid down. She rapidly began to feel tired until she felt asleep. She began to have those horrible dreams again of her kidnap. She heard voices and screams. There was a man yelling at her calling her names; insulting her. But she couldn’t see anything. She then began to drown she kept gasping for air in the darkness and then there was light, and the air came rushing down her throat. Suddenly she woke up panting. She sat on the bed and began to look around.

She kept wondering why she was having those dreams all the time. Then Criss came by the door and asked in a gently voice. “Are you ok?” Liliana began to pant and her eyes got watery. She swiftly rose from the bed and rush to the window. She kept banging it with her fist trying to brake it, but failed to when Criss came form behind and pulled her away from the window as she kept kicking and screaming. Sully who was down stairs heard the screams and immediately run upstairs. He saw Criss struggling with Liliana and stepped in to help him hold her down. In the midst of the madness sully asked,
“What’s going on Criss?!
Criss replied, “Just help me calm her down!”. Criss was grabbing her by the wrists while sully was struggling to hold her legs still. They remained that way for a while until Liliana slowly calmed down. The kicking and screaming eventually stopped but the panting persisted and tears kept flowing down her face.

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CH.20- Nothing lasts forever.

Two hours later...
Liliana had finally managed to go back to sleep again. When Criss saw that she had knocked out, he let go of her wrists and Sully did the same thing with her legs. They both walked out of the room quietly so they wouldn't wake up Liliana. When they reached the living room Sully suddenly exclaimed,
" WOW! what was that??"

Criss sighed " I don't know" he said as he sat down on a chair and rubbed his forehead. " Dude shes crazy" Sully exclaimed. " Hey watch it! that's my girl your talking about" Criss said in an angry voice while he stood up from the chair. Sully was shocked to see how Criss had reacted. " I'm sorry man! I didn't mean to say that..I'm just stressed." Sully commented while he grabbed one of the chairs and sat down in front of Criss. " And how do you think I am?" Criss asked in a sarcastic tone.

"I'm scared that she will have this kind of reaction again" Criss said while he looked up the stairs. " I'm sorry to say this, but shes not ready to do the job, not in those conditions" Criss continued. Sully just listened to him. Suddenly Criss got quiet and sully too.
Sully then broke the silence and said, " Well we have to do the job no later than tomorrow no excuses" Criss looked at him" what about lily? she won't handle the pressure in those conditions" Sully got quiet. "Well I guess we're gonna have to tie her up, while we do the job" Sully remarked. " Are you stupid! I'm not gonna tie her up like shes some kind of savage animal" Criss exclaimed in discontent.

Sully looked down at the floor " you know what I think you're gonna have to go and do the job alone. while you do the job I'll stay here and look out for Liliana" Sully said. Criss looked surprised to what he was hearing. " what? are you serious? But you hate Liliana" Criss said to Sully. " Well we had our disagreements and all that but I don't hate her" Sully commented while he gave Criss a smirk.

The next day Criss was down in the basement getting himself ready for some action. All his weapons rested on top of the table. Sully was helping him get ready too. When he was ready, he walked towards the mirror and took at look at himself and whispered, " are you ready? he then quickly replied to his question with a, " Of course I'm ready" and put on his black leather jacket and his fedora hat.

Liliana was sitting on her bed when she heard someone coming through the hallway. " Hey" Criss said standing by the door. Liliana turned around and stared at him. " I'm heading to the bank" Criss said to her. But Liliana didn't said anything back. Criss looked down and sighed. " This whole nightmare is gonna end soon baby. I'll be home in a few hours" Criss said as he closed the door and headed down stairs.
" are you ready?" Sully said while he stood by the entrance of the house. " Take good care of her Sully" Criss told him. " Don't worry man. I will." Sully exclaimed. Criss gave Sully a hugged. Sully then said, " Don't come home too late" Criss smiled and said " I'll be back for dinner honey" and departed to his destination.

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CH. 21 The truth behind the blue eyes

When Criss left, Sully went into the Kitchen and prepared something to eat so he could take it to Liliana. When he got upstairs, he saw Liliana sitting on the bed looking directly to the window. He knocked at the door to let her know that he was there. Liliana turned around and saw him but didn't say anything.
" I brought you something to eat" Sully said while he put the plate down on a nearby table.
"I'm not hungry" Liliana remarked without looking at Sully. " You have to eat!" Sully told her. But Liliana didn't respond and just kept looking at the window. Sully carefully sat on the bed and sighed but he didn't say anything else.
" Honestly Liliana....are you happy with...Criss?" Sully finally said breaking the silence between them. Liliana looked at him and raised her eyebrows as a sign of confusion. " Why do you ask that?" Liliana finally said.
Sully kept looking at her, " Well, you don't look happy. I'm gonna be honest with you...I've known Criss for years, he doesn't deserve you" Sully told her without taking his eyes away from her. Liliana became more confused, she didn't understand why Sully was telling her that stuff.
" Lily, you deserve to be with someone who willing to protect you and not put you in danger". Sully said. Liliana just kept looking at him confused. Sully then got up and made his way to the other side of the bed where Liliana was sitting down. " you know...you're really beautiful" Sully said while he tried to touch Liliana's face. But Liliana put her head back at the moment she saw that Sully wanted to touch her. She then began to feel uneasy. " Lily, lily!" Sully said while he sighed. He glanced at Liliana from head to toe and said, " I have to say that Criss is one lucky man for having you..." Liliana began to get scared and was about to say something when suddenly Sully put his hand over Liliana's mouth and whispered to her ear, " I want YOU Liliana" Liliana's eyes widened. She quickly got up and made a run for it. But Sully was faster and stopped her. She tried to get away from him but he was grabbing her with such a strong grip the she couldn't get away.

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CH.22 NOT COMING HOME

Suddenly Liliana managed to get away from Sully by kicking him between his legs. Sully screamed out of pain and Liliana run down the stairs. Sully quickly recovered from the kick and got up on his feet again. He ran toward the stairs but trip with one of the wooden beams that was sticking out of the floor. " Liliana let me explain" Sully shouted as he run down the stairs. Liliana got out of the house and just run without looking back. Sully was chasing her and still yelling her name. But Liliana run and run. She run until she came across the bank that Criss was suppose to rob. She was standing there in front of the big white building, looking around. " Liliana" Sully shouted as he run towards her from a distance.

" BOOOOOM" a big sound came from the bank. The explosion made Liliana drop to the floor. She opened her eyes and saw that everything was covered with smoke. She started to see people coming out from the bank. There was a total chaos, people were screaming, others were crying, and others were injured. Everyone was running around and trying to get away. Liliana looked around, but she couldn't really see clearly due to the amount of smoke that the explosion had made. She then saw a shadow coming towards her. She tried to see who it was but it still wasn't really visible. " Liliana!!??" Criss said when he saw Liliana standing there. He had a few cuts in his arms and a cut on his head but it wasn't that drastic, he was carrying a black bag that was filled with money. " Lily what are yo doing here?" Criss asked concerned. When Liliana was about to speak. the sounds of police car sirens surrounded them. Two cops rushed towards Criss and threw him on the ground and handcuffed him
.
When Sully saw this, he scream and started running towards him. A police officer shouted to Sully, " DO NOT MOVE!" as he pointed his gun at him. But Sully didn't listened and kept running. All of the sudden the cop fired up at Sully making him hit the ground.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Criss screamed as he witnessed his cousin being shot.
Liliana stood on her ground without moving a muscle, then someone came from behind and tap her shoulder.
" Miss, you better leave this place. its dangerous' a police said to Liliana. Liliana was shocked, she wasn't expecting that. The cop was called through his radio and once again said to Liliana, " Miss, please evacuate this place immediately" and the cop left.

Liliana then saw that some Paramedics were already attending Sully and where putting him inside the ambulance. She then turned around and saw that Criss was being put inside in one of the police cars.
Tears began to stroll down her face. She was all alone now. She witnessed in just a matter of minutes how her whole world came crashing down to the floor. Now, there was an injured man or even a dead man, and on the other hand she saw with her own eyes as the Love if her life was taken away by the police.

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Ch. 23 IS NOT OVER YET
Liliana run back to the house while tears streamed down her face. She was scared, desperate, angry, sad, over all she was having all this mix emotions. When she got inside, she stopped in the living room and looked around. She noticed something different...there was complete silence. Criss was no longer there and neither was Sully, she still couldn't believe what had just happened.
"I have to get out of here" she said to herself as she made her way upstairs. She got to her room and took out a luggage, and started to pack up her belongings. She reached for a book that was on top of a little table, and when she grabbed it, something felt on the floor. She bend down to pick it up, it was a picture. A picture of her and Criss that they had taken when they were back in Switzerland. She started to cry and tears fell onto the picture.
"Oh my god, Criss! I miss you. why did everything had to end like this? why?" she said while she looked at the picture. Suddenly she heard a sound coming from down stairs. She quickly managed to get under the bed and hide. She heard footsteps walking up the stairs. The door was slowly opened and she saw two people coming in, a man and a woman.
" I think she's gone" the man said.
" Hmmm, where could she have gone?" the woman replied as she walked around the room. Liliana listen to them carefully without trying to make a sound. Those voices seem familiar, but from where had she heard those voices before? where?
" We better go!" the man said. the woman agreed and both headed downstairs. When Liliana heard the entrance door being shut she quickly got out from under the bed grabbed her suit case, and headed out. But when she reached the end of the stairs. She heard that the man was coming inside the hose again.
"We forgot to look in one place" the man said as he reached the door to open it. Liliana rapidly managed to go down to the basement and hide out right there.
" what place?" the woman said as he followed the man from behind.
" The basement" he said. And both headed down to check out the basement.

Liliana hid under the stairs of the basement. She stood there quietly as she saw the man and the woman coming down. The man then tried to turn on the light, but the light wasn't working. He then took out his flashlight and began to look around.

" there's nothing here" the woman said.
"yeah you're right" the man replied. Then woman then told the man that she would go back to the car and wait for him there. The man gave up looking and decided to head out. He was walking up the stairs when suddenly something caught his eye that was coming from under the stairs. He came down again and tried to turn on his flashlight but failed to turn it on. He tapped on it to make the light go on, and when he raised the flashlight to see. Liliana hit the man on the face with a pan. The man felt on the floor and screamed. Liliana run up the stairs, she was heading to the entrance door, but heard that the woman was coming. She then headed to the kitchen and saw the window. She opened it and jump out and landed on the backyard. She quickly but steadily run and jumped the fence, she began to run again and turn around in a street corner and stumbled into a man making him drop his fedora hat.

" I'm sorry" Liliana said picking it up and giving it back to the man.
" That's fine" the man said while he wiped the dust out of his hat.
" yeah, I have to run, Sorry!" Liliana said.
" What's the hurry Ms. Ponce?" the man asked. Liliana froze and turned around to see the man.
" How do you that's my last name?" Liliana asked in scared tone. " Ahh Liliana you offend me. The point here is that I know who you are" The man said while he grabbed Liliana by her arm. Liliana tried to let go and run again. But the man was to strong for her.

"Who are you?" Liliana asked the man. The man kept quiet, and all of the sudden the the man and the woman that where inside the house came out from the dark and now Liliana could see their faces.
" Officer Adam Palmer?!" Liliana exclaimed in surprise. " Ahh, you remember me" Adam said with a smirk.
" You found here chief" the woman said to the man that was grabbing Liliana as she put her gun away and took out a pair of handcuffs.
" Holly" Liliana said as she saw the face of the woman.
" Officer Madison to you! Liliana Ponce de Leon, you're under arrest!" Holly said as she handcuffed Liliana.

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CH. 24 Surprise, surprise!
Two hours later...
Liliana was sitting alone in the interrogation room. She began to look at the walls, and turned around and saw the mirror. She knew that she was being watched from behind that mirror. She stood up and walked towards the mirror and stared at it for a long time. She then began to bang her fist at it.

" I know you're looking at me! I'm not stupid!" she shouted. She then got back to her seat. Suddenly the door opened.
" Of course, you're not stupid" The chief said while he made his way inside the room and grabbed a chair so he could seat down.
Liliana just stared at him. " You haven't introduced yourself Sir" Liliana said to the Chief while she gave him an evil look.
" Oh yes! you're right! You were to busy running away that I didn't had the time to introduce myself" the Chief said mockingly.
" I'm Chief Robert Lombardi from the Interpol and I'm the one responsible for following the case of the "Phantom Robbers" He said as he looked at Liliana.

" Liliana, you're a smart girl" the chief said.
" I don't know what you want from me, and I don't know what you're talking about" Liliana responded.
The chief laughed, "Oh please Liliana, are you going to tell me now that you don't know Criss?" he said.
"Look my husb...Criss is not doing this just for the fun of it" Liliana said trying not to cry.
" Ahhh, your husband!" the chief said while he raised his eyebrows. Liliana's eyes widen.
" Look Liliana he is not the only one to blame, you are his partner in crime. You know that you can get many years in jail. Moreover you can even get death row" the chief proclaimed, as he stood up from his seat and walked back and forth.

Liliana started to get more scared, now more than ever, she knew that her whole world had crashed down to the floor. The chief then called Holly to bring him a file.
" You know what this is Liliana?" the chief said while he raised the file on the air. Liliana looked at it and said, " uhh I..I dont know"
" This is the file that contains all the records of the phantom robbers" the chief said as he put the file down on the table.
"Take a look" the chief said to Liliana. Liliana was scared, she didn't wanted to open that file and see all the criminal records that she and Criss had committed. But she finally had the gut to grab the file and began to read it.

She flipped the pages back and forth with a confused look on her face.
"Find anything interesting?" The chief said to Liliana while he gave her a serious look.
Liliana looked more confused and still continued to skim through the file. She then raised her head to look at the Chief and said,
" I'm not here!...Only Criss is mentioned"

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CH.25 Choose Wisely

The chief looked at Liliana at sat down again while Detective Palmer enter the room and made his way where Holly was standing.
" Exactly my dear, you are not mentioned in the record" The chief said. Liliana couldn't understand why there was no record of her.
"Look, why are you worrying?" detective Palmer said to Liliana while he looked at her.
"Well, was there to lose, you all know that I'm guilty too so I can't get out of this one" Liliana said while she gave them a serious look.
"We wont incriminate you" the chief said. Liliana was thrown back to what she just heard. " what?" Liliana said rather confused.
"We wont convict you, if you do something for us" the chief said to Liliana while he got up. In that moment Detective Palmer and Holly got out of the room living the chief and Liliana alone.
" whatever you want I wont do it" Liliana said in a firm voice.
"Ahhh Ms. Ponce or should I say Mrs. Sarantakos? I know you don't want to be locked up for the rest of you life or am I wrong?" the chief asked.
"Of course not, what do you want" Liliana said in an angry tone. The chief looked at her and then began to look at the file of the Phantom robbers again. he then said,
"It's simple, you know that Criss has committed many robberies and has cause a lot of economic loses through out Europe, and also he has killed many innocent lives" Liliana just kept looking at him while she kept listening.
"what the you want?" Liliana screamed.
The chief didn't seem upset for Liliana's attitude towards him, he kept calm and said,
"I want you to testified in court against Criss Angel!"

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CH.26 Won't go home without you

Liliana couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"What???" she screamed while she got up from her seat. "I..I can't do that" Liliana said and then got quiet.
"Look, so you can see that I'm a nice person. I'll give you an hour to think about it" The chief said while he started to make his way to the door.

"No!, wait!" Liliana quickly said making the chief stop on his tracks and quickly turned around. "Yes?" he said.
"Look Liliana, even though if you don't testified against Criss. Either way he is gonna get convicted and you along the way. I'm giving you the chance to walk away free by doing a simple thing" the chief told Liliana.
Liliana got quiet "O..OK. I'll...I'll do it" she said in shaky voice.
"Great!" the chief said. " you made the right choice" he continued. Liliana began to cry.
"You'll be notified when his trial begins" the Chief said while he gave Liliana a tissue.
"I'll do it with one condition" Liliana abruptly said. "What is that?" the chief said. " Let me see him" Liliana said while wiping her tears off.

The chief thought it for a moment and denied her request. Liliana got angry and said, "!, I'm doing you a favor, and you can't even do me one" The chief sighed and agreed in letting Liliana see Criss. He quickly called for Officer Palmer. Palmer opened the door and the chief told him to bring out Criss.
"But chief, he.." Palmer was talking when he was quickly interrupted by the chief who said, "Damn it Palmer! bring him! It's an order" the chief remarked.
Palmer agreed and left. A few minutes later , someone open the door, and Liliana got up from her seat as the chief looked at her. Standing by the door was Palmer grabbing Criss by the arm who was still handcuffed and all beat up.

"Five minutes" the chief said while he made his way out of the room. "Lets go Palmer" the chief said. "But Sir we can't leave..." he was once again interrupted by the chief who said, "Lets go!!" and closed the door.
"Baby!" Liliana said making his way up to Criss to hug him.
Criss groaned out of pain. Liliana quickly let go of him " Oh my god Im sorry. Oh my god what did those animals did to you" she said while she wiped some of the blood that was in Criss lip.
"Babe, I'm glad your ok" Criss said while he hold her hands. Liliana started to cry. "Oh babe, don't cry" Criss said while he gave her a gentle kiss.

"Don't worry about me sweetie, this had to happen sooner or later. Remember nothing last for ever" Criss said trying to cheer Liliana up.
"I'm scared Criss!" Liliana said between sobs. Criss gently rose his arms up in the air so Liliana would get in between his arms.
"Promise me, that you're gonna leave Italy" Criss said while he rested his chin on Liliana's head. Liliana put her head back a little and looked at Criss.
"what??" Nooo! I wont do that! I'm gonna stay here" Liliana said. Criss was about to say something when someone opened the door.

"Times up" Officer Palmer said while he started grabbing Criss by the arm and pulling him away from Liliana.
Liliana began to cry again. " Dont worry babe. I'm gonna get you out of here" she said while she still holded his hand.
The officer began to pull Criss away and out of the door.
"Criss!!" Liliana screamed between sobs and tried to go after him. But one officer stopped her.
"I LOVE YOU LILY! I LOVE YOU!" Criss screamed as he was taken away.
"

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CH.27
A week later...

Liliana was standing outside her balcony of her hotel room in Venice, gazing at the beautiful but lonely sunset. Suddenly, the phone rang making her jump out of fright. She quickly ran inside the room and answered the phone.
"Hello" she said calmly.
"Ms. Liliana, its me Chief Robert Lombardi. We have a date for the trial" the voice said on the other line.
Liliana let out a sigh. She didn't wanted to utter those words but she had to and finally said,
"When is it?"
"The day after tomorrow. at 10:30 am." the chief said.
"Where?" asked Liliana.
"At the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale...you know where that is?" the chief asked Liliana.
"Yes, I know" Liliana responded.
"Ok. Hope I see you there" the chief said.
" I will" Liliana told him and hang up the phone.

Liliana began to walk back and forth. She couldn't do it. She couldn't testify against the love of her life. But as the chief said, Criss was going to get convicted even if Liliana didn't testify against him. She began to get really hot, and began to gasp for air. She decided to go out and take a walk so she could get some fresh air. She rapidly got her coat, her keys and headed out the door.

As she walked through the streets and breath the fresh air. She began to feel a little better. Suddenly she saw a big crowd of people shouting. It seemed like someone was giving quite a show. Liliana decided to get close to see what was causing all the commotion. She managed to get through the crowd until she could get a good view of what was going on. She saw a few people standing there posing for the cameras. Liliana tried to see who those people were. So she walked a little bit more, until she managed to get to the front of the big crowd.
Her eyes widened at the sight. "Johnny!?" she said to herself. She quickly tried to get out of there, but it was impossible.

Johnny was posing for the paparazzi, when suddenly one of the girls that was beside Liliana shouted Johnny's name. Making Johnny turn around. It didn't took him more than two seconds to rapidly spot Liliana. Liliana became aware that he already had spotted her, so once again she tried to get away. Johnny quickly went towards her and stopped her.
"Liliana!?" he said while he gently grabbed her arm.
Liliana gave up, she knew that she couldn't do anything else. She looked up until her met Johnny's and said,
"Yes!"

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CH. 28
When all the commotion and chaos was over. Johnny invited Liliana to dinner, she hesitated a little bit. But then gave up and agreed to his invitation. Once in the restaurant Johnny and Liliana started talking while they dined.
"Wow! Look at you! Who would of thought that we would meet again" Johnny said as he took a sip of his red wine.

Liliana rose her eyebrows as a sign of surprise and said, "Yeah I know"
Johnny smiled " I'm glad we met again" he said.
"Look Johnny, I can forgive but never forget" Liliana commented as she looked directly at him. Johnny knew that she was talking about what had happen in the past.
" I'm sorry, I did not meat to hurt my little girl..."Johnny said as he reached out for Liliana's hand and gently caressed it.
Liliana was thrown off by his actions and quickly removed her hand out of the table.
"Johnny, what do want?" Liliana said in a sad tone.
" I want you to forgive me, darling. When I got out of coma. I knew that I had committed a terrible mistake in letting you go. I looked all over for you. But you were no where to be found" Johnny said in a serious yet sad tone.

"Look, Johnny you're just wasting your time...I'm in Lo..." Liliana couldn't finish her sentence when Johnny said, "...In love with someone else!..so you found someone else?" Johnny asked as he took another sip of his wine.
"Yes" Liliana said as she stared back at Johnny.
Johnny looked at her and gave her a sweet smile, " I'm happy that you found someone that knows how to treat you like you deserve to be treated. He is a lucky man, like I was once" he said.
Tears began to streamed down Liliana's eyes. Johnny didn't understand why she was crying.
"Honey, what's wrong?" he asked worriedly.
"It's my boyfriend. He is in..." Liliana couldn't say it.
"He is in what??" Johnny asked desperately. "He is in ja..." Liliana said but once again she couldn't finish her sentence.

"He is jail?" Johnny asked, " why?" he said.
"I can't tell you. I'm sorry I have to go" Liliana said and quickly got up and run out of the restaurant. She was about to cross the street, when she felt that someone grabbed her arm. She turned around and saw that it was Johnny.
"I'm no one to judge your boyfriend nor you. But I want you to know that I will help you get him out of there" he said.

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CH. 29 Better that we break
The day of the trial finally arrived. Liliana woke up and got herself ready. She made her way down to the Hotel lobby and order a taxi and headed to the court. As the Taxi drove through the city, Liliana looked out the window with the most saddest eyes, she felt like she was going to a funeral. The taxi pulled over and told Liliana that they had arrived. Liliana was a bit shocked to know that they had arrived so darn early. Liliana paid the taxi driver, took a big breath and opened the door of the cab. She started to walk towards the entrance, and noticed a man standing there.

"Ahh good morning Ms. Ponce" Detective Palmer said.
Liliana gave him a sarcastic look and made her way inside. When she got inside she saw the Chief talking to Holly. Holly spotted Liliana and immediately told the Chief of her presence. The Chief turned around and made his way to where Liliana was.
" You came" the chief said to Liliana as he got closer to her.
"I said I was going to wasn't I" Liliana said in not so pleasant tone.
"You know what to do, and one more thing, if you back on us and don't do what your suppose to do, we'll make sure someone kills Criss inside his jail cell. " the chief exclaimed as he grabbed Liliana by her arm and made their way inside the courtroom.
"You wouldn't dare" Liliana exclaimed fearfully.
"Dare me!" the chief told her. Liliana couldn't believe it.

As the judge entered the room, Liliana began to feel nervous, her breathing began to get heavier. The chief who was sitting beside her noticed her and whispered, "Get a grip of yourself" Liliana froze and tried to relax.
" Bring out the defendant" the judge order.
Suddenly the door opened, and Criss came out with a orange suit, he had a scrubby face. He didn't looked scared but rather...relaxed. As the trial went on, Criss' luck wasn't getting any better, all the evidence the police had gathered, proof that he was the one who committed all those bank robberies. Suddenly it was time.
"Bring out our first witness" the judge order. As Liliana came out Criss eyes widen out of surprised, he couldn't believe that Liliana was going to testify.

A police officer made his way towards Liliana and told her to raise her right hand.
"You solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" the police said.
" I Do" Liliana said and sat down. Liliana was looking all around the courtroom until she met with Criss' eyes. She quickly looked away and lowered her sight.
"Tell us your name" a lawyer said.
"My name is Liliana Ponce De Leon" she said.
"And how do you fit to this puzzle Ms. Ponce?" the lawyer asked.
Liliana hesitated a little and then said, " ......He....Kidnapped me" Criss rose from his sit, and screamed, "WHAT???" the judge order him to sit down and shut up. Criss couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Did he harmed you?" the lawyer asked.
"No, but he made me be a part of his act in one the robberies"
"Ahh, so you are telling us, that Mr. Angel indeed, is a criminal"
Liliana's eyes began to get watery and began to breath hard, she looked at the chief who gave her an evil look that reminded her of what will happen to Criss if she didn't do her part.
"Ms. Ponce I asked you a question" the lawyer said, "Is he or not the person who committed all the bank robberies in the past two years?" the lawyer shouted.
"YES!...YES! HE IS!..." Liliana said as tears roll down her face.
"I rest my case" the lawyer said making his way to his seat.

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CH. 30 Where the story ends
As Liliana walked away from the witness stand, her eyes searched for Criss. His eyes resembled a look of despise, which made Liliana shiver of fear. She knew that everything that she had said was a lie, part of it that is. She walked and sat next to the Chief.
"Good job, my dear! you just saved your lover's life" the chief whispered into Liliana's ear.
Liliana looked at him with hate and said, " you mean I just send my lover to jail for life". The chief looked at her and gave her a quick smirk but didn't say nothing.

As the trial went on, it was time for Criss to take the witness stand.
"So tell me Mr. Angel what's your real name?" the lawyer asked Criss as he got closer to him.
"Christopher Sarantakos" Criss answered.
"Why did you rob all those banks?" the lawyer continued.

"Necessity..." Criss said. " Necessity??...Please Mr. Sarantakos since when did robbing a bank became an obligation in someone's life?" the lawyer asked mockingly. Criss remained quiet.
"Look the money wasn't for me ok..." Criss continued. "Ahh no, so for who was it?" the lawyer said.
"Part of the money went to a nun's convention, that cared for sick children. That money went for medication and food for the children" Criss remarked.
"Oh wow, so we have a new Robin Hood now days" the Lawyer said as he laughed. Criss wasn't very pleased with the lawyer's comments.
"Is everything a joke to you?" Criss yelled to the lawyer. "I'm going to ask you to watch your language Mr. Sarantakos" the judge said.

"I have nothing else to ask you honor" the lawyer said as he walked to his seat. The judge looked at Criss and said, "Is there anything else you which to say?" Criss took a big breath and said,

"So it's time for me to speak. What is there for me to say? When I'm finish you'll sentence me for my crime. So let me ask you now, what is a crime?What is punishment? It seems to vary from time to time and place to place. What's legal today is suddenly illegal tomorrow because society says it's so, and what's illegal yesterday is suddenly legal because everybody's doin' it, and you can't put everybody in jail. I'm not saying this is right or wrong. I'm just saying that's the way it is. There is nothing else for me to say, this words wont help me get out of here, but one thing is for sure I don't regret anything I've done. This is me, the real Criss Angel, this is what I do and I'm not afraid to say it"

The judge looked at Criss and asked him if that was all he wanted to say. Criss then rose from the witness stand and looked at Liliana,

"I just wish for once that you could be in my shoes, Liliana, and then you would know something that you don't know: mercy! That the concept of a society is based on the quality of that mercy; its sense of fair play; its sense of justice!" Criss said with anger, and made his way to his seat. Liliana couldn't believe what he just had said to her. She was shocked and tears began to roll down her face. Liliana tried to get out of the courtroom but the chief didn't let her and sat her down again.

" you're not leaving until the jury gives the verdict" he told her. Finally it was time for the jury to give its verdict.
"Has the jury made its decision?" the judge asked. As one of the jury members stood up and said they had.
Criss waited patiently for the jury's answer.
" We the jury find the defendant Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos aka "Criss Angel"....guilty...." one of the members said. Criss let his body collapse on his seat again. Liliana began to cry as she saw that Criss' life crashed down to the floor.
The judge looked at Criss and said, " As the judge of this court and trial I sentence you to 55 years in prison with no bail"

[DeppAngel]

CH. 31 IT'S OVER
As the police officer handcuffed Criss again to take him back to his jail cell, Liliana made her way to where Criss was. Another police officer saw her and blocked her way.
"Please Officer, let me say something to him" Liliana begged. But the officer didn't let her. She was only a few feet away from Criss, so she shouted.

"Criss! Criss!" she said. Criss looked around and saw it was her, he then turned back without replying to Liliana. When the police started to scort Criss back to his cell, Liliana managed to get a little bit closer to where he was walking.
"Criss please listen to me" Liliana said in a desperate tone.
"What do you want?" Criss yelled back at her in a not so pleasant tone. Liliana froze at his remark, making her shiver out of fear.

"Let me explain, you dont understand" she said.
Criss rolled his eyes, " Oh I think I understand perfectly Liliana, I understand that you're a traitor and a liar" he said trying to hold his tears back.
"what?..no!..Criss" Liliana said but Criss interrupted her by saying,
"Oh it's true, you know what I was a fool to think that you love me"
"But Criss I do love.." she couldn't finish her sentence.

"Shut up! Shut up! Don't even bother saying it...and don't even bother coming to visit me, cuz I won't see you" Criss said
"Christopher!" Liliana shouted while tears streamed down her face.
"I know I've said that I dont regret anything i've done. But I do regret something" he said
"what?" Liliana said as she tried to wiped her tears out of her face.
"meeting you" Criss said as he walked through the door and left. Those were the last words that Liliana heard from him.

Liliana walked out of the courtroom and waited for a taxi to pass by, in the moment Johnny steped out of a car.
"Liliana" he shouted. Liliana looked at him but didn't move.
"Lily I tried to make it the trial but I couldn't make it. My lawyer called me, he told me that he couldn't do anything else for your boyfriend..Im sorry" Johnny said as he hugged Liliana.
"Johnny, I wanna go back to the states" Liliana said.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 32 THE END HAS ONLY BEGAN

10 years later...

"Babe, I'm back!" Johnny shouted as he opened the door and made his way inside his hotel room.
"Im glad you're back" Liliana said jumping on him and giving him a kiss. Johnny didn't let go of her and they both made their way to the living room and began a make out session.

"So how did your Alice in wonderland premier go?" Liliana asked johnny as she played with his hair.
"It was good, all the fans were great, I love them, because of them I still have this job" he said.
"I know!" Liliana commented as she rested her head on his chest.
Johnny then got up from the couch and made his way to the bathroom to take a shower. Meanwhile, Liliana order some food so they would eat. When Johnny got out from the shower, he made his way to the table and began to eat along with Liliana.

" Darling what do you wanna do later on?" Johnny said as he took a bite of his food.
"I don't know babe, and besides you seem pretty tired from the premier, so you better rest" she said.
"Ahh nonsense, we are in a marvelous city, we need to go out and have fun" Johnny said. Liliana took a bite of her food and raised her eyebrows as an expression that she didn't know where to go. Suddenly, Johnny's cellphone rang and he answered,

"Hello...Hey Tim how you been..you didn't stay for the movie?...yeah I came back to the hotel...we wanna go out, but we don't know where...really? sounds good...what time?8:00 pm?...you have them?...great...I'l tell her..ok bye see you there"
Liliana looked at Johnny and gave him at smile while Johnny hang up the phone.
"Get ready darling, we're going out after all" Johnny said as he rose from his seat and headed out to the room to get himself ready.

"Where?" Liliana said as she took a sip of her drink.
"We're going to this show call BELIEVE..Tim says its pretty good" johnny shouted from the room.
"Sounds good, after all we are in Vegas" Liliana said as she went to the room to get ready.

[DeppAngel]

Ch.33 Believe it or Not!
When Johnny and Liliana made their way down to the lobby, a mob of paparazzi were waiting for them.
The paparazzi started to scream their names as they came into view, millions of flashes surrounded the couple.
"Johnny!! Johnny!! Liliana!!" paparazzi shouted from all directions. The flashes made Johnny impossible to see where he was going, making him bump into one of the paparazzo. The guy quickly apologized to Johnny, but Johnny didn't say anything. The commotion was making him upset.

"So where are you guys heading tonight" one of the paparazzo said to the couple. But neither Johnny nor Liliana answered his question. The finally made their way to their car and left the place.
"God, that was fun...not!" Johnny said as he kept driving down Las Vegas blvd. Liliana laughed at his comment, she then reached towards him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"So where is this show?" Liliana asked.

"Is in the Luxor hotel, Tim told me is a pretty good show, very entertaining" Johnny replied. When they got there, Johnny saw another mob of paparazzi outside the Luxor. But with the help of some of the workers, they managed to enter the hotel from a different entrance. The had arrive just in time, they went inside the theater and sat in the best seats of the house. Johnny and Liliana were talking, suddenly, the lights went dim, and the show began.

"I hope you like it" Johnny whispered into Liliana's ear. Liliana smiled and said, "I know I will"
The show was going great, Liliana and Johnny where having a great time. Suddenly, he appeared.
Liliana froze when she saw his face, "Criss??!!...this can't be" she exclaimed.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 34 Who knew

Liliana began to breath hard, suddenly she started to gasp for air, she felt like someone was suffocating her. Flashbacks began to play over her head like movie scenes. She remembered the first time they met, the first kiss they had, the first bank robbery she experienced with him, the first time he made love to her, the first time they had a fight...the last time she saw him.

"Darling" Johnny whispered making Liliana jump a little. "huh, what?" she said a little thrown off.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Uhh...yeah..yeah, why?" she said to him without taking her eyes away from Criss.
"I don't know, you seemed like you were spacing off" he said. Liliana got a bit nervous and said, "Uhh I need a little air, I'm gonna go to the restroom" Johnny nodded to what she said, Liliana got up from her seat and walked out. She leaned on the wall and put her head back and began to take deep breaths while she closed her eyes.

"Are you ok miss" a voice said making Liliana open her eyes and see who it was.
"I'm fine thank you..I just needed some air" she said while she gasped for more air.
"Oh yeah, back in there it can get pretty crowded, making people lose their air" the man said as he chuckled.
Liliana giggled at his comment.
"Hey" the man said as if an idea had crossed his mind. "You're Liliana, Johnny Depp's girlfriend right?" he continued.
Liliana giggled a little more, " uh yeah...that's me" she said.
"Nice to meet you, I'm JD" the man said. Liliana quickly gave him a handshake. "You look kind of familiar" she exclaimed.
JD laughed, "Oh I get that a lot because of my brother"
Liliana was a bit confused, "Your brother?"
"Yeah Criss, he's my brother" he remarked. Liliana's eyes widen. "He never told me he had another brother" she thought.

"Have you met him" JD said while he got out his phone. "Uhh no!" Liliana answered a little nervous.
"If you wanna meet him I can help you...when the show ends we can walk back stage" JD exclaimed. Liliana got quiet she didn't know what to say.
"Umm I would love to, but uhh...Johnny has to do...something, another time would be fine" she said hoping she didn't looked to obvious that she didn't wanna see him. JD agreed and then said, "I think you should get in, you're missing all the show"
Liliana looked at the doors the lead inside the theater and with a fake smile she said, " yeah...you're right" she exclaimed.

As she was about to get inside the theater, JD stopped her,
"Hey, can I get a picture with you?" he said blushing a little. Liliana giggled and without thinking she agreed, and went inside the theater.
"Uh Costa and Criss are gonna be so jealous when they see that I took a picture with a beautiful woman" JD said as he walked backstage while looking at the picture.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 35 Never saw it coming

When the show ended, Johnny and Liliana were walking out of the theater, when they were suddenly stopped by some fans.
"Oh my god Johnny! can I get an autograph" one of the girls said holding a pen and a piece of paper. Johnny smiled and willingly agreed. When he finished, Liliana and him began to make their way through the hotel.
"Darling, do you wanna go to one of the bars right here?" Johnny asked as he looked at Liliana.
Liliana hesitated to respond, she knew that it was to dangerous to stay in the Luxor and be seen by Criss.
"Ahh...nah, why...don't we go....to...another place?" Liliana said nervously

"Are you ok, sweetheart?" Johnny asked a little worried. Liliana nodded. "Yes, I'm fine" she said. Suddenly the racket of screaming girls was heard a few feet away.
Johnny and Liliana looked where all the commotion was coming from.
"What's going on over there?" Johnny asked a little curious. "I don't know" Liliana responded as she too tried to see what was going on.

"Criss! Criss!" A few girls screamed. Liliana froze and hold Johnny's hand more tight.
"Oh is Criss, the guy from the show...I wanna go and congratulate him for such an amazing show, come darling lets go" Johnny said as he pulled Liliana and started walking towards him. Liliana began to get more nervous, she needed an excuse to get out of there as soon as possible.
"Ahhh" Liliana shriek as she bent down a little. Johnny looked at her, "Baby, what's wrong?" he asked worriedly.
"I think I twisted my ankle" she lied. Johnny asked her if she could walk, Liliana tried to but fake that she couldn't.
"We better get home, I don't want your ankle to get all bruised up" he said as he carried her away the hotel.

