-Sir.
Ruben came with a staff member carrying a toolbox.
Now that the competition was on, it was so chaotic. It took him a long time to find the repairman.
With professional tools in hand, the lock was quickly broken.
Umberto was the first to arrive, and saw Albina sitting on the floor.
He rushed to take her in his arms and said:
-It’s all right, you don’t have to be afraid anymore.
Albina was snuggled in the warm and familiar embrace, her tears persisted and her fingers clutched Umberto’s clothes.
She rubbed her tears away and said:
-Come on, the competition is about to start, I’m afraid Mr. Murillo will be very worried.
Umberto then remembered that Macos was still waiting for her in the workroom. He was so focused on Albina that he forgot to tell her about it.
Umberto carefully helped Albina run backstage.
Yolanda sat in the doorway of Liliana and Linda’s workroom, watching the busy people in a pleasant mood.
It was now number 37 on display and it was almost Albina’s turn, if she couldn’t perform, she would be eliminated from the competition.
This gave Liliana and Linda another chance to win.
“If Albina doesn’t win the contest, let’s see if she dares to strut in front of me in the future.”
She took a sip of coffee when she suddenly saw Umberto walking towards the place with someone in his arms.
Yolanda froze, looking at the woman in his arms.
It was Albina!
“How can this be, hadn’t those two useless women told her with conviction that no one would find Albina?”
“What’s going on here, did Umberto really find Albina?”
Yolanda’s fingers trembled as she clutched her coffee cup.
Albina walked past her and shot her a look:
-You seem surprised to see me….”.
Yolanda reacted and answered her:
-What’s surprising to see you, I know you are in the race today.
“There were only two people left, it was about to be Albina’s turn, why was she back at this time, why was she so lucky.”
Albina laughed coldly:
-Stop smiling. You look so ugly, don’t you want me to be eliminated? Today I’ll let you see how I’ve progressed.
After saying that, she grabbed Umberto’s hand and walked away with an arrogant look.
Yolanda was so angry and accidentally dropped her coffee cup on the floor, breaking it into pieces.
The staff rushed to clean up the floor.
Yolanda sat motionless in her seat with her head down.
Is that all she had prepared? She still had a big gift that for her and she hoped she could bear it when she saw it.
Liliana saw it just in time always feeling uncomfortable inside.
When Albina returned to the workroom, Macos said to her happily:
-You’re back, very good.
-Yes, don’t worry anymore,” Albina looked at him and smiled.
Umberto was full of concern and looked at the wound on the back of his neck:
-Are you all right?
-No problem for now, I just have to talk about my design ideas after the model show, it won’t take long.
Only then Macos noticed that Albina had a head wound and froze for a moment:
-Are you hurt?
-Mr. Murillo, it’s okay, I’m definitely going to advance in this competition.
-What about the models, are they ready? -Albina asked him.
-The clothes have been changed and they are ready,” said Macos hurriedly.
Albina nodded in satisfaction:
-Good that you are here.
-Nothing, it’s what I have to do,” Macos was filled with guilt. It would have been better if I’d detected the problem earlier….
-It’s not your fault. Even I didn’t see anything wrong with the man at the time.
Only then Macos said nothing, but thought he would make it up to Albina when he returned to the company.
The three of them had finished watching the presentation of designer number 38 and had already started to prepare the models. Albina was concentrating on adjusting the small details of the clothes.
At that moment, Umberto stared at the screen and suddenly froze, grabbed Albina’s arm and said:
-Look, doesn’t the dress in number 39 look like the one you are preparing to show?
Albina looked up and froze as well.
It was almost identical, except for a few details that had been altered.
Her design had been copied.
Macos saw it too and looked at Albina in disbelief:
-What you were worried about has happened.
Now that this kind of accident has occurred, if we couldn’t figure out who was plagiarizing, both Albina and the designer of 39 wouldn’t be able to move forward.
How can that be.
Albina said to Macos:
-Mr. Murillo, take out the things we have prepared.
Macos hurried to take out another large box and opened it, which was filled with five other suits.
-Put these clothes on.
Albina and Macos were busy helping the models change.
-You’ve thought of everything. Luckily I listened to you and we made a preparation,” Macos said to Albina.
-Mr. Murillo, don’t be happy yet, it’s already confirmed that the design has been leaked,” Albina asked him.
-We are the only two people who have seen my design, so you are responsible for finding out who stole it!
He didn’t say Lila’s name, but Macos was no fool. After a moment of remembering what had happened after he got the design, he immediately pointed to her.
Macos felt very angry.
He was really devoted to the design department, but now Lila had betrayed the company, so how could he not be angry.
The two of them were so busy sorting the clothes that no one noticed that Umberto had quietly left.