Chapter 19.

“Love is something we will never understand, it is something so simple, but at the same time so complex, that it is impossible to define it completely.”

She had succeeded, Olive had been able to get home in one piece and now she had to review the oldest tapes to the most recent, but ¿what would she really find? ¿

¿Could she find proof to convict Patrick Tempus? He would continue to disguise himself as the most correct person known, without scandals, without romances; only a highly professional life; the anxiety could really be felt, Olive wanted and daydreamed about finding something to incriminate Patrick, what she did not know was that the multiple article killer for fifteen years was working hard to find her… and only God knows what would happen if Olive fell into the hands of Patrick Tempus… she could live or die in an instant…

Olive quickly began to play the tapes at double speed trying to find a clear image of Patrick Tempus, the man was not perfect, he had to have made a slight mistake; Even so, nothing she looked at was important: doctor's appointments, exams, births and cesarean sections, fertility operations and ligations, the daily routine of a doctor...

In pediatrics, Olive took for granted that she had reviewed the tapes from two years ago to the present in less than seventy-two hours and in pediatrics everything was normal, Dr. Guerra was very professional and disciplined, a real sweetheart, an example of a woman...

At this rate, Olive's butt would dry up if she continued without any clues and it was at that moment that she found the holy grail: Olive found recordings of Patrick Tempus two years ago with Brianna Bardot and the audio was intact, this was like finding a beer in the desert and frankly Olive realized that even after giving birth, Brianna never took off the typical mask, how mysterious this woman was, the rich and their things...

What surprised her most was the delicacy with which Patrick treated Brianna, almost as if she were made of glass, he took care of her and brought her flowers, could there really be a relationship between the two of them beyond the professional? But then a tall man with a cold face and neutral gaze entered the video, and Patrick hugged him when he saw him and they laughed together.

Brianna joked with them and when they brought their little daughter, the hearts of the two men softened completely, it was as if there was an open relationship between them and the three of them formed a trio, but Olive ruled out this possibility after seeing the multiple displays of love between Marck Lynn and Brianna that circulated on internet forums, a dream couple, but then why wasn't Marck Lynn present? And what did Brianna mean to these two men and who was the man who was with them in those recordings?

He could see that they never said his name, but he could see that they had an extreme trust between them, then the mysterious man left when visiting hours ended, but Patrick didn’t and stayed next to Brianna admiring her as if he wanted to keep her image in his eyes, it was strange, very strange, and then it happened: Patrick broke the silence between them and began to tell Brianna to breathe deeply and let him explain that all the emotional pain he’s been feeling has torn his brain apart, it’s so strong that it’s driving him crazy and seeing her there still without being able to feel the same as him was a nightmare; guilt is all he has now and he must step aside, even if his only and irreplaceable love is the high price to pay for having fallen in love with her…

Looking back on his life, he says that he realizes that love was the typical game that he didn’t understand, and that because it took him so long to confess what he felt, now he would have to step aside sacrificing his heart so that she can fly as high and as close to heaven as her feelings dictate; Now he regrets it and he knows it's late and there's no one who can fill her place, however, he wants her to stay, and to pretend that she never heard his confession, because losing his love is something he regrets, he knows he never had it, but their friendship is important to him and he could never let her down, even if that would lead him to his own death, because there is no one who can take the place that Brianna Bardot has in his heart, she is something more than a first love and a first attraction, she is the madness of his world, the star that he will follow in silence without any reproach, because that is why they swore eternal loyalty, but on the path of their friendship he lost everything by falling in love with her and there is no way he can forget her… The night will come to the room where I am alone and I cannot see the girl who would be smiling in the photographs of my soul…

Olive was amazed by Patrick's confession… now she understood why Ami July was obsessed with a possible relationship between the two, because it was more than evident the way Patrick looked at Brianna with different eyes while she never felt anything for him and he made it very clear when he told her that he had never lived in a woman's world and he didn't understand what it felt like to scream to be heard and to have to work much harder than any man…

And if he has never been told how you have to be and what you have to wear, how you have to speak, it's because he has never lived in a woman's world… and if you can't see, that has to change, because if you think that's how it works, you're really wrong and that's why I demand that you keep your feelings out, because he should know that a change is going to come and it's very likely that the distance between them is the most sensible thing for him to organize his thoughts….

Olive definitely started following Brianna Bardot anonymously, what a way to reject someone and hurt their ego, this woman was a pure and natural inspiration for all women, perhaps if she were the one to rule a nation, female power would be everywhere, clearly she does not need a man to get up and move forward, because she herself is her own pillar, something that many women do not have.

However, Olive realized that she had stolen the tapes for nothing because the bastard Patrick Tempus was clean, he had nothing incriminating him, frankly this disappointed her, because she had taken many risks to get these tapes and Patrick had nothing out of the ordinary, so she decided it was time to be religious and not in the typical way…

She would go to interview the priest in prison, maybe he could give her some clue of what really happened in the fire, maybe, if she was lucky, the man would tell her everything he knew, but that was just a maybe, but Olive would not give the tapes, because she was ashamed to say that she stole them, so she would keep them in case in an uncertain future they could be of help to her…