After dinner, Renee was about to leave."Why don't you see him off, Lucia?." Graciela quickly added. She noticed all wasn't well between them and whatever it was, she needed to have them resolve it immediately. But they couldn't do it with her around. So she needed to give them a little privacy."But." Lucia tried to protest, she didn't have an excuse to reject him. She just ended up being silent after the "But."She quickly thought of something and spoke quickly."I have to arrange the table and put the dirty dishes away. Aunty, I don't want to take your moment with your son." She quickly said."Don't worry about that Lucia. Renee and I could talk some other day. About the dishes? I'll do them. besides I feel a bit hot, dipping my hands in water could help." She said and quickly rushed off."Bye now, I need to get busy." Graciela left Lucia and Renee in the living room alone while she went to the kitchen.Lucia and Renee were outside the mansion. It was a bit silent, they haven't spo
Saint Lazaro hospital, Mexico City.Ricardo sits in the doctor's office, waiting for him to return with his test results. since he took the blood samples. He was hell-bent on finding a cure to the poisonous substance in his blood. He wants to stay back in Mexico since he failed in his mission by falling for Lucia which didn't do him any good.Soon, the door pushed open slightly and the doctor entered.A middle-aged man wearing a long dazzling lab coat entered the office and walked toward Ricardo."Mr. Rodriguez." he greeted and they shook hands briefly.The man went to seat in the normal place, opposite Ricardo.He adjusted his glasses to rest upon his nose and then read the results in his hands inwardly, although his mouth moved slowly. He quickly cleared his throat and sits upright a bit."Mr. Rodriguez, this is the blood test results for the toxin." He said and handed it over to Ricardo who didn't take it and was rubbing his temples slowly."Just read it out." He said. in an author
Almost an hour later, Lucia had left the design room and was back to hers. What she didn't understand was why Graciela behaved the way she did, when she saw her in the room. The way she panicked and shut her out abruptly. Was very unlike her.The Graciela she knows would never do that.Was there something she didn't know about the design room?She knew she was at fault for intruding into Graciela's privacy in the first place. Had she known, she would have ignored the stupid curiosity of hers. Graciela didn't even give her a chance to explain.She crawled slowly into her bed and covered herself properly. She was so sad, she wanted that night to end quickly. the next morning when she woke up, she saw Graciela sitting on the bed beside her. with sleepy eyes Lucia sprung up quickly."Auntie," she called out and was about to speak until Graciela signaled her not to."No auntie. I have to apologize for my reckless actions last night. I wasn't supposed to go there. I regret it. Please forgi
Whenever things tend to get serious between them, Ricardo gets formal with her. "How did you find me here?." Lucia was curious to know. But Ricardo didn't reply but instead moved closer.This time, Lucia got frightened by the deadly looks on his face. She quickly hurried away from him. Running upstairs to her room and Ricardo followed. The little woman was a bit faster than Ricardo who was trained and running was his specialty. he Caught up to her before she could lock up the room's door.Lucia immediately ran to pick up something to use against him as he entered."D- Don't come near me." She stuttered, pointing the alarm clock at him. It was the only thing she could find at that short period of time. Ricardo felt hurt seeing someone he wanted to protect, Pushing him away. seeing him as an enemy and trying to protect herself against him."Lucia. P-L-E-A-S-E ." Ricardo pleaded slowly because he didn't want to use force on her. He had come to plead with her in the first place but she w
in the car and on their way to the hospital, Lucia seemed devastated about the whole situation.. although she wasn't any form of a doctor or nurse, she could tell that Ricardo's condition might be more worst than she thought. seeing that his pulse was weak according to her observation, and his temperature seemed cold. like a dead body. she tried to recall what happened and she was sure that she didn't push him hard enough to make him be this way. she held his body close to hers, hugging it tightly as she stared at him. "Ricardo. please wake up." She pleaded inwardly. she didn't want Renee to hear her.Renee stared at Lucia through the rare view mirror and was worried about her. He couldn't tell how many times he's seen her brush her fingers through her hair. He became uncomfortable with her dismay. The way she acted with Ricardo was extreme. And if he doesn't Recover from what he suspected might be poison, she would become more devastated. He couldn't deny the fact that he was jealou
"How are you feeling?." Lucia asked after the long silence between them as they kept on staring at each other in the quiet room.Ricardo, who still looked pale and weak from everything tries hard to ignore the pains he felt. trying to seem strong for Lucia. he didn't want her worrying about him or finding out his current condition about the poisoning.Ricardo suddenly began coughing and Lucia rushed to fetch him water from the dispenser at the corner.She rushed back and fed it to him and immediately he drank it all, and he stopped coughing.His throat seemed to be dried up due to the poison."Can I ask you a question, Ricardo?" Lucia proceeded with the conversation."Sure. what do you want to know miss Roberto?.""Please stop the formalities. you can call me Lucia." She cautioned politely. Lucia seemed calmer than ever."I need you to be honest with me. please." she pleaded with a sigh. "Did Roberto poison you?." Lucia asked. Not pretending or hiding the fact that she could guess or
Lucia never thought that she would ever return to the villa. She had thought she was free from the grips of Mr. Roberto. But it wasn't the case. it seems there was no escape for her from him. He was everywhere. She hated the fact that he went as far as poisoning Ricardo to make her return. Lucia walked involuntarily into the mansion and Ricardo followed behind her. they had both agreed to pretend that she wasn't aware of the poison as they were on their way. Lucia knew her dad and he may not comply if he realized that she knew the reason.When they got inside, they met that the family was having dinner in the dining hall. Lucia went straight to meet them there. If she wants Ricardo to be free from the poison, she would have to act respectfully towards Roberto and everyone. How badly she hates pretending."Hi. Roberto." Lucia forced herself to speak and she had her seat beside the strange man who was sitting in between her and Maria.Lucia could feel the burning stare cast at her by C
Mr. Roberto grabbed her jaw tightly again and pressed on it.Lucia felt he would crush her teeth, as it was too painful for her.She struggled to pull out her face, and then she spat on his face.The bodyguards pushed her to the ground harder after she did that.One of them went ahead to pull her hair and slap her for disrespecting Mr. Roberto.Everyone hurried immediately to Mr. Roberto with a tissue to wipe off the spit from his face."Lucia. You must apologize to your father this instance." Claudia declared angrily."Bitch you stay out of this." Lucia cursed out loudly. Grunting as she was being pinned down."Why you little?." Claudia proceeded to hit her but was restrained by Mr Roberto.He ordered his Bodyguards to take Claudia away since she was too angry and might want to vent it out on Lucia.Maria and Royco went with their mother upstairs.Mr Roberto had the spit wiped off from his face and he went to Lucia.He ordered the guards to pick her up to face him which they did almo