Dante’s lips curved when his gaze landed on Eva.
"Well, hello there."
Running into Dante was the last thing Eva thought would happen that evening. Especially, since the ice cream spot was located twenty minutes away from his house.
Eva was about to say sothing but the counter interrupted her by asking Dante to make his order.
Dante bought two buckets of chocolate ice cream, two buckets of vanilla ice cream, and one mint-flavored ice cream as well.
Eva’s eyes nearly popped right out of their sockets when she saw the order.
She had a lot of questions on her mind, and fortunately for her, they were written on her face as well.
"Rhea was craving ice cream today and I had to co get so for her." He explained. "The mint flavor is for Mylo. I’m not surprised he likes toothpaste-flavored ice cream at all. He’s weird on a normal day."
Mylo sneezed in the living room as he watched the animation Rhea had put on.
"I know that bastard is cursing ," he mumbled under his breath.
"Who’s Rhea?" Eva asked, confusion marred in her tone.
"My little sister," he replied. "Do you want to et her?"
Eva was silent for a while. eting Dante’s little sister could pass off the wrong ssage. Besides, they weren’t officially back together.
"It’s alright. We can do that later," Dante said when he noticed how silent she was.
The workers had to assist in bringing the ice creams into his car and Dante gave them an appreciative thank you.
"Are you heading sowhere after this?" He asked while Eva shook her head.
"I’m just going to walk around for a bit," she replied before scooping a spoon of chocolate ice cream into her mouth.
Silence reigned for a second while Dante simply stood, staring at her while she tried to avoid eye contact.
"Thanks for what you did," she said which earned her a furrowed eyebrow from him. "For exposing your father and for revealing his illegal activities to the public."
A faint grin stretched on Dante’s lips. "You don’t need to thank for that because I didn’t do it only for you, I did it for my sister as well and for the people whose lives had forcefully been taken away from them..." Then he paused, looking down at his own hands. "Especially the ones I had to kill with both my hands."
Eva’s lips thinned. She waited for him to continue and he did.
"After saving Rhea, my father doesn’t have anything to use against anymore, so he knows he’s in for a ride. He’s hiding in his mansion, but he won’t be for long."
A small smile stretched on Eva’s lips. Finally, justice was being served. Her parents were finally going to get the justice that they deserved despite how long it took before they got it.
Eva was about to say sothing when Dante’s phone suddenly rang.
He excused himself, walking a few steps away before picking up the call.
Dante frowned deeply when he heard the thing Rico had to inform him about.
"Co here quickly before the doctor changes her mind," Rico said before he ended the call.
Quickly, he walked back to Eva.
"What happened?" She asked, worry evident on her face.
"It’s a lead...regarding your sister..."
**
The two arrived at the hospital Rico had sent Dante to.
"What took you so long?" Rico questioned. "The doctor is inside. It took a lot of effort to try to convince her because apparently, it was illegal to hand out personal information about their patients. I tried to bribe her with money but she didn’t budge. I had to cook up so emotionally packed story for her to which she fell for very easily."
Both Dante and stiff Eva walked inside the office and saw the doctor who was seated in her seat, patiently waiting for them.
"You may have a seat." She gestured towards the chairs. "I’m Imma Woods, a costic surgeon at this hospital."
Eva forced herself to sit down. She was finally going to find her sister.
After her interaction with Katherine days ago and sighting the scar on her face, she’d been left in an imbalance for a few days with the weird thought that ca to her mind. But there was no way.
"I’m sure your friend here has already told you that it’s against the hospital’s policy to give out information about our past patients."
The trio instantly nodded in sync.
"Yes, I’ve operated on a girl called Keisha Gonzales and she matches the picture your friend here gave ," she nodded toward Rico who was standing beside Dante. "How he got to find that out, I don’t know." She gave him a suspicious look with her wrinkled eyes.
Rico shifted awkwardly behind Dante.
"If I may ask, can I see a picture of her when the surgery was done?" Eva asked imdiately.
The woman stared at her for a few seconds before she nodded her head. "Sure."
The older woman stood up from her chair and walked towards a drawer and retrieved a few files, then returned.
She handed it over to Eva. "This is all the information you can get from ."
Eva’s hand trembled as she held onto the file. All she needed to do was open it and look at the face.
If the scar was aligned right at the sa position as the one on Katherine’s face, then...
Dante held Eva’s other hand, urging her to open the file.
She stared into his lting eyes, gulped down her saliva before she opened the files.
She stared at Keisha, her older sister, in her before picture when she was dressed in a floral dress, a small awkward smile on her lips with her big birthmark on her face.
In the next picture was Keisha, looking a year older with only a slight scar on her face, running from her forehead to her cheeks.
Eva’s heart instantly sank to her feet.
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