The worst thing that can happen to a mother is to know that her children are in danger. From that moment on, your heart always beats rapidly. You have to convince yourself that your children are fine. You lose trust in everyone around them. You become obsessive. You believe that the only person who takes care of them well is you.If up until that moment, they occupied ninety nine percent of your daily thoughts. From then on, they take up all your time. Your thoughts. Your breath. You stop being yourself, to become their shadow. That's what I'm going through right now. And even though I see everyone taking care of them. Only when I have them under my gaze, do I truly feel calm.Flashback.The children are very happy because they are going to start school. We have enrolled them in a very good private school. Christian has hired bodyguards for them. Because he says that his children will always be in danger because of who he is. At first, I thought it was exaggerated. But with Luis's thr
"I don't know, Abu, I'm terrified. I have nightmares that my children's hands are being cut off every night.""Bella, I'll say it again. That will never happen! They would have to kill all of us to get to them!""What if I go abroad, to a place where no one knows me?""You're not going to do that! They would be in more danger! I couldn't protect them like I do here!""But Abu, what if we do it right?""Bella, are you going to be running and fleeing for your whole life? Is that the life you want for your children? For them to grow up fearful and scared? Because they will feel and realise what's happening! And that fear you feel will embed itself in their hearts!""No, I don't want them to feel what I'm feeling, Abu!""But it's already happening. Look at them, they don't want to play outside the house! They only look at you, worried and scared. They know something is happening. Children can sense it!"I look at my children, lying on the floor not far from me playing, but calm. Neither o
After spending the entire morning at the court with the lawyer and going through many procedures, they finally manage to complete the registration of the children under Christian's name. He couldn't calm down until he had all the paperwork done and changed in the national system to reflect his surname. Not content with that, he went with the lawyer and in front of a notary, made them his universal heirs. Isabella protested, saying they didn't need to do everything in one day, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity. He made his wife promise that they would wait until the children were adults to tell them that he wasn't their biological father."At last, Bella, I can't believe it, my children are truly mine now! Thank you, Bella, thank you so much!" Christian exclaimed, holding his children's identities and other papers in his hands, continuously calling all the places that, according to him, needed to know he had two children. Isabella had given up on him, but now, witnessing his h
"Are you sure, Chris? Was I that girl?" Isabella asks excitedly, her father-in-law had already said so, although honestly she didn't believe it. But as far as she remembers, Christian is different. "Are you not mistaken, my love? Do you really remember?""Yes, Bella, I dreamt about you! About seeing you every Sunday, in your treehouse! I remember it very clearly, Bella! Always in those dresses with lots of frills and your hair with the pink bow on the right side that I used to switch to the left! Do you remember how mad you used to get about it?""It's true, Chris, you remember me!" It's now Isabella who excitedly shouts, also recalling that moment he describes. "I always wore that bow, I loved it! Oh God, Chris, you really remember me, it's not a lie anymore, you really remember me! Congratulations, my love! Do you remember anything else?"And she jumps up without caring that they are in the middle of the parking lot, surrounded by guards and curious onlookers, showering him with kis
When she was eighteen, her parents went bankrupt. They were not millionaires, but they had a good life. She had everything she wanted, and she was not ugly, but she was not the most beautiful girl in school either. That title belonged to a charming girl who treated everyone equally and believed that everyone around her were good people and treated her honestly for who she was, not for her money or beauty.Her beauty was such that all the boys in the school were after her, but in her life there was only love for the most handsome and bad boy in the institution, Santiago Sardino, and to top it off, he was the one with the most money and spent it recklessly. No one understood how she, the beauty queen at every year-end event, the most educated and refined girl. She was the girlfriend of the bad boy, who didn't think twice about getting into fights with anyone, who had a reputation for being involved with the mafia, and to everyone's surprise, was faithful to her.Since she could remember
