THE LIE: DECEPTION TO THE CEO

-What’s up girls, why are you arguing?” asked her mother, who showed a radiant and happy face, because her daughter had made an excellent marriage with the heir of the most important hotel chain in Santiago and some countries in the world.

-As always! Rocio, dying of envy for Angie’s joy and happiness,” said Luz, looking at her with displeasure.

-You, you have nothing to envy your sister! -said her mother, looking at Rocio, “look at your poise, elegance and beauty. You can have any man you want at your feet.

-Ha! Yes, like Christopher,” she answered aggressively and looking at Christopher, who at that moment was smiling, running his hand over Amber’s bulging abdomen.

-Why are you clinging to someone who is already married?” asked her mother, looking at her with regret and disgust.

-Because that’s the man I like, that I long for like no other,” she declared, in front of her mother and some guests, who slyly turned their faces away.

At this, Rocio simply smiled and continued walking towards Amber and Christopher. When he turned his gaze and watched her walk towards them, he quickly rotated with his wife, towards another group where his best man was.

Rocio, realizing his move, clenched her fists tightly, breaking one of her nails. Because of this, she walked quickly to the bathroom, where she washed herself and cursed Christopher under her breath.

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After leaving the bathroom, she walked around the whole wide room looking for Christopher and Amber, but she did not find them. For this reason, she approached her sister Angie, to congratulate her and took the opportunity to ask her:

-And Christopher? Where is he, I don’t see him?

-He already left,” Angie answered with a smile, “They only came to give us their wedding gift. Our honeymoon trip to the East, in their private plane.

Rocio, furiously kicked her sister, who screamed loudly and fell down fainting from the pain.

-Rocio!” shouted Joshua angrily, pushing her away with a strong push, smashing her against the wall, “My love, Angie, react!

-Imbecile, don’t push me! -growled Rocio, who apparently had not yet realized the consequences of her actions.

Everyone ran to Angie’s aid, but Joshua did not allow anyone to approach her. He picked her up in his arms and rushed with her to the clinic, without waiting for someone to accompany him and without noticing that her wedding dress had been stained with blood.

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When he arrived at the clinic, he left the car running, got out, took her out of the back seat and rushed to the emergency room, so that she could be attended immediately. The doctor on duty was a friend of his, to whom he explained that she was sixteen weeks pregnant and that was when he noticed the stain on her dress.

-Please, my friend, save my baby too, I don’t want to lose him,” Joshua pleaded, letting tears run down his face.

-Wait here! -his friend asked him.

At that moment his sisters, his parents and Angie’s parents arrived with Luz, all anguished and desperate. None of them understood what happened, they only heard her scream and then Rocio’s, fighting with Joshua.

-What did the doctor tell you?” asked Joshua’s father.

-Joshua, the dress was stained with blood,” said Sindy, “What happened to my daughter and my grandson?

-What? Your grandson?” asked Joshua’s father and mother simultaneously, astonished since they were unaware of this.

-Yes dad, yes mom, Angie is expecting my son, she is sixteen weeks pregnant and she swore to you that if I lose him, Rocio will pay for it,” he threatened, looking at his in-laws.

-Son, calm down! First we must know what happened? I don’t think Rocio did anything against her sister,” assured the Attorney General, who was holding his wife in his arms, who was crying inconsolably.

-Joshua, why didn’t you tell us the truth? -You know that we always supported you, in spite of our differences,” commented his father, saddened that this would be his first grandchild.

-Because you would have forced me to marry. This is a step that only she and I had to decide. Besides, Angie thought the same way, forced nothing,” he answered, sad and angry.

After about twenty minutes, the doctor came out and called Joshua, who he asked to accompany him, announcing to the others that she had reacted.

-What’s wrong, my friend,” he asked, very worried.

-There is a danger of miscarriage, she is having vaginal bleeding. We are doing everything possible to stop it, however, I can’t assure you anything, because when she regained consciousness, she complained and presented intense abdominal pain.

In addition, she presented a strong hematoma in her abdomen,” said the doctor.

-She must have hit him for sure,” he confirmed with hatred and aversion towards her.

-Who is she? -said the doctor with curiosity.

-Her sister! -he answered, with rage and anger.

-If so, remember that as a doctor I am obliged to report family violence.

-Make the report! asked Joshua, with antipathy and rejection towards his sister-in-law.

-I’m doing it! Joshua, you must be prepared, because the chances of losing him are very high,” added his friend.

The doctor took him to the area where he kept her, so that she would not feel alone, while she calmed down or fell asleep. Joshua, upon seeing his young wife, felt a very strong pain in his chest, the fury and contempt towards Rocio, were dominating him.

-My beautiful princess, how do you feel? -he asked, kissing her lips tenderly.

-It hurts me a lot, down here, my love! -she said, crying and letting the tears bathe her face. While he, with his kisses, wiped them away.

-Calm down, my love! -He consoled her, as he ran his hand over her bulging belly, “It will pass, we just have to wait for the painkillers to take effect, ok! -He answered, undecided, with an internal conflict between asking her or not, “What did Rocio do to her?

-My love, it was Rocio,” she exclaimed, crying.

-Calm down, my life! If you want, tell me later what she did to you,” he begged, getting closer to her, gently caressing her abdomen.

-No, no, my love! I want you to tell my parents what she did to me,” she begged, crying.

-Ok, my love! As you wish…” he answered her and kissed her hand.

-She kicked me hard in the abdomen,” she said, with a broken voice. Which made him feel a strong contempt for his sister-in-law.

-Why, my love, why did she do it,” he asked in disgust and angry with himself for not having been attentive to her at that moment.

-Because-because she asked me about Chris-topher. I told him that he was gone. That he had only gone to bring us our gift, which was precisely the honeymoon trip. And all at once he kicked me hard… -I cried and whimpered.

Joshua hugged him, begging him to calm down, that he would settle the score with Rocio. From now on, nobody lays a finger on his wife, not even his family.

-Whoever it is, my princess, they will pay me whatever they do to you, I swear,” he promised, crossing his fingers and bringing them to his lips.

-My love and the baby, how is he?” she asked, in pain and with much sadness.

-Fighting, my life, to be with us. And that’s how it’s going to be, you’ll see! -he confirmed.

-Hold me! -she begged.NôvelDrama.Org holds text © rights.

-Yes, my love,” coming closer and observing that she was bleeding again. He touched the button to call the nurse. When she came in and saw what he pointed out, she left again to call the doctor.

Immediately, they took Joshua out, leaving only the doctors with her. Meanwhile, he ran to where his parents were, expecting the worst, and so it was. A few minutes later, his friend approached him and commented, putting his hand on his shoulder.

-I’m sorry, Joshua. But your wife, she lost the baby, as you saw, there was bleeding again and vaginal expulsion of tissue. Nothing more could be done.

-NO, IT CAN’T BE!” he shouted, slamming his fist hard on the wall of the clinic, “I begged you to save him!!!