What I did was to safe my daughter. To separate her from the hole I fell in. I don't want her to know about my pass the people sentences me father, and I don't care about it but I wouldn't handle it if my daughter also sentences me. I need to forbid Alya from returning father Carlos." Marlena looks sadly at him.
"And how will you do that?" He asked curiously.
"Like before forbidden her from returning before finishing her education. I will write a letter but you need to help me so there's no errors." She said softly.
"Alright Marlena give me a draft, and I'll fix it like I have done before." He said gently.
"I'll bring it to you tomorrow morning." She said wiping her tears.
He gently patted her hand. "It would be best in the afternoon I'm going to visit Marinette in the morning."
She nodded. "Alright."
"Hay if you see a star in the night sky remember me okay."
Adrien smiled looking out the window of the plane and saw the stars. As promised, he saw the brightest star and thought about Mari.
Plagg walked up to his girlfriend Tikki. "What do you think of the girl Mari?"
Tikki looked up from cleaning the dining table. "Honestly, I like her better than Miss. Lila and her aunt."
Plagg nodded. "I know what you mean Miss Lila and Mari come from the same background since they were both raised in an orphanage yet they are completely different."
Tiki nodded walking to the kitchen as he followed her. "Yea it only took a second for Miss. Lila to get used to the lifestyle of this house and Mari giving the same lifestyle would prefer to earn what she gets."
"Yea like yesterday while Miss. Lila and her aunt were near the pool she asked me to give her phone to her even though her phone was right next to her on the table while Mari, who is a guest here wanted to help us clean."
Tikki nodded putting everything away for the next day. "I don't like to say negative things without having facts, but I feel like Miss. Lila and her aunt aren't who they say they are."
"You're not the only one that thinks that sweetheart, and I'm going to investigate count on that." Plagg said crossing his arms with a smirk.
"I still don't understand what I feel for Mari." Adrien sighs leaning his head on his seat.
"But you like her don't you?" Edward looked at him.
"Yes, I like her." He blurted out.
"And she likes you." Edward added.
"I don't know. I doubt it; I imagine that she sees me as a protector as a hero." He looks over at him.
"Is she young?" Edward asked curiously.
Adrien tries to remember what he read on her file. "She's 5 or 6 years younger than me."
"That's not too bad, but you said that she's very affectionate with you right?" Edward laughed softly.
Adrien nodded. "Yes but she does it innocently with no bad intentions."
"And if she was in love with you. What would you do?" Edward asked curiously. Adrien didn't know how to respond to that he just stayed quiet. Soon they arrived, and they started heading out. In the seat pocket that Adrien had was the poem book that Lila gave him unread.
Mari cleans her room the next day before laying on her bed again not wanting to leave her room at all.
Audrey was reading a magazine in the living room when she noticed Ruby heading to the front door. "Ruby come here." Ruby walked over to her. "I didn't want you to go before telling you that I know that you called the house yesterday pretending to be Chloe. I won't permit that."
"You're wrong Mrs. Audrey Natalie already told me what happened. That just confirms what I told you that Chloe called the house looking for you." Ruby said gently.
Audrey stood up. "You told her to say that."
"Always thinking badly of others." Ruby replied before walking back to the front door.
"Where are you going?" Audrey asked irritated.
Ruby turned to face her. "Right now to the car then to the house of the Dupain to visit Mari. She lives there now thanks to you."
Audrey puts her hands on her hips. "That street rat I don't understand how you can treat her like your friend."
Ruby smiled. "Besides the fact that she's a great person and friend, my brother asked me to keep an eye on her and take her out during his absence that's why I do it."
Audrey nodded. "Of course since he can't entertain her, he asked you to do it that makes me suspicious. He brought her here because he was interested in her." She sat back down on the couch. "I'm not surprised that he let my daughter die to get involved with her."
"I don't know why I loose my time with you. Excuse me." Ruby leaves the house.
Edward and Adrien walk out of the conference room and get a cup of water. "What do you think about the conference so far?"
"Interesting but a bit boring I think that they extended the presentations too long." Adrien said drinking his water.
"Now you get bored at this stuff? Of course, you would prefer to be in Paris Mari...Lila." Edward teases. "By the way, where's the poem book that she gave you?"
Lila walked into the living room and sees a young woman sitting on the couch. "Hello."
The woman stood up. "Hello good morning."
"Good morning did they already intend you?" Lila asked politely.
"Yes thank you the head maid already went to tell the person I'm looking for." The woman said with a smile.
