Heart Darkness
Chapter 137 Bloody Heart....

Two weeks after her imprisonment, Maribella was picked up by Elgio in the afternoon. He was released not on charges of innocence, but because the whistleblower revoked the charges.

"Maraibella ...." Elgio smiled and hugged his nanny tightly. Maribella endured the pain in her body. "I'm sorry I let you stay in jail longer. I'm so upset I couldn't get you out sooner, Aunt Mai." Elgio checked his nanny. Maribella looked pale and sick. "Are you okay, Maribella? Should we go to the doctor?"

"Thank you Mr. Elgio for your concern. I just don't get used to sleeping in jail. Even though I was just a servant, I was treated like a Queen Mother by my foster children. Prison is stressful for me. Thank goodness I was taken out of there. Can we just go?" maribella looked in horror at the prison gate.

"alright. Let's go home, Maribella."

"Did Abner go to Bali?" maribella asked when she didn't see Abner coming with Elgio.

The car door opened Augusto and Elgio accompanied Maribella in the back, hugging her nanny on the way home. They found no evidence that Maribella could be lightened. The only way, ask Luna to drop the charges. Of course it is difficult to find evidence, the perpetrator who trapped them must be someone who is very intelligent is also very experienced. Although in the office the atmosphere returned to calm, Elgio secretly investigated everyone.

Elgio breathed heavily. He wants to tell Maribella that Abner has always been with Luna since the girl was in the hospital until Luna returned to her parents' house. Abner follows Luna Hugo's wishes for the Luna family to withdraw the report file and drop Maribella's charges. That's the only way for now. Potassium cyanide was banned from use in food and Maribella would receive the death penalty if convicted, Abner avoided it from happening. Elgio believes Abner is up to something, so Abner relinquishes himself while looking for evidence to restore Maribella's good name and get Maribella out of prison.

"You'll talk after you meet, Aunt Mai."

Maribella nodded in anxiety. He was tormented for days because Abner suddenly did not visit. Maybe Abner went to Bali as scheduled to meet Mr. Nakamura or was Abner busy freeing himself. Only the lawyer visited and reported Luna's condition improved. Maribella doesn't understand the potassium cyanide they're talking about, only from her lawyer, Maribella knows that it's rat poison.

"Did Marya and Reinha eat well, Lord Elgio?" maribella asked suddenly grimly. When Elgio rubbed his arm, Maribella grimaced with pain in the skin of her arm. Behind the thick sweater, his arms were badly bruised.

"No, even though I tried my hardest. You know, both of our girls can't live without you. They're forcing their way in but they've got an extra class this week."

Maribella nodded lethargicly. He felt sad for himself and when he reached home, he suddenly did not want to cook just mused in the shelter all afternoon think of the unexpected that suddenly happened to him. He was accused of poisoning someone, premeditated murder. Just because I want to make up with Luna. He examined his arm which was turning blue, and his neck was covered with choking marks and nails which were drowned in the flesh and caused wounds and pains. His stomach was slightly swollen and his legs sprained the day before he went to prison and became more inflamed from lack of treatment. What a bad day in prison. Several women in the cell oppressed him and as he fought back, he instead tortured the prison officer. His body was beaten and kicked. They do rather vile things according to Maribella, spit on her food until she finally does not eat and the guards report to the prison warden that she is on hunger strike. Maribella wears a high-collar sweater to cover the wounds on her body.

"Maribella ...?!"

Reinha and Marya yelled blue haru at the residence and hugged their nanny for a long time as if afraid of Maribella yawning and disappearing. Maribella endured the pain so that the two girls in front of her did not fret.

"Oh I miss you both."

"Are you okay?" marya asked glazed over before crying. The girl had indeed decayed the fastest with her tears. "I'm so nervous I don't get enough sleep because I think about you."

"Maribella, I think you have to be strong enough to accept reality." Reinha hugged Maribella tightly, her nanny's squid repeatedly. "Mr Abner will marry Luna Hugo." Reinha's decapitation left the pain in his bones.

As if he could lash a whip of thorns, Maribella bit his lips hard. I didn't expect this to end. Marya began to hiccup by his side. Maybe because she was pregnant, she became very sensitive.

