Matthew, who was a shouting, burly man with a stout torso who used to have a rather irascible temper, stepped out of the crowd with a serious and frightening face. Usually, Yanis’ parents seemed to be friendly and got along well with the neighbors although they did not have close friendships. So this was the first time they had all seen Mateo so angry. And when the neighbors saw this scene, they stepped aside because they were gossips who spent every day chatting over teas and had no intention of asking for trouble.
The first one to support Cristina was a young woman, but she saw that all the neighbors had already moved aside, she helped her to stand up and said hurriedly -Cristina, get up and good luck.
After she had finished speaking, she too turned away from her.
“Why have you two become such cowards, leaving me dumped like this? Everyone was afraid of Mateo, but Cristina straightened her back and said, “Mateo, you’re just in time, how did you teach your daughter, that you let her go around saying slander without any evidence? I saw her grow up when she was a child and I am like her mother, although I am getting older and I have no children by my side, you can’t do whatever you want with me?
Brisa who was behind Mateo heard what Cristina said, she could not tolerate this scoundrel.
“What do you mean you watched him grow up and you are just like his mother?” She remembered that the blind date she had arranged for her daughter was the worst, and now she was making the scandal in front of those people, what if the whole neighborhood found out, what would the reputation of her Saenz family and her daughter be like?
Thinking about this, Brisa told her sarcastically -Look, lady, I admit that you introduced my daughter to a boyfriend and watched her grow up when she was very little, but how are you like her mother? And then we are not her parents or what?
Cristina didn’t expect me to react like that, and she was silent for a moment, -don’t take it so seriously, I just mean that she has to respect the elders like me?
-If you are not her mother, you have no right to order our daughter around,” Brisa stepped forward and pushed her husband aside.
Throughout her many years of experience, she already knew how to deal with a woman like Cristina.
For some time now, the Saenzes had already heard that this woman kept badmouthing them. Now Brisa was getting more and more furious, so she gave her an ultimatum to tell her, “By the way, I have heard that you are sullying my daughter’s honor by saying that she has a boyfriend while she has asked you to introduce her to another, don’t you know how to distinguish right from wrong? At first, we did not agree with the blind date, but you made the decision on your own to call this Gaitan and went to the ramen restaurant to look for Yanis to introduce him to her. What do you mean it was my daughter who had asked you to introduce her to a boyfriend? Besides, ma’am, you said that my daughter’s boyfriend had hit Gaitan and at that time he was in a hospital with dozens of broken ribs, that’s not true either, is it?
Yanis stepped aside, staring at his mother. After hearing these words, she felt very satisfied and at the same time more confident. She thought that her parents would care more about fame and would not make this matter public, and that they would solve it in private, but she did not expect them to argue with this woman.
-Breeze, explain it to me! What do you mean I don’t know right from wrong?
-You went to the restaurant to arrange the blind date? -There were many witnesses! If you don’t even admit this, it seems that everything you just said is a slander, isn’t it?
-Okay, but so what? Didn’t I do it for your daughter? Gaitan is a very good boy, now he is in the hospital because of you, what a pity.
-Cristina, don’t change the subject, let’s be clear, why did you tell all those lies, what’s the reason? The Gaitan thing isn’t true either, is it? Let’s call the police directly to see what really happened.
After speaking, Brisa took out her cell phone in front of everyone, ready to call the police with a resolute attitude.
There was no telling what Cristina was thinking at that moment, and suddenly she stepped forward and grabbed Brisa’s hand.
-Brisa, why are you calling the police? Let’s not bring up the dirty laundry! Gaitan is badly hurt. If you don’t believe me, you can go to the hospital with me.
-Neighbors, don’t you think?
They looked at each other suspiciously.
-Go with her to see if what she’s saying is true.
-Yes, all right, if he really is in a serious situation, then you can’t just leave him lying there.
-Won’t you, neighbors? -Go with me to see if I’m lying to you.
Just as everyone was about to go to the hospital, a cold voice rang out.
-It’s not necessary! -Yanis stood to the side looking at everyone with an indifferent expression, “Ladies and gentlemen, you are my neighbors. Because you are older than me, so I have to respect you a little bit, but if you boo because of this matter, don’t blame me for being so petulant because I want to tell you that it is impossible that my friend would have hit someone. If he had, it would be because this pervert deserved it.
-Hey, girl, are you afraid we’re all going to the hospital?
-What do you mean I’m afraid? -Yanis curved her lips and looked sideways at Zain, who was sitting behind to watch what was going on. And he made no move but stood there to help her silently.
Before coming, he read Megan’s extra copy of document and knew that this Gaitan really committed many crimes.
The two looked at each other, and Zain guessed her thoughts and nodded his head.
She was calm and made a decision.
-There is no need to go to the hospital at all because you are not going to find anything, and you will know the truth when he goes to jail.