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Oh, mija

It's been a traumatic night para los amigos, especially Mystic. Wednesday, 1:00 am, Eric calls an uber to Mystic's home. For the rest of the night, she refused to eat. Instead, she changes into her night clothes and cried herself to sleep. As her emotional support, Eric knew that he will be staying longer than a night or two.

Next Monday

Six days passed since Lena's death and Mystic still has not moved to eat nor spoke more than two words. Clueless to help, Eric calls Renni, Ra'nore, and Stelline about the tragedy and they agreed to host Lena's funeral and Mama Ren can convince Mystic to live in Paraguay but all will be a surprise until the next weekend. While, Eric is helping with funeral arrangements, he takes care of the house and checks up on Mystic. Sometimes, he would lay to warm her but feel nothing but numbness until she turned over and asks

Mystic: How long can you stay?
Eric: As long as you need
Mystic: What about work ?
Eric: It's alright. They don't pay me enough for living anyway.
Mystic: It's like a nightmare that I can't wake up from. My mind is trying to process but my heart is not letting me.
Eric: ¿Recuerdas lo que tu madre te dijó?
Mystic: Sí pero no está suficiente sin ella
Eric: Hizo lo que podía para ti. Ahora es tu tiempo vivir tu vida porque ya ella encontró la suya ¿Tienes hambre?
Mystic: No quiero comer.
Eric: It has been six days since you've ate
Mystic: Two words: Water diet

He goes into the kitchen and returns with a plate

Mystic: No
Eric: Necesitas que comer algo
Mystic: El agua
Eric: Come on
Mystic: How can I when she died, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
Eric: I'm sorry you have to. . .
Mystic: Leave the plate and go.

Mystic falls to the floor and break into tears. Eric knows how broken she is and he knew how hard she was going to take this but he was not going to give up on her. He likes her too much to leave.

Eric: What you are saying is typically normal because it's still fresh but eventually, it will cause damage.
Mystic: *Sniffles* I can't cope with this alone.
Eric: I am right here.
Mystic: Move in with me. We can live here together and you can be with your sister like you want
Eric: I can't.
Mystic: But it will be just us
Eric: You can't either. You need to leave this place. Day by day, you are becoming pale just like her.
Mystic: That's a new compliment.
Eric: It's not a compliment. She did not want this for you, to nearly kill yourself.
Mystic: How do you know?
Eric: She lost her mother too but that didn't stop her from living and raising you.
Mystic: You got all of that just by one visit and you're some type of psychic??
Eric: That's not what I'm saying
Mystic: Get out
Eric: Myst
Mystic: GET OUT AND FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO STAY.

She slams the door and cries once more. Eric receives a call from Mama Ren, who arrived to Mexico, 3 hours ago, staying at a nearby hotel. She sends her fiancé to pick him up. Eric takes his suitcase and waits outside until he sees his ride. Arrived in the rain, Eric opens the door, soaked with the boys in the living room.

Juan: Amigo
Eric: What's up?
Raúl: Mexico is nice
Juan: Estoy de acuerdo
Ren: ¿Cómo está Mystic?
Eric: Not good.
Ren: ¿Cómo?
Eric: She's very irritable and rarely eating
Ren: Oh mija.

Eric took his phone out and dials her number but Ren smacked his phone out of his hand.

Ren: No la llames. Let her calm down. Ella me necesita.
Eric: She's not herself
Ren: Losing a mother is unbearable. Trust me, I lost my father and  took almost a decade to heal. I will talk to her tomorrow. For right now, let's pray.

Everyone holds hand while Ren says prayer. Once she was done, they were getting tired.

Ren: Es la hora de acostarse. Mañana se va a llover y necesitamos dormir. Juan, apaga las luces.

Juan turns the light off and everyone was fast asleep.

Tuesday 7:15 am

Mama Ren, the first to be awake, showers, and get dressed. Quietly, she leaves for the groceries store. Ren returns and began to cook when she returned. Smelling the scent of food, her fiancé Angelo awakes to wash up and fully clothed. Angelo approaches the kitchen to kiss Ren.

Angelo: Buenos días
Ren: Buenos días. Ve conmigo visitar a Mystic. Estoy preocupando por ella.
Angelo: Estoy seguro que está bien
Ren: Yo no sé. Anoche, no podía dormir porque tenía dolor en mi cabeza.
Angelo: Maybe it's built up stress from the restaurant.
Ren: No es eso
Angelo: ¿Estás seguras?
Ren: Sí mi amor. Tú sabes que no puedo decir una mentira.
Angelo: Te creo. Vamos
Ren: ¡Espera!

She left a note in the kitchen for the boys and grabs the slip with the address written.

They arrived to the house, twenty minutes late. Ren knocks on the door but no response. She knocks again, still no response. She tries one last time, no luck. Then, she took her hair pin and hijacked the lock.

Angelo: Tu eres una badass
Ren: Lo aprendí de lo mejor

* Opens the door*

Ren: Mija ¿Dónde estás?
Angelo: ¿Mystic?

Angelo hears a sound. He says her name again and the sound reappears. He calls her a few mores times to track the noise. Quickly, he went up and saw Mystic, weak, barely moving.

Angelo: REN. LA ENCONTRÉ
Ren: ¡VOY!