Chapter 2
Patricia woke up very early on the second day and left home to cancel her civil registration. Death had suddenly surprised her and, after a hurried search the night before, she realized that there were many pending matters to be resolved. Now that Ramón was planning to start a new family, and she being only an adopted daughter, she did not want to become a burden or cause him more problems. When she arrived at the civil registry, the employees were incredulous upon hearing her request and repeatedly asked for confirmation. “Madam, you can only cancel the registration of someone who has died, are you sure you want to proceed?” Patricia smiled bitterly and nodded: “In six days, I will completely disappear from this world.” The employee, thinking that she was suffering from cancer, looked at her sympathetically, feeling even more sorry when he checked her documents. So young, barely eighteen years old. The employee did not inquire further and proceeded with the cancellation of the registration. After canceling her registration, Patricia took a photo for the posthumous memory, bought an urn for her ashes and a set of funeral attire. Everywhere she visited, she received glances of sympathy or pity, but she paid them no attention. There was only one thought in her mind: if she arranged everything herself, Ramon would not have to worry about her in the future. When she returned home that night and went inside, she saw Lucia, dressed in an apron, busy in the kitchen. Seeing her return, Lucia walked over in a friendly manner and greeted her. “Patricia, you’re back now. I’ve been cooking, waiting for you to come over for dinner.” After saying this and seeing what Patricia was carrying, she asked curiously, “What did you buy?” Patricia shook her head without answering and went straight upstairs to drop off her things before coming back and meeting Lucia. “I’ll help you.” The two of them worked together in the kitchen for a while longer, until Ramon finally returned. In the house, instead of the conflict or disdain he expected, he found surprising harmony. This scene left Ramon stupefied. He knew Patricia’s feelings towards him, which were always clearly visible on her face; The Patricia of before would never have interacted so cordially with Lucia. Already at home and with dinner ready, the three of them sat down at the table to begin eating. During dinner, Lucia was still extremely friendly, constantly serving food to Patricia. “Patricia, try this shrimp, it’s especially tender, I prepared it especially for you.” Seeing her almost full plate, Patricia hesitated. Although she still had a body, she was already dead, and when she made the deal with Lord Mortius, he had warned her that during those seven days, although she could remain in the world, she was not to eat food from the living. Because of that, she hesitated and did not try any of the dishes Lucia offered her. Seeing that she did not eat, Ramon noticed Lucia’s discomfort and looked at her with a warning. “If Lucia serves you, you must eat.” With an authoritative tone, Ramon ordered her to eat.Patricia was still silent, but she finally picked up her plate and ate everything on it. As she swallowed the food, an intense pain assailed her, her stomach burning as if it were on fire. Unable to bear it any longer, she ran to the bathroom and vomited everything she had eaten, feeling a little better afterwards. The sudden incident made Lucia’s eyes fill with tears, looking at Ramon with a tone of voice that denoted her displeasure. “Patricia doesn’t love me?” Hearing this, Ramon, whose countenance still seemed normal, changed his expression and patted Lucia to calm her down: “How could Patricia not love you? I’ll go see what’s wrong.” With that, he stood up and went to the bathroom. In the bathroom, after vomiting, Patricia felt the pain in her stomach lessen and as she looked in the mirror, she saw her pale face and sighed. It seems that it still doesn’t work, maybe I should find an excuse to leave soon. With that thought, she turned the handle of the bathroom door, but found Ramon waiting for her with a gloomy face. Patricia was surprised, but thought he came to care about her and decided to speak directly: “Ramon, I feel a little unwell, you guys continue eating, I’m going to my room.” She expected that after saying this he would return to Lucia, but his expression became even gloomier and he suddenly said something that left her completely stunned. “When you came back and I saw how you got along with Lucia, I thought you had finally learned, but it seems like your bad habit doesn’t change, you still try to make Lucia feel uncomfortable on purpose.” “Ramon, it’s not that…” Her face turned even paler, and the pain in her heart intensified. She tried to smile to explain, but before she could finish, she was mercilessly interrupted. “I don’t care what your reason is, you must finish this meal.”You guys keep eating, I’m going to my room. She expected that after saying this he would return to Lucia, but his expression became even more gloomy and he suddenly said something that left her completely stunned. “When you came back and I saw how you got along with Lucia, I thought you had finally learned, but it seems like your bad habit doesn’t change, you still try to make Lucia feel uncomfortable on purpose.” “Ramon, it’s not that…” Her face turned even paler, and the pain in her heart intensified. She tried to smile to explain, but before she could finish, she was mercilessly interrupted. “I don’t care what your reason is, you must finish this meal.You guys keep eating, I’m going to my room. She expected that after saying this he would return to Lucia, but his expression became even more gloomy and he suddenly said something that left her completely stunned. “When you came back and I saw how you got along with Lucia, I thought you had finally learned, but it seems like your bad habit doesn’t change, you still try to make Lucia feel uncomfortable on purpose.” “Ramon, it’s not that…” Her face turned even paler, and the pain in her heart intensified. She tried to smile to explain, but before she could finish, she was mercilessly interrupted. “I don’t care what your reason is, you must finish this meal.
