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Chapter 17 - Broken trust

"Should we call the police?" Ariana turned to Yvonne.

"I don't think we should. We don't know who did this but this Fidel man wasn't exactly a good person. Perhaps he wronged someone and this was just their way of getting their revenge" Yvonne said.

"So let's just calm down and head back okay?" She added.

"Okay" Ariana said placing her hands on the wheel once again before driving off to Yvonne's house.

"I'd call you later but right now I have somewhere else to be " Ariana said as Yvonne got down from the car. Ariana wanted to return home to get samples for the DNA test before heading to the hospital.

"Alright, don't forget to call and let me know you arrived home safely" the girl said before entering her house.

Both girls didn't have much time to converse as they wanted to because of what had happened. Seeing her friend had safely entered her home, Ariana drive off quickly. Heading back to her family's mansion.

As she swerved between lanes Ariana forgot about traffic lights and rules for a second, she was driving speedily as the urge to find out the truth pushed her to the edge that she didn't realize she drove in manner she doesn't usually. But luckily, she quickly adjusted herself and wasn't pulled over.

Finally getting home, she noticed her sister's car wasn't in the parking space meaning the girl had gone to the company. Most likely, along with her parents.

She walked in and headed straight for her parents room and like she had expected, they weren't home either.

She quickly went in search of her mother's hair brush and thankfully, she could get a strand of hair from it.

She took her father's tooth brush and placed it in a small ziplock bag and her mother's hair in a smaller one.

She hastily ran down the stairs, grabbing the attention of the helpers in the house. "Madam Ariana, is everything okay?" One of them asked as they had all saw their young mistress hurriedly walk in and was now also hurriedly walking out.

"Oh a friend of mine is really sick and I need to go see her. I just came back home to get some things" She lied.

"Oh ok" the girl said as she watched her young mistress walk out of the house without sparing a glance at them. The girl was amazed because young mistress Ariana had always been playful and always spares time to interact with them but lately it seemed like the girl was caught up with something. The new development raised concerns.

The girl inwardly hoped that this friend of her young mistress recovers soon so she'd return to her usual kind self.

Ariana did everything with haste because she knew she had limited time. She needed to return her father's toothbrush before he gets back home.

On her way to the hospital, she received a text from her fiancé. "Hey baby, how are you? How has things been with your parents? Any better?" Ariana read the text and a scoffed escaped her lips.

"This bastard" she said gritting her teeth.

She didn't reply his text. She didn't how to respond to it because a part of her didn't even want to respond. After going a whole day without a text or call he finally remembered she existed. It was not the first time he did this but now, knowing he was cheating on her just proved what he does while he was not communicating with her.

Ariana loathed him even more realizing she had just been in circles with Rodrigo. Even though they were to be married, there wasn't any true commitment from him.

She felt her chest tighten and her eyes well up but she immediately coaxed herself, trying not to let the tears fall for someone who wasn't even worthy of it.

After some minutes, the phone shrilled and she picked it up, seeing it was Rodrigo, she knew he wanted to ask why she hadn't replied his text though she had seen it.

She didn't intend to answer the phone but she saw herself answering it halfway through the second ring.

"My love, you didn't answer my text. Why?" She heard him softly ask. Even as much as she didn't want to, she felt her heart soften at his voice. He still had an effect on her and she began to wonder why he'd cheat on her in the first place.

She wanted to ask him if she wasn't enough. She wanted to ask why he decided to cheat, what she was doing wrong and how to make it right. But she knew better than to do that.

"I'm driving that's why. But I'd talk to you later" She answered.

"Ok then. I love you" she heard him say and silence followed as she knew he was expecting her to say it back as she would usually but his expected response didn't come.

"Okay. Bye" Ariana said before tossing her phone to the side. She couldn't believe this was the same man she caught cheating on her acting all caring and loving with her once again.

She couldn't comprehend such pretence. She drew in a breath and focused on driving to the hospital.

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