Chapter 20: Memories Part 20 - The End Part 1

'What exactly does she mean by this? What does it mean?' -Rodrigo asked surprised by the content of the letter-

"I don't know exactly, Miss Alice didn't explain the meaning of the letter and she didn't let me see the content, but it is likely that she said something to her closest friends" -Mary replied-

'I hope that Ana and Rose can give me details about this, thank you for coming to give me the letter, although now I have more questions than before'

After this, Mary left and Rodrigo decided to call Rose, but she did not answer him; because she had a low battery and had to charge her phone.

'I hope I have better luck with Ana'

When Ana answered him, he began to tell her some things about the content of the letter and Ana told him that the best thing would be to meet together with Rose and Caroline in a place to explain everything properly.

-.-.-

'Sorry I'm late girls' -said Rodrigo who had arrived a pair of minutes late at the park where they agreed to meet-

"You took a long time Mr. Pervert, although you arrived before Caroline"

'Hasn't she arrived yet?'

"I don't think she's going to come" -Said Rose- "2 of weeks ago, we had a problem and I doubt she wants to come"

'I already sensed that something like this had happened'

"Anyway Mr. Pervert, sit down that the explanation will be a bit long"

After Rodrigo sat down on a bench next to the girls and showed them the contents of the letter, Ana began to speak.

"The truth is that before you dated Alice, she had a fiancé, Prince Ramirez, however, she was never interested in him, we could say that it would be a marriage arranged by her mother. When you started dating Alice and the news became public, the prince's parents decided to break off the engagement; since they did not want their son to hunt with someone who does not appreciate him; but Alice's mother didn't like that, so for a long time she was trying to convince Alice to leave you, but she didn't agree because she loved you too much. That's why her mother decided to ruin your reputation; she was the one who had that video of what happened in your house and send it to all the students.

After that, her mother started threatening Alice to do worse things to you if she didn't leave you, and she, to protect you, was forced to break up with you and not help you for a long time. We also had to stay away because if we stayed close to you, her mother might think that she was still in contact with you, so we were cornered and without many options.

She left home and was living in a cheap apartment, refusing to accept all the money her mother sent her because she didn't want anything to do with her, only used it in an emergency. There were many times where she did not sleep well because of her part-time job and sometimes she was hungry, but she decided to face all that to protect you.

She became your friend again because Caroline motivated her, but she couldn't be very close to you because she didn't want her mother to know, as much as she wanted to be close to you, she had to control herself to protect you... However, 2 weeks ago, she saw how you kept a lot of sadness inside you, many doubts and fears that were cause by our decisions, and she doubted what she was doing to protect you, if she had done the best she could do, if her decision to get away was the correct… Then Caroline argued with us and that made Alice feel guilty about everything and that she accepted the commitment with Prince Ramirez again, to get away and not hurt you anymore.

And now, apparently her mother wanted them to hunt each other down at once and so in 5 days she get married the prince."

"Eeeeh, get married?!" -Said Caroline who was behind a bush that was behind them-

"So there you were Caroline" -Rose said happily-

"Eh, yes, it's not that I didn't want to appear in front of you, but... I didn't know what to say, more so now that I know everything that happened Alice"

"I told you that you should listen to us, although that doesn't matter now, don't worry" -Ana said with a kind smile-

'There's still something I don't understand, Isn't a mother supposed to always want happiness for her daughter? If Alice loved me so much, why would her mother oppose us so insistently that we were together?'

"That's easy to answer, at first I couldn't fully understand it either, but after Alice told us the story of her mother, it all made more sense"

Ana proceeded to tell the story of Alice's mother, how she met Erick and how she was betrayed, as well as Alice's plan.

'I see, so She still has a big grudge'

"Yes, but Alice's plan would not fail, we just have to find Mr. Erick" -Ana said seriously-

"I don't think that really works that much, if I were in that situation, I wouldn't forgive that man" -Caroline replied-

"It's because you're not so SIMP Caroline" -Rose said happily-

SIMP? What is that?

"The term refers to a person who is deeply devoted to the other, unable to forget the other person no matter how much time passes, basically a very strong love taken to the limits" -Answered Ana-

"Because of Mrs. Emilia's behavior, she is a complete SIMP, that she feels hurt, but if he comes back and asks her for forgiveness, everything will be solved" -Rose replied happily-

"I see, that is good news" -Caroline said somewhat sadly-

'Is something wrong, Caroline?' -Rodrigo said, because I noticed the change in Caroline's voice-

"It's just... I feel bad for Alice... I told her all those things without knowing what was going on and..."

"Hey, don't blame yourself, I would also have acted in the same way if someone important had been damaged, also instead of blaming ourselves, we must find a solution to this problem, it is more than clear that Alice does not want to get married, so Mr. pervert must go to stop the wedding"

'Eh? And why me?'

"Because if you do it, Alice will come, if any of us do it, Alice will feel worse and very bad, but if you do it, she will surely come" -Rose said happily-

'That's a good point, I think'

"However, it will not be easy, leaving aside the fact that the wedding took place in another country, the place as such, the castle, will be surrounded by several guards, with a lot of security, and do not imagine things like spears, swords or bows, they have common weapons, pistols and volt pistols, in addition to the fact that the internal structure looks like a labyrinth and there will be many gates that will close to block our way, we need great preparation and we only have 5 days" -Ana said seriously-

Hopes were low, however, the voice of someone familiar came loudly from the sky.

"It seems that you are going to need some help for your trip" -said Ronaldo, in the Chávez family's helicopter, descending by a rope that he had thrown-

"It's Ronaldo, hi" -Said Rose-

'Don't say anything, we accept you, what is your price?'

"You didn't even let me give my introduction!"

'Yes yes, now tell me, what do you want? And be direct'

"Ujum *, A kiss from the beautiful lady over there" -Ronaldo said pointing to Caroline, but Rodrigo moves his arm and makes him point to Rose-

Rose kisses him and Ronaldo complains, because that wasn't what he wanted, but since he already received the kiss he couldn't object and agreed to help them.

'Well, then let's get ready for the day; Ronaldo, you will be the financial and transportation support; Ana, take care of finding out the structure well and bringing some artifacts that can help us; Rose, help Ana in everything she asks of you; Caroline and I will wait until everything is ready so we can go.

Don't worry Alice, wherever you are, we will rescue you'

With Alice:

Alice and her mother had arrived at the castle and were in front of the kings, Alice tried to see the positive side of her future marriage, but she couldn't.

"Well, I guess if I get married I won't die without a husband and many a girls' dream is to get married with a prince, so I guess it will be good... I wonder... what he will be like?"

Trumpets sound signaling the entrance of Prince Ramirez.

"So, my future wife arrived, it's great news" -Prince Ramirez said-

Unlike what Alice tried to imagine, the prince was someone out of shape and small.

"I... this... will is he... my future husband?" Alice thought as she looked at the prince strangely- "It can't be real!"