"Well wait a bit I still need to think in how to tell him." Mari replied with a smile. "It won't be easy for me to be in front of him and to just blurt it out that we'll be parents. How do I tell him Fu? As much as I try to think I don't know how to, but one thing is for sure I'm going to talk to him and tell him about the baby, and I'll forget about everything that happened because I'm going to forgive him..." Fu smiled seeing Mari being this happy. "Oh and I'm not going to continue being an actress, and I already told Roland and he was surprised to know that I won't continue being an actress because I'm getting back together with my husband."
Sabine walked in the house just as Isabella and Lila were walking past the main hall. "Where were you mom?" Lila asked walking up to her. Sabine just stared at her and Isabella. Seeing her reaction Lila goes to hug her. "What's wrong mom?" Sabine steps back before she could hug her. "You won't hug me?"
"C'mon Sabine hug your daughter." Isabella said with a smile.
Lila extends her hand to touch Sabine, but she moves back. "Why do you move away?"
"To hug my daughter, I would have to go somewhere else." Sabine said sternly.
"Mom?"
"Don't call me mom."
"Why are you treating your daughter like that?" Isabella asked confused.
"She's not my daughter. My daughter is Mari." Sabine replied and Lila plus Isabella looked at her wide eyed.
"What are you talking about mom?" Lila asked.
"I told you not to call me mom. I know the truth you can't keep lying to me this ends here." Sabine said sternly. "No wonder I saw Lila older than what my daughter should be."
"Look Sabine." Isabella started.
"I know the story you told me is a lie now I see how sneaky you were. I remember how you appeared in this house after years of not seeing each other. You kept asking questions and got informed of everything before making up your story. Everything was a lie you, and her lied to me." Sabine said sternly. "Just to get in this house. You took advantage of a painful moment. I have proof and witnesses. We both know Lila isn't my daughter and that my daughter is Mari and just as how we know that everyone will too."
"You're crazy." Isabella stated.
"Mari is who should be in this house taking the place that belongs to her as my real daughter!"
"Please lower your voice." Isabella replied. "Let's talk."
"We have nothing to talk about. You two need to leave this house immediately!"
Tom walked to the main hall. "What is going on here why all the yelling? Why do Lila and Isabella need to leave the house? Did I hear right?"
"You heard perfectly. I don't want them in my house any second longer." Sabine replied.
"Sabine do you know what you are saying?" Tom asked shocked.
"Yes you don't know them Tom, they played with our emotions from the moment they first stepped in this house."
"Sabine how can you say that about our daughter Lila."
"No Tom she's not our daughter." Tom looks at Sabine in surprise.
Lila starts crying, and hurries to her room and Isabella followed her closing the door. "What are we going to do now?"
"I DON'T KNOW Sabine seems sure about everything she said. She must have found Father Carlos Glass, and that jerk told her everything." Isabella replied angerly. "But I have a plan luckily you barely spoke. I'm going to sacafise myself for you, but you better not stab me in the back. Now here's what we'll do."
"What you said." Tom said to Sabine still in disbelief.
"This is all my fualt." Sabine stated before telling Tom everything Father Carlos told her. "And he assured me that Lila isn't our daughter."
"Then who is our daughter Sabine?" Tom asked.
"I beg you to have compassion. I'm afraid to tell you who are real daughter is." Sabine replied.
"Just like how I accepted Lila, I'll accept anyone." Tom replied.
"That's different. Lila could fulfil your expectations as a father, she's elegant and well mannered, but you'll get altered when you find out who the other one is." Sabine stated.
"Who is she? Just say it I want to know the name of our real daughter."
"It's Mari." Sabine blurted out
Tom looks at her surprised."You said Mari?"
Sabine nodded. "Yes Tom she is our daughter. She is the daughter I gave to Father Carlos when I thought I was going to die."
"How is it possible..." Tom asked in disbelief.
