The Truth.

"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