Severo came downstairs and saw Allyce sitting in the hallway in a state of distraction, wondering what to think about, Alonzo just sitting watching cartoons and Beef sleeping on his side.
It was only when he approached that Allyce turned her attention back to him: “You’ve come down”.
“Yes.” Severo nodded and said, “I’m going out later, I won’t be home for lunch, so call me if you need anything.”
Allyce nodded, “OK, when are you coming back?
Severo was preparing to go out to meet Amado Mejía, he thought about it and decided not to hide it from him.
“I’m going to meet Amado Mejia and ask him some questions, only in Kimdis, if you can’t reach me for something, just call Xabat on the phone, you must come back soon.”
Severo finished, leaned over and planted a kiss on her lips, then left.
…
Kimdis.
Adán was already waiting in Severo’s exclusive box with Amado Mejía in tow.
Severo arrived late, twenty minutes later.
He came with a bodyguard.
As soon as he opened the door, Severo saw Amado Mejía in a white shirt.
Amado Mejía had not changed much after all this time, probably because the weather had become warmer and his skin had darkened a little, but he still wore a white shirt and did not look very elegant.
Severo had known that Adán would be able to bring in Amado Mejía, so he didn’t seem surprised at all.
Amado Mejía was the first to speak: “Mr. Betances, it has been a long time.
Severo narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a light voice, “Amado Mejia, it’s been a long time”.
“It hasn’t been so long since I’ve seen you, and I’ve seen your picture a lot”. Amado Mejía smiled, looking unusually naïve.
Severo knew what kind of man Amado Mejia was and was not at all impressed by his deliberate display of naivety, he would not take Amado Mejia lightly.
Severus paid no attention to his words, but turned to Adam: “Mr Natividad, I would like to speak to him alone.
Adam got up in spite of his impatience and before leaving asked Severo: “What can I do to pick up my sister?”
Severo replied with an expressionless face: “Maybe soon”.
As soon as her condition is quickly resolved, then I would also release Delfina soon.
He was not like inhumanly evil people, he did not want to involve innocent people.
Once Adán left, Amado Mejía and Severo were the only two people left in the room.
Still it was Amado Mejía who spoke first: “Mr. Betances doesn’t look very good, and don’t give up his body to earn money, otherwise, if he dies soon, someone else will sleep with his wife and spend his money, how uneconomical that is!”
Amado Mejía was putting Severo to the test.
Severo narrowed his eyes slightly: “I don’t know if I will die before my time. But what I do know is that, if I wanted to, you could surely die before me.
Severo’s undisguised threat made Amado Mejía’s face change.
Today he had dared to come to see Severo because he thought Severo would not do anything to him, but hearing Severo’s unspeakable words still frightened him a little.
Severo was not like the others.
The tone of everything he said was unusually confident, and made it seem as if he could do what he said.
Amado Mejía’s tone normalised: “Severo, I know you’re busy, just say what you have to say, I have work to do when you’re done”.
He said and pretended to look at the time.
Severo said nothing, but got up and went to the window and opened it.
The next moment, Amado Mejía heard the sound of a police car.
He stood up abruptly, his face fierce: “Have you called the police?”
“There are laws in the country, do you really think you can get away with this? Severo turned to Amado Mejía with a grimace.
Amado Mejía only thought Severo was looking for him to ask him about medicine. He thought that the more people like Severo were afraid of death, the less they would do to him.
But I didn’t expect Severo to call the police.
Amado Mejía laughed coldly: “You think I’m afraid because you called the police to arrest me? Sooner or later I will go out again, and you can expect to die!
Severo’s face showed a hint of contempt: “You’re still so naive at your age, my life doesn’t depend on you, but I can kill you.
Amado Mejía, who already hated the rich, spat at Severo’s words: “What a disgusting thing to say.
Severo was deliberately provoking him.
“Do you know where the medicine I gave you that time came from? That was a special medicine made by the head of the ‘k7’ medical team of ‘Grizzi’, even that experimental technique your son did to grow embryos in vitro, he also worked on it, he’s a genius, you’re dead!”
There was a tinge of fervour in Amado Mejía’s tone, he seemed to admire the so-called head of the investigation team.
At that moment, a large group of police burst through the door: “Freeze!”
Immediately afterwards a policeman came in and on seeing Amado Mejía said, almost through gritted teeth, “Amado Mejía!”
“Yes, Officer Lazo, long time no see!” Since he knew beforehand that Severo had called the police, Amado Mejía had no choice but to resign himself to his fate, despite his resentment.
Police officer Lazo was in charge of Amado Mejía’s case, and every time he caught him, Amado Mejía ran away, and he felt angry and humiliated.
Officer Lazo coldly shouted at him: “Stop this nonsense!
The officer then handcuffed Amado Mejía and took him out.
“Thank you Mr. Betances for your cooperation, otherwise I don’t know when I would have caught Amado Mejia, he’s too cunning”. Officer Lazo couldn’t help but shake his head at the thought of his harrowing story of catching Amado Mejía.
“That is what I must do. Severo smiled and asked again: “Can you reveal what crime Amado Mejía had committed before?
Officer Lazo snorted, hesitated and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, I can’t talk about that right now, it’s about internal secrets.”
Severo just nodded with a smile on his face: “All right”.
When all the policemen left, Severo returned to his usual cool demeanour.
I already knew everything I wanted to know about Amado Mejía.
It was true that the premature ageing of his body was due to Amado Mejía’s pills, and it was also true that it was related to “Grizzi”.
It was also true that Amado Mejía was a fugitive from justice, but not just a rapist and trafficker; he worked for Grizzi, and from the way agent Lazo acted, he knew there was more to it.
That meant he had to go after Grizzi’s people at some point.
The next step was to start with Adam.
But Adam did not seem to know about Severo’s health.
So Amado Mejía giving Severo that medicine was not an organisational act, but a personal one?