Page 44 of Distrustful

"No, I didn't see Trinidad," she responds while Ursula rewinds a few seconds.

"Then what?"

"There," Mildred points and Ursula freezes the image. "That man in profile, isn't that Trinidad's husband?"

Maria's stomach turns when she looks at him. You can't see him very well, but the man bears a strong resemblance to Ismael.

"Damn, it does look like him, go back to the beginning of the video. Let's see if there's another angle where we can see him better."

Again, and very nervous, they start playing the video that was recorded at the gala where Ursula met Trinidad. It's posted on Ursula's organization's website and was edited to remove the shots where Trinidad appeared.

"There," Ursula stops on the image where the man is facing forward, and without doubt, it's Ismael.

"That's intense, he was there," Mildred says open-mouthed.

"How is it possible Trinidad didn't see him?" Maria asks.

"There were almost five hundred people and Trinidad barely moved from her spot," Ursula responds.

"Do you think he saw her there?" Mildred asks with her stomach churning, putting herself in Trinidad's shoes while remembering everything that happened with Borja.

"He must have seen her, that would explain how he found her. What we don't know is if he had already located her before or if it was really a coincidence that they bothattended. Though I'm betting on the second, I think he saw her there unexpectedly and couldn't approach because Trinidad was always accompanied by Benjamin, not to mention all the people there. He surely tried to locate her by her name afterward and couldn't, that's why he ended up coming here, because we organized the gala and he assumed we had to know her," Ursula theorizes without knowing her hypothesis is quite accurate.

"I'm looking at the guest list and his name isn't on it," Maria says with her eyes fixed on her famous tablet.

"Because he must have come as someone's guest, just like Trinidad."

"I have to tell Trinidad," Maria says standing up.

"Are you going to her house?" Ursula asks.

"Yes," she admits and blushes thinking about seeing her.

Mildred can't help but smile.

"What exactly do you two have?" she asks curiously and Maria flushes even more than she already is.

"I don't know, but I like her a lot."

"Then don't mess it up," Ursula says. "Jaime will go with you, I've ordered him to become your shadow."

"Okay, thanks," she says before leaving.