The people present on hearing her words looked at Albina with a puzzled face. She was so excited when she heard that her mother woke up, why wouldn’t she go to see her?
Albina explained in a low voice:
-The brain hemorrhage was caused by stimulation, mom just woke up from the operation, I can’t stimulate her again.
After she finished speaking, she looked at Umberto:
-Mr. Humberto, since I can’t take care of my mom, could you please hire a caregiver for her, then I will pay you back this money too.
Umberto knew that his mom had intermittent mania, seeing Albina alone, leaning against the wall and explaining calmly, he felt pressure in his chest and throat, after a long time he answered in a hoarse voice:
-Well!
Albina knew that Umberto always kept his words, she sighed deeply saying:
-Thank you very much, then I’m going now and if anything happens, please let me know.
After she finished speaking, she leaned against the wall alone and made her way to the exit cautiously, she looked very lonely and desolate.
-Follow her and make sure she gets back home safely -Umberto ordered, and Ruben quickly followed her.
Albina returned to where she lived, sat on the bed, thinking about her mother’s illness and the bad things they did, feeling angry and sad.
Many moments later, she was awakened from her thoughts when the door opened:
-Who is it?
-It’s me! -It was Umberto’s voice: “Start paying your debts today!
Saying that, he walked straight to Albina and lay down on her bed, very small compared to her huge body:
-Since I have no other choice left, give me the massage on the bed then.
Albina had no choice but to agree, she washed her hands and started massaging him skillfully.
Her movements were light and her cool fingers pressed gently to Umberto’s skin made him a little upset.
As he knew Albina couldn’t see him, he stared at her face saying in a hoarse voice:
-Louder, slacker!
-I’m sorry, my hands were hurt, I can’t press them too hard -she said indifferently.
Hearing that, Umberto said nothing, but embraced her with his arms.
She scolded:
-Comport yourself, don’t touch me!
Umberto said thoughtlessly:
-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to, but your bed is too small.
Albina’s face was reddened with anger, she did not expect Umberto to be so shameless.
Finally, when she finished the massage and wanted to call him to leave, she discovered that he had fallen asleep with steady breaths.
She wanted to wake him up, but remembered that he hadn’t slept well for several days, so she was sorry to do so.
“Albina, you’re a coward!”
She scolded herself fiercely, reached for the chair and sat down, it looked like she would have to rest there all night. Her fingers were hurt by a customer in the restaurant. The manager specially gave her a few days paid leave to recover, so she hoped that the next day she would be able to sleep well.
Until the room tended to be quiet, Umberto opened his eyes that did not seem dreamy. He got up quietly and saw that Albina was already asleep on the table.
She looked thinner than when she left the house several days ago. Umberto stood next to her, not daring to touch her because he didn’t want to wake her up.
He couldn’t understand what he was doing, he only wanted to take advantage of her at first and he married her was to save Yolanda, now that Yolanda already woke up, there was no point in being together anymore, but he couldn’t bear to see her suffer humiliation from others.
Umberto wondered if protecting her had become a habit during the last three years, and even believed that he was her real husband, it was really funny that a player in the end put interest in the bishop than in the game itself.
That should be because of possessiveness.
When Albina woke up in a daze, he felt relief to discover that Umberto was gone, but at the same time he felt he had lost something.
Then he blamed himself for a fruitless longing for him. Albina arranged to definitively cut off this relationship with him after this month.
First thing in the morning, Miguel came to see her.
Albina asked him with concern:
-Doctor, I have been receiving treatments for three years and I still can’t see anything. Would it be because there is no chance left for me to regain my sight?
Miguel felt very sorry to see her beautiful eyes, but without sparkles.
-To be honest, the chances of recovering my sight are not high, but as long as you don’t lose hope, maybe there will be a miracle,” he said so as not to make her despair.
-Recently, a new medicine arrived at the hospital and since there is still a lot left in your account, would you like to try it?
Albina was stunned for a moment, it was true that Umberto had also paid all her treatment expenses, even the livelihood of these three years, it was not as easy to separate from him as she thought.
At that moment, Albina no longer cared that she was in so much debt:
-Yes, I want to try it!
If her eyes could really recover, she would definitely pay back all the money she owed him for the past three years.
-Well, I’m going to the hospital tomorrow morning, we’ll start the first stage of the treatment!