CHAPTER HUNDRED AND SIXTY - NINE - POWERFUL ENOUGH TO STOP A HOST SHOW.

Marisol and Isabella sat side-by-side in the studio, their hands clasped tightly together. The bright lights of the cameras blinded them, but they tried to stay focused. They knew what they had to do: expose the truth. The host, a friendly-faced woman in a crisp suit, began the interview. "Marisol Garcia," she said, her voice soft and sympathetic, "You claim that your husband had a hand in your disappearance for ten years and more now. Can you tell us what really happened? Marisol's face twisted with pain, her eyes welling with tears. "Yes, that is correct," she said, her voice trembling with emotion. "Alvarez and I had an argument, and I tried to leave. But he hit me, hit me so hard at the back of my head that I blacked out. When I woke up momentarily, I was in the hospital, and my doctors told me that I had suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm." She took a shaky breath, her fingers gripping Isabella's hand for strength.Marisol's voice grew softer, the pain of her memories palpable