It was at night when Kort was in disbelief about Splendor's knowledge and his possession of the book when my friends and I were partying. We were overly drunk, and the music was playing at a high volume until the neighbors complained and threatened to call the police. After the threat, Triana went straight to the shut off the music. The complaints from the neighbors helped her because she also complained about the noise prior to the neighbors, but we didn't listen to her. She was the only one not drunk and never dreamed of tasting alcohol.
When the music was off, the silence bored Chris and Jeff, so they moved aside to smoke. Thereafter, Chris took his girl Mariana, and they went down to the garden to share their moment. Jeff did the same with Renata, but they went straight into the house. They left me with my girlfriend Veronica and some of our friends, Triana and Leticia. We started chatting and having some fun, although Leticia and Veronica ended up exchanging words. Leticia was angry because Veronica called her a bitch. I didn't know where that came from. Veronica didn't stop even when I tried to silence her, but Triana stopped the conflict by going away with Leticia.
Before Triana and Leticia could be at a distance from us, Leticia fell down. She only screamed once. Triana, in confusion, screamed for help. Veronica and I quickly jumped and ran to them. I don't know how we reacted that fast, looking at the way we were so drunk. Leticia was breathing as if her air ways were blocking and she bled from her nose. We didn't understand what was going on with her. Her body temperature was already high. Mariana came running. She was half dressed and Chris was following behind her. Jeff was busy trying to call for help, even though he and Renata didn't bother coming to see what was happening.
Within a few minutes, we were in Jeff's car, heading to Splendor's lab. We left Mariana, Renata, and Veronica behind. Mariana disagreed about being next to her sister. She said she was going to follow and never explained her reasons. So Renata and Veronica were trying to convince her to follow us to the lab. Instead of her to agree, she took that moment to drink more alcohol.
When we reached the lab, Splendor quickly attended Leticia. Her condition was worsening, and her nose continued bleeding. Splendor tried to stop the bleeding. Triana was next to him, helping where she could. Jeff and I were standing at a distance, unable to think properly. After about two hours, when the sun was about to rise, Veronica and Renata came to the lab holding Mariana. She wasn't able to stand on her own. She was overly drunk. Chris went to hold her and asked why she was behaving like that while her sister was in the hospital. She yelled at Chris and told him to let her stand on her own. At that moment, Splendor came from Leticia's room. His hands shoved into pockets of his lab coat, and his face looked dull, but his eyes were full of curiosity.
We all looked at him, expecting him to say something. Triana also came behind Splendor. Her face looked more dull than Splendor's. We didn't understand what was happening until Splendor told us that Leticia was pregnant. For a minute, no one moved or said a word. Chris trembled while holding Mariana. I tried to be strong, but the news didn't allow me. I felt my body becoming heavy and wanting to fall down.
Mariana broke the silence. She laughed, freeing herself from Chris, and walked forward. She was strong that you would deny that minutes back she couldn't stand by own. She straight told Splendor that his findings were false because her sister had no boyfriend she knew of in the college. Splendor nodded his head, disagreeing. She couldn't believe it, so she went straight to her little sister. Chris tried to stop her, but he couldn't. Triana's eyes were on me and Chris, and she realized there was something. We all followed Mariana to Leticia's room.
Leticia was then conscious. She smiled when she saw all of us entering the room. She didn't know her sister had an agent question. Mariana went straight to stand next to her bed and yelled at her sister for keeping secrets. Veronica shouted at Mariana, telling her it wasn't the right time to shout at Leticia. She calmed down and inquired to know the person responsible for her sister's pregnancy. The room became silent. Everyone wanted to know.
Before Leticia could respond, Splendor added that she was pregnant with twins. Shock struck me even more. I felt suffocating, knowing that the pregnancy was mine or Chris', yet our girlfriends knew nothing. The temperatures in the room were burning me alive, so I planned to walk out of the room and get some air. Before leaving the room, Mariana yelled again, asking her sister. Leticia screamed and told her sister to ask Chris or me. She confessed she slept with both of us. I froze at once.
Chris failed to stand upright. He leaned on the wall and covered his face with his hands. In that instant, Mariana sent an electric slap on Leticia's cheek. When she was about to send another one, Jeff held her hand. She cried. Veronica went to hold her, and they walked out of the lab. When they passed me still frozen closer to the door, Veronica's cheeks were slowly becoming wet from her tears. The secret was out. Triana remained mute. Renata knew about the secret. Jeff took the chance to go outside to smoke. Chris followed him. I remained a pole until Triana came to pull me out.
Kort was at Buskers, giving her soul to alcohol. In the morning, she was on the floor, still drunk and not able to see anything. My dad went to get her after the bartender called him. He found her sleeping next to a whiskey bottle, and her badge dropped on the floor. Luckily, she didn't have her pistol. Otherwise, she was going to lose it. When she saw my dad, she cried and asked him if he told us the truth. My dad told her he waited for her to give him a green light. She told him it was time, although it was too late. My dad, not ready, stood up and disagreed. Kort assured him there was no other time because the truth was soon going to be out. The devil was back, and Chris was supposed to go back to prison to stop the truth from coming out. My dad argued that Marcos' death had a devil's involvement. He didn't know Splendor believed the devils did it, and he had proof, which was the secret book of the devils. Kort tried to stand up. My dad helped her. After that, she told him about the devils, and the shock struck him.
By the end of that day, Kort rearrested Chris and ordered the burial to proceed on the day that was following. Chris was the devil, and the news spread again. One thing Kort didn't know was that the news was fuelling Splendor's interests in unveiling the truth about the devils. By Leticia's pregnancy, he was going to do tests of the blood samples to find a person who carried the blood of the devils. Chris and I knew nothing about the devils.
Leticia's pregnancy divided us and shocked our parents.