LIDER'S MANSION, ITALY, 6PM
Sebastian stopped his car in front of the gate and sighed before getting down from the car.
He has expect the lider to send for him but never knew it would be this soon.
He asked Adrian to watch Maria and make sure she was okay, if anything happens, Adrian would inform him immediately, he doesn't trust the la gente even for a moment, it's really suspicious how quiet they have been.
He walked towards the gate, there was already a man there.
"This way sir" the man said leading Sebastian to another car.
This is called the lider's mansion but the lider is never in this mansion, if you were to meet the lider personally, you would come here and then be led to another location.
The location varies and this was to hide the lider's whereabouts.
Sebastian got into the car and the driver drove to a villa close to a beach and Sebastian was led inside the villa to meet the lider.
He was smoking a pipe as he watched a show on the big flat screen TV in the living room.
"Èl està aquí como lider (He is here lider)" the man announced Sebastian's presence and the lider darted his eyes towards Sebastian.
"Come sit down" the lider said, Sebastian walked fully into the spacious and luxurious living room and sat down on the couch.
"Irse (Leave)" the lider said, referring to the man who brought Sebastian into the villa and the man left, leaving only Sebastian and the old man.
"Let's get straight to the point Hector" Sebastian said as he looked at the lider who smirked.
"You have no respect for your uncle, calling me by my first name" Hector said to Sebastian as he dragged from the pipe he was smoking.
"Why did you call me here?" Sebastian asked again.
"I heard about you and Alvaro's daughter, you know I won't allow that" Hector said becoming serious as he looked at Sebastian.
"You have no say in my life" Sebastian said curtly.
"Alvaro is a traitor, have you forgotten what he did to the falcone, to your father!?" Hector yelled, he was clearly angry.
"And I did the same to him and his wife, I killed him, doesn't that make us even" Sebastian retorted.
"Besides Martin deserved everything he got, he cheating on my mother countless times, I can't believe she believed his lies of trying to escape the falcone" Sebastian Continued more calmly.
"Rosaline wasn't all naive either, she knew he was lying about leaving the organization but she played along" Hector said.
"Why should I believe the same man who betrayed his brother, my father, Just to become the lider" Sebastian said coldly.
"Everyone wants to become the lider, we fought for the position, I won and Martin lost" Hector yelled.
"You shouldn't have any business with myself and Maria, stay away Hector Alejandro, I won't warn you again" Sebastian said and got up from the couch as left the villa
Hector took deep breaths, Sebastian is very stubborn, the falcone won't like it if their best killer was going to be with a traitor's daughter.
The LA Gente is already against him and he knows others would be too, very soon.
Well... He tried to warn him as a good uncle would but since he refused to listen he would just let everyone do whatever they want as long as no one breaks the rules.
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MARIA'S HOUSE
Maria got home very tired, she went inside and slumped on the couch while Isabelle didn't even notice her entry.
Her entire attention was on the show she was watching and she only turned when Maria groaned.
"Ohh you're back" Isabelle said glancing at her.
"You're just noticing? Am tired" Maria breathed.
"I didn't expect you to come back home today, you know you're Never here is like I own this place" Isabelle said and Maria rolled her eyes.
"What did you cook?" Maria asked after a while.
"Go check" Isabelle said and Maria got up sluggishly going to the kitchen.
Isabelle was in the living room bitting her lips, she didn't know how to start telling Maria about everything.
Adrian had adviced her to tell her and he kept doing that but Isabelle was still gathering the courage.
Maria walked back into the living room with a plate of food in her hand and sat back on the couch.
"What are you watching?" Maria asked.
"You have eyes, you're not blind" Isabelle snapped and Maria scoffed.
"We need to talk" Isabelle said a little serious.
"What!?" Maria asked, her gaze on the TV as she ate.
"You have to look at me, it's important" Isabelle said and Maria turned to her blinking repeatedly.
"I'm serious, you have to promise not to get too mad" Isabelle said and Maria sighed.
"¿Qué hiciste belle? (What did you do belle)" Maria asked and Isabelle but her lips.
"I just want you to know am sorry and it would never happen again" Isabelle said again and Maria was getting curious and confused.
Isabelle was very serious, what could it be?
"Habla(speak)" Maria said and Isabelle swallowed.
This is it, now or never.
She told Maria everything and Maria was quiet listening to her explanation.
Isabelle was scared by the fact that Maria wasn't cutting her off and yelling at her, when she finished tears were already streaming down her face.
""¿Has terminado? (Are you done?)" Maria asked and Isabelle looked at her.