***Different point of view***
"Ok girls, thats enough for today" Costa said as he helped Criss get through the crowd. When Criss managed to get through the commotion, Costa and him went to Liquidity to have a drink.
" Oh what a night" Criss said taking a sip of his martini. "Oh yeah" Costa replied.
"I'm living the dream bro" Criss exclaimed with a smile. Costa raised his drink into the air and said, " cheers to that"

"I knew that someday I will be doing what I wanted, specially when it didn't go so well back in Europe" Criss remarked.
" By the way, what happen in Europe?, you never talked about it since you got back from there" Costa asked as he raised his eyebrow.
Criss remained quiet and before talking another sip of his drink he said in a serious tone, "I don't wanna talk about it"

In that moment JD arrived, "Hey guys..great show Criss" JD said as he sat with them.
"Where were you JD?" Costa asked. "Dude you're worse than mom" JD replied making Criss laugh.
They all started talking and having a great time when suddenly,
"Hey guys, you're gonna be sooo jealous when I show you this" JD said as he took his cellphone out from his pocket.
"what?" Criss and Costa asked curiously. JD then showed the phone to Costa. "No way!, isn't she..." Costa couldn't finish his sentence and was interrupted by JD who said, "Yeah, that's her"

"No way dude, you're lucky, she's hot" Costa said drooling over the picture. Criss looked a bit confused.
"What are you guys talking about, I wanna see the picture too" Criss said smiling. JD then took the phone away from Costa and gave it to Criss. When Criss saw it, he couldn't believe his eyes. "Where...where did you get this?" he said in a firm yet nervous tone.

"Dude she is pretty" Costa commented.
"I'm not kidding...JD where and when did you took this picture" Criss remarked in an angry voice. JD and Costa were a little thrown off by his reaction.
"I took it today, during your show...she..." JD couldn't finish his sentence when suddenly Criss threw the phone back at him and stormed out of the bar.

[DeppAngel]

CH.36 Where is this leading to

With such fury Criss made his way out of the bar and into the lobby. He was heading to his room, but decided to get his lambo and take a little ride to clear his head. He was walking with such rage that he bumped into a person.
"Hey! watch it!" the man said. But Criss didn't even turn back to apologize. As the man saw who it was he said, "Criss?" It was carrot top. But still, Criss kept walking through the lobby without looking back.

Once he got outside the hotel, he order for his lambo and while waiting for it, he paced back and forth on the sidewalk.
As the lambo came into view, he stepped out of the sidewalk and got near his car. "Here are your keys Mr. Angel" the guy told him. But Criss didn't respond, he got into the car and took off. As he drove down Las Vegas Blvd, he started reminiscing everything that he and Liliana had lived back in Europe. A smile appeared on his face when he remembered the first time he met her and the time he made love to her. Criss drove out of the city and into the desert. Criss was having all this beautiful flashback of Liliana, but suddenly his smiled disappeared, when he remembered the day of the trial. He started breathing like a wild beast, and started to speed faster.

"Aghhh, how could you Liliana???" he screamed to himself from the top of his lungs. " You were my everything, I loved you with all my heart and you...you!!.." he couldn't finish his sentence when he felt his voice breaking down. He closed his eyes and swallowed hard. He heard the horn of a truck, he quickly opened his eyes and saw that he was driving in the opposite lane, he braked trying not to hit the big truck. His lambo zigzagged and went out the road, until he managed to finally come to a stop. His heart was racing like a horse, and he was breathing like a wild beast. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and tears began to fall down his face.

"Why Lily? why??" he said as he rested his forehead on the steering wheel.
"I thought you were my past, but I can see that my past came back to hunt me" he said to himself as he still kept crying. Suddenly his phone went off, he quickly reached for it, and before he answered he tried to clear his voice.

"What?" he said in an angry tone.
" Criss where are ya? Man I'm confused, what's going on? why did you took off like that? " JD said in a desperate tone.
Criss took a deep breath and tried to relaxed, "JD...how do you know that woman?" Criss said. JD was still confused about the whole situation. JD wanted to know what was the mystery between the woman and Criss so he contribute and said,
"Well, everybody in the U.S knows her... she is the girlfriend of the famous movie star, Johnny Depp"
"What???" Criss yelled. He couldn't believe it. "She went back with him?" he thought to himself.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 37 Tell me, and no lies

The next morning, Liliana was slowly woken up by the gentle kisses of Johnny.
"Morning Darling" Johnny said as he stroke Liliana's hair. Liliana yawn as she rubbed her eyes, "Good morning babe" she said in a still sleepy voice.

"How's your ankle doing?" Johnny asked. "My ankle?" Liliana said with a confused look on her face.
"Yeah, you twisted it last night..." Johnny told her as he took the blanket off to take a look at Liliana's ankle. Liliana quickly sat down on the bed, "Ohhh yeah...my ankle, its good!" she said trying to hide the truth.
"Well it seems ok, it didn't even bruised up" Johnny said as he rubbed her ankle. "Yeah, its all good now" Liliana said a bit nervous. Johnny smiled. They both got up from the bed and headed to the kitchen to eat breakfast.

4 hours later...
Criss was in his room watching some t.v, just to kill time. It was his day off from believe, and he didn't felt like going out. He was still kind of confused and bummed about Liliana. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"who is it?" Criss yelled as he petted hammie. "It's me, JD.." JD said as he slowly opened the door. He made his way through the room and sat on the couch next to Criss. " How are you doing?" JD asked him as he reached for hammie to pet him.

"Im fine" Criss said without taking his eyes away from the t.v screen. "You don't fool me Criss, I'm your brother and I know you...whats wrong?"
"About what?" Criss said in a confused tone pretending not to know what his brother was talking about.
"Ok...I'm tired of always being the nice guy with you, but I'm done with that!...what the is your problem with Johnny Depp's girlfriend?" JD said with anger. Criss became angry in how his brother was reacting, he abruptly rose from the couch, making hammie jump off his lap and said, " That's not your business!"

"Ohh it is my business and..."JD yelled back at him.
"I don't want to discuss my personal life with you" Criss said as he started to walk away. JD followed him "What did you said?...did you said personal life?...so you have something with her?" JD said as he stopped Criss on his tracks. JD kept repeating the same question over and over again. But Criss wasn't spilling any information.

"Get off my face JD" Criss yelled back. "I'm not going to until you tell me...whats wrong with you?" JD screamed back. Criss became more angry and shoved JD. But JD didn't gave up easily and shoved him back. "If you don't have the guts to tell me...I guess I'll have to ask her instead" JD screamed. But when Criss hear that, he suddenly punched JD on the face making him drop to the floor.
"She was my girlfriend back in Europe!" Criss said as he stared at JD who was still on the floor.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 38 Why is this happening
JD got up from the floor and headed out the door without saying anything back to Criss. Criss just stood there as he watched his brother leave. He then went into his room and slammed the door. He sat on his bed as tears rolled down his face.

" why? why? damn it..why?" he yelled over and over again. He got so desperate that he started to trash all his room around. He knocked off everything that was in front of him. He then went into his closet and started to throw his clothes on the floor. He looked like a wild tiger inside of a cage. He saw a stack of papers resting on the corner of his closet and abruptly tossed them to the floor too. Making the papers land all over his room. As he paced back and forth, stepping on the papers, he looked down and saw a picture. He pick it up. It was a picture of him and Liliana, that they had taken when they were back in Switzerland. Criss stared at it. He passed his finger over Liliana's face while a tear strolled down his cheek. He quickly wiped it away.


This is how Criss and lily are posing in the pic.

"Ahgg I hate you..Liliana" he yelled as he crumbled the picture into a ball and tossed it into the trash can. He stared at the trash can and without thinking it twice ran to it and took the picture out.
"Who I'm a kidding...I never stopped loving you Lily" he said as he tried to unwrinkled the picture as much as possible. He folded the picture and put it on his wallet. He then ran out of his hotel room to find JD. When he found him, he apologized for his reaction. JD understood him and said he was sorry too and that he shouldn't have butt in like that into his business. Criss told him it was fine and that he understood that he just wanted to protect him.
"Let's go eat..its on me" Criss said as he put his arm around JD.
JD agreed, "Sure, why don't we invite mom" JD said. Criss lower his eyes, "I don't think that's a good idea"
"Why?" JD said. "Because I want to tell you want happened when I was in Europe"

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 39
"So, what happen to you back in Europe?"JD asked Criss as he took a sip of his drink. Criss looked around the restaurant and sighed.
"Promise me that you are not going to freak out" Criss said without taking his sight away from his brother.
"Criss just tell me" JD answered eagerly. " I was in...jail!" Criss finally said.
JD chuckled " very funny Christopher, seriously what happen back there?"
"I'm serious I was in jail..." Criss stated.
"Well what kind of crime did you committed, you stole an apple or what?" JD asked while he laughed.

"I was...a...bank robber" Criss finally confessed.
"hahaha..stop with the jokes criss seriously"
"I'm not kidding damn it, Criss Angel robbed banks" Criss said with a serious look. JD stopped laughing and slowly his smile faded.
"What???" JD asked shocked.
Criss lowered his eyes and looked at his drink, " I robbed many banks through out Europe, my last hit was a Bank in Italy, it was there where they cough me...Liliana or Johnny's girlfriend as you may know her as, became my partner in crime, moreover we became more than that...we felt in love....the weird thing was that there was no record of her, only me...when the day of my trial came, much to my surprise she testified....against me...she said that I kidnapped her, which I did not..."

JD was more than shocked, he couldn't believe what Criss was telling him, it sounded like Criss was telling the plot of an action movie.
"How did you met Liliana" JD asked. " I met her when I was in Paris, France. She had barely find out that Johnny was having an affair.."
"Wait, what? he cheated on her and she's still with him" JD asked confused. Criss just raised his shoulders as a sign that he didn't know why she had gone back to him.
"You still love her huh?" JD asked him in a gentle voice. Criss kept quiet and reached for his wallet. JD just stared at him wondering what Criss was doing. When Criss grabbed his wallet he took out a folded paper and gave it to JD.

"What is this?" JD asked as he reached for the folded piece of paper and began to unfolded. Much to his surprise, it was the picture of Criss and Liliana. JD stared at it, and looked back at Criss who was quiet and looking down at the table.
"It seemed that you two were in love.." JD stated. "Correction, I was in love..not her" Criss corrected him.
"Criss, don't say that, by the look she had in this picture, it looks like she was madly in love with you"
"What kind of person who claims to love you, testifies against you in court?" Criss said annoyed.
Their conversation was suddenly interrupted by a male voice.

"Criss Angel?" the man said. Criss looked up and much to his surprised he couldn't believe who was standing in front of him, it was none another than Johnny Depp.
"Yes?" Criss said astonished.
"I want to congratulate you for your wonderful show 'Believe', it's great!" Johnny said.
"Uh thank you Mr. Depp" Criss said nervously. "Ohh, please call me Johnny"
Liliana was coming out of the ladies room and saw that Johnny wasn't on the table. She looked around the restaurant and at a distance she saw Johnny talking to this two men. She couldn't define their faces, so she started to make her way to where Johnny was.

[DeppAngel]

CH.40 And here you come again

"Do you care to join us?" JD asked Johnny as he look up at him and then fixed his eyes onto Criss.
"Oh no, I'm good...it looks like I interrupted a deep conversation..so I'll be leaving you..." Johnny said a bit embarrassed.
"Oh not at all Mr. Depp, I mean Johnny (Chuckles). Its fine, please join us" Criss said while he tried pulling one of the chairs out, so Johnny would sit.
"I would love to, but I'm here with...."

"Johnny!" Liliana said as she arrived to the table. Johnny look around and saw it was Liliana. He greeted her with a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Like I was saying, I'm here with my girlfriend" Johnny finished his sentence while he pulled Liliana closer to him. At that moment, Liliana's eyes met Criss'. Suddenly her nerves became tense. She just couldn't take her eyes away from Criss. It was as if Criss had hypnotized her. Criss kept looking at her, he quickly sensed Liliana's nervous level rise up. He couldn't quite understand why her eyes were resembling fear. It had been so long, ten years to be exact, Criss wanted to hug her and kiss her, but he couldn't.

"This is Liliana my girlfriend.."Johnny said to JD and Criss.
"Yeah I know her, we met that night she went to see Believe" JD said as he greeted her with a handshake.
"Uhh yeah, hello!"Liliana said anxious.
"and this is my brother...Criss" JD added. Criss rose from his seat and stretched his hand to greet Liliana. Liliana rapidly gave her hand and greeted him.
"Enchantée, mademoiselle" Criss said to her as he kissed her hand.
"Enchenté monsieur" Liliana said uneasy. and quickly pulled her hand back.
"You know french?" Johnny asked surprised. Criss who was still looking at Liliana look at Johnny, " Yeah I do" Criss said.
"Are you french?" Johnny asked. Criss laughed "I wish, but no, I lived in France for quite a while" he said as he quickly turn his eyes to Liliana. She couldn't keep staring back, she felt ashamed, so she quickly lowered her eyes down.

"Well it was nice meeting you gentlemen..but we better keep going" Johnny said as he shook their hands. Liliana shook JD's hand but kind of hesitated in shaking Criss' hand again, but she had to, or Johnny would probably get suspicious.
As Liliana and Johnny walked back to their table, she looked back and saw that Criss was still looking at her. She gasped and quickly turned around.
"What's wrong?" Johnny asked worried as he turned back to see what Liliana had seen.. "Oh no, nothing I thought I saw paparazzi outside the window.

A few minutes passed, Johnny and Liliana were still eating and Criss and his brother were still chatting and eating too. Criss gave Liliana a few glances now and then. Liliana, of course became aware of that.
"I'll be right back" Liliana told Johnny as she rose from her seat. "Where are you going?" Johnny asked her while he took a sip of his red wine. "To the ladies room" She said. "Ok darling" Johnny said as he winked at her. Liliana smiled and made her way to the restroom. Criss became aware of this, and decided to go to the restroom too. He began to get up from his seat.

"What are you doing?" JD whispered worriedly. "I just have to" Criss remarked. "Oh no, Criss, don't do anything stupid...why don't you wait" he told him trying to persuade him to stay.
"Is now or never, it's my chance" Criss said as he walked away from the table. JD sighed " Oh god, Criss!' he said to himself as he saw his brother go into the restroom.
Inside the ladies room, Liliana was alone staring herself at the mirror. She sighed, tears wanted to come out but she fought them to not let them out. She slowly washed her hands, trying to enjoy the feeling of cold water running through her fingers, making her nerves loosen up.

As Criss walked through the long narrow hallway, he passed over the ladies room. He quickly stopped and stared at it. He look to the right and then to the left to see if any people were coming. He was about to go in, when he suddenly stopped.
"Agghh who am I kidding" he said to himself as he walked away and down the hall. But something stopped him on his tracks. He turned around and went straight to the door and into the ladies room.
Liliana dried her hands with a paper towel as she walked towards the door. She heard the door open. And as she looked up, Criss rapidly put his hand over her mouth and took her inside of one of the bathroom stalls. He put her against the wall, and with his hand still covering her mouth, he stared at her big maroon eyes.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 41 The truth hurts

"Promise me that you're not gonna scream" Criss told Liliana as he still covered her mouth with his hand. Liliana nodded as a promise that she was not going to scream. Criss slowly pulled his hand away and quickly looked down. They both remained quiet for about five seconds until Liliana broke the silence.

" I better go or Johnny will start questioning" Liliana said as she reached for the lock to try to open the door.
"No! wait!" Criss exclaimed as he quickly put his hand over the door so Liliana wouldn't open it.
"Why did you went back to Johnny?" Criss asked her. That question caught Liliana by surprise, she wasn't expecting that. She remain quiet with nothing to say.
"Answer me" Criss whispered in a serious yet sad tone.
" He changed, he showed me that he still loved me..and well here I am" she said.
" Do you love him?" Criss asked, this time without taking his eyes away from hers.

"What kind of question is that?" Liliana said a bit annoyed.
"Yeah you're right, of course you love him...you never loved me" Criss said sarcastically.
"Shut up, shut up!...don't ever say that again...never say that I never loved you...cuz your wrong!...I loved you will all my heart Christopher...how do you think I felt when they sentenced you to 55 year in prison?...do you think I wanted to testify against you in court? No!!, why in the hell would I do that to the love of my life?..you don't know the story behind why I did such thing...you never let me explain..." Liliana said as tears strolled down her face.
"But why lily? why did you testify against me?" Criss screamed.
" Because if I didn't they were going to kill you in jail" She said as she dried her tears away.

"What???" Criss exclaimed in amazement.
"What you heard Criss, Chief Lombardi threaten me. He told me that if I testified against you, they wouldn't put me on record. I agreed. But of course, I wasn't going to. But the day of the trial ,he told me that if I didn't testify against you, he would make sure to have some kill you inside your jail cell"
Criss couldn't believe what he was hearing. He felt bad and ashamed because he had lived all this years thinking that Liliana never loved him, so he forced his heart to hate her with passion.
"I better go" Liliana said. But this time, Criss planted a passionate kiss on her. In that moment flashbacks came running back to her. She remembered the first time they kissed. She quickly pulled back. Making Criss a bit confused.
"This can't be Criss, I'm sorry" Liliana said as she stormed out of the bathroom stall and out of the ladies room.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 42

When Criss got out of the restroom and walked back to his table. He saw that Liliana and Johnny were no where to be found.
"Where are they?" Criss asked JD as he sat down on his chair.
"They left like two minutes ago...I guess Johnny had to leave, because when you two were in the restroom, I saw that he received a call, he quickly called for a waiter...so when Liliana got out, they said a few words and left...Johnny even waived goodbye at me" JD told Criss as he took a bite of his food.
"and Liliana? did she waved goodbye too?" Criss asked desperately.
"No, she was looking down" JD stated. "What in the hell did you do Criss?" JD asked his brother curiously.
Criss remained quiet and took a sip of his drink, " I kissed her" he said as he put his drink down and suddenly a smile appeared on his face.
"What???" JD asked shocked. "Are you crazy? where was this? in the hallway? JD continued.
"Nah, I went inside the ladies room" Criss said still with a smile on his face.
"Oh my god, your beyond crazy, have you lost you mind" JD said all freaked out. But Criss just kept smiling as he took a bite of his food.
"And how did she react?"JD continued to ask.
"She said that it couldn't be, but I don't believe her, that kiss proved me that she still feels something for me" Criss said with a big smile on his face.

Later that night...
Liliana was in her hotel room, watching some T.V.Johnny had gone to a meeting that involved the discussion of his next film and he wasn't going to be home till later on. Liliana began to change the channels to see what else was on T.V until she came across to an image of what appeared to be Criss. She quickly rose up the volume and listen carefully.
"Oh my god, it is him....Mindfreak?? what is that?"
Watch Criss Angel: Mindfreak: the 5 lives of Criss Angel every Wednesday on A&E the announcer said.
"What day is today?" Liliana asked herself as she reached for her cellphone to see the date. She realized that it was indeed Wednesday and quickly changed the channel to A&E. and to her big luck, there it was Criss Angel: Mindfreak.
" I knew that someday your dreams of becoming a professional illusionist will come true" She said without taking her eyes away from the screen. When the show ended Liliana made her way to the kitchen, suddenly she heard the door slam. She walked out of the kitchen and saw that it was Johnny.
"Johnny what's wrong?" she said as she made her way towards him.
"I'm sorry darling but I'm not in a good mood" Johnny said as he sat down on the couch. Liliana followed him and sat next to him.
"Why what's wrong? she said worriedly.
"Well you know that we were going to start filming in 3 weeks right here in Vegas...well no anymore...the director wants to start filming this weekend in Reno, Nevada"
" Oh what?" Liliana said upset. "Babe I thought we were staying here in Vegas" she continued.
"I know I thought so too, but change of plans...but you don't need to come with me...lets do this I can ask Tim if he can let me barrow his apartment so you can stay there, like that you can enjoy Vegas" Johnny said.
"That sounds good, but if I stay here I'm only gonna stay for a month, because I have to go back to L.A to work" Liliana commented. "Well if that's the case, then we'll see each other back in L.A" Johnny said.
"Well at least we have tomorrow and Friday to ourselves" Liliana added.
"Umm thats the other reason why I'm mad" Johnny said. " what you mean?" Liliana asked confused.
"I have to leave tomorrow to Reno" Johnny said annoyed.

Back at the Luxor...
Criss was in his room reminiscing about what had happen today with Liliana back at the restaurant.
" Man, I have to say that I miss her sweet delicate kisses" Criss said to himself. He then turn on the screen to see what was on T.V.

Welcome back, I'm Ryan Seacrest. Johnny Depp was spotted at the Alice in Wonderland premiere at Venetian Hotel without longtime girlfriend Liliana. Rumors were starting to speculate that the couple had called it quits. But this is what Mr. Depp had to say about the rumor.
"oh no, we're still together. She couldn't come to the premiere because of her work. But is not true that we're not together anymore. Don't believe such things (laughs)". Later that night Johnny and Liliana were spotter leaving their hotel, of course none of them responded any questions of the paparazzi. (Shows pictures of them two). It is now confirmed that Johnny is staying in Vegas for his new upcoming film, it is still unknown where they will start shooting, some sources say that filming is going to be in Vegas but other say is going to be in Reno. Where ever it is, best wishes to Johnny Depp and Liliana.

Suddenly an idea had cross Criss' mind, he grabbed his phone and dial a number.
"I don't know how and when, but one thing is for sure..we're getting back together Lily" he said to himself. The phone kept ringing, until someone pick up.
" Yes I want to know in what hotel Johnny Depp and Liliana Ponce are staying" Criss said as he grabbed a pen and paper.

[DeppAngel]

CH.42
The next morning in Las Vegas airport...

"Promise me that your gonna call me every time you get a chance" Liliana told Johnny as he took his bags out of the trunk.
"You know i will darling" he said as he put his bags down on the floor and reached for Liliana to kiss her.
"Ahh I don't wanna let go" Johnny said as he hugged Liliana tightly. Liliana chuckled and hugged him even tighter.
Johnny then looked at his watch, "I better go...I don't want to but I have to" he said as he reached for his bags. Liliana kissed him one more time " ok babe, take care and have fun" she said as he saw Johnny walking away. Johnny waved back and walked inside the airport until Liliana could no longer see him.

"Where to now Miss?" the driver asked as he opened the door.
"Take me to the hotel so i could get my bags, I'm heading to Tim's apartment" she said as she went inside the car.
When Liliana arrived to the hotel she saw a mob of paparazzi outside the entrance. She had no other choice but to get through there. As the driver opened the door to Liliana, one of the paparazzi saw that it was her and started shouting her name, making the other paparazzo get their cameras ready.
"Lily! lily! where is Johnny??" Yeah Liliana where is your Jack Sparrow??" the paparazzi shouted trying to make Liliana annoyed. But she kept her cool and kept walking until she got inside. The president of the hotel made sure that Liliana would get out from the back door so she wouldn't go through the chaos again.

Later that day...

Liliana felt bored being stuck inside the apartment by herself with nothing fun to do. So she decided to go to the Boulevard mall down Las Vegas blvd strip.
She went inside a few stores and did some shopping. Now and then a few people recognized who she was and asked for a picture with her. Overall, she was having a great time, she was so busy looking at a window store that she bumped into someone making them drop their ice-cream on the floor. Liliana quickly looked around,
"Oh my god I'm so sorry" Liliana said.

The girl wiped over her jeans as she tried to remove the stain. "Oh that's fine, I'm the one who has to apologize I was running and wasn't looking where I was going" she said as she looked up.
" Oh please, I feel bad now, I made you drop your ice-cream...at least let me buy you another one" Liliana said embarrassed.
"Hey, your Liliana! Johnny Depp's girlfriend" the girl said amazed. Liliana giggled a little. "Yeah that's me" she said.

"Oh my god it's so nice to meet you. My name is Dimitra but i go by Dimi" the girl said with a smile.
"Well nice to meet you Dimi" Liliana said to her as she shook her hand.
"Dimi!!" a voice was heard at a distance. Dimi looked around and sighed as she giggled.
"That's my uncle, I like to run away from him, cuz i like to annoy him" Dimi said giggling.
"He sure sounds annoyed" Liliana said as she too giggled.
"Oh god...Dimi..(cathes breath) never...never (panting) run..away from me again" the man said as he bend down.

"This is my uncle Criss..see I told you he gets annoyed" Dimi said laughing. Liliana couldn't believe that once again she had run into him. Criss looked up and saw it was Liliana.
"Liliana!!?" he said as he stood up straight.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 43

"Hello Criss" Liliana said nervously. Suddenly a big ol smile appeared on Criss' face.
"Hi" he said as she reached to shake her hand. "How are you?" he asked her.
"I'm fine, how about you?" she said as she shook his hand too. " I'm great...now that I see you" he said with a smirk on his face.
Liliana rapidly clear her throat to remind him that his niece was present.
"what? do you guys know each other?" Dimi asked a bit confused. Criss realized that Dimi was there and tried to correct what he just said. " yeah.. now that I see you...how's johnny??" he said as he blushed a little.

"He is good...and to answer your question Dimi, yeah we met yesterday at a restaurant" Liliana said looking at Dimi with a smile.
"Ahh ok...is cuz you guys made it seem like you know each other from way back" Dimi said with a chuckle. Both Criss and Liliana giggled nervously.
"(giggles)...no no, we just met yesterday" Liliana said looking at Criss.
"Yeah, yeah yesterday" he said as he rubbed his neck.
"Well I better go...i haven't eat so I better go grab some lunch" Liliana said
"Now that you mention it, we were on our way to eat...you should join us" Dimi said excited.
" Great idea Dimi, yeah join us Liliana" Criss said as he looked at her.

"Oh no, I don't wanna break the uncle niece bond moment..you go ahead" she said with a chuckle.
"Ahh nonsense, please come with us" Criss said trying to persuade her. "Please please! pretty please" Dimi said with goo goo eyes.
" Uhh, ok sure" she said giving in. Criss then offered himself to help Liliana with some of the shopping bags she was caring. At first she didn't want to, she was only caring five, it wasn't a big deal.
"Come on, I just wanna help" Criss said to her as he reached and took 3 bags away from her hand. As they walked outside and into the parking lot Dimi interrupted his uncle by saying,
"Uncle Criss, can I start the car"
"no" Criss said laughing. "Oh come on uncle, I'm just gonna start it, I'm not gonna drive it, please!"
"Ok, fine, just start it, don't do anything else" he said as he gave the keys to her, and she run towards the car.
"Thanks for coming" Criss said to Liliana with a smile.
"I accepted the come because of your niece, not you" She said firmly. Criss chuckled, " Ok, ok!"

When they got to the restaurant, they order and started eating. Dimi was the one doing all the talking while Criss and Liliana were quieter. Dimi suddenly excused herself to go the ladies room. Criss couldn't take it and broke the silence between Lily and him.
"Why are you so quiet? you're not like that, well you weren't like that with me back in Europe" Criss said without taking his eyes away from her.
"Why do you have to bring that topic..god Criss that's in the past...don't let the past haunt you" Liliana said annoyed.
"I know your mad for the last thing I said to you back in Europe.." Criss continued.

"Just drop it" Liliana said trying to evade the conversation.
"I never meant to tell you that I regretted meeting you...I'm sorry I wasn't thinking right...I've should of listen to you...now, that I regret" he said as he reached for Liliana's hand. But Liliana quickly moved her hand away at the moment Criss' hand touch hers.
"What are you doing..are you crazy??" she said alarmed as she looked around the restaurant. "Do you want to get me in trouble...I'm in a relationship in case you already forgot" she whispered. Criss laid back on his chair and just sighed as he looked outside the window annoyed.

In that moment Dimi came back running,
"Uncle, I need to go" she said as she sat down. "What do you mean?" Criss said confused. "Mom text me reminding me that I need to go to the dentist, which i totally forgot that my appointment was today" she said as she took a bite of her chocolate cake.
"Well lets go then" Criss said. "No no, that's fine, mom said that dad is on the area, so he's picking me up" Dimi said. A few minutes later JD called Dimi to let her know that he was outside. She kissed Criss and Liliana goodbye and headed out the restaurant.

"Well I guess is just you and me" Criss said pleased. When they finished their dessert they were coming out of the restaurant when suddenly a pack of paparazzi came out of no where snapping photos of Criss and Liliana.
"Oh " Liliana whispered.
"Hey Liliana where is Johnny?? you're no longer with him??...Criss are you guys dating?...Liliana so you went from a Pirate to a magician??...Nice job Criss, you took Johnny Depp's girl, your magic sure works huh?.." the paparazzi shouted as one of them recorded and other took pictures. Liliana and Criss managed to get to the car with the help of some of the restaurant security. When they were getting inside on the paparazzi shouted, "Lily if you're indeed dating...that love is just illusion!" he said as all the paparazzi laughed. Liliana quickly turn around to see Criss with sad eyes while Criss just gave her a heartbreaking look. They got inside the car and drove off.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 44

As Criss drove down Las Vegas Blvd, both Liliana and him kept quiet. Liliana looked outside the window with a sad look on her face remembering what the paparazzi had said, "Lily if you're indeed dating...that love is just an illusion" She also started reminiscing all those beautiful times they spent together. what if the paparazzi said was true? what if that love was just an illusion? The radio was turn on and the song 'sail away' by the rasmus started to play.

Once upon a time we had a lot to fight for
We had a dream, we had a plan
Sparks in the air, we spread a lot of envy
Didn't have to care once upon a time

Liliana turn her head around to see Criss, who was so busy looking straight at the road. His face resembled a look of sadness, heartache, madness. Criss was paying attention to the lyrics and noticed that the song was narrating part of their lives. He kept listening but he didn't look back at Liliana, he kept looking at the road ahead. Liliana then turn around to what she was doing, looking outside the window.

Remember when I swore
My love is never ending
And you and I will never die
Remember when I swore
We had it all
We had it all

Criss suddenly sighed, " my love to you is not an illusion lily" he said as he looked at her. Liliana quickly turn around and she too let out a sigh. "Is not? don't you mean it wasn't an illusion?" she said trying to hold her tears back. " I never stopped loving you Lily, you were always in my mind..I still love you". He said to her as he look straight at the road and then at her.

Once upon a time we used to burn candles
We had a place to call a home
The dream that we lived
Was better than divine
Every day was like a gift
Once upon a time

Liliana started crying when she heard that coming from Criss. and the lyrics of the song made her cry even more because it was reminding her of her past, the life she had with him. When Criss saw that Liliana started crying he quickly pulled out of the road. " Oh honey don't cry" he said as he stopped the car and took of his seat belt so he could hug her. Liliana kept crying her heart out, holding onto Criss with such a grip. "It's ok baby! it's ok...I'm here" Criss said trying to console her. As Liliana started to calm down, Criss was stroking her hair and was still holding her. Liliana gently pulled back away from Criss wiping her tears away. " Don't cry sweetie" Criss said as he wiped her tears away from her cheek. " I love you!" he whispered as he lean over and kiss her with such passion.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 45
Criss started the car and began to drive again. This time Liliana and him had nothing to say. " You want me to take you to your hotel?" he said suddenly braking the silence as he looked at Lily. "Umm, I'm not staying at a hotel but in an apartment" Lily said as she took out her phone so she can give the address to Criss.

Liliana was opening the door of the apartment while Criss hold her shopping bags. Once Liliana managed to open the door, she turn around the get the bags from Criss, she went inside as Criss stood by the door. Liliana put her belongings on the table and as she turn back she realized that Criss hadn't come inside. She went back to see what had happen, and to her surprise she saw Criss still standing outside the door.

" Aren't you coming in?" She said. "Ohh, umm...yeah why not" he said as he went in and closed the door behind him. Criss followed Liliana to the living room.
"Is this your place?..well you and Johnny's?" Criss said looking around the apartment in amazement. "Oh no, this is Tim's apartment" she said as she went into the kitchen. Criss made his way into the living room and sat down on the couch. " You mean as The Tim Burton's the director of Alice in Wonderland?" he said as he spotted a picture of Tim, Johnny and Liliana at the Oscars. "Yeah, the good ol Tim" Liliana answered as she poured herself a glass of water. " Do you care for some water or a drink?" Liliana said looking at Criss from the kitchen. "Umm water is fine, thank you" Criss said as he turn on the t.v.

Liliana came back to the living room and gave the glass of water to Criss. She sat down next to him as she put her drink on the center table.

Criss took a sip of his drink as he stared at Liliana. "I think you and me need to talk!" Liliana said staring back at him.
"you're right...you don't know how much I've been waiting for this moment" he said as he grabbed the remote control and turn down the t.v volume. Liliana look down, she didn't know where to start. She was about to say something when Criss asked, "What did you do when the trial ended?"
"The next day I came back to the states with Johnny"

"Woah, Johnny? Johnny was in italy??" Criss asked confused. " A few days before your trial I came across Johnny, he was premiering one of his movies right there in Venice..we talked and I told him that my boyfriend was in jail"
"But you never told him my name right? I mean he doesn't know that I was the so called boyfriend huh?" Criss asked.
"No, I never told him your name, he was suppose to go to the trial, but he couldn't make it..that's why he doesn't know you"
"Ahh I see, I didn't thought that I was gonna have an attorney but I guess the state appointed me one..." Liliana quickly interrupted him by saying, " That was one of Johnny's lawyers, he offered himself to help you with that"

"You're saying that Johnny was helping me?" Criss said shocked. Liliana just nodded.
"Any ways, how did you got out of prison? I thought you were serving 55 years" Liliana curiously asked.
Criss cleared his throat, "I got out with the help from Officer Palmer...remember him?"
"Of course I remember him..but how?"

"Well remember Chief Lombardi?" Liliana nodded as sign that she remembered who he was. " Well, he got himself in trouble with the Italian mafia...so to clear that record, he blamed Detective Palmer...Of course Palmer wasn't very pleased...so now the mafia was after Palmer and not Lombardi. The mafia was demanding 1.1 million euros from Palmer. He told them that they had the wrong guy, but the only thing the mafia cared for was the money, and Palmer had no other choice because they had already threaten him with killing his family. So Palmer asked for my help"
"What???" Liliana said shocked.
"When he asked for my help, I didn't want to cuz then I was going to be in trouble with the mafia...but Palmer offered me something that I just couldn't refuse. He told me that if I helped him. He would clear my record and appeal for a second trial in my case"

"and how where you gonna help him?" Liliana asked.
"Simple, by robbing a bank...so I helped him. I mean who was going to blame me, I was already in 'jail' no one was going to blame me. Once I helped Palmer and he got out of that trouble. He appealed for a second trial, he erased my record. and because of lack of evidence they set me free..and here i am" Criss said as a grin appeared on his face.
"But what about the judge that took you're first trial? I mean he saw all your record" Liliana asked Criss as she took a sip of her drink.

" Palmer had told me that, that judge had moved to Rome...so this other judge had no idea about my case and because they didn't have enough evidence, well they set me free"
"So how long did you serve in jail?"
"Only five years.." Criss said in serious tone.
Liliana stared at the t.v with nothing else to say. Criss looked at her, he was dying inside, he wanted to kiss her again, to have her in his arms and make love to her like that time back in Europe.
Suddenly Criss rose from the couch and knelled before Liliana. She quickly looked at him with awe. "What are you doing? she said.

" I want you to forgive me Lily, for what I said...that I regretted meeting you and for treating you that way back in court...I'm sorry but I was angry, and yesterday when you told me that you had to testify against me because they threaten you with killing me, made me realized that I had committed a big mistake and that I've should of listen to you, but my stubbornness and ego didn't let me"
"Criss get..up...get up from there" Liliana said as she stood up and grabbed his hands to pull him up from kneeling.
"I won't get up until you forgive me" Criss said looking at her.
"Criss come one...please get up"
"No Lily, NO! you know what? is my fault why you're not with me right now, cuz if I had listen to you back then, you would be with me right now, probably not as my girlfriend but as my wife and who knows! probably by now we would of had a family" he said as his eyes started to get watery.
Liliana slowly bent down as her eyes met his, "Criss, I'm not going to forgive you because I have nothing to forgive you about, I understood that you were mad that day, you didn't know what was going on, of course you had the right tot react like that against me..so please stand up" she said in a gentle voice as she stroke his cheek.

"This is E news, Hello my name is Giuliana Rancic. Breaking news! Has Johnny Depp and Liliana called it quits!!!??"

Liliana and Criss quickly looked at the t.v screen when they heard the news. Liliana quickly grabbed the remote and turn up the volume.

"Bomb shell!, Liliana was spotted this afternoon in Las Vegas with none other than...Criss angel??? Yes sir, the paparazzi spotted this two coming out of a restaurant down Las Vegas Strip..you may be asking your self...Liliana where is Johnny? (Shows pics of Criss and Lily) This morning the paparazzi also caught Liliana arriving at her hotel alone!!...now where is Johnny Depp!? rumor has it that the couple has called quits making Liliana run to Criss Angel for support. We know that Criss Angel has been single for awhile now, if he wants to be with someone, Criss come one, she's taken. We'll have more coming up!

" " Liliana said with such anger throwing the remote to the floor. As Criss stared at her.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 46 Stuck in the moment
Liliana paced back and forth in the living room annoyed. Criss quickly got up from the couch and grabbed her by the arm to stop her.
"Ahh this is a mess" she said as she run her fingers through her hair.
"Lily, it's just gossip, you know that you and Johnny haven't broken up, why are you like this?" Criss said.
"It bothers me cuz their always talking about my relationship with Johnny, I'm tired of that" she stated as she took a sip of water.
Criss grabbed the remote control and turned off the t.v.
"Just relax" he said as he grabbed her arm and sat her down on the couch. Liliana put her head back on the couch and closed her eyes.

Criss who was sitting beside her was enjoying the view, but he then said, "Lily how long have you been with Johnny? which made Liliana open her eyes and look at him, " six year, why?" Criss was amazed that they had been together for such a long time, he didn't know what else to say and just told her that he was just curious.
Suddenly Liliana's phone went off, she glanced at Criss and quickly got up from the couch to go grab her phone that was in her purse.
She took the phone out and took at look at the caller ID, she glanced at Criss who was in the living room watching her. "Who is it?" he said, but Liliana didn't said nothing and quickly answered the phone.