Her friend Susan was terrified of her parents, but trusted Santiago madly. She had arranged to meet him to ask to move up the wedding before her parents found out what she had done. Eva bought two tickets and told her she would be going abroad with her mother. She asked her to accompany to the airport, and with the help of a friend, they planned to drug her.But the night before she was supposed to leave, on which her friend was to meet her boyfriend, she sent a message to Santiago breaking up with him. He got drunk at the same bar where she was waiting for him. He kept calling Susan, who was asleep due to a sleeping pill she had put in her tea. She answered the call and went to meet him at the bar in a hotel. They went up to a room together. She lay naked next to him after undressing him.The next day, she put on a whole show crying, saying he had taken advantage of her and that she had lost her virginity to him, something that the bloodstain she had taken from a cu
Eva picked up her phone and called her husband Santiago, but he didn't answer. She was worried, it was the first time this had happened. She would have to go back home again, she thought. She only had a few thousand in a bank account in her name. She didn't want to spend that money. Damn it! I have to delay everything now. She continued towards her room when she received a call."Hello.""Hello, Mrs. Eva, it's Luis.""Luis? What do you want?""I was wondering if you have time to meet with me and Adele, I came up with another plan that you might be interested in.""Luis, I can't right now, I have something else in mind. I'll call you later, let me know when you're going to do what you told me.""Don't do something like what Adele did, we have to be very well coordinated. We are facing a very powerful enemy.""Alright, I'll let you go now, I have something to figure out."She continued moving towards the room, still thinking about and anal
When he realised she would be useful for something, he took her out of school. But once again, things had not gone as expected. Luis, in his stupidity, had ruined the job that had cost him so much to accomplish. And Isabella, instead of calling her father, making it possible for her to find out in time and prevent her from escaping.Isabella had asked for help from her grandfather, who annulled her marriage and disappeared her from the country, thwarting his plans to acquire the old man's fortune. Not even her husband had helped in his effort to find his daughter. It seemed more like he was glad she had gone with her parents. And now that she had returned, she thought she could sell her to a higher bidder. She was married, no less, to the most sought-after heir in high society. Christian Thompson. And not only that, she had two children with him!How did the foolish Isabella manage to catch him? That, for sure, had been the work of the old Sardino. She remembered he
Isabella embraces Santiago once again, who returns the hug feeling immense happiness. How could he have deprived himself of this for twenty-three years? He wonders as he discreetly wipes away a tear. Then he separates from his daughter, who responds with a smile and a huge expression of joy that satisfies him, and says to him."Okay, Dad, I'll come and help you, but don't get used to it. Ha, ha, ha... You know very well that I don't like numbers," she then looks at him intently as if pondering what she wants to say, he smiles at her, and it is then that she decides to speak. "Can I ask you something in private?""Of course, my daughter, come with me to the bridge, to take that turn and anchor. Then we will talk about anything you want."Isabella does as he asks, follows him to the bridge, stops by his side to observe him. She hears the commotion of her children approaching with Christian, she receives them excitedly and goes to meet them. Everyone watches the an
"You're right to get out of that. I'll give the order right away. And what are we going to do about Reginaldo?""Leave him for now. Let's see what those two are planning.""The way he left, I don't think he's going to help her this time. I clearly heard him threatening her. Eva was shouting for him, and he didn't turn back. From what I heard, he seems to know a lot of your wife's secrets. Maybe we'll finally find out where Susan is. I can't shake the feeling that it was Eva who kidnapped her, perhaps with Thompson's help.""We've been searching for her for so long without any results that I've lost all hope. I just want to know if she's happy. If she's alive, if she wasn't killed because of me. And look at what happened now unexpectedly. Christian is Thompson's son, he married Isabella and they had two children.""That's true, but that boy takes after his grandfather, not his father. He's a degenerate and hasn't changed yet. I did some digging on him, and h
Christian hurried to help Marta with the box full of files, then placed it on a table. Isabella looked at him, not understanding what he wanted. His sister-in-law, Christie, also helped to arrange everything."Didn't we say we were going to organise everything?" Isabella asked, still working."We did, darling, but now my treatment is more important," Christian replied with a smile."What treatment?""What do you think, Bella? The happiness treatment," Christie said, laughing at her sister-in-law's surprised expression. "The company is ours, and we can do things whenever we want. Especially what you're doing now, we can take it home and do it together.""Not a bad idea," Christian agreed. "Let's do it as my sister says. Now leave everything as it is and let's go. We're all going on a family trip.""What do you mean by all?" Isabella asked."Exactly that, the whole family is going for a walk.""The whole, whole family?" Isabella asked again.
