"Don't hide anything from me dear. Why are you going to marry Viperion?" Fu asked. "Are you only marrying Viperion for pure gratitude?"
"No, Viperion asked me the same thing and my answer was no too and I was sincere." Mari replied.
"Is he such a good friend for you to have him as a husband?" Fu asked.
"Well he's handsome, romantic, a kind person, I could fall in love with him one day." Mari replied. "Sometimes that makes me want to run away."
"Why would you want to run away?" Fu asked confused.
"Maybe one day I actually do fall in love with him and it will be like betraying the love of my life. It will be like cheating on Adrien." Mari replied. "It would hurt me to actually fall in love with Viperion. It would be like breaking something beautiful and dedicated. Even though I know that everything between Adrien and I is over. I don't understand why I feel this way. Why should I be sentimental? Adrien is living his life with his wife and I will make my life by the side of Viperion. I need to be happy. Adrienne needs a place, a father, and she'll have everything here. I picked the best for both of us."
"But do you really think that you can be happy?" Fu asked.
"Yes Fu, what I have to do is stop hoping for the impossible." Mari replied. "To stop thinking about the past and to think about the future."
"What about Adrien?" Fu asked. "You haven't forgotten about him right."
"I think that Viperion is the only man in the world that can make me forget about Adrien." Mari replied. "If Adrien made his life I have a right to make mine. I'm going to marry Viperion no matter what."
Adrien and Ruby were having lunch together as they talked about the trail. "I suggested for her to be transferred to a hospital but she denied it. She's afraid to turn into Ryuuko and that she would use the opportunity to escape."
"Poor Kagami, I feel pity for her she's a nice person." Ruby stated.
"I feel the same way little sister. It breaks my heart to see her so hopeless." Adrien replied.
"Adrien, you and Kagami became good friends right?" Ruby asked.
Adrien sighs. "Ruby, if Kagami is declared innocent by the end of the trail, I will marry her."
"Can I ask you why?" Ruby asked surprised.
"For many reasons." Adrien replied.
"And in those many reasons is there love?" Ruby asked.
'My love will always be Mari no one can change that.'
"I love her in a different way. A love made from compassion. It's not passion or desire, but a sincere desire to dedicate my time to her. To cue her and make her happy." Adrien replied.
"Could you be confusing that as love when its really just caring for a friend." Ruby stated.
"Maybe I feel connected by her pain Ruby." Adrien replied. "When I saw her hopeless in the cell I wanted to confort her."
"That could be pity Adrien. Do you really want another marriage without love?" Ruby asked.
"This time will be different Ruby. Kagami has a soul, she's sweet and kind, she will be a good mother for Maya, something Chloe never was." Adrien stated.
"I know because it's true but what about Mari?" Ruby asked.
Adrien sighs. "Why do you remind me of her?"
"Because Mari is the love of your life." Ruby replied.
"You know that it's impossible Ruby. Everything ended between us." Adrien stated.
"Maybe something will happen for you two to be back together." Ruby replied.
"I wish but not anymore Ruby. That was decided by her a long time ago. That's why I'm going to marry Kagami it's the only way to get rid of Mari from my head and heart." Adrien stated.
"Close your eyes." Elsa told Michael as she walked over to him hiding something behind her back. Michael closed his eyes as Elsa handed him something when he opened his eyes he saw a journal in front of him. "I thought that you could write again to pass time."
"Thank you for thinking about me. Can you give me a pen? I have been wanting to write." Michael stated and Elsa smiled.
Ruby goes to the garden since Natalie told her that Elena was waiting for her there. "Mrs. Elena, what's wrong? Is something going on with Mathew? You never came to my house before, what's wrong?"
"Ruby, I came here to ask you something." Elena stated. "You can trust in me, I'm a mother but I'm also a woman and know how to understand. Ruby do you not want to be with my son anymore? Do you prefer to get your freedom and love a healthy man to have a normal life? Do you prefer that instead of staying by the side of a poor disabled man like my son?"
"Why are you asking me that?" Ruby asked.
"I need to know dear because if that's so I want you to let him know now. It's going to be sad and he's going to suffer, but that's better instead of him waiting for you and you showing up less and less." Elena stated.
"I never planned to abandon Mathew." Ruby replied.
"But you are and I'm not blaming you. Being so young you haven't matured enough to sacrifice." Elena stated.
