When Alfredo came downstairs, Sergio ridiculed him. Frowning, he looked a little confused, but realized it immediately.
-Mr. Santangel, what do you mean by that?
He answered coldly, sitting down in front of Sergio, looking at him:
-You broke into my house in the morning and mocked with our -What have we done that you all gathered here?
He looked at the door and asked
-Where is Umberto? Only he is missing.
When Sergio heard this, anger appeared in his eyes:
-Where is Umberto? It was all your grandson’s fault. Jaime was so ruthless that he wanted to kill Umberto. If we hadn’t sent a lot of people to find my grandson, maybe he would have died at Jaime’s hands.
-Bullshit! Jaime is a good boy, how could he do such a thing? On the contrary, Umberto has done everything wrong. Everyone knows he is too capricious.
Jaime’s grandfather didn’t believe their words at all, thinking they were slandering his grandson.
-It’s true that Jaime doesn’t like Umberto, but they are only business rivals. How can you make up a lie like that.
Before he finished speaking, Olivia stood up in anger and threw the evidence in front of Mr. Seco.
Those were some photos, in which Jaime and Yolanda were with people from the scene of the incident.
Mr. Seco was stunned, picked them up and looked at them for a moment:
-What is this? Don’t slander my grandson with these photos. I know Jaime is dating this girl, but you should also know that it is normal for my grandson to have contact with her family, since they gave half of their property to our family.
-Sir, can’t you see anymore?
Olivia’s voice was full of sarcasm. She pointed to the photo and said:
-Umberto disappeared yesterday right here. As Jaime was chasing him, he had to roll down a slope. Do you know how high it is?
At the thought of the burned car, she shivered all over:
-From the height of a small cliff. Umberto fell straight to the bottom of the fence. If he hadn’t had good luck, he would have died.
Olivia spoke in a high-pitched voice. Seeing that her eyes were red, Sergio quickly calmed her down.
-My grandson escaped and entered the forest at the foot of the slope with wounds, but Jaime wouldn’t even let him go and sent people into the forest to kill him. When we arrived, we found these vehicles parked nearby. Jaime also feared they would run into us, so he had to stop the search in advance.
-That’s how these photos came. We have collected evidence and we want justice. If you can’t give me an explanation today, I will call the police.
When Alfredo heard this, the blue veins near his temple popped. He knew the character of the Sergio, who would never lie at all. There was a 90% chance that Jaime really had done it. At the thought of that, he almost fainted with anger.
How could Jaime do that to Umberto?
The old man took a deep breath and looked at the people in front of him. Right now, he couldn’t compromise. Otherwise, Sergio would be even more aggressive.
-These are just your one-sided comments, the photos don’t mean that my grandson attacked Umberto. If I explain it in another way….
Jaime’s grandfather smiled,
-I can say that this is my grandson and Yolanda went hiking, at least the environment is not bad. Today’s young people prefer to stay in this kind of environment, especially after hard work. Jaime is now in charge of a lot of our company’s business, so he doesn’t have time to travel, so he chooses to go to the suburbs of S-town to relax, am I right?
His words seemed ridiculous to Sergio
-How do you explain that Jaime traveled on this mount at night?
Jaime’s grandfather became embarrassed and angry.
-It’s all your illusion. It is impossible for me to punish my grandson for his unjustified words.
-I knew you would say this -after hearing this, Sergio did not get angry, but smiled.
His smile made Jaime’s grandfather feel extremely uncomfortable, assuming that something would happen.
Seeing this, Sergio said to Olivia:
-Take out the tape recorder.
Jaime’s grandfather’s eyebrows furrowed.
Umberto’s mother glanced at him, lifted her chin, and immediately pulled out the recorder.
There was the sound of the wind blowing leaves, and the sound of someone stepping on the grass, and then Yolanda’s surprised voice.
-Hey, there’s a cave here.
After that was the conversation between Jaime and her. Jaime’s grandfather’s face became increasingly somber.
As they gradually moved away from the recorder, Jaime and Yolanda’s recorded voices were getting fainter and fainter, but they could still be heard whispering about how to deal with Albina and Umberto after finding them.
At the end of the recording, Olivia put the recorder away and looked proudly at Jaime’s grandfather:
-Did you hear that right? It’s Jaime’s voice. You wouldn’t say this voice was synthesized, would you? If you don’t recognize it, we can go to the police station to have it identified.
There was an irresistible smugness in his voice. In fact, those photos were to test Jaime’s grandfather’s reaction. As you imagined, he did not admit it at all and tried to defend Jaime.
This voice recorder is the final proof, which could not be denied by anyone. No matter what he said, he could not refute the fact that Jaime had attacked Umberto.
Sergio leaned back on the sofa and looked at Jaime’s grandfather with a cold expression:
-Luckily, Albina recorded their voices immediately. Otherwise it wouldn’t be clear. What more do you want to say? If you don’t explain everything, it won’t end like this.
Daniel, who had not spoken, also looked at Jaime’s grandfather with reddened eyes:
-Umberto is my only son. Jaime’s attack against him means destroying our whole family, I will fight you to the end for justice!
Alfredo frowned and, under the watchful eyes of Umberto’s relatives, finally said:
-What do you want?
Was this a compromise? Daniel was stunned and looked at his wife and father.
Sergio sipped his tea slowly, without any hurry.
Alfredo was very tormented now. Watching Sergio’s slow movement, his heart even more anxious:
-Go to the point.
After hearing that, Sergio raised his head, looked at Jaime’s grandfather coldly and said:
-I haven’t spoken yet, why are you so anxious? Now your family owes us to our family.
Hearing this, Alfredo regretted it, took a deep breath and then calmed down:
-It’s Jaime’s fault. He is young and does things irrationally. Maybe his business is not going well these days. I’m sorry about that. But I don’t think it’s his idea, didn’t he notice the girl next to him?
Alfredo quickly took out the photo, pointed to Yolanda and said:
-Jaime must have been seduced by her. That was all Yolanda’s idea. It is normal for Yolanda to hate Umberto when her family almost declared bankruptcy.
As soon as they heard these words, Umberto’s relatives scoffed.
-What are you laughing at, am I not right?
Alfredo’s face was slightly red with anger. Although he said this to defend his grandson, it was not without reason.
Sergio looked at him:
-Since we are in a circle, we know each other very well, especially old men like us.