"Because even though you don't remember me, I, on the other hand, could not forget your beautiful hair. I promised myself to come for you when I became an adult. I have just turned eighteen, and I have come for you.""I'm sorry to tell you that you made a trip in vain. My only love has always been Santiago, and it will continue to be for the rest of my life. Santi, I came to find you so you can accompany me to ask my parents for permission, for what you asked me. Shall we go?"I hadn't missed Thompson's look of hatred directed towards me. Nor his desire-filled gaze on Susan. I was sure I would have serious problems with him because of my girlfriend. As we were leaving, I heard him say,"I'm not giving up, I came for you and I won't leave empty-handed.""Stop the jokes Thompson, I think you should know that Susan is my fiancée, the woman I'm going to marry, so show some respect," I reprimanded him sternly."Let's go Santi," Susan pleaded. "You know I o
I am very happy to have reunited the shipping companies. They complement each other. Dad was right about that when he told me. Thank goodness I am feeling much better. Doctor Alfonso was right in everything he explained to me. I don't understand how Eva was able to do that to me, it's true that I didn't love her, but I always treated her very well. I gave her all the money she wanted, bought her everything she wanted to buy. And still, it wasn't enough for her, she had to sell our daughter.I knew Bella couldn't be in love with that guy. If Luis thinks she's going to slip through my fingers because of what he did to my daughter, he's very wrong. He will pay dearly for what he dared to do. It seems like everyone has forgotten who I am. I have to remind them all. It's enough for me to lament losing Susan. Many years have passed since then. And even though I don't believe what Eva told me, I know something happened to my Susan, my heart tells me so, she wouldn't abandon me like sh
I've been in the warehouse for over three hours organising the files with Marta for the new projects. We also want to input all the information into the computers. Suddenly, my phone rings."Hello?""Bella, it's me, Mum.""Mum?" I ask, unable to believe it. "What do you want?""Nothing, aren't you happy to hear from me? Don't you even care about your mother?""Mum, I know you're doing well on your cruise. I ask Dad about you every day. So, tell me why you called, I'm busy.""No, I just wanted to know how you were, my daughter, that's all.""I'm fine, thanks.""Do you know anything about your father?"I realise that's the real reason she called. She wants to know what's going on with Dad. Thankfully, he warned me about this. I know he cut off all the money from the cards. I'm sure she's calling to find out what's happening. Dad told me what to say, so I focused on telling her our plan."Dad moved in with us because he's ba
He is sitting in his office, smiling as he looks at the photos of Lucas and Luci that Marta just brought him in a frame that he proudly places on his desk. He can't help but smile, they look happy. He still remembers when he took that picture of them, it was on their birthday, which by the way, he still doesn't know the result of the investigation. He picks up his phone and dials Grandpa Sardino, who answers right away, and asks for a meeting to meet up."Can I come to your office, Grandpa? I don't want to talk about it at home.""If it's about what happened at the birthday, leave that to me and your father-in-law. Focus on getting better, let's see if you keep recovering your memory.""But Grandpa...""Christian, listen to me son. Santiago and I will handle it and when we have the results we will let you know. You need to be very happy so you can remember how much you loved your wife. I trust you, okay? Don't come, we'll talk at home. Oh, the yacht is free if yo
When he realised she would be useful for something, he took her out of school. But once again, things had not gone as expected. Luis, in his stupidity, had ruined the job that had cost him so much to accomplish. And Isabella, instead of calling her father, making it possible for her to find out in time and prevent her from escaping.Isabella had asked for help from her grandfather, who annulled her marriage and disappeared her from the country, thwarting his plans to acquire the old man's fortune. Not even her husband had helped in his effort to find his daughter. It seemed more like he was glad she had gone with her parents. And now that she had returned, she thought she could sell her to a higher bidder. She was married, no less, to the most sought-after heir in high society. Christian Thompson. And not only that, she had two children with him!How did the foolish Isabella manage to catch him? That, for sure, had been the work of the old Sardino. She remembered he
Eva picked up her phone and called her husband Santiago, but he didn't answer. She was worried, it was the first time this had happened. She would have to go back home again, she thought. She only had a few thousand in a bank account in her name. She didn't want to spend that money. Damn it! I have to delay everything now. She continued towards her room when she received a call."Hello.""Hello, Mrs. Eva, it's Luis.""Luis? What do you want?""I was wondering if you have time to meet with me and Adele, I came up with another plan that you might be interested in.""Luis, I can't right now, I have something else in mind. I'll call you later, let me know when you're going to do what you told me.""Don't do something like what Adele did, we have to be very well coordinated. We are facing a very powerful enemy.""Alright, I'll let you go now, I have something to figure out."She continued moving towards the room, still thinking about and anal