In the middle of the night, Are Rouco had a very long and frightening dream.


    He woke up with a jolt.


    The darkened room was illuminated.


    “Are? What’s wrong with you?”


    Are Rouco threw herself into Shoshana Duque’s arms, trembling with fear, “Mama … Mama … I dreamed that Estre Berrocal crawled over me with blood crawling towards me demanding my life … I also dreamed that Dad beat me to death … I was forced to pay for Estre Berrocal’s life … ”


    Are Roucoy in her mother’s arms with her face wet with tears and her eyes red.


    Shoshana Duque caressed her and reassured her: “It’s all a dream, it’s all a dream, don’t be afraid, you are your father’s daughter anyway, he wouldn’t do that to you. Be good.


    “Ma … I don’t think I can stay in The Holy City any longer, I need to get out of here!”


    Shoshana Duque looked at her, “But, but if you leave now, instead, you will raise suspicions. Are, listen to Mama, when this is over, Mama will send you to Ennd.”


    Are Rouco shook her head in despair, “Mom, I can’t wait …. If Papa knew I had done this, he would have sent me to the police! The fact that he’s giving Estre Berrocal half his fortune means that you and I are not as important to him as that Estre Berrocal!”


    “Dad…”


    The door to the room suddenly kicked open forcefully.


    Are Rouco shivered and shuddered in the arms of Shoshana Duque.


    On the other side of the door was none other than Fresco Rouco.


    The surprise on Fresco Rouco’s face spoke for itself: “Are Rouco! Get your ass over here.”


    Are Rouco cowered in Shoshana Duque’s arms and choked, “Mama, mama…. help me … please … …”


    Shoshana Duque hugged her daughter tightly and said coldly: “Fresco Rouco, this has nothing to do with Are! I’m the one who wanted to kidnap Estre Berrocal!


    “Shoshana Duque! Is this what you’re like as a mother! How dare you consent to the kidnapping of your daughter! You’ll ruin her one day if you raise her like this!”


    Are Rouco suddenly burst intoughter at these words, broke away from Shoshana Duque’s arms and stared at Fresco Rouco between tears andughter: “I’m ruined! It’s all your fault! I’m your own daughter! Why do you treat Estre Berrocal better than your own daughter! You know that … my whole life has been ruined because of you!”


    Fresco Rouco strides over and ps Are Rouco hard on the cheek.


    “Ungrateful daughter!”


    Are Rouco’s mouth was bleeding from the blow, she covered her bruised cheek andy to the side,ughing softly. “For a woman who is not your rtive, you beat me, scold me and give half of your property to that woman, daddy, am I really your own daughter in your eyes?”


    Fresco Rouco took a deep breath, pursed his lips, looked at her coldly and sternly, and asked, “Where the hell did you kidnap Estre?”


    “Dad, Estre Berrocal died and you still want me to pay for it?”


    “You…! Are Rouco, Estre Berrocal is your sister-inw! Even if Estre Berrocal has nothing to do with you, you shouldn’t have kidnapped her!”


    Fresco Roucomented how he could have fathered such a daughter.


    Shoshana Duque was also brought to tears and looked harshly at Fresco Rouco: “Fresco Rouco, how can you be ashamed of what you have done to us, mother and daughter, because of a Estre Berrocal?”


    Fresco Rouco held his forehead and sat on the edge of the bed, helpless and tired, his back to Shoshana Duque and Are Rouco. “I don’t want to argue with you about this now, Are Rouco, you better tell me right now where exactly you have kidnapped Estre to, if anything happens to Estre Berrocal she gets in trouble, I’m not the first one who won’t let you go free.”


    Fresco Rouco turned to stare at Are Rouco: “You must be very aware of how important Estre Berrocal is to your brother.”


    Are Rouco’s eyes, stained with tears, were shaking hard.


    Heughed: “Why, why were you all so worried when something happened to Estre Berrocal? And where were you all when something happened to me! Where were you again?


    …


    Adán Rouco sent for Estre Berrocal all over the city, and the world of La Ciudad Santa was about to turn upside down.


    Late in the evening, Adán Rouco sits on the sofa, his long fingers pinching his forehead, his face full of fatigue.


    Esteban Zaragosa has also sent someone to help look for Estre Berrocal, but the hours have passed …


    The phone suddenly rings in the still air.N?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    Adam Rouco’s dark eyes startled as he moved quickly to pick it up.


    There was the sound of the night wind on the other end of the phone, “Boss, the woman is in the abandoned factory in the western suburbs!”.


    …


    Western suburbs, inside a disused factory.


    Suddenly, a fire broke out all around.


    Estre Berrocal fainted once and woke up choking from the smoke.


    There was no one around, only the whispering sound of the tongues of me that enveloped the area.


    She wanted to scream for help, but her throat hurt so much that she couldn’t get anything out.


    Underneath the body, a jumble of mud, the legs . Between them, a stream of bright red blood trickled down.


    Estre Berrocal, with her hands tied, tried to approach the tongues of fire and burn the ropes, but the pain in her delicate skin, in contact with the hot fire, made her withdraw her hands immediately.


    It hurts, it burns.


    My hand hurts, my belly hurts …


    My whole body hurts, every cell.


    Tears, helpless, slide down.


    He choked and coughed loudly, emitting a harsh sound: “Is there anyone …. Help …! Help! Is anyone here…”


    I can’t get any response.


    The fire, getting bigger and bigger.


    The mes in the sky reminded him of the fire ten years ago.


    “Adam… Adam…”


    Ten years ago, it was Adam who saved her.


    What about today, will Adam still be there?


    He inhaled so much smoke that he nearly fainted and copsed to the ground, helpless at the thought that he was about to die …


    In the light of those fires emerge those warm and wonderful images of his time with Adam.


    …


    The firefighters had not yet arrived when Adán Rouco arrived at the factory in the western suburbs.


    Adán Rouco did not hesitate and went straight in to save him, only to be pulled back by Santino Yepes.


    “Chief, it’s too dangerous now, you can’t go in there!”


    However, Adán Rouco pped Santino Yepes away: “If something happens to Estre, I will regret it for the rest of my life!


    Lorenzo Rouco was able to jump into the fire to save Estre without thinking twice, why not him?


    He did not believe that Lorenzo Rouco loved Estre more than he did.


    To Estre Berrocal, the woman he had decided to marry, the mother of his children and the one who was at the tip of his heart, no one could hurt her.


    …


    I don’t know how long it took, but just as he was about to lose consciousness, he heard a scream in a blur.


    “Star! Star!”


    She slowly opened her heavy eyes, and a shifting, indistinct figure gradually appeared before her …


    It was the voice of Adam, it was the figure of Adam … Was it Adam who hade to rescue her?


    Right now, as shey there, her whole body ached, but the pain also seemed to make her think of something.


    Lorenzo Rouco suddenly appeared because Adam had been sad and upset that night.


    Adam was sad because he could not keep the child in his womb.


    Estre Berrocal is in tears.


    Adán Rouco, her man, has been suffering alone, not wanting to exert the slightest pressure on her.


    “Adam …”


    Adán Rouco hurried to pick her up off the floor with one hand and quickly untie her hands and feet with the other.


    “Star, don’t be afraid, I’ll have you out in a moment.”


    Estre Berrocal clung to his neck: “Adam, it hurts.”