At this time, Micaela was playing with the children at the orphanage. The children loved her and all gathered around her.
Mario ran to Micaela and asked her curiously:
-Micaela, where is the handsome guy who came with you last time?
The children around him were also interested in his question:
-Yes, Micaela, then why didn’t the handsome uncle come with you?
Micaela asked curiously:
-Did you miss him?
-Yes! That handsome guy doesn’t even smile at us, only at you, but I can feel that he really likes us.
-Mom Principal also said that that handsome man donated us lots and lots of money to do well in school.
…
“Is he only smiling at me?”
Micaela blushed slightly and, after a moment’s thought, replied:
-Next time I’ll bring it, okay?
-Great!
The children cheered, but Micaela suddenly regretted it.
“He’s so busy lately, I shouldn’t have taken the liberty of saying yes to the children’s invitation for him…”
Micaela pulled out her phone and saw that it was Ana.
“She should be at work at this time, why is she calling me at this hour?”
Micaela was quick to tell the children:
-I have a call!
-Is it from the handsome uncle?
-I want to talk to the handsome uncle!
The children said excitedly.
Micaela’s face was full of embarrassment.
“Why was Carlos suddenly so powerfully popular?”
-No, it’s from a former colleague of mine.
The director had already finished the task at hand and took it upon herself to lead the children elsewhere to play.
Micaela picked up the phone and, before she could say anything, Ana’s voice came first in an anxious tone.
-Micaela, what’s going on? What’s with that Miss Athens on TV?
Micaela did not have time to answer before the voice of another colleague came on the phone.
-Yes, it’s clear that you are the GarzaBlanca grand finale model, why do you say it’s her?
-Is this woman trying to impersonate you?
…
“What are you talking about?”
-What are you talking about?….
-Micaela, don’t you know yet? -Asked Ana surprised, and then said anxiously-, Go see it live, out of nowhere a Miss Athens, wearing the same dress you were wearing in the first place, is giving a press conference saying she is the woman for the GarzaBlanca grand finale!
Hearing this, Micaela went to her room and turned on the TV just in time to see a reporter asking the following question:
-Miss Athens, why did you have to wear a mask the day you paraded down the catwalk?
Amelia, who was sitting in the center of the room, smiled and said:
-It was a request from the company, to add to the mystery.
The top of the screen showed many comments from the Internet:
-That’s indeed her then, look at her dress, it’s the same as the day on stage!
-How beautiful! Finally, I waited for you to show up.
-Mystique is fantastic, I love it!
…
Ana’s voice came through the phone.
-Micaela, you don’t know about this either?
-I really don’t know…
“Eric said he would announce it tomorrow at the signing? Why would Amelia come out of nowhere and say that?”
-This is outrageous! -How could she, as a lady of the Athens Group, do something like that? Micaela, don’t worry, I’ll teach her a lesson! I’m going to expose her live right now! -said Ana angrily, and immediately someone echoed.
-Yes, I’m coming too!
-Me too!
Micaela was so surprised that they hung up the phone before she could say anything.
“Ana is so uncalm! I have to ask Eric!”
Micaela was a little anxious to call, but the phone rang right away.
It was Carlos.
Micaela answered immediately:
-Carlos …
-Micaela, don’t be nervous -Carlos calmed Micaela down.
“He must know by now!”
-The driver is still there, isn’t he?
Micaela looked at the car parked outside:
-Yes.
-Tell him to take you to the office, I’ll wait here.
-But I’m afraid it’s too late, Ana is taking Nubcancion’s colleagues to the live site ….
-All right, let them make a scene.
“Oh? What do you mean?”
-Babe, come here first.
Micaela blushed a little when she heard that.
“It sounded like she was cajoling a child!”-Micaela blushed.
Without listening to Micaela’s response, Carlos added:
-Do what I tell you, okay?
-I’ve got it, I’ll be right there.
Micaela accepted and hung up the phone with some haste.
After a brief goodbye to the doctor and the children, Micaela got into her car and headed straight to Carlos’ office.
As soon as Diego saw Micaela on the first floor, he led her to the elevator.
-Diego, do you know what’s going on?
Diego said with a smile:
-Miss Noboa, don’t worry, all the Boss has arranged it for you.
The elevator doors opened and Micaela followed Diego to Carlos’s office, actually there were several people inside….
***
Brillantella’s press conference scene.
Amelia smiled smugly. Everything was going according to plan, she found out just in time those morning publications and it seemed that the army of trolls was very helpful, public opinion was all on one side.
Amelia was relieved to have one more conclusion and it would be perfect, now that she was number one in the headlines, she would get what she wanted, very soon …
-Miss Athens, why your reception was only attended by you and a few models, where are Mr. Sarmiento and Mr. Eric? -A journalist suddenly asked.
Amelia frowned slightly and looked at Katarina, who was standing on the second floor.
“Didn’t Katarina say she had organized everything, so why weren’t any of the most important people in the company there?”
-May I ask if this press conference was approved by Brillantella?
-On behalf of Brillantella, or on your own behalf?
-WhiteGarza said she would sign off on the grand finale girl, why hasn’t she done so so far?
Amelia was overwhelmed by the barrage of questions.
“This isn’t the kind of questions from the reporters we hire , is it?”
-This gentleman, Mr. Sarmiento is very busy every day, so he doesn’t need to come in person for such a small matter, and as for Mr. Eric, Amelia is not his model, so we didn’t invite him to attend.
Adriana spoke in an organized manner that left no doubt in the minds of those present.
Amelia looked at Adriana with appreciation.
Adriana continued:
-We held the press conference with the company’s permission of course, as you can see, although Mr. Sarmiento is not here, so much of the staff is here and the venue for this launch was provided by the company …
-She is lying! This woman is not even the grand finale guest in GarzaBlanca.