Umberto put his arm around her shoulders and asked her:
-Why are you so negative all of a sudden?
-If I hadn’t let you send me to the nursing home today, maybe we wouldn’t have run into that. It’s all my fault,” Albina said.
-It’s not your fault,” Umberto sighed. If my prediction is correct, these people must have been sent by Jaime. I’ve had a lot of conflicts with him lately, so I was anxious to do this.
Albina froze and said:
-I thought this was Yolanda’s doing. She knew that I had punished my uncle, so she suddenly took steps to prevent me from dealing with her in the future.
-This affair could also be a cause. But the man behind it is undoubtedly Jaime because Yolanda wouldn’t dare to do it alone. So you don’t have to blame yourself too much -Umberto smiled.
Hearing his words, Albina felt relieved.
After experiencing so many exciting events in a single day, Albina was exhausted and just leaned against Umberto’s arms, slowly falling asleep.
Umberto gently patted her arm as if she were a child, giving her great peace of mind.
After a long while, Albina’s breathing calmed down before Umberto stopped. Then she looked at the entrance of the stone cave.
Silence reigned there, only the sound of unfamiliar birds chirping and the rustle of the wind blowing against the leaves of the trees and the grass.
Umberto saw that the sky outside was already dark.
He hoped in his heart that there was no more danger in the night, otherwise it would be difficult to cope with what they had to do.
As night fell, the sky darkened a little, and finally it became so dark that there were no stars.
The fire in the cavern had gone out. Umberto felt Albina’s trembling body so he let her whole body fall asleep in his arms and held her tightly.
Perhaps by feeling the slight warmth, Albina’s expression calmed down.
Only then did Umberto calm down.
He did not light the fire again, mainly because he feared that the fire would be too flamboyant in the dark and that Jaime’s people would find the place.
The car fire should have been extinguished long ago. With Jaime’s cautious nature, if he discovered they were not in the car, he would surely send someone to look for them.
Umberto planned to stay awake all night, keeping alert to watch the hole and protect the woman in his arms.
***
At this point, Jaime and Yolanda’s group had been searching for a long time, surrounded by trees and grasses.
Yolanda stepped back into the mud, screaming and grabbing at the blades of grass around her. She managed to steady herself, but cut her palm.
She looked at her finger with tears and said to Jaime with annoyance:
-Jaime, it’s no use to keep looking like this. We simply don’t have enough lighting equipment. It’s already completely dark and we don’t know what’s in the forest. If there is some kind of beast, what can we do?
Jaime raised the gun in his hand and said:
-I have a gun, even if I come across some beast, I can take care of it.
Yolanda made a face of discontent. She had been walking for so long that her feet were so sore that she couldn’t feel anything.
Because it was so dark, her arms and legs had cut and bruised. She feared that when the time came she would not find them both, but that she herself would have suffered greatly here.
Yolanda told him her worries again, but Jaime looked at her impatiently and said:
-If you want to go, go. I have to find the two of them and kill them with my own hands.
Otherwise, it would be a great hidden danger. Once it was discovered that they were the ones chasing him today, Umberto would not let him and Yolanda go in peace.
His grandfather also told him earlier in that he didn’t need to fear the Santangel Group, but he should never antagonize them. He was not convinced and kept making small moves against Umberto and now he had sent someone to assassinate him.
If this was known to his grandfather, he feared that his position as heir would be affected.
Jaime’s face was getting uglier and uglier. Although he was his father’s only son, but he still had quite a few other grandchildren.
Yolanda saw that he was angry and didn’t dare say anything else.
When Jaime saw that she was no longer saying anything, his expression calmed down a bit and he told her bitterly:
-I’m doing this for our sake too, don’t be angry with me. If we don’t find Umberto, the Carballal Group will also be in danger.
After saying this, he helped Yolanda with the weeds on the road to make it easier for her to go.
Yolanda saw that and the anger in her heart slowly dissipated:
-Okay, let’s go on looking for them and settle these two once and for all.
Jaime felt very happy at her answer and said:
-Umberto has disappeared. His men will soon come looking for him. We must find Umberto before they do, otherwise we won’t stand a chance.
Yolanda’s expression also tensed.
The group began to search again in the dark forest.
***
At that moment, the whole Santangel family was also restless.
Sergio was sitting on the couch with a serious face, while Daniel and Olivia were standing next to him looking anxious asking Ruben:
-Umberto is neither at the company nor at home, has he gone to a party? Have you looked for the two guys from Familia Aguila and Familia Barrios? Aren’t they the closest to him? -Olivia said angrily.
If Daniel hadn’t stopped her, she would have gone to grab Ruben by the collar of his shirt and interrogated him.
Ever since she realized she had failed as a mother, she had been trying to find a way to make it up to Umberto. When she learned of Umberto’s sudden disappearance, she felt very anxious.
Ruben respectfully said to Sergio:
-The Lord said he was going to look for Albina. But now we cannot contact him and Albina’s phone number cannot be reached. I have contacted Mr. Aguila and Mr. Barrios, but neither of them know where the Lord went. The last time I heard from him he went to a nursing home in the suburbs and there has been no news since then.
-Lord said he would go to the office in the afternoon to take care of paperwork he had not finished during the day, but he still did not show up. It is very likely that he ran into something. I have asked someone to check, I will soon know the Lord’s whereabouts.
After Ruben finished speaking, Olivia sat down on the couch and said with a serious face:
-Let nothing happen to him. Umberto can’t get anything good with her.
Daniel calmed her down next to him. Sergio gave her a look and said:
-That has nothing to do with Albina. It’s not clear what they’re up against now. Maybe it’s Umberto that’s causing problems for her.
“Umberto still has a family, but Albina has no relatives – who would care about her?”
The more Sergio thought about it, the more sympathy he felt for Albina. He also feared that she and her grandson were in some kind of danger.
At that moment, the man Reuben had sent came running up and told them:
-News from the Lord, the watch locator just received a message. We have found its location.
-Send someone quickly to look for him,” Olivia got up from the couch and said to Ruben.
Ruben was also filled with joy and immediately gathered his men.
The Santangel family gathered a large group of people in no time and headed to Umberto and Albina’s location.