“Let’s go together please” Valerie muttered in tears, she kept mumbling inaudible things till she dozed off.
“I’m sorry for doing that without informing you about it, forgive me, Kitten” Fernando whispered. His hand went to her hair and he removed the strands of hair that’s clinging on her wet cheeks.
He stayed by her side till it got late, he tried to push her off him but she held him tightly. She didn’t even want to let go of him.
Gently, he removed her hands from his body and got of the bed as gentle as he can. He stared at her sleeping figure for a while before going out of the room.
Everywhere is dark as he kept walking around till he got to Isabella’s room.
Slowly, he opened the door and entered the room. His eyes fell on his mom who’s staring at a picture of him when he was a little boy. She’s oblivious of his presence as she’s busy crying.
“Why did you leave me so early? Why did you leave me Ferdie? I didn’t even get to be with you for a very long time, I just got back with you, why did you have to leave me so soon?” Isabella sobbed.
“Mom…” Fernando called. His voice echoes around the dark room.
Isabella choke on her tears when she heard the voice of her son. Like a slow mo, she raised her head and her eyes beheld the blue eyes of her son which is shining brightly in the dark room.
“Ferdie?” She whispered. Shock is an understatement of what she’s feeling right now. Or, is she hallucinating?
She quickly switched on the light and her eyes widened when she saw him in the room.
“Ferdie? My baby” she whispered as tears roll down her cheeks.
Fernando went to her and pulled her to a hug.
“It’s you, you’re alive. My baby is alive” Isabella cries as she hugged him tightly.
Her joy at that moment knew no bounds.
“Yes, mom. I’m not dead” Fernando muttered.
“I’m sorry for making you worried, I’m sorry for hurting your feelings mom”
Isabella shook her head in tears.
“What matters is that you’re alive, what matters to me is that you’re alive” she mumbled.
Fernando smiled, hugging her more tighter.
After some minutes, they disengaged from the hug. Isabella touched his cheeks and she smiled out tears.
“It’s truly you, it’s real. It’s not a dream” she whispered.
Fernando chuckled.
“Should I hit you to confirm?”
Isabella smiled. He’s truly the one.
“How? How did you do it? Who was the person that died?” She asked.
“One of my boys, I owe him my life, mom. Never knew he could go that far as to laying his life for me” Fernando muttered.
“He must be loyal, I’m grateful to him. May his gentle soul rest in peace”
“Amen” Fernando mumbled.
“What about Arturo? He didn’t hurt you, right?”
“He’s gone now, Mom. We’re all safe now” he muttered.
“What do you mean he’s gone? Did you…”
“He deserves it Mom” Fernando cuts her off.
“He deserves every single bit of it. He won’t be able to harm you anymore”
“That’s a relief. About the…”
Fernando cuts her off.
“Let’s not talk about that mom. It’s the past, let’s focus on the present” he muttered.
Isabella smiled warmly at him.
“Have you seen Lola? She’s been weeping since morning, she almost ran mad till she lost her consciousness” Isabella said.
“Is she okay? And the baby? There’s nothing wrong, right?” Fernando quickly asked.
“The baby is fine, you need to see her, Ferdie. You need to see her before she do something dangerous” Isabella said.
“I saw her, I went to her room but she’s asleep. She was crying mom, I feel bad for doing that” he mumbled.
“You deserve a slap from her, you shouldn’t have hid something like that from her. Even if you can’t tell her, you should have told me. You even disappeared after that day”
“I’m sorry. It was so sudden” he muttered.
“It’s fine. Just make sure to amend your mistakes with Lola” she said.
Fernando nodded. That’s surely what he’s going to do first thing in the morning.
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THE NEXT DAY***
Alex came out from the bathroom, a towel around his neck. He was walking to the bed when he heard a knock on his door.
“Who’s it?” He asked but there was no response.
He sighs heavily before walking to the door. He isn’t himself at the moment, the fact that his Boss is dead really took a toil on him.
He opened the door, shock was an understatement of what he felt when he saw Fernando standing by his door.
“Boss!”
Fernando smiled.
“Is this really you? You aren’t dead?” Alex asked.
“Wait… Did you seriously underestimated me??” Fernando raised his brow.
Alex quickly pulled him to a manly hug.
“I don’t care if I’m passing my boundary right now but I’m just so happy that you’re alive”
Fernando pats his back.
“Please don’t die again, Boss” Alex muttered.
Fernando chuckled before breaking the hug.
“We almost died. Especially Boss lady, she almost ran mad” Alex said.
“I know. Mom already told me about it” Fernando muttered.
“You should see her cos she isn’t herself anymore. She insisted that she’s going to kill herself if we don’t bring you back. She loves you a lot, Boss”
“I know. I’ll see her once I’ve sort everything out” Fernando muttered.
Alex paved way for him to enter the room.
“What about Arturo and Andres? Did you get to kill them?” Alex asked.
“Their heads are outside, I want the whole clan to see their heads”
Alex grinned.
“That’s my Boss. You’re the best!”
Fernando laughed and shook his head.
“How did you do it? It was clearly your body that we saw. Did you get someone to impose as you? Or, a robot?” Alex asked curiously.
Fernando shook his head and went to sit on the bed.
“It’s Javier” he muttered.
“Huh? Which Javier?” Alex asked cluelessly.
“Javier died in my place. He laid down his life for me”
“Wh…. What?!”