"Hello" she said as she looked down.
"Ohh hey baby, how's Reno' she said as she gave a quick look at Criss. Criss rapidly knew that it was Johnny the one calling. He sighed and walked over where Liliana was.

"Ohh that's great babe...yeah I'm here in the apartment...yeah I went shopping...(Criss gets to where Liliana is and looks at her)..yeah...oh that's good I'm glad...what?...Criss??...(Looks at Criss)...why?? (Criss eye's widen)...you saw that??..well I, I..I run to him in the mall, he was with his niece and they invited me to lunch...his niece?..her dad picked her up, that's why when we got out of the restaurant it was only me and him...yeah he gave me a ride back to the apartment...if he's here?? (looks a Criss again)..No babe umm he left hours ago, he just stayed for awhile and left...ohh ok babe, well take care, call me tomorrow..ok goodnight love ya"

Liliana hanged the phone as she sighed.
"He saw the news?" Criss asked. " Yeah, he told me that he was coming out of the shower and that the t.v was on and that's when he saw" Liliana said as she looked at the time. "Oh my god its almost 11 pm." she stated looking back at Criss.
"Oh wow time sure goes by quickly, we arrived here around 3:00..well I guess I better go" Criss said as he looked at his watch and then grabbed his car keys that where on top of the table.
Liliana walked him to the door. Criss was about to open the door when he turn around and said, "I'm glad we talked and everything is clear about what happened back in Italy"

"Yeah me too" Liliana said with a smile. Suddenly they both got quiet, and stared at each other. Criss couldn't resist anymore and planted a kiss on Liliana. They were kissing with such passion and ardor and so caught in the moment, that without prior notice they were making their way through the bedroom door.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 47 To little to late

Criss and Liliana were living the moment with such passion like there was no tomorrow. Criss' tender kisses made Liliana feel like she was floating on air. As Criss slowly and sweetly kissed Liliana's neck, Liliana opened her eyes and looked to her right. She saw picture hanging on the wall. It was a picture of Tim, Helena Boham carter and Johnny at the premier of Sweeney Todd.

"Stop...stop!" she demanded as she rose from the bed pushing Criss away from her.
"what? why? whats wrong?" Criss asked confused as he sat on the bed.
"I can't do this!" Liliana said as she put her hands on her face and looked down.
" Lily I don't get it...why?" Criss continued to ask.
"I can't do this to Johnny..I'm sorry" Liliana said as tears began to stroll down her face.
" it's always about Johnny!!!" Criss shouted with anger.
"What do you expect, he's my boyfriend!!" Liliana yelled back as she rose from the bed and wiped her tears away.

Criss stood up from the bed and began to paced back and forth as he put his hand over his mouth. Liliana just stared at him.
"Now I can see that....you (sigh) don't love me anymore...your in love...but with Johnny" Criss said looking at Liliana.
Liliana just kept crying.
"Criss..." Liliana said between sobs.
" who was I kidding into thinking that you and me can work things out! for heavens sake, you don't love me anymore...I was hoping that you and me had another chance together...that we had another opportunity to keep up with our lives ...but I guess I was wrong" Criss shouted as he continued to paced back and forth.
"You don't get it Criss, I can't do this to Johnny he.."
"Oh oh I see, so he can cheat on you but you can't cheat on him...oh wow that makes sense" Criss said sarcastically.

"That's not the point Criss, he told me that he regretted that, do you think that if he didn't love he would be with me right now?? No I don't think so" Liliana said.
"you never stopped loving him huh? I mean that has to be it, that's why you stopped" Criss continued to say in an upsetting tone.
"That's not true!...I loved you like you had no idea..." Liliana stated.
"Oh you loved me!? so that means that you don't longer do (chuckles) I'm so stupid!! damn it!"
"Criss I..."
"Oh save it Liliana, save it! I don't wanna hear anything else, you just said it, you don't love me anymore....Good bye Liliana" Criss said as he stormed out of the room.

" Criss wait! please! wait" Liliana said as she followed him out the door.
As Criss reached for the door nob to open it, Liliana jumped in front of him blocking the door.
"Criss please! let me..."
"Damn it Liliana, just leave it like it is..get away from the door" he said furious.
"Criss if I didn't love you I wouldn't be doing..."
"Shut up Liliana Shut up!" Criss shouted as he grabbed her by the arms and pulled her away from blocking the door. He opened it and stormed out.

"Criss! Criss!" Liliana shouted as she run behind him. Criss got to his car and started the engine. Liliana reached the car and began to slam on the window. "Criss please don't do this" But Criss didn't rolled down the window. Liliana then got herself in front of the car so Criss wouldn't leave.
"Damn it Liliana get away from there" Criss screamed as he rolled down the window.
"I won't do it until you listen to me" she demanded.
Criss stepped out of his car with such fury making Liliana startled with fear and quickly stepped away from the car.

"Look Liliana, just forget that this ever happen, I will let you live you life with Johnny and I won't bother you no more" Criss said in a serious tone.
"But Criss!"
"Just! (sigh) leave it like that ok?" Criss said as he returned back to his car.
Liliana was still crying with such emotion as she saw the love of his live speed away into the distance.
"I still love you" she whispered.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 48

When Criss reached the Luxor, he got out of his car and made his way through the hotel lobby to go straight to his room. He didn't want to talk to anyone in that moment, he knew that if he stumbled upon someone, he would let all his anger out on that person. Dimi was on lobby talking to some friends and as she turned around she saw her uncle Criss walking at a distance.

"I'll be right back"Dimi said to her friends as she started running to catch Criss.
"Uncle! Uncle Criss!" she yelled. But with all the people walking around and the noise Criss didn't heard her. Dimi saw that Criss was going to get the elevator so she hurried herself up to catch him before he got on it. As Criss waited for the elevator door to open he felt a tap on his shoulder making him turn around.
"Uncle Criss I was calling you but you didn't hear me!" Dimi said as she tried to catch her breath.
"Oh" he said in an annoying tone.
"I see that you barely got here, how did it go with Liliana? I'm guessing you two had fun huh" Dimi said all excited.

Criss let out a groan of frustration, "That's none of your business Dimi" he said upset.
"Oh what? what's wrong? you don't need to give me an attitude" Dimi said starting to feel annoyed.
" Ahh Dimi please!..and by the way what are you doing still up at this kind of hour? and in the lobby?...go back to your room!" Criss furiously stated and began to make his way through the elevator.
"Damn just because it didn't go well doesn't mean you need to get all your anger out on me!!" Dimi shouted back to Criss and turn around to leave.
"Ahhh Dimi, wait up!" Criss shouted but Dimi already had run away. Criss got to his room and collapsed himself on the sofa.

As Dimi got to her room, she opened the door and saw that her dad was in the living room. She quickly went through the living room so her dad wouldn't notice that she was crying.
"Good night dad" she said as she walk to her room.
"Hey Dimi, come back here, how did it go with your friends?" JD stated. Dimi knew that she couldn't avoid her dad so she went back to the living room. When JD saw Dimi crying, he got worried and went to hug her.
"Sweetie what's wrong?" he stated as they both walk to the couch to seat down.

"Oh nothing..." Dimi said between sobs. "Baby, tell me what happen?" JD asked in a worried tone.
"My..(sobs)..uncle...Criss (sobs)...screamed at me!" Dimi said with such emotion. " Criss? why?" JD asked.
"Cuz I asked...him how it went with Liliana and he got all mad and screamed at me telling me to go back to my room!" she said.
"Oh sweetie I'm sure he didn't mean it, I guess something went wrong...I'm sure he didn't wanted to let his anger out on his favorite niece...tell you what? I'm gonna go and talk to him ok" JD said to Dimi as he gave her a kiss on the forehead and headed out the door.

Criss was falling asleep when he heard a knock on the door.
"Criss open up...Its me JD"
Criss got up and went to open the door. "what?" he said at the moment he saw JD.
"Dimi told me that.."
"Ahh I'm sorry ok, I didn't meant to yell at her...It didn't go so well with Liliana" Criss said as he walked back inside. JD fallowed him and swung the door to close it, but failed to shut it properly. They sat on the living room as they kept talking.

"what happened?" JD asked.
Criss let out a sigh of frustration " She's not gonna leave Johnny..."
"I thought she loved you..."
"Well I thought so too, but no! Now its for sure that its all over between us... we were this close, this close in doing it...but she stopped..." Criss said annoyed as he remembered what had happen.
"Oh what??" JD said amazed
"It's over JD, liliana and me are not getting back, our love faded away" Criss said in a sad tone.
"Oh my god! My uncle and Liliana were together when he was back in Europe" Dimi whispered to herself as he heard and peek through the door.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 49 Someone new

The next morning..
Criss was down on the production office doing some paperwork when Dimi went inside holding two cups of coffee.
"Here, my dad told me to bring you this" Dimi said in a serious tone as she put the coffee down on the desk.
"Thanks Dimi" Criss said as he grabbed the cup. Dimi was heading out of the office when Criss stopped her by saying, "Dimi, can you came here"

Dimi sighed and turn around and stood up in front of Criss, "yeah?" she said.
Criss cleared his throat, "I want to apologize for how I treated you last night...I didn't meant to yell at you...you caught me in a bad mood...I'm sorry, can you ever forgive me?" Criss told her with puppy eyes.
Dimi thought it for a minute as she looked down, she then raised her head and with a chuckled she said, "yes I forgive you!"
"Come here you.." Criss said as he got up from his seat and gave Dimi a big bear hug. Dimi laughed. "I'm gonna make it up to you, how about we go out to lunch just you and me?" Criss told Dimi. "That sounds great uncle" Dimi stated as they both broke the hug.
"Well I gotta go, I have to bring this other coffee to uncle Costa" Dimi said as she began to walk to the door. Criss smiled at her and Dimi left.

Later that afternoon...

Criss and Dimi were coming back from having lunch and were walking through the lobby when Costa saw them.
"Criss!" Costa said as he reached them. "Hey Costa what's going on?" Criss asked.
"We already hired your new assistant" Costa said as he took out his phone. "oh really? that fast?" Criss asked amazed as he turn around to look at Dimi.

"Yeah, and she's in the production office waiting for you" Costa said as he grabbed Criss' arm to hurry him up.
"Fine, fine I'm coming" Criss exclaimed and headed to production.
When they got there, JD was already talking to the girl.
"Oh here he is" JD said with a chuckled as Criss came into the room.
"This is your new assistant" JD said to Criss
"Oh hello I'm Criss" he said to the girl as he stretched his arm to shake her hand.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Sandra" the girl said in a flirtatious tone.
"and who's this young lady" Sandra said looking at Dimi who was standing at the back.
Criss looked to were Dimi was, "Oh! this is my niece Dimi, JD's daughter" Criss said as he grabbed Dimi's hand and pulled him towards him.

"Oh nice to meet you Dimi" Sandra commented with a smile.
"Yeah nice to meet you too" Dimi said as she gave her a fake smile.
Dimi was noticing how Sandra was being all flirtatious with her uncle Criss." Well we'll better leave you two alone so you can talk business" JD said as he, Dimi and Costa began to walk out the door.
"Oh no no, your not getting my uncle Criss" Dimi thought to herself as she walked out the door.

[DeppAngel]

CH.50 Who's the girl

"So you said your name is Sandra right?" Criss asked as he offered Sandra a seat and he then sat down.
"Yeah that's my name" she said giggling. Criss smiled.
"Well Sandra I guess if my brothers hired you is because your an expert at what you do" Criss said as he began to pull out some folders from the desk drawer.
"Oh yes Criss...oh I'm sorry Mr. Angel" she said embarrassed. "That's fine, you can call me Criss" he said as he gave her a smile. They both began to discuss on what Sandra was expected to do as an assistant and what not...

"Well I guess you can begin working tomorrow, here is the agenda of what my day is like for tomorrow so be ready to step into my world" Criss told Sandra and gave her a wink.
"Yes Criss, I promise you that I will do a good job being your personal assistant" Sandra commented as she rose from her seat.
"Ok, I hope so..so be here tomorrow at 8 o'clock sharp" Criss told her and Sandra left.

Later that night Criss was in his room watching some t.v while he petted Hammie. Suddenly a knock came to the door, making Hammie jump out of Criss' lap. Criss got up and went to see who it was. He opened the door and standing there was his mom.
"Hey mom!" Criss said excited as he gave her a hug and invited her to come inside.
"Hello Christopher, how are you?"
"I'm good mom, what brings you here?" Criss asked as he sat down on the couch and turn down the volume from the TV.

"I hear you got a new assistant" Dimitra exclaimed. Criss nodded his head.
"I also heard she's pretty" Dimitra continued. "Mom!" Criss said surprised.
"Aww Christopher I know you, and I know that you have a weakness for women" his mom told him as she raised her eyebrows. Criss just laughed at the comment.
"I'm going to grab some water, want any?" Criss told his mom as he rose from the couch and started to make his way to the kitchen.
"Yes, I would love to" she said and Criss left.

Dimitra was waiting on the living room as she saw hammie walking around. Hammie then jump on top of the center table.
"Hammie! get down from there, your gonna knock out your father's things" Dimitra said as he tried to grabbed him, but Hammie jumped making Criss' wallet drop to the floor. Dimitra bent down to get it and out felt a folded piece of paper. She grabbed it and unfolded it.
"Here is your water mom" Criss said as he came in to the living room holding two glasses of water.
"Christopher, when did you took this picture, and who's the beautiful girl with you? she looks familiar!" Dimitra said as she showed the picture to Criss.

Criss eyes widen at the sight of his mom holding the picture of him with Liliana.
"Mom where did you get that?" he said nervously. "It felt down from you wallet. Hammie knocked out your wallet so when I picked it up the folded picture felt out" Dimitra said without taking her eyes away from her son.

Criss sighed, "she's just a friend" he said as he sat down back to the couch. "A friend? Oh sweetie you two don't look like friend in this picture" Dimitra said. "Who is she?" she continued. Criss hesitated for a moment, he didn't want to tell his mom about her, he was to hurt to bring the topic out.
"Your right mom, I can't lie to you...she was my girlfriend back in Europe" Criss said as he sighed.
"And what happen? why aren't you guys together anymore?" Dimitra asked worriedly. She knew by the look on Criss' face and in the tone he was talking about her, that he still felt something for her.

"It just didn't work mom" Criss said. He couldn't tell her about him being a bank robber and that it all ended because she testified against him in court. He didn't want to give her mom a heart attack, it was a miracle that she hasn't got one with all that he has put her through with his stunts.
Dimitra then took a look at the TV and there in the screen was a picture of Liliana.
"Oh my, that's her, the girl in the picture Criss!" Dimitra said shocked.

"Yes mom, that's her" Criss said not so surprised. "Is she famous?" Dimitra asked. " Umm yeah you can say that, is cuz her boyfriend is Johnny Depp"
"Oh the guy who did Alice in Wonderland?"
"Yeah, that's the one" Criss said as he yawned. "Well I better go so you can rest, you look tired" Dimitra said as she got up and gave Criss a hug and a kiss.

"Ok mom, thanks for passing by, love you!" Criss said as he walked her to the door.
Before Dimitra left she turn around and looked at Criss, " Son, I don't really know what happened with this girl and you. But I hope your heart is at peace, because by the tone of your voice I can hear and feel that you're still hurting, and that your heart is in pain. Honey if you really love this girl, fight for her no matter what. Cuz I may not know this girl, but I have a feeling that she is dying to be with you too. I just don't want to see you like this cuz it hurts me" Dimitra told Criss and left.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 51

Weeks later...

Criss was in his room talking with his mom on the phone, when a knock came to the door.
"Ok mom love yo too, bye" Criss said as he hang the phone and went to get the door.
"Hey Criss!" JD said as he came into the room. "Hey JD what's up?" Criss said as he closed the door and began to walk back to the living room.
"So how are you linking your Assistant?" JD said as he sat on the couch.
"She is pretty good, she's organized, responsible, she's on time, what more can I ask for" Criss said looking at JD.
"That's good. I've seen her flirting with you, and you don't fall behind. I've seen you flirt with her too" JD stated.
Criss laughed, " me?...nah!"

"Oh I've seen you Criss, you don't fool me" JD said as he petted Hammie who was beside him.
"Well she's pretty, I can't help it. She's a nice girl..." Criss said.
JD just rolled his eyes at the comment. "Oh by the way, I saw on TV that Liliana is not here in Las Vegas anymore, apparently she went back to LA"
"Did they say she was alone?" Criss asked curiously.
"Umm no, they showed some pictures of her with Johnny. looks like Johnny is taking a break from filming his movie" JD commented.
" she's still with him" he whispered to himself. "What was that?" JD asked. " Oh..that..good for her" Criss said trying not to show to much interest in the topic.

"You still in love with her huh? JD said. "That's not true..." Criss was saying when someone knocked on the door.
"Come on in" JD replied. And in came Sandra holding a couple of folders in one hand and on the other cup of frapuccino.
"Hey Criss, Hi JD...umm Criss I came to bring you the paperwork for MF 6 and I brought you a frapuccino, is cuz I was in Starbucks so because I was coming over here I bought you one" Sandra said with a giggle.
"Aww thank you Sandra, your so sweet" Criss said as he took the folders away from her and grabbed the frapuchino. They both started being flirty and playful with each other and forgot that JD was right there witnessing everything. JD suddenly cleared his throat to let them know that he was right there. Both Criss and Sandra turn around to look at JD.

"Umm, well I better go" Sandra said as she began to walk to the door. "I'll walk you" Criss said as he gave a quick look to his brother and followed Sandra.
"Well I'll see you tomorrow" Sandra said as she gave Criss a quick hug and began to walk away.
"Hey Sandra!" Criss called out making her turn around. "yeah" she said.
"Umm what are you doing tonight?" Criss asked.
"Nothing important really..why?"
"I was wondering, if you would like to...go to dinner with me tonight?"
"OH YES! I would" she said all excited.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 52 WE BUILD THEN WE BREAK

Later that night Criss took Sandra to the Prime Steakhouse to dine. When they got there, a few people now and then asked Criss for his autograph and a picture. Of course, Criss agreed to his fan's request. Sandra was getting a bit annoyed because all this fans were ruining her night with Criss. As they waited for the food, they began to talk.

"Don't you get annoyed that so many people come and ask you for something?" Sandra told Criss.
Criss look at her as he put his drink down, "what makes you think that? I love my fans...If they ask for something I'm more than grateful to meet their request" Criss said.
"I was just saying that's all, you don't need to get mad" Sandra said a bit embarrassed. "I'm not mad. I was just answering your question" Criss said as he took a sip of his drink. Soon they began to eat.

"Umm so, is this a date?" Sandra said as she smiled. Criss looked up at her. He remained quiet for a moment. "Umm...yeah it is...or you don't see it as a date?" Criss asked her back. "Oh I do" Sandra said all happy. As the night went on, Criss and Sandra went to a club and dance. Sandra was having the time of her life, she had a perfect man by her side. Criss on the other hand was having a good time too but his mind kept thinking of Liliana.

"I had a great time Criss" Sandra said as she started to get her keys out to open the door of her room.
"I'm glad you had fun" Criss replied with a smile. Sandra opened the door but hesitated to go inside.
"Well...thank you for everything..." Sandra couldn't finish her sentence when she was suddenly interrupted by Criss who said,
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" Sandra couldn't believe what she heard. Criss looked at her waiting for her response.
"Umm. Yes! yes! I want to be your girlfriend" Sandra said all excited. All of the sudden Criss planted a kiss on her as they went inside her room.

Back in LA...
Liliana was in her room reading a book as Johnny came out of the shower and got into bed beside Liliana. He began to get closer to her and began to kiss her neck.
Liliana sighed, "Johnny not now" she said as she kept reading." Oh come on darling" Johnny said as he continued kissing her on the neck. "Johnny I'm not in the mood..." she said.
" Damn your never in the mood Liliana. what the hell is wrong with you?" Johnny exclaimed irritated.
"Nothing..I'm just tired"

"Liliana I don't know what's wrong with you but since I left to Reno you been acting weird...you don't kiss me anymore..I'm the one reaching for you..you don't wanna have sex anymore..what the is wrong with you?" Johnny proclaimed.
"Oh you just care about the sex? I see how it is" Liliana said. "That's not true Liliana. Something is wrong with you...I don't know what happened to you but your not the same...damn it Liliana tell me?" Johnny screamed at her.

"Your right I'm not the same...people change Johnny...maybe my love just faded away..." Liliana screamed back but suddenly got quiet when she realized what she just had told Johnny.
Johnny looked at her in shock as he slowly began to nod his head, "...your right..maybe your love just faded away.." Johnny said as he got up from bed and walk to the closet as Liliana stared at him.
Johnny grabbed a baggage and put on top of the bed and unzipped it. "What are you doing?" Liliana asked as she got up from bed.

Johnny came out of the closet holding some shirts and put them inside the luggage. "I'm leaving Liliana...its obvious that our relationship came to an end" he said. "Johnny wait. let's talk..." Liliana insisted as he saw Johnny packing his things. Johnny then got dressed and zipped up his bag and began to head out the door.
Liliana just stood there watching him leave. Johnny opened the door and before leaving he turn around to see Liliana.
"Good bye Liliana" he said and left.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 53
Criss slowly opened his eyes as he yawned. He look to his right, and saw Sandra all cuddled up against him. He sighed. He turn to his left and reached for his phone. It was 2:30 in the morning. He rose from the bed slowly, trying not to wake up Sandra. He got dressed and headed out the door without making any sound.

"why did I do that?" he said as he walked down the hallway and rubbed his neck. When he got to his room, he saw Hammie asleep in the couch. He smiled at the sight of his baby boy sleeping. He passed by the living room trying not to wake up Hammie and into his room. He got into bed and just stared at the ceiling. "I don't get it? I just had sex with someone and I'm not feeling great. why?" he said confused. But he couldn't answer his own question. Eventually he began to get tired and felt asleep. The next morning, the entire Sarantakos family went out to breakfast at IHOP. Everyone was on the restaurant waiting for Criss.

"Where is Criss?" George said as he took a sip of his orange juice. "You know Criss, he is always late. I bet his running late cuz he's doing his make up" Costa joked making everybody laugh. In that moment Criss came in with Sandra by his side.
"What are you guys laughing at? Hope is not about me?" Criss said as he pulled out a chair.
"What is she doing here?" Dimi whispered to his dad. "I don't know Dimi, but be nice ok?' JD whispered back to her.
"Hope you don't mind but I invited Sandra to come along" Criss said as he sat down next to Sandra. Everyone seemed ok with Sandra being there except Dimi, who was not so pleased to have Sandra by her Uncle Criss side. Everyone was having a great time. George and Costa where telling Jokes and making everybody laugh. Suddenly Criss interrupted.

"Hey guys, I wanna say something" he said as everybody turn their attention to Criss. "Well the reason why I invited Sandra to come with me is because...last night I asked her to be my...girlfriend and well she said yes" Criss said as Sandra giggled. Everyone's jaws drop to the floor especially Dimi's. She couldn't believe that her uncle was with her. Everyone had nothing else to say but to congratulate them.

A week later...
Criss had just finished doing his second show of Believe, and he was so tired that he didn't feel like going out. So instead he headed out to his room. When he got there, he order some Japanese food and while waiting for it he decided to take a shower. He was barely coming out of the shower when he heard a knock on the door. " damn it, I think that's the food" he said as he put a towel around his waist and went to get the door. When Criss opened the door, the delivery girl's mouth drop to the floor at the sight of Criss with just a towel around his waist.
"Here you go...Mr Angel!" the girl said without taking her eyes away from him. Criss laughed. "Thank you" he said as he payed her and closed the door. He went and put on some boxers and turn on the t.v.
"Let's see if there are any movies on t.v right now" Criss said to Hammie who was laying down beside him on the bed. As Criss was chancing the channel he came across E news.
"Welcome back to E news,Hello, I'm Ryan Seacrest...now the news that everybody is been waiting for!. It is now confirmed that Johnny Depp and long time girlfriend Liliana had called it quits.(shows pictures of Johnny and Liliana) The couple that lasted 6 years broke up a week ago. We still do not know what are the causes of their break up. We spotted Liliana doing some shopping on Beverly hills alone(shows pics) while Johnny has gone back to Reno to continue filming. We tried contacting Johnny's manager for more info, but still we haven't got any answer. Well whatever it is, I wish them the best.
Criss couldn't believe what he was hearing. The love of his life was now free. "Oh god, I better contact her (laughs) im so happy" he said as he reached for his phone. "Oh man, Sandra!" he said disappointed.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 54

Six months later...

Criss was on the production office just finishing a call when JD came in. "Hey Criss, what are you up to?" JD said as he sat down. Criss put his head on top of his desk and sighed hopeless.
"Oh man, are you still trying to reach Liliana?" JD asked worriedly. Criss lift his head up from the desk and laid back on his chair.

"Man its been six months since I heard she had broken up with Johnny...and since then I been trying to contact her, but no luck" Criss said disappointed.
"Criss maybe she's dating other guys, rumor has it that she is dating Bradley Cooper the guy from the hangover...just leave her alone Criss" JD said staring at Criss.
"Tha'ts Bull...like you said, there just rumors, they also said she was dating Robert Downy Jr, the guy from Iron man, and that wasn't true...JD i got see her, i need to see her, I WANT to see her!" Criss exclaimed confident.

JD sighed as he looked down, "Criss...I think is time to let her go...Dude you been with Sandra all this time, you're happy with her right? My advice to you is to forget about Liliana and settle with Sandra for once and for all, she has prove to you that she loves you. Criss I just don't wanna see you get hurt. Just leave things as they are. Things happen for a reason and if your not with Liliana is because you guys weren't meant to be with each other...think on that" JD said as he got up and left the office leaving Criss doubting.
Criss sighed, " Maybe he's right...I should settle with Sandra and forget about Lily" he said as he reached for his pocket and pulled out a small Tiffany box and stared at it. "He's right I should stay with Sandra" he said one more time and put the box back into his pocket and headed out the office.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 55

Criss was walking to his room when he bumped into Dimi.
"Hey uncle!" Dimi said as she made her way to hug him. Criss smiled, "hey sweetie" he said as he hugged her back.
"Are you doing anything tonight?" Dimi asked him as they both made their way to Criss' room. "Actually I am!, I'm planning to take Sandra to dinner" Criss said as he opened the door to his room. Dimi wasn't very happy, she just didn't like the girl for his uncle.
"I prefer Liliana" she mumbled as she followed Criss inside the room. "What did you said?"Criss asked curiously.

"Have a great night with Sandra..." Dimi said as she sat down on the couch. "Oh..ok, i thought you said something else..but thank you" Criss said with a confused look on his face. "Well I'm gonna take a shower I don't wanna be late to my date" Criss said as he laughed.
Dimi was in the living room playing with Hammie as Criss took a shower. Criss was in his room getting ready when his phone went off.
"I bet is the witch calling my uncle" Dimi said to Hammie as they continued playing.
"Oh hey JD.." Criss said when he answered the phone. "Oh never mind, is just my dad" Dimi said laughing.
"Yeah, she's right here..don't worry.." Criss continued his conversation on the phone. "awww my daddy so cute always worrying about me" Dimi said to herself as a smile appeared on her face.
"Yeah Im gonna take her to dinner, JD I thought about what you said about me and Sandra..." Criss said. When Dimi overhead this she quickly made her way to the door to hear what her uncle Criss had to say about Sandra.

"and well, your right...I should settle with Sandra and forget about Liliana. that's why I'm proposing to Sandra tonight" Criss said as he looked himself on the mirror.
Oh my god, he's gonna marry the witch, but what about Liliana" Dimi whispered to herself as Hammie watched her. Dimi, suddenly ran out the room and headed to Dimitra's room.
"Grandma! grandma! open the door" Dimi shouted as she banged on the door. "What is that racket my child" Dimitra said as she opened the door.
"Grandma, uncle Criss is gonna marry Sandra!!!" Dimi said out of breath.

"Grandma like I tell you he's gonna marry Sandra" Dimi continued to say as she sat down on the couch.
"Honey how do you know this?" Dimitra asked as she brought a glass of water to Dimi. "Cuz I overheard him talking to my dad...he said that he's gonna forget about Liliana" Dimi finished saying and grabbed the glass of water from her grandma and drunk it.

"Woah! wait a minute, how do you know about Liliana?" Dimitra asked Dimi as she waited for an explanation.
"Oh I'm sorry grandma but I overheard my uncle Criss and my dad talking about her..and yes I know that my uncle and Liliana use to date" Dimi stated. Dimitra just sighed. "Grandma I don't like Sandra, I can see that she's only with my uncle cuz she wants money, she wants a free ride...and that's not fair" Dimi said a bit angry. "Sweetie but it's your Uncle's life and we can't do anything about it" Dimitra said hopeless. "What if we find Liliana and bring her back to Las Vegas" Dimi said optimistic. "I don't think that's possible Dimi" Dimitra said as she sighed and looked down.

"Oh ok baby, I'll see you there in a bit..I'm just going to the ladies room" Sandra said to Criss over the phone as she walked through the hotel lobby. She went to the ladies and room and fixed her make-up and hair, as she began to make her way out the ladies room, her phone went off and she answered.
"Hello!..oh hey babe..yeah I'm just heading out of the ladies room, where are you? your in the lobby!...yeah I'm close ok, see you in a bit" Sandra said and hanged up. She was putting her phone on her purse when she bumped into someone.
"Oh watch it!" Sandra said with a attitude." Oh I'm sorry" the girl said as she looked at Sandra. Sandra stared at her for moment, "Oh my god your Johnny Depp's girlfriend, Liliana right?" she said.
"Umm ex-girlfriend..and yeah I'm Liliana" she stated

[DeppAngel]

CH.56 Making the right decision

Criss was on the lobby waiting for Sandra, but because she was taking to long, he decided to head to the restaurant so their reservation wouldn't be lost. He was sitting there on his table when he saw Sandra arriving. He quickly got up and greeted her with a kiss and pulled her chair out.
"Thank you babe" she said as she sat down. Criss smiled at her as he sat down too. "Should we order?" he said as he stared at Sandra. Sandra nodded and Criss signaled the waiter. As they waited for the food to arrive Criss and Sandra began to talk.

"What's wrong Criss? you look nervous" Sandra told him as she reached for his hand.
"I'm fine, just a bit tired but I'm good" Criss said as he rubbed his neck. Sandra smiled at him.
"Sandra have I told you lately that I love you?" Criss said without taking his eyes away from her.
Sandra giggled. "Well not recently, but you don't have to tell me that to know that you love me" she said. They were suddenly interrupted by the waiter who was caring their food. Then began to eat but Criss remained quiet. He was doubting if it would be a good a idea to propose to Sandra or not. When they finished eating they began to talk again.

"Sandra" Criss said as he reached for her hand. "Yes?" she said as she looked at him.
"Sandra, you been there for me in the good times and bad times, and I thank you for that, cuz you have put up with me all this time..." Criss said as Sandra giggled.
"you're an amazing woman and I thank you for being in my life..." he continued saying as he reached for his pocket and pulled out the small box but remained it hidden under the table.
"Sandra would you..." Criss was about to say it when two girls passed by their table. " Oh my god I can't believe I got her autograph" one of the girls said. "Yeah Liliana is cool" the other girl said ad they walked by.
"Oh my god now that I remember, I was going to tell you. guess who I bumped into in the ladies room?...Liliana!!" Sandra exclaimed.

Criss eyes almost popped out, "What??" he said shocked.
"Yeah Liliana, you know Johnny Depp's girlfriend...well ex-girlfriend that's what she said" Sandra continued to explain.
"You saw Liliana, right here in the Luxor?" Criss asked waiting for an answer.
"Yeah i did, but ok whatever, what were you saying" Sandra said. Criss suddenly put the small box back into his pocket and said, "Umm Sandra...I'm sorry but I forgot I needed to do something very important" and he got up from his seat and ran out the restaurant.

Criss began to look for Liliana all over the Luxor. He looked in the lobby, in all the bars, in the small stores, even in his theater. But no luck. He was walking down the lobby when he saw a crowd snapping pictures. He got a bit closer to see what was the commotion. And to his surprise he saw Liliana standing there giving autographs, but make no mistake. She wasn't alone. By her side was Bradley Cooper.
Criss heart chattered into million of pieces as he sighed. "So its true, they are dating" he said to himself. And with his heart broken and his hope lost he began to make his way back to his room.
"Criss!" Sandra shouted from a distance. Criss stopped and look around. "What happen?" Sandra said a bit confused. Criss looked at Sandra and without thinking it twice, he got down on his knee and pulled out the small Tiffany box from his pocket and said.
"Sandra, would you marry me?"
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"Ok people, that's enough autographs for today, you can ask for more tomorrow" A security said to the fans that were surrounding Liliana and Bradley. They both thanked their fans and said goodbye and began to walk away.
"It was fun huh" Bradley said to Liliana. Liliana smiled, "Yeah it was, but man promoting a movie is a lot of work" Liliana said as she laughed.
"you can say that again, specially when we are the main characters of the movie" Bradley exclaimed.

"God I just can't believe I'm doing a movie with you Bradley" Liliana said with a smile. "Nah I'm no one, your the star in this movie" Bradley said as he patted Liliana's back gently.
"Uhh I just hate it when people start saying that we are dating...I mean we're just friends" she said looking at Bradley.
"Well that's show biz, when two persons start in a new movie, the media automatically thinks they are dating" Bradley said making Liliana laugh.

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Ch. 57

Criss kneel waiting for Sandra's response. There was complete silence. Neither Criss nor Sandra said a word. He suddenly looked up at Sandra to see what was taking her so long to respond. Sandra had her hands covering her mouth and was still as a statute. Suddenly she broke the silence.

"Yes! Yes Criss, I accept" she said all excited. Criss then got up from kneeling and took out the ring from the box. As he began to slowly put the ring on Sandra, tears began to fall down his face. He started crying with such emotion. But make no mistake, he wasn't crying because he just had become the most happiest man in the world, no! He was crying because he just had lost the love of his life forever. There was no other chance in life, he knew for sure that he was not going to see his heart again. Because he had given his heart to Liliana the first time they made love. As tears continued to rolled down his face, he stared at the ring thinking that that ring belong to Liliana, and not Sandra.

"Aww baby why are you crying?" Sandra said wiping his tears away from his cheek.
"I'm..just happy that you said yes" he said trying to hide the truth.
"This calls for a celebration, let's go to liquidity and get a drink" Sandra said as he grabbed his hand and headed to the bar.

Sandra was having a great time, and why wouldn't she, she just had become engaged to Criss Angel. Criss on the other hand was quiet and gave fake Smiles to Sandra now and then to hide his sadness.
"Sandra, I know your having a great time, but Im tired and I need to wake up early tomorrow..I'm gonna head out to my room" he said as he got up from his seat.
"Well we can continue the celebration in your room you know" Sandra said flirtatiously as she kissed him.
"I would love to, but I'm really tired and I need to wake up early tomorrow, you can stay here and keep celebrating. See ya tomorrow" he said as he kiss her on the forehead and headed out the bar.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 58 Here we are again

As Criss walked through the hallway his eyes began to get watery again. He tried to wiped them away, but there was no use, tears began to come out. "Damn it!!" he screamed uncontrollably. "Criss come on, you just propose to your girlfriend. You should be happy" he said between sobs. But still he kept crying nonstop. As he continued walking he began to feel pain in his chest. He leaned on the wall and rubbed his chest. "My heart is breaking!" he said. "Liliana!" he screamed "Liliana my heart is breaking" he continued to say. He got to his room and took out his wallet to get out the card to open the door. But as he did that, the card felt down on the floor and as he bent down to get it, he sat down and put his back against the door, and there he continued crying like a child who just had lost his mother.

Liliana was heading to her room and was walking thought the hallway when he began to hear someone crying. "Do I hear someone crying" she said to herself. As she continued walking she could hear the crying getting closer and there at a distance she saw someone sitting down against the wall.
"Sir are you alright?" she said as she got near the man and bent down.
"I'm fine" the man said with his head down. "Sir, are you sure, let me help you" Liliana said. The man then look up, "I'm fine...Liliana!?" he said.

"Criss?!" Liliana said as she got up. Criss then quickly got up and wiped his tears away.
"Criss why are you crying? Are you alright?" Liliana said a bit concerned. Criss suddenly hugged her with such a grip.
"Criss was wrong, you're scaring me" Liliana said as he hugged him back.
"Liliana I'm miserable, since the last day that I saw you, I can't stop thinking of you, and since I heard that you broke up with Johnny I've been trying to contact you but I had not luck" he said as he continued to hug her. Liliana then broke up the hug and said, "but you haven't answer me, why were you crying, is your family ok?"

"Is my heart..." Criss said. " Your heart!? what's wrong with you heart? is it a medical condition? what is it?" Liliana said concerned.
"My heart is dying out of sadness...my heart needs you Liliana, I need you!" he said.
"Awww Christopher I missed you too" Liliana said as she hugged him again.
"But I guess I have to get used to having my heart like this" Criss said as he rubbed his eyes.
"Why do you say that?" Liliana asked staring at him.
"Well, aren't you dating Bradley cooper the guy from the hangover"

"What? No!" Liliana said with a small laugh. "We're not dating, we're making a movie together, that's why we're spending so much time together, but he's not my boyfriend" Liliana said as he put her hand on Criss cheek.
Criss face lit up when he heard that from Liliana. He quickly but gently kiss Liliana. Liliana broke up the kiss and said, " I love you Christopher" and continued to kiss him.
Criss open the door and while they still kissed with such passion they went inside the room. Criss then carried Liliana up making her laugh and put her on the bed and began to kiss Liliana's neck. "I love you" he said as he stared at Liliana's eyes. "I love you with all my heart Christopher" Liliana said, and they made love all night with the moon as their witness.

