The people present hurriedly searched for her, but did not find Albina, everyone was surprised.
James asked the people behind anxiously and earnestly:
-Don’t I tell you to be next to Miss Espina, where is she?
The men behind lowered their heads, full of apologies.
-We focused on beating Alberto and did not pay attention to Miss Espina’s whereabouts. Mr. Barrios, we are very sorry.
Santiago was angry and anxious. Now it could not be solved with an apology alone. The key was Umberto. If anything happened to her, Umberto would definitely be very angry.
-Hurry to find her and ask the bar staff to find her.
After Santiago finished speaking, he looked at Umberto apologetically.
Umberto’s face was tense and somber.
-We’ll talk about your punishment later, but now the priority is to find Albina. It’s a mess here, I hope nothing happens to her!
Santiago also became serious. This was a bar here, and Albina was still drunk. With her appearance, if she ran into bad people, she would be intimidated.
If they didn’t arrive on time… Santiago didn’t dare to think about it anymore.
Now he finally realized the gravity of the situation, and he was very remorseful.
-It’s all my fault.
-Let’s go first.
Umberto looked at him and was about to leave when a man with a wounded face suddenly rushed up, hugged his thigh and said while crying.
Alberto raised his swollen face and cried miserably:
-Mr. Santangel, it really is my fault. I didn’t know that Miss Espina is your wife.
He took a deep breath as he spoke and began to deny responsibility.
-Besides, it was Silvana, who was from the same company as Miss Espina. When she was talking business with me today, she kept praising Miss Espina’s beauty. And you know, men… It was all Silvana’s fault, and I was also taken advantage of by her.
Alberto spoke very seriously, looked at Umberto and hoped he would forgive him.
Damn Silvana! Umberto frowned and then kicked Alberto. Now Albina was drunk and didn’t know where he was, he couldn’t delay a minute.
-Mr. Santangel!
Hearing his voice, Santiago felt very upset and asked Umberto:
-What should I do with Alberto?
Umberto did not even look at him and said in an indifferent voice:
-Break the hand that had touched Albina to teach her a lesson!
Santiago took a deep breath, Umberto was still as cruel as ever.
Santiago prayed in his heart that Albina wouldn’t have an accident, he couldn’t stand Umberto’s anger.
After the bar manager received instructions, he immediately sent someone to look for Albina, and even used the excuse of serving wine to search each room.
Many of these places were filthy. As he poured wine, he discovered that the scenes in many rooms were bad.
Santiago gradually became nervous, felt Umberto was getting angrier and angrier, and didn’t even dare to look at him.
After searching for almost ten minutes, but they did not find Albina.
Umberto also began to get restless and worried, he loosened his tie, his forehead was sweating, his eyes became frightening and he seemed very unapproachable.
-Umberto, nothing will happen.
Umberto looked at Santiago with red eyes, now he was really worried about Albina and he knew he couldn’t be angry with Santiago.
After all, if it wasn’t for Santiago, maybe Albina would have been raped by Alberto.
Umberto took a deep breath, his mood gradually calmed down and nodded to Santiago.
-Yes, Albina will be fine.
As soon as he heard this, Santiago was stunned for a moment, moved and regretful.
Umberto trusted him a lot and asked him to take good care of Albina, but he only cared about beating Alberto and forgot about Albina, who was more important at that moment.
Umberto did not notice his expression, now he was thinking where Albina would go.
At that moment, the manager ran up and said anxiously to Umberto:
-Mr. Santangel, I have checked the surveillance at the door. Miss Espina has not come out during this time.
That meant Albina was still in that bar.
Umberto looked at the layout of the bar and suddenly noticed that there was a place that had not been seen.
He turned to the manager and asked.
-What is that place?
The manager looked in the direction he pointed and replied:
-That was the staircase that led to the second floor before, because a new staircase was rebuilt, and the staircase was too far from the door, so it has been useless for a long time.
After hearing this, Umberto walked straight to the staircase.
The manager was stunned, then looked at Santiago.
-Miss Espina shouldn’t go there. There are no lights there. It’s old and dirty, and it’s very dark inside. If you’re not careful, you’ll fall in.
Santiago said nothing and followed Umberto.
Umberto walked toward the stairs, his expression relaxed and he wasn’t as nervous as before.
He heard the sobs, and they were Albina’s.
Umberto took out his cell phone, turned on the flashlight and shone inside. Sure enough, in the corner of the stairs, there was a small figure huddled against the wall, like a stupid little snail.
He went down the stairs and reached out to touch Albina, but was pushed away. Albina was curled up drunk, her face was flushed, obviously not sober, but her expression was still guarded, hugging her knees tightly and screaming at him.
-Don’t touch me!
The voice was not aggressive, but soft and sweet.
Hearing her voice, Umberto suddenly became tender:
-Albina, it’s Umberto, I’m coming to pick you up at home.
Albina was stunned, frowned and thought for a long time before realizing, she began to cry:
-Umberto, why are you taking so long to arrive?
Umberto felt his heart being pinched hard, he was so sad. He took Albina in his arms with love and anguish, and stroked her back,
-It’s my fault, I’m sorry.
When he didn’t come, Albina was just scared and watchful. When he came and spoke to her in such a soft voice, all Albina’s defenses disappeared and all the complaints in her heart were fully expressed:
-I thought I was going to be raped by that guy.
Albina cried so hard she was almost breathless.
Umberto felt abnormal, the woman’s body was extremely hot and he touched her forehead.
Albina had a fever.
Only then, Umberto remembered what Silvana had done. It was no wonder that his emotions suddenly exploded.
Thinking about this, Umberto felt more distressed and hated Silvana even more.
Umberto comforted Albina, and the two people behind him were very surprised.
Especially Santiago, he had never seen the way Umberto and Albina were getting along, but by now, Umberto was talking to her with such a soft voice.
Santiago felt very envious watching him carry Albina up the stairs, which made him feel a little bit like finding his own girl.
Umberto took off his coat and wrapped Albina tightly, no one could see his face. He said to Santiago:
-I’m taking Albina home, you can go.