Maria's face didn't show any sign of expression and Isabelle nodded slowly.
Maria got up and went up to her room shutting the door, leaving the food she was supposed to eat.
She definitely lost her appetite.
Isabelle cried more as she cleaned her tears, Maria won't want to talk to her and it's better to leave her alone for now.
She picked up her phone and called Adrian, for some reason his voice calmed her down maybe cause he was a psychiatrist.
NEXT DAY
Maria went to the hospital and she did as much as possible to avoid Isabelle this morning cause she left very early knowing Isabelle was still asleep.
She couldn't believe Isabelle would do something like that, she found it really hard to register in her brain.
She hates to admit it but she suspected it at first but she brushed off the thought cause if Isabelle wanted money she would have just asked.
Does she have to go this far!
She didn't just loss from the hospital scam but the workers too as they were not fully paid for the jobs there were doing.
She was still thinking as she walked into her office.
"Where's Bianca?" She muttered as she checked her schedule for the day.
Shit!
Adrian is going to have his operation today and she forgot to call the ophthalmologist that would assist her in the surgery.
She quickly called him praying he wasn't busy and he picked.
Bianca Walked in and Maria signal for her to wait, after talking with the doctor she breathed in relief.
"Prepare the operation room" Maria said and Bianca nodded before leaving.
Maria was happy the doctor was available, she just hope everything works well.
According to Adrian this isn't the first time he was having surgery for his eyes, the surgery would actually be successful and he would see but after a few weeks everything would go dark again.
She sighed by the thought.
_
Maria came out of the the operation room with the ophthalmologist and some nurses.
They just finished with Adrian's surgery, he arrived four hours ago and they have been in there for three and half hours.
Isabelle was waiting outside, she was the only one who came to the hospital as no one knew about Adrian's family.
"How was it?" Isabelle asked as she walked towards the doctors.
"It was successful, we just have to wait and see if it would be like other cases, but there's no doubt he would be able to see now" the ophthalmologist smiled and Isabelle smiled back.
Maria didn't say anything as she walked away from them going into her office and Isabelle sighed biting her lips.
"Thank you" she said to the doctor and he nodded before leaving.
Should she go talk to Maria? Or should she give her sometime to come around.
She was lost in thoughts when her phone rang, it was Sofia, oh wow.
Her beloved aunt remembered her now that her daughter isn't with her anymore.
Isabelle had seen Bianca when she came into the hospital and as usual she ignored her.
Isabelle sighed and picked the call.
"Has olvidado por completo de mí (you've totally forgotten about me)" Sofia said softly.
"It's not like that, am just dealing with some things" Isabelle explained and Sofia sighed.
"Donde esta Maria?(Where is Maria?)" Sofia asked.
"In the hospital, she just finished with a surgery, can I call you back later am a little busy" Isabelle said hurriedly.
"Está bien, dile a María que le mando saludos (okay, tell Maria I said hi)" Sofia said.
"Sure" Isabelle replied and hung up, she saw Bianca coming out of Maria's office and he sighed again, their eyes met but she was quick to avert her eyes and walked away.
She definitely didn't like Bianca.
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7PM
Maria is currently at the hospital parking lot waiting for Wesley, he said he has something urgent to tell her.
Isabelle was Inside the hospital with Adrian, he had woken up already, she still tried her best to avoid Isabelle.
Talking to her is not what she wanted at the moment.
"Maria!" Wesley called as he got close to her.
"Hi, why did you ask to see me, you sounded urgent over the phone" Maria asked and Wesley nodded.
"It's about Sebastian" Wesley start and Maria sighed in frustration.
"Didn't I say we should end the topic" Maria complained.
"I know, but you seriously need to hear this" Wesley pressured.
"I don't want to hear anything Wesley, if you keep this up, I may stop talking to you" Maria said sternly.
"Alright since you don't want to hear it, I will show you" Wesley said handing the papers in his hands over to her.
"I don't really know how your parents died as you never talked about it but this is solid evidence that Sebastian killed them both, you may not want to hear it but Sebastian is a killer, people pay him to kill for them and he was paid to kill your parents too" Wesley said as Maria's eyes roam around the papers in her hand.
It was definitely a contract signed by Sebastian and a man named Hector to kill Alvaro and Camilla Vicente.
"Not only that, he is deceiving you, he is already engaged" Wesley said again and Maria looked at the other paper.
A sure proof that Sebastian Alejandro was engaged to Yolanda Manuel.
The papers fell from Maria's hands as her hand shook, her face clearly showed fright.