Chapter 12.

Paradise in danger.

Once the four of them were at the reception, Víctor had a whiskey in his hand and Esther looked at them as if searching for something in their faces... the atmosphere was very uncomfortable, you could feel that something strange was coming soon, that was when Víctor took a drink. He looked up and coldly told them: I'm sorry to disappoint you and break up your magical honeymoon, but Thiago, there is something we haven't told you yet and that is that your mother engaged you to another girl, so cheers for your new engagement; and I'm sorry Miss Raquel, you can't have everything in this life, because if you have power you don't have love; and if you have love, they will never respect you, you understand, ¿right?, Raquel timidly told him: I understand very well what you said, I will keep the time I have spent with you and the great affection…I have for Thiago in my heart... I hope that over time, love comes in the commitment of your son, it was then that Thiago reacted and hysterically shouted: ¿how is it possible that you have committed me to another woman and a woman that I do not love and do not know? I refuse to marry if not It is for love, but Esther looked at him and said: the engagement is official, it has been announced, there is nothing you can do and there is nothing I can do either, you have only two options: either you get married and live your whole life. with your fiancee or death will be your only way out... Thiago furiously kicked one of the glass tables causing it to break into a thousand pieces and told his mother: listen to me carefully: you may be happy with that horrible way of seeing love, but I decide my future and I am not going to commit myself to anyone I don't love, then laughing Victor commented: I would have liked to have the same courage that you have at this moment a few years ago, unfortunately you have to pay attention, here only It comes out in a way and because you are the only child we have you cannot die, because you are the one who carries our legacy, but let your mother talk to you for a while about your fiancée; meanwhile, Miss Raquel, your things have already been collected and are in a vehicle at the entrance of the villa, please follow me and I will gladly accompany you.

And for you Thiago, not even the gods of heaven and hell are going to save you from that commitment.

Raquel began to walk behind Victor, and listening to Thiago's screams, she looked back and could see how two large men stopped him so that he would not go after her, which made her nostalgic, because it was as if for some fraction of time he had not It was Thiago who was there but Victor, but she knew that Victor was not as brave as if he was proving to be his only son... 

Victor resigned himself to accepting his destiny, he did not fight and simply over time he forgot him and manipulated and used him; now that he saw it that way, he knew that Thiago would become the new Victor, and no matter how beautiful his fiancée was, he would always love a different heart...

Silence reigned completely in the car and that did not seem real... for a moment, Nathan forgot that he was in his role as Raquel and remembered the old moments with Victor, the first laughs, the hugs, the weekend getaways, what seemed perfect... and without realizing it, she found herself hugging Victor... the man seemed amazed by what Raquel was doing, that's when he said to her: comparing your situation, a long time ago I loved someone madly, my heart It still belongs to him, but he is a person with whom I cannot relate even knowing that his heart has already forgotten mine, yes, I will love him eternally, but I cannot live from the past, and by seeing it, I only hurt him, because I cannot tolerate knowing that it is other hands that he expects... Nathan understood the situation and understood all those words that hurt his soul.

Therefore, the trip only worsened his mood, for some crazy reason he felt as if he were seeing the old Victor, the Victor with whom he had fallen in love, his Victor, but then he fell into reality and remembered that he was in her role as Raquel, for which, reacting, she simply told Victor: love has to be reciprocal, between two people you cannot love enough, but you cannot hate someone enough either, perhaps you left a very painful mark in that person's heart and you did something that only unleashed his hatred towards you, Victor told her: maybe Raquel, my way of loving is painful and hurting him is the way to show him that I still love him, because love hurts and if anything It hurts because it's real.

Those words remained echoing in his head... Love hurts because it is real, Victor was so right with those words, since when something hurts it is real

The rest of the way they remained in silence, but it was not an uncomfortable silence, it was a quite respectable silence. For a moment Nathan's mind fainted, he regretted it and wanted to reveal that Raquel was only a facade, but when he did, he noticed that in Victor's phone, he was looking at some recent photos of Ilan's condition, then his anger made him want to kill him at once, he knew what his objective had been from the beginning and he would not rest until he achieved his goal, because he knew that Ilan didn't know. 

He deserved to be in the coma he was in; but suddenly he remembered that on his phone there was an application to clone any electronic and technological device that he had nearby, so, as if he didn't want it, he took out his phone and sent that application to Victor's phone disguised as advertisements... It was then that he heard tell Victor that the advertisements on his phone did not stop, while he saw that the cloning on his was almost complete, once Victor's phone was completely cloned, the advertisements stopped and he immediately called another person for that cell phone... At that moment, she realized that they had arrived at the train station... The driver put down her suitcase and Víctor only told her: if you love something Raquel, let it go, it's better this way, have a good life, she just picked up her suitcase and left, but he was in a mess, he hated Victor as much as he had loved him and the worst thing was that he still felt sorry for his situation.