The next day

Criss slowly woke up to see Liliana sleeping by his side. A smile rapidly appeared on his face. He stroke Liliana's face with his hand making Liliana wake up. "Good morning" Criss said with a big ol smile. "Good morning baby" she said with a smile but with a sleepy voice. Criss kissed her. "Tell me something" Criss said to Liliana. She nodded. "Was I dreaming or last night was the most romantic night of my life?" Criss said staring at her. Liliana chuckled. "No, it wasn't a dream, last night was the most romantic and passionate night of our lives. "I knew it" Criss said as he smiled and kiss Liliana again. "I love you! I love you!" Criss continued to say over and over again which made Liliana laugh. " I love you too" she said.

"Man I just wanna scream that I just made love to most wonderful woman in the world" Criss said as he kissed Liliana again. "You wouldn't do that" Liliana commented as he played with Criss' hair.
Criss then got up and headed to a window. "Criss what are you doing? Liliana said curiously.
He opened the window and put his head out and screamed, "I just made love to the most wonderful woman in the world and I love her with all my heart!!!!"
"Oh my god Criss!" Liliana said laughing. Criss closed the window and headed to bed again beside Liliana. "See I told you I wanted to do that" Criss said making Liliana laugh and kissed her again.

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CH. 59

As Criss continued to kiss Liliana his phone rang. "Criss your phone" Liliana said breaking the kiss. "Just leave it" Criss said." I can't concentrate with the phone ringing" Liliana said as she stared at him. " Ahh ok, just because of you I'm gonna get the call" he said with a smile and answered the phone.
"Hello!" he said full of happiness.
"Hey baby, wow I see you're all happy. I know! I'm happy too, I was thinking of going out to lunch with your family so we can tell them the news" the voice said.
" Sandra" he thought to himself as he looked back at Liliana.
"Babe are you there?" Sandra said.
"Umm....yes I'm..here" he said in a shaky voice.
"So what do you say, do you want me to call your brothers and your mom or you want to call them?" Sandra said all excited over the phone.
"Umm, ahh, I don't know" he said nervously and began to pace back and forth.
"Ok I'll call them...are you ok Criss" Sandra asked.
"Umm yeah I'm fine...umm Sandr... umm why don't you..." he couldn't finish saying when Sandra interrupted him.
"Oh baby I'm so happy we're engaged, I wanna see you, you know what I'm heading to your room right now" she said.
"Umm that's not necessary..." he said as he began to sweat.
"Ah nonsense baby I'm heading out my room. See you in less than 2 minutes" she said.
"Don't...come" Criss said but it was too late Sandra had already hand up the phone.
"Who's coming Criss?" Liliana said as she got dressed. Criss was about to faint.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 60 Who is it?
Criss began to get more nervous and began to pace back and forth as he thought for a a good plan to stop this whole mess.
"Criss was wrong?" Liliana asked as she began to get worried about his behavior.
"Umm, uhhh, Lily I need you to..." Criss mumbled.
"You need me to what Criss?" Liliana asked as she stood there waiting for an answer. Suddenly an idea crossed Criss' mind, he grabbed his phone and text JD. - JD do me a big favor stop Sandra from coming into my room! PLZ! a matter of life or dead!-
"Ok while you think on what you need to tell me, I'm going to the bathroom" Liliana said as she began to make her way.

Suddenly Criss received a text from JD that said, -why? whats wrong-.
Criss had no time to write another text so he called him.
"Hello" JD said.
"Bro you need to help me, Sandra is coming to my room, but i need you to stop her..." Criss whispered so Liliana wouldn't hear him.
"but why?" JD asked.
"Uhggg cuz Liliana is with me" Criss exclaimed.
"What?????" JD said shocked
"Please JD or im gonna have a big all cat fight in a few seconds, Sandra is on her way come on JD I need you" Criss said desperately.

"Fine, but your gonna tell me what's going on later on" JD said and hang up the phone. He rapidly began to make his way up to Criss room to see if he could stop Sandra from going there.
"Ok what were you going to tell me" Liliana said as she got out from the restroom.
Umm that I love you!" Criss said a bit nervous.
"Are yo sure?" Lily said as she began to make her way towards him. "I'm sure" Criss said as he hugged her and kissed her.
Sandra was just a few steps away from Criss room, while JD was cursing at the elevator to hurry up.
Suddenly a knock came to the door making Criss freeze up.
"Did someone knock" Liliana said getting away from Criss and began to make her way out to the living room.
"Ummm I don't think so..." Criss said as she tried to grab Liliana's hand.
The knock was heard again. "You see, someone is knocking at the door...I'm gonna open it" Liliana said and walked towards the door.

"NOOO!!" Criss yelled. Liliana froze up and looked back at Criss. "Why not?" she said.
"Because umm because ahh" Criss hesitated.
"You act so childish you know that" Liliana said as she giggled.
"Lily don't open....the door" Criss said.
"But it was too late. Liliana swung the door open.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 61 Cause and effect

Criss shut his eyes fearing the worst. He was waiting for the screams and the typical questions like "who are you? and "what are you doing here?" But he was surprised that he wasn't hearing any of that stuff.
Liliana made her way back in to the living room and following behind her was JD.
"Criss your brother is here" Liliana said as Criss let out a big sigh of relief at the sight of his brother arriving and not Sandra.
"Ooh hey JD" Criss said as he gave him a hug and whispered to his ear " where is she?"
"Don't worry about it, I send her to production" JD whispered back and broke the hug. " So Liliana, we meet again" JD said.

"Yeah, i know its kind of weird but I guess you know my story with Criss and that I'm no longer with Johnny, so I came back to Las Vegas to look for Criss, so we got back together" Liliana said all excited.
"Oh wow, well good for you two, trust me Criss was a mess, but I'm glad you two are back" JD said as he patted Criss back.
"Well Criss, we need to head down to production to work" JD said. Criss nodded and went to get dress, while JD and Lily talked.

"I'm ready" Criss said as he came out from his room. "Well Lily it was nice to see you again and well welcome to the family one more time" JD said to Liliana and gave her a hug. Criss kissed her good bye and headed out.
As Criss and JD walked down to production Criss began to tell him about what had happen last night, that he had proposed to Sandra because he had thought that Lily was with Bradley, but it was all a misunderstanding. And that they had gone back together.
" and well, now the problem is Sandra!" Criss said.
" and what are you gonna do?" JD asked as they both waited for the elevator.
"I'm gonna tell her that I'm not ready for marriage and that well its over" Criss exclaimed.
"Well be careful" JD said to Criss as he put his hand on his shoulder.
When they got to production, Sandra saw Criss arriving and rush towards him and greeted him with a big ol kiss.

"Baby I miss you" Sandra said as she hugged him. " Sandra I need to tell you something" Criss said as he pulled her back. " Me too" she said, and they both headed out to the storage.
When they got there Criss began to talk.
"Look Sandra you're a great girl and all, and I thank you for being in my life like I told you last night you're fantastic but...." Criss said.
"Yes!" Sandra said while she listen with a big smile across her face.
"Well the thing is that...umm wait! didn't you told me that you wanted to talk to me too?" Criss asked as he remembered her saying that.

"Yeah, but go on. I'll tell you right now" Sandra said.
"No, no...you first! is it about telling my family we're engaged? because if that's the case, that's going to be cance..."
"I'm pregnant Criss! you're gonna be a father" Sandra interrupted him.
Criss couldn't believe it, his jaw hit the floor and his eyes almost popped out. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 62
Criss stared at Sandra in shock. Without saying a word he looked at Sandra one more time and began to walk away.
"Criss? what's wrong?" Sandra said as she saw Criss walking away. Suddenly, Criss fainted, hitting the floor hard. Sandra screamed, "CRISS!!!" and rush to his help. A staff member heard the screams and headed to see what was going on. When he saw Criss on the floor, he called JD right away. "Call an ambulance" Sandra said over and over again while she lifted Criss head and put it on her lap.

JD got to the scene and saw Criss on the floor while Sandra was freaking out. "What happened?" JD said concerned as he rush towards Criss side. "I don't know, he just fainted" Sandra said. "Where you two fighting? Did he hit his head or what?" JD continued with the questions. "No, no! I told him I was pregnant and he just started to walk away and suddenly collapsed on the floor" Sandra said a bit scared. "Wait, what? your pregnant?' JD said surprised. Sandra nodded. "No wonder he fainted" JD thought to himself. "Help me carry him to production" JD said to Ayala.

Criss rested on the couch while Sandra sat by his side. JD then brought some smelling salts to try and bring Criss back into a conscious state. "Sandra why don't you go back to your room and rest? JD said as he passed the salts under Criss' nose. "But I wanna stay here when he wakes up" she insisted. "Sandra, you need to rest if you don't wanna do it for your health, do it for your baby's, I'll call you when he wakes up" JD said. Sandra agreed and left.

Minutes later Criss began to regain conscious. He slowly opened his eyes. "What happened?" he said a bit confused. "you fainted" JD said as he sat on a chair. "Why? is Liliana ok?" Criss said as he rose from the couch and sat on it. "She is fine, is not her you need to worry about, is Sandra" JD stated. "Oh my god Sandra, JD! she told me she was pregnant! what am I going to do?" Criss said as he put his hand on his head. "I know, she told me...Criss you can't abandoned your child...I think you're going to have to marry Sandra" JD insisted. "No! but what about Liliana? I cant risk to lose her again, no way" Criss said in a firm voice.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 63 There's no need to complicate our time is short

Criss sat there on production resting while JD made some calls. "Hey where is Costa, I haven't seen him for a while" Criss said randomly.
"He went to New York with cousin George to do some business" JD said as he hang up the phone. Criss then got up. "Where are you going?" JD said. "I'm going back to my room, I wanna see Lily, I wanna have her by my side" Criss stated. "Before you do that, call Sandra and tell her you're alright and that your heading out, so she wont go to your room" JD commented. Criss agreed and called her. Criss went back to his room and his face lit up when he saw Liliana watching tv on the living room while she petted Hammie.

Liliana looked up and saw Criss standing there. She put Hammie down and rush to where Criss was. "Baby I missed you" she said as she hugged him. "Awww I missed you too" he said as he gave her a big bear hug. "Come sit down and watch a movie with me" Liliana said as he grabbed Criss' hand and headed to the living room. They sat on the couch and Liliana began to search for a movie to watch. "What movie would you like to see?" Lily said as she changed the channels. But Criss wasn't saying a word and just stared at her admiring her beauty and remembering why he felt in love with her. She was unique, mysterious, beautiful.

"Criss! so? what movie?" Liliana said as she looked back at him. "Umm what? oh umm i don't know sweetie whatever movie you like" he said with a smile. "Are you sure? Criss are you alright?" Liliana asked him as she noticed him a bit sad. "You seem sad, Criss was wrong?" Liliana said concerned as she stroke his cheek. Criss sighed. "Lily I can't lie to you, I'm sorry" he said. "What's wrong?" Liliana asked.

"Lily (gulps) I'm going to be a father" Criss said without taking his eyes away from her. Liliana laughed "you're kidding right, Criss stop with the jokes. seriously, what is it?" she said. "I'm serious Lily, I got...my...girlfriend pregnant" he said nervously. "Criss come on, I'm not pregnant" she said joking around. "Not you Lily, another girl...Sandra" he finally said. Liliana's smile suddenly faded away. "wha..what??" she said as her eyes began to get watery. "and that's not the only problem...last night I..I..I proposed to her" Criss said as his heart began to break at the sight of Liliana crying. He couldn't believe he was hurting the love of his life one more time.

"Oh my...god...your telling...me..that last night..you proposed to someone else and you made love...to me. What kind of person are you?" she said as tears began to flow down. "Lily I'm sorry, I rushed things. I was going to propose to her but when I heard that you where here I went out to find you. But when I did and saw you with Bradley. I thought the rumors of you two dating were true. So I proposed to Sandra...Lily I regret it so bad" Criss stated. "But why didn't you told me last night huh?" Liliana shouted.

"Because I totally forgot, when I saw you again and that you told me you weren't with Bradley. My hear began to beat faster out of happiness. I felt how my entire problems disappeared because I had you by my side again...Lily all this time you been the owner of my heart" he said as he grabbed her hands. Liliana got up and went into the room and grabbed her purse. "I shouldn't have come back, it was a big mistake. I'm leaving. I'm sorry Criss but I can't be with a person who is going to be a father and soon to get married" she said as she began to make her way to the door. "Who says I have to marry her.."he said. "Oh so your not planning to, that's not right" she said and opened the door.

But Criss reached the door and closed it. "Please Lily don't leave, please!"
"I'm leaving Criss get away from the door" she stated. But Criss grabbed her so she wouldn't leave. " Criss let me go, it was a mistake, let me go" she screamed. But Criss suddenly kissed her with passion. Liliana was slowly giving in, but snapped out of it. "Christopher damn it let me go"
"I won't do that Lily, I won't lose you again. I lost you two times. I'm not gonna lose you a third time" he stated in a firm voice. Liliana continued crying, she wanted to get out of there. Her heart couldn't bear to imagine Criss married to another woman and with a baby. "Christopher let me go I tell you!!" she said with rage. "Don't you hear me! I wont let you do this again. I'm not going to let you walk out of my life one more time" Criss said while he still hold Liliana by her arms. "Damn it Criss I hate you! I hate you! You have made me miserable all this years I hate you!" she shouted over and over again as she began to hit Criss on his chest many times. "I hate you! I hate you!" she said still hitting him. Criss let Liliana get all her rage out on him. After all, he deserved it. "I hate you Criss.....I hate...you!...I love you! I love you Christopher" She said between sobs, and slowly rested her head on Criss' chest as Criss hugged her and tears began to fall down his face.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 64 Destiny will keep us apart

Criss sat on the floor leaning against the door. He had his eyes closed as he kept hugging Liliana. Liliana continued to rest her head on Criss' chest, as she quietly heard his hear beat. The screams were over, the tears stopped flowing, the forcing came to a complete stop. There was complete silence. The only thing both Criss and Liliana could hear was their own breathing.

"Don't leave me" Criss whispered. Liliana sighed but gave no response, she just kept listening to his heart beat. Criss put his head back against the door and just stared at the ceiling.
"Please let me go" Liliana finally said as a tear stream down her cheek. Criss eyes began to get watery at the sound of those words. Criss slowly began to shake his head as a sign of disagreement.
"No..no please..no" he gently whispered. Liliana couldn't hold it anymore and more tears started to fall down her face. She slowly moved back from Criss and stood up from the floor.

"Criss.." she said as she whipped her tears away. Criss quickly stood up and stared at her.
"what?" he said waiting for an answer.
"You deserve much better than me.." Liliana said trying to hold her tears back.
"Don't say that..." Criss interrupted.
"Criss there is always something in the way between you and me. First it was the law, second it was johnny, now is her...don't you see, we're not meat to be together. Destiny will always keep us apart" she said as she looked at Criss.

"Lily we're meant to be together...these are just obstacles, but we can over come them" Criss remarked.
"I don't think a baby is an obstacle Criss...promise me that you're going to make her happy and that your gonna give all your love to that baby" Liliana continued to say in a gentle voice.
"What are you saying?" Criss said in a frighting tone. Liliana looked down still trying to hold her tears back.
"Criss I think Sandra and that baby need you more than I do (gives Criss a gentle smile)...be a great father and a great husband...she is one lucky girl" Liliana said as she opened the door to leave.

"This can't be the end" Criss said concerned. Liliana gently caressed Criss' cheek as she took one last look at his big warm hazel eyes. She gave him one last hug and one last kiss.
"Good-bye Christopher. It was nice meeting you in this life. Maybe in another life, we'll be together" she said as she turned around to leave.
Criss touched his lips as he still felt the warmth of there last kiss. "Good-bye my lover" he whispered as he saw Liliana walking away.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 65

The clock struck 7:00 making the alarm go off. Criss groaned as he rolled over his bed. With his eyes still closed, he stretched his arm over the counter and turned it off. He yawned as he rubbed his eyes and slowly sat on the bed. Still sleepy, he looked around his room as if he was looking for something. Suddenly he looked beside his bed.
" It looks so empty and dull without her" he said in a sad tone. He then got up and headed to the bathroom to take a shower. He got dressed and headed down to production.

"Wow, you're rather early today?" JD said as he saw Criss walking into the office. Criss just rose his eyebrows at his brother and grabbed a cup of coffee.
"I bet Lily told you to get here early huh? Damn she's good" JD stated as he laughed.
"Lily left..." Criss said as he sat down. "Wha what?" JD asked shocked. "What you heard...she left. It's over. I told her the truth about Sandra and the baby" Criss said as he took a sip of his coffee.

"Does this mean that..." JD was saying when Criss interrupted, " that I'm gonna still marry Sandra? yeah I'm gonna marry her. I'll invite the whole family to dinner and tell them the news tonight" Criss said showing no emotion.
"I'm sorry that she left bro. But look at the positive side. you're going to be a father. When that baby comes into this world, he or she going to illuminate your whole life" JD said as he patted Criss' back. Criss just shook his head.

That night Criss invited his family to dine at the Demonico Steakhouse at the Venetian Hotel, to give them the news about his engagement to Sandra and her pregnancy.
"Well I'm glad everyone is here" Criss said as he looked around the table. JD and his wife were there, Dimi, George, Costa, and Dimitra.
"Well what is it Christopher?" Dimitra said as he looked at Criss. "Well I have you good news" Criss said with a chuckled as he turn around to see Sandra.

"and what are those good news uncle?" Dimi said waiting.
"Well, Sandra is officially coming part of our family" Criss said. Everyone looked confused. "Isn't she already part of our family?" George stated.
"Well yeah but...well the thing is that I proposed to her and we're getting married" Criss said. Everyone's jaw dropped to the floor. Dimi's eyes almost popped out.
"And that's not the only news" Sandra said as everyone looked at her. "A new family member is coming to this world...I'm pregnant" Sandra said all excited. Everyone turn to look at Criss.

A week later..

"Breaking news...are wedding bells ringing in Las Vegas??? Hi everybody I'm Giuliana Rancic. It is confirmed that last night The Mindfreak tied the knot with his long time girlfriend Sandra at the famous Chapel of the Bells. A close friend of the Mindfreak, confirmed that it was a private ceremony. Only family members and a few close friends attended the event. Sources say that Criss Angel and Sandra are more than happy. Especially, that Sandra is now expecting. Well not only has the Mindfreak become a husband but he is soon to become a father too. Well best wishes to the new couple and we will be waiting for the arrival of their first child"

"Ahhh, that doesn't sound right!" Dimi said as she turn off the t.v. "What doesn't sound right?" JD said as he walked into the living room."The weeding between Sandra and my uncle" Dimi said annoyed. "Well remember that she's your aunt now" JD stated.
"Oh I'm sorry dad but I'm not calling her aunt..no way" Dimi stated. "Dimi! you have too, that's just being disrespectful" JD said.
"I'm sorry but I won't...I'm heading to my grandma's room" Dimi said and left.

"Hi grandma" Dimi said when Dimitra opened the door of her room. "Oh hi sweetheart come on in" she said and hugged Dimi.
"What's wrong child? you seem upset" Dimitra asked. "Uhh is just that my dad told me that I have to call Sandra aunt, and I don't want to" Dimi said. "Well baby. you have too. She is married to your uncle Criss now" Dimitra said.
"Uhhh why didn't he married Liliana. I wouldn't have trouble calling her aunt. It would be my pleasure to call her aunt" Dimi said.
"Honey I think is better not to talk about Liliana anymore. Your uncle is a married man now and soon to be a father...what happened in the past stays in the past" Dimitra said as she looked at Dimi who was getting irritated.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 66 The time is here

Months later..

Sandra was ready to give birth. Criss was pacing back and forth in the waiting room anxious. "Bro how is she, how's the baby?" JD said walking in. "She's giving birth now" Criss said a bit nervous. "and why aren't you inside with her?" JD stated. "I can't...I just couldn't. I was inside but man when she began pushing I couldn't take it and I came out" Criss said. "Oh so you can take the pain of having four fish hooks go through your flesh but you can't take to see a woman giving birth? you're just weird" JD stated as he laughed. "Very funny" Criss said in a sarcastic tone.

"Criss Sarantakos?" A doctor said walking in. "Yes, that's me" Criss said as he rushed towards the doctor's side. " How's the baby, how's my wife?" Criss asked. "They're both fine. Congratulations Mr. Sarantakos you have become the father of a beautiful baby girl" the doctor said. "Congrats bro" JD exclaimed as he hugged him. "Thanks, can I see them?" Criss asked. "Sure, follow me" the doctor said. "I'll go back to the Luxor and tell them the news" JD said to Criss and left.

"Hey!" Criss said to Sandra who was resting in her bed. "Oh hi babe" she replied. "How are ya?" Criss asked as he sat next to her.
"I'm fine, a bit tired but fine" Sandra exclaimed. " and where is she?" Criss said looking around the room. "They're cleaning her, there gonna bring her right now" Sandra said all excited. In that moment a nurse came into the room holding the baby.

"Hello, well congrats Mr. Angel here is your baby daughter" the nurse said handing the baby to Criss. Criss hold her and stared at her daughter. "Isn't she beautiful, that's our daughter Criss" Sandra said excited. "Yes, yes lily..ummm little she's little" Criss rapidly corrected his sentence. " I know she is" Sandra said. Criss sighed of relief to know that Sandra didn't realize that Criss had called her Lily. Criss then handed the baby back to the nurse. "Well I'll let you rest Sandra...see ya tomorrow ok" Criss said as Sandra nodded her head and quickly felt asleep.

Criss walked out of the hospital and into the parking lot. He got into his car and turn it on. Suddenly the radio started to play 'Here without you' by 3 doors down.
A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming of your face

He put on his seat belt and drove off down Las Vegas blvd.

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time

Criss tried to ignored the song and quickly tried to change it. But the station wouldn't change. it was as if it was meant for him to hear it.
Everything I know and anywhere I go
It gets hard but it won't take away my love
And when the last one falls, when it's all said and done
It gets hard but it won't take away my love, whoa

He couldn't take it no more and tears began to roll down his face. He quickly pulled over and put his head back as thousand of tears fell down. " I'm gonna be happy with Sandra and my daughter. I promise you that Lily and I will. you will not haunt me no more" he stated helpless.

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CH. 67 Destiny is playing with us

A year and a half later...

Criss was standing outside his hotel room as he look around him. "Criss what are you doing?" JD said as he walked down the hall. Criss sighed "I was just remembering that last time I saw Liliana...it was in this exact place outside my room where I last saw her face" Criss stated sadly. "Aww Criss I'm sorry bro, but I still can't believe your thinking about her" JD said. "Well believe it or not, I still do. JD he has my heart that's the reason why I always think of her" Criss exclaimed.
"Well, I think this trip your taking to Europe with Sandra and little Cristina will help you clear your mind" JD said. "I hope so" Criss said.

They both went into Criss room and sat on the living room. "So you already got the tickets? did you guys decided where you were going?" JD asked as he petted hammie. "Yeah, Sandra wants to visit Paris. She told me she's never been there" Criss exclaimed.
"That's good. and where is she anyways?" JD asked. " She went to buy some clothes for Cristina..we leave tomorrow morning that's why" Criss commented. "Well bro have a nice trip and have fun" JD said and left.

The next morning Costa took Criss, Sandra and little Cristina to the airport. "Have fun guys..buy sweetie" Costa said to little Cristina.
"I'll be back soon" Criss said to Costa. "Don't worry just relax" Costa said. A few hours later Criss and his family had arrived to Paris.
"Oh my god is so beautiful" Sandra said as she looked outside the window of the taxi. "Yeah Paris is a beautiful city" Criss said as he hold Cristina who was asleep in his arms. They got to their hotel and decided to go out and explore the city tomorrow morning.

"Why don't we go to the park" Criss said. Sandra agreed and got Cristina ready and headed out. They were having a great time. A few people now and then recognize Criss and asked for an autograph and he sweetly gave it to them and took a few pictures. As he finished taking a picture with a fan, he saw Sandra looking at one of the stands. He stood there looking at her and their daughter. Suddenly he felt a ball touched the side of his leg. As he bent down to grab the ball a little boy about the same age of Cristina approached him.

"Hello! is this your ball?" Criss said to the little boy who only smiled at him and pointed to the ball. " Christopher!" a voice was heard at a distance. " Sweetie don't run away like that" a woman said as he approached the little boys who was next to Criss. "Je suis désolé est-ce que qu'il vous tracasse?" (I'm sorry is he bothering you?) the woman said. "No not at all" Criss said as he gave the ball to the little boy and stood up and looked at the woman. "Liliana??" Criss said shocked. Liliana's eyes widen at the sight of Criss standing in front of her.

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CH. 68

Liliana quickly picked up the little boy and started to walk away. "Hey hey where are you going?" Criss asked confused as he stopped Liliana. "ahh umm I'm running late" Liliana said trying to excuse herself from there. "Please wait" Criss said. Liliana sighed and gave in "What?" she said. "How are you?" Criss asked excited. "I'm good and you?" Lily asked back. "I'm great...umm is this your baby?" Criss said. Liliana got quiet but finally said, "he..."

"Criss?" Sandra said as she got closer to them. Criss turn around and saw Sandra holding Cristina. Sandra glanced at Liliana. " Oh my god, Liliana?" she said surprised. "Hey??" Liliana said shocked. "Didn't we met before?" Liliana asked. "Yeah, we met at the ladies room over there in Vegas remember?" Sandra said.
"Daddy!" little Cristina said as she extended her arms so Criss would grab her. Criss rapidly grabbed her daughter.

"Is..that your daughter?" Liliana said in a sadly tone. Criss turn around to see Liliana. "uhh..yeah this is my daughter" he finally said. "She's beautiful" Liliana said trying to hide her sadness. "Thank you" he stated.
"So you're the famous Sandra?" Liliana said looking at her. " yeah that's me" Sandra said with a giggle. "Yeah I heard about you...on t.v of course" Liliana said. "Yeah, well since Criss and I got married I suddenly become famous" Sandra said. " Yeah that's what happens when you marry someone famous" Liliana exclaimed.
"Oh my, and who is this handsome boy?" Sandra said as she grabbed Christopher's hand. Liliana just smiled. "Is he yours?" Sandra asked. Liliana was about to say something when someone called her name."Liliana!" a woman said as she approached her.

"Oh hey Victoria" Liliana said as she looked at her. "How is my little boy behaving" Victoria asked. "Umm he is behaving great, isn't that right Christopher" Liliana said with a smile and glanced at Criss who just kept starring at her. "Come to mama" Victoria said as he grabbed Christopher. Liliana then introduced her friend to Criss and Sandra. "Well I guess we better go..it was nice seeing you guys" Liliana said. Criss wanted to stopped her but couldn't, due to the fact that Sandra was there, so once again he let Liliana walk away.

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CH. 69 I think you should know this

Two weeks passed and it was time for Criss to head back to the states. He was angry due to the fact, that he had Liliana so closed to him. Every time he went out, he looked everywhere with the hope to bump into Liliana again, but had no luck. Criss tried to look for an excuse to stay in Paris a few more days but couldn't find one. So once again, disappointed, went back to Las Vegas. Once in Vegas, he told JD what had happened and that he needed an excuse to go back to Paris.

"JD come one man, help me with this...I need to go back to Paris" Criss stated.
"No man, that's insane. Dude come on you have a family for haven's sake leave her alone" JD exclaimed.
"I need to talk to her, please JD I need your help..tell the crew and Felix that I have to go back to Paris because I'm planning to do a demonstration over there" Criss said.
JD looked at him in disagreement but finally gave in due to the fact that he knew that Criss was still in love with Liliana. " Fine, I'll cover you...I'll get you a flight for tomorrow morning' JD said. "AHH thank you thank you man, you're the best" Criss said as he hugged him.

Criss told Sandra that he needed to go back to Paris to do some business, and of course, Sandra agreed with no doubt and wished him good luck. And with everything under control, Criss left to Paris the next day. As soon as Criss got to Paris he couldn't wait anymore and started looking for Liliana. 3 days passed and still no luck. He stopped in a local cafe to rest a bit.
"Can I get you anything" a waitress said to Criss. "Uhh yeah a coffee will be fine" Criss said as he looked at the menu. "Is that all" the waitress said. "Yeah" Criss exclaimed and gave the menu to the girl. "Hey, aren't you Victoria?" Criss asked surprised. "Oh my god your him" Victoria said. "Please, I came back to look for Liliana, you're her friend you must know where she lives" Criss asked with hope. "I'm sorry. I can't tell you" the girl said embarrassed.

"Why not?" Criss asked shocked. Victoria sighed. " I know you, well I know the story between Liliana and you...she told me. Sir, just leave her alone. Look you have a family, why don't you go back to them. There is no point of you being here" Victoria said.
"Oh there is a point. I came to find Liliana. I need to see her. All this time I've been thinking about her. please tell me where she lives" Criss said desperate. The girl saw on Criss that he was hurting and that he really wanted to see her. "Fine, I'll tell you where she lives..she's probably home by now its 6 o'clock" Victoria said and wrote the address on a piece of paper and gave it to Criss.

"Thank you, thank you soo much" Criss said and left. He took a taxi and headed to Liliana's place. A few minutes later he found himself in front of her house. He took a deep breath and knock. As the door open Criss saw Liliana standing there. Liliana was puzzled. "Wha..what (gulps) what are you doing here?" Liliana asked surprised to see Criss. "May I come in" Criss asked. Liliana nodded and let him in. They both went inside the house and sat on the living room. There was silence. "you look beautiful" Criss said. Liliana just sighed and just remained quiet. "What are you doing here?" Liliana asked.

"I came to see you...you really scared me the other day I saw you...I thought the kid was your son" Criss said as he chuckled. Liliana began to breathe heavily. "So is your friend's son?' Criss asked. In that moment a sound was heard. "What was that?" Criss asked as he tried to look over. "Are you with someone?" Criss asked concerned.
"Mama!" little Christopher said as he come into the living room holding a toy. Criss was speechless. He didn't understand. "Did he...just called you mom?" Criss asked concerned. "Ok fine...yes he is my son" Liliana finally said. Criss began to breath heavily, "who's the father?" Criss asked.

"you don't need to know that" Liliana said kind of mad. Criss began to get frustrated and began to argue with Liliana. "Stop it stop it...your scary my child" Liliana said. "Damn it, I'm so stupid, and here I am making up excuses to come and see you. and to find out that you have a baby...are you married too? Lily who's the father?...did you went back to Johnny? who is it?" Criss asked trying to know the truth. Liliana looked at her son, "sweetie, do you want to bring the photo of your daddy" Liliana asked him. Little Christopher just smiled. "Come on go get it" Liliana said and the boy left to get the photo. "Why would I need a photo of his dad?...just tell me the name" Criss asked confused.

The little boy came running back with a picture on his hand. "who is that on the picture?" Liliana asked little Christopher". The little boy pointed at the picture and sweetly said, "Papa"
"That's right, you wanna show the picture to him" Liliana asked her son as she pointed to Criss. The little boy smiled and gave the picture to Criss. And this is what he saw............................................... .......

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CH. 70 Unexpected change

Criss mind went blank when he saw the photo. "This..this is me" he mumbled. "Papa" little Christopher said as he pointed at the photo.
"He's my son.."Criss whispered as his eyes began to get watery. "But I'm right here, why doesn't he call me dad?" Criss asked worriedly. Liliana let out a small chuckled, " Well, you don't have the same look as the one in the picture. Your hair is a bit longer and black. And look at the pic..you had shorter hair and red highlights" Liliana said. Criss laughed shyly.

Liliana look at little Christopher who was sitting down on the floor playing with his toy. " I can't believe he's my son" Criss said still surprised. "Well believe it" Liliana said as she looked back at Criss. "He looks like you" Criss remarked. Liliana laughed, "are you kidding? he is the spit image of you" she said. "Can I hug him?" Criss asked Liliana as he stood up from the couch. "Go ahead" Liliana said kindly. Criss approached his son steadily. But when he tried to pick him up, Christopher started crying. "Oh don't cry" Criss said a bit scared and put him down. Christopher went running towards Liliana.

"Oh sweetie don't be scared" Liliana said. "You have to give him time Criss...he barely met you" Liliana said as she sat Christopher on her lap. As Criss and Liliana continued to talk, they hadn't realize that time had gone by. "Oh my god, its midnight" Liliana said. "and it looks like our son felt asleep during our conversation" Criss said as he looked at his son sleeping on the arms of Liliana. "Let me take him to the room" Liliana said as she got up. Criss followed her to the room.

"Well I better go" Criss said to Liliana as they both were coming out of the room. "Where are you staying?" Liliana asked. "I'm staying at Gare du Nord" Criss said as he started walking to the front door. "that's kind of far from here...why don't you stay here" Liliana said. Criss smiled and agreed. He was more than welcome to stay. "Have you ate?" she asked. Criss nodded. "Let me fix you something light to eat..so you won't go asleep with an empty stomach" Liliana said as she headed to the kitchen.

As Criss finished eating, Liliana brought a pillow and a couple of blankets for Criss, so he could sleep on the living room. "This should keep you warm" Liliana remarked as she put the blankets over the couch. "Thank you" Criss said as he helped her. "Well, good night" Liliana said and started to leave. Suddenly, Criss grabbed her arm and pulled her against him, " I told myself I wouldn't miss you. But I remember what it feels like beside you. I really miss you hair in my face and the way your innocence taste, and I think you should know this...I still love you" Criss said sweetly. Liliana couldn't take it and kissed him. "Stay with me tonight" Criss whispered to Liliana. And so she did. They cuddled on the couch and rapidly felt asleep.

The next day, Liliana woke up and found herself alone on the couch. She went into the room and saw her son sound asleep. She looked at the clock and saw it was 8:45. "Where could he have gone?" she said to herself. She then decided to take a shower and fix some breakfast. She was preparing some food when her son came into the kitchen. "Oh look who's up..my little angel" Liliana said as she gave him a peck on the cheek and sat him down on the table to feed him breakfast. When finished, she showered her son and dressed him. She looked at the clock again, 10:30. " Could he had just left like that?...I don't think so" Liliana said to herself as she finished dressing little Christopher.

"You're all done..off you go then" Liliana said as she put her son down from bed. He made his way into the living room and began to play with his toys. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "Mama" Christopher said. Liliana heard the knockings and headed out from her room to go open the door. But when she got to the living room she saw someone there. "Criss?" she said surprised as she saw him walking in. Little Christopher looked back and saw Criss standing there. "Papa!" he said as he run toward him and Criss picked him up." Oh my god..what did you do?" Liliana asked as she giggled. "Well I wanted my son to recognize me, so I went to a salon to get the same look I had on the picture" Criss said with a smile as he kept holding his son.

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Ch. 71

Liliana smiled at the sight of her son bonding with his father. Criss then put him down and as soon his little feet touched the ground he run back to the living room to play with his toys. Liliana ans Criss just smiled. "So you like it?" Criss asked flirtatiously. "Yes, yes I do" she said still surprised which made Criss laughed. He then walked towards her and hugged her. Little Christopher looked back, "Mama, papa" he said as he run towards them. Criss picked him up again. " Hey, there's my boy" Criss said. "Who is that holding you?" Liliana asked her son. "Papa!" little Christopher said which made Criss smiled.

"So what were you doing?" Criss asked Liliana. "I was doing the laundry but I'm done" Liliana said. "Why don't we go out?" Criss said excited. Liliana thought it for a moment. "I don't think is a good idea a paparazzi might see us" she said concerned. "I don't care...I wanna go out and have fun with my family" he said as he started to make his way towards the door. "Did he just said family?" Liliana thought to herself. "Come on" Criss said as he opened the door. Lily quickly grabbed her purse and headed out.

Criss and Liliana where having the time of their lives with their son. They seemed like the perfect family. They stopped at a park and Criss and his son started playing ball while Liliana watched them. "Ok, so we're gonna play soccer" he said to his son. " you have to kick the ball and try to make a goal by shooting it between those two rocks ok?" Criss kept instructing little Christopher who just kept smiling at him. "Ok, so let's play" Criss said and started to kick the ball. "Come and take it away from me" he said to his son. Little Christopher started to chase him and when he got closer to him, instead of kicking the ball he grabbed it and started running. "Oh sweetie, you're not suppose to grab..it" he said with a chuckled. Liliana laughed as he saw Criss chasing his son around the park.

When finish playing they decided to go and eat and after that they headed out to the stores to buy some things. Soon night hit and they headed back home. Little Christopher was so tired that he knocked out on the way back home. When they got home Criss went to tuck in his son and closed the door. "He's sound asleep" Criss said as he sat next to Liliana on the couch. Liliana smiled and Criss kissed her. " I missed you" she said sweetly. "Me too" Criss said as he kissed her again. "We should go to the museum tomorrow" Criss declared. Liliana chuckled. "Sounds like fun..yeah why not" she said. Suddenly Criss phone started ringing and quickly answered.

"Hello" he said as he kept holding Liliana's hand. "Yeah..I'm still in Paris..I'll probably fly back next...what?..what happened?...is everything ok?...WHAT??...when??..is she alright?..No? God..ok ok bye" Criss said and hung up the phone. "What happened?" Liliana said worried. "I need to go back to Las Vegas..." Criss said as he started to make his way to the door. "Is everything ok?" Liliana said as she rose from the couch. " Sandra and my daughter were in a Car accident...and my daughter is in critical condition..I need to head back...I'm sorry" Criss said and headed out living Liliana standing alone on the living room.