"I understand how you feel I already said that she isn't elegant or well mannered like Lila. She is the girl you always despised calling her a thief scandalized. That we had in our house yet kicked out." Sabine said in tears. "But the truth is that she is our daughter. Now you decide whether you will accept her just like how you accepted Lila. You can't keep despising her Tom It's not Mari's fault. It's my fault who abandoned her."
"And me who abandoned you. I listened to my family who seperated me from you when you needed me the most." Tom replied. "But I-"
"You're going to keep rejecting Mari when you know she's your real daughter?" Sabine asked.
"We can't lose what we have." Isabella said back in Lila's room.
"Do you think your plan will work?" Lila asked still crying.
"For the moment, it can't fail. We can't lose any more time. Remember that after I talk with them; I won't come back. One of them might want to talk with you. Well wish me luck." Isabella replied.
"Good luck Aunt Isabella." Lila said softly.
Isabella leaves the room closing the door behind her and walks up the stairs when she bumps into Plagg. "Mrs. Isabella I'm sorry about what happened." That was a big lie Plagg was happy about it finally they got what they deserved.
"Where's Tom and Sabine?" Isabella simply asked.
"In the living room talking about the situation. I was shocked to learn that the vague girl Mari was their real daughter." Shocked and overjoyed since Mari was his friend, and he preferred her than the wannabe. "Are you going to try to fix it?"
"Yes Plagg and I'm sure I'll fix it." Isabella said before heading to the living room.
"I doubt it your time in this house is over." Plagg murmured with a smirk.
As Isabella neared the living room, she heard Sabine say, "I'm assuming your silence means that you won't accept Mari as your daughter."
"Excuse me." Isabella said walking closer. "I came to tell you that i'll leave this house tonight like Sabine wants, but before I leave I want to be completely honest with you guys."
"At this point, I doubt about your honestly Isabella." Sabine replied.
"But let's hear what you have to say." Tom stated.
Isabella nodded. "Lila is innocent the only one guilty is me. Lila had no idea about my plan. I also lied to her. I invented a story and convinced her it was real. I used Lila, she returned from the United States to live with me and when I saw you on the newspaper Sabine and found out that you did marry Tom. I knew your story, and I knew about that child that you abandoned. Then it occurred to me to make Lila pass as your daughter. I convinved Lila that I took her out from an orphanage at a young age and gave her to my sister and brother in law who adopted her. That's when I brought her to you Sabine and told you that she was your daughter."
"That was a cruel lie." Tom said sternly.
"I had necessitaries. The ambition was stronger than me. I saw the opportunity to have the easy life that I always wanted. I pushed aside the morality, but I thought that it would give you guys some happiness." Isabella replied.
"You're still guilty." Tom stated.
"Especially when knowing that Mari existed." Sabine added.
"Parden me but I didn't know she existed at the time." Isabella stated.
"But you should have said something when you found out." Sabine said sternly. "Now it's too late Isabella."
"I just wanted you to know everything before I left because it's not fair that Lila pays the price for what I did." With that she walks away.
"Don't believe her; it's all a lie. They were both in this." Sabine said to Tom.
"Maybe I'll talk with Lila." Tom said before walking to Lila's room and Sabine sighs. Lila was sitting on the floor when she heard a knock on the door. "Lila."
Lila takes a deep breath. "Come in."
Tom walks in and sees Lila sitting on the floor. "I need to talk with you."
Lila stood up. "What could I tell you? I-I- this is so sad so surprising so- I understand that I... can't defend myself so don't worry I'll leave."
"Why do you think that you can't defend yourself?" Tom asked.
"Because you won't believe me." Lila replied.
"I wish to believe you." Tom stated. Lila starts crying sitting on her bed, "Please tell me everything."
"Isabella...Isabella also lied to me. I came back from the United States to live with her and one day Isabella told me a stoy that I wasn't the daughter of who I always thought were my parents. That she took me out from an orphanage and gave me to them but my real parents just appeared." Lila replied. "You guys and as my parents, you deserved to know that I was your daughter." Lila cries harder. "And that I had the right to have my parents's protection, and I believed her why would I doubt her? But I'm innocent Mr. Dupain and please tell Mrs. Sabine that I'll leave tonight like she wants."
