The room felt heavy as Carlos looked at Emiliano with a surprised expression, the gun in his hand slipped and fell to the floor making a thud that startled rhea as she looked at Carlos then at Emiliano, sia’s expression was nothing like anyone’s
“M… my daughter?” Carlos asked in a hoarse tone as if he had something stuck on his throat, he couldn’t believe his ears was Emiliano playing a game with him and sia thought the same too how on earth did Rhea become Carlo’s daughter
“Yes… Jasmine didn’t kill the child but lied to you so you would leave her alone”this time it was Logan who said having full knowledge that the news was shocking, and he too when he found out he was utterly perplexed because Carlos was busy oppressing his own daughter and inflicting so much pain on her
“Y…you are lying, she told me that… she… got rid of it”Carlos stammered as he felt his knees weak, it wasn’t possible how everything would happen without his knowledge. He knew Jasmine very well, and she showed him the papers including the doctor who helped her get rid of the pregnancy so
“And now I know why she did it… you are a complete bastard!”Emiliano said with anger and punched, and he stumbled back and fell down having no strength to get up, his guards took out their weapons preparing to fire at Emiliano but just then the door opened, and the police walked in
“Drop your weapons, get your hands in the air”the police said as they walked to the fourth mental who dropped their weapons and got handcuffed. Seeing an opportunity, Sia rushed to Rhea and started untying her.
“You will be okay I promise”sia said as she quickly untied Rhea and hugged her
“Mr. Alvaro…”one of the police men approached Emiliano and Logan was the first to speak
“Take this filthy man away from here”Logan gave his orders and two policemen immediately came to Carlos and handcuffed him, to everyone’s surprise the man complied and didn’t make a fuss as he was just quiet as they drove him away, and before he was out of their sight rhea heard Carlos whisper her name, but she didn’t know what to believe anymore. Maybe it wasn’t true maybe Emiliano and Logan just said that to distract the man
“Hey”Logan said and held Rhea who was about to faint and Rhea looked at him without blinking
Rhea was lying in bed with Sia beside her while Emiliano and Logan stood to the sides, it was too good to be true but Emiliano confirmed it and rhea was left speechless, the very man who made her go through hell was none other than her father
“Your mom was working for Carlos, well, the man fell in love with her… it was more like he became obsessed with her”Emiliano went ahead and explained more, he was shocked as well when he called a few of his trusted friends in Mexico to know more about Carlos however what he found out greatly amazed him. Carlos employed Jasmine(Rhea’s mom)in his company because he found her attractive. According to his informer Carlos became obsessed with Jasmine and wanted her for himself, however Jasmine loved somebody else and when Carlos found out, he became angry and hunted down the man who stole his woman from him. Before that Carlos and Jasmine shared an intimate relationship, it turned out Jasmine was willing to give Carlos a chance but when she found out the real illegal business Carlos did she decided to leave then however Carlos was not happy. He had locked up Jasmine in the basement for a whole month to prevent her from leaving him. Furthermore, Jasmine’s old lover who was none other than Carlo’s right-hand man rescued her from the basement and both prepared to run away, but Carlos found out about it and planned to ruin the man. When Jasmine and her lover escaped, Carlos searched for them but couldn’t find them and to his surprise he found out that Jasmine was pregnant for him however she already got rid of the pregnancy, and hence he grew even more angry.
