At the Hacienda, the Narrator:
Mirelys, totally outwitting the security and surveillance of the hacienda, managed to talk to Maria, who despite the situation experienced earlier, again helped her. For this reason, she entered the room where Camila was.
When Camila saw her, she became very emotional, so Mirelys begged her not to make a fuss. Because no one could know of her presence there. Obviously, the nurse saw her, but ignoring what had happened, she made no comment.
-How are you feeling? It hurt me a lot that you didn’t tell me you were being brought here,” reproached Mirelys, observing that Camila looked better than when she was at the clinic.
-I couldn’t tell you because Diana brought me here on the sly! I didn’t even know where she was taking me. They took me out in an ambulance, I fell asleep and woke up when they were taking me out of the jet, on the airstrip here at the hacienda.
“And as for how I feel, even though I’m like a prisoner in my own house, I feel great. Just breathing this clean, pure country air makes me feel better,” she said, reaching out to Mirelys to embrace her.
Mirelys leaned over and whispered in her ear to get the nurse out of there, because she needed to talk to her alone. Immediately, Camila demanded the nurse to go out to the garden and to make sure that no one entered the bedroom.
-What is it, daughter? Why so much mystery? -Camila asked anxiously as the nurse came out.
-I need your help. I know that mommy and I owe you a lot of money, but if we don’t make some urgent payments, we will be left without the vineyards and without the importer,” she explained quickly, keeping an eye on the door, in case someone came in.
-How much do you need? Pass me some paper and a pencil that are on the bedside table. Mirelys did not answer but walked quickly, took the notebook, the pencil and handed it to Camila.
-This is the combination to the safe that is in the mansion, in Rafael’s office, in the upper part. All my jewelry is there, because I withdrew it from the bank months ago,” she said.
“There is also cash, take what you need and let me know, because most of it belongs to Rafael and I want to be prepared for when I wonder what I did with it,” she added.
“You can dispose of some bonds that are in my name, you are going to go to the Bank directly with the manager. Have her call me here at the hacienda because I don’t know what happened with my cell phone,” she finished.
-Thank you, Mommy! I knew I could count on you. As soon as we get over this situation, I swear I will pay you back every last dollar you have lent me,” she exclaimed, being surprised by Diana, who came in at that moment.
-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? -Diana shouted, out of her mind, detailing Mirelys’ hands and snatching from them, the notebook that her mother had given her, with the number of combinations of the safe.
“I thought so! This was your game, wasn’t it? Since you are broke, you wanted to tie up my brother, so that he would solve the financial problems for you and your mother! -Diana ordered, making the security personnel come in and take her out.
-How dare you treat Mirelys like that? -Camila shouted, trying to get out of bed, despite her disability.
-Don’t you see, mom? They, what they are looking for is to take advantage of you, if they haven’t already done so.
They don’t have the capacity to pay, they lost everything and they must sell everything they have to get out of the serious situation they live in, because they are embezzlers and spendthrifts,” Diana affirmed.
-That is false, Camila! -lied Mirelys, trying to free herself from the hands of the watchman who was holding her.
-Give me that notebook, Diana! Or I swear, I’ll get up from here! -Camila threatened.
At that moment, Rafael arrived at the hacienda with Sofia, they were holding hands and happy. Hearing the scandal, he went to his mother’s bedroom, where he stopped in his tracks when he saw Mirelys, dressed as a man, wearing a cap with a visor on her head.
-What are you doing here, Mirelys? I warned you very clearly that I didn’t want you in my hacienda,” said Rafael, angrily and with a withering look at Mirelys.
She, restrained by the hacienda’s security personnel, did not answer, since she was astonished and furious to see Rafael arriving holding hands with Sofia, who was wet like him.
-And who is she? -asked Camila, looking at her with disdain.
-My wife and the mother of my children,” he answered, worried, without looking to see if anyone else was listening, because this was something he wanted to tell personally to his triplets, with Sofia.
-How so? -You can’t have married someone without my permission,” her mother added angrily.
-How are you determined to prefer Mirelys, you’ll go with her!
-Just a moment, brother! -Mom gave her the combination to our safe at the mansion. I guess so she can get hold of everything we have in there, kept under security.
Don’t even think of letting her in and change the combination immediately, before she leaves here, because we don’t know if she photographed it with her cell phone,” said Diana, looking angrily at her.
-You’re right! I’m going to call Leonel to do it at once -Rafael wasted no time and taking Sofia out of the room so she wouldn’t continue witnessing such an aberrant situation with her mother, he called his assistant and gave instructions.
At the end of the call, he took Sofia by the hand again, apologized to her and asked her to change so that she would not catch a cold. He also asked her to meet him on the terrace after lunch, since he wanted to talk to the children there, and he wanted to do it with his aunt Anastasia and Estefania, who were present.
He, without considering those who were there, kissed her and accompanied her to the foot of the stairs, where he watched, proudly, the woman he chose to join his life. Then he walked back to his mother’s room and telephoned the housekeeper of the house he had bought for her in Ciudad La Rosa.
When she answered, he ordered her to prepare the house to receive his mother. He hung up the call and went to inform Camila of his decision. From now on, the mansion will be his and Sofia’s main house in Ciudad La Rosa and he will make some renovations to it.
After this, Rafael called the captain of his ship and ordered him to prepare a return trip to the city in an hour at the most. Thus, he arranged everything and took his mother and the daughter of his great friend, Mirelys, out of the hacienda.
They were furious, and they were in a rage, protesting and cursing him for the way he had treated them, as well as astonished when they remembered what he had confessed about the woman he was holding in his hand…