Chapter 140

“Listen to me… “

Dario leaned in closer so he could hear her, his face etched with sorrow. “I’m listening, mama.”

“There… there is something about the ring,” Maria started, her voice barely a whisper.

Dario’s brows furrowed in confusion, his eyes rolling backwards as he wondered what ring she was talking about. “What ring is that, mama?”

“The ring…” Marias ‘a voice was becoming more faint as she spoke and her breathing got weaker.

“The ring I gave to you,.. you gave… to… Delilah,” she added.

Dario’s eyes shot upwards in remembrance, “I remember, I remember. I remember the ring. Yes! Yes! What about it, mama?”

“It’s special.”

“Uh!”

Maria took a labored breath, her lips trembling as she continued, “it’s not just any ring… it has… powers.. it is extraordinary.”

Dario’s eyes widened in shock and disbelief. The same ring he gave to Delilah when he married her?? The same ring Delilah threw at his face on that terrible night years ago??

“What do you mean it has powers?” Dario asked, his