While Lorena was doing her homework, her phone suddenly rang. Lorena grabbed her phone and saw that she got a call from Professor Chico. She took that call right away.
“Hello, Lorena!” said Professor Chico.
“Hello, Professor Chico!” said Lorena.
“How are you?” Professor Chico wanted to know how Lorena’s condition was before he conveyed information about Professor Vega being pregnant with Alberto’s child. Because he wanted to convince himself of that, Lorena was ready to receive information from him regarding Professor Vega’s pregnancy. Indeed, the information from him was important and could shake Lorena’s feelings.
“What’s wrong, Professor? You call me rarely. I guess there’s some important information that you want to say.” Lorena was confused because suddenly Professor Chico called. In fact, Professor Chico rarely calls Lorena. He only calls if there is really important information. Usually, Professor Chico only sent messages to Lorena.
“Wow, Lorena! You’re really impatient. It seems that you can’t wait any longer,” Professor Chico teased.
“Can’t wait for what, Professor?” Lorena was confused by Professor Chico’s words, especially the words “You can’t wait anymore.” Lorena was irritated about something. What did Professor Chico want to say? That’s what Lorena thought because Professor Chico said that.
“You can’t wait anymore for me to immediately inform you about the thing thay I want to inform. At first, I wanted to make small talk with you so you won’t be surprised when I tell you this information.” Actually, Professor Chico was really impatient to tell her that.
“What’s the information, Professor?” Lorena was curious about what Professor Chico wanted to say. She was certain that the information this time was critical to her. Professor Chico rarely informed Lorena about information that was not important to her.
What important thing did Professor Chico want to talk about? Is it about Lorena’s grades? Lorena’s grades are good. Are these about Lorena’s responsibilities to Professor Chico? Lorena was not taught by Professor Chico.
“Actually…” Therefore, Professor Chico wanted to say what he was thinking. His words were cut off in the middle of his sentence because he was so pity to Lorena.
He was afraid that Lorena would feel sad. How about if Lorena felt sad when she talked about it? How about if Lorena was shocked and couldn’t accept the fact that she knew about it? As a result, Professor Chico intended to retract his words and canceled his plan to say what he wanted to say.
“No problem! I just missed you and I wanted to know about your condition. So, I think I should end the call now.” Professor Chico tried to cover up what really happened with the excuse that he missed Lorena.
“Why, Professor Chico?” Lorena, who was already curious about what Professor Chico wanted to say, immediately asked what he wanted to say.
“I’m afraid that you will feel sad, disappointed, stressed, and depressed.” Professor Chico answered.
“It’s okay. Just say it!” Lorena asked Professor Chico to say what he wanted to say because she was already feeling very curious.
Lorena’s request made Professor Chico feel forced. Like it or not, Professor Chico had to say it. Because if not, Lorena will continue to force him, and Professor Chico will not be able to dodge, which means that in the end, Professor Chico must obey and tell what happened.
“Actually, Professor Vega is pregnant with Alberto.” Professor Chico’s words made Lorena feel that her life was ruined. Lorena was very shocked. Lorena’s heart was beating really fast. Her face was pale.
“Oh…” Her mouth was trembling. Her hands, as well as her mouth, were trembling as she held the phone. Lorena’s fingers felt cold.
“Professor Vega is expecting a child.” Lorena said it with trepidation in her voice. She couldn’t believe that would be true. She desired that information, which is incorrect.
“Yes.” Professor Chico nodded his head.
“Thank you for the information!” Lorena immediately thanked him for hiding her sadness.
“You’re welcome.”
“Besides that, I also want to apologize. I’m sorry, Lorena!” Professor Chico’s sudden apology made Lorena panic.
Why did Professor Chico suddenly apologize? Did Professor Chico do something wrong? Lorena thought. As Lorena knew, Professor Chico had nothing wrong with her.
“I have to inform you of this because I want you to be prepared in case you break up with Alberto. I don’t want you to be disappointed, shocked, stressed, and depressed when you are suddenly dumped by that bastard Alberto! I’m also sorry for only now informing you about Vega’s pregnancy, and they actually have an affair! I noticed they were having sex at the time. That’s why, when you asked where Professor Vega was, my face went pale and I fell silent. I feel pity with you, Lorena.” Professor Chico immediately apologized.
“You already know about that, right?” Professor Chico was really sure that Lorena already knew that because Lorena had not asked about their affair earlier.
“Yes, I know it.” Lorena replied quickly.
“Oh. Luckily, you already know! Forgive me! I didn’t say that at that time. I’m just saying that now because I feel pity for you,” complained Professor Chico.
“It’s okay. It’s not your fault.” For Lorena, it’s not Professor Chico’s fault. It’s her fault that she has loved Alberto too deeply.
Lorena’s words immediately calmed Professor Chico. After that, Professor Chico thanked Lorena for understanding the situation at that time.
“Oh, all right. By the way, where are you? I plan to go to your house because I want to calm your feelings first.” Professor Chico immediately asked Lorena’s whereabouts, because he knew Lorena’s psyche was broken and her mental illness was serious.
Professor Chico also knew that Lorena was feeling very stressed and needed someone to calm her down. Because of that, Professor Chico felt that it was important to meet Lorena and calm her down.
“No need! I still want to be alone.” Lorena really wanted to spend some time alone. She wanted so badly to lie down on her bed and cry with her face covered by the pillow. She wanted to cry for as long as possible until her feelings calmed down.
“Are you sure?” Professor Chico doubted that Lorena could solve the problem herself.
“Yes, I’m sure!” Lorena nodded slowly.
“But I’m worried. I…” Professor Chico was very worried about Lorena’s conditions, but Lorena immediately ended the call.
Lorena’s defense to become strong was destroyed. Lorena immediately cried alone in the room.
“Alberto, why would you have the heart to betray me? Why do you have the heart to leave me? What did I do wrong, Alberto?” Lorena sighed in her heart.
A moment later, Lorena remembered that Alberto had said the reason he was dissatisfied with me.
“Is it because I can’t satisfy you? So you have to cheat on me! Why? Is that really important to you?” Lorena complained again in her heart.
“Indeed, it’s my fault because I rarely accept his requests to have sex, but is it because of such a small matter that he can have an affair?” Why?” Lorena asked herself as if she knew the answer.
“That’s enough! It’s my fault. I should have been able to satisfy him,” Lorena lamented in her heart.
“But, my position can’t be like this either. I have to break up with Alberto so I can be free from him. I don’t know if I want to be alone or not. It’s up to me, but the biggest chance is I’ll be alone because I’m traumatized by love.”