“Antonio Valladolid, what a pleasure to have you here.” Amelia greeted the man who looked so nervous and eager to talk to her. Needless to say that the man didn’t seem to have changed, not even a little bit. He was the same loser, the same stupid man who couldn’t protect the woman he said he loved many times. And now wanted to get a second opportunity when the truth was there’s not always a second opportunity. There was no second opportunity for Elena, why should there be a second opportunity for him? “Miss. Amelia. I’m sorry to have come like this, I know you have many things to do, but…” Amelia smiled and Antonio could swear to have seen Elena in her. “Don’t worry. You’re as important as Mrs. Valladolid and it’s a real pleasure to have you here. But tell me, how can I help you? Can I offer you something to drink?” “No, no, it’s okay.” “Take a seat, please.” Antonio did as Amelia asked. “Tell me, how can I help you?”Antonio lowered his head and rubbed his hands. He didn’t kno
By that time Amelia had been enduring so much. Marcos was by her side, sitting across from Valeria, who was cross-legged, with a smile on her face. It made her happy to know that Amelia as Erika would be suffering for her daughter at that moment. But she also had to admit that Amelia was doing a good job by not showing how worried and how much she was suffering for her son. It had been more than 30 minutes since the doctors had received the little baby in that hospital and no one had said anything yet. Amelia was dying inside, Marcos by her side and Zein crying while Patricia went out to smoke, according to her to calm her nerves.“I think I have to go to the bathroom.” Amelia got up and went to the ladies room. The truth was she wanted to cry her pain out, but not in front of Zein and Valeria because Zein would know everything and Valeria would mock her. “Please, if you know something, look for me.”Marcos nodded and looked at Valeria, who stared at her. There was no way he could kn
“Here. Amelia, here’s the interpreter who is going to help us to understand Celine.” Marcos said, walking beside a man with a briefcase and well-dressed. Amelia got up from her seat and smiled at the man. “Nice to meet you, Miss. Amelia. My name is Adolf, and I’m here to help you to understand this student.” The man said, seeing above Amelia’s shoulder. “Nice to meet you, professor Adolf. I’m really glad you could make it. To be honest, I don’t know how to communicate with Celine. I’m really desperate.”“Don’t worry, Miss. I’m here to help. Please, may I?” The man pointed at Celine, who was sitting on the couch in the living room. “Of course, of course, please, go ahead, professor.” Amelia stepped aside, letting the professor move forward. Finally, Marcos and Amelia alone, watching from there what was about to happen. It was true that Amelia had been all desperate since the day they found Celine, and it had happened three days ago. Marcos did everything he could to contact the be
“Please, come in.” Zein asked the woman in the tight dress, who bowed at him as a way to tell him ‘thank you’.Even if Amelia felt nervous and with the need to run away, fearing her own son, Amelia smiled. On the hospital bed was her little son. He looked like an angel who was sleeping, who didn’t care about the world, who didn’t care about anything because he just didn’t worry about anyone and anything. And in front of him, watching him to sleep was his own mother. Patricia and Valeria were going to pay for all the lies they fed up her son with. A tear fell down from her eyes. Her son was sleeping. Amelia had to hold herself back from hugging her son. “He’s sleeping. I guess they just finished the tests on him.” Zein explained while Amelia seemed spacing out, imagining that life she didn’t have because of the cowardice of others like her husband.Suddenly, the boy on the bed opened his eyes slowly. “Dad?” “Oh, Gadriel? You’re awake. How do you feel, my cutie pie? Are you okay now?