"Are you going with Isabella?" Tom asked.
Lila shook her head. "No after what she did I don't want to see her again."
"Than where will you go?" Tom asked again.
"I don't know." Lila said softly standing up. "If you let me, I'll take some things."
"Wait I'll talk with Sabine...in your favor." Tom said before leaving the room and heading back to the living room. "Lila is innocent Sabine, she didn't know anything about Isabella's plan. She wants to get her things to leave, but she has no where to go. Why don't you go talk to her?"
"Why if I don't believe her?" Sabine said with crossed arms.
"No, its not necessary for Mrs. Sabine to go to my room since I'm right here. I'm here to apologize." Lila said going over to them. "Mr. Tom offered to speak to you in my favor but I don't want to be a cause of you two getting into an argument. Mrs. Sabine I'll leave tonight." Lila finished in tears as she starts to walk away.
"Lila." Lila turns back to face Sabine. "You don't have to leave tonight take a calming pill and rest. Stay until I say otherwise."
Lila nodded. "Thank you." She walks back to her room and bumps into Isabella in the hallway. "It seems like we won the battle." With that she walks pass her.
Isabella goes to Sabine and Tom. "I'm leaving now." They nodded and Isabella leaves.
The next morning Adrien was going down the stairs when Natalie walked over. "Good morning sir."
"Good morning Natalie." Adrien replied with a smile.
"Will you have breakfast?" Natalie asked.
Adrien shook his head. "No Natalie I'm a bit behind I have to go to the Psychiatric hospital. Did Maya already go to school?"
Natalie nodded. "Yes sir."
"Okay Natalie I want to surprise Maya when she comes back from school. By the time Maya comes back I want Teddy to get all his shots and have a collar. She asked me last night for that." Adrien said with a smile.
"Don't worry sir I'll take care of that myself." Natalie replied with a smile.
"Thank you Natalie." Adrien said gently.
Mari walked out from her room in a good mood and saw Fu making breakfast. "I'm going to Adrien's house and see if I can talk with him Fu."
"And if he doesn't receive you?" Fu asked curiously.
"Than I'll go in by force and when I tell him about the baby, I'm sure he'll change his attitude toward me. You'll see that we'll forgive each other. Well, I'm leaving I'm nervious yet excited to see Adrien's reaction when I tell him that we will be parents." Mari hugged Fu before heading out.
"Good luck!" Fu called out after her.
"She is a lost cost Dr. Agreste. She became more aggressive, and she can't be talked to. Sadly, we have to tie her to the bed." A nurse at the Psychiatric hospital informed Adrien about one of his old patients.
"Is there any new case?" Adrien asked curiously.
"Yes a woman and I'm sure you can help her. She seems to be out of it as if she doesn't care about anything." The nurse replied.
"What age is she is she young?" Adrien asked.
The nurse nodded. "And very pretty. She must have been through a big tragedy. Do you want to see her?" Adrien nodded.
"Teddy! Teddy!" Mari exclaimed as she saw Teddy walking around the front yard. She ran to him and picked him up. "How are you Teddy?" She noticed the collar. "Well aren't you elegant you even have a collar." She holds it and reads it. "Teddy Agreste."
"Mrs. Mari what a surprise." Natalie said joyfully as she walked over to Mari.
"Hay Natalie how are you?" Mari asked as she hugged Natalie. "I came to see Adrien." She replied as the two broke the hug.
"Dr. Agreste went to work." Natalie stated softly.
"Oh it just that I need to talk with him." Mari answered.
"If you want you can leave a message with me." Natalie replied.
Mati shook her head with a smile. "No I have to tell him myself its important. I'll wait until he comes back."
