After hours of talking Nino and Mari walked down the stairs of the apartment complex. "I need to go now." Nino said, and Mari nodded. "Mari does Father Carlos know what happened between you and Adrien?"
Mari nodded. "I went to tell him, but Adrien arrived wanting to talk with me and begging me to go back with him."
"What will you do?" Nino asked curiously.
Suddenly, Adrien walked up to them. "Mari I want to talk with you. Without witnesses and for the last time. It's up to you if you want to hear me."
Mari thinks about it and slowly nodded. "Alright." She looks at Nino. "Can you leave us alone please?" Nino nodded and walked away. "Alright whatever you want to tell me do it now and straight after leave." She said sternly.
"Now what's wrong Sabine?" Tom asked a teary-eyed Sabine, who was sitting on a chair in their room putting candy in small bags. "You're too quiet."
"I'm just making candy bags for my girls of the orphanage." Sabine replied.
"That's not all." Tom sits next to her. "What's wrong? Is it that girl again?"
Sabine shakes her head. "No it's not about Mari It's about Lila."
"Mari believe me; I didn't lie because of cruelty but because to give time so you could know me better. Of who I really am, and so you could forgive me." Adrien stated. "Mari I was the first to blame myself for what I did. I always felt regret in my conscience. I thought God put you in my path, so I could have the opportunity to be forgiven. I wanted you to learn how to love to forget and forgive."
Mari crosses her arms. "I only learned one of those three things how to love." Adrien steps closer to her. "Don't get near me...I don't know about forget and forgive. You know why? Because before you taught me how to love you taught me something else...how to hate. It's in my heart head blood and vains this body that you humiliate that night."
Adrien looks down. "But you love me." He looks up at her. "You loved me yesterday and you still love me."
"I love Adrien." Mari replied.
Adrien looks at her confused. "Mari I am Adrien."
Mari shakes her head. "No the Adrien I loved doesn't exist. You know who does."
"No Mari the real Adrien is in front of you begging you to forgive him. The caring one that doesn't want to hurt you." Adrien said pleadingly.
"I don't see him; I see the other one. The cruel jerk who harms people. A line was crossed and now we are going our separate ways. Oh and Fu will go bring Teddy from your house. If that's all you had to tell me, please leave." Adrien sighs and starts walking away. He turns and looks at her for a few seconds before finally walking out the apartment complex. Mari runs up the stairs to the house, and she goes to her room and plops on her bed in tears.
"It hurts that she threw it at my face that I abandoned her. She knows I regret separating myself from her. She knows how much I suffered she didn't have to remind me." Sabine said in tears. "Her life wasn't as bad as she says. Isabella gave her everything she needed. Of course not our love but it doesn't seem to matter to her. I think losing her love for herself matters more."
"You are being unfair she can't stand that Adrien preferred Mari. That girl stole her boyfriend." Tom replied.
"I'm glad you can defend her Tom. Love doesn't blind me. I see a lot of flaws in her, even if I know I'm to blame." Tom hugs her.
Somehow Lila got Edward to take her to dinner, and she knew this was her chance to get information out of him. "Um...I heard that Adrien and Mari aren't doing so well."
Edward nodded. "It seems like they are having problems."
"How is that they are having problems if they just got married?" Lila asked.
Edward shrugged. "I'm not sure I just know that Mari disappeared and Adrien found her here in Paris, but she doesn't want to talk to him. Let's talk about something else are you still upset?"
Lila nodded. "Yes and you?" He nodded, and she put her hand on top of his. "Then we have to cheer each other right?" She said a bit flirty but when he doesn't answer she moves her hand away. "You haven't forgotten about Elsa right?"
"No, not yet?" He replied.
"Will dad sleep here again?" Maya asked her grandma Audrey.
"Who knows Maya." Audrey replied.
"I hope he brings Mari." Maya said with hope.
"If he does we'll have to leave this house." Audrey said sternly. "If your dad brings that street rat here the law orders you to leave his side. She's a bad influence."
"Leave?! No grandma." Maya hugs her. "I don't want to go this is my house."
Adrien walks inside the house and hears what Maya said. "Good evening." Audrey and Maya turn and look at Adrien.
Lila walks inside the Dupain house and goes to the living room where everyone else was. "How is Ruby." Sabine asked her.
"Hideous...okay that sounded bad but her face is deformed. That's what she gets for listening to Mari. By the way her marriage with Adrien isn't going so well they already got separated." Lila said hiding her happiness.
"Go to your room Maya and get ready for bed." Audrey told Maya. She nodded and hugged her dad goodnight before walking up the stairs.
