Episode 4

(Alessandra)

With each word my Mother says, my head assimilates and understands things a little better; and She continues with her story.

—I had been 12 long months without seeing him, and remembering him at every moment, I still loved him like the first day.

When I arrived at the hospital, and went to the room where he was, my heart began to beat at an exorbitant rate, because although he was very bad, seeing him made me breathe again and feel alive.

I saw him very bad, his ribs broken and a very strong blow to the head.

In the room, there was a young man, he was very young, but quite tall and very handsome, he introduced himself as Alessandro's best friend, (in reality they had been best friends for two hours, it was Nicolas Grecco, and to this day they are like brothers,) but at that moment it surprised me because I knew that your Father didn't have a single friend.

The handsome young man approached me to speak discreetly.

He told me that he had never seen a man cry like Alessandro cried for me and that he felt very worried, because his friend had tried to take his own life and feared that he would do it again, he also told me that He was always watching, because Alessandro was very alone, but that now he wouldn't be able to, because he was going on a trip, and that's why he asked me to take care of him, until he recovered.

I accepted that your Dad would stay in my apartment, I took care of him with love, but without overstepping the limits, that was very difficult because the skin wants to feel and satisfy the desires of the soul.

We talked, with as much confidence as if we had never been apart, I asked him why he drank so much, he told me that he couldn't bear the pain of being away from me, but that he was still married and couldn't get divorced at the moment, because of the girls, because of the mother who suffered from a cardiac anomaly and because although his Dad was still in the company, He felt responsible for helping him because he was sick.

Alessandro never lied to me about anything, I know because he received calls from his wife asking where he was.

And he never denied her that he was with me, nor his love for me.

On one of those days, when he was still recovering, we went to the hospital for a check-up, I heard them call him, by phone.

He apologized and said he would go to the bathroom, but a moment later I followed him, I wanted to know who he was talking to.

It was the wife...

I didn't hear what She said to him, but I did hear everything Alessandro said to Her.

I remember his words so well...

**Look Antonia, you don't have to call me, or demand anything from me, because I have no obligation to you,

and I will always be watching out for the girls, remember that this marriage is fictitious, we are married because of the trap that you and my Mother conspired, but you know that what happened that night, was because of the concoctions they gave me, and between You and I nothing has happened, nor will it ever happen, and that is why I don't taste any food in that house, because I don't trust my mother and much less you.

And yes, here I am with Marlen, I am with the woman I love, the one I will love all my life, and She is not the intruder, the intruder in my life is You, so You know, if you want you can tell the whole world, that I have a lover, and I will tell the whole world that my lover is the woman I was going to marry, but that You drugged me, got into my bed, got pregnant and that because of that pregnancy I married you.

Let's see who ends up worse, because I'm not afraid of scandals.

Yes, do it if you want to sleep with someone, look for another man, I don't care, do it with whoever you want, because you don't provoke anything more than disgust in me.**

That was what I heard in that conversation, just as it was said, because I remember it very well, and because of those words I made the decision to become Alessandro Sandoval's lover of my own free will.

That night I slept with Him, and he made me the happiest woman in the world.

I became his lover, hoping that he would get divorced.

A few days later, I realized that I hadn't thought about taking care of myself, it was a small oversight, but it's the most wonderful oversight I've ever had, the oversight made with the purest love.

When Alessandro found out about my pregnancy, he went crazy with happiness.

He wanted you to have a home, and he had this house made, using his own money, because his paternal grandfather bequeathed him a bank account, which he started managing at 18, investing and obtaining profits.

He always told me that you would have the same lifestyle as the girls he already had with his wife, everything you were entitled to for being his daughter; he wanted you to have a garden with a pool to see you run and play, and for the house to be as beautiful as it is.

Without saying anything, he put it in my name, so that no one could ever get me out of here and he opened a bank account in my name so that we wouldn't lack anything, I didn't find out about that until everything was done, and he did it without consulting me, because if he had asked me, I wouldn't have accepted.

He made me understand that I should think of you, and he convinced me because you are a Sandoval, besides He was a crazy guy, he bought you so many things, He himself painted the walls of your first room and decorated it to his liking.

He moved out completely, even against the will of his Parents and according to them they were going to stop him by telling him that they would disinherit him, but your Dad already had his own fortune, since they didn't stop him with that they called him day and night, but he continued here with me, and he took care of me as much as you have no idea.

The day of the birth, he was very nervous and when he had you in his arms, he was the happiest man in the world... That's where he spoke with his lawyer, to file the divorce petition for the first time.

Everything seemed to be being solved, He went every weekend to see his daughters, because he had to be responsible, obviously he returned that same day.

I was happy, I felt blissful; and it was like that, until a sad day, when he received the bad news.

His Father had died, that day he left home, he went to take care of all the funeral arrangements.

The day of saying goodbye to the remains of Mr. Alejandro Sandoval, I went to the cemetery, I wanted to support your Dad, but that caused chaos; Alessandro's mother was so upset when she saw me, I couldn't understand what was happening, because more than angry I saw her with fear, but maybe it was just my perception, the point is that they had to call an ambulance and she was hospitalized for several days.

All that time your Father was with Her, he called me every day, but he didn't return until after 3 long weeks.

From there, Your Father took the reins of the company and came to be with us on weekends.

It hurt me a lot, but I accepted it that way, because I preferred to have him two full days, than to be without Him.

I love your Father, my love for Him is without limits, I learned to wait, not to demand, not to pressure him, and I didn't have him every day, but I was sure that He was only mine, I am sure that I am his only woman.

When you turned 12, I started with the idea of telling you the truth, but your Dad begged me to give him time, that he would get divorced and we would get married.

I kept waiting, but the divorce never became a reality, for some reason, something always happens...

A few weeks ago, He came home, trying to hide the pain that was in his soul, I think You noticed it too, because you asked him several times if he felt well; He tried to hide the sadness.

But, when we were alone, I insisted on wanting to know what was happening.

And he told me that he was very sorry but that we had to end this relationship.

I was scared, I felt like my heart had been stabbed, I felt an incomprehensible pain, I didn't understand what was happening.

And it's not that the role of lover pleases me, if I accepted to be it it's because I love him infinitely and I was willing to be with Him until the day of my death.

But that day, He explained to me, that he will never be able to get divorced, because Antonia is sick and because if he does she would keep the company and he told her that she would end everything.

He also told me, that neither You, nor I deserve this life, he told me to give him a few days to think, how to make the world know, that he has a daughter, out of wedlock but that she is a legitimate Sandoval.

Your Father is a very recognized person in society, he is a very successful businessman, he is careful not to appear in magazines and news so as not to be exposed, but he doesn't do it because he is ashamed of us, nor because he wants to keep us hidden from his family, They know it including the twins, They know very well of our existence.

Your Father takes care of you.

He didn't want to expose you, so that no one would point you out, but for some reason, now he does want people to know about your existence.

I still don't understand it, but I respect his decision...

Now, I want to apologize to you...

For lying to you, for not being that virtuous woman you thought I was.

Now you can see, how imperfect I am.

But I am an imperfect, who does everything for love...

I know that I have loved without limits, your Father and also you.

My daughter, I know, that you know how much I love you, and that you also love your Father and Me and in the name of this great love I ask for your forgiveness.

Please forgive me.

I also want you to forgive your Father, he has suffered a lot and he can endure everything.

But, I'm sure he won't stand losing you...

Besides, you should know that love bears no grudge and never ceases to be.

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