Esperanza laughed coldly at these words and replied:
-I won’t regret it. I only regret having been too foolish then to marry someone like you.
“A selfish and hypocritical person, a ruthless villain who could even do something wicked to his own brother for the sake of money!”
Ramon looked at her angrily with an ugly expression:
-Even though I am unemployed now, we will get a lot of benefits when our family has the Santangel family as a backup. If you divorce me, you won’t be able to get anything out of it. Have you really thought it through?
After hearing her husband’s words, Esperanza scoffed at him inwardly:
“Does this guy really think he can make it to the top someday by taking advantage of the Santangel family? How stupid he is!”
-I’ve thought it through. I’ve prepared the divorce agreement. You can sign directly on it,” Esperanza pulled out the agreement directly after finishing her words.
Ramon made an ugly grimace at the sight of it.
“It turns out that This damn woman has prepared the divorce agreement in advance. She’s probably been planning the divorce for a long time!”
Without a second thought, Ramon signed the agreement before the old woman and Alex could stop him.
Esperanza took her divorce agreement, went back to her room to pull out a small suitcase and headed straight for the front door.
As she was about to leave, she looked back at Alex. Although she was disappointed in this son, he was her own child after all, so Esperanza decided to give him a reminder:
-Alex, don’t get involved with your father. This matter is not as simple as…..
Before she could finish her sentence, Alex interrupted her very rudely:
-You are not worthy to be my mother, I don’t have a mother like you! Hurry up and leave now and don’t come back. How annoying!
Hearing her son’s indifferent words, Esperanza lowered her head in disappointment and left without looking back. She had done all she had to do to remind them, but since they didn’t listen to her, she could do nothing more about it.
After Esperanza left, there was stony silence in the room.
The old woman said to Ramon with an anxious expression:
-Son, how can you really let her go so easily? Even though I don’t like her, she has been with you for so many years and she is Alex’s mother.
-Mom, don’t talk anymore. If she wants to go, let her go. I don’t think she, a housewife who doesn’t know anything, can live better without me. Maybe the next time I see her, she’ll cry miserably begging me to let her come back.
Ramon grimaced indifferently, not taking the divorce seriously.
Now he waited expectantly for the Santangel Group’s notice to let him join the company. But thinking about what Albina had told him on the phone, he looked at his mother with some resentment in his eyes.
-Mom, it’s all your fault. If you hadn’t gone to Umberto’s company to make a fuss, I would have been offered a higher level position.
Mrs. Espina’s first reaction to her son’s complaint was not anger, but regret. She regretted having inconvenienced her son, so she hastened to apologize:
-I’m sorry, son. It’s all my fault. I won’t be like that in the future and I’ll go and apologize personally to Albina….
-It’s better if you don’t appear in front of her. Albina doesn’t seem to have a very good impression of you.
Ramon had blamed the old woman to gain Albina’s trust, so he was worried that his lies would be exposed if his mother went looking for Albina.
The poor old woman, who didn’t notice her son’s uneasy conscience at all, nodded her head quickly:
-Well, well, well, I see. Well, I won’t go to see her.
Ramon was relieved to see his mother agree that he would not go to fetch Albina, and began to talk about his plans for later, imagining his bright future.
Mother and son were talking excitedly, not paying attention to Alex’s expression, who was standing to the side.
Alex had already been a long time without going out to play money for a long time due to his family’s bad financial situation, but now they had the Santangel Group as a backup, Alex supposed that Albina would help him, no matter how much money he lost.
The more Alex thought about it, the happier he got and he would like to go to the poker table flying right now to gamble for fun.
***
Albina was relieved after learning that Esperanza had decided to divorce Ramon.
She didn’t hate this aunt of hers. Ever since she was a child, Albina remembered that Esperanza had been an almost invisible person in the Espina family, with a very low profile. She had never helped her parents, but she had never done them any harm either.
Albina held a lot of grudges against the Espina’s and the retaliation she would take against them would be very vicious. She had originally thought about whether she should think of a way to get Esperanza to break off relations with the Espina family. After all, she did not want to involve her, an innocent, in their revenge.
However, she did not expect Esperanza to take the initiative to propose a divorce to Ramon.
“Well, this way it will be more convenient for me to carry out the plan. Esperanza is sensible and should perceive what I am going to do against the Espina’s.”
With this in mind, Albina quirked a contented smile on her lips.
Good things were coming one after another. Not long after, the phone call came from Kevin, who excitedly told Albina:
-Agustin is back from abroad. I’m taking you to see him tonight, so be prepared.
“Augustin?”
-Kevin, can you tell me a little more about this Augustine so I can better prepare myself mentally?
Without hesitating a bit, Kevin briefly told Albina everything he knew about Agustin.
This Agustin was an ordinary person and led a quiet life, but because his wife and children were murdered, he killed the murderer out of anger. As a result, he was thrown in jail. After more than ten years in prison, he was released early for having done some kindness in prison.
After his release from prison, he did not choose to live a quiet life as before and took the path he was on now. It was not known if because the psychological quality of this person was strong by nature, or if because he had met many powerful people in prison, he quickly became famous among the mafia.
Kevin could guarantee that Albina would be safe and sound when he went to see Augustine, as there were many similarities between the two based on their experiences. Besides, Albina was not the type of stupid person who spoke without consideration, Kevin assumed that she would not offend Agustin.
After hearing Kevin’s presentation about Augustine, Albina breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this Augustine was not a pure evil murderer without any feelings. As long as there was no greater danger, she would be fine. Albina did want revenge on the Espina family, but it wouldn’t be worth it if she let herself fall into danger for revenge.
-Albina, don’t mention his wife and son in front of Agustin when you see him. This matter is taboo for him,” Kevin especially reminded her.
Albina nodded.
***
In the evening, Albina and Kevin arrived at the door of a small bar, as they had agreed.
The place was secluded and there were hardly any people in the whole street. The low building in front of them had a bar sign, but Albina didn’t hear any music.
She looked at Kevin with some confusion.
He explained:
-This isn’t the bar here, it’s Augustine’s territory.
Albina nodded and followed behind Kevin obediently.
The scenes inside were totally different from what Albina had imagined. Inside they saw all kinds of people, from gamblers dressed in ordinary clothes to well-dressed rich people.
The atmosphere was quite noisy, but well-ordered. Even if someone had lost all their money, they would at most cry at the poker table, not daring to make a fuss.
Albina said to herself mentally:
“It looks like this Augustine is very powerful.”
Albina followed Kevin with her head down, trying to keep a low profile. After all, there were a lot of people here and she didn’t want to get into any trouble before she could talk to Agustin.
But because there were few women in the supposed bar and Albina was so beautiful, as soon as she walked in, many men were giving her hot looks.
Although Albina felt uncomfortable about those stares, she tried to ignore them considering the purpose of her visit.
When she reached the innermost part of the bar, Kevin stopped and said to her:
-We’re already here, but you’re the only one who can go in. The rest is up to you, huh?
Then, he approached her and whispered in her ear in a low voice:
-If the conversation doesn’t go well for you, don’t provoke him and tell him about your relationship with Umberto. It won’t hurt you considering Umberto.
At the thought of Albina having to go in alone to negotiate with Augustine, Kevin, who had not been nervous, became a little uneasy and began to regret having introduced Augustine to her.
If something bad happened to Albina, how would he be able to explain all this to Umberto and how could he face Juan, who had financed him in the studios?
Seeing that he looked tense, Albina gently patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly:
-Kevin, don’t worry. I have a sense of proportion and I won’t let myself get hurt.