Chapter 77—Justice!

"Babe calm down, we are going to find them, " Henderson comforted draping Lena in a warm embrace. Even though he was perturbed by the present situation, he had to be strong and comfort Lena who had been crying ever since he got back from the kids' school and told her all that had transpired when he went to pick up the kids. Trent and Itzel weren't home and none of them knew about their whereabouts and that made Lena's heart fill with worry. Henderson returned to the mansion but before then he was shown footage from the school's CCTV camera, Trent and Itzel were dragged into a black car by masked men right outside the school's gate. "I wish I could calm down, darling. But we have no idea where our kids are, our babies are missing, " Lena sobbed burying her face in Henderson's chest. Henderson patted her back comfortingly, the truth was that at the moment he was perplexed, their engagement party was in a few days and now their kids had gone missing. Henderson had called up the cops at the school and they asked him a few questions, one of which was if he knew anyone who could have been responsible for taking the kids. Henderson could only think of one person, Vivian his ex-wife, after all, she made some ugly threats the day she came to the mansion unvited. They told him that once he got any call from the kidnappers he should inform them so they could take things up from there. If Axel wasn't in jail, he would have been Henderson's prime suspect. "I'm pretty sure Vivian is responsible for this, " Henderson sighed in frustration. Lena hoisted her head to gaze at Henderson, she shook her head. "I don't think she would want to do that. Why would she abduct our kids? If only Trent was taken I would probably have her on the list of the people who could have been responsible for it but Itzel was taken away as well. I mean why would she decide to abduct her own daughter." A sad expression etched Henderson's countenance and he puffed a breath. "I think you don't know the kind of person Vivian is, she is ruthless. She doesn't care about anyone else but herself. Vivian doesn't have even the slightest...." Henderson's sentence was interrupted by the buzzing of his phone. He took the phone, 8t was an unknown number calling, Henderson glanced at Lena. "It might be the abductor, " Lena gulped nodding her head as a go-ahead for Henderson to pick up the call. He picked up the call and put it on speaker. "Hello." A loud snicker came from the other end accompanied by cries which Lena and Henderson recognised to be Trent's and Itzel's. "Sweeties." Lena's face brightened on hearing the kids' voices and she sat up. "Mommy, " Trent and Itzel whimpered. Vivian's voice came next, " Shut the hell up you brats!" She ordered for Trent and Itzel to be gagged so Lena and Henderson could no longer hear their voices. "Darlings, itzel Trent," Lena called but when she got no response, her heart beat frantically in her chest. Her voice was filled with worry as she yelled, " What did you do to them, Vivian?" "I just shut them up, their nuisance was becoming too much for me to bear so I just had to do something about it." Henderson's jaw clenched, his eyes darkened with rage, "Don't you dare hurt them, Vivian." Vivian let out a loud laugh before she huffed in annoyance, " I call the shots here Henderson, not you. So just listen to me. If you want you, I mean our daughter and this bastard whom you now call your son. You have to do as I say. Pay the sum of twenty million dollars else you might as well prepare for their funerals. You know me well to know that I'm not joking and I will definitely keep my word. I know you are a billionaire so that's not really much. I'm being this generous only because of the relationship we once shared. Also, consider this my gift for your engagement." " Please Lena I beg you. Spare our children they've done you no wrong." Lena begged amidst tears. "Please share our children they've done you no wrong, " Vivian mimicked in a mocking tone. "What did I say the other day before I left? Let me remind you just in case you have forgotten. I said you guys were going to regret it and now I'm back to fulfil my promise. All I had to do was find a way to get them out of school and then ask my men to abduct her. Henderson did you really think a restraining order was going to be enough to keep me away, well you thought wrong." Vivian sneered. Henderson sighed expressing a deeper sense of frustration, "You better stop this nonsense Vivian else you might be the one with regrets at the end of the day." Vivian cackled, "Well then let us see. You have twenty fours hours to get me my money or better still start the preparations for your kids..." "Please don't do this, " Lena interjected, she was in tears. Henderson had his hand around Lena trying to calm her down. "Vivian, Vivian, " Henderson snarled but he got no answer, Vivian had hung up on them. Henderson called up the cops quickly, they came over to the house. They were able to track Vivian's location and they were going to go there. Henderson was going to go along with them, but Lena insisted on going with them even though Henderson pleaded with her since things could turn out dangerous. They made their way to the location with the cops. Vivian was captured alongside her goons. "I'm sorry sweeties, " Lena cried embracing the kids. Lena realised Henderson's words were true when they got to the scene, Vivian was heartless and cruel. She tied up Trent and Itzel they were criminals. Henderson joined in the embrace, he sighed in relief. "I wish I had killed them before you both showed up here!" Vivian barked as she walked past Lena with the cops who held onto both of her shoulders even though she was handcuffed. "Hold on, " Lena gestured to the cops who paused. Lena's lips curled up with anger as she leered at Vivian taking steps to her. "You'll finally get to be with your honey in jail!" Lena seethed with anger and slapped Vivian hard across the face. Vivian's visage darkened but she could do a damn thing since her hands were restrained, she just stared daggers at Lena. "Take her away, " Henderson beckoned. He ambled to Lena and embraced her in a warm hug. Later that evening, Irene came over to the house when she got to know from Matteo that Trent and Itzel had been abducted. Even Matteo and Cleo weren't aware, Cleo got to know when she got back from the office. Earlier that afternoon, Cleo had called up Henderson when she didn't see him return to the office but he told her he wasn't going to come back without telling her why. When Cleo got to know all that had happened she called Matteo and let him know about it, he came to the mansion afterwards. Irene had to return home when she got a call from her mom requesting that she return home immediately. Days Later. For Axel and Vivian, it was the worst day of their lives but for Lena and Henderson it was an end to an overdue enmity. Axel was sentenced to death for his offences, and he was found guilty of all the accusations while Vivian was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment but right he court she pulled a gun from an officer and shot herself in the head.