Adrien and the nurse walked to the garden of the hospital to a patient sitting on a bench looking down. "There she is." The nurse stated.
Adrien walked closer to the woman, and as she looked up at him, Adrien's heart stopped seeing who the woman looked like...or was...but it couldn't be she was...she was..."Chloe?" He asked in shock.
Mati was playing with Teddy in the front garden when Lila walked over to her. "What are you doing here?"
Mari looked at her holding Teddy. "I came to talk with Adrien."
"What do you have to tell him?" Lila asked.
"What I have to tell my husband is not your businesses aren't you noisy." Mari said sarcastically.
"You came to talk to Adrien about the divorce." Lilla assumed.
"I don't care about the divorce." Mari replied.
"Well let me tell you that the process is going fast, and you'll soon be divorced." Lila stated with a smirk.
"You don't say? Well let's see if we do get a divorce after I tell him what I have to tell him." Mari said with a smile.
"I imagine that you don't know that Adrien, and I are back together." Lila said lying to her. It was for payback now that Sabine knew the truth, she hated Mari even more.
"Well I doubt it will last after I tell him my news." Mari replied showing a bright smile.
"You have no right to be in this house anymore so just leave!" Lila said harshly.
"Who has no right to be in this house is you so you leave." Mari said sternly. "Adrien is my husband."
"Adrien has nothing to do with you. He despises you. He dumped you. He better not seen you here, or you'll regret it." Lila replied before walking away.
Adrien starts breathing heavily, and he holds onto a pole near by to keep his balance. "Are you okay doctor?" The nurse asked with concern.
"It can't be." Adrien said softly.
"You said a name Chloe." The nurse stated with confusement.
"Yes, her likeness is extraordinary, but...it can't be." Adrien sated.
"Why not?" The nurse asked.
"Because that person is dead." Adrien replied. "Or maybe she isn't and...its her." Adrien takes a deep breath. "Laura can you leave me alone with her please?"
"Of course doctor." The nurse replied before walking away.
Adrien bent in front of the woman. "What's your name?" The woman just stares at him. "What's your name?" No answer. "Please tell me what your name is." Still no answer and Adrien takes a deep breath again. "Do you not want to answer me or do you not remember?"
"I...don't remember." The woman finally replied with the same voice as Chloe and Adrien's heart stops again.
"You're Chloe." Adrien replied. "Does that name not say anything to you?" The woman stays quiet and looks down. Adrien tilts her chin up. "Look at me do you not remember me?" The woman just stares at him. "Adrien its Adrien." Just than Adrien remembers the plane crash and he covers his face with his hands. He soon looks at her again. "Please remember we went to Miami for vacation the plane falling to the ocean. Do you not remember anything? Everything went so fast please say you remember." The woman stays quiet and Adrien sighs.
"She's wrong Teddy. Adrien won't despise me." Mari said as she walked around the front garden. "I'll stay here until he comes back. Maybe he'll be upset at first, but after I tell him the surprise he'll probably going to hug me; we'll be very happy together you'll see Teddy." Mari said excitedly. "Though he is taking a long time."
At that moment, Maya runs up to her. "Why are you here?" She asked worriedly.
"Hi Maya." Mari said with a smile.
"You came to take Teddy right?" Maya asked sadly. "Look he even has his collar."
"Don't worry Maya Teddy will stay with you as long as you care for him." Mari replied.
Maya smiled. "Of course, you won't take him since you were the one who brought him here for me. You did bring him right?"
Mari nodded. "Yes when you were sick I brought him to you. You have no idea how much I wanted to see you both." Mari hugged her, and Maya giggled. "I missed you."
"Me too." Maya replied with a smile.
"Her file states that she had an accident. She has a scar on her head of some time. The police found her strolling around the streets. They tried to integrate her, but they realised that she didn't remember anything, and she had bad reactions. That's why they brought her here. We don't know her name or anything about her." Laura informed Adrien as they walked around.
"When did they bring her?" Adrien asked.
