However, as much as Carl hated to see Anne sad, he was on the verge of telling her the bitter truth but he couldn't afford to hurt her feelings and it would ruin his friendship with Carlos.
Carl held Anne's shoulders and smiled at her. "you shouldn't worry about that, just make yourself happy okay?" he said trying to cheer her up.
"no just tell me the truth, I need to know the truth once and for all!" she insisted.
"you two are best friends, I'm sure you know something… and I promise not to tell Carlos you told me anything," Anne said earnestly.
Carl saw the determination in Anne's eyes. She desperately wanted to clear her doubts.
He stood up from his desk and took some steps forward, backing her to avoid staring into her eyes.
"you're the only one Carlos is seeing" Carl lied. He couldn't lie to her face so he had to back her.
Anne heaved a sigh of relief. The cleaner in Carlos's office was probably toying with her she thought.
She believed Carl wholeheartedly and she was happy her doubts has been cleared.
Suddenly, there was a call from Carl's telephone and he rushed to pick up the call.
"Hello!" Carl said on the phone, meanwhile Anne stood up to leave his office.
Reaching the door she looked back and saw that Carl looked extremely sad after his phone call.
"Carl are you alright?" she curiously asked but Carl kept quiet, massaging his temple.
"you can tell me what's wrong and I could be of help" she persuaded
"It's about Richie," Carl muttered.
"what about him?" Anne asked concernedly.
"He hasn't been himself lately and it scares me a lot. His teacher just called me that he didn't pass any of his tests and that's unlike Richie. He used to be a very bright student and presently, he doesn't talk to me or anyone." Carl said.
"I'm really sorry about that, …can I come over to your place in the evening to see him? So I can at least talk to him..." Anne said
"Please do, I'll appreciate that," he said and she left his office.
******
"Carlos I just did your dirty job for you," Kim said to Carlos, they were standing in front of a supermarket where cars are parked.
"How did you do it, the cops and detectives think I…" Carlos looked left and right and then he lowered his voice, "…they think the killer wore gloves in killing the delivery guy"
"Simple I had the fingerprints erased," Kim said "oh look, here comes Linda," he laughed, gesturing his hand for Carlos to turn his back.
Carlos turned his back and saw Linda walking towards him from a far distance and as soon as he saw her, he rolled his eyes.
"I fucking hate this bitch" Carlos said to Kim, facing him.
"ouch!" Kim chuckled.
"dude I'm serious, she follows me everywhere and the worst of it all is that she forces me to have sex with her each time I see her.
"so you're getting free pussy? you're a lucky man Carlos" Kim teased him.
"lucky?" Carlos scoffed "if only I could get that video off her hands" Carlos groaned.
"If you're tired of being her puppet, why don't you just silence her once and for all" Kim said.
"what do you mean?" Carlos asked
"By keeping her shut for good... remember, the dead don't speak!" Kim smirked.
"geez… Kim!! If I can do that, I would've done that a long time ago, the drug lord is more than a father to me and I respect him too much to kill his own daughter… "
"then get ready to be her puppet for the rest of your life," Kim said
Just then, Linda got to where Carlos and Kim were and she held Carlos's arm. "hey sweetie" Linda said to Carlos and Carlos lifted his eyes in frustration.
"I'll just leave you too," Kim said and left.
"Linda get your hands off me! I'm sick of this, I'm sick of you always following me around. I can't afford to lose my girlfriend because of you" Carlos said to Linda in a husky tone.
"I told you I have you in my palms and I'm not done with you. Until I have your murder tape, you belong to me," she said and she forcefully kissed Carlos.
"Carlos?!?" Dexter called Carlos's name in confirmation not believing what he just saw. He was also going to the supermarket when he saw Carlos and Linda kissing.
However, Carlos slapped his forehead after seeing Dexter. He knew that Dexter was going to blab everything to Anne and convince her into breaking up with him.
"Carlos how could you do this to Anne? How long have you been cheating on my sister?" Dexter asked vehemently. He was so angry about the fact that Carlos was cheating on his sister.
"Dexter please don't tell Anne, I love your sister so much…"
"…you love my sister?" Dexter interrupted Carlos with a scoff.
"This is why I never liked you, you're just like a snake. I wonder what my sister sees in you that makes her go crazy about you" he said and Carlos inhaled sharply, trying not to get provoked.
"I'm not going to tell Anne what I just saw. In fact, I'll pretend like I don't know anything because once my sister finds out, she's going to get really hurt… I want you to tell her yourself," Dexter said.
"I will" Carlos mumbled
"you better do," Dexter said and left them.
"that is one tough kid, Carlos I was expecting you to punch him in his face," Linda said to Carlos after Dexter left.
"The only person I really want to punch is you." Carlos responded harshly. "please tell me how much you want so we can stop this nonsense we're doing once and for all."
"how about... you let me do whatever the fuck I want with you" she said kissing his neck "then after tomorrow, you're a free man
"you're going to leave me for good? how can I trust you?" he said looking at her suspiciously because he knew the kind of woman Linda was.
"you have no choice but to trust me" Linda smiled.
....
Inside the supermarket, Dexter was still upset about Carlos cheating on his sister.
"How dare he play with Anne's heart" Dexter muttered to himself and he accidentally bumped into a lady who was passing in front of him.
Apparently, he was walking too fast and he was too angry to watch where he was going.
"I'm so so so sorry, I didn't see you there" he pleaded to the lady but the lady seemed to be checking on the ground as if she lost something.
He saw an eyeglass on the floor and he guessed it belonged to her "it's this yours?" Dexter said as he picks it up.
"yes thank you," she muttered nervously as she collects her glasses and wears them on her face.
The lady was putting on a rosy wide dress and dirty old shoes, although, she still looked beautiful without having to wear trendy clothes.
Seeing her close, Dexter suddenly recognized her. He had seen her in his school before when he made all his papers with straight A's. He saw her that day, crying all alone on a bench but when he decided to ask her what was wrong, she snubbed him.
"Miss, my name is Dexter and I believe we both attend the same school," Dexter said to the lady but she bowed her head with her eyes fixed on the ground.
"What's your name?" he stretched forth his hand to shake her.
"I'm... I'm Treasure" she said nervously, refusing to shake his hands.
"you have a nice name," Dexter said as he withdrew his hands. He thought she was just a shy person.
"There's something on your forehead" Dexter lied to make her raise her head so he could see her face properly.
The lady said to be Treasure immediately raised her head "where?" she asked while touching her forehead.
Meanwhile, Dexter was stunned to see her pretty face. It was the first time he saw her close face to face and she looked so beautiful even with the nerd glasses she was wearing.
He pretended to take something off her forehead instead of telling her he was only kidding, not to make her feel bad.
"I've gotten rid of it," he said.
"Thanks," she said and quickly left his sight.
"hope I didn't scare her," Dexter said to himself.