Chapter 137 Chapter 137 - The Bad Man in the Court
Pedro Hernandez
November 27, 2025
Trial Day, 8:30 a.m.
I hear the sound of the gavel being struck on the judge's bench. This brings me back to reality. The jury is in their seats, their eyes focused on Leonard, who is at a table, accompanied by his lawyer, a gray-haired man with an impos...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Chapter 1 — Return to Los Angeles
2. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 — The Price of Love: Part I
3. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 – The Price of Love: Part II
4. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 – The Return of Pedro Hernandez
5. Chapter 5 Chapter 5 – Friendly Relations
6. Chapter 6 Chapter 6 – Maxwell Hernandez's Last Wishes
7. Chapter 7 Chapter 7 — Name That Must Not Be Mentioned
8. Chapter 8 Chapter 8 - Meeting the Past
9. Chapter 9 Chapter 9 — The Daughter's Revelation
10. Chapter 10 Chapter 10 — Persistent Anger
11. Chapter 11 Chapter 11 - Unearthed Secrets
12. Chapter 12 Chapter 12 — Nothing Is Hidden
13. Chapter 13 Chapter 13 — Aggressive Control
14. Chapter 14 Chapter 14 — “He Doesn’t Look Like the Same Pedro”
15. Chapter 15 Chapter 15 — Alliance and Conflicts
16. Chapter 16 Chapter 16 — Friends in Conflicts
17. Chapter 17 Chapter 17 - Bonds Broken and Remade
18. Chapter 18 Chapter 18- Marks of the Past
19. Chapter 19 Chapter 19 - Emotional Conflicts
20. Chapter 20 Chapter 20 - A Father's Promises
21. Chapter 21 Chapter 21 - Open Scars
22. Chapter 22 Chapter 22 - The Shake of the Reunion
23. Chapter 23 Chapter 23 - Ties In Reconstruction
24. Chapter 24 Chapter 24 - The Link That Unites Us
25. Chapter 25 Chapter 25 - Fragments of a Family
26. Chapter 26 Chapter 26 - Substitutions
27. Chapter 27 Chapter 27 - Invisible Scars
28. Chapter 28 Chapter 28 - Fear and Distrust
29. Chapter 29 Chapter 29 - Marked Territory
30. Chapter 30 Chapter 30 - The Weight of Words
31. Chapter 31 Chapter 31 - The True Father
32. Chapter 32 Chapter 32 - Family in Conflict
33. Chapter 33 Chapter 33 - Echoes of a Night
34. Chapter 34 Chapter 34 - Lost Galaxies or Not?
35. Chapter 35 Chapter 35 - Shadows of Suspicion
36. Chapter 36 Chapter 36 - Hearts In Ruins
37. Chapter 37 Chapter 37 - Paths in Conflict
38. Chapter 38 Chapter 38 - The Name of Fear
39. Chapter 39 Chapter 39 - The Mention of the Bad Man
40. Chapter 40 Chapter 42 - On the Edge
41. Chapter 41 Chapter 40 - Between Negligence and Hope
42. Chapter 42 Chapter 41 - Power Games
43. Chapter 43 Chapter 43 - "Who Did You Piss Off, Hernandez?"
44. Chapter 44 Chapter 44 - Who Told You to Play with Other People's Daughters?
45. Chapter 45 Chapter 45 - Tension Between Us
46. Chapter 46 Chapter 46 - Tension Between Parents
47. Chapter 47 Chapter 47 - A Gap in the Silence
48. Chapter 48 Chapter 48 - Psychologist
49. Chapter 49 Chapter 49 - Faceless Doll
50. Chapter 50 Chapter 50 - Fear and Hope
51. Chapter 51 Chapter 51 - The Mind Needs to Be Treated
52. Chapter 52 Chapter 52 - Under New Direction
53. Chapter 53 Chapter 53 - Max's Shadow
54. Chapter 54 Chapter 54 - Allies
55. Chapter 55 Chapter 55 - Abusive Marriage
56. Chapter 56 Chapter 56 - Violence and Loss of Control
57. Chapter 57 Chapter 57 - Hard Truths
58. Chapter 58 Chapter 58 - Crossed Paths
59. Chapter 59 Chapter 59 - Truth Without Escape
60. Chapter 60 Chapter 60 - Marks of the Past
61. Chapter 61 Chapter 61 - The Kiss and the Promise
62. Chapter 62 Chapter 62 - The Path to a New Beginning
63. Chapter 63 Chapter 63 - Family Reunions
64. Chapter 64 Chapter 64 - Steps in a New Direction
65. Chapter 65 Chapter 65 - Healing Love
66. Chapter 66 Chapter 66 - Dark Secrets
67. Chapter 67 Chapter 67 - The Bad Man
68. Chapter 68 Chapter 68 - Crisis and Resistance
69. Chapter 69 Chapter 69 - Consequences of Choices
70. Chapter 70 Chapter 70 - There Is No Redemption for the Aggressor
71. Chapter 71 Chapter 71 - Manipulation
72. Chapter 72 Chapter 72 - Suspicion About Leonard
73. Chapter 73 Chapter 73 - No More Living in Fear
74. Chapter 74 Chapter 74 - The Beginning of the End Marriage
