That night in Paris, Adrien and Ruby were in the study talking. "Audrey had the opportunity to talk with Maya today, but she didn't because without her knowing I was keeping an eye on her."
"I think that I stopped those bad intentions. Audrey now knows what to expect if she tried. I'll defend myself if she tries to give a bad image of me to Maya." Adrien replied. "I might had been cruel but I had no choice."
"Now we have to prove that you had nothing to do with Chloe's death. It shouldn't be to hard to do since Audrey has no proof only accuses and suspicions." Ruby stated. "Once she opens her month the judges will see that she's full of hatred and desires revenge...hay do you think about Mari?"
"I always think about her but with pain. A few nights ago she called to ask how Maya and Teddy were doing and I confessed that I still love her." Adrien replied.
"How did she reply?" Ruby asked.
"She told me that she doesn't love me anymore." Adrien replied.
"I doubt it I think that she only said it because of how you ended everything with her the last time you saw her." Ruby stated.
"What if that wasn't true? If he was now free and there was no obstacles between the two of you?" Father Carlos asked. "If you could run to his side with Adrienne and start over would you?"
Mari starts to tear up. "It's hard to look deep in my heart and hope for something that will never happen." At that moment Luka walked in the living room and he looked at her.
"Are you going to stay the night Uncle Carlos?" Luka asked.
"Thank you for the offer Luka but I can't." Father Carlos replied.
Luka looked over at Mari. "Are you okay Iris?"
"Yes Viperion I have to go it's time for me to feed Adrienne. I'll see you later Father Carlos." Mari said before quickly walking away.
"She was crying can I know why?" Luka asked.
"We started remembering the past and she got sentimental." Father Carlos replied.
"You guys remembered Adrienne's father right?" Father Carlos nodded. "Is she still interested in him?"
"Well she says that she isn't interested in him anymore." Father Carlos replied.
"I hope so." Luka mumbled.
As Mari walked to her room she thought about what Father Carlos asked her. "Why did he ask me that? Why did he insist to know?" She walked in her room to see Fu playing with Adrienne. "Simon, I want to ask you something and I want you to be honest. What's going on with Adrien?"
"You already talked to him and know that he's fine." Fu stated.
"Yes, but Father Carlos kept asking me questions and wondering if I still love Adrien. He even asked me if I would go back to him in case he was ever free again. That made me have a lot of doubts." Mari replied.
"He probably wants you to look deep inside of you so you're sure about your feelings." Fu stated.
"You're right that's probably it." Mari replied.
"Have you thought about what we are going to do? Are we going back to Paris or are we staying?" Fu asked. Mari stays quiet thinking about it.
Later it was time for Father Carlos to leave. "Before you go Father Carlos I want to ask you something but please answer me sincerely." Father Carlos nodded. "Is something bad happening with Adrien?"
"No, why are you asking me?" Father Carlos asked.
"Because of a nightmare I had about him dying, then I started thinking about everything you asked me about returning to him and now I'm confused." Mari replied. "And there's something else after I had the nightmare, I called his house to see what was happening and he answered. During the conversation he told me that he still loves me but I know that he can't be with me. I know that he wouldn't leave anything for me. Like his wife that is with him since she returned."
"The only thing I can tell you is to have patience. Don't make decisions in a rush. If you want to be with him than it could happen." Father Carlos stated.
"No, the best thing for me to do is not to think about that because I don't want to make my life depressing. I already made a decision. I'm going to stay at the ranch with Adrienne forever and by Viperion's side." Mari replied. After a while Father Carlos left and Mari went to the barn to talk to Viperion and they started talking. "Father Carlos is like a dad to me besides Simon of course. He was the first to care about me and I always want to be by his side."
"Are you trying to tell me that you're going to leave?" Luke asked. "I know when you came Iris but I don't know when you're going to leave."
"I'm going to make my life here Viperion with you." Mari replied.
Luka smiled. "I can't believe what you're telling me it's like a dream. Are you really staying with me Iris?"
"You hunted me Viperion I was your last prey." Mari replied. Luka hugged her.
"This house will be all yours and Adrienne will be just like my daughter." Luka stated.
"I know Viperion plus she's technically already yours because without you she nor I would be alive right now." Mari replied.
Luka breaks the hug with a frown. "Is that why you're accepting my love because of gratitude? Or is it because you love me?"
"No Viperion, I'm not doing it for gratitude. I wouldn't do that and you don't deserve that either." Mari replied.
"Pick the date, we'll get married whenever you want." Luka stated with a smile.
The next day, Elsa's parents visited her and Elsa told them what is happening with Michael. "Is Michael really that bad dear?" Her dad asked.
"He doesn't want to quit the drugs or alcohol. If I try to apart from him he tries to do them. He's worst every day. He's in his last stage in his cancer so there's no cue for him anymore. As his wife I can't leave him alone. I'll dedicate to him until his last moments." Elsa replied.
