"Did you invite him?" Evangeline asks, looking at Alec. Felippa and Howard came hurriedly to talk to the couple, stopped to see what was happening. "What? No... I...” "I had come to see Alec.” Samuel says, approaching them. "And I met this lady at the main gate.” "This lady?" Dominique rolls her eyes, visibly offended by that word. "I am a Castello. I am not just anyone.” "You’re not a Castello, Dominique. Come, come in.” Alec grabs his mother’s arm and drags her into the house, intending to leave Samuel and Evangeline alone. Felippa and Howard returned to the place they were before. "If you’re here to talk to Alec, you should come in.” "No. I don’t..." Samuel chokes on words, in a desperate attempt to get Evangeline to stay there. "I just came to find Alec, so he could give me some advice. About you.” "Me?” "Tomorrow is your birthday. I wanted to see you, congratulate you, but..., but I didn’t want to just show up. I just didn’t know there was going to be a party
Alec was extremely calm as the policeman handcuffed him. Unlike Evangeline, who questioned and questioned himself loudly, what madness was being said. "Evie, calm down." Samuel says, dividing his gaze between her and his imprisoned client. "I go with him. Go home.” "What? Home? No way! I’m coming with you.” "You’re going to a police station in a bikini?” Evangeline faces her body and has a sudden shame. "Ah... I, uh...” "We have no more time." Samuel kisses the forehead of Evangeline. "I keep you informed.” The lawyer hurries to his car and follows the police car, which was already moving away with Alec inside. "I won’t be able to stand here waiting. " she murmurs, looking sideways. " Howard! You...” "Get dressed and we’ll go.” She just has time to smile in thanks and runs into the mansion. As they pass like a hurricane through Felippa, Audrey and Dominique, the three go after her in the bedroom. "What is going on?" Audrey asks, watching Evangeline walk around
"That’s absurd. How long will they keep me here?” "At least you’re not in a cell, Alec.” Alec was walking around, his nervousness exhaling through his pores. If Blake saw him like that, he’d say he was waving a flag. "Sit here." Samuel pulls the empty chair next to him. "Stop getting agitated. It will look guilty.” It must be because I am. Alec’s luck that thoughts are private. He sits next to his lawyer, his legs still dangling in such restlessness. It must have been almost an hour ago that they were in there and no one had appeared yet. "I’ll see if I can find anything and you stay here.” Samuel barely gets up and Mason enters the room, with the face of very few friends. "I thought I would have to interrogate myself." Alec mocks, receiving an ugly stare from his lawyer and father-in-law. "I was with a more important person. Evangeline.” Alec’s countenance remains the same. Evangeline had no idea what he was going to do in London, so the chances of her saying som
"You must be confused, Ruby. Howard would be unable to do that...” Evangeline was hardly able to complete that sentence. She remembers that Ruby’s accident was at the same time that Alec was hallucinated and willing to do anything to be with her. "It’s him Evie... I’m sure.” "Oh... I don’t... I don’t know what to say.” Alec squeezes the car’s horn hard to get Evangeline’s attention again. He didn’t want her to get so involved with that boy again. "I need to go." she says, interspersing her gaze between the car and the scared Ruby. "Stop thinking about these things. I’m sure you’re confused. Probably with the amount of punches you took...” Ruby opens her mouth to answer, but Evangeline is quick to walk away. The boy is staring at the big black car to walk away, before entering the police station in a hurry. "Rubens?" Mason is frightened by the sudden arrival of his nephew. “I did not know they were in town.” "I saw who attacked me...” "Who attacked you? Wasn’t it an
"Is that dress really good?” It must have been the tenth time Evangeline asked that to her friend. Felippa felt that he could lose his temper at any moment, because he could no longer bear to confirm. And although the long dress, in wine color, was with the perfect fit in Evangeline, she wanted to be sure of that. She had no idea what kind of party she was going to or where it would be, so the dress should be good for any occasion. "Do you already know where you’re going?" Felippa asks, without taking her eyes off her phone. "No, but I’ve already received a message that the driver is on his way.” "Very strange all that secret. Not being able to know where you’re going is extremely dangerous.” "Yeah, I know. But it was my teacher who pointed me out. He’s never stuck on anything.” Felippa shrugs, as she did not know Jude and did not want to delve into that conversation. Howard was off duty that day and the exchange of sex messages they were having was way sexier than any c
Evangeline had created a timeline in her mind. After an hour of uninterrupted music, she would lean the violin and stretch her legs. She played with her eyes closed, so she wouldn’t be intimidated by all those masculine looks. Between one song and another, she takes the cue to look around and inspect the guests. No woman. Aside from her and the receptionist, there was no woman among the guests. Intriguing, she thought. But she didn’t let it kill her. She finished the first hour masterfully and stood up to reverence the applause received. "Can I get a sparkling water, please?" Evie asks the man at the bar. "Thank you.” While waiting, Evie moves her legs that were slightly numb. Even being in the corner of the bar, away from almost everyone, she could not stop feeling watched. She couldn’t even understand that feeling, since there was no one looking in her direction. "My God..." she murmurs, picking up her phone. Her finger swipes across the screen, in a fresh attempt to ca
"Davine, what madness is this? "It’s not crazy, Evangeline. It’s the truth. Evie, please listen to me. I’m taking risks, just by being here and talking to you." Evangeline is silent, so that Davine speaks at once what she knows. "My father... I recently found out that he has plans to dominate the city mafia and for that...” "He needs to eliminate who is in power." she completes to whispers, feeling her whole glass freeze with fear. "But he wouldn’t do it in front of everybody... would he?” Davine’s mouth trembles, for she was afraid of what might come out of there. And that makes Evangeline worried. “My God... I need...” "Evie, you never saw me here!" Davine says, preventing the redheaded girl from leaving the bathroom. "Please!” It was clear that she would never tell anyone that strange conversation she had just had in the bathroom, but Evie didn’t want to waste any more time. By now, Alec could be dead. Evangeline storms out of the bathroom, walking down the stairs
Evangeline couldn’t forget Blake’s last words, let alone the look he gave her. The key that was still in his hand, seemed to burn. When Alec stopped the car outside the mansion door, neither of them had the courage to leave. Alec feared the moment to tell what happened to Audrey and Evie tried to find a loophole to give Alec the key. He looks at the clock. It was past one in the morning. "Audrey should already be asleep." Alec comments aloud. "Better tell her in the morning.” "Yeah... I need a bath. Take off those clothes...” Alec jumps out of the car and waits for Evangeline to do the same, so the two can enter the mansion. Plans to inform Audrey only the next day go through the ground, because when the boyfriends enter the house, the blonde was coming down the stairs. "What happened!?" His eyes go directly into the arms of Evangeline, who were stained with blood. "Got hurt? Where’s Dad?” Evie and Alec exchange a quick glance, but that was enough for Audrey to unders