C7 An intriguing necklace

Then she remembers that she is sitting on her bed since her brother is sitting on the other one. So she says in a slightly agitated voice:

- Oops sorry, I'm sitting on the wrong bed!

She says this while picking up her guitar from the floor and immediately getting up.

She stands up next to Julio and that's when Damien turns to the two and says:

- You sing very well!

- Thank you Damien," Julio replies with a smile.

Adrianna doesn't answer him but she still takes the trouble to tell her brother:

- I have to go! See you tomorrow Julio!

- Yes, yes, of course!

She kisses him on the cheek and Damien observes the scene with a very calm air and when she finishes, she leaves hurriedly and goes to her building.

Damien pulls out his phone from his pocket, sits on his bed and checks the progress of his online purses although his thoughts are elsewhere.

Today, many students are happy to be back in school and many are not because not everyone loves school! But one thing is for sure, Julio is looking forward to it because getting into this university has always been his dream, as well as his sister Adrianna. If there's one person who wants the hours to fly by so they can get to class and do the lectures, it's Emily. This is her first year at university and she is so proud of it.

***PAQUILLA FAMILY.

Augusto and Maryssa PAQUILLA have been together for over twenty years. They are friends with the Valquez family and work together. The two families have founded a very large company together, investing 50% each and having as income 50% each.

Apart from the work that links them, there is the relationship that their only daughter Lucia Paquilla has with Damien Valquez.

They have seen this relationship being born between the two and they support it.

It is night and while her husband is in the bedroom, Maryssa is on the terrace looking at the beautiful landscape of this magnificent neighborhood.

She waits for her beauty mask to take effect so that she can clean her face afterwards and meet her husband in the bedroom.

She whistles a little hot drink while she hears her phone ringing from the living room.

She goes to look for it hastily, takes down and answers while returning on the terrace.

- Hello Martha?

Martha is on the terrace, but not to do her beauty mask because she has already done it, but to call Maryssa secretly to talk to her about a very interesting subject.

- Yes, hello Maryssa, are you alone?

- I am going to the terrace... I am! Tell me, who is there?

The two women are best friends and they tell each other everything, well, almost! When one of them has problems, she tells the other one and vice versa. Besides, they are the ones who support Damien and Lucia's relationship the most. A relationship that strengthens more and more their friendship because they are happy to know that their children are together. Even if Martha is not Damien's biological mother...

- I want to go there Maryssa!

She speaks with a sad, trembling voice. Tears are almost flowing from her eyes.

- Martha, what if things don't turn out the way you planned?

- I don't know Maryssa, I don't know!

She burst into tears.

- Martha, do not cry, okay? This is a very delicate subject and I propose that we talk about it at the bar "La Barra" on the weekend. Do you want to do that?

- Yes, Maryssa! And I want to thank you for your support!

- You're welcome my dear! Have a great night!

- Thanks and see you tomorrow!

- See you tomorrow!

***The next morning.

***Beverly Hills.

It's Tuesday, and today is the day classes start in Beverly Hills.

It's 7:00 a.m. and it starts at 8:30 a.m.

Emily's alarm clock goes off and wakes up Adrianna at the same time, who had set hers for 7:15 instead of 7:00.

Emily notices that Adrianna has just woken up and she tells her:

- Oh sorry, I woke you up!

Adrianna pushes off her blanket, stretches and yawns as she says:

- Good morning Emilie, no don't worry!

She picks up her phone and looks at the time then, says:

- It's 7:00 and mine was supposed to ring at 7:15. There is not much difference!

She takes the opportunity to cancel her 7:15 alarm clock since she is already up.

- Okay, thanks a lot! So, did you sleep well?

- Yes, thank you and you?

- I slept very well! I didn't know I was going to sleep well here since I'm used to sleeping at home and in my room, you know...

Adrianna laughed.

- My little Emily! Yes, I see! And if you managed to sleep well, so much the better!

She and pulls the curtain of the window since her bed is right next to it and she sees Damien doing the same thing from his building. Their eyes meet and at the same time he also sees Lucia opening her curtain and he realizes that the two girls' rooms are next to each other.

Lucia smiles when she sees him and he does the same. Adrianna feels that his gaze is averted and knows that this smile is not addressed to her. There is only one person to whom it can be addressed: Lucia!

She thinks inwardly, "Oh, that's my roommate?" and then she moves away from the window.

By the time Damien wants to look at her again, she's gone.

She is bent over, making her bed, and when she finishes, she gets a call: Mother Teresa's call, and she wonders why she should call her at this time of day, since it's just getting started.

- Good morning, Mother Teresa," she said as she walked into the room.

- Good morning, my daughter, how are you?

- Yes, but I'm worried about your early morning call! Please tell me that I am not going to receive bad news!

Mother Theresa giggles slightly before telling him:

- No my daughter! There is no bad news!

Adrianna sighs and throws herself into her bed.

- Whew, I'm relieved!

- Actually, how is school going?

- Well, Mother Theresa and I were going to call you after school and tell you how it went. Yesterday we visited the school and learned some things about it and today classes start again. Everything is going well! And over there in Boscou?

- I'm proud to hear that, my little one! Excel with your brother as you always used to do!

- Thank you very much mother Theresa!

- Everything is fine here except for one thing I would like to know.

Adrianna abruptly gets up from her bed and asks:

- What?

- It's about a necklace. Your father has a necklace that brings back memories and it affects him greatly. Do you know the story behind it and who the necklace belongs to or used to belong to?

Adrianne knows what necklace she is talking about because she has seen it many times and what Mother Teresa is asking her about it immediately appeals to her!