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Her own family had thrown her away. Time and time again.
I'm all she's ever had.
Before. And now.
And that breaks my fucking heart.
Will I throw her away, too?
The question echoes in my mind, but I have no clear answer.
No matter how much I wish the past never happened, that we didn't have this goddamn tragic bond between us, I can't deny its existence, just like I can't deny everything she's done to me.
Even so, I find myself reluctant to pin everything on her.
Not just yet…
There is still a lot I don't know about what happened at the hacienda.
Despite my disappointment and anger at the situation, I love Noelle far too much not to give her a chance to explain herself.
Maybe I'm foolish to think there's an explanation to this—to her fucking me and having my child without my knowledge. Maybe I am just a goddamn lovesick fool.
Yet I owe it to her just as I owe it to myself to find out the truth.
Just as I owe it to our relationship.
I did my fair share of fucked up mistakes and she forgave me. Shealwaysforgave me, even when I didn't deserve it.
It's time I gave her the same courtesy.
"You might be safe from her. But anyone else?" Cisco shakes his head in amusement. "She clawed her way from the grave for you, Raf. What does that tell you about her?"
"That she's stronger than anyone I know," I reply, unable to keep the admiration from my voice.
Cisco raises a brow at me, noticing my wistful look.
"I don't think there are any limits to what she's capable of. I don't know exactly what happened at the hacienda, but something inside her snapped," he continues. "I went back for her, you know," Cisco gives me a sad smile. "It was a few months after her wedding. I'd been trying very hard to find something to keep Sergio in line, and I managed to put an embargo on most of his shipments to the East Coast. He agreed to let her leave when I asked him to choose between her and his business."
I blink in surprise at the information.
"She didn'twantto leave," he says, taking a drag from his cigarette. "I told her she didn't have to stay there anymore and you know what she said to me?"
I raise a brow at him.
"Why would she leave when she had everything she could ever wish for?"
I frown.
"She said that?"
Cisco nods.
"She wasn't coerced if that's what you're thinking. I had Sergio cornered. He couldn't do anything but hand her over at that point. She refused to leave. In fact, she told me in no uncertain terms that if I tried to take her by force she would kill me," Cisco mentions with a straight face.
"Why would she…" I trail off, but Cisco continues.
"The most interesting thing? Sergio couldn't get rid of her fast enough. I would have expected some resistance, especially after he'd gone through so much trouble to acquire her. Instead, he told me marrying her was the worst mistake he'd ever made."
