Her eyes widen in shock and her mouth drops open as she holds her cheek burning in pain. She bats her eyelashes to be sure that this is not some sort of joke. Did he just slap her? Lucas slapped her.

He sighs briefly as his countenance drops into a sad and guilty one. He shouldn't have gone to the extreme length of laying his hand on her, but he was just angry.

"Rita, I'm..." He tries to go close to her, but she steps away from him, shaking her head slowly, telling him not to try to touch her. Tears slowly pour down her cheeks. Turning around, she rushes...