"Three days ago." Laura replied
"Are there any belongings of hers?" Adrien asked.
"Well, the clothes she was wearing were thrown away for being rags we only have this ring she had on." Laura grabs the ring from the file and hands it to Adrien.
Adrien looks at the ring. "That woman is my wife..."
"Are you sad because you don't have Teddy with you?" Maya asked Mari.
"No Maya I know that he's in good hands with you since you care a lot for him." Mari replied.
"You know he's like a son." Maya said hugging Teddy.
Mari smiled softly. "Hay...wouldn't you also like to be a big sister?"
Maya smiled. "Of course...but I don't have anyone to give me a sibling."
"Well what if besides Teddy, I also give you a little brother or sister?" Mari asked her with a smile. Maya nodded and hugged her as Mari returned the hug.
"Her body was never found so she was assumed dead by that accident, but that woman is my wife. The likeness in her appearance the same voice and if there were any doubts, it would disappear with this proof. This is her wedding ring with our initials and the date of our wedding." Adrien explained to Laura.
"Than your wife was just missing." Laura stated.
"We were all convinced that she was dead that I remarried..." Adrien said softly.
"It's time for Teddy to eat do you want to come to the kitchen?" Maya asked Mari as they walked in the house.
"No I'll stay here I'm waiting for your dad." Mari replied. Maya nodded and went to the kitchen with Teddy. Mari sighs and sits on the first three steps of the stairs. "Hurry up and get here Adrien.'
Natalie walked over to her. "Do you want to eat something Mrs. Mari?"
"No thank you Natalie and what's with the whole 'Mrs. Mari' thing?" Mari asked curiously.
"You're married with the master of the house." Natalie replied.
"Yes but to my friends, I'm just Mari alright?" Mari asked with a smile.
Natalie nodded. "Alright but only if no one is around."
"Hay do you think that Adrien well take a long time?"
"I don't know if you want leave a message with me." Natalie suggested.
"No I have to tell him myself." Mari replied.
"As you wish. I'm going to give Maya her food if you want something let me know." Mari nodded as Natalie walked away.
Mari stands up and looks down at her stomach. "I think I'm starting to show. How would Adrien react when he finds out?" Mari giggled. At that moment, Adrien walks in and is surprised to see Mari and Mari looked at him with a smile. "Adrien."
"What are you doing here?" Adrien asked.
"Waiting for you. to talk with you about us." Mari replied.
Adrien raises an eyebrow. "About us?"
Mari nodded. "You have something to know about me."
"I already know everything about you." Adrien replied.
Mari shook her head with a smile. "No I don't think so."
"Mari I'm not in the mood right now to listen to you." Adrien stated.
"Its urgent for me to tell you something." Mari replied
Edward was in his office when there was a knock on the door. "Come in." The door opened and when he looked up, he was face to face with Elsa. He quickly stood up. "Elsa."
"Hi Edward." Elsa replied.
"Its good to see you." Edward stated.
"Roxie told me you asked her about me."
Edward nodded. "Yes and how are you?"
"Good." Elsa replied.
"Did you just come to see me or?" Edward replied.
Elsa sighs. "Edward you once told me that if I ever needed you not to hesitate to come, and now I need you." She tells him her situation.
"You have economics problems." Edward concluded.
"Not excidily but I need a pediatrician, and I thought you could recommend me one." Elsa replied.
"Well me." Edward stated. "But why do you need a pediatrician?"
"Because...I think I'm pregnant." Elsa replied.
"Just say it already." Adrien said sternly as they went in the library.
"Why are you treating me like that?" Mari asked.
"And how have you treated me this whole time? How many things have you told me or done to me?" Adrien asked harshly.
"Do you not love me or what?" Mari asked head strong.
"That shouldn't matter to you plus isn't that what you wanted?"
Mari takes a deep breath. "Is it true that you and Lila got back together, and you want to marry her?"
"Even if I wanted that it can't happen." Adrien stated.
"Do you want to get the divorce?"
