Carlos’s brow furrowed slightly and he took it, not rushing to turn it over.
Diego handed over another small, precious blue box in a sealed clear bag and said.
-I found three hidden compartments on the shelf, one of which was empty and I don’t know what was in it, one of the other two contained a map, and this one, which I didn’t get to open.
Charles went over to it and took it out, the box was exquisitely plain, a small square box about a dozen inches wide, wrapped in beautiful blue velvet silk on the outside, with a brilliant gemstone set in the center of the box’s surface, worth a lot of money at a glance….
It contained, I believe, something of an ornamental kind.
Carlos sat in the leather chair behind his desk and turned the box over, without opening it.
Diego spoke with deliberation.
-What you asked me to find out earlier, how many people from Salamonsa are in Anlandana, so far, the ones that can be explicitly traced and whose identities have been revealed are all women, five in all.
On the bright side, that means there are still untraceables, like the mother, for example, and her Micaela, who has a new identity recognized in Anlandana and has erased the records of where….
Diego paused before continuing.
-They all died because of various accidents.
Carlos’ heart sank, these people, I think grandfather also checked them out….
It’s all dead…
Carlos’ fists clenched.
Halfway through, he said.
-Continue.
-I checked the death records and three of these people died from various traffic accidents and two from taking poison.
Carlos closes his eyes and takes his poison….
I’m afraid it wasn’t poison taken, but, like Patricia, she had been poisoned long ago and died of it when the time came….
What kind of mysterious country is Salamonsa….
And could it be that her Micaela, the one who gave Carlos chills on his feet, could be a carrier of such a poison?
Just the thought of the possibility made Carlos’ heart clench tightly and he couldn’t breathe a breath….
Diego’s voice rang out.
-I also found a man, a man who is alive and well and who could perhaps be the stepping stone to your desire to enter Salamonsa, quite unexpectedly, the man, you know him too.
Carlos raised his eyes to look at him.
Diego said.
-That guy, that’s Moses.
Moses, who has never announced himself to the public as a mix between Fracimon Nation, and some country, turns out to be Salamonsa?
Carlos’ breathing went crazy and he stood up.
He remembers very well that Micaela told him that during the first ride with him in Fracimon Nation, Moses told him that the smell he was carrying, was familiar to him!
At the time Carlos, like Micaela, thought it was a ploy by Moses to flirt, but it turns out it wasn’t….
So, Moses and Micaela, most likely, knew each other as children in Salamonsa!
Carlos’ heart skipped a beat, after all that time researching, he felt we were finally getting somewhere!
This is a great leap forward.
Tomorrow Micaela is leaving for Fracimon Nation and he has organized his own trip to Fracimon Nation….
Suddenly, Carlos is once again amazed at how fate works, that every person who appears in your life is not always by chance, but has its role.
He didn’t know what to do next when Micaela suddenly headed to Clearwater’s residence, which led him to the study, to a clue, and then to the revelation that Moses was from Salamonsa, and that he and Micaela, were somehow connected!
He sat up and opened the folder that Diego had put together….
Micaela woke up after barely an hour of sleep and touched the place next to her, cool, Carlos didn’t sleep here.
It must have been after she fell asleep when he got up and went to take care of things.
-I don’t feel comfortable without supervising your sleep.
Carlos’ words echoing in her ears before going to bed made Micaela cover her face, it’s addictive to be caressed like this….
After washing up in the bathroom, Micaela was about to go out to look for Carlos when she saw the light on her cell phone, which she had put aside.
Carlos absolutely silences his phone every time he goes to bed….
When he picked up the phone, it was Alba calling, and he hurried to pick it up.
-Micaela, do you have an idea for your design yet? Tomorrow I’m leaving for Fracimon Nation and I’m really afraid I won’t be able to finish it as promised….
Alba’s voice revealed a note of anxiety.
Micaela was about to speak when Ernesto’s voice came on the other end of the line, seemingly next to Alba’s.
-Don’t worry, inspiration is something like that, you don’t go looking for it, it comes to you, maybe if you go to Fracimon Nation tomorrow you’ll come up with an idea….
After letting Ernesto say everything he wanted to say, Micaela kept quiet and listened to what Alba was saying to the person next to her.
-Go away and leave me alone with Micaela.
-Alba, I am sure you can make it to the finals!
Ernesto’s voice is full of confidence.
-Is that so? Are you so sure?
There was some wariness in Alba’s voice, but Micaela could still hear her, and the anxiety in her voice calmed considerably.
What Ernesto says now also carries a lot of weight for Alba, and even without the memories of the past, she still trusts Ernesto from her bones?
-Alba, I trust you too. Don’t be scared, calm down, you can do it!
Alba’s voice was much more cheerful listening to her.
-With Micaela’s confidence, I feel less discouraged.
Ernesto again over there grabbed credit from me too and was unceremoniously kicked out by Alba.
The corners of Micaela’s mouth lifted involuntarily as she listened to their banter; these two were truly a perfect match.
-Micaela, is Olivia still going to leave Leonardo? The bastard doesn’t look like he’s going to leave Olivia alone for real.
Micaela’s smile relaxed and she told Alba about the arrangement with Olivia and Yolanda, and Alba burst into sighs of relief as Micaela thought of Carlos’ words and said them in their original form.
-Olivia and Leonardo will definitely be together, maybe not now, but later, and don’t worry about that.
Alba had seen Leonardo’s firmness in the morning, and she was convinced, but she said many bad things about Yolanda before she felt more relieved, and then she asked.
-Micaela, Katarina and her husband, this should be a done deal by now, right?
Micaela paused, a blush rose on her face, this too was unknown to her?
In fact, it became.
In one of the main bedrooms of the Zhou family villa, the thick curtains were down and it was four o’clock in the afternoon, but the room was too dark to tell the exact time.
Katarina is lying on her side with bare shoulders, sleeping soundly, and Anthony is facing her, his eyes full of tenderness, stroking her cheek gently with one hand.
Guilt and a strong feeling of happiness hit him together….
Possessing her, he has no regrets.