The Dark Secret of the CEO by Sofia de Orellana

Chapter 88
-Dorothy, calm down please, I don’t understand you. -Do you have any screen, television, radio? Whatever is!
Dan tunes in his car radio and freezes when he hears the announcer’s words.
“-A few minutes ago, the police received a complaint, coming from the Finnick mansion,(This will be daily updtaed at
www.jar.com) pointing out the lawyer Gerard Finnick as the alleged person responsible for charges of rape against a young
woman, whose identity has been kept completely confidential. We will keep you informed”
-Sir, you have to come back right now, please...
-Dorothy, let no one issue statements, at the risk of being unemployed... For life! Meanwhile, Luz has moved away from Dan to
listen to Matías. -Brother, is something wrong? -It’s Gerard, he called to report himself for abusing you. He asked that I be the
one to get him out of the house... do you have any idea how it broke my heart to see Charlize look at me with those little teary
eyes? “I want you here before the day is over, Luz Méndez, and if you don’t... I’m going to come get you! -Don’t worry, Dan
came to talk to me, I was just going out with him on the way back. -You better, Luz, because I’m not going to let an innocent man
go to jail, what he did was wrong, but the context is not what you think.
I know, I know everything...
-See ya.
She hangs up the phone and runs to the car, just as Dan is about to call her.
-We have to go now! – yell at the same time -.
They rush out, both telling each other about their respective calls, and Dan regrets that he made the trip by car instead of
Gerard’s jet.
The journey that normally takes about four hours, Dan managed to do in three. Luz was able to tell her to slow down, but the
truth is that she was going too slow for her.
Her soul, her body and her mind screamed to be with her man, with her little girl, to tell them that everything will be fine, that they
will be together and nothing is going to separate them.
As soon as they enter the city, Luz relaxes a bit and looks at him with determination.

– First to the mansion.
-But, Light, Gerard.
-Look Dan, right now I’m furious with him... because he sent himself to jail, forgetting that he has a six-year-old daughter to take
care of and abandoning her like that, without further ado, for serving a sentence that is obvious He has already fulfilled... And not

to mention the one that is on the way!
“So first I’ll go check on my princess and then we’ll go after that fool.
– You say it.
She knows that none of this would have happened if she had listened to him that night, but that “would have” thing doesn’t exist.
What annoys her is that right now he did something as stupid as accusing himself...
-This man is going to kill me with a disgust.
“I think, from now on, you shouldn’t leave him or maybe what he’ll come up with(This will be daily updtaed at
www.jar.com)” he sees a smile on Dan’s face and vents his frustration with a snort. And don’t tell me you’ll think about it,
because you’re still wearing the engagement ring.
Luz says nothing, because there is nothing to say.
At least not Dan.
They arrive at the mansion and as soon as the car stops, Luz runs inside.
-Princess! Charlie! She – she walks up the stairs and she sees the girl peeking out from her room, like she doesn’t believe what
she hears.
-Light? she says with a frown, Luz reaches the top and she takes two steps. Mommy!
And that simple word brings Luz to her knees, so that Charlize throws herself into her arms.
-My beautiful girl, forgive me, please, forgive me... I shouldn’t have left like this, please forgive me – tears bathe the hair of the
little girl, who has buried herself in Luz’s chest, smelling that aroma that calms her down –
-My daddy... Matías took it – he looks at her and makes a pout that melts Luz’s heart – He broke me and my heart...

-He was just doing his job, in fact he was the one who called me and told me to come before he went for me.
Are you going to fix everything?
-Yes my Girl. But first I needed to see how you were, Mati told me you were sad.
-Not so much anymore, go get my daddy, please. But first-he kneels in front of Luz and caresses her belly-Welcome home, little
brother, I’m glad to have you here again.
Dan helps them to their feet, Evangeline comes out of Charlize’s room and gives her a huge hug.
-Evangeline, I need you to tell Rafael that I’m here.
– Raphael? Her – she asks him surprised. I thought he was with you, in Baltimore.
-No, he came back several days ago, for an investigation... – Luz looks at Dan and confronts him -. Tell me you don’t know
anything about him.
– Nothing – he answers, taking out his phone -. I already ask, wait in there.
Neither says anything, but the nervousness of the two women can almost be seen, pacing back and forth across the room.

Dan walks in minutes later, hands on his head, and the two face him.
-He’s under arrest... apparently, the prosecutor thought that Rafael is part of the distribution, since they used his agency for that
and Rickon doesn’t want to say anything about it.
-Son of...! – Luz stops, looks at Charlize who sees her with her arms crossed
s and a frown – from his holy little mother.
– Queens don’t say rude things, mommy. -I know and I’m sorry-she looks at Evangeline and takes her by the shoulders-I
promise I’ll get it out of her.
– But if you haven’t even entered the university yet – she tells him laughing nervously –
-If I have something today, it’s boiling hormones, so nobody is going to mess with me. Let’s go. Luz leaves that room like a
waterspout and Evangeline asks Dan not to let her commit murder.

They go from there to the police station where they took Gerard, Luz feels that she wants to kill everyone and she knows who
she is going to start with.
As Dan pulls up in front of the building, she begs him to let him talk.
– You can get us into trouble and I couldn’t do anything for either of us. -You have an hour to get them out. If at that time the two
are not outside, that fifth prosecutor will know who Luz Méndez is.
They walk to the building, Luz feels that she can’t take it anymore with so much tension, but this is not the time to pass out, much
less escape. She is here to face consequences and she will. Dan approaches an officer and asks for the police chief, a few
minutes later a man in his forties arrives and ushers them into his office.
-I am the alleged victim of Gerard Finnick-the officer looks at her and Dan’s mouth drops open, because that could sink his friend
more–He didn’t tell us the name of the victim-the officer tells him- . Therefore...
-You don’t have to look or ask him, I’m the one and(This will be daily updtaed at www.jar.com) I’m telling you right
now, that man has never touched a hair on me without my consent. In fact -she shows him his hand, where it shows off the
engagement ring-, we are engaged, we were going to get married in a few weeks, I went on a trip and something happened
while I was away.
-Why does he say that he raped her? He asks suspiciously. -Because he’s confused, he’ll see...-he tells a somewhat different
story of what happened, but trying to keep the main thing, to support the case against Rickon-.
When he finishes, the officer scratches his chin, staring at the desk, then looks at her.
-His love story is pretty crazy, but no way... if there’s no victim or complaint, there’s no point in continuing here, just take it upon
yourself to clear it up with him. I’ll have him released. -No! Let me talk to him first, there are things I want to tell him, but I need
him there for a few more minutes, why?
The man smiles, because his girlish face is now more noticeable. He nods and calls one of the officers to come with her. A
woman escorts her to her cell, where she finds Gerard lying on the bed, with an arm across his forehead and staring blankly at
some of the stains on the ceiling.
The officer leaves, she takes a deep breath, gathers her strength to raise the voice that will bring him back to reality and tells
him. -Gerard Finnick! What the hell are you supposed to do here?!.