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Ch. 72 What's going on

As Criss flew back to Las Vegas, he started praying for he daughter to get better. "Oh Dad, please help my daughter to get better" he whispered as he looked out the window of the airplane.
Back in Las Vegas JD and Dimitra were waiting in the waiting room to see how Sandra and little Cristina were doing. "Oh my god. I hope Criss gets here fast" Dimitra said. "I hope so too..regularly from here to paris is a 9 hour flight..hopefully he will be getting here around 5:00 am" JD said. Dimitra just kept praying. In the moment Costa walked it with Dimi. "How are they?" Costa said concerned. "We don't know yet. The doctor hasn't come out" JD exclaimed. "Grandma where is my uncle Criss. He hasn't arrive yet?" she asked. "No sweetie, he'll be arriving here like around 5 in the morning" Dimitra said.

10 hours later Criss was pulling in front of the Hospital. As he walked to the waiting room, he saw JD and Costa right there. "JD!" Criss said as he walked towards them. "Thank god you're here" JD said as he hugged him. Costa got up and hugged him too. "How are they? how is Sandra? how is my daughter?" Criss asked concerned. "Sandra is fine. she dislocated her elbow. But they already did surgery on her..is you daughter you need to worry about" Costa said. "Oh my god" Criss said as he put his hands over his face.

In the moment the doctor came out. "The family of Cristina Sarantakos?" he called out. "That's us" Criss said as he approached the doctor. "Are you the father?" the doctor asked. "Yes that's me...what's wrong with my daughter?" Criss asked scared. "Well because she received the greatest hit during the collision. She suffered internal bleeding. We did surgery on her. But she's still in critical condition she needs a blood transfusion" the Doctor explained. "Well, I'll do it. I'm her father" Criss said willingly. "Ok Mr. Sarantakos, you just need to sign some documents and when you're done will get you ready for the transfusion" the doctor said and left.

"I'll call mom to tell her you're here" Costa said as he walked away. JD stayed in the waiting room to wait for Criss to come out. An hour and a half later Criss walked out. "Criss you alright?" JD asked him as he grabbed him. "You look weak" JD continued. "Dude they took a lot of blood of course I'm weak" Criss said sarcastically which made JD chuckled. Minutes later the doctor came out again. "Did the blood work?" Criss asked. "I'm sorry but it didn't" the doctor said. "What do you mean it didn't work...they have the same blood. He is the father" JD exclaimed. "Are you the father or the stepfather?" the doctor asked Criss. "What? Of course I'm the father..."Criss said a bit shocked. "I'm sorry Mr. Sarantakos but you and Cristina don't have the same DNA...you're not the father" the Doctor exclaimed.

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CH. 73 The confrontation

In that moment Criss collapsed onto the floor. "Criss!!" JD screamed as he bent down to help his brother. The doctor also bent down next to Criss to examine him. "Nurse we need to take this gentleman to a room" he said. Seconds later they were rolling Criss down to a room. JD then took out his phone and called Costa. "Costa where are you?" JD said as he paced back and forth. "I came back to the Luxor..I'm waiting for mom cuz she wants to go back to the Hospital" Costa explained. "Well, you two better get here quick. Criss fainted" JD exclaimed. "What? Why?" Costa asked concerned. "I'll tell you when you get here. But don't tell mom yet" JD said and hanged down the phone.

Minutes later, Costa and Dimitra were walking down the hall as they saw JD standing there. "JD what's going on?" Dimitra asked as she hugged him. "Hey mom" JD greeted her with a hug and a kiss. "Yeah what happened?" Costa exclaimed. "Well Criss fainted" JD finally said. "Oh my god, why? is he ok? was it because of Cristina? is my granddaughter in bad condition?" Dimitra asked with fear. JD sighed, "Well Criss received bad news...it appears to be that Cristina is not Criss' daughter" he said. Costa and Dimitra's jaws almost hit the floor. "What???" they exclaimed. " Well Cristina needed a blood transfusion so Criss volunteered...but the transfusion didn't work because the doctors found out that Criss and Cristina don't have the same DNA" JD explained.

"So all this time, Sandra kept us in a lie?" Costa said furious. " I can't believe little Cristina is not Criss' daughter" Dimitra said disappointed. "That's why Criss fainted...because they gave him the news that he wasn't the father" JD exclaimed. In the moment the Doctor was walking down the hall when JD approached him. "Doctor how is my brother Criss?" he said. " I was looking for you to tell you that he's fine. He fainted because of the shock..he just woke up you guys can see him" the doctor said. "Thank you" Costa said and they all walked to Criss' room.

"Oh Christopher, how are you my dear?" Dimitra said as she hugged him. "I'm fine mom" Criss said as he sat on the bed. "I'm sorry about Cristina" Costa said. Criss looked up and sighed. "I just can't believe that Sandra made me believe she was my daughter" Criss said a bit sad. "Are you gonna tell her that you know the truth?" JD asked. "Of course, but not yet..I don't think this is the moment" he said. A week passed and Cristina had come out of critical condition because Sandra did the blood transfusion. What Sandra didn't know was that Criss had already come back from Paris. She still thought that he was over there due to the fact that Criss never went to visit her on the hospital.

"Is Criss back from France?" Sandra said to Costa who was driving her and Cristina back to the Luxor. "Yeah he is" Costa said. "When did he came back?" Sandra asked. "Well you can ask him yourself when you get to the hotel" Costa replied. When they got the Luxor Costa carried little Cristina as he walked Sandra to Criss' room. "Baby!" Sandra said as she saw Criss sitting on the living room. Criss gave her a small smile. Costa then walked in with little Cristina. "Daddy!" she exclaimed and went running towards Criss. " Hey Sweetie" Criss said as he picked her up. Sandra then walked to him and hugged him. Of course Criss wasn't very pleased. "Umm Costa can you take Cristina with you out side" Criss said. "Umm sure, come on honey...let's go buy an ice-cream" Costa said as he grabbed Cristina and headed out. He knew what was coming.

When Costa closed the door and left. Sandra looked at Criss and smiled. " Ahh I see, you wanna spend some time alone" Sandra said flirtatiously as she started to rub Criss' chest and started to kiss him. Criss pulled her back. "What's wrong?" she said confused. "Can you explain to me what is this?" Criss said with an attitude as he gave her a paper. Sandra was more confused and unfolded the paper to read it. "Why in the did you made me believe that Cristina was my daughter?" Criss said furious.

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CH. 74

Sandra started shaking out of nervousness. " Sandra..talk to me" Criss yelled. " Please don't be mad" Sandra said as tears began to fall down her face. "Oh, how do you want me to be? huh? happy?...Sandra I just found out that Cristina is not my daughter. And you're telling me not to be mad?" Criss kept yelling. "How..how did you find out?" Sandra said between sobs. " I got here almost 12 hours after the accident. When I got to the hospital. The doctor told me that Cristina needed a blood transfusion. So because I knew we had the same blood. I mean after all she was my daughter. I volunteered for the transfusion. But what is the surprised? That I find out that she is not indeed my DAUGHTER!!" Criss exclaimed furious. Sandra just kept crying her heart out.

"Damn it Sandra...talk to me..I need you to explain to me why? why did you lie to me?" Criss said. But he started to get frustrated because Sandra kept quiet. "Who is the father?..." Criss asked. "A..a guy" Sandra finally said. " A guy? what guy? what's his name?" Criss kept interrogating her. " His name is Robert..." Sandra said without looking at Criss. " Who in the is Robert?" he asked.
"My ex.." she said. "huh?" Criss said confused. Sandra took a deep breath, "This happened when you were so busy doing believe. I felt alone during that time. So one day I went to a club down on the Venetian hotel while you were doing Believe. That's is when I met him. And I guess I was bit drunk so that happened" Sandra explained. Criss just sighed. "Why do I get the feeling that you are lying?" Criss protested.

"It's true.." she said. "DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME AGAIN!" Criss ordered angrily. Sandra knew that there was no scape out. The truth was out. "Fine...after that event happened, we kept seeing each other. But when you asked me to marry you. I stopped seeing him. Until now, me and Cristina were in that car accident because we were coming from seeing him" she insisted. "and why did you went to see him?" Criss asked. "I wanted Cristina to meet him. Of course I told her he was her uncle" she explained. Criss rubbed his neck. " I want a divorce" he finally said. "What?..no!" Sandra said surprised. " Look I want a divorce not because you cheated on me but because you made me believe that Cristina was my daughter and that hurts me more" Criss said.

3 days later...

Breaking news! Hi I'm Ryan Seacrest and this E news. Is Criss Angel making his wife Sandra disappear? It appears so! We have confirmation that this morning Illusionist Criss Angel file for divorce. Sources say that the reason was because Sandra cheated on him. However it appears to be that the problem is a lot bigger. Rumor has it that little Cristina their 1 and a half year old daughter is not Criss' daughter. Could this be the major reason why Mr. Angel is getting a divorce? We're not so sure yet. But according to many sources it appears to be true. We will try and find out what really is going on behind the curtains of the Sarantakos family. More on this story coming up.

Liliana turn off the t.v. "Oh my god" Liliana said as she looked at her son who was sitting on the floor playing.

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CH. 75

Criss was on the production office trying to do some paperwork but couldn't concentrate because of what was going on with Sandra. "Damn it!!" he yelled as he threw the papers making them land all around the office. In the moment Costa and JD went inside. "Wow what's going on here?" Costa remarked as he saw all the papers scattered around the floor. "Nothing!" Criss said as he got up and started to pick up the papers. " Criss we know you're a bit stressed because of what's happening with Sandra" JD said as he too helped him pick up the papers. " I don't know but all this is getting on my nerves and the media already knows that I filed for divorce" Criss exclaimed. "And not only that, they are getting to the conclusion that Cristina is not your daughter, I saw it on E news this morning" Costa said. "Uhhh, you see what I mean" Criss exclaimed. "Well just relax Criss we're here to help you" JD said as he put all the papers back on the desk.

"Anyways when did you get that new look?" Costa said as he stared at Criss. "Oh yeah! you came back with a new look...well not so new cuz you already had the hairstyle a few years back" JD remarked as he sat down. Criss laughed, "you're barely noticing that I got a new look?" he said. "Well yeah...we we're going through some drama, I mean the accident then about Cristina, that we didn't pay attention to your hair" Costa commented. "Well I guess I wanted to go back to the way I looked before" Criss said with a grin. "Well guys see you later I need to go and finish some business" Criss said and left.

Criss went up to his room and called out for Sandra. "Sandra?" he said. In the moment Sandra came out holding little Cristina. "Hi daddy" Cristina said. "Hi Sweetie" he exclaimed. "Sandra my lawyer called me to tell me that all the papers for the divorce are done. The only thing you need to do is to sign them" Criss exclaimed as he sat down on the couch. "Please Criss I know I made a mistake but give me another chance..do it for your daughter" Sandra said sadly. " Sandra don't put Cristina as an excuse" Criss remarked annoyed. "I'm not gonna give you the divorce" Sandra exclaimed. "Sandra don't make this more difficult, just sign the papers" he said. "Look Sandra my lawyer is going to send you the papers next week so you can sign them ok?" Criss told her. "What do you mean send them to me?" Sandra said confused.

"Well, I guess you should move out...I rented you an apartment so you can stay right there" Criss said. "What? Criss are you kicking me out? Criss what about Cristina?" Sandra exclaimed. Criss began to get annoyed because Sandra was using Cristina as an excuse and he didn't like that. " Damn it Sandra, why don't you take responsibility for your actions and stop using Cristina as a shield..you know what Sandra if you don't sign those papers...even thought Cristina is not my daughter I can still fight for her custody. After all she has my name" Criss said frustrated. "Oh no! Criss you wouldn't dare take Cristina away from me" Sandra said scared. "Just watch me" Criss said and left.

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CH. 76

Two days later...

Criss and Dimitra were having lunch at Ferraros an Italian restaurant down the strip. "Thank you honey for inviting me to lunch" Dimitra said to her son. "Aww no problem mom. It's been awhile since we had lunch just you and me" Criss exclaimed. " So tell me Criss, how did you managed to make Sandra to leave?" Dimitra asked as she took a sip of her water. "Why do you ask?" Criss asked her. "Well because she was telling me that first of all she wasn't gonna give you the divorce and second that she wasn't gonna leave" Dimitra explained. " Well I told her that if she didn't sign the papers I was gonna fight for Cristina's custody. So she got scared and she moved out. And my lawyer called this morning to tell me that Sandra is going to sign the papers" Criss said. "and were you going to fight for Cristina's custody?" Dimitra asked surprised. "Of course not mom. I wouldn't do it especially when I know she is not my biological daughter, I wouldn't take her away from her mom" Criss explained.

"Well at least she's going to sign the papers. That's all that matters" Dimitra said as she grabbed Criss' hand. "Yeah I know" Criss said as he smiled. "Mom?" Criss said a bit nervous. "Yes sweetie" Dimitra said as she looked at her son. "Remember about Liliana?" Criss asked her. "Oh yes, the girl you felt in love years ago..what about her?" Dimitra asked. Criss blushed at his mom's comment. "Well I saw her when I was in Paris" he said nervous. "You did? and how is she? is that love still there?" Dimitra said. Criss smiled. "Yes mom, that love is still there" he remarked. "Well I guess you can now go back to her. You're almost a free man" Dimitra commented as she gave Criss a smile. "Are you ok Criss? you look nervous? is something wrong?" Dimitra asked him. Criss gulped. "Umm I'm fine mom, just anxious to go back to Liliana" Criss finally said. He couldn't tell her mom about little Christopher, not yet that is. "So are you going back to Paris?" Dimitra asked as she took a bite of her food. "Yes I was thinking about that. "I'll go when Sandra signs the papers" Criss said.

The next day Criss was on the production office reviewing some papers when his phone went off. "Hello" he answered. "God that's great so that means is over? Ahh finally...thank you man..you're great ok bye" Criss said and hanged up the phone. "you seem happy what's going on?" JD said as he walked in. "My lawyer just called me to tell me that Sandra signed the papers..I'm a free man" Criss said excited. "That's great bro...so what about Liliana?" JD asked. "Yes Liliana my Lily..I'm going back to Paris for her" Criss said excited. JD smiled," well if you want I'll get you a flight for tomorrow" he said. "Thank you man I appreciated" Criss said as he got up and walked out of the office.

That night Criss just had finished doing Believe and headed up to his room to rest. While he walked to his room his phone beeped, he looked amd saw it was a text from JD. ~ Bro I got you a flight for tomorrow at 3:00pm..good luck~ Criss smiled. "Yes! thank you bro" he said and text him back to thank him. He got to his room and started packing. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. "Coming" he said as he went to open the door. "Papa!" little Christopher said as Criss opened the door. Criss' eyes almost popped out. " Oh it's my little boy" he said as he picked him up and walked inside his room. "where is you're mom..or did you snicked out from mom and took a flight over here by yourself?" Criss asked as he laughed. In the moment Liliana walked in. "Hey!' she said. Criss looked up. Liliana walked to him and hugged him.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 77

"What are you guys doing here?" Criss asked Liliana as he put Christopher down. "I heard about what happened with Sandra and Cristina and well I thought you might need someone to cheer you up..." Liliana said as she caressed Criss cheek. "Well I'm glad you're here" Criss said as he kissed her. "Meow" Hammie said as he run through the living room and behind him was little Christopher chasing him. "I guess Christopher found Hammie" Criss said making Liliana laughed. "Lily?" Criss said as he and Liliana sat on the couch. "Yeah" she responded. " the other day I was about to tell my mom about our son" he said. "Oh my god you where? and did you told her?" Liliana asked a bit surprised.

"No..no. I couldn't I thought that it wasn't the time...I was gonna tell her when I came back from Paris" Criss commented as he looked at Lily. "Wait? come back from Paris? where you going back?" Liliana asked confused. "As a matter of fact, Yes. I was gonna flight to Paris tomorrow to go get you..I was just waiting for Sandra to sign the divorce papers" Criss remarked. " you're already divorced?" Liliana asked very surprised. "Yeah that's why I was going back to get you. But I guess you beat me and got here first" Criss said with a smile. Liliana just hugged him. "Well you look tired we should go to sleep" Criss said as he grabbed Liliana's luggage. "Christopher let's go to sleep" Criss said as he went inside his room.

"Papa papa!" little Christopher said as he crawled onto the bed and moved Criss. "Wha..what?" Criss said in a still sleepy tone as he moved around. "Papa kitty" little Christopher said as he got on top of Criss and started to ride him as a horse. Criss yawned, "yeah the kit..kitty..wha..what's wro. with the kit..ty?" Criss said as he pulled the covers on top of his head. "PAPA, kitty!!" Christopher said again as he pulled the covers down from Criss. "ok ok I'm up" Criss said as he opened his eyes. " Kitty papa, kitty!" his son continued to say. "Yes Hammie? you're looking for hammie?" Criss asked him. His son nodded. " why does it still look dark?" Criss asked himself and grabbed his phone to see the time. " 5:15!!...awww Christopher is to early" he said. He tried to go back to sleep but his son didn't let him and dragged him to the living room.

Liliana woke up and looked at the clock. 8:05. She got up and took a shower. She got dressed and went out the room. When she went into the living room she saw her son playing with Hammie and Criss knocked out on the couch. She smiled. "Christopher what did you do to your dad?" she said as she gave her son a kiss and sat beside Criss. "Baby?" she said as she gave him a kiss. Criss slowly open his eyes as he yawned. "What's wrong?" Liliana asked as she looked at Criss. " you're son...woke me up at 5 in the morning" Criss said as he yawned again. Liliana laughed," My son? he's your son too..and is not my fault Christopher wants to spend quality time with his dad" she said which made Criss smiled. "Why don't you go and take a shower and I'll fix some breakfast" Liliana said as she helped Criss get up from the couch.

Minutes later Criss came out cleaned and fresh than ever. " I see the shower helped you regain energy" Liliana said as she set the table. "It sure did" Criss said as he gave her a kiss. They all sat and started eating breakfast. "Sweetie I was thinking of inviting my whole family to dinner and tell them the news about you and Christopher. To my understanding only my mom and JD know about you but not Christopher. I wonder how Costa, my cousin George, Dimi and Lynn JD's wife will react" Criss remarked. "Who's Costa?" Liliana asked. "My brother" Criss said as he took a bite of his food. "you have another one?" Liliana asked surprised. "yeah you didn't know?" Criss asked her back. "Well when we were in Europe you never told me you had older brothers..and the only one I have met is JD" she explained. " Yeah I have another one...but I'm sorry I never told you..you know we been through so much drama that I thought you knew" Criss said as he apologized. "That's fine don't worry...so are you planning to tell them tonight?" Liliana asked. Criss nodded. "Yeah" he said.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 78

Night had arrived and Criss was ready to tell his family the news. He was nervous because he didn't know how his family was going to react about him having a son. Criss took another look at himself in the mirror and took a deep breath. Suddenly his phone went off and he answered. "Hello..Oh hey JD..yeah I'm on my way...ok ok see you in a bit" he said and hanged up the phone. "Are you ready Criss?" Liliana asked as she went inside the room all dressed up. Criss looked back and saw her. "Wow you look beautiful" he said as he gave her a kiss. "and you look rather handsome" she said as she smiled. "Ok so I guess we should go..JD called to tell me that everyone is waiting" Criss said and they headed out.

"I wonder what Criss is going to tell us" Costa said. "It's weird though because he was suppose to fly back to France this afternoon and he didn't" JD exclaimed. "Well I just hope is good news" Dimi said as she look at Dimitra. "Yeah hope so too" Lynn and George remarked. In the moment Criss walked into their conversation. "Hey guys sorry for being late" he said as he sat down. "Yeah we know it takes you awhile to do your make up and hair" George said making everyone laugh. " Ha ha very funny George" Criss exclaimed. "So what did you wanted to tell us Christopher?" Dimitra said as she looked at him. "Well maybe some of you may not know but Sandra already signed the papers so the divorce is complete" Criss commented. "Well I'm glad that's over" Dimi said making Lynn giver her a look. "What is true" Dimi whispered to her mom.

"Well the reason why I invited you all here is to tell you about Liliana" he said as he looked at everyone. Of course Dimitra, JD and Dimi already knew about her. But George, Costa and Lynn were a bit confused. "Did you two get back together?" Dimi said excited. Criss looked at her surprised. "How did you know that?" he asked her. Dimi blushed, "I'm sorry uncle but one day I heard you and dad talking about her, I'm so sorry" she said embarrassed. "Well that doesn't matter..but to answer your question Dimi. Yes we got back together" he said excited. "Woah woah who's Liliana?" Costa asked confused. "Costa, remember that time that I took a picture with Liliana, Johnny Depp's girlfriend. and that when I showed it to Criss he got all nervous and left?" JD asked. "Oh you're talking about her?" Costa asked Criss. Criss nodded.

"Well what happened Costa, is that when I was in Europe she was my girlfriend but because of some problems we broke up and well, 10 years later I saw her again" Criss explained. "So you're telling us that even though you still married Sandra you were still in love with Liliana?" George asked trying to understand. "Well yeah..and now that everything with Sandra is over I decided to get back with her" he said. "Aww Christopher I can see that you're really happy. But I thought you were flying back to Paris today to go get her" Dimitra asked. "Yes, that was the plan but she beat me to it and she arrived last night" Criss explained. In that moment Liliana walked in holding little Christopher. "and well, here she is" Criss said as he got up from his seat to greet her. Everyone looked around to see her. Criss pulled her a chair and they both sat down.

"Umm Hi" Liliana said a bit nervous. "Hi Lily, so we meet again" JD said trying to make her feel like home. "Yes I know" Liliana responded as she smiled. "Oh my god hi Liliana!" Dimi said all excited and got up from her seat to give her a hug. "So I finally meet the girl that is driving my son Christopher crazy" Dimitra said as she grabbed Liliana's hand. "Is so nice to meet you Ma'am" Liliana said. " and this is my cousin George, Lynn JD's wife and Costa my brother" Criss said. "Hi nice to meet you all" she said politely. "Wow I'm sure behind news..you sure have quite a life Criss I should spend more time with you" George said making everybody laugh. " and who is this handsome boy?" Dimitra asked. Liliana looked at Criss. "Umm yeah..that's another thing I wanted to tell you...this is Christopher my son" he finally said. Everyone's jaws almost hit the floor at the sound of those news. Suddenly there was complete silence.

"Oh my god I have a little cousin" Dimi said breaking the silence and got up to grab little Christopher. "Can I grab him?" Dimi asked Liliana. "Yes of course" Liliana said. "Come on wanna go and see the fishes" Dimi said to Christopher and walked away. "When did this happened?" Dimitra asked Criss. "Well I saw Liliana the same day I proposed to Sandra. Of course I was so happy to see her that I forgot I had proposed to someone else" Criss explained. "Umm no offense Liliana, but Criss are you sure he is you're son?" Costa asked concerned. " Costa! how can you say that? I do believe he is his son. you know why? because that child is the spit image of Criss when he was small" Dimitra remarked. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you..but you have to know where we are coming from" Costa said to Liliana. " I understand..don't worry about it" Liliana exclaimed. " And I know Lily wouldn't lie to me" Criss said as he gave her a peck on the cheek. "Your son is beautiful" Lynn told Criss and Liliana. "Thank you!" they both said. "Well I guess we should eat" Criss said as they all agreed.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 79

Hi I'm Giuliana Rancic it appears to be that Illusionist Criss Angel likes to surprise us, and what surprise we received. Last night Magician Criss Angel was spotted dining with his family. But those are not the news. Mr. Angel was caught being very cuddly with a new woman. And we sure were for once shock to find out who was that mystery woman (shows pictures) it was non other than Liliana, Johnny Depp's ex girlfriend. Sources say that the Family along with Criss Angel were having a great time and enjoying every second of it. But the news doesn't stop there. Sources have come out and say that the magician has a son with Liliana. The little boy was spotted with Criss Angel's niece playing in one of the restaurants balconies (shows pics). Well Criss you sure like to give us quite a show.

"Ahh I can't believe they already know about Criss and Liliana" Costa said as he turned off the t.v. "Well that's the media for you" JD exclaimed as he worked on the computer. "Do you think Criss already knows?" Costa asked. " I'm sure he does...but then again I don't think so, he's been lost in the world of Liliana and Christopher" JD commented making Costa laugh. "What's so funny?" Criss said as he walked in holding his son. "Nothing" Costa said trying not to laugh again. Criss just rolled his eyes. "Hey buddy how are ya?" Costa said to Christopher making him smile. "Do you know that the media already knows about your son?" JD asked Criss. "What??" Criss remarked annoyed. "Yup we just saw it on E news" Costa said as he played with Christopher. "Ahh damn paparazzi" Criss replied. "Hey Costa can you watch Christopher for a moment. I need to go out and do some errands" Criss said as he walked to the door. "Sure but hurry up cuz I need to go out with cousin George to see some things for your next demonstration" Costa told him as he picked up Christopher. Criss agreed and left.

An hour and a half later Criss came back to the Luxor and headed up to his room. "hey babe I'm back" he said as he closed the door. Liliana greeted him with a hug and kiss. "Where is Christopher?" she asked him. "I left him with Costa but I already text him to bring him up to the room" he replied. Few minutes later Costa arrived with Christopher and Dimi. "Hey uncle Criss hey aunt Lily" Dimi said as she walked in. "Hey sweetie" both Criss and Liliana replied. "Well here is your son..and I better go cuz I'm late" Costa said and left. "Umm aunt Lily is it on if I take Christopher with me. My friend and I are going to the park" she said. " Sure but just let me clean him up" Liliana said and went inside the room with Christopher.

"Ok all done and ready to go" Liliana said as she brought little Criss out. "Ok lets go Christopher" Dimi said as she walked to the door. "Hey Dimi here is some money and be careful" Criss said as he got out his wallet. "Thank you uncle, we'll be back at 6:00" Dimi said and left. Criss and Liliana decided to stay home and rest by watching some t.v. "Criss what time is it?" Liliana asked. Criss reached for his cellphone. "It's 7:30..damn it 7:30 and Dimi is not here" Criss said concerned. "and she hasn't called!" Liliana said as she started to get nervous. "Don't worry babe I bet they're fine...let me called her" Criss exclaimed as he called Dimi but there was no answer. "She doesn't answer but let me call JD" Criss said. "ok I'll call Dimitra" Liliana replied as she went to get her phone. "JD says she's not with him nor with Lynn" Criss said. " and she's not with Dimitra either" Liliana exclaimed more worried. " I'll go out to look for them" Criss exclaimed as he went to grab his jacket.

In that moment a knock came to the door. "That must be them" he said as he rushed to the door and opened it. "Oh my god uncle uncle Criss" Dimi yelled out of panic and with tears on her eyes. "What?? where is Christopher?" Criss said concerned. Liliana rushed to the door to see what was happening. "Uncle Criss they...they taken..him" Dimi said with fear. "What??" Criss exclaimed. "Uncle Criss someone kidnapped Christopher!!" Dimi replied all scared and with tears streaming down her face.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 80

Dimi let herself collapse into Criss' arms. Criss hugged her tight as she continued to cry non stop. Liliana stood at the back paralyzed. She couldn't move, she was speechless, her son, her only son had been taken away from her. She began to shake as if she were cold, and tears began to stream down her face. "Lily Lily call JD" Criss shouted. But what Criss didn't know was that Liliana had heard everything. Criss called her again and this time looked back and saw Liliana standing there crying. "Oh sweetie everything is gonna be ok" he said to her. Dimi continued to cry and wasn't letting go of Criss. "It's my fault uncle it's my fault" Dimi stated over and over again. "Don't say that!" Criss exclaimed as he reached for his phone to call JD.

Seconds later JD walked into Criss' room and saw Liliana still standing still as a statue crying. While Criss continued to hugging Dimi. "What's going on?" JD asked as he went to grab her daughter. Criss got up and went to hug Liliana who wasn't saying a word but continued to cry. "Honey honey is gonna be alright...we're gonna get out son" Criss said as he hugged her tight. Liliana grabbed Criss' shirt with such a grip as she continued to shake hysterically. "My son my son is gone" she mumbled. Criss hugged her even tighter at the sound of those words and his eyes began to get watery. "JD some kidnapped Christopher" Criss finally said. "What??" JD shouted. "Let's call the police" JD commented and took his phone out.

An hour later Criss' room was filled with people from Criss' family to Police officers. An officer filed a report as he talked to Criss and Liliana while Dimitra remain close to them. Another officer was asking George and Costa if they knew any suspects. On the other hand, two other cops were interrogating Dimi about what had happened in the park. While Lynn and JD were by her side listening.
"Dimi what happened while you where in the park?" the officer asked.
"Umm when me and my friend arrived to the park we went to the swings, and then we started playing tag with my little cousin" Dimi said with a shaky voice.
"and then what happened?" the officer continued to ask.
" Then we went for a walk around the park and we bought some ice cream and we started to watch the guys who were playing basketball"
"Did you saw anyone suspicious?" the officer said.
"No, but a few minutes passed and my friend told me that it was already 6:45 so I started to freak out because it was already late..and I wanted to call my uncle but my phone had died and my friend had forgotten her phone in her house...so we started walking to my friend's car..." Dimi said as tears began to fall again.
"and then what?" the officer asked as he continued taking notes.
"and this two..men approached us (takes a deep breath) and took my little cousin from my arms and run away" Dimi said as she cried.
"Calm down sweetie" Lynn whispered as she hold her hand.
"Did you saw the guys?" the officer asked again.
"No...but me and my friend tried to chase them but it was to late, I just saw that they were driving a black ion Saturn..and that's all. Then I came to the Luxor and told my uncle" Dimi said as more tears began to fall down her face. The officer jot down a few more notes and said they were gonna start the investigation. The other officer finished talking to Criss and left.

"Oh my god please protect my grandson" Dimitra said as she started to pray. Criss just stood there as he watched everybody who was in the room. He looked at Liliana who was sitting in the couch still shocked. He steadily approached her, " Babe you should go to sleep" Criss said to her. But Liliana just nodded with a no. "We better go" JD said as he, Lynn and Dimi started to walked to the door. Dimi saw Liliana and rushed to her side. "I'm sorry aunt Lily..I'm so sorry" she said. But Liliana just stared at her without saying a word. "Dimi she's tired don't take it personal" Criss said as she pulled her away from Liliana. Costa and George also decided to leave. "Honey are you sure you'll be fine?" Dimitra asked Criss. "Yes mom don't worry...you need to rest" Criss said as he opened the door for her.

Criss turn around and walked to where Liliana was. "Lily sweetie" he said as he sat next to her. But still Liliana wasn't saying anything. She put her legs up on the couch and hold them close against her chest as she began to rock back and forth. " my son is gone, my son is gone my son is gone" she continued to say over and over again. Criss' heart broke into million of pieces at the sight of her beloved one looking like a mad person. "Sweetie we can't do anything, we don't who might of have taken him, and we don't know were to start looking" Criss said. But Liliana just kept mumbling the same thing over and over again. Criss knew it was going to be the longest night ever.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 81

The next day Criss woke up and realized that he had fallen asleep on the couch. He slowly got up and looked around. He realized that Liliana was no where to be found. He began to get worried. "Liliana?" he said as he started to walk around the room. He went into his bedroom and heard the shower. "Lily?" he said as he slowly made his way into the bathroom. But Liliana wasn't there. He turn off the shower and got out of the bathroom. He then started to make his way into the kitchen. "Liliana?" he said one more time as he looked over the counter. Suddenly, Criss' heart dropped to his feet. There sitting on the corner was with bloodshot eyes was Liliana. She kept rocking her body back and forth, but this time she has a knife on her hand that was pointing at her chest.

"Lily..sweetie umm giv..give me that..knife" Criss said calmly but yet nervous as he steadily approached her. Liliana began to shake her head, "NO!" she said in a weak voice. "Lily please" Criss insisted. "My son? where is my son?" she asked with an evil look on her face. " The police is out there looking for him.." Criss said. Liliana suddenly grabbed the knife and put it against her wrist. "No!" Criss yelled nervously. Liliana looked at him as she began to breath heavily. "Lily please give me the knife" Criss insisted one more time as he tried to approached her once again. "NO!" Liliana shouted as she pointed the knife at Criss. Criss rapidly stepped back fearing the worse.

But rapidly Criss made his move and took the knife away from Liliana. " NO NO, GIVE IT GIVE IT BACK" Liliana began shouting hysterically. Criss put the knife away and dragged Liliana out of the kitchen. She began kicking and screaming as Criss picked her up and took her to the bedroom. "But me down but me down" Liliana shouted as she was punching Criss' back. Criss became desperate and threw her on the bed. "STOP IT" he shouted as he got on top of her and hold her wrists. But Liliana kept giving a temper tantrum. "Liliana stop it! damn it! stop it!" Criss shouted hysterically. Liliana suddenly stop as tears began to fall down her face. "My son! Criss my son is gone!!" she exclaimed. Criss sat down on the bed and pulled her against him. "I know! I know!" Criss said as he hugged her tight and him too started to cry until Liliana felt asleep.

Criss tucked her in and left her so she could rest. He went out his room and called Dimitra. "Hey mom. Mom can you do me a favor? can you came to the room?..yeah is Liliana...I'm worried she might do something...yeah can you look after her while I'm at production?..thank you mom" Criss said and hanged up the phone.A few hours passed and Criss then went down to Believe so rehearse for a new trick but wasn't concentrating. He kept making the same mistake over and over again. "" he said frustrated as he threw the props all around the theater. He got out of Believe and asked for his car. While waiting for it he text Costa ~ Costa, I'm sorry but I can't do the show 2nite heading out 2 look 4 my son~. His car was brought in and Criss drove away.

Criss went to the same park where Dimi had been. He began asking people if they had seen a little boy while he show them a picture. But all of the people that he asked didn't know. Two hours passed and still no luck. He then looked at his phone and saw a bunch of missed calls from Costa, JD, George and Dimita, but decided not to answer. Suddenly his phone rang again but he didn't recognized the number so he answered. "Hello" he said. "Mr. Sarantakos" the voice said over the phone. "Yes, that's me" Criss exclaimed. "Hi Criss is detective Kevin Swiss from the police department..we found something that you might like to see can you came to the police station?" the Detective said. "Yes, I'll be there in 10 minutes" Criss exclaimed and headed to the police department.

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CH. 82
Criss got to the police department and asked for Detective Kevin. "Are you Criss Sarantakos?" the officer said. "Yes" Criss responded. "Yes, the detective is waiting for you, follow me" the officer said as he lead Criss to one of the offices. "Have a seat the Detective will be with you in a minute" the officer exclaimed and left as Criss sat down. "Are you Mr. Sarantakos?" a man said as he walked into the room. Criss looked around. "Yes that's me" he said. "Hi, I'm detective Kevin Swiss, nice to meet you" he said as he shook Criss' hand. " So what did you guys found?" Criss asked. "Well we contacted the company of the security cameras that are installed in the park and fortunately one of the cameras caught the kidnapping of your son" the detective explained. "Oh my god! can I see it" Criss said a bit nervous. "Yes, follow me to the other room" the Detective said as he got up and Criss followed him.

As Criss started to watch the tape tears began to fall down his face. "I'm sorry I know its hard to watch" the detective exclaimed. "That's fine" Criss whispered as he wiped his tears away. "Unfortunately we couldn't identify any of the guys because of lack of light" the detective commented. Suddenly, another officer came rushing into the room. "Detective, I'm sorry to bother you but another camera caught the plates of the car that took the boy that was kidnapped" the officer said. The detective looked at Criss. "Follow me" he said and headed out. "Show me the tape" the detective said as Criss watched. "My niece was right the car was a black ion pontiac" Criss said to himself. "She was indeed right...run a scan on those plates and locate the address" the Detective order. A few seconds passed. "Detective Swiss we have the address" one of the police officers exclaimed. " Ok people we have a destination lets move move move" the detective shouted as he grabbed his coat.

"Can I come too?" Criss asked. "I'm sorry Mr. Sarantakos but it can be dangerous and we don't want anything to happen to you" the Detective exclaimed and headed out. Criss was getting anxious, he wanted to go but then again decided to head back to the the Luxor. He looked at his phone and saw that it was 9:45 pm. He head back to his room and saw his mom sitting on the living room talking to Liliana. "Hi ladies" Criss said as he walked in. "Hi sweetie, where were you?" Dimitra asked worried. Criss gave both his mom and Liliana a kiss. "I went to the park to try see if anybody saw anything" Criss explained as he sat next to Liliana. Criss wanted to tell them about the tapes and that the police had a trace of the car plates. But he didn't want to make his family become more worried. So he decided to tell them after the police had found something.

"You look tired, why don't you go to sleep" Dimitra suggested. "No, I'm fine" Criss exclaimed. "Have you ate?" Dimita asked. Criss shook his head. "Oh dear, you have to take care of yourself, let me fix you something to eat" Dimitra said as she got up and headed to the kitchen. Criss then looked at Liliana. "how are you?" Criss asked. "I'm better...I'm sorry!" Liliana said embarrassed. "Sorry about what?" he asked confused. "about my reaction this morning, I wasn't thinking right..I'm scared, I just want our son back" she said helpless. "Aww honey we will get him back" Criss said as he hugged her.

"Thank you mom for fixing me some food" Criss said. "Oh no problem..any news about Christopher" Dimitra asked. Criss shook his head. Dimitra just sighed. Criss then look at his watch and saw it was 11:45 pm. "Oh god it's late, mom you should go to sleep" Criss said as he put his plate on the sink. He then looked at the living room and saw Liliana asleep. "Oh poor dear, she's too tired and sad to keep up on the day" Dimitra exclaimed. "I know" Criss said in a sad tone. Criss then decided to walk her mom back to her room and went back to his. He picked up Liliana and took her to the room. "Another day without our son" Criss whispered as he laid Liliana on the bed. He then hoped on the bed and cuddled next to Liliana until he felt asleep.