"Is Miss Luna okay?" That's all that matters Maribella thought. If Luna dies, she may never recover her good name.

"Yes, he has fully recovered according to Augusto. Mr. Abner is always with her," Reinha reported in a slanted tone.

"alright. What matters is that Luna survived."

"Fortunately Maribella, the poison that enters the body Luna in very small doses. If the dose is large, her stomach could be damaged by blood clots and she could die. I'm sure Mr. Abner and you have been framed, Maribella," Reinha began to speculate.

"There are only two possibilities of this case, Luna Hugo poisoned herself in order to make you a suspect and then in prison" continued Marya ended her crying because the atmosphere became more sad for them. From Elgio they know that Luna and Maribella quarrel in Abner's office even Maribella fights Luna firmly. "Or one of Luna's office mates and Mr. Abner who didn't like them both put cyanide before Luna ate it."

"Oh you know, we can learn this from the Detective Conan series."

"True Reinha, series 26. Kohei Kamata was poisoned after drinking ice cola that Mai Kogami brought."

"Do we need to investigate, Marya? We can take Ethan Sanchez! What food did you give Luna?"

"Oh stop it, you two. Let the lawyer solve the case. You guys should focus on the competition!"

"Maribella, let's say that she didn't poison herself, it's possible that Luna didn't just eat your food. He may also drink something such as coffee or ice given by someone. They should investigate that." Marya started again and the two boys were really like detectives.

"We have to look at Marya's time as well. It's been a long time since Maribella gave Luna food until Luna got poisoned."

"Time is very close. We just finished eating when someone said Luna was poisoned in the cafeteria. There are many officers there. Luna joined the cafeteria and opened my lunch box and started eating. Some mouthfuls when Luna complained her food tasted bad and very bad. He then got dizzy, nauseated and vomited and fainted." Maribella finally gave an explanation to Marya and also Reinha who was very curious.

"I think he put cyanide powder in the elevator."

"But there's a surveillance camera, Reinha."

"What if he goes back to his cabinet and sows cyanide in the dining box behind the closed cabinet?" Reinha frowned, the two looked at each other exactly like female detectives.

"That means he had planned to poison himself just to wait for the right time for his execution. Luna has prepared cyanide powder first. Mr. Abner just needs to search Luna's work cabinet or check if there is any residue left behind or if there is a package delivered to the office on Luna's behalf after you've been bickered. He could have bought the order online. Is there any chance he'll return to his workplace to the cabinet after receiving your meal instead of going straight down to the cafeteria?"

"Yes yes, that's true. He may pretend to wear a blazer or pick up an office identification card while showering food with poison."

"Or check files, check email. Hopefully there's no incident where the surveillance cameras in the room suddenly blank."

All three silent. "I wish someone who doesn't like Luna or Mr. Abner poisoned Luna because if she poisoned herself .., Reinha .., we can't let Mr. Abner and Luna's marriage happen." Marya shakes. "Luna may be a psychopath."

"You're right. Oh, that's terrible. They're gonna have dinner here, Maribella. This is really bad. Luna knew you were released today, and she insisted on dinner. Why do I always get involved with beautiful women?" rutuk Reinha growled.

"I can't cook for them" Maribella's bell refused. "What if Luna gets poisoned again?"

"You can't avoid it, Maribella. If you're hiding, Luna might be happy because she feels like she's winning." Reinha clover Maribella.

That was how everyone finally gathered in the dining room in a complicated situation. Luna still looked pale and Abner by her side looked attentive. Maribella balked at joining in though she ended up cooking becalhau grelhado, boiling various vegetables doused with olive oil and stacking them in trays with boa bread. He then just stayed in the shelter.

"Do you have any particular allergies, Miss Luna? Or could you be allergic to cod?" ask Reinha to prepare the plate. "I'm afraid in prison if you're caught floundering in our dining room." Reinha is a good striker, thought Elgio and it looks like the two girls will do something to separate Luna from Abner.

"Yes right, let us know if you have a history of allergies!" added Marya scooping the rice. Marya deliberately cooked the vegetable soup, cooked rice and grilled the meat exactly which Luna had eaten before the poisoning to see Luna's reaction.

