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I purse my lips at the information.
"Can you get me a flight to Mexico?"
"When?"
"As soon as possible," I say, pursing my lips.
"You're sure you want to do this?"
"I think this is the best opportunity to take a trip down memory lane with Noelle and find out exactly what happened at the hacienda. And what's better than returning to the place where it all started?"
"You're taking her with you?" Carlos asks, surprised.
"Even if I didn't, she'd follow," I give a dry laugh.
Ah, Noelle, Noelle. What am I going to do with you?
I have no doubt she would follow me wherever I went, but in this case Iwanther there.
While these videos might help elucidate some of the mystery of the past, I have to admit to myself that I care more whether she'll be truthful to me or not rather than what actually happened.
Since I can confirm her account with the evidence, I can finally see if Cisco is right. If she respects me enough to give me the truth. Or if she wants me so much she's willing to lie—again and again.
Is this a test? Maybe.
It's the only way I can see if I can trust her.
That also means she cannot find out about the videos until she tells me her own version.
Deep down, I have to admit that Iwantto understand her, just as I want to forgive her. It's just that what she's done goes against everything I stand for.
My heart might still be wholly hers, regardless of anything she might do. But my mind… My mind cannot reconcile the Noelle I thought I knew with the one before me now.
"I'll make arrangements for tomorrow," Carlos grunts. "You'll fly commercial to Ciudad de México. I'll try to get you a first class suite. I have some contacts in Mexico, so I'll be able to get you a private jet to get to the hacienda."
Carlos details the itinerary he'd thought of and I just approve everything, pleased with how thorough he'd been.
He knows me far too well, and he'd anticipated most of my answers, already having in place a plan for this.
"Thank you for this. I know you're busy, too. It means a lot," I tell him.
"Any time, Raf. You know you can count on me."
"And you on me. If you need help with anything, please let me know. Even if I'm not in the country. I'll do my best to help."
"I'll keep that in mind," Carlos chuckles. I doubt he's going to ask for help since he prefers to do most things by himself, but I want him to know the option is always on the table.
I hang up the phone and head to Noelle's room.
It's already past visiting hours so the entire wing is quiet.
Reaching for the door, I slowly creep it open, expecting to find her deep asleep.
Yet as I step inside the room, I come face to face with her.
She's sitting on her bed, her legs swinging off the side, her eyes on me.
"You were gone a long time," she comments slowly, her throat bobbing up and down as she takes me in, her gaze traveling over me from head to toe.