"I already sacrificed myself. When Mathew and I had the accident, I had the will power. I dealt with all those painful operations in the desire to be the same for him. I did everything in my power to keep our love and what has he done for us? Nothing." Ruby replied. "Mathew hasn't done anything. He only complains about his dismay. He's okay with not doing anything and being in a way useless. He locks himself in his house in the dark. He denies to face life and he doesn't want to fight. To fight for him and for me who is his girlfriend." Elena hugs her as Ruby stats crying. "That's why I haven't gone to see him. I'm not disappointed that he's disabled, I'm disappointed of his lack of will power, and of his lack of strength. If he fought to walk again but had to stay in a wheelchair anyway, it wouldn't matter since I would admire that he tried. Even in the wheelchair, if he tried to do something to live his life to go out and paint. Mathew failed me by accepting his defeat without fighting back. I'm a human being and it's hard for me to keep my dreams over something that is broken. It's hard for myself to stay locked in that house with him because I'm not denying life."
Mike was let in Kagami's cell so they could talk. "We need to be prepared because the trail will start in a few days. Mrs. Bourgeois is determined that you get the maximum sentence and she wants to prove that you did the crime with help of Dr. Agreste. I know that it isn't true so the first thing we need to do is prove that you suffer from a split personality. Have you never taken your case to another doctor? Do you know someone who experienced your split personality in the past?"
"Yes, there's a doctor. I think that his name is Luka." Kagami replied.
"Luka, do you remember his last name or anything about him?" Mike asked.
"No, I just remember his first name. I know that he was part of my life...well of Ryuuko's." Kagami replied. "It was in another country...the United States I think. That's all that I remember."
"That's not much to go by." Mike stated.
Adrien walked in Mathew's house. "Why did you ask me to come Mathew?"
"I made a decision and I want you to be the first to know." Mathew replied. "I'm willing to go under treatment to get better."
"What changed your mind?" Adrien asked with a smile.
"I'm afraid to lose Ruby and I want to see if I have a chance to get better." Mathew replied.
"Well, a doctor will have to see you, I'll recommend you to a specialist." Adrien stated. "Though I think that you waited a long time, let's hope that it isn't too late."
"It can't be too late, I can't lose Ruby." Mathew replied.
Later, Adrien talked with Mike in his office. "I was talking with Miss. Kagami. I asked her if she could remember someone else experiencing her spilt personality and she said that there was. A man called Luka. All she remembers is that he was part of Ryuuko's life."
"Well, we need to find out who this Luka is." Adrien stated.
Mari was finishing her chores at the ranch as Adrienne was in a basket near her. "I'll marry Viperion." Mari mumbled.
Luka walked over to her and they started talking about how Mari spends all her time with Adrienne. "I'm assuming that after we get married I'll get more of your attention." Luka said playfully.
"I guess so. I'll have to get used to sharing my attention to both of you." Mari replied.
"And what will you do when more kids come?" Luka asked.
"The same thing to keep sharing my attention." Mari replied.
"Oh, I almost forgot I came to ask you about your papers for the wedding." Luka stated. "I need to get my papers so give me your information so my lawyer can get yours too. Where were you registered?"
"Uh Father Carlos knows more about that stuff than me. You should ask him about it." Mari replied.
Luka nodded. "And what about Adrienne's custody? I would like to recognize her as my own." Mari stays quiet. "You don't want me to recognize her as my child? Do you prefer that her real dad does it? Are you going to tell him that you have a child of his?"
"No, he'll never know. You're going to be the only dad for Adrienne. She'll be raised just as the other children we'll have as if she was your daughter in blood." Mari replied determinedly.
They went in the house and at that moment he got a phone call and he answered. After a while he hangs up with a frown. "Iris, I need to do a business trip to New York. It will be for a few days but that won't interrupt our plans. I'll email my uncle for the papers needed and let the process continue so when I come back we'll get married right away."
"Okay." Mari replied.
The next day, Ruby goes to visit Mathew. "I had my check up yesterday so I couldn't come, but I don't have to go back since I'm all better now. Look I don't have any more scars."
"You're the same as before but not me." Mathew stated. "Ruby, it's not neccessary for you to come see me anymore. let's say goodbye now once and for all."
"But Mathew I love you." Ruby said softly.
"I don't want to be with you anymore Ruby." Mathew stated. "Leave and never come back."
"The news says that Adrien is the partner in crime of Kagami." Tom told Sabine and Lila over breakfast.
"That's not true, the press likes to lie and make up stories." Lila stated. "I talked with Kagami and she confessed it to me that she suffers from a split personality."
"That still needs to be proven." Tom replied. "It also says that they will get married if she's free and that's suspicious."
"If they do get married someday it will be for something else and not because they are partners in crime." Sabine stated.
Ruby walked in Adrien's study. "Something new in the news?"
"No, you know how the press are. This is going to be the trail of the century." Adrien replied. "Where were you?"