"Oh so that's what you want to know? Now tell me why in a hurry for that your job or because of Roland?" Adrien asked sternly.
"I'm not interested in being an actress anymore and there was never anything between Roland and I." Mari replied.
"Who would believe that? You want your freedom, and you know what Mari? You have it. You're free even without the divorce. Automatically everything ended between us. You are nothing mine you are not my wife actually you never were we were never married." Adrien stated.
"Why do you say that?" Mari asked walking closer to him.
"Because Chloe my wife didn't die, and she came back." Mari looked at him surprised and she felt like a knife struck her heart. "I assume the news must have made you happy. Our marriage has no value. With Chloe back our marriage got canceled."
"That can't be I was your wife, we got married by papers and the church." Mari said back.
"Forget about it since its like...its like it never happened." Adrien stated.
"But it did happen and I can't forget about it. I was your wife, and we were together." Mari replied sadly.
"What are you claiming now? You wanted us to be apart with how much I begged you to forgive me. When I tried to show you my regret when I wanted you to understand that true love can be sweet and pure, and I wanted us to be happy together but it was for no use. You rejected me saying that you hated me." Adrien said harshly.
"A lot of things happened since then."
Adrien nodded. "Yea a lot of things that pain me. You're free Mari do whatever you want with your life. You can be a famous actress and marry whoever you want."
Mari starts tearing up. "No Adrien."
"I have a duty to fulfil my wife came back sick, and I'll delicate my time to cue her." Adrien notices Mari's tears. "Why are you crying? You didn't want to be with me; you should be happy. Do you want to torture me to make me go crazy? Leave please leave. Leave and never come back." Mari nodded and heads to the door and when she's gone Adrien looks down and starts to tear up.
Maya went to the secret garden with Teddy. "Grandma look when I was in school Teddy was giving all his shots and a collar."
"I see that's great." Emilie replied.
"And Mari is in the house. She told me she was here to talk with daddy when I saw her; I was afried thinking she came to take Teddy, but she wasn't and she told me that I might be a big sister!" Emile was surprised at first but smiled knowing what it meant.
After doing the test Elsa waits until Edward gets the results. Soon Edward comes back reading a paper. "Am I pregnant Edward?"
"No Elsa you aren't. You desire to have a kid when you say that you have economics problems?" Edward asked. "I mean of course your parents can help you."
"I can't ask them for anything Micheal won't let me, and I can't ask in secret because he would ask me where I'm getting the money." Elsa replied.
"Well my offer still stands whatever you need I'm here to help." Edward stated, and Elsa smiled.
Adrien thinks about his wedding with Mari then of the plane crash before grabbing his phone and dialing a number. "Edward its me Adrien Can you please come to my house as soon as possible? I need to talk to you."
Mari walked in the house crying, and Fu looked at her concern. "What's wrong dear did you not see him? You didn't talk with your husband?"
"I did see and talk with him Fu." Mari said still crying.
"Does he not love you or want the baby?" Fu asked.
Mari shook her head. "I couldn't tell him about the baby." She hugs him tightly. "He doesn't know that I'm pregnant Fu. My baby won't have his love or last name. He doesn't have a father."
"Please calm down your baby will have his last name. You are Dr. Agreste wife." Fu said trying to comfort her
"No Fu I'm not Adrien's wife..." Mari said crying harder.
"The divorce came out already?" Fu asked surprised.
"No Adrien says that our marriage has no value it never did. We were never married since his wife who we thought was dead came back and alive." Fu looked at her shocked. "If Adrien and I can't love him together than the baby will only be mine." Mari breaks the hug.
"But how will you hide your pregnancy?" Fu asked confused.
"I don't know I need to think about it but mark my words Fu Adrien will never find out that I'm having his child." With that, Mari goes to her room.
Your phone call alarmed me. What's wrong Adrien?" Edward asked once he went in the library.
"Chloe appeared and she's alive." Edward looks at him surprised.