Criss phone suddenly went off making him wake up. "Hello" he said in a sleepy tone. "Mr. Sarantakos sorry to have woke you up. It's me Detective Swiss, come to the police department" the detective said and hanged up. Criss look at the clock, 5:45 am. He quickly got dressed and headed out without making a sound.
Liliana woke up to see that Criss wasn't there. "I wonder where he is" she said to herself as she made her way to the bathroom to take a shower. She then got out and saw it was almost 9 o'clock. She got dressed and headed to the kitchen. Suddenly she heard someone open the door. "I bet that's Criss" she whispered to herself. But then she didn't heard anything. "Criss is that you?" she said as she walked to the living room. "MAMA!!" little Christopher exclaimed as he run to Liliana's arms. "Oh my god, my little boy my angel" she said as tears streamed down her face while she hugged him. "My baby my angel" she continued to say as she look up and saw Criss standing by the door. He then walked to her and hugged them both while he kissed them both on their foreheads.

Criss phone rang again and he answered. "Yeah" Criss said. "I'm sorry to bother you again Mr. Sarantakos but we caught the people who took your son" the detective said. "who are they?" Criss asked furious. "Oh, you'll be surprise" the detective exclaimed.

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CH. 83

Liliana looked at Criss and leaned against him to kiss him. "How did..." Liliana said but was interrupted by Criss. "That doesn't matter now, what matters now is that we got our son back" Criss replied. Liliana smiled. "you're right" she said and headed to the living room still amazed that her son was finally with them. Criss then called his family to tell them that the police had found his son. Of course everybody rushed to Criss' room to see him.

Minutes later a knock came to the door. "That must be everyone" Criss said to Liliana as he got up to get the door. In came JD, Costa, George, Dimi, and Dimitra. "Oh my god where is he?" Dimitra asked. "How is he?" Costa replied. "He's in the living room with Liliana and he is fine" Criss said as he walked back to the living room. "Oh my god Christopher!!" Dimi said as she went directly to hug him. Liliana just smiled. Dimitra hugged Liliana. "How are you my dear?" Dimitra asked her. "I'm great I mean my son is back" Liliana said excited. "Well I'm glad little Criss is back" George stated as he patted Criss on the back. Criss just smiled. "We should celebrate!" Costa remarked. "Yes, lets celebrate the return of our little angel" Dimi said as she gave Christopher a kiss. "We'll see" Criss said.

Soon enough everyone had to go. They hugged little Christopher and left. "Liliana I need to talk to you" Criss said as he sat next to her. "What's wrong?" she replied. " Well the police caught the kidnappers..and the detective wants us to go and see if we know them" Criss explained. "Oh no, I don't wanna see those despicable people" Liliana said as she hugged her son. "We have to honey..we'll leave Christopher with my mom. Is gonna be alright" Criss said. Liliana agreed.

2 hours later...
"Thank you for coming" the detective said to Criss and Liliana as he shook their hands. "So did you guys caught the kidnappers?" Criss asked as he held Liliana's hand. "Yes we did, after we rescued your son, they had managed to scape..it wasn't till a few hours later that our police finally caught them" the detective explained. "So are you guys ready to see them?" the detective asked. Liliana began to get nervous. "Don't worry ma'am. They wont see you. you will see them through a window" the detective said to Liliana. She shook her head and they started to walk to the room.

"Ok so, we caught 3 persons. One of them being the leader" The detective said. Criss nodded as he grabbed Liliana by her waist. "Are you guys ready?" the detective asked as he looked at them. Liliana sighed, "yes" she said in a shaky voice. "Ok" the detective responded and turn on the lights as the suspects were revealed. Liliana gasped at the sight. "Oh my god!!" she said surprised. Criss' jaw hit the floor at what he was seeing. "I can't believe it" he said astonished.
Liliana looked back at Criss surprised. Criss stared at her without saying a word. "Do you know them?" the detective asked. Liliana lowered her sight as Criss took a deep breath." Yes, just one of them" Criss said. "Who?" the detective asked again. "The one in the left" Criss replied. "Do you know his name?" Detective Kevin said. "Yes, I do. His name is Robert Lombardi" Criss exclaimed as he hugged Liliana. "Let's go back to my office" the detective said and order to take the kidnappers back to their cells.

"How do you know Mr. Lombardi?" detective Kevin asked as he sat down. "We meet him back in Europe" Liliana said. "He was a chief of the Interpol" Criss exclaimed. "Chief of the Interpol?" the detective asked shocked. "Did you had problems with the law back then?" the detective began to interrogate them. Liliana and Criss looked at each other. "We did, but uhh everything is solve now" Criss explained. "Why do you think he kidnapped your son?" Kevin asked. "I guess because he wanted me to be in jail forever, but he didn't got what he wanted" Criss exclaimed. "and why would he want you in jail?" Kevin said. Liliana began to get nervous, the detective was asking to many questions about their past, their past identities where soon to be revealed.

Criss looked down. "Look detective Swiss, I really appreciate that you caught them, but I think you're suppose to interrogate them not us...I'm not comfortable talking about my past. you have to put the past behind you and that's what I did" Criss exclaimed in a serious tone. " Ok I get that, I'm sorry" the Detective said a bit embarrassed. "Can we go now?" Liliana asked. "Yes, yes you can. thank you for coming" the detective said as he shook their hands.

"I'm scared" Liliana commented. "Why?" Criss asked surprised as he drove down the street. " I'm scared about Chief Lombardi telling them about our past" Liliana said worried. "Even if he tells them. The police can't do anything about it. Remember Detective Palmer destroyed my file when I offered my self to help him" Criss explained. "Just relax" he said as he reached for Liliana's hand and kissed it. Deep down inside Criss knew that he was scared too. He felt that their past had come back to hunt them.

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CH. 84 What goes around comes around

Everyone in Criss' family were enjoying their daily routines as days went by. Every time Criss had a day off from Believe, he spend it with his family as much as possible. Liliana had the chance to get to know Dimitra and Lynn a little bit more. Costa, George and JD continued with their jobs working in the production, and Lynn continued with her studies. It wasn't until one day that Criss started to act a bit weird.

"Criss are you ok?" Liliana asked as she fed Christopher. Criss looked over his shoulder, "Yeah...why?" he said in a serious tone and turned around to continue to watch t.v on the living room. "Well you been acting a bit strange" Liliana exclaimed. "I'm fine" he stated. "Are you sure, did you had fight with one of your brothers, or is it about Believe?" Liliana asked again. "I told you I'm fine" Criss stated firmly. "Criss you don't fool me, I know you and something is bothering you. what is it?" she exclaimed. Criss began to get a bit annoyed but didn't responded. "Oh so now you're ignoring me?" Liliana demanded. "No! No! I'm not! I just told you I don't have nothing!" Criss stated a bit angrily.

In the moment a knock came to the door and Liliana went to get it. "Hi aunt Lily" Dimi said as she enter the room. "Hey sweetie" Liliana greeted her with a hug. "Hi uncle Criss" Dimi said as she saw Criss sitting on the living room. "Hey" Criss said not so in a good mood. "Is something wrong?" Dimi asked Liliana as she gave Christopher a kiss. "Umm Dimi can you take Christopher with you, I need to talk to your uncle" Liliana whispered. "Sure no problem" Dimi said and took Christopher with her. Liliana closed the door and went back to the living room. "Ok so now are you gonna tell me what's bothering you?" Liliana asked as she sat facing him. Criss let out an ironically sigh. "I already told YOU! I'm fine!" he said with an attitude. "Oh Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos you are lying" Liliana stated a bit furious.

Criss turn off the t.v and looked at Liliana giving her an evil look which send a cold rush down Liliana's spine. "I'm fine" he said in a creepy voice. He got up and started to leave. "Where are you going?" Liliana asked as she too got up. "to the bar" he said still in a creepy voice and left. Liliana stood there shocked trying to figure out what just happened. Hours passed and Criss arrived and enter his room as he saw Liliana sitting on the living room watching t.v. He run his fingers through his hair and fixed his shirt as he sighed and gave her a serious yet dangerous look. Criss then gave her a playful smirk as he walked through the living room and went into his room. And the shower was soon heard.

Breaking news. Sorry to interrupt but news just got in that a huge explosion occurred just minutes ago in Wells Fargo bank down Las Vegas strip. Police rapidly searched and found out that it was a bank robbery(shows live footage). A few people were injured. Police now are looking for the suspect.

Liliana gasped as she turn her head to Criss room she had a bad feeling about this. She then got up and stormed into the bathroom and slid the shower door open. "What did you do??" Liliana exclaimed furious as Criss wiped away the soap from his eyes and looked at her.

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CH. 85 Sailing away

"What are you talking about?" Criss exclaimed confused as he squinted his eyes so the soap wouldn't get in them. "What am I talking about? what am I talking about? Oh I think you know what I'm talking about" Liliana stated furious. But Criss kept giving her a confused look. Liliana got desperate and quickly pulled Criss out of the shower. "Woah what are you doing?" Criss said as he was being dragged back to the living room fully naked. "That's what I'm talking about" Liliana yelled as she pointed at the t.v. Criss looked and saw the news about the bank robbery. "Oh so you're thinking I did it?" Criss asked Liliana sarcastically. "Who else? tell me who uses explosions when robbing a bank? To my understanding you were the only one who did that!" Liliana exclaimed furious. Criss remained quiet and just stared at her. "I didn't do it" he finally said and started to make his way back to the shower. "Damn it Criss your lies don't work on me anymore" Liliana said as she followed him.

"Why did you do it? why did you robbed the bank?" she asked worried. "I told you I didn't do it" Criss said as he put a towel around his waist. "Fine don't tell me. But I know you did. and I'm just gonna tell you one thing. Remember that you have a son, so you better not do something stupid and put him at risk" Liliana said scared. Those words hit Criss on the head as if he was just been hit with a bat. He quickly did a 180 degree turn and grabbed Liliana by her wrists and pushed her against the wall. Liliana began to breath heavily, she could feel the tension in the air, the adrenaline running through their veins, his wet body against hers and their hearts beating faster. Criss stared back a Liliana without saying a word. The silence was killing her. "Don't you ever, hear me out, ever say that I will put my son in danger, cuz that's the last thing I wanna do" he exclaimed enraged.

Criss finally let go of Liliana and started to walk back to the bathroom. "Who are you?" Liliana said scared as she started to tear up. "What do you mean who am I? I'm Criss" he stated frustrated."No you're not. You're not the Criss I met back in Europe, you're someone else" she said as she grabbed her wrist. Criss looked at her puzzled. "Fine you win. I robbed the bank are you satisfied now that I told you?" Criss yelled back. "But why? why? Criss you have the job you always wanted, a family, me, a SON! why did you do it?" Liliana asked trying to understand Criss' actions. "Cuz I wanted to feel alive again. I wanted to feel the energy around me, the adrenaline running through my veins, my heart beating faster than ever" Criss stated.

Liliana looked at him with fearful eyes. "Are you saying that you miss the old Criss?" she said. Criss remained silent. "What I'm saying is that I miss my old life back in Europe. I WANT my old life BACK!" he protested firmly.

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CH. 86 Taking a different direction

Liliana froze like a statue when Criss uttered those words. Criss kept staring at her. "Wha..what?" Liliana asked still shocked. "You heard me!" Criss stated and went back to finish his shower.
When Criss got out of the shower, he saw that Liliana was no where to be found. "Liliana?" he said as he went to the living room and then to the kitchen. But Liliana was not there. Suddenly, the door swung open and Criss went to see who it was. And in came Liliana holding Christopher who was asleep. "Where were you?" Criss asked as he helped Liliana closed the door. " I went to pick up Christopher who was with Dimi" Liliana said as she made her way to the room and put her son on the bed. Criss then looked at the clock and saw it was 10:30 pm. Liliana wasn't saying much, she still was trying to figure out what Criss had said.

Liliana then made her way to her room and started to get ready to go to sleep. Criss walked beside the bed and grabbed his pillow. Liliana looked at him puzzled. "Where are you going?" she asked concerned. "I'm gonna go to the other room" Criss said as he made his way to the door and closed it. Liliana just sighed. "Oh god what's happening?" she whispered as tears began to fall down. She then got under the sheets and turn off the light, and cried herself to sleep.
The next day she woke up and went to fix some breakfast. She then went to the room where Criss had slept. "Criss?" she said as she knocked on the door, but there was no answer. "Criss I made you some breakfast..."she said as she opened the door. But to her surprise Criss wasn't there. She sighed as she looked at the empty bed.

As the days went by, Criss continued with his estrange behavior. Of course, Liliana wasn't saying anything due to the fact that she already knew what was going on. "Lily can I talk to you?" JD asked as he walked to production and saw Liliana sitting right there watching Christopher play. "Yeah, what's going on?" she said. "Well, is about Criss" JD said as he sat next to her. "Do you know what's going on with him? He's been acting a bit weird for the last few weeks" JD explained. Liliana just sighed, "I said I wouldn't say anything but his behavior is killing me, a few weeks back he told me that he missed his old life back in Europe" she said.
"What? Are you saying that he misses robbing banks?" JD stated shocked. "I guess so" Liliana said a bit sadly. "But please JD don't tell him that I told you" Liliana said worried. "Don't worry I wont, sooner or later he's gonna have to tell me what's going on. I know him" JD exclaimed.

Back in Believe Criss was rehearsing for his show. "Damn it, lets do it again" Criss shouted to the crew. Costa just sat there watching. "No no! not like that, like this" Criss shouted again to one of the performers. Costa began to get worried. "Ok lets do it one more time!" Criss demanded a bit furious. "Aghhh stop the music, did you guys already forget how to do the act!!?" Criss asked raged. "Well, Mr. Angel I don't know what's wrong. We always done it this way. I don't see what's the problem" one of the performers said. Criss then grabbed his chin and looked at the performer. "I'm sorry are you questioning me?...is this you're show or mine? is it your vision or mine? huh??" Criss exclaimed as he started to walk towards the performer. Costa quickly got up and jumped on stage. "Ok I guess that's enough practice for today"Costa said as he gently pushed Criss back. Criss let out a scream of frustration.

"Criss what's wrong?" Costa asked as they both sat down. "What's wrong with me? what's wrong with them. They don't do the act right" Criss stated angrily. "Criss they were doing what you were asking them to do, but for some odd reason you kept stopping them and telling them it was wrong" Costa explained. Criss just sighed. "Oh so you're gonna question me now?" Criss exclaimed. "No! I'm not questioning you. I just wanna know what's going on? you seem mad. Not only today, but lately you been acting strange" Costa explained. Criss just stared back at the stage without saying a word. "I'm just tired" Criss finally said and got up. "Cancel the show for tonight, I'm tired" he said and walked away living Costa speechless.

JD was on production when Costa came in. "Hey Costa how did rehearsals go?" JD said as he sat there working on the computer. "Criss canceled the show!" Costa exclaimed as he sat down. " What??" JD asked mad. "He said he was feeling tired" Costa said. "Damn it, that's the third show he has canceled this month. What in the hell is his problem?" JD asked frustrated. "I don't know but he was yelling at the performers telling them that they weren't doing the act right. He kept stopping the act" Costa stated. "I need to talk to him. Doesn't he know that every time he cancels a show we're losing money?" JD said as he got up. Costa just raised his shoulders and JD left.

Criss was on the living room watching some t.v when there was a knock on the door. " Who is it?" he said as he continued to pet hammie. Suddenly JD came storming into the living room. "Hey man that's rude, I said who is it? and you just walk in like that?" Criss said annoyed. "Can you tell me why in the you canceled tonight's show?" JD demanded annoyed. "Cuz I'm tired" he said all relaxed. "Do you know that we're losing money every time we cancel a show?" JD asked. "Yes I know, but like I told you. I'm tired" Criss exclaimed. " that, you're not tired. you're just doing what ever you want. You been acting very weird lately. You're always in a mad mood, you're always fighting with Liliana, you don't wanna go out anymore, now you're yelling at your performers, What is going on?" JD stated as he waited for an answered. Criss remained quiet and looked up at him. "I already told you..I AM TIRED. do you want me to spell that for you T-I-R..." JD rapidly interrupted him, "that's bull ..ahhh Criss this is the last show you cancel, you hear me!" JD said angrily and stormed out the door.

The next day Liliana walked in to production to find Costa and JD working. "Hi guys" Liliana said as she put Christopher down. "Hey Lily, how are ya?" Costa and JD said and greeted her with a hug. "I'm good" she exclaimed and sat on the couch. "Hey buddy" Costa said as he picked up Christopher. "Did Criss told you anything last night in why he canceled his show?' JD asked Liliana. "No, he didn't. I was surprised to see him there when I arrived. I even told him that what was he doing there? and he just told me that he had canceled the show because he was tired" Liliana exclaimed. Costa was about to speak when George came rushing in. "Guys, man thank god I found you...I been looking all over for you" George stated as he catched his breath. "Are you alright?' Liliana asked him. George nodded. "Yeah I'm fine" he said. "What's wrong?" JD asked.

"Is Criss, he called for a press conference" George stated. "What?? a press conference for what?" JD asked confused. "I don't know...I was walking through one of the main halls and I saw that they were putting chairs and all that on one of the rooms. So I asked one of the employees that was working right there. that what was going on. And he told me that it was for the press conference Criss was going to do at 11:00"George explained. "God what time is it?" Costa said. Liliana looked at her watch. "It's 10:50 is almost gonna start" she said. "Let's head over there" JD said and they all left.

When they got there, the room was full of press. From Fox news, NBC, E news, to CNN was there just to name a few. "I think is about to start" Costa said as he saw Criss going up and grabbing the microphone. "Papa!" Christopher said. "Yes sweetie that's your daddy right there, But we have to be quiet because he's gonna talk" Liliana whispered. Soon enough Criss grabbed the microphone. "Thank you all for coming" he said. "What in the hell is he doing?" JD whispered to himself. "Well as you may already know I've been working for quiet awhile right here in the Luxor thanks to Felix Rapaport. And I thank him for that. I became a fan of magic since I can remember. I remember that's all I wanted to do. So when I was just a teenager I got all the money I had saved and flew to Europe. I wanted to make it big over there. However, it didn't go so well. So I came back to the USA hoping to give it a try here and eventually it did. Well the reason why I called you all here today...is to announce that I am retiring from the world of Magic!" The press went wild at the sound of those words.

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CH. 87

The press was going wild with the news of Criss leaving the magic business. Thousand of lights flashed, while reporters tried to get their questions answered. "Criss, why are you retiring? Criss over here! why are you leaving magic? Criss! Criss! Why the sudden decision? What does your family have to say about this?" the press continued to ask a lot of questions.
On the other hand JD was about to faint. "What????" he exclaimed more than shocked while Costa tried to calm him down. Liliana and George looked at each other confused.

"That's all I have to say...so thank you for coming" Criss said while he made his way down the podium. But before that Criss looked at the back and saw his brothers, George and Liliana. JD just gave him a disappointed yet sad look and walked out while Costa and George followed him. Criss then looked at Liliana who was holding their son. Criss gave her a small smiled but Liliana just nodded her head and looked down and walked away. When JD and Costa got out of the press room. A few other reporters and paparazzi were waiting for them and attacked them with questions. "JD why is Criss retiring from the world of magic? Costa do you know?" the press asked but none of them answered and tried to make their way through. JD then looked back and saw George. "George you better go help Liliana or they going to attack her like an easy prey" JD said.

Liliana too made her way out side the room and soon enough the media bombarded her with questions. "Liliana why is Criss doing this? Does it have to do with Johnny? or with your son?" the media asked. Liliana tried to walk but the paparazzi wasn't letting her. George then got there and helped her. "Move!" George shouted as he made way for Liliana to pass. Back in production JD was furious than ever. "Why in the hell did he do that?" JD exclaimed angrily. Costa just raised his shoulders still shocked. In the moments George and Liliana came in. "Are you ok guys?" JD asked as he saw them walk in. "Yeah" Liliana and George replied. "Lily did you knew about this?" Costa asked. "Of course not! If I had I would of told you already" she said as she put her son down. " I still don't get it. If he wanted to quit at least he should of had told us...that's what bothers me the most. The fact that he didn't told us first" JD exclaimed. "JD you better calm down. We all know how you feel. We're all shocked" Liliana told him. "I know Lily, but still I can't help to be this way" JD said as he paced back and forth.

In the moment Criss came into production. Everyone stared at him without saying a word. There was tension in the air. Criss sighed. JD couldn't maintain his anger and walked towards him and punched him on the face knocking Criss down. Liliana screamed at the sight. Suddenly, Criss got up and punched JD back. Soon enough they both started fighting. "Oh my god stop it" Liliana screamed with terror as she grabbed little Christopher. George and Costa rushed to set them apart. But there was no use, JD and Criss shoved them and continued to fight like wild animals. But then again Costa and George tried to intervene. " STOP IT" Costa shouted as he grabbed JD and George grabbed Criss. " let me go George" Criss demanded furious. "Oh you want another round ?" JD asked angrily. "Oh my god stop it you two. Don't you see Christopher is here" Liliana said as she tried to calm Christopher down who was already crying.

"Why didn't you told us about your decision?" JD asked. "That's not your business" Criss exclaimed. " It is my damn business. I'm your brother. I'm part of Mindfreak production and Believe" JD shouted. "You've gone mad" Costa said to Criss. "I am tired of magic. I'm tired of this bull ...I'm going back to what I used to do" Criss exclaimed furious yet again in a serious tone. Liliana was shaking fearing the worse. "Don't you dare say it!!" JD stated as he tried to get away from Costa. "Oh I will...that's what kept me alive all those years in Europe" Criss proclaimed. "Shut up!" JD shouted. "What in the hell are you talking about?" George asked confused. Liliana began to cry as she still hold her son in her arms. "That's why I quit magic!" Criss continued to say. "If mom finds about this..." JD exclaimed.

"I don't care!" Criss shouted again. "Damn it Criss you're scaring your child!" Costa exclaimed as he saw Liliana and little Christopher crying. "Think about your son!" JD proclaimed. George just remained quite trying to understand what was going on. " Oh for haven's sake..don't put my son into this" Criss exclaimed angered. "You don't get it JD, no one does. I need to feel alive again. I need to feel my heart beating faster than ever. The adrenaline through my veins. I want that excitement back..." Criss explained. "Criss please don't..." Liliana said but was interrupted by Criss. "That's why I'm going back to robbing backs!" he stated firmly. Liliana grabbed her son tighter as tears continued to stream down her face. Costa's and George's jaw hit the floor at the sound of those news. George rapidly let Criss go. There was almost complete silence. You could hear the hard breathing and the deep sobs of little Christopher. Criss finally broke the silence. "I'm going back to Europe. My job here as a magician has come to an end" he stated and started to make his way to the door. Suddenly, Liliana spoke out, "If you walk out of the door...forget that you have a son and a girl who loves you!" Liliana said between sobs. Everyone looked at her shocked. They weren't expecting that. Criss just stared at her and without saying a word walked away.

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CH. 88

Liliana looked down at the moment Criss left the room. She knew that was the end of their life together. Criss had not only decided to give up on his magic but his family as well. She wanted to cry but suddenly she started to have mixed emotions making her numb. Costa, JD and George stared at her speechless. They didn't know what to say for they had witnessed the collapse of Liliana's world with Criss. Liliana looked at her son who had finally stopped crying. She hugged him again as she sighed.
"Liliana, I'm sure Criss didn't mean to walk away. I know he cares about you and little Christopher" JD finally said breaking the silence. Liliana looked at him. " Correction. He used to care about us. Not anymore" she stated hopeless.
"Don't say that" Costa said as she approached her. "Yeah, Criss was just in a bad mood. He'll come back and apologize. I know it" George commented. "Look guys. I appreciate your concern and that you're trying to cheer me up. But is over. You three just witnessed the end of our lives together. Maybe after all, me and Criss weren't meant to be together" Liliana stated. All the guys tried to say something but they found no other excuse. Liliana looked at them and gave them a smile.
"Thank you anyways. I'll keep in contact with all of you. It was nice to meet you all. Good bye" Liliana said and left.

An hour later...

George, Costa and JD were still in production talking. "I still don't know how I'm going to tell mom about Criss" JD said as he paced back and forth. "Well I'm still shocked how many things came to an end in just a matter of minutes" George commented as he sat down. "And I can't believe that Criss just let go of a wonderful girl that cared for him and a son" Costa said as he leaned against the wall. In the moment Dimitra walked in with Lynn by her side. "Oh my god here you guys are..I just saw in the news that Criss retired. What happened?" Dimitra said concerned. JD started to get nervous. "Yes mom, Criss retired from Magic" Costa stated. "But why??" Dimitra asked again. "Cuz he got bored. He said he was gonna go back to Europe. Were he belonged" JD explained. "Bored? and what is going to do over there in Europe? live with Liliana?" Dimitra asked. Everyone got quiet. "Well, not really. Criss and Liliana broke up" JD said. "What??" Dimitra asked surprised.

"Well, Liliana didn't like the fact that he wanted to go back to France and the fact that he had retired from magic without telling us first. So she told him that if he walked out of that door he better forget that he had a girlfriend and a son..and Criss, I don't know what he was thinking and left" Costa explained. "Oh my god. Criss did that. I can't believe it. I can believe he choose to go back to Europe over his own son" Dimitra stated disappointed. "Well believe it aunt Dimitra. We were here. We witnessed everything" George said. "But I still don't get why he wanted to go back to Europe. Was he doing something over there that he misses?" Lynn said. George, Costa, and JD looked at each other. They didn't wanted to reveal the truth about Criss being a bank robber. They didn't want to worry Dimitra. "Not sure. But i guess he misses Europe cuz he spend most of his life over there" JD said trying to hide the truth. "And maybe because he also wanted to make it big over there in Europe" Costa replied. "Still, that doesn't make sense. I feel that something is going on with Christopher. And I better go ask her myself" Dimitra stated as she got up and started to walk towards the door. JD gave Costa a worried look. "Mom, I don't think you should do that. Criss is in a bad mood." JD said as he tried to stop her. "Ah non sense. He is my son. and he better tell me the truth" Dimitra explained and walked out.

Dimitra got to Criss room and knocked on the door. But there was no response. "Criss? Christopher open the door" Dimitra stated firmly. But still no one open the door. She knock again. "Christopher!" she said. In the moment the door opened reveling the maid. "Oh hello Mrs. Sarantakos. Sorry I didn't hear you cuz I was cleaning the room" the maid said as she let Dimitra in. "Where is my son?" Dimitra asked. The maid look at her. "He left" the maid said. "Where?" Dimitra stated. "Well one of the staff members told me to come and clean up the room cuz Mr. Angel had given the room back to Mr. Felix. And when I was walking over here I saw Mr. Angel leave with a luggage." the maid explained. "with luggage? did you know were?' Dimitra asked worried. "I don't know ma'am" the maid said. Dimitra wasn't believing it. So she went to Criss room to see if his things were there, and to her surprise, his closet was empty. "Where is Liliana's things?" Dimitra said. "Oh Ms. Liliana came in a few minutes ago, she too packed her things and left" the maid stated.

In the moment JD came in. "Mom what's going on?" he said. "Oh JD. Christopher is gone. He gave the room back to Felix. And Liliana is gone too" Dimitra said. "What? He left? Let me call Felix" JD stated shocked. JD got out his phone and called Felix but there was no answer. "Hmm he doesn't answer. But I better go to his office" JD said as he started to walk away. "I'll come with you" Dimitra said and they both walked away. In Felix office, Felix was just finishing a phone call when JD and Dimitra came in. "Hey JD thank god I see you. A few hours ago I heard Criss retired. What's going on?" Felix asked trying to understand the situation. "Well first of all. I heard that Criss turn back the room. Is that true?" JD asked. "Yeah he did. He left me a note, saying that he was leaving to Europe because his job as a magician was done here. and thanks for everything" Felix said as he got out the note to show it to them. "Well Felix. I'm sorry about everything. I know Criss caused a big commotion. Trust me right now down stairs the media is going nuts. Criss didn't even told us that he was planning in retiring" JD explained. "Well me neither. I didn't know he was planning to do that" Felix said. "Well thank you Felix" Dimitra said. "No problem. And just because Criss left it doesn't mean you have to leave too. I'm here to help you" Felix stated. JD and Dimitra thank him again and left.

As JD and Dimitra walked out of the elevator. Costa came running to them. "JD, mom. I found out that Criss left" Costa said. "We know that" JD explained. "But I know he left to France" Costa said. "and how do you know that?" Dimitra asked. "Because Ayala was the one who took him to the airport. and not only that. But Ayala told me that on their way over there. Criss told him that he had sold his cars and that money is going to charity" Costa explained. "What?? all his cars?" JD stated. "Yeah. all of them. the SUV, the viper, the lambo, corvette, even all his bikes" Costa replied. In that moment Dimitra started crying. "Oh mom, why are you crying" JD said as he hugged her. "Because my Christopher is gone. and he didn't even say good bye" Dimitra said desperately. "Oh mom, I know he didn't meat to. I bet he has a lot of things on his head" JD said trying to calm her mom down. In the moment Ayala walked to where they were. "Hey guys. Hi Dimitra. Costa I forgot to give you this. Is Criss phone. He told me to give it back to you. He already canceled the line" Ayala said as he got out the phone from his pocket. "I guess he really wants to get away from this world" Costa remarked.

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CH. 89 What happens now?

2 days later...

Hello and welcome back to E news, I'm Ryan Seacrest. Is Criss Angel's retirement from magic reality or just an illusion? We are not the only ones wondering about it, but the loyals seem to be going insane. But it is now confirm. Last night JD Sarantakos talked to the press and put and end to this commotion. This is what the Mindfreak's brother had to say. (shows clip) JD: "I came here to clarify that my brother Criss did in fact retire from Magic. This is no joke and definitely no illusion. Mindfreak productions along with Believe is over. Criss decided to retire because he knew his work as a magician had come to an end. I have to say along with my family that we are sad that this ride is over. But it was my brother's decision and we respect that". Well there you have it. Criss did in fact said good bye to the world of illusions. JD was also asked about where his brother had gone. But he only said to respect his brother's privacy. However, that is not the only bombshell JD had to say, he also confirmed that Criss and Liliana had broken up. He didn't go into detail about that. But we will try to go more into depth. Well Criss, we are sad that you retired but it was nice to see you in show biz and good luck.

Dimi turn off the t.v and turn around to see what her dad was doing. " This seems all like an illusion. How come my uncle decided to leave just like that? and not only that but to break up with Liliana?" Dimi asked her dad. JD looked up as he continued sitting on the table. "Well, Dimi. Like I said in the press. His work as a magician came to an end. And about Lily and him breaking up, I'm not sure" JD stated as he looked at his daughter. "And where did my uncle go anyways?" Dimi asked curious as she got up and walked to where her dad was. "He left to Europe. Not sure what part" he said as he continued writing. " And Liliana and my little cousin?" she asked again.

JD stopped writing and looked out the window and sighed. "Now, that I don't know" he said. "Do you think they're gonna get back?" Dimi asked as she went to grab a glass of water. " I don't think so honey" JD replied. "So its over. Like OVER?" Dimi asked surprised. "I'm afraid it is..Liliana said she would try to keep in contact with us. To tell us how Christopher is doing" JD said trying to cheer Dimi up. "Well, is not fair. That they ended like that. I mean they went through a lot just to be together. and all of the sudden its over..hmm" Dimi stated as she sat down. "Well that's life. Life isn't fair is it?" JD asked as Dimi nodded her head.

Down in production Costa was there inspecting as workers cleared the place out. "So is really over? huh" Felix said as he walked in. Costa looked back and greeted him with a hug. "Yup" Costa replied. "I'm sorry everything ended like this" Felix said. "Yeah me too. All this happen to fast. But thank you Felix for everything" Costa said. "Ahh no problem Costa. Like I told JD. Just because Criss left doesn't mean you have to leave from the Luxor too" Felix commented. "yeah JD commented me about that. But we are already decided to head back to New York. That's what my mom wanted" Costa replied. Felix smiled. "Well if that's your family's decision. I respect that. I too wouldn't like to live all my life in a hotel" Felix said making Costa laugh. "Well Costa gotta go. If you need any more workers to help you in here. Just call me" Felix said and left.

Back in Dimitra's room Lynn and Dimitra were talking. "So are you ready to go back to New York?" Lynn asked. "Yes I am. It's been a long time. It's been almost 6 years since I moved right here to Vegas. I didn't wanted to move. But all the boys convince me. I'm just glad that I didn't sold the house" Dimitra said with a laugh. "I know" Lynn replied. "And how's Dimi with the whole New York thing?" Dimitra asked. Lynn sighed. "Well she wasn't very please. She said that her whole life was here and her friends. But at the end JD convinced her. So we're all good now" she said. "Ohh that's good" Dimitra said as she looked down. "Are you ok Dimitra?" Lynn asked worried. "I'm just a bit sad about Christopher. I hope I can see him again and I hope I can see my grandson again too" Dimitra said in a sad tone. "Aww don't worry Dimitra. I know Criss will come back and see you. He has to comunicate with his family sooner or later. And about little Christopher don't worry either. JD told me that Liliana told them that she was going to keep in contact so you all can hear about how the boy is doing" Lynn stated. "I hope so" Dimitra replied.

A few days later, JD and Costa had everything under control. They had clean up the whole production office and everything that had to do with Mindfreak productions. "Well is everyone ready?" JD asked as he loaded that last luggage into the taxi. While everyone replied with a yes. In that moment Felix came out. "I see that you are all ready" he stated. "Yeah" Costa remarked. JD then got near him. "Well here is the key to what used to be the mindfreak store and production" JD said as he gave the keys to Felix. "Thank you. I'm sad that you all are leaving. Your all gonna be missed. We had a good run. and I hope you can come down from time to time to visit and you know my number call me anytime" Felix said with a smile. "Thank you Felix, you been and are a great friend. You're like our family. and we thank you for everything that you have done to us" JD exclaimed. "Well I guess we have to go, we don't wanna miss our flight" Costa remarked. "Well ok guys, bye take care" Felix said and hugged everyone goodbye and the taxi drove off to the airport. Everyone aboard the plane. "Bye Las Vegas good bye!" Dimi said as tears fell down and the plane took off.

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CH. 90 As Time goes by

Months later...

Dimitra sat on the living room watching some t.v as JD walked in. "Hi mom" he said as he approached her to give her a kiss. "Hi sweetheart, you're home early" Dimita stated as JD sat down next to her. "Yeah, I had the chance to get out early today" he said as he glanced at the t.v. "Where is Costa?" he asked. "He went to your aunt Stella's house to help her with some errands because George is out of town" she said. In that moment hammie went into the living room meowing and JD rapidly picked him up. "Hey buddy" JD said as he started to pet him. Dimitra lowered her sight, making JD notice. "Mom, are you ok?" he said worried. Dimitra started to wipe her eyes, "every time I see hammie, I remember Christopher. You know how much he love his cat" she said as more tears started to fall. JD put hammie down and got near her. "Mom, I know how you feel. The fact that he left without saying good bye and that we haven't heard from him for about 9 months is hard" JD stated as he grabbed his mom's hand. "and not only that. But we haven't heard from Liliana either. I really wanna know how my grandson is doing" she said sadly. JD sighed, "Yes mom, I know. you have to understand that we are still healing from the pain. Our wound is still open and I guess the only medication that will cure our pain is time" he said as he gave Dimitra a hug.

Since the Sarantakos family move to New York. JD and Lynn decided to live in Dimitra's house along with Costa and Dimi. They didn't wanted to leave her alone, for the fact that she was still vulnerable about Criss' absence. JD worked as a production manager for CBS television station thanks to some friends that worked there, while Costa worked in a radio station. Since their arrival to the big apple, they tried to live a normal live. For their first time in their life they were living under the radar, with no paparazzi, no media around. Now instead of working in front of the camera they worked behind it. Dimi continued with her studies in high school while her mom, Lynn, worked as a restaurant manager. Overall, they had a nice decent life. However, they were still haunted by Criss.

That night, the whole family was dining while they chat about their days. Costa finished his dinner and excused himself and headed to the living room to watch some tv. "So how was your day in school darling?" Dimitra asked Dimi. "It was good grandma, I had a lot of fun today in photo class" she stated hapily making everyone smile. "How about you Lynn, how was work?" DImitra asked her as she took a bite of her food. "It was good, I can't complain" she said with a smile. Suddenly Costa yelled. "JD!! JD come here! quick!" JD looked at everyone who was sitting on the table and rapidly got up and run to the living. "what?" he said curious. "Look" Costa said as he put the t.v's volume up.

"Braking news, it appears to be that France is going through another reign of Bank robberies. This afternoon the BNP Paribas bank, one of the largest global banking groups in the world has been robbed for the first time ever. The bank was robbed this afternoon around 2:35. Witnesses say there was a huge explosion, other's say that they saw only one man. Only one person died and 26 where badly injured from the explosion. Official's stated that the bank had a monetary loss of 5.6 million euros. Making this the largest quantity robbed in just a matter of seconds. Police are now looking for the suspect and think this person may be the same one who robbed another bank in the city of Lyon who got away with 900,000 euros".

"Oh my god, so he's really in France" JD whispered as Costa looked at him shocked. "Do you think it was him?" Costa said quietly. JD looked back at him and sighed. "I'm afraid he did. I mean that's why he left over there, to do that" JD stated. In that moment Dimitra came in. "What happen, why did you call for JD?" she asked costa. Costa got nervous, trying to look for an excuse. "Oh he wanted to show me a funny commercial, that he saw the other day" JD replied. Dimitra just nodded her head, "Boys will be boys" she said with a small laugh and headed up stairs. JD waited for his mom to get all the way up and looked at Costa again. He then looked up as he tried to think, and suddenly moved his head as an idea had crossed his mind. He looked back at his brother, "Costa, get ready because we're flying to France...I think is time to confront our brother" JD whispered as Costa eyes widen.

