It’s been three days, three whole days of nerve racking torture of not knowing what happened or what will happen next, the silence was deafening, she hasn’t seen or even heard from Domingo and that was a lot. He had never been gone for so long without letting her know where he was going albeit grudgingly, not even from Raphael who said, he had something for her. She hoped they haven’t murdered themselves yet, because that would explain her absence. She couldn’t even come out of her room without being gossiped about, apparently word had gotten out that Raphael and Domingo are at logger heads because of her, and she was the one to blame, when she had no hand in it. Or worse Raphael could have ratted her out to Domingo and the reason he was away is to clear his head before he would murder her, she shuddered. She hated this, this nail biting, tormenting silence, not knowing what to expect or do was enough torture for her, she was more than tempted to find Domingo and confront him

She was officially scandalized, no atom of decency remained any longer, the things she saw was more enough to shock a priest into coma. She glued herself to Javier side as she waved off lecherous men and women who wanted to have fun with her.“relax, they wouldn’t dare to come closer to you, not unless they want Raphael to skin their hides off”.“where are we going”, Cassie said, her cheeks aflame as she caught sight of four people locked in some sort of sexual depravity, you can’t even tell where one began or ended.“to Raphael”, Javier said.“what about my husband, he’s the one I came to see not Raphael”, she said and stopped in her tracks.“I believe Raphael will let you see him sooner or later”.“but….”, she definitely did not want to see Raphael, especially not in an environment like this.“quit stalling, Raphael doesn’t like being kept waiting”, he said and nudged her forward past the tangled bodies, till they came to another area and Javier opened the door. The room was differe

"you did that didn’t you”, Luciano said coming back towards Raphael.“did what?”, Raphael said innocently trying to keep his face neutral.“I don’t know what shitty thing you did just now, but I have to be frank with you, she’s married”, Luciano said.“so?”, he was tired of being reminded of the fact that she was married, it irked him.“I know that you have no qualms of cavorting with married women, but she’s not the usual caliber of women you deal with, she’s different”.“and you managed to gather all that at one meeting”, Raphael said, he knew that as well, he didn’t need a reminder.“you know me, I’m very attuned with me instinct and believe me, I know what I’m saying, be careful, Raphael, I have a feeling that this might go sideways”.“keep your instinct to yourself and out of my woman”.“your woman, it’s that bad huh…… don’t forget she’s married, worse to Domingo Salvador, that man is a snake”, Luciano said.“tell me about it”.“I believe you’ll have the situation in hand”, he sa

"I believe you have some of the Vincente holdings with you, the ones my dimwit Father gambled away”, Raphael said. “most especially Estefania”“No, Not Estefania, I’ve invested a lot in that company I can’t stake it, pick another, and I can’t give you all of them, they’re the basis of my family’s wealth”.“I want them all, all of them, I’m willing to do whatever it takes”.“They’re worth more than the ten billion you’re staking, no”.“Perhaps I can sweeten the pot, what do you want”.“Now we are talking”, Susannah grinned. “what do I want, you know I have interest in politics, I believe I’ve sat back and watch this nation destroy itself by appointing incompetent men that are not up to the task to rule, it is my turn now, I want power, I want it all, and you are going to help me”.“How can I help you”, Raphael said, he wondered at the level of which Susannah wanted power, this was bordering on madness.“De Vincente’s are one of the most powerful people in this country, heck even more p