Before going to bed, the dectuplets and Alfonsina went to say good night to their mother.

"She will be so happy to know that you are there."Alfonsina said to Lance.

Lance came along, too. The woman who laid on the bed, looked very beatiful. You could tell that she had obviously been very attractive. Her long, brown hair, longer than the dectuplets', and even Alfonsina's, was braided, in a very long braid. Even though, they were closed, he could see that her eyes were the same shape his.

When the dectuplets told her that they had finally brought him to see, and he touched her hand, her eyes opened, for an instance, and suddenly closed.

"I just know that your presence will help her get better."Alfonsina told him.

Lance couldn't believe just where he was staying. The room was gigantic, not to mention that it was full of luxuries. Just about everything he could ask for. The bathroom adjoining the room, was complete, with a shower, bathtub, jacuzzi, well, everything. The furniture was exotic. The windows looked out only the west, toward the mountains. Just below were the gardens. Since, they had said that he and Kitty were already married, she was staying with him.

"This place is so big, it's scary."she said.

"You'll get used to it, I'm sure."he told her.

"It's as if it were an entire house, not just a bedroom. It has everything. You could fit all of my parents' furniture in here, along with everything that's already here, and yet still have room to run, jump, do whatever you wanted to."

"That's just the beauty of it, Kitty. That you have everything you could ever ask for. Everything. Imagine, every single kind of luxury in existence, even ancient ones, and perhaps some that haven't eve been though of, yet, thanks to Arthur. And it's all ours. I'm the patron, it's all mine, and you, the patrona. Starting tomorrow, of course, you will start to fulfill your place as the lady of the house."he told her.

"Me! And how exactly would I do that."

"Yes, you. Who else? And my sisters will be more than willing to show you how to run an hacienda. You know, how to manage the staff and all that."

"I don't think I could do it."

"Of course you can. I will not permit anyone else to take your place, even if it was my own sisters."

"Well, you should."

"No, I won't. You will learn everything you need to know about running the house, because I want you to take your place. At the very top. I will not have anyone above you. I'm sure we will be very happy here. I've only been here a few hours, and I already feel at home. Well, this is home, after all. I'm so happy."

The next morning, the dectuplet showed everyone everywhere.

"We'll start with the house."said Ma.Xamila.

"We should show you the caves, you will love them."said Ma.Ximena.

They went down to the subterranean part of the house. It was like a cave. Some of the rock formation were still there.

"This was mostly our idea. Father liked it, and gave the plans for it to qiuckly be started. It's difficult to maintain, since you know, the humidity, and all that, someone has to come and keep the humidity controlled. But this is still live rock. Over there,"she pointed. "That's where part of the cave is dead. The rock is dry. I don't know if I'd recommend staying here. It's fun, but like I said the humidity can be unbearable."

It was all furnished just like the rest of the house. They didn't have time to open the doors, or go into any of the rooms, but the dectuplets showed them something very special.

"A subterranean river."said Ma.Xochilt proudly. "Like the river we told you about we saw in Zacatecas, well, not quite like that, because it was darker, and much deeper there, but pretty close. This is where all the drinking water comes from. It won't hurt your kidneys, though, don't worry. It's filtered before you drink it. Not just the drinking water, of course, but all the water. This is water from the lake, which we will show you later. It travels from there, to here, and it's clean, too."

They went to see the church room. That was where they said, they attended church, so they wouldn't have to go all the way to town.

"All the staff, and all the workers do, too. Right here."said Ma.Xacinta. "You should meet the Padre. Oh, we'll have to wait."

She had noticed that he was confessing Ma.Eugenia.

"He's our confessor."she told them. "Well, we should come back later. We still have to show you all the gardens. Maru did say she would join us later. We should've guessed, though.

Maru had not wanted to come with them. She did say that she would catch up with them later. After breakfast, instead of going with them, she went straight to confess. el Padre Juan was very happy to see, and confess her.

Maru was glad to have someone else to talk to beside the dectuplets now. She had always trusted el Padre Juan very much. Maru told him everything that was going on in her mind now, and all her sins.

"I don't want to hate him, but sometimes, I just can't help myself. They are thought that go into my head."she told him crying. "I'm so ashamed of it. I hate myself for it. I do want to be a good person, but you see, my mother wouldn't, couldn't have lied, and she's dead. I shouldn't have bad thoughts about the dead. Nobody knows what it's like. They just think I'm wrong. I know I am, but, what am I going to do. My mother always said, very clearly that he had abandoned."

"Even if that was so, you should still forgive him, Hija."

"I can't. That would be a lie. I don't forgive him. The dectuplets and Meche think I am right, though, Arthur keeps on trying to change my mind."

"The dectuplets are very good girls, however, I think that they just say that, so that they can keep their friendship with you."

