Delfina couldn’t help but widen her eyes at these words and said with a new look: “It’s only been a few days, Alonzo is speaking more and more clearly.
Allyce pinched Alonzo’s face and coaxed, “Tell your aunt what your dad’s name is.”
Alonzo dutifully said, “Severo!”
“Alonzo is so good!” Delfina was a little surprised.
Allyce knelt down and picked up Alonzo, who nuzzled his neck and whispered something to him.
Delfina watched with some excitement at how close Alonzo had become to them so quickly, for they were blood relations after all.
She used to think it was because Alonzo was an introvert that he didn’t talk much, but now he still seems to like his mum and dad.
Allyce hugged Alonzo and said a few words to him before coaxing him to go and play in the corner.
“There’s nothing to do at home anyway, so I’ll come and talk to you.” said Allyce, and helped Delfina into the chair.
Delfina was in a VIP room with a large bedroom.
Allyce let the nurses out and pulled back the curtains to let in the sunlight, filling the room with brightness.
She and Delfina sit side by side at the small coffee table by the window, directly opposite Alonzo, who holds a drawing board and paints.
Delfina was the first to speak: “I’m sorry for what my brother has done, if it wasn’t for him you wouldn’t be separated from Alonzo”.
Allyce shook her head: “Everyone’s position is different, you don’t have to say that.
He did not want to accept this apology from Delfina.
Adam was in his position and there was nothing wrong with what he had done.
But the pain and despair she and Severo had felt about it, they would never understand.
On the other hand, he had jumped from the first floor and it was not known what had happened to the baby ….
I may have Adam to thank for that.
In any case, the baby was back and that was more important than anything.
“Also.” Delfina sighed, a little unsure of what to say.
Allyce raised her head to look at Delfina, she had very clear eyes and was especially touching when she smiled.
Was such a girl really not gloomy at all? Just so optimistic?
At that moment, the door to the room was pushed open from the outside and they both turned in unison.
A bodyguard came in and, seeing Allyce, said, “Ma’am, Dr. Ortis is here to examine Miss Natividad”.
Dr. Ortis?
As soon as the bodyguard’s words left his mouth, a slender figure in white trousers appeared in Allyce’s field of vision.
Gabrio’s face glowed with surprise when he saw Allyce: “Allyce?”
“Gabrio, is that really you?” Allyce couldn’t help but stand up when she saw it was Gabrio.
Delfina slowly stood up when she saw the familiarity of the two and asked, “Doctor Ortis, do you know each other?
Allyce smiled and said, “Well, we’re good friends”.
“Is this the friend you were talking about the last time you were in the hospital?” asked Gabrio.
“Yeah, you’re checking it out aren’t you, we’ll talk about the rest when you’re done.” Allyce said and walked towards Alonzo.
Gabrio moved unconsciously in Alonzo’s direction and his eyes fell in surprise on the small figure of Alonzo.
Delfina took the floor at that moment and said with a smile: “Doctor Ortis, why don’t you examine me first, I have to talk to Mrs. Betances later”.
When Allyce heard the words “Mrs. Betances”, she looked back over her shoulder.
He met Gabrio’s eyes, which he had not had time to withdraw.
Allyce realised she was looking at Alonzo.
Gabrio hasn’t met Alonzo yet, has he?
He would later explain to Gabrio that he was an important friend, someone he treated like a brother.
…
Gabrio gave Delfina only a routine body check, so it was over quickly.
As soon as he finished his part, he looked straight at Allyce.
Allyce saw him and rushed over with Alonzo in her arms.
He pointed to Gabrio and said to Alonzo: “Alonzo, this is Uncle Ortis”.
Gabrio frowned slightly, with a look of bewilderment, “This is ….”
“My son.” Allyce finished, and couldn’t help but cringe for a moment.
Suddenly there was such a big son, and it was hard to know where to begin to explain it.
Gabrio’s face did change, then he smiled again and looked at Alonzo and spoke softly: “Alonzo?
Allyce gently squeezed Alonzo’s hand and said, “Uncle Ortis is calling for you.
Alonzo didn’t seem to like Gabrio very much, so he said “Oh” like a big boy and struggled to get up from the floor and went to draw in a corner.
Delfina broke the awkwardness by saying: “Doctor Ortis, I’d like to go for a walk today, is that OK?
Gabrio turned his head and smiled softly, “Yes, but you can’t go far, just walk in the park inside the hospital, not outside.
Gabrio was already a man without a temper, and he was even gentler with his patients.
Delfina nodded shyly, apparently embarrassed, and wrung her hands ….
Allyce could vaguely see something.
Girls fall in love with good men.
Gabrio’s looks, character and temperament were good, not much worse than Severo’s, and naturally there was no shortage of women who liked such men.
It is only natural that Delfina is in love with Gabrio.
I don’t know how Gabrio became Delfina’s doctor.
Delfina twiddled her thumbs and said, “Thank you Dr. Ortis, I won’t be leaving the hospital”.
Gabrio smiled softly and then gestured to Allyce, “Allyce, let’s go for a walk”.
Allyce knew Gabrio was going to ask about Alonzo.
Allyce said “yes” and turned to Delfina: “Miss Natividad, I will leave now and come back to you some other time.
Delfina was lost in thought, and when she heard Allyce’s voice, she came back to her senses: “Yes, OK”.
“Take care of yourself, contact me if you need anything”.
Allyce said, and pulled Alonzo out.
The two went to a restaurant opposite the hospital.
Allyce ordered a children’s menu for Alonzo and a coffee for herself.
Gabrio got straight to the point: “What’s going on?
Allyce didn’t know where to start for a moment, but thinking that Gabrio was also a doctor, she asked, “Gabrio, do you know this technique of growing a foetus outside the mother’s body?”
Gabrio looked at Alonzo and said: “There is no such technology officially available in the world.
“I don’t know how to tell you, but that’s how Alonzo was born. Allyce didn’t hide anything from Gabrio, anyway Alonzo’s origins were known to Lucila and the others.
Gabrio looked at her with a look of astonishment at her words: “How is that possible?