"Are you a family friend?" Lila asked curiously.
The woman extended her hand to her. "Ruby Agreste I'm Adrien's little sister."
Lila shook her hand happily. "Nice to meet you; I'm Lila Lila Dupain-Cheng. I'm the daughter of Judge Dupain and his wife. Please sit down." Lila sits next to her. "The casualty of life I was going to call your house today so I could visit you guys."
"Really?" Ruby asked surprised.
"Yes, your brother Adrien and I have become great friends, and yet I don't know you guys who are his family." Lila said softly.
"You can come to the house whenever you want." Ruby said with a smile.
"Thank you. Are you here to see my mom?" Lila asked.
"No I'm here to see Mari. Adrien asked me to entertain her while he's gone." Ruby smiled brightly.
"How nice." Lila said with a fake smile.
"You hadn't told me where you want to go." Ruby looked at Mari in the passenger seat.
"Wherever you want." Mari replied softly.
"How about the fair?" Ruby suggested.
"Okay." Mari said with a big smile.
"The book stayed in the plane." Adrien replied thinking about it.
"Meaning you aren't interested in the person who gave it to you." Edward said playfully. "Let's see what you invent when she asks you what you thought about her gift."
Isabella walked to the front of the house the same time as Lila. "And your mom?"
"When the orphan went with Adrien's sister, she went to her room. I thought I'll go with her for a moment."
"Well go now and entertain her as long as possible. I need time to do something important." Isabella walked out of the house leaving Lila confused as she walked to Sabine's room.
Isabella stood at the entrance of the house and saw a priest coming to the house. "That must be him." Isabella walked over to him. "Good morning are you father Carlos Glass?"
Mari and Ruby walked around the fair. "Don't you miss your brother?"
"He barely left last night." Ruby laughed softly.
Mari nodded. "True but it feels like he left a month ago."
"Let's go canoeing." Mari declined, but Ruby dragged her to the canoes.
"Yes I am father Carlos Glass." He replied politely as he continued heading to the front door.
Isabella walked in front of him. "I imagine you're here to see Mari right? She told me you would come today. Such a sweet girl a bit primitive but lovely. With how happy she is, but you came at a bad time father she left with the sister of Dr. Agreste, and I doubt she'll be back soon they left half an hour ago."
He sighs. "Oh well, it will have to be another day." He starts to walk away, but then he remembers something and turns back around. "I'm also here to see Mrs. Dupain-Cheng, she's waiting for me." He walks to the front door again.
Isabella walks in front of him again. "Sabine isn't here either."
He raised an eyebrow. "That's odd we agreed to meet in the morning."
"It was last minute with her daughter, I think she will be back soon if you want to wait." Isabella said softly.
He nodded. "Alright I'll wait since I'm here."
"Come with me father until she returns we can talk about Mari." She leads him to the back garden, and they sit on two chairs. "So do you know Mari for a long time?"
He smiled. "Since she was born."
"You don't say? My understanding is that she was raised in an orphanage." Isabella said softly.
He nodded. "Yes Mrs. that's where I left her after her mother gave her to me."
"A long time ago?" She asked fearfully.
He thinks about it. "More than 20 years ago."
"Did Adrien tell you, how long he'll be on his trip?" Sabine asked as she was knitting sitting on her chair in her room.
Lila who was sitting on the bed nodded. "Yes he said around 10 days."
"So long? Poor Mari." Sabine said continuing to knit.
"Why poor?" Lila asked hiding her irritation.
"Because she misses Adrien a lot." Sabine replied.
"Hay does your brother not call you where he is?" Mari asked to Ruby as, they were canoeing.
Ruby nodded. "Of course everyday actually, it shouldn't take long for him to call me."
"Well say hello to him for me." Mari said softly, and Ruby smiled.
"Do you think that she is in love with him?" Lila asked curiously.
"Of course not she misses him because he protected her from going to jail. Don't think that Mari is a delinquent. Do you know why they wanted to lock her up? She stole milk to give to orphans from an orphanage. I finished what do you think?" She shows Lila the pink blanket.
Lila smiled. "How pretty."
Sabine gently putting the blanket away. "Let's go to the garden."
"Without knowing you that women trusted her daughter to you?" Isabella was standing behind her chair.
"The poor woman had no one else to do so." He softly said.
"What a sad story." Isabella said sitting back on the chair. "And you had never seen that woman again?"
