Chapter 18


    “Where are we going, ma?” The five-year old Isabe asks her mother, Esperanza who is busy packing


    their clothes. “And why are you crying?” she added.


    “We will leave the house tonight, sweetie.” Esperanza said forcing a smile.


    “Are we going on a vacation with grandpa?” she asks innocently. Her mother stopped packing and


    pulled her closer.


    “We will go on a vacation, but it will be just the two of us. Your grandpa will…” Her mother’s voice


    cracked. “…he will stay here.”


    “But why, mama?” Isabe asked again. “Didn’t we used to go on vacation? Me, you, papa and


    grandpa?”


    Esperanza sigh as she stares at her with sad and lonely eyes.


    “We can’t do that now, sweetie… at least not now.” She said and hugs her daughter. She needs to be


    strong for her daughter. “Now, be a good girl and help me pack our things.”


    “But mama, didn’t you already pack enough clothes?” Isabe asked. “Why do we still need to pack


    almost everything?”


    “You will understand soon, sweetie.” She bitterly smiled at her daughter. She is still too young to


    understand what was happening.


    “But mama, why are we going on a vacation when we just buried papa?” Isabe asks again making


    her cry. She still can’t ept the fact that her husband died in a car ident and not to some illness.


    But she strongly believes that it was not just a simple ident, even the Don had a hunch who is


    responsible for it but there is no evidence to prove it.


    “It’s time to go, Isabe.” She told her daughter who is still clueless on what’s going to happen. Her


    only wish is for everything to be okay. They didn’t even get enough time to mourn for her dead


    husband.


    They opened the door and Don Samuel is standing in front of their door.


    “Esperanza…” The Don said, his eyes were sad and lonely. He nces at Isabe who is clueless on


    what’s going on.


    “Papa, do we really have to do this?” Esperanza asks. “I don’t really want to leave you alone especially


    now…” She said, her voice cracked.


    “This is the only way, Esperanza.” The Don said. “I also don’t want to part from the two of you but there


    is no other way.” He sighs and hugged Isabe. “Isabe, sweetheart, be good to your mother, okay?”


    He said, shredding a tear. “I just hope that you will not hate me for this, and that someday, I can freely


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    hug you again.”


    “Grandpa, why are you crying too?” Isabe asks as she wipe the tears on his face. “You’re going to


    get old early.” She added making the Don cry some more. “Grandpa?” Isabe begins to shred tears


    too. She can already feel that something is not quite right.


    “I love you, sweetheart.” The Don said and kisses her forehead. “I apologize in advance to what you


    will hear and see today, but always remember that I love you and I want you and your mother safe.”


    “Papa, we don’t have to do this, you know.” Esperanza said, crying.


    “We already talked about this, Esperanza. There is no other way, the enemy already killed my son,


    your husband is just around the corner. I am afraid that a snake might be around us.” He said and


    pulled out a thick envelope from his pocket and gives it to his daughter-inw. “Use that money to start


    over again, there is also an address inside that envelope, go there and start anew. That is a house I


    bought secretly and is under Ricardo Ferrer’s name. You don’t have to worry about Ricardo because


    he is a good man, I already called and informed him about your arrival. I also exined to him the


    situation.”


    “But papa—”


    “There is no time, Esperanza.” He sighs. “I will send money through Ricardo, but you have to live a lie-


    low life and away from this luxury, so that the enemy will believe that I really chased you two out of my


    life.”


    “I understand, papa.” Esperanza said, tears falling from her eyes. “But you have to promise me one


    thing, papa, take care of your health.”


    “I promise, Esperanza. I promise. Take care of yourselves too. It will be heart breaking but we need to


    endure it.” The Don said. “I never thought that there would be a time that I will be grateful to those


    rumors that I am despise you for marrying my son.” He sighs. “But I am really grateful that you are the


    one who married my son, Esperanza.” He said and holds his daughter-inw’s hands. “I am really


    grateful.” He added.


    “Papa, why is the destiny too hard on us?” she asks, bursting in tears. “We already lose Hernan and


    now we will lose each other too.”


