Umberto could not help laughing at her embarrassed face and said:
-Then marry me so you won’t feel bad.
Albina looked at him angrily, but since her cheeks were flushed, she looked very charming and had no deterrent force.
-Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly.
Albina ate her dinner very quickly, Umberto held the tray and asked her with a smile:
-Would you like to come downstairs with me?
As he imagined, she firmly refused, because she did not want to be ridiculed in front of the elders.
Umberto was very calm, even when he saw that his father gave him a wink as he went down the stairs, he still remained indifferent and walked very firmly.
Seeing him coming down so quickly, Mrs. Santangel asked him:
-Have you eaten everything so quickly? Do you want the kitchen to prepare cakes? The girls love desserts.
Umberto shook his head.
-It’s not necessary, Mom, Albina was already satisfied.
Mrs. Santangel saw that there was little food left on the tray, so she didn’t insist any more.
Umberto’s father took the opportunity to talk to his son.
-Now that Miguel is recovered you have to start preparing the engagement with Albina, otherwise, if she ends up pregnant it won’t be good for her.
Umberto listened to his words and said:
-We’d better wait for Albina to return from Paris which will only be in a few months.
-But in case this happens, she will be very busy. You don’t know how difficult it will be for a pregnant woman.
When Mrs. Santangel was pregnant, he was the one who took care of her all the time, so he knew very well how hard it was.
-That won’t happen – Umberto said confidently, looked at his grandfather and continued -after all, I still have the ten boxes that grandfather gave me.
Grandpa was drinking soup when he heard his words and choked.
Umberto reached forward to pat his grandfather’s back and whispered:
-Grandpa, I thank you for sending me those ten boxes. It did me a lot of good.
In an instant, Grandpa regretted what he had done; if it weren’t for that, he would have had some great-grandchildren by now.
When Umberto returned to the room, Albina had already washed up and gone back to sleep.
Umberto didn’t want to disturb her, so after washing up he carefully got into bed, took her in his arms and went to sleep happily.
The next day they both woke up early.
Albina was recovered after a night’s rest and Umberto, since he could hug Albina to sleep, was completely cured of insomnia and woke up naturally every day.
They were both full of energy, and after washing up, they went downstairs and saw Grandpa getting ready to go for a walk.
Albina and Umberto looked at each other, and walked towards grandfather.
-Grandpa, we’ll take you for a walk and do the exercises.
Grandfather was very happy to hear those words, the neighbors’ children were always very busy, and the only ones who had free time, were those rich second generation youngsters who often didn’t come home.
He would be very proud and happy to go out with his grandson and his future wife.
On the way, he received many envious glances.
He also encountered Mr. Seco.
Mr. Seco was surrounded by people looking after him, and he seemed to look very well, but compared to Sergio Santangel, he was a bit forlorn.
Sergio Santangel took the opportunity to show off and greeted Mr. Seco from afar.
-Hello, Alfredo, aren’t your descendants here to accompany you to exercise? If I remember correctly, Jaime’s foot has already recovered, right? And what about your other grandson? The young man from the Murillo family didn’t come to see you either?
Hearing this, Mr. Seco’s face turned bitter.
-That is none of your business.
-Don’t take it wrong, I just wanted to remind you that you are already old and you should not only think about making money, but to have more communication with your descendants so that when you are useless, you don’t feel too lonely -Sergio told him cheerfully.
Before he could answer, Umberto and Albina took grandfather and left.
Mr. Seco’s mood was ruined by those words, he felt helpless for not being able to do anything about it, besides, he was jealous to see him with his grandchildren.
Jaime’s wound healed a long time ago, but he still couldn’t walk well.
He probably still had not forgiven his grandfather and since Yolanda was imprisoned, he never went to visit him and Pedro resented him for the restrictions he placed on him in the company.
Mr. Seco lamented, he felt very lonely most of the time.
How he wished his eldest son was still alive, he had always honored his father and the only time he tried to rebel against him was the one that caused his death.
Mr. Seco touched the wallet in his arms, showed a droopy expression, and his back, which was always straight, hunched.
-Mr. Seco,” the person next to him called cautiously.
Then Mr. Dry Man came to himself, removed all emotion from his face, and returned to the Mr. Dry Man who was serious and domineering with others.
-He said, “Send someone to find out what Jaime is doing lately.
In his opinion, Jaime thought things through a lot, and if he had no one to keep an eye on him, he could cause a lot of trouble.
The person next to him hesitated for a moment, then whispered:
-Most of the people watching his grandson got hurt by him, and there are only a few left who can keep working.
Mr. Seco paused.
-Tell them to only watch him secretly and report his movements to me, to do nothing more than that.
The person next to him nodded quickly, the gentleman turned around with an anguished face and gave a deep sigh.
Mr. Seco and Jaime distrusted each other and were nothing like Sergio Santangel’s relationship with his grandchildren.
After separating for a long distance, Umberto said:
-Mr. Seco seems to have never suspected that Jaime is not his biological grandson, I wonder why he is so sure that he is, could it be that the Seco family had already done a paternity test before?
Sergio Santangel kept his smile and said:
-Jaime appeared more than 20 years ago and the technology of paternity tests at that time were not very elaborate, only few people knew how to use that technology. But if it is the Seco family, it is very likely that they had already done it, after all, Alfredo is very cautious. However, Alfredo valued and loved his eldest son very much, in case Jaime had brought him a suicide note or a handwritten letter….
-Mr. Seco suffered a heavy blow for the death of his most beloved son, if Jaime showed him a handwritten letter, maybe he recognized him without any proof of paternity -Umberto continued:
Sergio Santangel nodded.
-That’s right, the possibility of this happening is very great.
He and Mr. Seco had known each other for many years and had had many business contacts, so it was a reasonable assumption.
Although Mr. Seco was cautious, he was often driven by emotions as in the case of Jaime.
He protected his only grandson, but he has made many wrong decisions.
Umberto already had an idea in his mind.
-Somehow I’m going to get his hairs to do the paternity test, and then we’ll know the truth.
Sergio Santangel was also excited to know if Jaime was his biological grandson or not.
-I’ll take care of Alfredo’s hair and you take care of Jaime’s hair.
Seeing Sergio Santangel’s passionate state, Albina and Umberto looked at each other.
-Grandpa, you have to take it easy, it’s not worth getting hurt just to pull out a few hairs,” said Albina.
Sergio Santangel smiled confidently.
-Don’t worry, that will be very easy for me, in a while when it’s warmer, Alfredo will definitely be playing chess at the lake. We’ll go there after breakfast and I’ll show you how I’m going to do it.
After the walk, breakfast was ready.
Both Umberto and Albina ate quickly, and Mrs. Santangel discovered that not only they ate fast, but even grandfather who always chewed carefully, also ate very fast.
After eating, the three people left in a hurry.
-Wait, where are you going? It’s getting very hot outside, and the sun is very strong, be careful of sunstroke,” Mrs. Santangel shouted to them.
But before she could finish speaking, the three of them disappeared from her sight.