"No Mrs., never I don't know if she is alive or dead. Then I took Marinette to the orphanage. She was there until she escaped." He smiled softly remembering the pass. "She escaped one day and a lot of things occurred ever since. Mrs. Dupain-Cheng has taken a long time, and I need to go back to my church."
"Yea she has." Isabella said faking a smile.
"Aren't you coming with me?" Sabine asked looking at Lila still on the bed.
"Yes but I want to ask you something mom." Lila said standing up and walking over to her. "Can you teach me how to knit?"
Sabine smiled softly. "Of course but later."
"No mom, not later since I'll loose interest c'mon.' Lila smiled sweetly at her.
"I'm tired right now sweetie I'll been knitting for a long time. Look let's go to the garden I'll rest, and I promise to dedicate myself in teaching you today. Plus we will need to buy yawn of the colors you like." Sabine held her hand walking with her outside the room. The whole time Lila tried to convince her to teach her now when they got to the front entrance Isabella walked inside the house.
"Where were you guys?" Isabella asked walking to them.
"In mom's room, she finished her knitting and guess what she'll teach me later." Lila said with a bright smile.
"Isabella has father Carlos arrived?" Sabine asked curiously.
Isabella shook her head. "Not that I know of."
"I'll go to the garden to wait for him; I need to talk with him and apologize for Mari's absence. Are you coming with me?" Sabine asked Lila.
"Yes mom." She saw Isabella giving her a look. "You know what out of nowhere I'm cold are you not cold? I'll go get a jacket and catch up with you later." Sabine nodded and walked away.
"I think there's big danger for us." Isabella whispered to her.
Lila looked at her confused. "What kind of danger are you talking about?"
"Father Carlos did come I didn't want him to see Sabine that's why I asked you to entertain her. I talked with him and asked him about the life of the street rat Mari. He told me the whole story, he knows her since she was born that is similar to the story of Sabine's of the daughter she abandoned. I fear that bad luck came to us because Mari could be Sabine's real daughter." Isabella hissed at Lila.
Lila shook her head. "Wait it's not the first time someone abandons their daughter and gives them to someone else."
"Sabine gave her daughter to a priest more than 20 years ago. Just like they gave Mari to him, and if I remember right that priest had the last name Glass too. That Priest left her daughter to an orphanage just like what this one did to Mari." Isabella hissed back.
"It can't be what you imagine it would be too much of a coincidence." Lila hissed back.
"That's what I want to think. We need to be alerted at this moment. I wouldn't want to loose what we have here." Isabella said worriedly.
Lila grabbed her arm. "Me neither we'll make that girl disappear first."
Isabella nodded. "Agreed but there's still one thing I need to do to complete my plan. Now let's go with Sabine, we need to take her out of this house for a while. Grab that jacket you told her you'll get first though."
"Why are you so quiet?" Ruby asked Mari. They were currently sitting on a bench.
Mari looked at her. "Its nothing hay can we still go somewhere else?"
Ruby nodded. "Yes, where do you want to go?"
Mari smiled. "With father Carlos, he was supposed to visit me today but I kinda ditched him to come with you."
"Alright." They stand up and head to the church.
Lila and Sabine come back from getting yawn so Sabine could show Lila how to knit. Isabella was waiting for them in the front entrance.
"Did father Carlos come?" Sabine asked curiously.
Isabella nodded. "Yes he came but he just left. He waited for you for a while but be had to leave. I told him that you wouldn't take long, but he was in a hurry. He'll call you to make another meeting."
Sabine sighed. "Oh well, c'mon sweetie let's go to the room to start knitting." She started walking to her room. Lila smiled falsely and followed her.
Mari hugged father Carlos happily, and he hugged her back as happy. She broke the hug and introduced Ruby to him. Ruby smiled and shook his hand. They stayed there for the rest of the day.
That night Isabella sat on a couch in the living room when Lila sat next to her. "Did you learn to knit?"
She nodded. "A bit but it's so boring."
Isabella closed her magazine. "Does she suspect what I did with the priest?"
"No, not at all." Isabella takes a breath in relief. "Has Mari returned from being with Adrien's sister?"
She shook her head. "No did you meet Adrien's sister?"
Lila smiled. "Yes and guess what it came from her for me to visit the house tomorrow." Isabella smiled as they stood up. "And listen, she'll introduce me to Adrien's mother in law, and I'll do anything in my power to win over his daughter. She's a big factor to be able to conquer him."
They started walking. "Well, your future husband has a lot of interest in entertaining that girl."
Lila turns to face her. "That puts me in a bad mood. Why does Adrien have to worry about-?
