A DECOY

Aunt Esperanza walked in and was wowed when she saw my dress on me.

"My goodness, Bella, this is beyond gorgeous. You're an angel from the sky. You look so beautiful!" My Aunt was smiling like never before.

I stood to hug her as I wiped the tears that welled up in my eyes. Don Maximo had asked the ladies to give us a minute and when they left, the conversation we had almost felt like a threat. It seems if I don't get married to Brown, he would take Christa away. While we were having the conversation, the only thing I could do was to nod and say, 'Yes sir.'

"You don't look bad either." I forced a smile as I saw the look on my uncle's face. There are two things here; it's either Brown had bribed him, but it doesn't seem right. We were more wealthy than the Smiths. it's impossible for him to get money from Brown. Or they had an agreement or something, but I'm sure they are in this together.

Don Maximo had six different cars behind my car and another six cars at the front of my car. Wa