Saturday, school day meeting.
As soon as Rufio and Susanna arrived at school, Rufio was dragged off by some of his oldest friends from his apartment of yesteryear. Susana met Paula Rouco and Susana spat at her a couple of times.
“I can’t believe you left the lovely me and came to Imperial all by yourself. ”
Paula Rouco laughed, “I wanted to come hang out by myself yesterday and ended up meeting Mr. Lee.”
“Oh, just that counselor you had then. That Amado Villegas was so gentle and so elegant looking that I would have wanted to chase him back then if I hadn’t gotten into a fight with Rufio. ”
Paula Rouco snorted a laugh and looked at her blankly, “I didn’t think you were so forward-thinking as to want to chase Mr. Lee, who has a wife.”
“I’m just kidding, I like all the good looking guys.”
Susana and Paula Rouco are arm in arm, joking as they walk.
Puddles gathered all over campus for the school fair.
Paula Rouco asks, “Aren’t you going with your department buddies?”
Susana caressed her lips and said, “Why look for them, you’re still the best connected person at my university, and besides, of course I’m going to be there for you.”
Paula Rouco watched her classmates from the English department as they continued walking into the crowd.
Seven years ago, Paula Rouco was in the English department and was known to be the cream of the crop in that department.
As soon as she passed Susana, she attracted a lot of attention.
“Wasn’t she the department’s flower of the year, Paula Rouco?”
“It hasn’t changed, it’s still as nice as ever.”
“It was when she miscarried in the girls’ dormitory. She had an abortion and the incident really affected her.”
“It seems she’s now an internationally renowned pianist, by the way, that’s the momo.”
“She and Severo Laris should have broken up by now, right?”
“It’s a miscarriage – a miscarriage and still not breaking up? That’s too mean of her.”
Susana was a little upset to hear the gossip and tried to defend herself, but was stopped by Paula Rouco.
Paula Rouco merely said in a light voice, “It’s okay, we can’t gag people, don’t worry.”
Susana gritted her teeth and held back, but continued to glare harshly at the men, who had the good sense to disperse quickly.
Not far away, Analeigh spotted Paula Rouco and extended her hand to greet her, “Paulita!”.
Paula Rouco smiles slightly and approaches Susana.
Analeigh could not resist saying, “Paulita, you have been too hard not to contact us for the past seven years.”
“I didn’t mean to, I’ve been a little busy. You’ve only been relatively free recently.”
After a few moments of exchanging pleasantries, Analeigh said, “By the way, Paulita, have you seen Rio and Buena before?”
At the mention of Buena, Paula Rouco’s eyes met with a cold stare, “No.”
Speak of the devil and Cao Cao will arrive.
Buena meets Rio at the entrance of the school and goes on his arm.
As soon as Rio saw Analeigh and Paula Rouco, she rushed over and hugged them both.
Paula Rouco took a step back at the sudden affectionate embrace, her face unhinged.
But she knew Rio meant no harm, so she held back and didn’t flinch.
Rio said, “I haven’t seen you in years, Lemon, I hear you’re getting married, is it true?”
Stunned, Paula Rouco also asked, “Lemon, you’re really getting married, aren’t you?”
Analeigh smiled shyly and pulled the invitations out of her purse, one for each of them. “You guys have to get me a big red envelope for my wedding next month, you have to be there.”
Paula Rouco took the wedding invitation, “Yes, I’ll be there.”
Rio asked with a gossipy grin, “Where are you having the wedding?”.
“Having the wedding at our old house, it’s not like I’m Buena and I have such a rich groom.”