-Albina! -was surprised Umberto, who was in the living room when he heard her voice, -have you changed your number?
Crying loudly, Albina quickly explained her situation:
-Hey, it was a lackey of Yolanda’s who kidnapped me and tried to kill me. I don’t know where I am now. You can reach me through the cell phone signal. Help me, please!
But this time Umberto answered in a hoarse voice:
-Albina, you know that today is the day of my engagement.
Albina went blank, feeling a pain in her heart. “The engagement banquet was more important than my life!”
-I know. You don’t have to come here, but help me call the police, please.
His attitude appeared extremely humble. Thinking that he was going to compromise with that malevolent woman, he wanted to alert Umberto again:
-Look, Yolanda will hurt you, trust me!
Umberto hung up the phone, not giving her a chance to finish her words.
Inhaling deeply, Albina felt her heart was cold, but she didn’t want to give up and called again.
This time Umberto picked it up quickly:
-Don’t do it to me. I know you hate Yolanda, but she has been busy with the engagement banquet, so do you think she has the time to prepare this kidnapping? I never imagined you would break our engagement with this excuse!
Albina bit her lips to keep from crying so hard:
-Your engagement is none of my business, but I ask you to call the police.
Before she finished her words, Yolanda’s sweet voice was heard:
-Honey, come, the guests are waiting for us downstairs.
-Okay.
Umberto hung up the phone and went downstairs with Yolanda.
At that moment, a man appeared in front of Albina, shouting:
-Son of a bitch! Don’t go away.
David found her.
Running with all her might, Albina called Umberto countless times, but after no one answered, she felt extremely desperate.
At the engagement banquet, Umberto’s cell phone kept ringing. Seeing that, Yolanda complained:
-Love, today is very important for us. Don’t bother with the meaningless calls, okay?
Yolanda took the cell phone from him without noticing that Umberto wanted to stop her.
David followed Albina to the river bank.
Despite the wounds on his head that were still bleeding, David shouted with a fierce expression:
-You son of a bitch! This time I don’t think anyone will come to save you.
-We are not enemies. You are only Yolanda’s servant and you don’t need to kill me. If you kill me, Yolanda won’t save you from jail.
Albina stepped back and threw the cell phone on the lawn without David noticing.
-Shut up! If you don’t serve me well, I won’t stop fucking you until you die.
David threw himself on top of her. Knowing it was impossible for herself to outrun David, Albina would rather kill herself than be insulted by this man.
Staring into the turbulent river, Albina jumped without opening her eyes.
In a few seconds her slender figure disappeared in the turbulence.
***
The guests were celebrating the bride and groom. Found among her parents, Yolanda smiled happily.
But Umberto could not breathe easy and felt that his heart was full of restlessness.
Although he was at the engagement banquet, he looked more nervous than before.
-Love, don’t you want to eat something? -smiled Yolanda, who wanted to hold his arm.
Restless and worried about Albina’s safety, Umberto told her:
-I’m going to the bathroom.
Looking at his back, Yolanda was very angry. “She’ll call the son of a bitch.”
Hiding in a quiet room, Umberto turned on his cell phone and saw the number so Albina called him.
He frowned and called her back. Wanting to blame his ex-wife, he started talking:
-Hey, don’t make me crazy.
-Hello!” an unknown man answered.
She was very surprised:
-Who are you? -Where is Albina?
-Police. They just reported that they saw a woman jumping into the river. We rescued her body and found this cell phone in the grass. The only contact is you. We want to confirm with you the identity of the dead woman.
The cell phone slipped from Umberto’s hand.