Umberto spoke sternly, his face full of impatience.
Yolanda took a few steps back, her fingers clenched.
She kept reminding herself that nothing would happen.
“No one would know that Albina’s disappearance was related to me. Even if it was discovered, I would be safe and sound.”
Yolanda swallowed saliva and forced herself to calm down:
-Umberto, yes I do have a problem with Albina, but if there is no proof, please don’t talk nonsense. Don’t blame me as soon as something happens to Albina.
-I have agreed to withdraw from the marriage. I did something irrational before, but both Grupo Carballal and I paid the price. You can’t treat me like this, at least….
Yolanda raised her head, her eyes full of tears, trembling:
-At least I saved you, you can’t go wrong with me.
Umberto frowned and stroked the watch on his wrist in annoyance.
His watch and Albina’s, both with special devices. It looked like an ordinary watch.
As long as she was awake, she could find it by pressing that button.
But it had been a long time, and the match was already at halftime, but he had not received any message from her.
Umberto was very anxious, but Yolanda was still pretending in front of him.
The anger in his heart was rising and he was about to explode.
At this moment, Ruben approached and whispered a word in her ear.
-Lead the way!
The two men left in a hurry, and Yolanda stood frozen in place, in tears.
“How, am I just ignored?”
Liliana and Linda stood behind her and watched as Yolanda, who was so arrogant in front of them, played compassionate in front of Umberto.
Yolanda was not gentle in the first place, and was even acting in front of Umberto. how disgusting!
They both didn’t know what to say. Umberto’s dislike of her was so obvious, couldn’t she tell?
-What are you looking at? -When Yolanda turned around and saw the look of the two sisters, she shouted, “This is only the second game, if you don’t win the championship, don’t blame me for being unkind to you.
After saying these words viciously, Yolanda also left.
“If we didn’t need the money so badly, you wouldn’t be so arrogant.”
Linda looked at Liliana:
-Sister, I really hate her so much!
-Take it easy, let’s finish the competition first. This is not only good for Grupo Carballal, it’s also good for our reputation.
Liliana finished calming her sister down, remembering the conversation between Umberto and Yolanda.
“Could Albina’s disappearance really have something to do with Yolanda?”
Although she had agreed to participate in the contest, she didn’t want to use such unpleasant means to win.
***
-Mr. Santangel, the security guard at the entrance says he has not seen Miss Espina leave. She is still on the premises.
Ruben followed Umberto and reported what he had found out.
Albina’s appearance was too conspicuous, and at this time of day, few people came and went, so if she had gone out, there was no way the security guards would not have noticed.
Umberto reached the basement.
-Surveillance showed that this was where they disappeared,” said Ruben.
Umberto nodded:
-Good. We have to split up, Albina must have been hiding on this floor.
It was known that Albina had not left the building, and there was no way to pinpoint where she was even with a location.
But Umberto had a strong intuition that she must be on this floor.
After the two parted ways, Umberto searched the area, shouting Albina’s name as he went.
But no one answered.
Umberto found a remote spot and saw that there was dust everywhere. After shouting Albina’s name a few times and seeing that no one responded, he was about to leave . But suddenly he noticed something strange.
The ground was originally dusty, but there were some places where there were traces of dragging and messy footprints.
“Albina must be around here somewhere.”
There were few lights here, so even those who had caught Albina hadn’t noticed that they had left footprints in the dust.
-Albina…
Calling out her name, he searched the neighborhood and soon found a small house with signs. It was an abandoned electricity distribution room, he could judge from the old vestiges.
The door was locked.
“Why is it locked so tight, and the lock is new.”
“She must be locked inside.”
Umberto kicked the door:
-Albina, if you can hear me, answer me!
He tensed up and gave one kick after another to the door.
Ruben rushed over when he heard the sound:
-What is it!
-Albina was inside and the door was closed.
Umberto just said something and kept kicking the door again.
Ruben reacted and said anxiously:
-I’ll call someone to open the door.
He said and ran out quickly.
Umberto did not wait for him to come closer and kept on kicking the door.
He didn’t know what was wrong with Albina and feared something might happen to her.
-Albina…
The sound of a loud kick on the door and Umberto’s shout came.
Albina opened her eyes in a daze, feeling a pain.
-Albina…
Albina finally came to her senses:
-Umberto!
Her voice was interspersed with the sound of kicking.
Umberto heard it with great acuity and stopped abruptly, slumped against the iron door.
-Albina, are you all right? -he asked anxiously.
Albina rose from the floor and threw herself against the door, her eyes red-rimmed and her voice cracking with sobs:
-I’m fine, they just knocked me out, is the game over?
-Don’t worry, the second half has just started, you still have time -Umberto hurried to calm her down-. Ruben has already found someone to open the door. Back up a bit, I’ll get you out.
Albina looked down, the room was dark, but she could vaguely see that a lump had emerged from the iron door.
It was evident the force Umberto had just used.
She had passed out without answering him, and he must have been very worried.
-Umberto, the door is difficult to open, let’s wait for Ruben. You don’t want to hurt yourself.
Umberto looked at the lock angrily:
-There’s no light inside, you’ll be afraid.
-It’s all right. I used to be blind for three years, I’m not afraid of the dark at all -at his words, Albina felt very happy. You can talk to me.
Well -Umberto’s voice calmed down- -How did you get locked up?
Albina told the story:
-I didn’t realize there was a second person, so I fell into the trap.
She said it in a very dangerous way, and Umberto’s heart burned with rage, but he did his best to soften his voice to Albina:
-Does the wounded man hurt?
In fact, the back of his neck still ached. She didn’t want to cry, but when he asked her to, she couldn’t stop the tears from slipping.
-No pain… at all.
She didn’t want him to worry.
But Umberto heard her voice was vaguely cracked.
-I suppose it was Yolanda who did it. Since she dared to hurt you, let the Carballal family make amends instead.
I wouldn’t let Yolanda go, for doing something like that against Albina.