"At Matthew's house." Ruby replied starting to cry.
Adrien quickly stood up and went by her side. "Why are you crying?"
"Mathew broke up with me." Ruby replied in tears and Adrien hugged her. "He told me to leave and to never come back. This is all my fault with everything that has been happening here I haven't spent time with him. That's why he broke up with me."
"Maybe that's not the reason he broke up with you." Adrien stated having an idea of what the real reason is.
The specialist that Adrien recommend arrived at Matthew's house and checked him as Elena was by Mathew's side. Once the doctor was done Mathew looked at him in pain from the check up. "Is there still hope or not?"
"The case is difficult a lot of time passed. A decision should have been made immediately after the accident, but faith is the last thing that is lost. Let's start as if time hasn't passed and see how far we can advance" The doctor stated.
"Until you can cure me doctor, no matter what it takes, please cure me." Mathew replied.
Lila goes in Isabella's house upset. "What's wrong with you?"
"Haven't you seen the news?" Lila asked irritated.
"The part that says Adrien is that woman's partner in crime or the part that if she gets free they'll get married?" Isabella asked and Lila nodded. "Do you think that it's possible?"
"No, they are not partners in crime and I won't believe that he would marry that tutor. The fact that people believe those two things bugs me!" Lila exclaimed.
"I know that you're upset, but if you think about it it's not so absurd. It could be possible that Adrien got an interest in that woman and that he'll marry her." Isabella stated.
"That's not true and if it is I'll have to go against Adrien. Adrien can only be mine. Adrien will only marry me I'll make sure of that." Lila replied.
"Did Luka already ask Uncle Carlos for your papers?" Juleka asked Mari that morning in California. Mari nodded. "It's a shame that our parents aren't here right now they would love seeing Luka marry you."
"Maybe they wouldn't like me as his wife." Mari stated. "With the fact that I already have a daughter."
"It's not like you got pregnant while you weren't married, plus it wouldn't matter to them since you got pregnant before coming here." Juleka replied. "They would be happy with the marriage like how everyone in the ranch is happy about it since we know that Luka will finally be happy."
"I came to see if you have any news about Mari." Sabine told Father Carlos as she walked in the church.
"I have no new news about Marinette. She's fine just be patient and wait." Father Carlos stated. "Even if she comes back remember that she had a bad experience with you and your husband. This is why I haven't told her who her parents are. If her parents were other people I would have told her who they were no matter of her protests but-"
"Yes, I understand that now it's more difficult for her to accept us." Sabine replied sadly.
"Have faith Sabine, when Marinette comes back you'll be able to get near her." Father Carlos stated and suddenly he recieved an email and he read it before frowning.
"Is it from Marinette?" Father Carlos nodded. "Can I read it?"
"I'm sorry but I don't find it wise." Father Carlos replied. The phone rings and he answered.
At the angle that she was at she could see the words that said Oak Hills the hidden ranch on the screen and she made a mental note of it. Soon Father Carlos finished his phone call. "What did the email say you didn't seem so happy. Is something wrong with my daughter?"
"No, you can be calm about that, but after reading this email I'm afraid to tell you that Marinette isn't coming back to Paris." Father Carlos stated.
"Why not?" Sabine asked sadly.
"You'll know at it's time." Father Carlos stated. "Now I think that it's more likely for you to see her and I know that it doesn't make sense but I know what I'm saying. Don't lose faith. I might be able to convince her to see you since she might be able to understand your pain as a mother."
"I know everything that came out in the news." Kagami told Adrien when he visited her. "No one is going to believe my innocence. Everyone will think that the spilt personality is a lie."
"Does it matter what other people think?" Adrien asked.
"What you think is what matters to me." Kagami replied.
"So you know how I judge you, I'm going to advance a question I was thinking about asking you after the trial...do you want to marry me?" Adrien asked.
"Why are you asking me that?" Kagami asked.
"For the same reason that the question is made." Adrien replied. "When someone decides to unite their lives with someone they care about."
"Are you sure that you're not doing it because of pity?" Kagami asked. "Or maybe because you feel obligated?"
"In that case, I would help you give you my friendship and support but that's not why I asked you to marry me." Adrien stated. "I'll be honest I don't feel passion for you like I felt for another woman that only happens once. Though I do feel a sincere affection for you."
"In that case I accept." Kagami replied.
Mari was feeding Adrienne and she looked down at her. "What am I going to do to forget about your dad. Viperion already sees you as his daughter and I don't want to hurt him. Though I have your dad in my heart and I can't take him out from my heart. If I could only tell you about all the happy moments we had together." Mari starts thinking about all the happy moments she had with Adrien and she sighs.