"Why are you trying to put Maya against me?'' Adrien asked.
"You know why I don't want that street rat in this house." Audrey said sternly.
Adrien took a big breath. "You don't need to worry Audrey Mari isn't coming back but not because of you, but because she doesn't want to she abandoned me. You can be satisfied."
Fu walked back to the house from taking an order of teas to one of his clients and saw Mari sitting at the table looking down. "What's wrong dear?"
Mari looked up. "Adrien was here but he won't come back I told him I wanted nothing to do with him, and I think he finally got it and I won't see him again."
"Don't be sad dear you need to cheer up and be the same Mari as before." Fu said hugging her.
"I don't know if I can Fu my life is worth nothing now." Mari replied in tears.
"Don't say that." Fu said sternly.
"But it's true...Fu, I want you to go to the Agreste household tomorrow and get Teddy for me and nothing else. He's the only thing I left there that is worth it. Also if you see Maya, please tell her that I'm sorry, and that I'll miss her." Fu nodded.
"Look what you got for being with that guy." It was the next day, and Audrey was visiting Ruby seeing the state of her face for the first time. "If you only listened to me. When will you get operated?"
"I don't know the doctor said I would need a lot of operations." Ruby replied. "How's Maya?"
"She's fine don't worry about her...has Mari come to see you?" Audrey asked, and Ruby shook her head no. "Did you know that your brother and her got separated?"
Ruby laughed softly. "That's not true."
"Yes it's true she abandoned him and wants nothing to do with him." Ruby was surprised at the news. "Your brother has been staying home alone. Do you know the reason why?" Ruby shakes her head no. "Well I'll see what I can find out and let you know. I need to go now get better." Audrey leaves the room.
"Most men are jerks Mari, and I should know They just think about themselves. They are the most selfish being in the world." As Marlena was rambling on Mari stayed quiet doing the laundry. "I'm just rambling and you're so quiet. My point is that if you love Adrien you should give him another chance don't forget that you're his wife."
Mari shakes her head. "I can't forgive him."
"Are you always alone Ruby does no one come to visit you?" Sabine asked Ruby as she was visiting her.
"Adrien comes everyday and some friends come too. Audrey also comes, but I would prefer if she didn't she always complains about something." Ruby laughs softly.
"You can also count on me. When they operate you let me know you'll most likely need someone to stay during the nights." Sabine said with a smile.
"Thank you Mrs. Sabine, I honestly thought you would be mad at me for what happened between Adrien and Lila." Ruby said honestly.
"I won't deny that it did hurt but what can we do that's how life works." Sabine replied. "I wouldn't want to leave, but I have some things to take care of. Don't forget to call if you need me but I'll come again anyway."
"Thank you for coming." Sabine nodded and as she headed to the door Adrien walked in.
Father Carlos walked inside Fu's house. "Good morning."
"Good morning father." Mari replied as she was folding the laundry. Fu was out delivering some orders and getting Teddy for her.
"I want to talk with you Marinette." Father Carlos said with a smile. "How are you feeling Marinette?"
"Heartbroken Father." Mari said sadly.
"There's a solution for that forgiveness. You need to get back together with your husband Marinette." Father Carlos replied softly.
"You know what he did, and you're asking me to do that?!" Mari said sternly.
"I came to see Ruby for a moment, but I need to go now?" Sabine said to Adrien.
"Thank you for coming." Adrien replied. Sabine nodded and left the room.
Ruby smiled. "She's so nice she even offered to stay the night after I am operated."
Adrien smiled too. "I even thought she wouldn't speak to me. How are you doing?"
"Better I talked with your friend over the phone and he encouraged me though this." Ruby replied. "I'm worried about you; I see you sad...is it true that Mari left you?"
"I might not be the person that should tell you this, but you should consider it." Father Carlos said gently. "I feel him sincere. He wanted to be out of your life."
"He should have done that." Mari said harshly.
"You need to forgive him Marinette. I convinced him that you went back to his life after the incident because God was giving him the opportunity for you to forgive him." Father Carlos replied.
"You knew this before I did and didn't tell me anything? Why?" Mari asked teary eyed.
"Who told you Ruby?" Adrien asked curiously.
"Audrey." Adrien sighs. "Why did she abandon you? You guys were in love."
"I prefer not to talk about it right now maybe another day when it doesn't hurt." Adrien said sadly.
"So it's for good?" Ruby asked sadly and Adrien nodded.
