Chapter 13: Hush This One

Anna's eyes started to get blurry. This was indeed Dalton on the screen. There was no mistaking it. But the girl he was with, is that actually Lara? Did he really manage to find her?

Anna tried to look for more photos, but fortunately, that was the only one she found. It also seemed like not a lot of people have viewed the photo yet.

She was relieved. But she needed to act fast. Handing the phone to the girl, she rummaged for her own inside her bag. She needed to make calls quickly.

Rachel grabbed her, steadying her hand.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"Of course." Anna replied.

"Was that Lara?"

"It seems so."

"What are you going to do?"

"Confront him, of course." Anna replied. "But first, I need to push this under the rug."

Rachel gave her a nod, then headed to the girls. She started threatening them from gossiping about what they had seen.

Anna went back to her phone. She had to dial some people to get that photo taken down, or to alter the photo. The man in the photo didn't have to be Dalton.

"This is Anna, I need you to take care of something." She began when they picked up her call.

"Of course," the person from the other end of the line replied. "What is it about?"

"It still hasn't reached you?" Anna smiled. "That's good."

Anna steered the wheel, her eyes focused on the road.

"When are you going to call him?" Rachel asked.

"I still need to know if our family saw the photo. If they saw it, I don't think I'll still have to call him. They'd be the one to take care of it."

"I must say, I never knew he had it in him. Cheating, I mean." Rachel clarified.

"I also never thought he had it in him to hate me that much." Anna added.

"Guess we trusted him too much."

They were both silent at that.

"Do you think there's a chance that he didn't cheat?" Rachel asked.

"Seems unlikely at this point."

"Will you file for divorce?"

"I'm hoping I won't have to."

Anna dropped Rachel off to her condo first, then she made her way to the Guevarra's home.

No one called her yet, so she thought that was a good sign. It was a good thing the photo hadn't widely spread yet as she had feared.

The photo was successfully altered, and they made it look like it was a photo of someone else.

It really is a great thing having the right connections. It allows one to do a lot of things. Anna had always taken these things for granted, but she is highly grateful for this at the moment.

She thought about Dalton. Is he really fully changing from what he used to be? He had promised not to do anything damaging, but he's not doing anything to be careful.

She decided that she really shouldn't trust Dalton's promises anymore. It just leads to trouble.

She's not actually jealous if it indeed was Lara on Dalton's arms. That's not what she's worried about. He's free to love the woman for all she cares. But as the woman he married, she deserves a bit of respect.

He could have waited, or he could've talked to her once he found Lara. This time, Anna is willing to agree to his demands.

If he demands to get divorced, she can give it to him.

She just hopes that her father already managed to do what he needs to. She would have to talk to him before she made any decisions.

She finally arrived at the gates. Security let her through easily.

Once she was inside the house, she noticed that the family wasn't there. Curious, she ran up the stairs, heading to her bedroom.

She will have to change her clothes first, before she set out to find them.

When she opened the door to Dalton's room, she heard someone rummaging through her things.

As she walked slowly to see who was inside her room, she saw the contents of her drawer lying on the floor.

Next to them, is Nora, holding Dalton's letter in her hand.