    “We have to be strong for Isabe, Esperanza.” The Don said. “We have to protect her from them.” He


    added and nce at Isabe who is curious on what is going on. “I will do my very best to protect the


    two of you.” He added as he hugs his daughter-inw and Isabe for the veryst time.


    “Master, we need to act now.” Hugo said cutting their moment. The Don sighs and look at his family


    with sad and lonely eyes.


    “I don’t really want to do this, Esperanza but—”


    “I understand, papa.” Esperanza softly said and holds Isabe’s little hands.


    A whileter, shouting and crying is heard throughout the whole Morgan mansion. Just as they agreed,


    the Don chased them out of the mansion.


    Isabe is crying so loud that the Don’s heart is clenching, he wanted to hug her tight but he cannot do


    it, they don’t know who the snake around them is. The only one they trusted around the house us his


    secretary, Hugo and the head of the housekeepers. He needs to keep his family safe even if it means


    not being with them.


    .


    .


    Isabe suddenly wakes up by Tyron’s worried voice.


    “Be, are you okay?” He asks, worried. “I think you’re having a bad dream.” He added.


    Isabe blinks a few times before realizing that they are still at Tyron’s car and is parked on the side of


    the road.


    “I…I don’t know if it is a dream or a memory.” She confesses. The dream felt so real that makes her


    heart felt heavy. “But—Ahh!” Her head suddenly felt like spinning and throbbing and it hurts.


    “Be?” Tyron started to panic and pulls her closer to him. “What’s happening?” He asks. “Should we


    go back to the hospital?” He asks again but she didn’t say a word as she suddenly remembers


    something from her past.


    “Grandpa! Grandpa!” The five-year old Isabe shouted as she run around the house. “Where are you,


    grandpa?” She asks, still shouting.


    “Sweetie, don’t run around the house.” Hernan told his daughter. They just got home from the park.


    “But I miss grandpa.” Isabe pouted. “Grandpa didn’te with us to the park. He’s been like that for


    the past few days. Whenever we go out, he doesn’te with us.”


    Esperanza and Hernan looks at each other before ncing at their daughter.


    “Grandpa is just busy that’s why.” Esperanza said.


    “But…” Isabe pouted.


    “It’s okay, sweetie.” Hernan said as he carries his daughter.


    “Why is the little princess sulky again?” A voice asks. They look up at the stairway and there stood a


    powerful man.


    “Grandpa!” Isabe happily squeals and run towards her grandfather. “Grandpa!” She puts up her


    arms, asking to be carried.


    The Don smiles at his granddaughter and carried her.


    “Did you have fun today?” The Don asks.


    “Yes, but it would be more fun if you’re with us.” Isabe pouts, making the Don smile. “You rarely join


    us when we go out.”


    “Grandpa is just busy, sweetheart.” The Don said and walks down the stairs. “But I have a surprise for


    you.” He said as they take a seat on the couch.


    “What is it, grandpa?” Isabe asks, beaming with curiosity.


    The Don smiles as he gets a rectangr box from his pocket and handed it to Isabe.


    “Open it.” He said. Isabe opens it and was shocked to see a golden ne with her name on it. “I


    made it personalized for you, sweetheart.” The Don said.


    “It is beautiful, grandpa.” Isabe said mesmerized as she stares at the ne.


    “I’ll put it for you.” The Don said and carefully gets the ne from the box and puts it around her


    neck.


    “Thank you, grandpa!” Isabe hugs the Don. “I promise that I will cherish and will always wear this!”


    “I’m d that you like it, sweetheart.” The Don smiles and hugs her. “Always remember that you are my


    sweet little angel and that I love you very much!”


    “I love you too, grandpa!” Isabe said as she kisses the Don’s cheeks.


    Isabe suddenly opens her eyes and touch the ne she’s always wearing. All this time, she


    thought that it was her father who gave her that but it turns out that the old Don gave it to her.


    “Oh, Tyron!” she said as her tears started to fall. “I remember everything now.” She said, her voice full


    of regret and remorse.