“We need to do something against that stupid bitch.” Valerisa said, sitting on her leather chair. Charles in front of her just saw her act. “She’s getting in my way and we can’t allow her to do that. Do you know what the bitch promised to the people in the club if they voted for her?”“I heard something about it.” “And you didn’t tell me anything?!“I’m sorry, Valeria, I thought it was a minor matter.”“If I find out you were with them, you’ll regret it, okay?”“Are you threatening me? Because let me remind you, if I fall you’ll also fall. I’m not alone in this, okay?” Valeria just looked at him. She was starting to have second thoughts about adding him to her dead list or just treat him as what he was: a fool she could manage however she pleased. “Thomas! Thomas!” The door of her office opened instantly. “Yes, my lady?” “I need you to look for the people who had the brilliant idea to tell her I’d been the president of the club for more than 10 or 15, I don’t even remember how l
Pouring herself a tequila, Valeria smiled at Charles. It seemed like she was in a better mood that morning. At least, she hadn’t gotten up with the desire to kill someone. “Eliminating Marcos isn’t an easy thing now that changes have changed. I know he came back to get his revenge.”“Wouldn’t it be easier for you to give him what was his and forget about the whole thing?” Valeria laughed out loud. “Really, Charles? Do you think he's going to forgive me for the five or six years I had him captivated in that mental hospital? Now the man has so much power, the same goes for the stupid woman that is by his side.” Charles laughed. “I never thought I’d be like that because of some of your victims, the same ones who came back from the mere hell.”“There’s something I will have to do, and really, believe me when I say I’m thinking twice about my next movement.” “Against who?” “My grandson.” “What?!” Charles got up from his seat. “Valeri, are you crazy? He’s your grandson.” “But he’s al
Marcos and Charles were in their car, waiting some meters away from the Valladolid Hacienda in an old truck. They couldn’t be discovered and if someone happened to see the trunk, no one would ever notice that Marcos and Charles were in it. “So, since when did you have feelings for my mother?” Marcos asked for the first time.Charles felt nervous. He thought he’d gotten clean from the typical questionnaire a son has for the partner of their parents. “Since your father did that to her. I saw her suffering and I asked how a man who had a wonderful woman by his side could have done something like to a woman who lived to love him and his son. “I didn’t like Alice for my father. I never had the best relationship with her until now. I just liked Amelia, my stepsister. I saw how much she struggled to get the attention of Alice, but never achieved it until she died in that… car crash.” Marcos felt bad for still lying. “Don’t worry, Charles. I’m not going to tell you to be careful and l
At the table that had been prepared for the Valladolid family, Valeria couldn’t help but smile. Harry and Zein noticed how happy Valeria was, so they wanted to know what she was thinking about. “Come on, mother, what have you been thinking about?” Zein asked. Valeria shook her head and and in an elegant position, she sipped from her glass of wine. “No, it’s nothing, my son. I’m just… happy…” “Why?” Harry wanted to know. By that time, Harry had become part of the family, so he always accompanied them. By that time, Zein had started believing in the words Antonio once said about Charles and their mother to have a relationship, but it wasn’t the relationship what worried Zein, but the things they may be hiding from the world. Harry was one of the few people Valeria hadn’t gotten rid of. Maybe… he knew many secrets about his mother. Maybe… when Amelia said Erika could’ve been set up by another person, that person could’ve been his mother. “I don’t know. I just see the happiness of th
When Marcos and Amelia arrived at the place where Ethan was with all the policemen, Amelia could see that part of the forest was completely faced off. The tears came to her eyes immediately. She was already imagining everything after Celine had told her what she had seen. Special people were there to study the case. “Ethan!” Marcos greeted. “Ethan, did you find something?” Amelia insisted. Ethan sighed, and then nodded. “Yes, yes, Amelia, we found what we were looking for. I’m afraid Celine was right. Everything was found as she declared.”Amelia’s heart broke. Of course she was already expecting those words, but she still had hope that her father hadn’t died in such a way. His body was there, like any other animal’s corpse. What crime did he commit to end up like that?Marcos grabbed her by her arms and made her stay on her feet. It was terrible what she had heard, that was why he kept by her side. “Can I see the place where… where… where you… found my father’s remains?” Ethan j
All of a sudden the main door opened abruptly. The people Amelia and Marcos had sent with Patricia to take care of her kept her company. Marcos and Amelia turned around after they separated from each other, Amelia with a smile on her face, but that smile went off when she noticed that Patricia was crying and trying to talk. Not a word came out of her mouth by itself. It was like Patricia had to make a bigger effort to force the words out of her mouth. “What’s going on, Patricia? What’s going on? Did you run into her? Valeria? Zein? Tell me!” Amelia insisted. Patricia shook her head. “No, Amelia. It’s something worse.” “What? What are you talking about? My son?! It’s my son?! Come on! Talk to me! Is he okay? Where’s he? Tell me he’s fine! Patricia, talk to me!” Amelia screamed. Imagining that her son could be dead was killing her. “I’m sorry, Amelia, but Zein…” “Zein what?! Talk to me now!” Amelia screamed with tears in her eyes.“Zein and Valeria took your son away. He’s no longe
THE FOLLOWING DAY As Patricia had declared last night, she wanted to help Amelia and Marcos in any way she could. She made Amelia aware of the things that might come once Amelia revealed the truth. That night no one had slept. They were just talking about the things that were happening in the Hacienda Valladolid and the plans the Muriel family had to go against them. Also, Patricia got to know Celine, surprisingly Patricia recognized her as a girl who had arrived at the Hacienda some years ago, asking for help to bury her father. Patricia saw the way Valeria treated her, Valeria mocked her and said something about the man who had died, something like he deserved such a thing after being the one who decided to talk back to her and try to convince people that she wasn’t any good woman, she wanted to take advantage from them, and when Celine asked for a little help, Valeria gave it to her out of mocking. Now that Amelia knew she could trust Patricia, she opened up and told her that she