Maya got out from her school bus, and as it drove away she saw the red car with her mom inside. She started squealing and after making sure there were no passing cars she ran to the car. The closer she got the more she could tell that it was her mom. "Mommy!" She climbed the railing of the car and hugged her mom though the open window.
Chloe broke the hug and smiled. "Yes Maya it's me."
"I knew it I'm going to tell daddy." Maya said happily as she started to get down from the car.
"No wait." Chloe stops her. "I want you to hear me carefully. I want us to talk about him. I want you to understand that your dad is a jerk who wanted to kill me." Maya's smile faded hearing that.
"Yes I should have told you, but I didn't think your hatred was strong enough not to forgive that was my mistake. That's why I beg you now to go back to his side." Father Carlos replied.
"You can't ask me that I can't forgive Adrien." Mari replied. "To forgive might be easy for you father and the saints but not for me. I'm just a girl who suffered a lot that doesn't believe in forgetting forgiving and much less in love!"
Lila was walking to Ruby's room when she bumps into Adrien. "Hay I came to visit Ruby." Adrien nodded and was about to walk pass her. "I was confirmed that you are having problems in your marriage. I'm sorry even though you abandoned me doesn't mean I keep a grudge I know how to forgive. Be well Adrien." Lila walks away holding back a smirk.
Fu stood in front of the Agreste household when Audrey walks out. "So you're here to get the street rat's dog?'
Fu nodded. "Yes ma'am and the dog's name is Teddy."
"I know there was a problem between her and Dr. Adrien Agreste." Audrey replied. "Why would the worthless girl dump him?"
Fu got fed up with this woman insulting his dear Mari. "Maybe because he was capable of chasing Mari as a teenager drunk and humiliated her as a woman." He covers his mouth after realizing what he said.
Audrey looked at him shocked. "What did you say?"
"Your dad is bad Maya. He harmed me a lot." Chloe added.
"Grandma Emilie says he's good." Maya replied.
"What would your grandma Emilie say if she died a while ago." Chloe said.
"She comes and goes from heaven, and she told me you would come back." Maya answered.
Chloe smiled. "Well don't believe everything your grandma Emilie says he's her son, she has to defend him but I your mother am telling you that he's a jerk. He made sure that I disappeared in the ocean, so I couldn't come back to be with you and that way he could marry Mari. He did marry her right?" Maya nodded. "The same Mari who would bring Fu's tea." Maya nodded again. "Well, they were both together when I was here. They both planned my death, but you know what Maya, I will come back and ask your dad why did he wanted to kill me tell your dad that."
Lila sat next to Ruby bored Ruby was writing a message on a notepad, and Lila was confused who wrote notes these days. A woman walked in and went besides Ruby. "Good afternoon."
Lila smiled and stood up happy to get to leave. "Well Ruby you're not alone so I'll go now. Get well." Lila leaves the room.
"How are you doing?" Elena asked.
"Good how is Mathew?" Ruby asked.
"Unsettled he wants to know news about you, and of course he wants to come see you." Elena replied.
"Don't let him come I just finished a message for him." Ruby hands her a note.
Elena took the note. "Ruby are you sure about what you're doing?" She asked knowing what the note said.
Ruby nodded. "There's no other way."
Elena smiled sadly and left the room and went to her son's room. Once inside she handed the note to him, and he took it with a smile. However, the farther he read the more his smile faded.
Nino visited Mari later that day, and they talked for hours. "You know Father Carlos came to talk to me today. He wants me to forgive Adrien and to go back to him."
"Well I would advise you to do whatever your heart wants." Nino replied. He loves Mari but he just wants to see her happy even if not with him.
"Adrien was capable of..." Audrey couldn't finish her thoughts since Adrien walked up to them. "Adrien you were capable of humiliating Mari as a woman? You are a...you are a JERK!" Audrey storms back inside the house.
"What are you doing here Fu besides reminding me of my faults." Adrien asked.
"Read it mom." Mathew said handing the note back to her.
Elena read it out loud. "I was released, I'm leaving the hospital. I think it would be best to beak up and not see each other again. I'm sorry, but I understand that I can't stay with you."
"She broke up with me. Does Ruby know I'm disabled?" Elena shook her head no. "She didn't even come to see me." Mathew said in tears.
"I only came to get Teddy for Mari but then this ma'am started insulting her, and I got fed up and told her everything I'm sorry I know it's not my business." Fu replied even though Adrien hurted Mari, he could tell Adrien was hurting too with all of this.
Adrien nodded. "Fu tell Mari that I'm willing to keep my promise to do whatever she wants. Tell her if she wants her freedom back to let me know...so we can go through the divorce."
