CHAPTER 4: BLYTHE

"HER MAMA IS THE BEST"

HOPELESS OF her plan to go out to visit her mother, Blythe went back to her room and just dived in on her bed to drown herself in the ocean of boredom and infinite worry. Sometimes reading books or school notes entertains her—oh! and speaking of school, aside from her work which she sets aside since she lived at Attorney Vizmanos’ house, Blythe never had the chance to go back to her school as well. Attorney Vizmanos told her that he will see a way for it, maybe home school.

Even her best friend Claudia was inviting her for a dinner with her newfound family last time, but the weight of the world fell down on her shoulder making her the busiest person alive. Plus the fact that Blythe went emotionally unstable that she can't think properly the past few days, with all of those factors how come she won't forget it?

Based on what she heard from Addi, their friend— Claudia is currently dating a rich man. Blythe actually saw her ring with an elegant diamond cut just recently when they reunited again after a decade and two years of being apart, it looks good on her. But the guy is the lucky one between them because Claudia is not just a nice woman, but someone who possesses a jolly personality and a loving one as well...

Blythe murdered the freaking hours and day in the room reading her books and sometimes helping with the household chores.... like what she should do.

And if not, what else can she do inside that huge mansion aside from breathing and gawking at the wall like a fool?

Three days passed silently since Attorney Vizmanos left and until now the guy is still nowhere to be found. Well, he's a busy person with high-profiled clients queued outside his office plus the fact that his father has been trusting him with some of their company's biggest projects, and Blythe understands that pretty well. But the thing is that she has her own life to manage as well and Attorney Zandro has to understand that their contract won't stop her from seeing her mama.

Blythe can't do it anymore...

Attorney Zandro won't perhaps kill her if she tries to go out for maybe an hour or so, right? Visiting her mother is not some sort of crime, anyway. It's just her longing for her dear mother is getting higher, and yet her Mama Celia is in bad condition right now. Aside from Addi, she only has Blythe to take care of her.

She really has to find a way out now!

"My apology for that, señorita. But I think that it's better for us to wait for señorito to come home and ask him personally for permission," Luiz explained when Blythe tried to ask him to drive her out of the mansion.

"Please, Luiz. I don't have a single idea of the route I should take from here, I really really need your help. Can you please drive for me even just until we reach the highway? Maybe I can take a cab from there.” Begging harder makes her throat drier, but Blythe won't stop just yet. "I badly need to see my mother today, she's sick in the hospital and nobody is there to take care of her but me. Please, Luiz! Please."

Attorney Vizmanos's stunning mansion was built in a sequestered area with plenty of plants and trees everywhere, it's really in the middle of nowhere. Blythe has never seen the road all the way there but she could feel that it's way way too far from civilization. She has once read a magazine that features the ruthless attorney and part of the information indicated right there was his reclusive ranch, although they never disclose its exact location. They kept it exclusive, so Blythe won't question the absence of the neighborhood but the thought of nobody asking for some direction makes her feel really bad.

"I'm really sorry, señorita. But I don't want to get punished and lose my job," he said in a tone of pleading. "I understand where you are coming from, but señorito's orders will always be an order in his house."

Blythe stuck her mouth out while looking at the top of the 120-inch European-style metal gate, it was nearly touching the white clouds and it's impossible to climb. A harsh breath came out of her lips as she stuck her mouth out again. There's something that's knocking inside her head, but she's still sitting on the fence about whether to pull it or not.

"Do you think Attorney Vizmanos won't punish you once something bad happens to me while I was finding my way out?" Manipulation is bad but she’s really desperate now, so she pulled her crazy stunt eventually.

A smirk surfaced on her lips when fear melted in the driver's round face, she seemed to have found the right button and it was almost working out this time. After how many days of trying her luck, she's always failing for different reasons. But this day seems like her lucky day!

Fresh as they say... she poked her head out of the window to enjoy the cold wind embracing her face, no amount of words can beat the joy overflowing in her chest thinking that she'll be seeing her Mama Celia now. Since the day that the old woman found her on the cold pavement, there has never been a chance they have separated this long.

This was the first time, and it saddens her to think that she is not on her side now that her mama needs her the most. If her situation with Attorney Zandro is not just complicated with all the contract and all the rules— well— it was a choice she made, therefore it's a problem she needs to handle...

"Mama..."

Tears pooled in her eyes when for the first time since the accident happened she finally got to visit her mother. Blythe wrapped the old woman in her arms and cried more. Part of her promise is to be stronger for them, but with her mother's condition— the scratches on her face, the injuries, the tubes connected to her— Blythe’s heart kept on breaking again and again.

If she could only find those criminals who did this to her mother she will make sure to make them pay big time. To run those criminals over won't ever be enough for her, she will do worse than that and make sure that they will regret their crime a lot.

While gently combing her mother's gray hair, droplets of her tears continuously fall down her face. It was just a week or two yet it feels like forever, plus those memories that keep on coming back are making her chest tighter.

The way her mama worries for her every time she's having a nightmare, the way she wipes her tears; the way she brings her comfort, peace, love, and a smile... Truly, her Mama is the best mother in the whole wide universe and she will do everything to keep her alive.

Blythe was busy reminiscing things when she heard consecutive knocks on the door, thinking that maybe Addi was now back after getting some food from the cafeteria made her run in a hurry only to stumble in so much horror after finding the cold and stoic face of Attorney Vizmanos.

Behind his back are his two well-built bodyguards who moved to take her away when he motioned them to…