(Mariana)"Is everything okay?" I asked Lorenzo when he was dressing up quickly. After the phone call he received, he looked worried."Something important came up. I have to leave immediately." He said. I just stood there as he rushed around the room picking up pieces of his clothing and putting them on. Once he was done he headed for the door, forgetting I was in the room. But then stopped halfway and turned around to look at me."I'm sorry I have to leave so suddenly," he said, his face apologetic. "Something really came up and I have to get there quickly.""It's fine" I said. I tried to hide my disappointment but I'm sure he saw it on my face. He moved closer to me and covered my face in his palm. He tilted my head fowards and kissed me lightly on the lips. "Don't be upset. I promise we'll continue our conversation immediately I get back. I won't take long." "It's okay" I said, my voice sounding false even in my own ears. " I understand."He looked at me for a moment,as if he wan

(Marianna)I was seated in the bathroom with my eyes closed as I tried to steady my breathing. My entire body was shaking in fear and disbelief. My mind raced with questions I couldn't get the answers for. Why was Margot keeping tabs on me? Does this mean I wasn't just randomly taken? Does this mean I was targeted and kidnapped? and most of all how did she get her hands on that picture? That picture was a past I had let go of a long time ago, a past that had gone up in flames so how did she get it? Why was she with it? Only one name popped up in my head Lorenzo. He was the only one who could have ordered Margot to do this, she couldn't have done it on her own. But why? I could feel my heart pounding so hard like it was going to pop out of my chest. If it's true and Lorenzo did send Margot the that means he knew everything, that means he knew who I really was and yet….A knock on the door jolted me out of my thoughts."Is anyone in there?" Someone called from the other side of the door

(Mariana)It was another day to be overworked in this depressing club. I stifled a yawn as I mopped the floor. I hadn't been able to sleep because of what I saw in Margot's office. I had nightmares, the bad ones that I thought had been over years ago but seeing that picture revived them again. My thoughts were scrambled with so many questions that I didn't have answers to and I didn't know how I could get them. I couldn't ask Lorenzo, I don't know how he would react if he found out that I knew about him keeping tabs on me. There was no one else I could talk to about it, not Samantha or Janet. "Damn,you look like shit." Janet said. She was on cleaning duty with me today which was kind of rare because we were hardly paired up together. I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable by her presence. Was this some kind of coincidence? or was she purposely placed here because Margot had suspected that I had seen something?"Yeah,I couldn't really get much sleep." I said, stifling a yawn again. "

( Mariana)I laid on the bed wide awake. I couldn't sleep, I tried to but I couldn't with all the voices in my head. The room was dark and silent and all I could hear were Lorenzo's light snores. He had is arm wrapped around my waist and his face buried in the crook of my neck. He was fast asleep,completely oblivious to the turmoil that was going on inside my head. I closed my eyes and tried to focus on my breathing but my thoughts kept racing. I don't know what had happened last night.When he asked me what was wrong, I was so afraid to talk to him, to tell him what I had found out because I didn't know how he would react. But most of all I didn't want to accept it. Before i had arrived at his house I had planned all what I would say, I had planned how I would have gotten answers from him even if it was going to lead to an arguement. But the moment I saw him, I forgot everything. When he pulled me into his embrace I didn't want to let go, I just wanted to live in that moment with him,

(Mariana)I was curled up in my bed, a blanket pulled over my head. I didn't know what time it was or how long I had been in this position but I didn't care. I didn't want to see anyone or anything. I just wanted to be alone, to hide and disappear. Finding out the truth about Lorenzo had shattered me. When I saw the file in Margot's office, I still gave him the benefit of a doubt. I believed that maybe it was just Margot and Lorenzo had nothing to do with it but his reaction at his house said otherwise,he knew everything. I felt like a fool for trusting him and believing in everything he said. I had trusted him, I thought that maybe he had changed even if it was just a little but I was just decieving myself. I had been naive and now I know that I can't trust anyone in this place. Everyone was probably under Lorenzo's thumb. "Marianna, aren't you going to the club? We're going to be late." Janet called out.I felt a sense of dread wash over me. I couldn't go to the club, couldn't pr