Mari walked in the house and noticed the looks the two women were giving her. "What's up?"
"You took a long time in your trip girlie." Isabella said staring at her.
"I had permission from the Mrs. plus it was an order from my corrector." Mari replied with a smile.
"Did you eat chicken on the streets?" Isabella mocked her.
"No and so you know Ruby will take me out frequently, and tomorrow she'll help me find Fu and I'll ask the Mrs. if I can bring my dog Teddy." Mari smiled even brighter.
Lila smiled softly. "How cute did Adrien's order this too?"
"Yes Adrien ordered that too." Mari said mocking her playfully before walking to her room.
"She's so vague." Isabella said harshly.
Lila smiled. "Poor thing she can't imagine what will happen to her if she gets on our path."
Mari plops on her bed irritated. "I have more right to call him Adrien since I met him first." She falls asleep and for some reason, she dreamt about Adrien. They were on a balcony, and he leans in for a kiss which she returns.
The next morning Mari was in the master bedroom she just asked Mrs. Sabine permission to bring Teddy. "So Mrs. do you give me permission to visit Fu?"
Sabine smiled as she continued her knitting. "Yes Mari and you can bring your dog." Mari squealed in happiness. "And you can have him in your room if he behaves." Mari hugged her and for some reason, it felt right to Sabine as if she was hugging her daughter. When they broke the hug Sabine stood up. "Do you have money to spend?"
She shook her head. "No but Ruby has some."
Sabine took out money from her wallet and handed it to Mari. "Here."
Mari shook her head. "It's not necessarily Mrs."
Sabine smiled. "Take it and I want you to know that every month you will have an allowance just like Lila."
"I really don't need it." Mari said gently.
"If you don't take it, I will feel bad." Sabine replied softly. "And I imagine that you don't want me to feel bad." Sabine smiled putting the money on Mari's pants pocket.
With the money Sabine gave her, she brought all the bottles of milk she could.
"Can you explain to me what all this is for?" Ruby asked as she helped Mari put them in a cart. "Is it for the orphanage?"
Mari nodded. "Yes and this time I didn't steal them."
Mari paid for the milk, and Ruby helped her with the cart suddenly she saw a friend of her neighborhood that sells bread, and she also brought all the bread which her friend was surprised about. All three went to the orphanage and knocked. A nun opened the door and was surprised to see the cart with milk and a basket full of bread. She helped them bring everything in and when they went to the garden, all the girls were happy to see Mari. She introduced Ruby to them, and they greeted her happily. Mari with help of Ruby and the nuns passed a bread to every girl and gave them a cup of milk. Mari felt overjoyed seeing the happiness in every little girl, and that it was thanks to her.
Later, she walked into her old home and surprised Fu. They shared a hug and then Mari introduced Ruby to him. Ruby waved with a smile. Then Mari picked up Teddy with a big smile.
"Did you guys see what it is said about him? It's amazing." Lila said looking at the article written about Adrien in the conference in the newspaper.
"Adrien is intelligent prepared Tom admires him a lot." Sabine smiled.
"He is so handsome in the picture, but it doesn't say when he returns. I want to see him mom" Lila said sadly as she put the newspaper on the coffee table. "If I don't know what day he returns I can't set a date for my party to represent me in sociality."
"We should start preparing for it though." Isabella stated. "We are losing time and we will be in a hurry at the last minute."
Lila smiled. "Almost everything is ready aunt. We did the list of gusts. We choose the location the band-"
"Yea but what about the dresses. Yours mine Sabine's." Isabella said.
Lila looked at Sabine. "That's true mom."
Mari walked beside Sabine. "Look this is my dog Mrs. Sabine."
Sabine smiled petting him. "He's so cute."
Lila smiled. "Yea cute like we were saying the dresses are important-"
Mari saw the newspaper and bended over to look at it. She smiled snd stood up walking to her room taking the newspaper with her as the woman continued talking. She got on her bed got scissors and cut the picture of Adrien.
Lila walked to the room and stood on the edge of the bed. "Why did you take the newspaper that Adrien was on?" She noticed the picture. "Plus you cut off the picture." Lila said furious.
"Yes so what?" Mari asked looking at her.
"Give it to me." Lila demanded.
She shook her head. "No it's mine."
"Give it to me theif!" Lila yelled at her.
Mari went in front of her. "Take it from me." She challenged.
Lila slapped her. Mari wanted to attack her but to avoid making a big scene, she just slapsed Lila too just when Sabine and Isabella walked in the room.
