Episode 2

Diana

It's going to be night in a few hours, and we've been traveling with the judge to the city where Marcus lives.

We've arrived, you could already see the big buildings, the streets, the traffic and everything characteristic of big cities.

I just watched through the car window, while the judge mentioned something about an address that Marcus had given him, where we should go.

"We've arrived, miss, this is it. Let's go in, I'll accompany you," says the judge.

"Give me a second, I'll call Marcus to let him know I'm here," I say, taking my phone and dialing his number.

"Hello, honey?" Marcus answers, sounding a bit agitated.

"Hi, love, I've already signed the documents and I have our marriage certificate, I'm outside what seems to be your house," I say, a little nervous.

"Perfect, honey, just go in and tell them you're from me, they'll know what to do with you," Marcus replies and hangs up.

It seemed strange to me, but I decided to follow his instructions.

The young man at the entrance let us pass, it was a huge house with a large garden, just seeing it made me nervous, surely they were very wealthy people and I would feel out of place there. Marcus had told me that his family had money but I didn't think that much.

At the door we were greeted by an older woman, she said she was the housekeeper and invited us to the living room.

The judge asked if we could see the owner of the house, and she nodded.

"Mr. Samuel will be here in a moment," she said and disappeared down one of the corridors.

"Good afternoon, how can I help you?" a voice distracted us, it was an older man, dressed very elegantly.

"Mr. Smith, I am Judge Ricardo Fontana," he says and they both shake hands.

"And you, young lady?" he says, turning to me.

"I am Diana, Diana Leon, sir," I say with an unstable voice.

"What brings you to my house?" he says very kindly.

"Well, as your son Marcus has already informed you, I have brought his wife here with his family. He said that you were already aware of everything," says the judge calmly.

Mr. Smith just looks at us both in amazement, and then looks at me confused.

"Did I hear correctly? My son's wife, you say?" he asks, frowning.

"That's right, sir, here is the marriage certificate," I say, showing the document.

"What's going on?" a woman's voice echoes in the place.

"She says she's Marcus's wife, and apparently it's true, here's the signed document," says the man.

"It's impossible, if it's a joke, it's in very bad taste, Marcus doesn't even have a girlfriend, much less would he get married," says the woman, observing me.

"I'm sorry, she is my wife, Eva," says the man, introducing the woman, she just looks at us and nods once.

"Samuel, there is only one way to clear up doubts, call my son, there must be an explanation for all this," says the woman with a stern voice. Without saying a word, the man walks across the room until he disappears down a corridor.

My heart started to race and I started to get nervous.

"Se... Madam, I know it seems impossible, but your son told me that we would get married before he went on a trip, in fact he signed the documents before I did. I just spoke to him on the phone and he told me that you would be waiting for me," I say with my voice about to break.

"What are you talking about, Dad? I don't have a wife, what kind of joke is this?" a man's voice resounded, but it wasn't Marcus's voice, this voice was thicker and more cutting.

"Look at her, it's her and she has a document signed by you, where it says that she is your wife," says Samuel, pointing at me.

Suddenly, a young man appeared in front of me, with features very similar to Marcus's but clearly it wasn't him. He had black eyes, with abundant eyebrows and eyelashes, but he was perhaps a little taller and looked somewhat younger, also for a moment the indecent idea of saying that he is more handsome than Marcus crossed my mind.

He just looked me in the eyes without saying a word.

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