"I don't know what to think anymore. He seems like a good person, but not like a good father, but of course, I am not a good daughter either. He is nothing like my godfather, God rest his soul, was."

Meche was waiting silently, while Maru was being confessed, awaiting her turn.

While the dectuplets were taking everyone around the house, telling them about the objects there. There portraits, mostly, of their relatives, and what was more impressive is that they knew their family history, almost to before the Middle Ages, it seemed. When they got to the library, there were billions, and billions of books.

"On every subject, and in every language you can think of."they said.

"Can you read different languages?"asked Kurt.

"Yes. We can read in several different languages. Including dead languages, like Latin."

"How did you get so many books, from where?"asked Kitty.

"I'm not sure."

Outside, it was even more interesting. The plants that grew there were so colorful. The fruit was also very sweet, like nothing any of them had tasted before.

"You don't want to eat the cacao beans just like that. Now, those taste nasty. The chocolate from them tastes good, but not the beans themselves."

Then, they took them to see the animals. They not only had Sissy, but billions of cats, dogs, rabbits, chickens, everything. And what's more, they had names for all of them.

"We just love animals, you know. These three,"Ma.Xiomara pointed to three kittens. "They are brothers. Since there were three of them, we decided to name them in honor of Gabriel Soto's personajes. This one is Adolfo, or Fofo, in honor of when Soto did the part of Adolfo in Las Vias del Amor. This one Carlos, in honor of Carlos from Mujer de Madera, and this one Ulysess, in honor of Ulysess in Amigas y Rivales."

All the cats, dogs, and bunnies were named in honor of someone in particular.

"We've got a special treat for everyone. We asked that the bulls be altered today. That way you can taste the testicles, you know, you have eat them right away. Otherwise they're not good anymore."said Ma.Xosefina.

"What!?"

"You've eaten that before!?"

The dectuplets looked confused.

"Of course we have. What's wrong with it? Don't tell me you won't try anything new. That really is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. We've eaten squids while they're still alive, you know. By the way, before I forget, you know you should choose the chicken you like best for supper today. They'll butcher it right away. So, you don't want to eat the bull testicles, watch while they alter them?"she looked them. Some people looked green "No? That's fine. I guess that means you don't want to watch how they butcher the chicken, either. Just why are you like that? I see nothing wrong with it? Don't tell me the sight of blood gets to you, because you a lot of it in movies." She shook her head.

"Let's go see the lake, and the mountains, then we'll go see the ocean. That's the beaty of Mexico, not far from the beach are the mountains."

The lake and the mountains was an enchanting place. It was like a dream. Like a picture from a book.

"All this is yours?"asked Kitty.

"Yes, all of it."

"Wow."

By the end of the day, everyone was almost as tired as the day before.

"Tomorrow, looking around San Pedro won't take long."said Ma.Xulia.

Indeed, by noon the next day, they had already seen San Pedro from edge to edge. The plaza, the church, everything. They had gone to visit Monica, who lived there, with her husband, Juan. Monica had long, golden blond hair, and blue eyes, she was the second youngest. She had been so happy to finally meet her brother. She had insisted that they stay for lunch, and said that she would visit them at the hacienda very soon. She wanted to get to know him better. They couldn't visit Aimee, who lived at another hacienda, Campo Real, with her husband, Carlos.

"Well, that was quick. It's a very small town."said Kitty.

"Just like a lot of the ones around the coast."Alfonsina told her.

"I thought it was very nice."said Jean.

"Of course it's nice."Ma.Xosefian told her.

"I think I've been hugged and kissed about a million times."Evan complained.

"Of course, you were. Every time you meet someone, it's only right to hug and kiss them, especially if it's a lady."Ma.Xiomara told him.

A little while after, just as planned Kitty's parents arrived. Her father was very mad, while her mother was quiet. However, when she told them, the one she was going to marry was Lance, if it wasn't for the people restraining him, her father looked like he would've killed him.

"Quiere que lo ponga en su lugar, Patron?"asked one of the men, taking out a knife.

"No."Lance answered.

"You see, Dad, all this, is actually his. He's no an orphan like we imagined. Just the contrary, actually, he has a big family."she said, eyeing the dectuplets.

"You mean that he's actaully... he owns all this?"

"Yes."

Lance told the men restraining Mr.Pryde to release him.

"Wait a minute. How can this be?"he asked.

"It's a long story, but now what's important is that he's willing to marry me, and I'll have to live here. Which wouldn't be so bad."she added to herself.

"It's been decided."said Ma.Xacinta. "There's no other choice. Alfonsina got everything ready for the wedding. We just invited you, because, well, you're her parents, but if you'd like to go back, you know that would be just as simple."