"Hello?"
"Gonzalez?"
Hannah Hanson took her time walking down the stairs. She picked up the dropped phone, handed it to Martha, and gave her a pointed look.
Understanding the silent command, Martha took the phone and spoke into it. "Ms. Lamont? Our Young Master is drunk."
There was a brief pause on the other end. "Alright," Norah finally said. "Please take good care of him."
"I will!" Afraid of saying too much and blowing her cover, Martha frantically hung up.
Gonzalez's dark eyes locked onto Hannah, but his gaze was already unfocused.
Hannah reached out to support him, a mask of maternal affection perfectly fixed on her face. "Gonzalez, you're drunk. Let me help you to your room."
*
"Ah!"
A piercing, hysterical scream jolted Gonzalez awake. He snapped his eyes open to bright morning light streaming into the room.
Beside him, Yvonne sat clutching the collar of her slip dress, crying tears of sheer devastation. She glared at him with pure hatred and rage.
The scream brought Hannah and a flurry of maids rushing to the room.
Everyone froze in shock at the sight before them.
As Gonzalez's consciousness slowly rebooted, he swept a cold glance over Yvonne. His expression darkened into an icy storm. He flipped the blanket back to check himself—his pants were still on, but his shirt was gone.
He sat up, leaning heavily against the headboard as a dull, throbbing pain ripped through his skull at the slightest movement.
"Mom!" Yvonne broke down into a sobbing mess.
"Yvonne!" Hannah lunged forward, throwing her arms around her daughter and hastily pulling clothes over her. Her face was deathly pale. "How did this happen?"
"I don't know!" Yvonne sobbed into her mother's chest. "He barged in the middle of the night. He was completely drunk! He hit me, knocked me out, and then..."

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The readers' comments on the novel: Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan)
Xavier wants to get caught kissing Norah at this point. When will he ask her to call him Xavier and not Gonzalez. Maybe that would bring back her memories. Thank you for the updates....
So, Norah drew out the big guns with her call to Jonathan for a favor. Thank you for the updates....
Waiting patiently for your updates please....
Please give us more updates. Thank you....
Thank you for the updates....
I'm thoroughly enjoying these updates, thank you....
Interesting,.I hope he doesn't run into Adrian during this their exit. Thank you for the updates....
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Xavier should have used that name instead of Gonzalez. Thank you for the updates....
May we please have updates. Thank you....