"Don't Miss Maribella get out of jail? Where is he?" tanya Luna slowly looked at the rice and grilled meat in horror.

Marya and Reinha looked at each other. "Maribella's resting in the shelter."

Marya noticed Abner who looked shady as usual, as if unperturbed at anything or the man was pretending.

"Can we start eating?" ask Abner.

Maribella unexpectedly joined in, it seemed like she was thinking of Reinha's words.

"Miss Luna, are you okay?" maribella asked attentively not daring to look at Abner by Luna's side. If he did that, he would cry. Her tender heart was really hurt because the man sacrificed for her.

"Miss Maribella, yes I recovered quickly thanks to Mr. Abner."

"Yes, okay. Please have dinner."

Luna ate a little, maybe because she was recovering sick, she did not like the taste of her food.

"Does it feel weird?" abner asked as if he was still traumatized.

"Your meal was cooked by Mr. Hansel, Miss Luna. I made cod for the people of the house but didn't dare to cook for you. I'm afraid I'm really gonna sprinkle rat poison on the food and make you go to hell." Maribella's words were so sharp, sarcastic and contained elements of sadism, that everyone turned to Maribella. "I think I should really put poison in your food so that I don't waste it in jail."

"You're so rude, Maribella." Luna sat down unsettled.

"May ...."

"I don't think I'm a cheap whore but yourself, Luna. You'll marry Mr. Abner and Elgio Durante will give you the most expensive bag in the world as a gift while my two daughters will give you the latest output coat and limited edition dress because I think that's your goal ...."

"Maribella, aren't you outrageous?" Luna looked at Maribella irritatedly. "I should have let you rot in jail."

"Yes you're right, you should just do it! Well, I hope you're happy after setting me up." Maribella smiled bitterly.

"What empty mouth did you say Maribella? Do you think I deliberately poisoned myself?"

"I think you know the answer better, Luna because I didn't poison you. All right, forget it! I hope one day the truth will be revealed. Enjoy your food."

The heartbroken Maribella looked so upset that it felt like she wanted to throw Luna with something. He came out of the dining room to go to the back. When he opened the kitchen door, Hansel stood there, just finished delivering dessert. Scrunching at the sight of Maribella's wet eyes, not waiting to hug her. Maribella cries with anger.

"Don't give up Maribella. You know, sometimes love takes sacrifice. I'm sorry I just found out you're in jail. If Mr. Abner loves you, you just have to trust him. Hmm?!"

Maribella cries sobbing with heartache.

"Wanna take a walk?" ask Hansel. "I don't think you've had dinner yet."

"I want to be alone."

"Come on, Miss Maribella. Aren't we friends? You can't keep your own wounds."

Maribella looks thin and pale. His hands were even cold. Did something happen to that woman in prison? He was seen to have a wound at the base of his neck like a grip mark and as he spoke his hands continued to hold his neck, his voice turned hoarse or maybe because of crying. The road is also a bit lame.

"Come on!" hansel held Maribella's shoulder and the woman refused to touch. "Did something happen?" hansel finally insisted.

Maribella thought she couldn't join the dining room while Luna was there but didn't really go with Hansel. Didn't expect Luna to be that slick. Luna must have dropped the charges as long as Abner married her. Maribella sure is like that.

"Come on, we'll eat something so you feel better. You know, blueberry dessert in jar and lazy," said Hansel.

"Thank you for your concern Hansel. I just want to be alone."

"Alright, but you have to eat something!"

Maribella refuses to go with Hansel and returns to the shelter. Refusing to open the door when Reinha and Marya came, Abner took Luna home. Sounded from the man's car horn as he was about to leave the yard. Maribella only lay on her stomach in bed because her back hurt so much. He had a fever all night and groaned in pain. However, early in the morning, Maribella prepared breakfast as usual, set it on the dinner table, filled the vase with dried dandelions from the back garden she broke up early in the morning. He returned to the dwelling, wrote a letter and sent it to Natalea to give it to Reinha and Marya. He pushed the suitcase towards the waiting taxi without turning his head, leaving the Durante Pavilion.

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