BEAUTIFUL LIAR [ANDER MUÑOZ]

Nineteen.

-------- Three month earlier

Triana let out a new sigh as she sat on the living room sofa with a tablet in her hands. Her index finger sliding down the page to read the article about the arrest of Ventura Nunier. An arrest led by her father no less.

She knew they had investigated him.

She didn't think it would all go that far.

She chewed on her lower bottom lip as she read that Ventura and his construction company associates were being prosecuted for charges of fraud and embezzlement before looking up at the coffee table when her phone rang. She leaned over to see the caller ID before letting out another sigh at the sight of Luz's ID.

She gave a new look between the tablet in her hands and her phone before letting another sigh as she leaned over to retrieve her phone. She slid her finger to the right to accept the call before wedging it between her ear and shoulder as she resumed reading."Hey."

"Did you read the article?" Luz immediately exclaimed in greeting, leaving Triana to wince knowingly."That's why he was questioning Juan. He was investigating them."

"Yeah and I knew it."Admitted Triana in spite of herself letting Luz take a shocked gasp. She winced at the sound of her friend's voice in her ear before placing her phone on the coffee table.

She put the speaker in place."You knew? Why didn't you say anything? Teodoro went into detention, Trini."

Suddenly, a new part was added to the conversation as Triana's father suddenly entered the room, surprising the young girls duo."Yeah and he already paid his bail."

"Dad ?" Exclaimed Triana as she glanced over her shoulder at her father just to see his condition.

He had spent the night at the station. Dark circles already adorned his eyes and his suit was wrinkled on all sides. He raised an eyebrow at the sight of his daughter's inspection before taking a sip of his sugar-free black coffee."At the moment only Ventura Nunier is still incarcerated."

"Why?" Luz asked finally after resuming her surprise."Why didn't he pay the bail?"

Ivan immediately gave the phone a placid look farther before walking away to the kitchen, raising his voice."That's all you will get from me. Anyway, you have to go to high school. I'm going to take you there."

"Really?" Asked the raven haired brunette, suprised before looking suspiciously at her father."Why?"

Ivan paused as he glanced at the phone still turning on before resting his eyes on his expectant daughter. The latter nodded as she picked up her phone to warn Luz that they would see each other in high school before hanging up.

She got up from the couch with her phone in hand before crossing an arm over her chest while her hand held her other arm beside her in anxiety. "Dad ? What is happening ?"