This place was the villa where Julio and his lover Romina lived.
The villa was a bit isolated, he bought it under someone else’s name, especially to maintain this extramarital relationship, the only one who knew its location was Romina.
So the police would not be able to find her for a short time.
He entered the villa with a bad face, he had a mask covering his face, but you could still see he was in a bad mood.
-I can’t stay here for long either…. -Julio muttered.
He was sure that Romina was sent by someone to keep a close eye on him, and that person would most likely be Umberto.
So he decided to stay here for just one night and tomorrow morning, he would collect the valuables inside and then sell them quietly.
This was the last way he could raise money.
Fortunately, Romina had not removed the valuables before she left, that gave her one last hope for her escape.
Remembering Romina, Julio’s expression became complicated.
He did not know that she worked for Umberto, otherwise, he would not allow her to record the audio that later caused all the disasters.
Julio opened the door with an ugly face.
The villa was completely dark and silent.
After finding the switch, he turned on the light.
Julio had to squint his eyes to get used to the sudden illumination, after a while, he barely opened his eyes and discovered that there were several people waiting for him in the living room, suddenly, he was drenched in an icy sweat.
-Umberto?
At the mention of that name, he chattered his teeth.
Umberto, sitting on the sofa, had a large figure, wore a straight black suit, and his eyes were cold and beautiful. When she looked at him with narrowed eyes, a hostile atmosphere was emitted and her white skin seemed to exhale coldness under the light.
-You seem very surprised to see me here? -Umberto mocked- Julio, I see that you have a lot of courage hiding in this place knowing that Romina works for me.
Hearing this, Julio’s face paled even more, looking at the woman behind Umberto, with clenched teeth and eyes full of hate:
-Romina, I have always been good to you, why did you betray me?
Hearing this, Romina looked at him keeping the charm of a woman, but her look and her way of speaking filled with indifference.
-Mr. Carballal, you know very well that between us there is no fidelity or betrayal, I was only doing my job that Mr. Santangel gave me, I never wanted to be your lover. Romina smiled with a frown and looked him up and down.
Although it was only a look of contempt, Julio felt very embarrassed.
He used to present himself as a successful and dominant man to her, Romina could only adore him as a helpless little bee, but now, he looked like a beggar kneeling at her feet.
An indescribable low self-esteem took hold of him.
Julio tried to shake off these emotions and looked at her:
-Although I didn’t give you Mrs. Carballal’s position, I had treated you very well all the time, either by giving you love or money.
Romina scoffed when she heard his words:
-Anyway I was only your mistress who could not defend me under humiliation from your daughter. Anyway, between us there were only deals, I sacrifice my body in exchange for your secrets, it seems very fair to me, I hadn’t even taken any property you gave me, as for your love -she laughed-, I don’t need it.
Julio’s face turned red and he wanted to say something, but Umberto interrupted him impatiently:
-It seems you still haven’t realized your situation, we are not here to listen to your complaints.
This made Julio calm down, before he had only noticed Umberto and Romina, and now he realized that Albina was sitting next to Umberto, and there were quite a few people in black dresses behind them.
Julio’s body trembled, and involuntarily he took a few steps backwards, and asked very fearfully:
-What do they want?
-What a stupid question! -Umberto gave Ruben a wink when he saw Albina get up.
Ruben immediately sent his men to hold Julio so he wouldn’t hurt her.
-What are you doing? Let go of me!
Julio was almost 1, 8 meters tall, but most of the bodyguards behind Umberto were almost 1, 9 meters tall, they were all muscular and strong, they grabbed Julio’s arms and lifted him up easily.
Their eyes were full of horror, looking at Albina:
-What are you going to do?
At once, Albina’s eyes turned red and she slapped him hard.
Julio was frightened by that slap and Romina was shocked to see Albina’s attitude towards another person.
When she came with Umberto, she had noticed that Albina was by his side.
She also discovered that Umberto was concerned about her all the time, spoke to her in a very soft tone and looked at her with a lot of affection.
That was the most amazing thing for Romina, since for her, Umberto had always had a lonely character, he was very handsome, but just seeing his cold look would generate fear to approach him.
This girl should be the woman Umberto loved the most.
Albina’s appearance was quite beautiful, and she spoke with politeness, you would never imagine her suddenly slapping Julio’s face.
In an instant, the whole village fell silent, Julio’s corners and face hurt a lot, besides, it was ringing against his ears, he couldn’t believe that Albina had slapped his face in front of so many people.
-Son of a bitch…
Before he could finish speaking, he received another slap much harder than the previous one.
Julio felt his teeth loosen and his mouth was so swollen that he couldn’t speak.
Albina looked at Umberto and then at her hand.
Just by listening to the sound of the slap, she could already imagine how much pain she received at that moment.
Umberto smiled and squeezed Albina’s fingers:
-Dear, let me hit this bastard myself, I don’t want your hands to hurt.
Julio stared at the two of them, but did not dare to say anything, otherwise he might receive a fatal lesson.
-Mr. Carballal, why are you looking at me like that? What I did to you doesn’t compare at all to what you did to my father-in-law.
Before the ambulance arrived, I had cruelly strangled Albina’s father, and if someone hadn’t arrived, Albina would have been killed too.
Julio looked into her eyes, felt a shiver in his neck and shrugged his head unconsciously, knowing that today would have been the end of him.
-Please take me to the police station, I will confess to all my crimes,” Julio begged in a hoarse voice.
He barely spoke for a few seconds, he felt a lot of pain in the corners of his mouth and the pain made him tremble.
Julio knew very well that if he was captured by the police, what could happen was that he would be sentenced to prison, but if he fell into Umberto’s hands, besides being sentenced, he would face inhuman tortures.
Julio looked at the serious-faced bodyguards around him and regretted very much that he had escaped from the police pursuit that would have minor suffering.
He looked at Umberto and continued pleading:
-I was responsible for what happened four years ago, when I got the call from Juan, I was very afraid of losing my fame and I sent a man to kill him instead of thanking him. I am really sorry for what I did, please forgive me, don’t hurt me.
Hearing that, Albina’s eyes started to turn red, she looked at him fiercely and stiffened:
-But my dad is already dead and I’m never going to get him back with your useless apologies.