"Thanks, my love," Luis appreciated and hugged her tightly. "What would you like to do? I will be working on my lead today in my basement?" he asked, still hugging her.Rose shrugged her shoulder, "I would go to the hospital and check up on Lily?" she said with her head resting on Luis's shoulders while sitting on his lap and he was sitting on the edge of the bed."How about I drop you off and pick you up later in the day and we go somewhere nice?" Luis suggested, running his fingers through Rose's long hair.Rose immediately felt guilty hearing Luis's suggestions. Usually, they would go together to see Lily before Luis we proceed to wherever he wanted to go but now he was going to drop her off at the hospital and pick her up later."Is he avoiding Lily because of her?" Rose thought and lifted her head to look at his face."Lily is our friend, you don't have to avoid her because of me," Rose said looking into his eyes."No, I am not avoiding her, I just have a lot to do today," he lied
The car hit the main road and was now heading in the direction of their apartment after a couple of turns. Luis concentrated on the road feeling a little tired from the unexpected adventure they went through inside the warehouse. Had it not been for the labyrinth they would have arrested Sheila and the general and left the place long time."Did you get the person?" Rose asked breaking the silence inside the car."Yes, I did but we are not done yet. This criminal was not working alone," Luis replied, his gaze still on the road."Hmmm," Rose replied and stared at the side profile of Luis behind the wheel. He didn't even ask her how Lily was doing. She turned her eyes away from him and focused on the road. Luis briefly glanced at her and could tell she was worried. "It would be wrong timing to ask about Lily?" he thought and focused on getting them home instead. The last time was a mess, he didn't want a repetition.At the station, Sheila was thrown into one of the cells. An order was
News had just reached Luis that Sheila Williams had taken her life. He was hoping they would get some information from Sheila that would help with the investigation and lead to the arrest of other members involved but now Sheila is dead. Luis was holding the phone to his ears unable to react for a long time. "Sir? Hello?" the officer called out, not hearing anything for more than twenty seconds. "Mr Gomez, can you hear me?" the officer asked again."Yes, yes, yes, I am here, and I can hear you," Luis finally responded "I will come over to the station in the next half hour," he added and disconnected the call.He stood in a daze for a while, still holding his phone with one hand and his other hand on his waist with his back still turned to the bed. He snapped out of his daze when he felt a hand slip up from behind him to his chest and a warm body pressed against his back. Still holding the phone, he stroked Rose's hand tenderly with the other hand."Did you sleep well?" Luis spoke in
Rose realizing, she acted out of jealousy, was now feeling very bad about Luis's decision. Since their misunderstanding which led to the unpleasant reaction, Luis had never stepped foot inside the four corners of Lily's ward. Luis will drop her off and leave. When he comes to pick her up, he will sit and wait in the car. He would not even mention Lily's name. She had tried multiple times to even get Luis to mention Lily's name even if once, but he wouldn't. He was avoiding Lily and it was all just to make her happy. Rose lowered her head and shifted her gaze to the window feeling very terrible inside for what she made Luis do to Lily.The rest of the journey to the house was awkwardly silent. While Luis was thinking about how to get undeniable evidence to complete his work of clearing Derry and Lily's names, Rose was thinking about how to fix the friendship between Luis and Lily which she had destroyed with her unnecessary jealousy.Knowing Luis, Rose was very much aware Luis would do
Luis slowly removed Rose's hand from his chest and turned around to face her. He put her hands together and brought them to his lips dropping kisses on her hand. He lifted his gaze and stared into her eyes and he could see her guilt evident in her eyes."Please my love," Rose begged and Luis stared at her for a while."Okay, I will think about it," Luis replied. "Let me take a shower first and we can talk about it," he added and Rose nodded. Luis let go of Rose's hand and headed for the bathroom. Rose looked on as he entered the bathroom and closed the door. She went to lie on the bed in total resignation. In the bathroom, Luis stood under the shower putting his thoughts together. "Women are very complicated. First, she had a problem with me around Lily, and now she wants me to go see her," Luis thought but immediately corrected him."Wait she overheard my confession. Okay now that is different," Luis thought and he opened the tap and allowed the water to run over his body. He was
The court process was over and Luis was very confident in the defence he put up for Lily. With all the evidence submitted unless the judge is trying to pretend he didn't see them, there is no one he will lose the case. From the court he went home to get Rose and together, they left for the hospital to see Lily.After driving for half an hour, they soon arrived at the hospital. Rose was first to get out of the car and waited for Luis as he found a place to park the car. Luis soon joined Rose and they both walked into the hospital. As they were regular visitors to the hospital, they were able to skip the formalities and proceeded to Lily's ward. In the elevator, Rose looked at Luis and smiled. She reached out and held his hand. Luis turned to look at her briefly and smiled back while giving Rose's hand a gentle squeeze. "Why are you smiling," Luis asked after smiling back at her."Thanks for doing this for me," Rose said squeezing Luis's hand affectionately. "You don't have to thank m
Luis smiled and left the courthouse.The judge had ruled in favour of Lily clearing her name of all accusations levelled against her. Luis left the court in triumph, going back to his house. He knew there was still more to be done. He shared the good news with Rose as soon as he got home."You have never lost a case so I knew you would come home with good news," Rose praised and they both walked towards the living room hand in hand. "So, it's over now?" she asked with a smile. "No, it is not," Luis replied picking up the remote to turn on the TV."You mean there are more people out there who want to harm Lily?" Rose inquired. "Yes, Sheila was working with some people and those people are still out there. She may be gone but Jennifer is her mother and she is still around. I never trusted those two when they surrendered to the police," Luis explained. "Lily would not be free from attacks until we know the motive behind the attacks and all those involved arrested," he added."I see. So
The servant covered her mouth in shock at the same time Luis and Rose walked in.Luis cleared his throat to alert Derry and Lily that they were no longer alone. Derry snapped out of the moment immediately feeling embarrassed. For that split moment, he had forgotten about the servant's presence and now Luis and Rose were also there."Hi," Derry said awkwardly. "Dad, you are here, Aunt Nora," Lily shouted in excitement.Lily walked towards Luis and Rose. She hugged them together. Derry walked towards the window and leaned against it still feeling embarrassed but somewhere in his heart, he hoped Luis and Rose would not judge him. "Yeah, looks like you are going home today," Luis said noticing she was no longer in the medical dress and her stuff was all packed. "Yes, and I convinced Derrick to let me stay with him," Lily said smiling. "That is nice but you know that is wrong. You are not married to him yet so you can't just go stay with him," Luis pointed out and Lily frowned."So, yo