Severo Laris gets into a cab with his luggage.
The driver asked, “Where to, young man?”
Severo Laris said in a light voice, “I haven’t thought about it yet, so feel free to open it and I’ll let you know when I think of something.”
The driver lost his smile, but said nothing, thinking the young man had lost his love and was in a bad mood, “Okay, let me know when you think of it.”
Severo Laris looked at his phone. lita had sent many messages, the most important one, saying she missed him.
She wanted to come back: he missed her too.
But he couldn’t feel like going back.
Severo Laris slowly closed his eyes and leaned back, thinking: that’s it, Leopoldo wants to pester her, so let’s go on, she still has plenty of time left to be with Leopoldo.
It is Leopoldo who should be afraid, for after all, he is at maturity.
Severo Laris was never to be feared.
…
The Holy City, inside The Villas of Repulse Bay.
Adam Rouco received an email from Santino with all the information about Severo Laris.
“Severo Laris, male, twenty-five years old, native of La Ciudad Santa, third year research student at Imperial University …”
Adam Rouco’s eyes passed over this irrelevant information and fixed on the name in the biological father’s column.
“Leopoldo.”
The name, so familiar.
Scroll down the electronic file.
Leopoldo, who was released from prison after serving an eight-year sentence for the kidnapping of a ten-year-old girl eight years ago.
Adam Rouco’s gaze sank and a wave of horror surged in his eyes.
Estrella Berrocal walked in with a cup of coffee, “Adam, the coffee is ready.”
She walked over and put the coffee in Adam Rouco’s hand, seeing him stiffen a little, she frowned a little and called out to him again, “Adam? What’s wrong with you?”
Adam Rouco looked back at him, with serious, grave eyes, “The boy Paulita was in love with, are you sure his name is Severo?”
“Yes, Paulita herself told me, and oh yes, he is still our people from La Ciudad Santa.”
So, the information is correct.
Estrella Berrocal, seeing his grim gesture, asked him, “What’s the matter, have you heard anything about Severo Laris’ bad character?”
“No. It’s not him who has the problem, it’s his father.”
Estrella Berrocal frowned, “What happened with his father?”.
“Remember when Paulita was kidnapped when she was ten years old?”
Estrella Berrocal said, “Of course I remember, but what does that have to do with Severo’s father?”
Adam Rouco’s brow furrowed, “Severo Laris’ biological father is named Leopoldo, the same kidnapper who kidnapped Paulita for ransom with us eight years ago and got out of jail.”
Estrella Berrocal’s heart fluttered and her face went half white.
Estrella Berrocal will always remember the summer when Paulita was about to celebrate her tenth birthday and was taken away from school by someone who wanted money and offered five million dollars.
Five million is not enough for the Rouco family, and five million for Paulita’s peace is even less.
In the end, although it was a false alarm, Paulita was rescued and the kidnapper was arrested. Under torture, it was learned that the other party was not manipulated by anyone behind the scenes, but simply had an eye on the Rouco family’s money.
Paulita was also unharmed and the kidnapper did not commit a felony, so the sentence ended up being eight years in prison.
But how is it possible for Adam Rouco and Estrella Berrocal to feel comfortable and accept that Paulita is with the son of a kidnapper, and that the kidnapper kidnapped none other than Paulita?
“So, should we tell Paulita about this?”
Adam Rouco hesitated and said, “On second thought, whether she knows it or not, she and Severo Laris can’t get back together, and now that Leopoldo is out of jail, there’s no guarantee that he won’t do it again.”
Estrella Berrocal bit her lip and said with some concern, “But Paulita really likes Severo Laris, will she throw a tantrum if she doesn’t break up with him?”
Adam Rouco, who naturally knows his daughter, “is bound to have a tantrum, but in this case, there is no room for her to be capricious.”
…
Three days later, the water and electricity were cut off at Severo Laris’ house, in the Imperial neighborhood, because the utility bills had not been paid on time.
Leopoldo, under pressure, ran to the entrance of Bufete S, R, L and caused a disturbance.
“Severo, come out with me! What do you mean you cut off the water and electricity in the house?”
Inside the law firm, Rufio and Lastra look outside with a headache.
Lastra was furious: “Call the police and have the old man arrested!”.
Rufio sighed, “The other day he made a scandal, called the police, but for what, they released him again after giving explanations, and now Severo has no other fundamental solution but to avoid him, as long as he doesn’t break the law or continue to be arrested. ”
“Severo is unlucky to have such a father. ”
Rufio stood up and said, “I’m going to get rid of him, he’s in front of the firm every day and our business suffers.”
Rufio approached the door of the firm and looked at Leopoldo with a good face, “I say, old man, it’s no use coming to the firm to shout when Severo is on leave and is not in the firm. And if you keep disturbing the public order in front of our office, I can sue you”.
Leopoldo is a shameless man who has already been in society and Rufio’s words do not scare him at all.
Leopoldo said, “Tell Severo Laris to put water and electricity in my house or I will have the press denounce him!”.
Rufio shouted, “Why are you going to expose Severo?”
Leopoldo said with righteous indignation, “I want to expose him for not being filial to the elderly, not supporting his parents and deliberately cutting off the water and electricity to the house, slyly kicking me out. Besides, he is a lawyer who has done such a shameful thing, I can be even more shameless than him!”
Rufio is eager to blurt out: if a man has no shame, he is invincible.
Leopoldo cursed for a while at the entrance to the Bufete S, R, L. Seeing that it had little effect, he seemed to tire of cursing and left.
Rufio hurried to call Severo Laris and informed him of Leopoldo’s visit to Bufete S, R, L to cause trouble.
“Severo, you better watch out for that old man in your house, he is very brazen, he may look for the media and say that you are a wolf and that you do not support him and put on a show of bitterness, which will not reflect well on you then.”
“Let him make a scene, he better make a scene so I lose my job, and if I lose my job, he won’t be able to suck my blood.”
Rufio froze, “You’re killing a thousand enemies and hurting yourself.”
However, Rufio thought about it and there was no better way than Severo Laris not to do it.
After all, if Leopold were his father, he would be furious, and he would support him….. It would be better to kill him with a knife.
…
An hour later, Leopoldo bought a loudspeaker from somewhere and shouted at the entrance of the S, R, L Law Firm.
“Everybody come in and listen to what I have to say. I did something bad eight years ago, went to jail and spent a few years in prison, it was my fault and maybe I embarrassed my son. I regret it more than I can say.”
“I got out of prison and came out full of joy to see my son, hopefully to be able to live with him, take care of him and be forgiven by him. I know I really didn’t set a good example as a father. I am ashamed.”
“Now I see that my son has become a lawyer, I am delighted. I took the train to Imperial to meet him with every intention of reforming, but I guess I resented being a parent with an ex-convict and having all the water and electricity shut off in the house.”
“I know I don’t deserve his forgiveness, but now I don’t know where to live, I just miss my son, but my son doesn’t even see me now.”
Leopoldo’s pathetic appearance soon drew a crowd of passersby.
“This old man is so pathetic, how his son is so disgusted with the poor and the rich.”
“His son has such a hard heart, and it is normal for him to do evil when he is young, but a father and son is a father and son after all.”
“It’s starting to be one of those days when people keep putting old people out on the street.”
“His son is such a wolf that he’s a lawyer.”
Leopoldo won the sympathy of many passersby, some of whom even recorded the images and posted them on video.
Once fermented on the net, and after being retweeted by several vloggers, the story quickly became a hot topic and the news search of the moment.