Four years later he found out that Jasmine had a baby girl, and it belonged to his enemy, the man he trusted but took away the woman he loved and to his shock Jasmine had died, and his right-hand man was nowhere to be seen, and hence he wanted to get his revenge by keeping Jasmine’s daughter as his mistress therefore pushing her for her mother’s sins that was why Carlos bought Rhea and became obsessed with her which was not the only thing but Carlos later on targeted Carmen as well
“You knew about all this but didn’t bother to tell Rhea… again you did something that put everyone’s lives in danger”sia said when Emiliano was done explaining and for hiding such information he knew what was coming
“Sia, Emiliano wanted to say something, but I stopped him… rhea had gone through so much in the hands of that bastard… we were worried how she would feel about Carlos”Logan defended Emiliano because when the Casanova got his info he told him about it and Logan stopped him because it would hurt and shattered Rhea
“Stop defending him… I know by now that all he does is make mistakes… this isn’t the only thing,, but he has this thing of letting bad people go!” This time sia’s anger was visible on her face and the tone of her voice, Emiliano didn’t try to say anything because he knew just how she was feeling, however Rhea didn’t react or say anything it was like she was frozen in time. She could wrap her head on the truth, she had a father and that father was the one hurting her and causing her to have sleepless nights full of horrible nightmares
“I’m sorry, but I do what I have to do to keep everyone safe, and you know that”Emiliano shot back and sia angrily got up from the bed and Logan sensed the tension between the couple and knew things wouldn’t end well for anyone
“Really now? tell me were you waiting for that bastard to rape Rhea huh… would you have said the damn truth when rhea was hurt!”she yelled with so much anger because just like with the issue of Angel, Emiliano shoved that art aside because he had a promise to keep to his uncle however angel was dangerous, but the man wasn’t doing anything to solve the problems but shoving them aside
“You have no rights to say that… I love rhea like a little sister… I wouldn’t want her to get hurt in the slightest”he shot back and sia’s expression turned deadly as her eyes shot red from all the rage she was feeling
“So…you are going to wait until angel hurts me or Diego huh… not just me but Carmen, granny or Vince or any member of our family… will you wait until then to see just how dangerous he is!” She has had enough and watched Emiliano defend the man who multiple times tried to kill him, not just him but Angel wanted to kill her as well, but Emiliano didn’t bother to say anything. Sia waited for his reply, but she got none, Logan wanted to say something, but she knew the couple had a lot of to solve and the issue with Carlos had affected everyone
“Get out both of you!”sia made a low yell and walked back to Rhea, her friend was hurting and needed much support hence having two people who lied was not what Rhea needed to get her head together
“Sia this isn’t Emiliano’s fault but try…”
“Its your damn fault too… now get out!”this time it was rhea who said as she looked at the two men with a dark expression, emiliano understood the situation and walked out of the room immediately before glancing back at his wife however sia didn’t even look at his. Seeing the anger in Rhea’s eyes logan nodded and he too left the room and closed the door
“Sia… I can’t take it anymore… sobs… I just want to fall in a deep sleep and never wake up”Rhea finally let the pain out as she hugged Sia with total desperation trying to seek comfort from the only person who had never left her side no matter what. Sia was always there for her in times of trouble and again she was there entertaining her lousy life she wasn’t worth the love and care but sia never complained or distinguished between the two
“Everything will be alright”sia whispered while comforting her friend and wished everything would disappear, all the pain would just go away but they had to face it that was the other way to see a brighter morning without sufferings
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That night sia spent the night with Rhea and thankfully she had left diego with Lucia and of course had asked mario to drop by and look after then both since emiliano was spending the night at Logan’s villa however she didn’t think she would forgive him for what he had done
“Is he sleeping now?”Mario, who was standing by the door to Diego’s room, asked as he looked at Lulu folding Diego’s clothes and putting them in the closet as well as putting away his toys. Lucia nodded as she was done, took her phone and walked out of the room slowly brushing her arm against Mario’s arm.
“You should go now… we’ll be fine, don’t worry, ”Lucia said as she made her way downstairs to the kitchen. She didn’t know why sia had invited mario of all people, he was one man she didn’t want to see who look him in the eyes
“I’m here to stay not just here but you know what I mean please… try to understand”Mario finally said as he grabbed Lucia by her arm right in the middle of the stairs and Lucia gasped lightly as she looked at him then to his hand which was holding her back
“And I made myself clear… please stay away from me… it’s what’s best for everyone”she whispered without looking at him and mario felt a sharp pain to his heart and he tried to make her look at him but Lulu kept her eyes away from him
“What exactly is that stopping you huh… I know you don’t think…”mario started but she cut him off with her other raised hand
“Don’t make unreasonable assumptions.. we can’t be together… we are from different worlds… I’m not for you”she said for the last time and mario felt even more pain not wanting to face rejection again. Many things had happened between them and she was still denying him no matter how he tried to make her understand
“What are you hiding… what is that which is dangerous huh… why can’t I know about it”all he wanted was to love her and care for her but she kept pushing him away saying if she let him in her life then his life would be in danger
“Don’t ask Mario… I dont want to see you again”aha remarked angrily and shrugged him away and immediately walked down the stairs but his next words stopped her
“I’m leaving very soon”he said hoping the woman would change her mind but lulu looked at him and smiled faintly
“Good luck on your new journey Mario… I pray you get someone more deserving than me”with that she held the phone in her hand tightly and walked away leaving mario mentally disturbed as he missed a step but regained his composure not sure what to do. Lucia reached the kitchen closed the door and let out sobs just as her phone vibrated and quickly she opened it and yes a text message (“I know where to find you, you better come home Betty…dad just passed away”)she read and knew her days of hiding had come to an end, her brother finally found her whereabouts and in no time she had to go back home and face the consequences, everyone knew her older brother wasn’t someone to mess with
“I’m sorry Mario ”she mumbled and wiped her tears.