"We are worried Elsa and we want you to come to the house with us." Her mom stated.
"Didn't you just hear what I just said? I'm not leaving Michael in the state that he is in." Elsa replied.
"We understand Elsa and that's why we want Michael to come too." Her father stated and Elsa smiled and she quickly tells Michael about it. Michael agreed just to make Elsa happy and to make their living situation better and in no time they were going to Elsa's parents' house.
Elsa helped Michael walk to the garden since at that point he couldn't walk by himself. "We will all help you do you think that you can deal with it?"
"I think so since it has to do with your parents." Michael replied.
Roxie walked over to them holding her baby. "Michael, here's the last member of the family that you haven't met yet."
"Isn't he cute." Elsa stated.
"Well I'm not an expert in baby cuteness, but you're right he's cute." Michael replied.
"You must be proud he looks healthy too." Elsa stated.
"Well it's all thanks to Edward, he was weak when he was born since I didn't take care of myself in the first few months of being pregnant, but now he's all healthy." Roxie replied.
"Edward is an excellent doctor." Elsa stated
"He's an excellent person." Roxie replied.
"So you went to see her at the delegation?" Isabella asked Lila surprised and Lila nodded. "I thought you were kidding."
"No, I wasn't. You should have seen her face when she saw me. She wasn't expecting a visit from me." Lila replied.
"What did she tell you?" Isabella asked.
"The one that talked was me. She didn't have anything to say all she said was to leave her alone." Lila replied. "This is going to be fun the date for the trail will be assigned today."
"Some parts are true Father Carlos. Audrey wants to prove that the murder of Chloe was planned between Adrien and Kagami." Ruby told Father Carlos as they sat in the living room.
"That's absurd, it will be proven that she's sick." Father Carlos replied.
"Yes, Adrien wants to prove that, but if Adrien is considered Kagami's partner in the murder it will be complicated." Ruby stated. "I have faith that everything will turn out though it will be complicated. I plan to see her at the delegation later."
"I also plan to see her." Father Carlos replied.
At that moment Maya ran to them. "Ruby, can I go to the park with Natalie?"
"No, because I'm going to take you later." Ruby replied.
Maya looked at Father Carlos. "Hi Father Carlos."
"Hello dear, how are you doing?" Father Carlos asked.
"Happy because I'm going to be a big sister!" Maya replied happily. Father Carlos and Ruby glanced at each other. "The bad thing is it seems like mommy left again, but hopefully she comes back with the baby since Mari didn't keep her promise. Why doesn't Mari come to the house anymore Ruby?"
"I told you before that she had to leave." Ruby replied.
"Everyone has to leave." Maya stated sadly. "Miss Kagami also had to leave."
Adrien was in his office talking with Mike. "I just came back from the delegation. The date for the trail has already been made. It's going to be next week."
"Am I accused to? Don't tell me that I'm unavailable to help Kagami." Adrien stated.
"There's an accusation made by Mrs. Bourgeois that you and Miss. Kagami planned the murder of your wife Chloe Agreste." Mike replied.
"Yes, I know that Audrey says that Kagami did the murder under my orders with my promise that I would avoid her to get punished with the story of the split personality." Adrien stated.
"It will be hard for her to prove it but it will cause doubt to the authorities." Mike replied.
Adrien sighs. "The worst part would be if I can't show my psychiatrist report."
"Can't another psychiatrist do it?" Mike asked.
"No, first I'm the best psychiatrist in Paris, second they don't know about the case and it would be hard for them to prove it with Kagami in the delegation." Adrien replied. "It isn't impossible though. They would need to be convinced by the case. To deal with a split personality is with experience seeing it which I have multiple times. They would also need to know what caused it something I don't even know."
"I see the thing that worries me the most is that the victim was pregnant." Mike stated and Adrien nodded.
Kagami sat on the ground of her cell thinking about what Lila told her, and in a moment she wasn't Kagami anymore but Ryuuko. She stands up and starts shaking the bars yelling to let her go in both Japanese and French. The detective and other officers go to her cell and she starts threatening them.
"Why are you complaining if you're back from LA with your daddy which is what you wanted." Emilie told Maya when she visited her.
"Yes, but I couldn't find mommy I think that she left again." Maya replied. "Miss Kagami isn't here either and they don't want to tell me when she's coming back."
"They probably don't know when she's coming back so don't worry about it. You have your aunt Ruby, your daddy, and Teddy here for you." Emilie stated. "And of course you have me." Maya smiled and hugged her. "And even though she's not here right now you also have Mari whenever you need her"
In California, Luka was holding Adrienne as Mari watched him. "I think that I'm doing it she hasn't cried yet."