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CH. 91 Bad luck or just destiny

3 days later...

Costa was in the kitchen grabbing something to eat when all of the sudden JD walked in. "Hey bro, what are you doing?" JD said as he leaned against the counter. " Just grabbing something to eat. I haven't eaten the whole day" Costa said as he took a bite of a sandwich he just prepared. JD then looked around the kitchen suspicious. "Where is mom, Lynn and Dimi?" JD asked. "Oh they went to visit aunt Stella. JD then got up and looked out the kitchen and walked back in. "I got the tickets" he stated. "What?" Costa said surprised. "Yeah, we leave this weekend" JD said firmly. "Wow so soon. I thought maybe we were gonna leave to France like in two weeks" Costa said still surprised. "We can't waste our time Costa. We need to stop Criss from doing those bank robberies" JD replied. "Ok fine. But what are we telling mom? and what are you gonna tell Lynn?" Costa asked a bit worried. "Don't worry about that. We're gonna tell them. That we are flying to California for business" JD said confident. Costa gave him a doubtful look. "Are you sure they're going to buy that?" Costa asked as he took another bite from his sandwich. "I'm sure" JD exclaimed.

Before you can blink your eyes, Friday had arrived. Costa and JD managed to tell their family that they were going to California for business. They just took one small bag where they put their clothes. "Yes mom, don't worry, I'll call you when I get there ok" JD said as he hugged her goodbye. Costa then came inside the living room. "JD the cab is here. We have to go" he said as he approached his mom. "Bye mom" Costa said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Bye sweetie and take care. And don't be fooling around" Dimitra said with a smile. "Yeah, you tell him mom" JD said with a chuckle while he said goodbye to Lynn and Dimi. And soon enough they headed to the airport.

As they sat on the plane on their way to France JD and Costa continued talking. "Do you think Criss is going to listen to us?" Costa asked concerned. "He has to. I know he's making his life miserable. He just lost Liliana and not only her but his son too. I wouldn't bare to be way from my daughter forever". JD explained. "Hope mom doesn't find out that we lie to her" Costa said. "She wont. I hope so" JD said as he looked out the window. Costa then looked at his watch. "Oh man 7 more hours to go" he said annoyed. "Yeah, so we better get some sleep. Cuz arriving to Paris we have a lot of things to do" JD said as he turn off the little light at the top. Costa agreed and went to sleep too.

"Bonjour tous le monde. (Good morning everybody) This is your captain speaking. Just want you to inform you all. That we will be landing in 10 minutes. If you look out your windows you will see the beautiful city of Paris. Thank you for choosing France airline. It's been a pleasure flying you this day. I'm your captain Francois Bell. Hope you have a wonderful time here. And welcome to the city of Paris" the captain said and the speaker went off. "Ahh finally" Costa said as he stretched and looked over to see JD drinking coffee. "Man you do wake up early" Costa said still in a sleepy tone. "I just woke up 30 minutes ago" JD said and took a sip of his drink.

As soon as they got of the airport they grabbed a cab and headed to their hotel. "Ok so now what?" Costa said as he sat on the bed while JD looked outside the window. "Well is 8:45 am. I guess we should eat some breakfast and start looking where Criss might be" JD commented and they both headed down to a restaurant. As they were having breakfast. JD grabbed a newspaper and tried to see if any more bank robberies were made. "Costa look" JD said as he showed the newspaper to him. "What?" Costa said as he stared at the paper. "Dude. I don't know french" Costa said as he raised one eyebrow. "I know but look. For what I understand from my very little knowledge of french. It seems to be that another robbery was made 2 days ago. Right here in Paris. Look it says 'explosion'. It must be Criss. Remember he is the only one who uses explosives in his robberies" JD explained. "Well then, what are we waiting for..let's go there to see if we can find any clues and maybe lead us to where Criss is" Costa exclaimed as he got up. JD nodded and headed out.

When they got there. They saw that the bank was closed due to the explosion that had caused damage. They both tried to ask a few people what had happen so like that they would have more accurate information. But the lack of the french language was blocking them from getting to Criss. But still they didn't give up. They walked through parks, stores, malls, banks, even churches to see what clue could lead them to Criss but still they had no luck. "Man, this is useless. We've been looking around for almost 9 hours and still nothing. We started searching around 10 in the morning and look at the time. It's 7:00 pm. JD lets go rest" Costa said exhausted. JD sighed. "Yeah your right. Tomorrow we will search up north and see if we have luck there. He has to be here. I have a feeling he's still here in Paris. He just robbed a bank 2 days ago. So he must be here" JD said and they both headed back to their Hotel.

The next day JD woke Costa up. "Come on Costa get up. We still have a lot of work to do" JD said as he started to get dressed. Costa looked at the his watch. " 6:30 damn JD is to early" Costa whined. " Don't be such a baby come on. Get up. We need to find our brother" JD said as he made his way into the bathroom. "OK OK" Costa agreed and slowly got up. When they both got ready they headed down to eat breakfast and as soon as they finish they headed to the north side of the city. This time they worked twice as hard. They tried to ask a lot of people if any robberies were committed around the area. They went into stores and asked the owners. But still the language was a big barrier. But still they kept trying. "What if we show a picture of him. Maybe some of them have seen them" Costa commented. "I don't think is a good a idea." JD exclaimed and they kept looking. JD's watch struck 4:00 pm. "JD we've been searching all morning. This is impossible. We're never gonna find Criss in this enormous city" Costa said as he sat on a bench in the park. JD sighed and sat beside him. "Ahh you're right. Who was I kidding. This is harder than I thought" he said disappointed.

All of the sudden they heard a huge explosion. People started running and screaming. They looked up and saw smoke coming up from about two blocks away. JD and Costa looked at each other. "Criss" Costa said and they both started to run towards where the smoke was coming. When they got there glass was shattered all around the street. The explosion took place in a bank. People still continued to come out of the bank screaming. "It must be Criss. He must be inside..Let's go in" Costa said as he started to run towards the bank. "No, stop" JD said as he grabbed him. "We can't lose this opportunity let's go" Costa exclaimed and headed inside. JD followed him. There was still smoke everywhere making it impossible to see clearly. "Costa!" JD yelled but he only heard screaming from people. All of the sudden Costa and JD stated to hear the cops arriving. "The cops are here, JD where are you?" Costa yelled out. "I'm here" he said as he started to see Costa standing there. "He must be inside vault" Costa said. But as they started to move more inside the bank, cops started to enter. "Criss! Christopher!" JD and Costa yelled but there was no answer. "We have to get out of here. I can't take the smoke anymore" JD said in a weak voice. "And besides. But this time he must be out already" JD said.

"You're right lets go out" Costa said and they both run out of the bank. "Come let's go" Costa said, and they started to walk away. "Man, I can't believe he's gone. We had him so close" JD said. All of the sudden heavy foot steps where heard behind them as if some one was running towards them. " Freeze!!" three cops yelled. JD and Costa looked back. Suddenly an officer tackled JD on the ground. "Hey what's going on?' he said confused. Costa tried to help him but another cop was grabbing him. The office then started to get the handcuffs out and proceeded to handcuff JD as he spoke on the his radio. "We have him." the officer said. "Got what?" JD said still very confused. "Criss Angel you're under arrest for bank robberies" the officer stated.

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Ch. 92 Why is this happening to us?

So tell us Mr. Angel, how much money have you have stolen? The police officer asked JD as he walked back and forth inside the interrogation room. “I already told you, I’m not Criss Angel” JD said as he sat down on a chair still handcuffed. “Please, Angel. You don’t fool us. You think you’re so important to come and steal our money?” the officer asked with anger. JD just remained silent.

Meanwhile, Costa was trying to reach his cousin George back in New York. “Please, George pick up the phone” Costa said as he walked down the street. But George phone send him to his voicemail. Costa tried again, but still no luck. So he gave up and left him a voice mail. “Cous, as soon as you get this please call me back is an emergency, but don’t tell my mom or Lynn” Costa said and hang up. He then started to feel a bit hungry, so he decided to stop at a near local café to grab something to eat. He sat on a little table and ordered his food. While he waited he turned his head towards inside the café and saw the tv news. His eyes widen when he saw a picture of his brother JD appear on the screen. The reported announced that they had caught the bank robber who had been terrorizing Italy for almost 9 months. Everyone in the café cheered happily. Costa, on the other hand wasn’t very happy to hear that.

He finished his small meal and headed back to the police station to try and talk to JD. But the police officer didn’t let him. “Please sir, let me see him” Costa replied in agony. “You can’t I’m sorry” the officer said. “But you guys have the wrong guy” Costa remarked. The police just stared at him but didn’t say a word. Costa didn’t insist anymore and decided to head back to his hotel room.

Costa looked at his watch and saw it was 9:45 pm. He sighed as he looked up into the sky. “Dad why is this happening to us?” he said as a tear felt down his cheek. He quickly wiped it off and continued walking. He started to see his Hotel at a short distance away. A few people were walking by. He just needed to go through a small park and cross a street to reach his destination. It was almost black and only a few light posts illuminated the not so lonely street, as more people become visible. As Costa started to cross the street, he heard a voice which startled him. He looked to his right and then to his left but saw no one. He become frighten so he began to walk faster. As he reached the other side of the street he peeked to his left side and saw a shadow walking through a dark corner.

“So you came to find me?” the shadow said as the image of Criss appeared into the view.

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Ch. 93 Be Aware

Costa stood there like a statue. He wanted to hug his brother but was a bit frightened. He hadn’t seen him for almost a year and the last time he saw him, Criss was acting very estrange. Criss just stared at him waiting for an answer even though he already knew Costa’s response. “You’re not gonna answer me?” Criss asked. “Umm, I think you know why we’re here” Costa said. Criss couldn’t take it anymore and went straight towards Costa and hugged him. “Aww I missed you man” Costa remarked. “I missed you too bro. I missed you too” Criss replied as a tear roll down his cheek. “Oh my god Criss you have to help me, JD is..” Costa was saying but was suddenly interrupted by Criss. “ I know about JD” he said. “ But…how did you…find out?” Costa asked surprised. “ The news” he replied. “Criss please you have to take him out of there. The police think is you” Costa commented. “Don’t worry Costa. I have a plan” Criss said and they both walked inside the hotel.

The next morning Costa woke up to find Criss getting dressed. “Where are you going?” Costa asked him as he rubbed his eyes. “Glad you’re up. I was about to wake you…we’re going to meet someone” Criss said as he put his shirt on. “What time is it?” Costa said trying to look at the clock. “It’s 9:30…so hurry up because we have to be at the Café Des Deux Magots at 10:00” Criss said and went into the bathroom. Costa quickly got up and started to got dress as Criss made a call as he looked out the window. “Ok I’m ready” Costa said as he came out fixing his shirt. “Ok let’s go, we’re kind of late” Criss said and they both headed out the room.

When they reach the street Criss grabbed a cab and headed to the café. “So who are we going to see?” Costa said a bit confused. “You’ll see” Criss said as he put his black sun glasses on. Costa just stared at him for a while and then proceeded to look out the window. “Ok we’re here” the taxi driver said. “Merci” Criss said to the driver and paid him as he and Costa walk out of the taxi. “Ok he should be here” Criss said as he started to look around the café. “Who?” Costa still asked confused. “Oh there he is..Come” Criss said as he headed to one of the tables.

“Hey man” Criss said as he patted a man’s back. The man got up and greeted Criss with a hand shake. “This is my brother Costa…Costa this is Officer Adam Palmer” Criss said. “Nice to meet you” Palmer said. “You too” Costa said and they all sat down. “Criss I thought you had gone back to the states” Palmer said as he took a sip of his coffee. “ I did but…” Criss hesitated a bit. “It’s been like five years since I last saw you back in Italy remember” Palmer said. Criss let out a small nervous chuckled. “So you guys know each other?” Costa said a bit surprised. “Well Costa, I never told you but before I left back to the states I was in…jail because of bank robberies” Criss whispered. “What?? I knew you liked robbing banks but you never told me that you were in jail” Costa said surprised. “ I know. I’m sorry I only told JD about it” Criss said a bit embarrassed. “Don’t worry I knew you were having other problems for example Liliana” Costa said. “Liliana? You went back with her?” Palmer said. “Umm yeah, she told me what Inspector Lombardi had done. She explained everything. She told me that it wasn’t her intention to testify against me in court…we even have a son” Criss said as a smile appeared on his face as he remember his son. “Oh wow congratulations” Palmer said. “Thanks…and by the way how are Liliana and my son Costa?” Criss asked as he stared at him. “Umm….I don’t know. When you left from the Luxor she decided to leave too. And I don’t know where she is” Costa said. “What???” Criss said concerned. Costa looked at Palmer and then looked down. “Ok fine. That doesn’t matter right now what matters now is JD” Criss said.

“Ok Palmer so this is what happened, yesterday the police caught my brother JD and they think he is the one responsible for all those bank robberies…and I need to take him out of there. He is innocent” Criss replied. Palmer raised his eyebrow. “ And who’s the real bank robber?” Palmer said. Costa looked at Criss confused as Criss looked down. “Criss come on. I know you’re the one responsible for all those bank robberies this past 10 months” Palmer whispered. “Yes I know you’re not dumb” Criss said. “And you know I can arrest you any time right?” Palmer said. Criss looked up at Palmer worried. “You’re going to arrest me?” Criss said anxious. Palmer looked at him and then at Costa. “Of course not, you helped me with Chief Lombardi so I owe you one” Palmer said. Criss sighed in relief. “So are you going to help our brother JD get out of jail” Costa asked with hope. Palmer sighed “Yes” he said. “Ah thank god, thank you” Both Criss and and Costa said. “But I will help you with one condition” Palmer said. “What’s that?” Criss and Costa asked. “I will have your brother out of jail if Criss stops robbing banks for once and for all” he said firmly. Criss’ eyes widen.

[DeppAngel]

CH.94 Guilty Pleasure

Costa and Officer Palmer stared at Criss waiting for his response. However, Criss remained silent he knew what to say but he didn’t wanted to utter those words. “Criss for once in your life stop thinking about yourself and think about others…this is your brother we’re talking about, he’s no stranger” Palmer exclaimed. Criss knew that Palmer was right. He then turn to look at Costa who only gave him a sad look. “Can I think about this?” Criss asked desperately. “For god’s sake Criss this is no brainer. Like Palmer said we’re talking about JD here, OUR brother…are you going to sacrifice our brother’s life in jail for your bank robbery pleasure?” Costa replied a bit angry. “I know this is about our brother, my brother JD!” Criss replied with such strong emotion. “Then? Why is it so hard for you to leave the bank robbery business? What would happen if your son were to be in JD’s place? Would you still be hesitating about leaving this bank business?” Costa remarked. “Of course not I would give my life away for my son” Criss answered dramatically. “Then why not do it for your brother? Who all this time he’s been helping you hide your dark secret from mom and family members?” Costa continued saying. “Costa is right you know. I hate to say this but Criss, I think you had your time of satisfaction living in the fast lane for many years now. And you didn’t enjoy it alone. You had the love of your life by your side helping you. Criss, maybe you like to rob banks because like you once told me back in Italy that you liked helping sick kids from an orphanage here in France or that maybe you like robbing banks because you like the high action, the adrenaline running through your veins, living the crazy adventurous life or maybe both. But I think that when family is involved in all this, your family has to be your main priority not your guilty pleasure” Palmer said as he were to be one of the best counselors in the world.

Criss leaned back in his chair for a moment as he let his mind traveled back in time. He close his eyes for a moment and in a matter of seconds he watched his life passed by like screen shots. He saw the first time he met Liliana, their first kiss, their first time making love. He saw the last time he saw her in court back in Italy and how he told her how he hated her. He saw when he first met his son Christopher, the first time he put him to sleep. And overall, he saw Liliana and his son cry for the last time when he got in a fight with JD in the production office. He quickly opened his eyes and leaned forward as he put his arm on top of the table and proceeded in grabbing his mouth. Suddenly tears began to fall down his face. Costa saw how his brother was hurting. He could see how his heart was dying slowly in front of him. Palmer just watched without saying a word. Criss opened his mouth as if he were to speak, but couldn’t say a word. Costa was about to say something but Palmer signaled him that it wasn’t the time to make a statement.

Suddenly Criss broke the silence, “I…made a mistake in not taking my family into consideration. I was blinded by my selfishness. It didn’t let me see anyone else but myself. I…retired from magic thinking that I was coming back to my old life. But that wasn’t the case. Everything had changed. Now that I think about it. This isn’t the life I wanted. Because of my stupid actions, I lost my beautiful girl, my son, my brother’s trust, my fans. Overall, I lost my whole life” Criss explained as tears continued to fall. “But is not late Criss, you can still have your life back” Costa suggested. “That’s impossible” Criss said as he looked at Costa.

“No is not. Criss everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves a second change don’t you think. Look, you may say that you’re selfish but hey, look what you’re doing. Your contacted Palmer so he could help JD, you robbed banks to help all those kids in need. When you were doing your Believe show and you were sick, I remember how many times JD told you to cancel it, but you didn’t wanted to because you didn’t wanted to disappoint your fans…that’s not being selfish at all” Costa remarked as he patted Criss’ back. “I guess if you wanna see your whole family again…you need to leave all this and go back to the States” Palmer said with a smile. Criss smiled back and wiped his eyes. “You’re right..I do miss my family and my son and my girl” Criss replied as Costa and Palmer looked at each other and smiled. “Ok, I accept. I will stop robbing banks for once and for all because I wanna see my family back. I wanna see my little boy’s smile” Criss remarked with a good attitude. “That’s all I needed to hear Criss. If everything goes right I will have your brother out of jail tonight and not only that but…I will once again clear your criminal record” Palmer said with a grin.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 95 Suspects at Large

That morning Costa and Criss said goodbye to Officer Palmer and hope that everything will go according to plan. Then they decided to go back to the hotel and wait for Palmer’s news about JD. Night had arrived to France and both Criss and Costa were more than nervous because they weren’t getting any answers from Palmer. “I hope he can really get JD out of there” Costa replied as he sat on the bed. “Don’t worry I have high hopes that he will…Palmer is a good person” Criss exclaimed. Another hour had passed and still no news from Palmer, Costa started to get worried. “Relax Costa, why don’t you watch some TV so you can clear your head for a while” Criss said as he turn the TV on. “But I don’t know any French” Costa replied. “Well take this time to learn some new French words, like that you will spend your time wisely” Criss said as he headed to the restroom.

As Criss washed his hands he heard Costa scream. He quickly got out of the restroom and headed back to the room. “What? What happen?” Criss said concerned. “It’s Palmer, he’s on TV” Costa said surprised. Criss looked over at the TV. “Put the volume up” Criss said.

"I want to clarify to everyone out there that the police had caught the wrong person. Me being one of the main Detectives of the Interpol, I clarify to all of you that this man that you see here beside me. ( focuses the camera on JD) is not a bank robber. We did a fingerprint DNA and he doesn’t match the fingerprints we had found in last bank robbery scenes. On the other hand, I want to clarify another rumor. As many bank robberies continued thought out the country, many police man and detectives came to the conclusion that the suspect was none other Criss Angel a man that use to terrorize all Europe about 5-6 years ago. I want to say that is not him the one committing these robberies. The Interpol is still working and is coming closer to the real suspect. I thank you all for your time, that’s all I have to say” Palmer said as went down the podium and took JD with him. Criss and Costa looked at each other speechless.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 96

Camera flashes and thousands of questions bursted from the media press as Palmer took JD by his side and started waking back inside the Police station. One of the reporters shouted JD's name making this one turn his head to see who had said that. "Don't pay attention to them, keep your head straight" Palmer remarked making JD just stared at him for awhile. As they made their way inside the station away from all the commotion, JD was about to talk when suddenly was interrupted by a voice. "Detective Palmer, can I have a minute?" A man said. "sure" Palmer replied. " Francis, Pierre take him away" Palmer ordered as he pointed to JD. "Where are you taking me?" JD shouted worriedly. Palmer just glanced at him but didn't reply to his question. "Palmer I'm innocent, you just said it" JD continued to shout as the officers proceeded in taking him away.

JD began to get more scared. He didn't know what they were going to do to him. He thought for a moment in trying to make a run for it. But it was going to be stupid and useless for the reason that he was inside of a police station. The officers finally arrive to a door. "This is it...I'm dead" JD though to himself. As one of the officers proceeded to open the door, JD closed his eyes and imagined the worse. "Get in" one of the officers said to JD. He then opened his eyes and saw that they were in the back alley of the police station and in front of him was a black SUV with the door open waiting for him. JD had no other way but to follow the orders. He sat there without making any noise still handcuffed. The two officers remained outside. Minutes later the door opened making JD startled a bit. In came Detective Palmer. "Ok lets go" Palmer said to the driver. As the SUV started to move, Palmer then looked at JD and noticed that he still had the handcuffs on. "Those damn officers, they didn't take your handcuffs off" Palmer said a bit annoyed as he proceeded to uncuff him. "There... much better huh?" Palmer said.

"Where are you taking me?" JD asked still worried. Palmer gave him a small grin. "Where else, with your brothers" Palmer replied. "My..my brothers? Costa and..and..."
"Yes Costa AND Criss!" Palmer stated. "Look JD all I can say is that yeah, your brother Criss made some terrible mistakes in life. After all, he is human. He was the one who contacted me to help you get out of jail" Palmer continued to say. JD looked over at Palmer surprised, " He did!?" he said a bit shocked. " Yes! he did. you're his brother and of course he cares for you. He wasn't going to leave you locked down. I guess you have to understand that Criss came back to robbing banks because maybe he was still finding himself. Maybe he though that that was his life. But he never thought that he was going to meet Liliana and eventually fall in love with her" Palmer remarked. JD just kept listening to him. "I just miss the old Criss, that's all. I miss the guy full of charm and passionate for magic. When we used to live back in the Luxor in Vegas. It would make me laugh every time his son run away from him. And Criss would start chasing him around the halls" JD said with a smile as he remembered those memories. "Well, I guess you will see that old Criss back" Palmer remarked. "What? how do you know?" JD asked. "I don't want to ruin it. So why don't you ask him yourself" Palmer replied as the SUV became to a stop in front of a building.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 97 The ride begins now

JD walked up the stairs of the hotel as Palmer fallowed him behind. Only silence surrounded them. JD was excited and then again scared to see Criss again. He didn't know how Criss was going to react. JD and Palmer reached the room and stood there for a moment. " Are you ready?" Palmer asked as he looked at JD. " I don't know I'm a bit scared" JD responded a little bit embarrassed as he looked down at the floor. " It's normal for you to feel that way. Don't worry everything will be alright" Palmer assured him as he put his hand on his shoulder and gave him a warm smile. JD smiled back and took a deep breath. He looked at the door and without thinking it twice he knock on the door. His heart was racing like a horse. "Relax" Palmer whispered to him as they both waited for the door to be open. Suddenly the door swung open.

" Oh my god JD!!! your here!" Costa said as he saw JD and went straight to hug him. "Yeah, I'm free at last" JD said with a big smile on his face. Palmer just smiled. "Come on in" Costa said to both of them when he broke up the hug. They went inside and they all sat on the living room. Palmer looked around as he were looking for someone. He cleared his voice for a moment, " Ummm..where is..Criss?" Palmer said a bit concerned. "Oh he went for a walk. He said he wasn't feeling very well...he said he was coming back" Costa replied. " I hope he does!" Palmer said. They all looked at each other in silence.

Suddenly Palmer broke the ice, " so what are you guys doing after this?". Costa and JD looked at each other. " We're getting out of here as soon as possible" JD said in a childish way. Palmer laughed. "Well, I don't judge you. after all that you been through. I would get away from here too" Palmer said. "Yeah" Costa replied with a small laugh. "Umm how long ago did Criss left? If you don't mind me asking?" Palmer said to Costa. "He left like 40 minutes ago. So I guess he should be getting back any minute" he said as he looked at the window. In that moment they heard the door open and in came Criss. They all looked at him except JD. Criss became to feel uneasy but had to leave the awkwardness for another moment. "Hey man!" Criss said as he started walking toward JD. JD looked up surprised and rose from the couch. Criss went straight to hug him and JD did the same. "I'm sorry man. Could you ever forgive me?" Criss said as tears rolled down his face. "I've aready have. No hard feelings little brother!" JD remarked with tears on his eyes too. Palmer looked at Costa and smiled. "Well, what are you waiting for? Get in there!" Palmer order Costa, who then got up from the couch and went to hug Criss and JD. "That's what Im talking about!" Palmer replied with happiness. When they broke the hug they all sat down again. "Well Criss I guess your life here in Europe came to its final end!" Palmer said. "Yeah" Criss replied a bit sad. "Don't worry Criss. your not alone, you have your family here that supports you" Costa replied. Criss nodded. "Yeah you're right. I guess now what I need to do is go find Liliana!" he said excited. "That's right. Well I think my job here is done. You all have a safe flight back to the states" Palmer said as he got up from the couch and hug everyone. When it came the time to hug Criss, he looked at him on the eye and said firmly, " You behave now. Be a good boy". Criss chuckled. "With my brothers watching me. I wont break the rules". Palmer patter him on the back. "I hope so. Take care of yourself Criss. Have a good life. Hope I see you soon" Palmer said and walked back to the door. As he opened the door he looked back at everyone and said, "goodbye guys. Take care" and walked out.

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"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Criss said as he looked through the car window. "Yes, trust me!" JD said as he got out of the car. "I don't know I'm a bit scared" Criss said. JD peeked inside the car. "Trust me. Now get out of the car" he said. Criss hesitated a bit but finally stepped out. "Why don't we let Costa go first" Criss said. "Nah, that's no surprise then" Costa remarked as he took the baggages of out the taxi's trunk. "Come on Criss, you can do it" JD said with a smile. Criss sighed "Ok..." he said as he took off his sun glasses and started to walk. Costa and JD fallowed behind. Criss stood still for a moment and took a deep breath. " Ok...here we go" he said and knock on the door. Seconds later the door swung open. " Oh my god!!! Christopher, My Christopher!!!". " Hi mom!" Criss responded with tears down his face.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 98 The battle begins now

Criss and his brothers were talking on the living room when Dimitra come out of the kitchen with hot chocolate. "Here you go guys" she said while she put the tray on top of the center table. "Thanks mom, you made chocolate my favorite" Criss replied with a big smiled on his face as he grabbed a cup. Dimitra sat next to Criss. " So you guys went to Europe to find him?" Dimitra asked Costa and JD who were enjoying their drinks. They looked at each other for a second and JD finally spoke up, "Yes mom, and we didn't wanted to tell you because we wanted to give you a surprise" "and you sure did!" Dimitra said while she put her arm around Criss. Criss looked at his mom with soft eyes, "Mom, please forgive me for what I've done. You don't deserve this. I know I have put you through a lot. I guess all this time I was thinking about me, I was being selfish and not thinking about what matters most to me, you guys: my family!" Criss said as he started to tear up. Dimitra caressed his face, "Oh my boy my little boy. You know I love you and all I care for you is to be happy. I don't care if you live in France, China or Japan as long as you're happy, I will be happy too. I'm not gonna interrogate you about your past. The past is gone, what matters now is the present, and I'm glad to have you here with me again" Dimitra said while Criss hugged her. JD and Costa got up from the couch and went to hug their brother and their mom. "I'm just happy we're all here" Costa said. While everyone smiled.

In that moment the door opened and in came Lynn and Dimi. "Oh my god uncle Criss?!!" she said with surprise. Criss looked around and saw her. "Hey, where is my favorite niece?!!" he said with a big smile on his face. Dimi went straight to hug him. "Uncle I'm so glad your back. Does this mean you're now gonna stay for good? or are you leaving again?" Dimi asked kind of sad. "Can I tell you a secret?" Criss asked her while Dimi nodded her head. Criss leaned over her and whispered in her ear. "I'm staying for good!" Dimi jumped up and down and hug Criss again. "I'm so glad you are!" she said. Criss then greeted Lynn. "Welcome back Christopher" Lynn said with a smile. "Thanks Lynn I'm glad to see you again"

Everyone got quiet for a moment. "Ok, who's hungry?" Dimitra said breaking the ice. "I am" everyone said cheerfully. "Great so I'll prepare some lunch" Dimitra replied. "I'll help you" Lynn said as she followed her into the kitchen. Costa and JD followed them as well. "Uncle Criss can I show you something I made is in my room" Dimi said grabbing Criss' hand and pulling him up stairs. Criss just smiled. When they got to her room Criss sat on her bed and waited for Dimi to show her what she made. She went into her closet and come out and sat on the bed too. She put on top of the bed what appear to be like an album. The cover was a picture of water, it look like a stream and in the middle it said <PURE LOVE>. Criss looked at it kind of curious. "What is it? he asked looking at Dimi. "Open it" Dimi ordered with a smirk on her face. Criss grabbed it, he hesitated a bit, looked at Dimi again but finally opened it. He started flipping every page in silence. "What is this?" he said in a whisper. "Than uncle Criss..that is pure love, true love" Dimi replied. Suddenly Criss began to cry.

Dimi looked at his uncle who was contemplating the work of art she had done. "I've been working on it for a long time" Dimi stated as she put her hand on Criss' shoulder. Criss wiped his tears away and looked at his niece. "But how did you get so many pictures?" he asked curious. "Ohh that was no problem, my gradma helped me. I know most of the pictures are from paparazzi but what counts is that you guys are in it" she replied with a big smile on her face.

<Pure Love>, the project that Dimi embarked since she last saw Criss and Liliana was an album or more like a scrap book fulled of quotes and photos of Criss with Liliana and their son. Dimi decided to do such thing because she knew that one day she will see Criss or Liliana again. "Do you like it?" she asked as she played with her hair. Criss gave a small smiled. "Do i like it?..I love it! Thank you sweetheart" he replied as he hugged her and gave her a kiss on the head. "I was afraid. you might not like it?" Dimi stated with a nervous chuckle. " Are you kidding I love it" Criss said with a smile but then that smile faded away. Dimi looked at him, she hesitated a bit but spoke up. "you miss her huh?" Criss rose his head slowly until his eyes met with Dimi. "I do" he said as his eyes started to get watery.

Dimi reached for him and hugged him. "I know that you will be back with her, I just know. you guys are meant to be together" she said trying to comfort her uncle. Criss broke the hug and opened the album again. He came across the fist page and there, to his surprise was the picture of Liliana and him that they took back in Switzerland. "This is the picture that I found in my room back in vegas when I saw Liliana again" Criss though to himself. The picture was all wrinkled, and why wouldn't it be. He had wrinkled the picture and threw it away but at the end kept it in his wallet. "Dimi...ummm where did you got this picture?" he asked surprised. "My grandma gave it to me..she said that the maid who was cleaning your room when you left to Europe, found it and gave it to grandma, and she kept it." Dimi replied confident. Criss sighed out of relief. "That's great. I though I was never gonna find it. I always kept it on my wallet. I guess it felt down when I was getting my stuff. But I'm glad you have it" he said as he stared at it. "You really love that pic huh?" Dimi asked kind of curious.

Criss smiled as he remembered the past. "Yeah, you know why?" he asked her. Dimi nodded her head. "Because this was the first picture we took together as a couple. I had declared my love to her two days ago in a little plaza back in Switzerland." he stated happily as he remember that special moment. "Awww that's so cute" Dimi remarked as she too look at the picture. "Do you want me to tell you what happen?" Criss asked his niece. "Oh if you please" Dimi replied excited.

"Well, she had asked me if we could go out and have fun because we had been looked up in the apartment for a while now. I could see that she was really bored and you know back then, she was young and wanted to have fun. She's still young eeh (Criss and Dimi laugh) so we went out. We had bought some stuff and we were hungry. We were in that little plaza, so I decided to go put the bags back in the car so we could go eat. She decided to wait for me right there. When I got back from the car. I saw her talking to this guy. I quickly rush towards her. When I got there the guy had already left. I asked who he was, and she told me that he had given her his number to go out. She said that she was gonna call him to go out on a date" Criss said as he remember.

"Oh my god and what happen?" Dimi asked all excited. "Well, me being Criss. you know how I am. I told her that she wasn't going to see him again. She asked for an explanation. I, of course didn't say anything..I was walking away from her and suddenly she said it:..you're jealous?" Dimi's eyes widen as she gasped, "and then what happen?" she asked. "Well, when I turn around to see her, I saw that she was walking away on the opposite direction, so I rush to her and kissed her!!...When we broke up the kiss I stared at her beautiful maroon eyes and said" does that answer your question? and well the rest is history" Criss finish saying as he touched his lips remembering that wonderful kiss. "Awww that's so cute..it sounds like a scene from a romantic movie" Dimi said. Criss laughed.

In that moment a knock came to the door. "Hey what are you guys doing?" Dimitra asked as she opened the door. "Oh we're just talking" Dimi said as she looked at Criss. "Well I came to say that lunch is ready, we're all waiting for you two" Dimitra said as she walked out of the room. "Ok, we're coming" Criss said as he rose from the bed and Dimi too. Dimitra agreed and walked down stairs. "Thanks again for this wonderful thing that you done"Criss told Dimi as he hugged her again. "Is nothing uncle, I did it with love. I have to thank you for sharing your past with me" she said happily. "My pleasure..ok lets go eat before mom yells at us" Criss said making Dimi laugh. As Criss was closing the door he saw the album resting on the bed. "I'm getting you back Liliana, I'm getting you back" he thought and close the door.

[DeppAngel]

CH. 99 Destiny has other plans

"Hi Eli..where is Christopher?" Liliana asked as she put some grocery bags on the floor and closed the door. "He's outside playing soccer with his friends..didn't you saw him when you came in?" Eli replied looking at lily from the living room. "No! I just saw Ruben playing but then again I didn't pay much attention" Lily replied as she picked the grocery bags from the floor. "Let me help you!" Eli said as she rushed towards Liliana. Eli grabbed one of the bags and opened the door as Liliana headed to the kitchen. "Yeah, he's playing soccer" Eli shouted as she saw Christopher outside. She then headed to the kitchen and helped Liliana put the groceries away. "That kid, loves soccer more than anything" Liliana replied as she looked at her son through the kitchen window. "Hey, at least he's not stuck in his room planning a bank robbery..like someone!" Eli said sarcastically as she continued to unload the groceries from the bag. Liliana gave her an angered looked and sighed annoyed. "Hey!..it's true!" Eli stated firmly. Liliana nodded her head in disappointment and headed to the living room as soon as she finished sorting the groceries. Eli soon finished and headed to the living room too.

Liliana sat on the couch as she looked at the tv in silence. Eli sat on the other sofa and sighed, she then got up and sat next to Liliana. "I'm sorry Lily. I didn't meant to say that" Eli said embarrassed. "That's ok..don't worry about!" Liliana said as she wiped a tear that rolled down her cheek. "Oh no! prima no quice decir eso, perdoname" ( cousin, I didn't wanted to say that. Forgive me) Eli stated trying to reanimate her cousin. "No, no. It's fine. you're right. At least he's outside doing something fun instead of...doing that other stuff" Liliana said as she try to held her tears back. "You miss him huh?" Eli asked softly. "It's been so long..." Liliana sighed as her eyes started to get watery. "So you think is over with you and him? there's no hope of you two getting back?" Eli asked. "Please! Eli it was over a long time ago...maybe one day, I will see him again, when Christopher decides that he wants to see his dad" Liliana stated with no emotion. "Well, whatever you decide I will be here to support you ok" Eli said with a smile. "Thank you Eli, I love you!" Liliana said as she hugged her. "Aww I love you too cuz" Eli replied back. As they broke the hug, Christopher came running into the living room. "Mom mom!, podemos ir a la plaza!?" ( can we go to the plaza?) he said all sweaty and out of breath. Liliana was cought by surprise by her son. "Por que?" (why) she asked as she looked a bit confused. "Ruben told me that there's gonna be a dance show and food..I wanna eat tacos" Christopher said excited. "Ahh I see. Well your not ready, it's 7:15 pm. you need to take a shower and get dress" Liliana told him. "I'll do that in a blink of an eye" he said and rushed to get himself ready. "I guess we're gonna go eat tacos!" Eli said as she and Liliana laughed.


-------Back in New York-------
Criss was in his room looking at the album Dimi had done. He smiled at every picture he saw of Liliana and his son. He sighed, "Aww Lily if you knew that I miss you sooo much" he said in a sad tone. "Where could you be?" he asked himself as he continued looking at the pictures. 4 years, or 5 years to be exact-counting the year he was in Europe- felt like decades. He knew that he had committed the worst mistake in his entire life. Choosing bank robberies over Liliana and his own son made him realize that he was a piece of , or even worse. His life had no meaning if Liliana wasn't with him. He thought for a second and imagine what could Liliana be doing in this exact moment. He slowly started to nod his head. "Yeah, probably she found someone that truly valued her, and love her...But, I can't stand to imagine another man, a complete stranger raising my child. My little boy! No!" Criss stated furious. In that moment a knock was heard the door. "Come in" Criss said as he closed the album and put it inside the drawer. "What are you doing?" JD asked as he came in. "Ahh nothing, just thinking." he said hiding his anger of what he just had thought. "Well you seem a little down on the dumps so..I wanted to invite you to lunch..what do you say? come on. I will do you some good to get out of this cave" JD said. Criss hesitated but at the end gave in and left.

