At Lucy's house

Lucia, as she had already planned, had to postpone the supposed escape with Christopher a little longer, she needed Carlos to chase him, and confirm if her suspicions were real, she was too confused. Although her daughter was not sick, she was the only thing she could say to get him to come to her house.

As promised, in forty minutes the doorbell of her house was ringing, she opens the door quickly and sees that it is Christopher, he is not very friendly.

“Hello, go on.”

“How is the little girl?”

“We have to go to the hospital now. How are you?”

“Well, I hope there's nothing serious, because tomorrow we'll get out of here” he enters with a firm step and sits in Lucia's living room.

She looks at him from top to bottom to see if she noticed anything strange, when she got to her feet, she noticed how her shoe had a large blood stain, and a few more drops stained the boot of her pants. Now if she was suspecting him in the worst way, she wanted to yell at him in her face, but she now understood that her life was in danger.

“Hey, I'm going to bring the girl, and we'll leave for the hospital, do you think? “Lucia tells him, trying to hide that she wanted to run out of there and tell someone at least Carlos.

“Come first, give me a kiss baby, you haven't greeted me and you don't know how much I miss you”.

She did not want to get close to him, she instantly felt disgust and revulsion for Christopher, however, she did not want to arouse any suspicion, so she goes to his side, gives him a light kiss, but he holds her to his chest and begins to kiss her passionately. , she felt like she was nauseated, fortunately for her, the girl casually begins to cry.

“ Oh dear, sorry! Let's take the girl, okay? “Christopher looks at her resigned as always, but he nods her head.

Lucia leaves her side terrified, locks herself in the bathroom for a minute and emits a strangled groan, she was desperate, the love of her life was possibly a murderer, and that blood was Amanda's, so she had to act and fast, so I would call the police, but first I punch in Carlos's number.

“He's here, he has blood on his feet, I possibly killed Amanda, I don't know what to do, I'm going to call the police” in less than ten seconds, Carlos's response was immediate.

“Not to the police, if they catch him, he probably won't give any information, it's better that we follow him, let me know when he's going to leave, I'm sure he'll go somewhere to help us.”

“I'm afraid”

“I know, I know, but you must be strong Lucia, do it for your children, if this man is released you will be in danger too, so please take care of yourself and your little ones.

She wipes her tears, leaves, and goes to her babies' room, takes the girl and goes looking for Christopher, who is sitting in the same place where he had been a moment ago, seeing Lucia with the girl, He gets up and rushes towards her, he wants to give her a hug, but Lucia in an act of reflex pushes the baby back.

“What’s up Lucy? “Christopher looks at her confused.

“Hey nothing! It's just habit, an overprotective instinct”.

“Let me pick up the girl, I want to say hello” she thinks about it too much, however, she didn't want to arouse her suspicions, so she hands it over cautiously” he kisses her and pampers her making her laugh, Lucia kept looking at her stained shoe and seeing him as he was with his daughter was even more confused.

“Come, give it back to me, she is very spoiled.”

“Ok, let's take her to the doctor.”

They both get into the truck, at least if something happened to her, she knew that Carlos would have Christopher's exact location, since he would never suspect that a GPS was installed on him.

During the way Lucia did not say a word, she pretended that she was dealing with the girl to completely avoid Christopher, who fortunately for her was driving the wheel separately, she tried to see if she saw anything strange in the truck but there was nothing, nothing she didn't already know.

They arrived at the medical center and she entered alone with the girl, she had an immense desire to ask for help, to accuse Christopher, but she didn't even have to accuse him, the stain on her shoe could be the blood of an animal, so she just He had to trust Carlos, because if he had Amanda kidnapped or held, it was very possible that he would also hurt her.

The doctor checks the girl and confirms what she already knew, the baby had absolutely nothing, but she did not want to leave the office again to the waiting room where Christopher was.

“Ma'am, are you okay?” A nurse who passes by in the hallway asks her when he sees her so pale, she was about to say what was happening to her, but she was not able to.

“Yes, my pressure just dropped a bit, instead of that he takes his phone and makes a call to Carlos, he answers immediately.

“I'm very scared” Lucia's voice broken and crying on the surface sounds on the other end of the phone.

“I know Lucia, it is more than anyone, but hold on for a day, maximum two, it's fine”.

“I don't think he'll resist, he has blood, his look has changed, he's not the same anymore, I know, I'm sure, I want us to call the police Carlos, I'm going to do it right now.”

“Lucia, please no, the moment they capture him we will lose hope of finding Amanda, it is possible that he does not speak because he does not blame himself, and if she is injured, she can die, please” Carlos's voice was now pleading, he knew that Lucia was weak, he would possibly hand him over to the police, and that would mean that Amanda would be missing.

"I'm going to try, I swear I will, I'll try to get him to leave and that's where you have to chase him and help me, okay?"

“Okay, I know you're nervous with everything that's happening, but I promise I'll take care of you too, I swear” Lucia drops a tear, everything seemed like a nightmare, the worst of all. She hangs up, wipes her face, and now she's ready to face Christopher again.

He goes back to the waiting room and there he finds Cristopher watching soccer videos on his phone, acting as if nothing was happening, that apparent calm was what surprised Lucia the most, anyone who didn't know him would think he was an older man, good man and husband.

“Dear how is our little princess?” He extends her arms to lift her up, Lucia feels a lump in her throat

“She's fine, don't worry, it's a viral picture, we must go home, are you going with us? Look, we must get ready for the trip and you don't have anything in our house anymore.”

When she tells him that, he remembers the earring he has in the cellar, so he jumps at the chance.

“You’re right! I'll go home to pick up my things, finally tomorrow is our trip” he raises his eyebrows and makes a face with his mouth, he doesn't sound very convinced, but not because he didn't want to travel with them, but because he knew he had a tangle in his head that wouldn't leave him alone.

“Well, then leave us at the house and continue straight there's a lot to do” Lucia tries to pretend and shows interest in the trip.

Minutes later she was at home with her little girl, she felt that now she was safe and sound, she marked Carlos as they had arranged, he quickly began the pursuit of Christopher, this time he was not going to escape.