Stuck in you

Lea, Eric and Mendes were happily gathered inside Rachel's house, playing like they were one big happy family.

The TV displayed an intense drag racing competition. Eric was so excited that he couldn't keep himself off the edge of the seat.

Mendes sat on the floor next to them and he would cheer from time to time.

When Lucas arrived, he never imagined that he'd see all of them having fun like this. It was unusual for these people to get along so well without arguing and making a scene.

While Lea and Eric were fiercely preoccupied with their match, someone started watching behind them. "Is it really that fun? You guys look intense," said the voice.

Lea was too focused on the screen to turn around. "Shut up, Mendes! I'm trying to focus here." She crouched closer to the screen to focus. "You're going down Eric!"

Mendes' voice was drowned by the two players' shouting. "But that wasn't me," he said.

Although she was too distracted by the game, Lea managed to slightly turn her head to the side. The moment she turned her head, the other player succeeded in overtaking her.

After a few seconds, Eric managed to finish in first place. He jumped from seat and kept yelling "I win!" over and over.

Lea gnashed her teeth and threw her controller on the floor. "If I didn't get distracted, I would've won!" She made a mess of her hair in her annoyance.

Eric laughed at her dismay. "So who's to blame for your loss if not you?"

Who could have distracted her? If it wasn't Mendes, then who was it?

When Lea looked behind her, she was stunned when she realized who it was. She almost had a nervous meltdown as she blurted out his name. "Lucas!"

"Hi, Lea. It's been a long time since we've seen each other," said Lucas.

He was the last person she'd expect to appear right now, but that didn't mean she wasn't glad to see him. She stood up and burst into laughter. "What are you doing here, Lucas?"

Lea had completely forgotten what Rachel told her a few hours ago. Rachel had told her that Lucas would come to pick up the kid.

Lucas turned his head to Mendes. "I came here to pick up this little boy," he answered.

Lea turned her attention to Mendes and then back at Lucas. Rachel had not explained Lucas' connection to Mendes.

Lea suddenly realized something. Her jaw dropped and she pointed at Mendes and Lucas back and forth. She was almost shaking. "Is he your son?" she shouted.

Rachel noticed that Lea had not responded to her message yet. She wondered what could have kept her busy. She started to worry if there was something wrong with the last message that she sent, so she called Lea right away.

However, unbeknownst to Rachel, Lea's phone had been buried under the pillows and buzzing without her knowledge.

Lucas sat down on the floor next to Mendes. "So, where's Rachel?" he said.

Eric scratched the back of his head. "She hasn't come back yet."

"Not yet?" asked Lucas. He glanced at his watch. Hours had already passed since she got off work. What could've kept her at a time like this?

"She had something important to do. She said she'll be home late, so she asked us to look after Mendes," Lea intervened.

still not answering her phone. Rachel's uneasiness

driving, but he

would answer him. For a moment, he thought he had

taking care of Mendes. But she didn't pick up my

a little, and his eyes softened. "Everything's

but she just had to check her phone one

the things that Rachel had packed and asked Lucas to double check if

honest, it didn't really matter if there was something missing. He could always buy

up. "Did Rachel

phone was on her. "Wait a sec!" She leaned over to look

care of another person's child, but now he knew that it wasn't just

was so willing to take care of Mendes.

her phone, Rachel and Jack was

from the window of her room, Rachel let out a

worried that something might

into the garage with the remote control and parked the

locking the car, Jack stood still for a few seconds and looked around the

he was standing there

complete silence, he

and she answered immediately. "I'm here, Lea. I'm

is waiting for you too.

had just heard. She felt her knees go weak. She wanted to tell Jack that

didn't want them to see Jack here. She was afraid that if they asked,

Lea. She probably thought that Rachel

there

beside her. "She said she'll be up

talking to Lucas. Rachel thought she just had to

dropped the call and turned to Jack. "My friends are upstairs, I'll introduce

a little surprised. He didn't expect Rachel to

thought to himself. He had never been familiar

knew about Jack, but Jack knew nothing

thought about it, he barely

upstairs, a tall and beautiful woman opened

"You're back," said Lea.

to let her in. She noticed that there was a tall and

about to lose it. Rachel noticed that Lea's eyes were wide open. She was jumping and pointing at

cleared her throat and dragged her away from Jack. "Let's talk about

went to check on them. "What's

expression turned grim. "What in the world are you doing here?" Eric stood in

not allowed to be here?" Jack asked, wearing a sardonic

starting to get annoyed. She didn't want to see them talking in front of the door. "Let's

the living room

sat on one side, with Eric and Mendes sitting on the other side. Lucas and Jack were sitting on opposite sides in front