Umberto raised his head slightly, his face full of arrogance, endowing that pretty face with one more point of indifference.
Jaime clenched his fists tightly, looking at Umberto with hatred.
“He’s the same as when he was a child, always so haughty and exasperating.”
Before Jaime returned to Familia Seco, he had met Umberto once.
At the time, Familia Seco’s oldest son and his wife had passed away and he was only eight years old. With no one to trust and no one to work for, he led a difficult life for a while, starving every day.
Many times he would stand guard at the door of the bakery all day long. He would wait for the manager to clean up the expired food at night so he could get something to eat.
It was at that moment that she saw Umberto, who was in a fancy car, coming to pick up the cake.
He got out of the car in an elegant suit. Although he was still young, she could see how handsome he would be in the future. His face was white and smooth, with a happy, innocent look.
Jaime had to admit that at that moment, Umberto was like the sun, as if he could light up all the darkness, so noble that people didn’t dare to look directly at him.
He, on the other hand, was dressed in rags and huddled in front of the bakery, like rotting mud, longing for sunlight but always living in the shadows.
After Umberto received the cake, he took a phone call. Upon learning that his parents were not coming to spend his birthday with him, he hung up indifferently. Seeing Jaime, who was off to the side, without saying a word, he tucked the cake he was holding into his arms and got into the car to drive away.
They had such a short encounter when they were young.
But it made Jaime remember and embarrassed him for a long time.
He was hungry at the time, and the cake in his hand was beautiful and he could smell the sweet aroma even through the box. But he didn’t eat a single bite and threw it all away.
He felt that this cake, was a handout, and a humiliation for him. He did not want to be inferior to Umberto, but he also wanted to live a rich life.
Later, Jaime found his parents’ file and returned to Familia Seco, becoming the heir of Grupo Seco and having a status comparable to Umberto.
But still, every time I saw him, the inferiority complex in my heart stirred.
It was like going back to the old days, when he was the naive rich kid and he was the dirty beggar.
Jaime’s hatred for Umberto was so strong that it was as if he had done something extremely hurtful to him.
Umberto frowned and asked incredulously:
-Jaime, for a long time now, our two families have not been in contact. I don’t remember when I had a problem with you, why have you been against me since I was a kid?
Jaime froze for a moment at these words:
-You don’t even remember?
Umberto looked at him confused.
This confused expression made Jaime feel even more embarrassed.
He had been jealous of Umberto for many years and had always wanted to get over it. But to his surprise, the latter didn’t care for him at all, and had even forgotten their previous encounter.
He was the only one who held a grudge for that incident.
-Umberto, how dare you despise me! I won’t let you go! One day, I’ll crush you completely!
Jaime trembled and pointed at Umberto in anger.
After finishing his words, he gave Umberto and Albina a look of hatred and left with his crutches.
Umberto and Albina looked at each other with a stupefied expression.
-What’s the matter with him? How strange!
He didn’t feel that he had said anything to anger him, but Jaime didn’t know what had happened to him and yelled at him.
Albina rubbed her chin and was silent for a while before suddenly saying:
-I remember the day I first attended Raul’s birthday banquet, Jaime said he wanted to work with me to get back at you. What kind of grudge do you have against him?
Umberto frowned, he thought carefully for a long time but he didn’t know what conflict he had with him. Even when it came to business, there was usually no crossover, except when it came to Familia Carballal.
But this had only happened recently, and he and Yolanda had only met after Mr. Eagle’s birthday banquet.
-Don’t listen to him. He’s a madman,” Umberto said, looking in the direction Jaime had gone. Since his leg injury, his mood had become even more unstable.
He was a little worried that Jaime might do something unpredictable, and even more worried that he might hurt Albina.
She thought and unconsciously hugged her even tighter.
Albina was pulled out of her thoughts by his strength and said:
-You look bad, are you all right?
-Nothing. Let’s go in and find Yolanda,” Umberto shook his head and changed the subject. I’ve heard she’s had a bad time lately, so we should be able to find out something about her.
Albina nodded and her face became serious.
Albina nodded and her face became serious.
I have avenged my father. Julio and the others are also in jail.
But Yolanda’s sentence of two years in jail is still too light, I can’t let her go.
***
Yolanda’s expression was full of emotion when she was taken to the meeting room by the prison guards again:
-Jaime, if you have a solution? ?
When she saw the people sitting inside, she was shocked and frightened:
They have come to make fun of me! They are pleased to see me in this state!
Her eyes were fixed on Umberto and Albina, especially on Umberto.
She had liked this man for many years, but had never received an answer from him.
While it was true that she had cheated on him for saving her life, it was because she wanted to be too close to him. He had always aimed for Albina, but it was also because this woman had always seduced him.
She had been the first to meet Umberto, but they had only met once and married, during her coma.
“Is it wrong for me to take revenge on Albina and claim Umberto’s love?”
-Umberto, you are so indifferent! Why do you do this to me? Grupo Carballal has fallen, and the only thing I have left is my Yoli, why don’t you leave me alone and put me in jail!
Yolanda said and began to cry as if she was being bullied.
-Yolanda, when I got divorced I had nothing left but my mother, but you still tried to kill her. You caused the death of my family, don’t you ever feel cruel?
Albina tensed her face and asked.
Yolanda froze for a moment and laughed an exaggeratedly horrible laugh:
-You seduced Umberto even after your divorce, and I managed to wake up from my coma without receiving any love from him. You caused the breakup of your family.
-You’re trying to get me to say something, aren’t you? Don’t misunderstand me. I meant to say that you caused your mother’s death, but I didn’t admit that I killed her. How could I have killed someone when I was still the rich daughter of Grupo Carballal? Even if you hate me, you shouldn’t blame me for it. I won’t admit it.
Albina’s fingers clenched tightly and a hint of disappointment shone in her eyes.
She wanted to take advantage of Yolanda’s excitement and madness to force her to tell the truth, but she hadn’t expected at this point to still have a few moments of vigilance and sanity.