Patricio’s house
-How’s it going, did Yanis tell you when he’d be back?
The couple had not slept all night because they were worried about their daughter, so when dawn broke Brisa got up and cooked the rice congee in the hope that her daughter would be able to eat it when she returned, however, her daughter did not return and did not call them to her parents.
Hence, the two called her to their daughter, and after hearing that their daughter was coming back, Brisa hurried Yanis’ father to hurry up and take a bowl of congee.
-She’ll be back later. Don’t rush me. Eat your porridge. I haven’t slept all night worrying about her. How am I going to eat now that I haven’t seen her? -said Yanis’ father.
-If you don’t want to eat, then don’t, as long as I have the strength to talk when your daughter comes later, and don’t chew at two cheeks in front of your daughter.
-Brisa, what are you saying! Aren’t you worried about our daughter? Why do you still have an appetite? Aren’t you suffering? -said Yanis’ father.
Brisa got very angry and removed the bowl in front of him.
-I eat whatever you want. I’m not only suffering, but I’m very calm. Don’t you think why I let you eat more? Then if the daughter says something angry to us, how are you going to have the energy to teach your daughter a lesson? I think that last night, that Gaitan must have hurt our daughter, otherwise, why is she in the hospital for no reason?
Hearing this, the father reacted instantly.
-You’re right! So I have to eat more. In case Gaitan dares to harm Yanis, I’m sure he will pay the consequences.
After saying that, the father was about to take the bowl in his wife’s hand, Brisa scoffed:
-Add the porridge yourself, don’t you have the hands?
The father said nothing. As he had just ironized Brisa, now that he was scolded by her and Mateo did not dare to let out a word, so he could only go out to the kitchen to add the food yourself.
Zain took Yanis home, who unbuckled his seatbelt and turned his head to look at Zain:
-Thank you and also for last night,” she said hesitantly.
As the words fell, Yanis saw Zain unbuckle his seat belt as well. She froze for a moment and asked him stunned:
-What are you doing?
-I’m taking you upstairs to explain what happened.
Yanis was astonished. “How can that be! If Zain goes upstairs, my mother will definitely misunderstand us.” Then Yanis stopped him at once.
-It’s already nine o’clock, aren’t you going to work?
-The schedule has been delayed, I have time in the morning.
-But you are the president, will it be convenient if you don’t go to work?
Yanis was still struggling to explain himself when Zain suddenly stopped moving and turned his head to look at her silently.
A moment ago she had found it hard to speak, but now she was so nervous that she couldn’t speak under the gaze of his cold eyes.
-Don’t worry. I’ll take care of your thing first,” word for word she said slowly.
Yanis was speechless.
Yanis was a little hesitant, but she believed that she didn’t need him to help her deal with this case, because he had already beaten that person so badly that she was admitted to the hospital, so the patient definitely wouldn’t do anything to her.
Yanis still had a few words left, however, Zain had already alighted from the car. She sat in her seat for a while and realized that the things Zain had decided no one could change, then she could only follow him.
“Well, until then my behavior will depend on the circumstances.”
The two were about to climb up together when a shrill voice suddenly sounded not far behind them:
-“Oh, I said Yanis must have a partner, but she told me she was single before, and I was kind enough to set her up on a blind date, but who knows she actually has a boyfriend. If I had known, I shouldn’t be doing this wasting my time.
From a distance, Cristina’s words came closer and everyone heard them.
Many neighbors were at the door, some playing with the children, others chatting two by two, a common phenomenon in Yanis’ neighborhood. Cristina shouted as so only with the motive that the others would hear what she had said.
“Are you trying to make yourself clear by discrediting me? When do I have a boyfriend? Just because Zain is by my side at the moment? If it wasn’t for him, something terrible could have happened to me last night.”
At this thought, the hidden bitterness in Yanis’ heart grew heavier with hostility, and the hands hanging at his sides clenched into fists. He waited for Cristina’s arrival without moving.
Although she was older, Cristina soon caught up with Yanis running and stood in front of her. She would have planned to pounce on Yanis directly, but after seeing the tall man standing next to her, she stopped the thought and kept some distance from Yanis.
-What’s wrong with you, girl? You already have a boyfriend, why are you asking me to introduce you to the couple? He is a credible and composed guy Gaitan, who every day after work goes to your store to help you, apparently, he treats you with sincerity. If you don’t like him, you should talk to him nicely. Why did you let your boyfriend hit him? Now Gaitan is in the hospital, more dead than alive. My God, very serious, I heard the doctor say the bones are broken by the dozen.
Yanis didn’t know what to say. The corners of his mouth twitched. “Keep making it up! Can he go on living with dozens of broken bones? Oh no, even if what Cristina said were true, he could live, but that he would be half dead.”
In fact, for Yanis, after what Gaitan did last night, she had already hated this man to the bone, because if Zain had not appeared, what would have happened to her and how would she face the future?
Considering this, Yanis raised his head, looking at Cristina with cold eyes without any fear and said:
-Cristina, you claim so much that it was my boyfriend who hit Gaitan, but one question, have you seen it with your own eyes?
Her voice was not low but it was loud enough for the chinchorreros to hear the words. The neighbors, apparently catching the scent of gossip, were gathering on this side.
Yanis had a conscience that if things were not set straight today, then all these neighbors would be badmouthing behind his back. He did not mind the gossip, however, he absolutely could not allow others to hurt his parents.
Cristina did not imagine that Yanis was going to refute her, after a moment of suspension and said:
-Yes, I haven’t seen it, since I am a grown-up who stays at home all day, how could I see it? But today Gaitan called me and said he was hurt, so I went to the hospital to see him, very serious!