75. Chapter 75 Chapter 75 - The Truth About Max
76. Chapter 76 Chapter 76 - Dark Secrets
77. Chapter 77 Chapter 77 - The Hope of a New Beginning
78. Chapter 78 Chapter 78 - A New Home, A New Beginning
79. Chapter 79 Chapter 79 – Healing Touches
80. Chapter 80 Chapter 80 - Comfortable Hearts
81. Chapter 81 Chapter 81 - The Choice
82. Chapter 82 Chapter 82 - Rebuilding Bonds
83. Chapter 83 Chapter 83 - “You Cannot Forget Responsibility”
84. Chapter 84 Chapter 84 - “Will He Be Like Uncle Leo?”
85. Chapter 85 Chapter 85 - Burritos and Whales
86. Chapter 86 Chapter 86 - Dingo's Secret
87. Chapter 87 Chapter 87 - Turtles, Care, and Trust
88. Chapter 88 Chapter 88 - Minnie's Sin
89. Chapter 89 Chapter 89 - Between Tears and Redemption
90. Chapter 90 Chapter 90 - Refuge in Love
91. Chapter 91 Chapter 91 - Abuelo
92. Chapter 92 Chapter 92 - A More Than Familiar Face
93. Chapter 93 Chapter 93 - Lies Told
94. Chapter 94 Chapter 94 - Unexpected Allies
95. Chapter 95 Chapter 95 - Cinnamon Cookies and Secrets
96. Chapter 96 Chapter 96 - The Ghost in the Room
97. Chapter 97 Chapter 97 - Traumas Still Marked in Memory
98. Chapter 98 Chapter 98 - Safe Love
99. Chapter 99 Chapter 100 - “You Promise, You Can’t Break It”
100. Chapter 100 Chapter 99 - Portraits in the Sand
101. Chapter 101 Chapter 101 - Red Lines
102. Chapter 102 Chapter 102 - Cards Up Your Sleeve
103. Chapter 103 Chapter 103 - The Council
104. Chapter 104 Chapter 104 - The Protective and Caring Pedro Hernandez.
105. Chapter 105 Chapter 105 - Seven Years of Solitude
106. Chapter 106 Chapter 106 - Have I Told You It's So Easy To Fall In Love With You Again?
107. Chapter 107 Chapter 107 – As You Wish
108. Chapter 108 Chapter 108 – Your Wish Is My Command
109. Chapter 109 Chapter 109 - Answer the Phone, Hernandez
110. Chapter 110 Chapter 110 - Bruno's Disappearance
111. Chapter 111 Chapter 111 - How Did I Not Realize Something Was Wrong?
112. Chapter 112 Chapter 112 - What Do They Know?
113. Chapter 113 Chapter 113 - The Last Clue
114. Chapter 114 Chapter 114 - The Warehouse of the Dead
115. Chapter 115 Chapter 115 - When Will This Stop?
116. Chapter 116 Chapter 116 - Until the Door Opens
117. Chapter 117 Chapter 117 - “What Are We?”
118. Chapter 118 Chapter 118 - “You Can Marry My Mother”
119. Chapter 119 Chapter 119 - The Fall and the Resistance
120. Chapter 120 Chapter 120 - The House That Love Builds
121. Chapter 121 Chapter 121 - A Hospital to Call Your Own
122. Chapter 122 Chapter 122 - An Offer You Can't Refuse
123. Chapter 123 Chapter 123 - The Father and the Stranger
124. Chapter 124 Chapter 124 - Promising Future
125. Chapter 125 Chapter 125 - The Only Attention I Care About Is Yours
126. Chapter 126 Chapter 126 - “You’re Pretty Insulting, Aren’t You, Hernandez”
127. Chapter 127 Chapter 127 - Overprotective Parents
128. Chapter 128 Chapter 128 - What Do You Call a Grandfather Who Never Existed?
129. Chapter 129 Chapter 129 - Five Billion Reasons
130. Chapter 130 Chapter 130 - Five Billion Gift
131. Chapter 131 Chapter 131 - Limits and Excess
132. Chapter 132 Chapter 132 - First Session
133. Chapter 133 Chapter 133 - The Hate You Sow, You Reap
134. Chapter 134 Chapter 134 - The Body of Romina Reyes
135. Chapter 135 Chapter 135 - “You Won’t Be in Any Danger”
136. Chapter 136 Chapter 136 - Did You Bring One for Each?
137. Chapter 137 Chapter 137 - The Bad Man in the Court
138. Chapter 138 Chapter 138 - Justice on Trial
139. Chapter 139 Chapter 139 - The Testimony of Truth
140. Chapter 140 Chapter 140 - The Final Test
141. Chapter 141 Chapter 141 - Final Verdict
142. Chapter 142 Chapter 142 - New Beginnings
143. Chapter 143 Chapter 143 – There Is No Game Here, My Love
144. Chapter 144 Chapter 144 - The First Anniversary
145. Chapter 145 Chapter 145 - You Are My Desire
146. Chapter 146 Chapter 146 - “The Void Fills Itself, Like Pieces of a Puzzle”
147. Chapter 147 Chapter 147 - Private Ocean
148. Chapter 148 Chapter 148 - Pregnant Again
149. Chapter 149 Chapter 149 - The Ring and the Ocean
150. Chapter 150 Chapter 150 - Four Stars in the Ocean
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