VALLADOLID HACIENDAAt the bar of the Hacienda, Zein couldn’t stop drinking. He was so lost in what he had discovered that morning that he didn’t find any other way to drown his sorrow. In his mind he thought he could get back on time and fix his mistakes. He loved Erika Beltran. He was never going to forget how he met her and what he thought when he saw her for the first time. The Beltran family had arrived at the meeting; they were the first ones in the meeting room when Zein and his lawyer arrived. Zein was so pissed off. He had just arrived in the country and the first thing that received him were problems, problems and more problems. His mother was never going to stop that. And she and only she herself had been the cause for what Zein decided to study abroad and now that the time to lead the whole Valladolid company had arrived, he just wanted to run away. By that time the alcohol problems of his brother had just started. Zein insisted his mother take him with a specialist, but
HACIENDA VALLADOLID When Patricia arrived at the Hacienda, she got out of her car and without parking well, she came into the Hacienda and went directly to her room, but what she didn’t know was that someone had followed her there. Thomas. When Thomas saw that Patricia got out of her car, Thomas stopped behind her car and linked her lips. It seemed like his moment had arrived after so long. If only she knew how much that pervert man had waited for Patricia, she would’ve run away from the mere beginning. In her room, Patricia was rushing to get the most things she could at that moment. Her plan was easy, she wanted to see Amelia and tell her what she had seen when the little boy fell off the horse. Patricia was sure that it had been a plan of Valeria, it hadn’t been the first time she had seen her act like that, the worst part was that this time Valeria had decided to act against her own grandson. Suddenly, all that love she felt for the little boy, the concern, the care, the way sh
When Valeria walked down the hallway, she looked around to see if Thomas was around. Her neck was bleeding. At the waiting room, she saw her son Zein with his head down. When she thought she could turn around because she thought her son hadn’t seen her, she heard his voice. “Mother?”“Oh, Zein!” She expressed again, turning around. “Mother, where have you been? I thought you wanted to see my son. Patricia is with him now.” “Oh, of course I want to see him.” Valeria put on a fake smile. “Mother, are you okay? I see that you’re not… Oh! My Goddess!” Zein’s eyes widened when he saw blood in his mother’s neck. “What happened to you?! Mom, are you okay? How did this happen to you?”“It’s nothing, Zein.” “No, let me see. You’re bleeding.” “It’s nothing, Zein.” “Mother, please.” “Zein!”All of a sudden someone clearing her throat called for their attention. Zein looked at Patricia with pain in his eyes while Valeria gave her a killing gaze. She hadn’t had the time to face her and cla
When Marcos was out of the room where Amelia was resting, he communicated to the people who were taking care of Celine. He even spoke with her. When Alice tried to take Celine away, and she said that she wanted to stay with the people who gave her a new identity and a new life where she could be someone, Celine said that the only way she had to show her loyalty to the people who helped her was why staying with them, helping them in any way she could and be a friend and the sister where they could find peace, even if it was for a brief moment. “How are you doing, Celine?” Marcos asked. “Marcos, I’m fine. But tell me how Amelia's baby is doing? Is he okay? Is she okay?” Marcos didn’t know what to answer. “Marcos?” She insisted. “Have you said something? Can you repeat it? I think the device didn’t catch your words.” Marcos smiled. “I was saying that she’s okay. Her son is also doing okay.” “Can I talk to her?” “Celine, I think this is not the right moment. She’s a little nervous
With tears in her eyes, the heart beating faster and her blood boiling inside of her, Amelia arrived at the hospital where Valeria said her son was. Marcos, always by her side, kept her company. She just needed to know about her son, for what Valeria had told her it was clear that her son wasn’t okay. No one could understand what had happened with the little boy. The truth was that if the only way Erika had to bring back her son’s health was by saying the truth, who she was, what she wanted and above all, if someone asked her to forgive Valeria in order to live the life she still had ahead with her son, with no doubt she would do it. As soon as her eyes saw Valeria, Zein and Patricia in the waiting room, something inside of her forced her to go against Valeria and Zein and also Patricia and force them to say what had happened. Deep inside she wanted to blame everyone in her list just to give herself more reasons to finish them off and when they were begging for their lives, not havi
FAMILY MURIEL’S HACIENDA By the time Marcos and Amelia had started making changes in the town, many other things started to come to light, like the crimes the Valladolid family had committed. It was also too soon to prove that she had been the cause for Charles’ death. Maybe that was going to take a little longer to reveal. Police had also started to change, since Ethan arrived at the town, he became the authority that town had never had since Valeria Valladolid seemed to be the chosen one to lead the lives of all those people there. Ethna and Marcos had worked side by side to draw conclusions. The farmers working with the Muriel family and the people in the club had started seeing the first changes. Everyone was happy with her. They started agreeing with her on every change she wanted to make. She had also shown that she wasn’t ready to work without the permission of the people in the town, she wanted everyone to agree with her, and if there were people who had better ideas, she wou