While they waited for their food Criss looked outside the window as he thought of his son calling another man father. "Criss! are you ok?" JD asked making Criss snap out of his deep thoughts. "What?" he replied as he shook his head a bit. "Are you ok? you were kind of spacing off" JD stated. "Yeah, I'm fine" he declared. "You don't need to hide the fact that you were thinking of Liliana and your son" JD demanded. "I know. I'm sorry. You know what? Know that I think about it..I guess Liliana was right after all" Criss stated. JD looked confused, "in what?" he asked. "That maybe...we're not meant to be together" he said as he sighed. "What? no man! don't say that. I know it's been..what? 4 years of searching for her but don't give up. I know it's hard and that you're a desperate but don't give up bro" JD stated. "I'm not giving up JD. I'm just embracing reality. and reality is that...we're not meant to be together. If we we're meant to be together. I would of found her already but...I haven't it. That's reality. Destiny doesn't want us together." Criss said with a heartbreaking tone. JD sighed. "I know she's happy somewhere out there. I know she has someone by her side that is making her happy if not. I know she will find someone who deserves her love. I don't deserve her, after all that I've done to her. She's better off with out me" Criss stated as he took a zip of his wine. "God Criss. I didn't know you were so emo" JD said. Criss gave him a small laugh. "It's true. It's time to let her go. to let her be happy and find my self some happiness else where" Criss said confident.

"Criss!" A voice was heard coming from behind Criss. Criss rapidly look back and looked surprised. "Sandra?" he stated with a smile. "Hi..it's been to long" she asked a bit shyly. "I know.. but how you been?" Criss asked but suddenly his eyes wonder to the side as he looked behind Sandra. "Is that...Cristina?" Criss asked with a smile. "Oh yes. This is my baby all grown up" Sandra stated. "How old is she?" Criss said as he continued glancing at little Cristina. "She's 6" Sandra replied as she picked her up. "The same age as my son" Criss thought to himself. "Oh please sit with us. I'm just here with my brother" Criss said as Sandra greeted JD and Criss grabbed little Cristina. "Hi..remember me?" Criss asked her. little Cristina nodded her head and giggled. "Of course not" Criss said. "I'm happy to see you both" Criss remarked.

----Back in somewhere around the world----

"Mom hurry" Christopher shouted as he run to the plaza along side with his friend Ruben. "Stay close Criss" Liliana shouted as she walked with Eli. Christopher hurried to grabbed some chairs for his mom and aunt so they could see the show. As the night went on, Lily and Eli were having fun. When the show ended, Christopher approached his mom, "Mom can we go eat tacos now" he said happily. "Yes, we can now go eat tacos" she stated with a smile. "Yay! Vamos Ruben" Criss stated and run to where the taco stand was. Liliana was getting up from her seat and turn around but accidentely bumped into someone making her purse fall down. "Lo siento" (I'm sorry) she said as she tried to pick up her purse. "Porfavor, yo la agarro" (Please, I'll get that) the voice said. When the person picked up the purse to give it back to Liliana he was thrown back by her wonderful beauty. Her dark hair, her olive smooth skin, her big maroon eyes. "Lo siento, fui yo el que no me fije" (I apologize, it was me who wasn't looking) the man stated. "No se preocupe" (Don't worry) Liliana said with a shyly smile. "Disculpe, como se llama?" (I'm sorry, what's your name?) the man asked intrigued. "Liliana, y usted?" (Liliana and you?) she said as she admired this tall darked hair, big chocolate brown eyes spanish looking man. "David" he said as he shook Liliana's hand.

"So Sandra, what have you been up to all this years?" Criss asked as he had little Cristina on his lap. Sandra looked down for a moment, " Well, I been working for a design company here in New York for 3 years now". she replied. "That's cool. So you been living here for quite a while?" JD asked as he took bite of his food. Sandra looked at him and nodded. When Sandra finally signed the divorce papers a while back she went back to little cristina's daddy. They lived together for a year and a half. However, the guy treated Sandra badly and decided to live him. She then moved back to Arizona with a sister of hers and lived there for a year and worked as a waitress. It wasn't until one of her friends visited them and told sandra that they were looking for an assistant in the design company. She didn't wanted to move to New York, but she gave it a shot at the job opportunity, and to her luck she got it. She then move with her little girl to New York and lived for a few months with her friend until she could find a descent place to live. And well, since then life has been treating her pretty well. "So your no longer with her father?" Criss said as he pointed with his eyes at little Cristina. Sandra hesitated a bit to reply, "Yeah, not anymore. I'm just glad I didn't commit the terrible mistake in staying with him" she said confident. In that moment JD received a phone call and step out for a minute. He then came back telling Criss that he had to go because something had occurred at work. He said bye to Sandra and little Cristina and left. There was complete silence, it was more like awkward silence. However, Sandra broke the ice, "I didn't know you were so in love with Liliana and that the kid we met years ago in France was your child" she said.

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"I have to say you have a wonderful name" David told Liliana as they both sat on a bench. "Why thank you..you're making me blush" Liliana replied embarrassed. "So where are you from? Because you don't have a mexican accent" Liliana asked as he looked at him. David chuckled, " Yeah I know, I tried doing a mexican accent but I just can't. I'm from Spain..Barcelona to be exact" he said as he smiled at her. "I kind of knew you where from there" she replied. "So is he your little brother?" David asked as he saw little Christopher and Ruben with Eli on the taco stand. Liliana giggled, "No, he's my son" she said. He smiled, "yeah I knew. I heard him call you mom" he said. "do you live here? Cuz I haven't seen you before" Liliana asked curiously. "Umm No, I came to visit some family. I been here for a week now. But I live back in Barcelona" he said as he looked at her. "Oohh I see" Liliana said kind of....sad. "Is everything ok?" David asked. "Ohh yeah. I just thought you lived around here" she said embarrassed. "Well I will be here for another 3 weeks. I guess that gives us a lot of time to get to know each other" David said happily making Liliana smile.

"Mom here I brought you tacos" Christopher said as she approached Liliana and David. "Aww thank you sweet heart" she said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek. David smiled at the beautiful scene. "and I brought some for Señor David" Christopher said as he signaled his friend to give him the plate. "Oh wow thank you guys! you shouldn't have." he said pleased. Christopher smiled, "is nothing really" he said making David and Liliana laugh. In that moment Christopher saw that some guy was selling soccer balls. "Mom can I get one?" he said. But Liliana told him that she had no money that maybe later. The guy passed along them and offer them the soccer merchandise that he was selling. "please mom!" he said. "I'm sorry honey but I really have no money" Liliana said. "Which one do you like?" David asked him. Cristopher looked and said he liked the white with red. "We'll get that one" David order the guy as he took out his wallet to pay. "Oh no, David you don't need to do that" Liliana said embarrassed. "Oh is nothing" he said as he payed the guy and have the ball to Christopher. "So you like soccer?" David asked him. "If I like it, no! I love it" Christopher said. "Ok, we'll see how good you are" David said as he grabbed the ball and walked a bit father. "Show me what you got, you too Ruben" David said with a smile as he saw the two kids run towards him to play. Eli sat next to Liliana and looked at David and then looked at her cousin. "I think you found your match!"Eli said with a smile as he saw Liliana staring at him and his son play.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 100 Different thoughts

“Thanks for everything David” Liliana said as she and David approached her house. “Ahh it’s nothing really..I had a really good time with you and little Criss” David said happily. “and me too” Eli exclaimed surprising David. “And you as well” David said with a laugh. Cristopher came out running all happy with his soccer ball in hand. Liliana and David looked at him with a smile. “Well little man I think is time to put you up to bed” Eli said. “Say good night to David, Christopher” Liliana exclaimed looking at her son. “Buenas Noches Señor David and thank you for the soccer ball. I had a good time tonight” Cristopher said with a little smirk. “I’m glad you had fun that’s all that matter, good night” David said as he put his hand on Christopher’s head. Christopher hugged and kiss Liliana and said good night and in went Eli holding Christopher’s hand inside the house. There was complete silence between Liliana and David. Suddenly David broke the ice by clearing his throat and making Liliana look at him. “So, are you giving me the privilege to see you..again?” he asked with a certain sparkle in his eyes. Liliana smiled. She felt like a teenage girl who had just been asked out by the cute guy who lives down the street. She blushed a little and started to feel butterflies in her stomach. But all of the sudden reality hit her and her smile quickly faded. “What’s wrong?” David asked worried. “It’s obvious we’re not some teenagers who easily go out on dates and what not..we’re adults and well we have responsibilities..what I’m trying to say is that I have a son and he’s all that matters to me right now and I just don’t wanna mess anything up right now” she said sadly while David listen carefully. “Liliana…I’m not asking for you to be my wife or anything like that. I understand that we are not teenagers anymore but that we are adults. And as adults I know that what I’m looking for is something serious. I know that you have a son! But that’s not an obstacle for me to not see you again. I want to see you and Christopher as well. Please just be open to new paths and let me get to know you and your son..what do you say to that?” David said with hopes. “Please say yes mommy!” Little Christopher shouted as he peaked out from the window.

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Back in New York

As Criss and Sandra were talking Criss felt something in his chest and grabbed himself. “Are you ok Criss?” Sandra asked worried. “I don’t know I just started to feel like something was taken away from me!” he said with a heavy breathe. “is it something physical. Does it hurt you?” Sandra asked even more worried. “No!..it’s more emotional!” he said as he started to tear up.

“We need to take you to a hospital” Sandra stated while she started to stand up. “It’s fine Sandra. I don’t think is necessary” Criss replied as he grabbed her hand to sit her back down. Sandra looked at him worried. She knew he was hurting but not physically. It was more on the deeper level, more personal, more sentimental. She wonder what would of her life have been if she had stayed with Criss. She loved him, but then again she hesitated a bit when she remember that she had lied to him about little Cristina. She knew Criss was a nice person however, deep down she made this unconscious idea that Criss would never forgive her for what she did.

“Are you ok Sandra?” Criss said as he looked at her confused. “Yes, I’m fine. I was just thinking that it would be better if a doctor saw you” she said with a worried look. Criss could see that Sandra really cared for him. However, if it wasn’t for that awful lie, he probably would be with her right now sharing a wonderful life together as a family, but destiny had other plans.

“Criss so where is Liliana?” Sandra asked a bit nervous. Criss hesitated a bit and looked down at his drink. “ I..don’t know” he finally said. Sandra was confused. She wasn’t expecting that kind of answer. “What do you mean you don’t know? Weren’t you two together?” she asked while she looked at Cristina who was playing on the other chair. “Well, yeah we were together. But due to some circumstances…we ended our relationship” he stated sadly. “I’m sorry” she replied while she reached for his hand that was resting on the edge of the table. Criss looked at it and slowly raised his eyes until it met Sandra’s.

**************Flashback**************

"Criss.." she said as she whipped her tears away. Criss quickly stood up and stared at her.

"what?" he said waiting for an answer.

"You deserve much better than me.." Liliana said trying to hold her tears back.

"Don't say that..." Criss interrupted.

"Criss there is always something in the way between you and me. First it was the law, second it was johnny, now is her...don't you see, we're not meant to be together. Destiny will always keep us apart" she said as she looked at Criss.

"Lily we're meant to be together...these are just obstacles, but we can overcome them" Criss remarked.



“She’s right destiny will always keep us apart” Criss whispered. “What did you said?” Sandra asked confused. Criss nodded his head. “Nothing” he stated. He looked outside the window for a moment and quickly looked down to see that Sandra was still holding his hand. He abruptly grabbed Sandra’s hand with both of his hands and got closer to her. “ Sandra I know that we been through some rought patches in our lives. But I believe that if you are here with me right now is for a reason. I believe that we can make this work again.” He stated as he looked at her and glanced at little Cristina. “What do you say Sandra? Would you give this crazy guy another chance at love?” he stated firmly. Sandra looked at him surprised, she was speechless but she knew that if she hesitated more in answering maybe he would back down on his proposal. “Of course Criss” Sandra answer. Criss smiled and quickly but gently planted a kiss on her.

[DeppAngel]

Ch. 101 making changes

“Good morning” Eli said as she walked into the kitchen. “Good morning” Liliana stated as she prepared herself a nice cup of hot coffee. She glanced at Eli who was now in front of the fridge deciding what to have for breakfast. Liliana smiled and nodded her head slyly and made her way to the table. “So…how was last night?” Eli stated as she took out a bowl from the counter top. Liliana glared at her while she took a sip from her coffee. “…Good…” lily said and continued to enjoy her drink. Eli quickly turned around “WHAT? JUST GOOD?” she exclaimed as she too made her way into the table. Liliana gave her a surprised yet sarcastic look. “Umm yeah! What else do you want me to say?” she stated. “Well I don’t know… you could say that it was amazing, that maybe Señor David kissed you good night…” “Eli!!!” Liliana interrupted her shocked. “What?..it could of happen..Just saying. You don’t need to get all feisty on me” Eli continued as a small grin appeared on her face.

Liliana sighed and rolled her eyes. She took another sip from her mug and put it down.

*************Flashback**************

"I don't care!" Criss shouted again. "Damn it Criss you're scaring your child!" Costa exclaimed as he saw Liliana and little Christopher crying. "Think about your son!" JD proclaimed. George just remained quite trying to understand what was going on. " Oh for haven's sake..don't put my son into this" Criss exclaimed angered. "You don't get it JD, no one does. I need to feel alive again. I need to feel my heart beating faster than ever. The adrenaline through my veins. I want that excitement back..." Criss explained. "Criss please don't..." Liliana said but was interrupted by Criss. "That's why I'm going back to robbing backs!" he stated firmly. Liliana grabbed her son tighter as tears continued to stream down her face. Costa's and George's jaw hit the floor at the sound of those news. George rapidly let Criss go. There was almost complete silence. You could hear the hard breathing and the deep sobs of little Christopher. Criss finally broke the silence. "I'm going back to Europe. My job here as a magician has come to an end" he stated and started to make his way to the door. Suddenly, Liliana spoke out, "If you walk out of the door...forget that you have a son and a girl who loves you!" Liliana said between sobs. Everyone looked at her shocked. They weren't expecting that. Criss just stared at her and without saying a word walked away.



“Lily..lily..lily!!” Eli exclaimed. “Yes!” Liliana responded. “What’s wrong? You all of the sudden spaced off..you ok?”Eli asked concerned. “Oh I’m fine. Just tired that’s all” she lied. “ Ok” Eli said and continued to eat her breakfast. Liliana stared at her for a moment and quickly stood up and headed towards the sink to wash her cup. She looked outside the window. It was beautiful Tuesday morning. The sky was blue than ever. Birds were chirping and the sun rays were just welcoming the day. Little Cristopher had left to school and Liliana had few errands to run that day. “Eli do you think that I should accept David’s proposal?” she said interrupting Eli from her breakfast. Eli looked a bit thrown off with the question and looked at Liliana who was leaning against the sink. “About you two going out? Hell yeah!..Lily come on is not like you’re an old lady. You’re young you have the right to meet new people” She said. Liliana looked bit worried and Eli noticed it. “Hey Lily look at me..listen…I know that you’re a bit scared because of what happed with Criss and well you have a son and you need to look after him. But hey! Like David said he wants something serious. He knows you have a kid and for heaven sake he bonded with him beautifully. My advice to you is yes! Accept David’s proposal. Go out on a date with him! Get to know him! If you realized he is not the one you’re looking for..tell him and its over” Eli stated firmly. Liliana stood there quietly but suddenly a smirk appeared on her face. “You’re right” she said happily.



Later that afternoon Liliana got ready and run some errand around town. She knew it was time to go pick up Cristopher from school and headed over there. She parked her car and looked at her watch two more minutes she said and got out of the car and walked to the school gate. The bell rang and kids started to come out. She said hello to a few kids and a few moms. “Mami!” Cristopher shouted as he run to her mom’s arms. “My angel!” she stated with a smile and kissed his head. “How was school?” She asked as she and Cristopher started to walk back to the car. “It was fun! Today we learned about the weather. And how rain is form” he stated excited. “Wow sounds like you had a blast” she said as she opened the door for him. She got into the car and buckled up. She sighed and looked at her son who was in the passenger’s seat. “Are you hungry?” she asked. “Yes” he stated. “Wanna go eat at Chayito’s place?” she stated. “Yes!” he said with a big smile. And off they drove.

As they arrived at the little bistro and order some drinks little Criss asked. “Is my aunt Eli coming?” Lianana looked at him. “No sweety she went to have lunch with Cousin Sofia. As they waited for their meals to arrive Liliana took the opportunity to talk about something serious with her son. “Baby? What do you think about David?” she said a bit nervous. Little Criss put his drink down on the table. “Señor David? He’s great mom! He knows how to play soccer. And you know I love soccer. He’s really cool” he explained as he continued to zip on his drink. Liliana smiled. “Yes he is a nice man…and…what do you think of him coming home to see me and you of course?” Liliana asked. “Like he being your boyfriend?” he asked. “Well no baby not like that but like trying to get to know us a bit more…” “so he could be your boyfriend?” he interrupted. Well..”Liliana said. “I don’t mind..I would love that mami! I could see that he really likes you!” little Criss said with a smile. “You think so?” Liliana asked surprised. “Oh yes! I know! Trust me Señor David likes you a lot” he stated. Liliana smiled and reached for his little boy’s hand. “I love you mami and I want you to be happy and I think Señor David can do that!” he said while he got down from the chair and hugged Liliana. “And I also wanna a dad!” he stated making Liliana widen her eyes.

She wasn’t expecting that to come out from her little boy. “Baby you know you have a father!” she said. “I know that” he explained. “Tell me something baby, do you want to meet your real father? You know that if that’s the case I will gladly look for him so you could meet him.” She explained as she put her son on her lap. Christopher looked down for a moment. “I know who he is I’ve seen his magic shows and I have picture of him in my room remember?” he said. “Yes I know that sweetheart. But is another different story when meeting him in person” Liliana explained. “I know that! But I don’t want to meet him!” he said looking at his mom’s eyes.

[RACHEL02189]

Can't wait to read more girl

[DeppAngel]

That night...

Liliana was in her room sitting on a comfortable sofa near the window which presented Liliana with a wonder view of the night sky and city. She enjoyed her hot cup of tea that made her relax. The thought of hearing her son that he didn't wanted to see Criss was bugging her mind. She had never, not once said awful things about Criss to her son. The fact that little Christopher was more ok with David being his father than Criss made Liliana's mind curious. She took another sip of her hot and relaxing tea that was resting along side in a little table.

The lights in the room were dim which helped Liliana not get tense and frustrated about what was going on in her mind. She now wonder what Criss could be doing in that exact moment. "I bet his enjoying his life robbing banks" she thought to herself as she bit her lower lip. "I wonder if he found someone else?" her mind continued with all this questions. She look to her right to glance at the watch. It was 8:00 pm. Eli was down stairs watching T.V and little Criss was probably playing in his room. She decided to put a little bit of music just to set the mood. She wasn't angry or sad. She was relaxed and she hadn't felt that way for a long time. She turn on the radio and went back to sit down. "Half of my heart" by John Mayer started to play. She took another sip of her tea and close her eyes as she let her head rest on the sofa.

Suddenly her deep relaxation was disturbed by a small noise near the window. She raised her head from the sofa and took a peek at the window. She stared at it for a few seconds and went back to close her eyes. The noise was heard again and this time she got up and open the window and looked both side and then looked down.

"Oh m god what are you doing?" Liliana said surprised with a smile as she put her head out the window. "I came to see you" David said as he stood in front of the door with a bouquet of flowers in hand. "You could of just knock Eli is down stairs. Instead of trowing pebbles to the window" Liliana said as she giggled. "Well yeah you're right but as I was walking down the street over here I saw you" he said with a smile. That smile made Liliana melt a little inside. what was happening to her. She kind of new but she didn't wanted to jump to conclusions. "I'll be right down" Liliana said with a smile as she closed the window and headed down. "David came" Liliana whispered to Eli as she crossed the Living room and headed towards the door.

"Hi" Liliana said as she open the door and saw David standing there. He was wearing slick blue jeans, a white shirt underneath with a blue and black square pattern shirt on top and a black lether jacket. His deep caramel eyes and smile was the only thing he needed to do for Liliana to feel like a teenager once again. " I brought you this of course they can't compete with your beauty" he said as he handed the flowers to Liliana. "Thank you..you shouldn't have" Liliana said as she recieved them and smell them. "I was wondering if you wanna go out and just talk go grab a coffee or something" he said as he got closer to her. Liliana hasitated a bit. she didn't know if it was a good idea. However, she gave in and said yes. "Please come in while I go grab my jacket" she replied as David step inside to see Eli watching T.V

"hi Eli" he said as he waved at her. "Hi David,,how are you? we weren't expecting you" Eli said as she went towards him and gave him a hug. "Well I was just in the neighborhood as they say" he said making Eli laugh and him as well. "Are you guys going out?" Eli said surprised as she saw Liliana coming down the stairs as she put her brown leather jacket and grabbed her purse and keys. "Umm yeah..we're just gonna get some coffee or something" Liliana said. "umm Ok" Eli replied as she glanced at David who was standing in front of her. "I already told Cristopher I was going out..bye see you in a bit" Liliana said to Eli as she hugged her good bye. Eli shook David's hand and walked them to the door. "Take care you guys" Eli said as she saw Liliana and David walked down the street laughing at a commet that David had just said. Both of them waved goodbye to Eli. "Oh god I can see that this two are meant for each other"

[RACHEL02189]

I'm surprise Criss hasn't told Sandra that he has a child somewhere

[DeppAngel]

After a few walks around the park David decided to invite Liliana to dinner in a small and private bistro that was just two blocks away from the park. As they waited for their food Liliana laughed at David's jokes, overall they were having a good time.

"So tell me David, what do you do for a living?" Liliana asked as she took a bite of her food. David took a sip of his drink and rested it on the table before she could answer. "I'm a lawyer" he replied. "That's nice" Liliana stated with a smile making David smile at her too. "Now that we know a little more about ourselves..may I ask you something?" David asked as he looked at Liliana. "Sure" she said. "Where's Cristopher's father?" he finally asked. Deep down Liliana knew that question was coming. However, she wasn't insulter or mad at his question. I mean they were getting to know each other, of course he had to ask those kinds of questions. "Well, to my understanding he resides in Europe. But I'm not sure! I haven't seen or heard from him for about 5 years" she stated as she took a sip of her drink. "Do you have kids?" Liliana asked as she tried to make more conversation. "I don't but I do love kids. I coach soccer to 7 to 10 year-old kids" he stated with grin.

As the night went on it was time for Liliana to return home. "I had great time" Liliana said as she climb up the stairs of her front yard. "I did too..Thank you for sharing your past with me" David said with a smile as he reached for Liliana's hand. Liliana look at his hand and then look up. "It's nothing..you bring in me that sense of trust" she stated. "You may think this is fast but I really like you..since the first day that I saw you at the Plaza, you made my heart race" David said in a serious tone as he pulled Liliana towards him. Liliana let out a small gasped as she closed her eyes and then open them again and see David stading just a few inches away from her. She could feel her heart starting to race and her nerves tense up. Adrenaline was rushing through her system. " I really want to be part of your life" David finally said and sealed the comment with a kiss.

A week later...

Back in New york every one was getting use to the idea of having Sandra once again back in their Lifes. Dimi wasn't that thrilled but in the back of her mind she made this idea that her uncle Criss was doing that just to get away from the pain and sadness that Liliana had left him. Dimi was still a bit angry for what Sandra had did to Criss back then, it making him believe that little Cristina was his daughter. Dimitra wasn't so fond of the idea of Criss decision in dating Sandra again but she thought that her son deserve to find love again. And JD and Costa weren't happy either. But they rather see his little brother happy and getting another shot at love than seeing him all emotional locked up in a room. Sandra could feel the tension from Criss' family but she was trying her best i winning them back.

It seemed that both Liliana and Criss were giving themselves another chance at Love. David had propose to Liliana to move with him back to Barcelona along with Eli. Criss had made the concious choice to get back into the magic business and Felix Rappaport happily agreed to give him a 10 year contract in the Luxor again. However, this time he didn't wanted to move in back into the Hotel and decided to buy a wonderful mansion right there in Las Vegas which he named Serenity.

A year later...

In barcelona, Spain...

"Are you excited?" Eli asked as she rested on the bed. " I actually am!" Liliana said full of exciment as she was getting ready to go out. "Can you help me zip up" Liliana asked Eli. Eli made her way towards Liliana and helped her. "So how do I look?" Liliana said. "Wonderful mami" Cristopher said as he made his way into the room. "Thank you sweetheart" Liliana responded as she kissed her son on the cheek. "Can you believe is my one year anniversary with David?" she stated happily. "Wow time flies" Eli remarked as she played with Christopher's hair. As Liliana fished herself up she heard the doorbell. "It must be him" Liliana said with a smile. "I'll get it" Christopher said as he sprinted from the bed and headed down stairs to open the door. "Hey buddy!" David said as he put his hand on Chris' head. "Mom will come down" Chris stated while both of them made their way into the living room. "Well, meanwhile I want to give you this" David said to Chris as he handed him a bag. "What is it?" Chris asked full of exciment. "Open it" David stated with grin. As Chris was opening his present he couldn't believe it. "Oh my god you got me the official Barcelona jersey and its signed by all the soccer players..even Messi and Gerard Pique" Criss stated all cheerful. "Thanks David!!" he remarked.

In that moment Liliana was coming down the stairs. David looked up and it was blown away by such wonderful beauty. "You look...beautiful..words can't even describe how wonderful you look" David said as he leaned to kiss her which made Liliana blushed.

David had their whole night planned out. He wanted it to be perfect for the perfect woman. When they got to their dinner reservation Liliana was blown away that David had managed to get a table just by themselves in the balcony which gave them a spectacular view of the city lights of Barcelona. In the corner violin players were playing soft classical music. It was perfect. As their desserts arrive, the plates were covered up, and as the waiter left. Liliana removed the top that was covering her plate and revealed a wonderdul yet elegant diamond ring sitting on the plate. Liliana was speechless she look up to see David who he was know approaching her and kneeled in front of her. "Liliana you have made me the most happiest man in world this past year. I couldn't have asked for a better person because you're more than that. you're beautiful, funny, intelligent, kind! and I want to spend the rest of my life by your side!...therefore would you do me the honor of being my wife?" David stated.

"Yes David I accept" she said with tears in her eyes.

Bsck in the house Cristopher was with one of his friends named Roxana. "Are you sure you wanna do this?" she asked as she glanced at Criss who was looking out the window. "Yes Roxxy If I don't do this now I will never have the change." Chris said a bit nervous. "Ok" Roxana said as she handed him the telephone. "Check that my aunt Eli doesn't come into the room" Chris said as he started to dial the phone. Roxana just stared at him scared.

"Hello" someone replied on the other side of the line.
"Hi...can I speak to Criss Angel" Chris said all tensed up. Roxana's eyes widen and got near Christopher.
"Yes, this is he speaking, whose this?" Criss said.
There was silence and roxana gave Chris a little punch and a look to tell him to asnwer.
"Yes? Hello?...This is Criss Angel whose this?" Criss said again.
"your son!" Christopher finally said.

[RACHEL02189]

I guess little Chris changed his mind about his father

[DeppAngel]

CH. 102 Taking a different path

Criss stood shocked at the sound of those words. His eyes widen and tried to say a word but he couldn't say anything, he was... speechless. Little Christopher on the other side freeze up and abruptly hang up the phone. His heart was beating faster than ever it seemed like Chris had just finish running a mile all around the park. He started to breathe hard and sweat was staring to form at the top of his forehead. "Are you ok Chris?" Roxana asked worried as he noticed her friend's sudden change. Little Chris stood from the bed as he started to paced back and forth. He was grabbing his head as if a headache started to form. His breathing continued to grow faster and faster. Roxana started to get scared. "Chris are you ok? you're scaring me!" she stated as she too stood up from the bed and stared at little Chris. "I..I..I shouldn't have called him" Chris stated nervously. "Calm down Chris. you did nothing wrong. is not like your mom forbid you from trying to find him" Roxana explained as she tried to reassured Chris. "My head hurts" Chris stated as he sat down back on the bed. "Let me go tell your aunt Eli" Roxana replied as she headed towards the door. "Roxana don't tell her what I just did" Christ said. Roxana just nodded her head and closed the door behind her.

"Thank you sooo much for such a wonderful night" Liliana said to david as the car pulled up the driveway. "I'm just happy you said yes!" David stated as he turn of the car's engine. They both laughed and David leaned to kissed her. "When are you letting the news out to Christopher?" David said as he put Liliana's hair behind her ear. "I was thinking today along with Eli...you know what I can't wait to tell them and see their faces" Liliana said with a smiled. David smiled at her and kissed her again. "I don't wanna let you go but let's get you inside your house safe and sound" David exclaimed with a wink and got out of the car. He went around the car and open the door for Liliana. "Look, what a beautiful fiancée I have" David said as he helped Liliana out of the car. "and I must say what a handsome fiancé I have!" Liliana replied.

"Text me when you get home, I'll see you tomorrow"Liliana said and gave one more kiss to her future husband and closed the door. "Hey guys Im back" Liliana said as she turn her engagement ring and hid the diamond from view. "I'm in the living room" Eli shouted. "Hey!" Liliana greeted Eli as she walked into the living room. She walked to were Eli was sitting down and plotted herself down as well. "So..how did it go?" Eli said curious as she turn off the volume down. "Oh my god! it was great..very romantic I'll give him kudos for such a wonderful effort he did" Liliana exclaimed. "Aww so you sure had a romantic getaway here in Barcelona?" Eli asked with a grin. "Sure did...where is Chris" Liliana asked. "He's taking a shower..I don't if it was just me but he was acting very strange after we took Roxana home" Eli explained. "Roxana was here?" Liliana asked. Eli nodded her head. " and how was Chris acting strange?" Liliana asked concerned. "umm well he was stuttering a lot..which he doesn't do. He was also sweating I could see the drops on his forehead" Eli finally explained. "I'm gonna go see him" Liliana said and went upstairs.

She found her son standing up by his room window looking outside. "Hey baby!" Liliana said as she stood at the foot of the door. Chris look back and saw his mom standing there. "Mom!" Chris stated as Liliana started to walk into the room. Chris run towards her and hugged her. "Woah what's going on?" Liliana asked surprised as she pulled him up and grabbed him tighly and walked to his bed. She lay him down and she sat down next to him. " What's wrong baby? are you ok?" Lily asked a bit worried as she saw her son to get nervous. "Nothing mom..umm how did it go with David?" he asked to deviate the conversation. "It was good, fun! I had a great time..but don't try to get away from my quesions what's wrong?" Liliana asked concerned. "Mom I didn't wanted to do it. I'm sorry! please don't be mad" he stated. Liliana just looked at him confused. "I called him...my dad" Chris finally said nervously. Liliana's eyes widen. "you what?" Liliana whispered surprised.

Back in Las Vegas...

Criss was sitting there on his office still trying to figure out what just had happen. "My son just called me" that statement run in his head over and over again. He put his hands over his face still a bit shocked.

"Hey Criss I just had a call from some companies that want to sponsor your new clothing line if you just...Criss are you listening?" Costa said as he marched in into Criss office. Criss was there alright but his mind was still on his son. "My son just called me" he whispered. "What's that?" Costa said confused. "My son just called me!" Criss exclaimed a bit louder this time. "What???" Costa asked surprised. Criss turn around on his chair to face Costa who was standing in front of him. "Costa my son my little boy called me a few minutes ago" Criss said still a bit overwhelmed. "What did he say?" Costa asked. "Nothing really. He just said he was my son!" Criss said as he looked at the phone. "That's it?" Costa replied as he scratch his head. " I mean yeah after he told me that I kind of froze and didn't say nothing I was speechless and he then gang up" Criss explained. Costa just stood there with nothing to say. "Costa I heard my little boy's voice! can you believe that? I have to tell my mom about this" Criss said all happy as a gin appeared on his face.


Back in Barcelona, Spain...

"Please mom don't be mad at me" Chris said a bit scared and anxious. Liliana was spacing out the thought of seeing Criss again wasn't in her plans. especially now when she just had gotten engaged to David. Liliana then looked at her son who was staring at her with fear in his eyes. "Oh baby...of course I'm not mad at you!" she said as she hug him. "you're not?" he asked surprised. "Of course not..but you should of have told me that you got a hold of his number and that you wanted to call him" she stated with a sweet smile. "But your not mad at me because I searched for my dad, especially when you're with David?" Chris asked concerned. "Baby, I'm not mad. and just because you wanna know about your father is not going to affect my relationship with David" she said as she caressed Chris' face. Chris smiled and sigh out of relieve. "I just felt bad because I don't wanna cause you problems with David" he stated. "Oh baby never say that! you will never cause problems for me. you're the first on my list and I care about you more than anything in this world you hear me?" Liliana said to reanimate her son. He just nodded. "I feel better and relief now" Chris replied. "I'm glad! So you better go to sleep!" Liliana said and kiss her son good night. As she walked out the door and turn off the light she looked down at the small trash can that was beside, she bend down to grab what was inside and closed the door.

As she walked down the corridor she yelled to Eli who was still down stairs that she was heading to sleep. "Good night" Eli shouted from down stairs as Liliana went inside her room and closed the door. She looked into the mirror and sighed. She saw that her cellphone was beeping 3 text messages from David were displayed. She went inside her restroom and took her heels off. She grabbed her head for a little as she were thinking something. She finally got up and grabbed the phone.

She open the little piece of paper she had found of Chirs' trash can and started to dial the number. She took a deep breath as she dial the last number and but the phone next to her ear. The suspense was killing her.

"Hello" said a voice on the other said of the line.
"Can I speak to Criss...Angel" Liliana finally said.
"May I ask whose calling him?" The voiced said.
"Can you please pass the call to him" Liiliana said irritated.

"Criss someone's calling you" One of the workers said as he handed the phone to him.
"Who is it" Criss asked. "I don't know" the worker said and left. Criss looked at his brother Costa and JD who were in front of him looking at some posters.
"Hello, Criss speaking" Criss said.
"Hi Criss!" Liliana said with some nerve.
"Liliana!?" Criss replied shocked. :eek:
"Yeah is me!" Liliana replied as she closed her eyes.

[RACHEL02189]

jaw drop

[DeppAngel]

CH. 103 Things are going to change because destiny feels like it

Criss was in shock. Hearing that voice again, hearing her voice made him drop the phone to the floor. "Woah!" JD replied started by the scandalous noise the phone just had made. "What happen Criss...why did you drop the phone?" Costa asked as he bend down to pick up the broken phone that was laying on the floor. Criss finally snapped out. "F:mad: I cant believe I just did that!" he yelled as he quickly bend down and took the phone away from Costa. "Hello?! Hello?!" he said repeatedly. "Dude, the phone is broken" JD said. Criss couldn't believe it, many years had passed since he last new about Liliana and now that he had a hold of her, he messed it up by dropping the phone to the floor. "I can't believe it! f:mad:!! this can't be happening to me! why did I just do that! you're so stupid Criss!!" Criss said to himself over and over again.

"Ok? I don't get it. it was just an accident. why are you acting like this?" JD said confused as he looked at Costa who was just looking at Criss' sudden behavior. "It was Liliana! it was Liliana who called!!" Criss yelled desperate. "What??!!" both JD and Costa asked surprised. "She probably thought that I hang up on her!" Criss said concerned. "Criss calmed down. Give it sometime, she probably though that the line went down. She probably would try to call in a few minutes" Costa said trying to reassure his brother who was already walking back and forth like he were some kind of beast inside of a cage. "I need to track that call! I need to know were she is" Criss replied as he continued to try and fix the phone. "Criss give it up. The phone is long gone" Costa said and quickly took the phone away from Criss and threw it on the trash can. "I need to call the phone company. I need them to send me the call records. I need to know from where Liliana called me!" Criss said and quickly took out his cellphone and dial the phone company as he walked out of the office.

****The next morning in Bacelona, Spain****

Liliana woke up to the sound of her cell phone ringing. Her eyes quickly adjusted to the light and saw that it was 8:50 am. She rapidly grabbed her phone and answered. "Hello!" she said in a still sleepy voice. "Good morning gorgeous! I can see I woke someone up" David said on the other side of the line. "Good morning babe!...I'm sorry I didn't replied to you last night but I felt asleep" she said as she sat on her bed. "No worries, darling" David replied. They continued to talk for a few more minutes until they hang up. As Liliana was putting her cellphone back on the night stand she heard her room door open. She quickly glanced at the door and saw little Christopher standing there. "Hey sweetheart!" Liliana said with a smile. "Good morning mommy!" Chris said as he closed the door and walked in. He hugged her mom and sat on the bed next to her. "What's going on baby?" Liliana said as she put her arm around her son. "Mom I been thinking" he said in a low voice. "yeah?" liliana replied gently. "Well I been thinking and well, I...want to...meet my dad" he said a bit shyly. Liliana wasn't shocked she knew sooner or later this was going to come. She run her fingers through her hair and sighed. "ok..if that's what you want!" she said confident. "you're gonna let me see him?" Chris said surprised. "Of course, after all he's your father and you have all the right to meet him" she said with a concerned smile. "Thank you mom!" Chris said happily.


****back in las vegas, nevada****

Dimi was playing in her computer in the living room when she hear a beeping sound. She looked to her right and saw that a fax was just arriving. She got up to go see. "Uncle Criss, you got a fax from the phone company!" she yelled as she took a look at the paper. "in coming calls from the las 24 hours" Dimi read the title silently. She began to skim trough the roster of calls. One particular call cough her attention. "Oh my gosh!" she whisper is awe. "Dimi! what are you doing?" Criss said as he entered the living room. "Umm nothing I was just getting the fax for you!" she said and gave the paper to her uncle. "Thank you sweetie" he said and saw Dimi leave the living room. He made sure dime had left the room and quickly began to look at the roster. <<Last call received time:11:35 pm, place: Barcelona, Spain, Name: Liliana Ponce de Leon>>

"She's in Spain!" Criss said surprised! "I found you Lily! I found you!" he said.

[RACHEL02189]

Nice to see you back girl I was wondering if you were ever going to finish this. MORE I'M DIEING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT