Cyril (English Version)

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Marissa, Aldo and Gloria are on their way home from school.

"We have a lot of things to do today!" Marissa complains.

"It's fine, we can work together so we can finish it faster." Gloria commented.

Suddenly a van passes by and speeds up and honks at the children.

"Hey!" Aldo shouted.

"That's rude!" Gloria shouted.

"Woah!" Marissa said.

The van turns to the left.

"Let's follow that!" Said Aldo.

"But don't make it obvious!" Marissa reminded them.

They ran and followed the van.

They saw that the van stopped at an old warehouse.

The children hid in a tree and took a little peek.

They see Melanie get out of the van, as well as her bodyguards who are carrying an unconscious Cyril.

They enter the warehouse.

"Cyril?" Aldo notices.

"Oh! It looks like he was kidnapped!" Said Marissa.

"We need to ask for help!" Gloria said.

"Come on!" Aldo commented.

They run back Section 18.

Cyril was taken to an old warehouse with a large aquarium that looked old and empty.

He wakes up. His hands and feet are tied and is placed inside an aquarium.

"Huh?"

"Rise and shine sleeping beauty!"

Melanie shouts, as she shows herself already dressed up for Patrick and Valerie's wedding.

"Hello, Cyril!"

"Mrs. Arpia?"

"That's right!"

Cyril notices that he is tied up and placed in the aquarium.

"Huh? Wait a minute, why am I here."

Cyril struggles to move.

"I can't move!"

"Of course you can't. You stay right there! Well at least, until you're still able to breathe."

Cyril doesn't understand what he's saying.

"Huh?"

The three children have already reached Section 18.

They run to Topaz's Telas.

They see Mario cleaning the window of his taxi.

"Sir Mario!" The three of them shouted at the same time.

"Oh, hey kids! What do you need?"

"Cyril! He was kidnapped!" Gloria answered Mario's question.

"Huh?? Where? How?"

"We'll take you there!" Marissa replied.

"We need to take the taxi!" Aldo commented.

"Okay! Get on board!" The four of them hop aboard.

Meanwhile in the warehouse, Melanie is still viewing Cyril as he is tied inside the aquarium.

"C'mon, let me go. Why are you doing this?"

"You see, Cyril. Me and my husband were both planning to take over the family business of the Soledads. Eventually, that will happen once Patrick and Valerie get married. However, YOU came into the picture!"

Cyril was puzzled.

"You know what's ridiculous? Of all the people who could ACTUALLY have the potential to ruin our plans, a gay boy really?! My goodness. Patrick really lowered his standards."

"But they're still getting married. I was supposed to leave. Why am I still a part of this?"

"Me and Benjamin just want to make sure that NOTHING will get in our way. So... Why not get rid of the ONLY thing that's hindering us from our plans?"

"Wait a minute, does your daughter have anything to do with this too?"

"Oh no, she has no idea. But why does it matter? She'll still do whatever we want her to do. Even if that includes getting married to a guy that she CLEARLY doesn't have feelings for."

"What are you really up to?"

"Simple. When Patrick and Valerie get married? We will kill the Soledads. In the process, their wealth will be transferred to us, since technically, our daughter will be a part of their family by that time."

"But why do you have to do that? Aren't you already rich?"

"Not rich enough to say we're number one, Cyril. Number 2 is NOT ENOUGH! We have a resort, a gym and a spa. Yet for some reason, that freaking restaurant of the Soledads ALWAYS ends up being the number one business in making money. My husband and I won't take it sitting down. The Arpias are and WILL ALWAYS BE NUMBER ONE!"

"Why do you only think about yourselves? And if what you're saying is true that Valerie knows nothing, haven't you even thought about how she would feel?"

"Does it matter? We are the parents after all. We KNOW what's best."

Melanie turns on the faucet connected to the aquarium. Water began filling it up.

"Care for a swim? At least... For one last time?"

"I just don't understand, why didn't you just kill me when I was still in your house?"

"Oh Cyril... You know we can be easily caught there when we kill you in our house. So why not in a place where no one suspects?"

The water flow increases.

"Oh no!"

Cyril begins to panic.

The water flow is continuous.

"You will not get away with this!"

"I'm sorry dear, but I think we already did."

Melanie laughs.

"Enjoy your final swim dear!"

Melanie leaves, and the bodyguards follow her. 

Cyril becomes more anxious as the water flows faster inside the aquarium.