37. Final point?

Mariana watched in a mixture of astonishment, curiosity, and even denial as the car actually started to come closer to the house.

This place had been tailor-made to be her captivity. It was obvious that these were not mere passersby.

"I guess it all ends here," Maxwell mutters, between his teeth.

Mariana puts her hand on her belly. The baby begins to fuss wildly.

When the door finally opens, the woman doesn't know where to look first.

At the secretary who wasn't really just a secretary, Michele, wide-eyed from what could be panic.

To the gray-haired but imposing woman holding Michele by the shoulders as if she were a prisoner.

Or to the man... the man who simply could not take another step when he saw Mariana.

Not only alive, but pregnant. Pregnant with their child.

Tears stream down the girl's face. Maxmilian is still standing there, staring at her, dumbfounded and absolutely in shock.

Isabella looks at Maxwell:

"Everything is over now," she says, in a stern tone. "Our role in this g