Fu walked over to them. "What are you doing sir?"
"Learning how to be a father Simon." Luka replied. "I can officially tell you that Iris and I are engaged."
Fu looked at them surprised. "Really? That's great!" He hugs Mari and she hugs him back.
Later, Mari and Luka were talking about the wedding. "We can get married by the church."
"That won't be able to happen Viperion." Mari replied thinking about her wedding with Adrien and Luka knew what she meant.
"Even if we can't be married by the church we'll be happy." Luka stated. Juleka soon went over to them hearing the news from Fu and hugged them happily.
'Will I be able to forget about Adrien?'
"Sir, I tried to communicate with Dr. Edward Fuller, but he isn't in Paris he's at a conference in New York." Stella informed Adrien.
Adrien sighs. "Do you know when he's coming back?"
"In about 10 days." Stella replied.
"The other day, he told me that he had something important to tell me, but someone interrupted us and the topic wasn't brought up again." Adrien stated. "I already saw my last patient right?" Stella nodded. "Alright thank you." Stella leaves his office. "I need to save Kagami first from the prison then from her illness. Then..."
Later, Adrien goes home and goes to his study and he starts thinking about Mari. "After what happened, it would be logical that Mari forgot about me and doesn't love me anymore and I need to forget about her too."
The phone rang and he answered. "Hello?" There was no answer. "Hello?...Mari is that you?"
That night Mari was laying on her bed thinking about the last time she saw Adrien.
"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."
"Because Chloe, my wife, didn't die, and she came back. I assume the news must have made you happy. Our marriage has no value. With Chloe back our marriage got canceled."
"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."
Then she thinks about the last time that they talked.
"I just want you to know that I haven't stopped loving you."
Mari sat up and got up before she left her room and grabbed the phone of the living room and dialled Adrien's study. "Hello?" Mari's heart stopped hearing his voice as she stays quiet. "Hello?...Mari is that you? Mari why do you call if you won't answer?" Mari starts to tear up. "Mari I understand that you hate me and don't love me but-" Mari hangs up.
"What am I doing? Why do I call if everything is impossible between the two of us. His wife is with him and he won't leave her for me and much less for Adrienne since he doesn't know that she exist. I need to forget about him. I can't do this to Viperion I won't call that number so he'll answer. I'm engaged to Viperion, Adrien needs to be dead for me."
The next morning Adrien was let in Kagami's cell because of what happened the day before. Kagami looks up at him. "Adrien I-"
"I already know Kagami, you don't have to explain anything." Adrien noticed the buise on her hand. "You got hurt."
"It was her, she hit the bars. I know what happened because the police told me what I did." Kagami replied. "But I don't remember any of that. I only remember waking up on the floor."
"How do you feel now?" Adrien asked.
"My whole body hurts." Kagami replied.
"I ment mentally." Adrien stated.
"I'm calm." Kagami replied.
"If you want I can ask for you to be taken to a hospital." Adrien suggested.
"No, Ryuuko would use the opportunity to escape." Kagami replied. "I don't want her to escape. I don't want Ryuuko to do more harm. She can kill again, even you, if she finds you. Please promise me that I won't be taken somewhere else."
"Alright Kagami I promise." Adrien stated.
"Thank you and thank you for coming." Kagami replied.
"Do you want me to uncover your paintings?" Mathew's mom asked him but he shook his head no. "Why?"
"I don't want the life as before I can't enjoy that life anymore." Mathee replied.
At that moment there was a knock on the door. "It must be Ruby." Elena opened the door but it wasn't Ruby it was Alix.
"Good morning Mrs. Elena, good morning Mathew." Alix said as she walked in the house. "I brought you this book I hope you like it." Alix hands him a book.
"Thanks, I know that Ruby will come today I just know it." Mathew stated.
"Are you going to spend the rest of your days waiting on her to depend on her?" Alix asked. "Why don't you try to get out from this situation?"
"Why are you telling me that?" Mathew asked.
"Ruby loves you, but she can't be locked inside forever next to a disabled person." Alix stated. "I'm sorry to sound so harsh but sometimes the truth hurts and they are better than lies."
In the morning at California, Fu and Mari were in Mari's room and once in a while she would look at Adrienne sadly. "Mari why do you look at Adrienne like that?"
"How do I look at her?" Mari asked softly.
"I don't know with pity with sadness." Fu stated.
"Oh I was thinking that her dad doesn't even know about her existence. He will never know that I had a child of his." Mari replied.
"Dear tell me honestly, do you think it's right to have those thoughts while you're getting ready to marry another man?" Fu asked.
"No, you're right I know that I'm doing something wrong and I'll try not to think about those things. I don't want to anyway." Mari replied.
"Don't hide anything from me dear. Why are you going to marry Viperion?" Fu asked.
