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Chapter three

Lexi' POV

The doctors tell me I am able to leave tomorrow morning but I can not even pass the night here without any idea of my sister's whereabouts. Especially when I do not trust my mother at all. She is a selfish woman who only cares about herself. Ever since the death of my father, my mother became the opposite of herself. She used drugs, drank a lot, she was careless with her own life and she stopped caring about us too. I had to take up all the responsibilities, I quit college because of her and I started off working as a waitress at the restaurant just to make sure Selena could go to school and so we would have something on the table to eat.

Then I met Ryan, he was a customer at the restaurant I worked at. Ryan and i clicked the moment we met and I knew he was the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Ryan loved me, at least I thought he did. When I introduced Ryan to mother, she was happy. Well she was happy mostly because she was after his fortune. Little did she know that the Garcia family were into fraudulent acts.

I stood by Ryan in rain and even in sunshine, I took the blame and I went to jail because of him yet all I got in return was betrayal. I bite my lower lip to hold back the tears that threaten to fall from my eyes. I have been doing a lot of crying lately and it has only made me weaker.

I get off the hospital bed and lean on the wall to catch my breath. I need to leave this hospital quick, it is just as suffocating as prison. I push the door to my room open and step into the empty hallways. I accidentally bump into a nurse, I almost trip and fall to the floor but she grabs me by the arm and glares at me with concern.

"Are you okay Miss?" She asks raising a brow at me. I nod my head in agreement and force a smile on my face. "I am doing okay, I just need some fresh air." I mutter. She eyes me weirdly because shedoes not seem to buy my lie at all.

"You need more rest Miss, you still look very tired and weak." The nurse says. I sigh heavily and push her hand off my arm. "I am okay, I am serious. Thank you for your concern but I am doing very okay." I state with a small frown on my face.

"Okay, no problem. Although, the police officer told me to hand you this before you leave." The nurse pauses to tuck her hands into her coat pockets. She fetches out a brown envelope and hands it to me. I reluctantly receive it and gaze at it weirdly. "Me?" I ask with a confused look on my face. The nurse nods her head and slowly begins to walk away.

I rip the envelope open and shockingly for me, it is a few dollar notes in it. A drop of tear falls from my eyes at his generosity. Even after I was so rude to him earlier, he knew I needed money and it was kind enough for him to give me such amount of money.

I scurry out of the hospital and hastily board a cab to the Garcia Mansion. I gaze outside of the car in window in awe. The night view looks stunning, the bustling and hustling along the road looks aesthetic. The taxi eventually pulls into the driveway of the Garcia Mansion. This time I am not in a haste to hand the Taxi driver all my money. I hand him the specific amount and get off the taxi.

As expected, there are some butlers lurking around the entrance of the house. They have guns and other armed weapons with them. I release a heavy sigh and slowly approach them. I freeze right in front of the entrance and surprisingly for me, it is the same butler from earlier today. He glares at me with a straight face.

"Hi, I do not know if you remember me but I was here this morning. Actually, this time I am not here to see Mr Ryan. My mother and sister. Mrs Carter and Selena Carter, they live here you know. I am here to see them." I say.

The butler shakes his head at me in disagreement, he clears his throat and goes ahead to say "The only people living here are the Garcia family." He states. I furrow my brows in confusion, that is not possible, after I and Ryan got married, my mum and Selena moved in the Garcia Mansion to live with us. What does he mean by only the Garcia family live here?

""Are you new here? You seem to not understand any of what I say. My mother, tall and slender with blonde hair. Mrs Carter, she lives here and my sister Selena too." I say running a hand through my hair in frustration. I just keep going back to square one. Everything keeps falling apart, now I can not even reach my own family.

" I suggest you leave Miss, I already told you that only the Garcia family live here." The butler raises his voice at me. I gulp a lump down my throat and stagger backward. What happened to Selena and mother? Is the butler being serious right now?

Suddenly, the entrance door opens wide and Mrs Garcia steps outsdie. She eyes me from head to toe with disgust. I fall to my knees and begin to plead "Please, mother. I do not know my offence but at least allow me see my family." I cry out.

Mrs Garcia scoffs, she shakes her head at me. "Let me make things very clear to you, your mother and your stupid sister no longer live here! I sent them out of this house a year ago. Now, I want you to leave too and never return."