Katarina wailed, feeling sore all over her body, she was very tired and wanted to sleep, her dreams were full of Antonio and his deep voice in her ears.
-Do you need to find something better? Hmm?
-Katarina told me?
Her stomach was hungry, her brain sent a message, Katarina lifted her heavy eyelids to see Antonio close by?
-Katarina, answer me in….
Katarina then reacted to see that it wasn’t the voice of a dream she had just heard, it was him asking again, for I don’t know how many times?
Oooh, that joke was big….
-No, don’t wear a tall one, I didn’t think of wearing a tall one, I swear…..
Katarina’s voice was hoarse and her eyes were full of pleading.
Antonio gave her a peck and a kiss on the cheek, ignoring her pleas, and continued.
-So, am I the best?
Katarina is in tears, this is so shy, how to say?
Antonio’s mouth was a smile of triumph and his hands were moving more and more boldly.
-It seems that Katarina thinks I am not enough, I have to prove it again….
-Antonio…
Antonio blocked her lips directly…
True to what he thought before, with the first time they would be countless, and now that he had broken that last line of defense, he could no longer avoid being near her….
With his anxious movements, Katarina’s consciousness became more and more disoriented, unable to resist, when the cell phone on the table suddenly rang, the ring tone specially set for the exclusive ringer of the hospital nurses!
A caregiver wouldn’t call her if there was nothing wrong, something must have happened to her father!
Before Katarina could push him away, Antonio had already stood up quickly and grabbed his cell phone with a sharp movement.
The nurse’s anxious voice came through the microphone.
-Miss, your father has suddenly taken a turn for the worse and has been taken to the emergency room, you and Mr. Antonio should come quickly…..
Katarina was in shock, she had been in the hospital with her father recently, just today, today she was planning to visit Olivia and pay her back that unpaid money, there was only one day left and her father’s condition had worsened….
She was panicking, not knowing what to do first, when Antonio took her by the shoulders and told her in a calm and reassuring voice.
-Katarina, don’t panic, dad will be fine.
With that, he went to the closet and pulled out her new clothes and helped her put them on.
Katarina blushed for a moment, but she didn’t care anymore, if it wasn’t for him, she would have been even slower to get her hands dirty….
After helping to tidy up Katarina, Antonio collected himself in two or three passes, grabbed her purse, took her cell phone and even casually fixed her long hair before quickly leading her outside with one hand.
Looking at his tall figure and the large palm that held his hand firmly, Katarina felt that she and Antonio were different again because of this intimacy….
The two hurried to the hospital and Katarina was surprised to see her mother, Marisa Rasgado, sitting on a stool outside the emergency room, her face full of anxiety.
She nervously pulled away from Antonio’s hand and ran to her, taking a seat next to Marisa and grabbing her mother’s hand.
-Mom, what are you doing here?
Marisa had always been frail and weak, and rarely went out. Her father didn’t want her to go to the hospital for fear she would get sick.
Instead, Marisa reached out and hugged her daughter, shedding two hot tears.
-Katarina, why didn’t you tell me when something so big happened? If I hadn’t come today and happened to come across your father being wheeled into resuscitation, how long were you going to keep it from Mom?
Katarina’s eyes were red too.
-Mom, dad will be fine, I just don’t want you to worry…..
Marisa was crying, blaming her own health for making her daughter carry everything on her own….
Antonio watched the mother and daughter hug and cry, frowning….
Turning to look at the emergency room door with overwhelming emotions….
Soon after, the emergency room door opened and the doctor announced that Kimberly’s life was not in danger for the time being, as she had been revived in time.
All three breathed a sigh of relief.
It was dark when Kimberly awoke, and seeing Marisa’s red eyes on the edge of the bed, she guessed that she knew everything after all.
Marisa was heartbroken and angry to see her husband awake, tears streaming down.
-Kimberly, why are you lying to me like this? I’ve done you enough wrong in my life, and you want me to hold a grudge against you for the rest of my life?
Kimberly reached up and took her wife’s hand in hers.
-Marisa, after half a lifetime of talking to you, you haven’t wronged me?
Katarina’s eyes turned red again and Antonio put his arm around Katarina and returned to the family room next door, leaving room for their feelings to be told.
Katarina was depressed, although she had prepared herself psychologically, knowing that her father’s life was being consumed with each resuscitation, she still feared the farewell, and now that her mother knew, she was already in poor health, and Katarina was even more afraid….
Heartbroken, Antonio took her in his arms and hugged her tightly as Katarina naturally wrapped her arms around his waist.
Thin lips kissed her forehead reassuringly.
-Katarina, Mom accompanying Dad on his last journey will be a bit of atonement for both of them, don’t think too much about it, it was all ordained by God.
-Antonio, I’m afraid mom won’t be able to take him….
This is her greatest worry…
-She will try to go on, we have to believe her, can we create the illusion that dad is healthy and alive for the rest of our lives?
Yes, that’s not going to happen….
Antonio lifted her chin and gave her two pecks on her red lips, his voice muffled for a few moments.
-It’s been a hard day, go rest for a while, I’ll have dinner brought to you for later with mom and dad.
Katarina’s pale face flushed slightly as she looked at Antonio and whispered.
-Antonio, thanks to you…..
Antonio squeezed her arms, a little in vain, wanting to protect her from the rain, fearing, like him, that the biggest storm of her life would be the one he would bring…..
The cell phone rang in my pocket, and I reluctantly let go of the soft body in my arms and pulled out the phone, it was my father Ye Xingxue.
With a frown, he signaled Katarina to go rest and watched her lie down obediently before pushing the bedroom door and leaving.
-Hello, daddy.
-Oh Antonio, doesn’t the old man of the week have long to live?
-Don’t talk nonsense, it’s not true!
Efrain Franco is a little unhappy.
-Antonio, you’re not spending time with him and not letting him die, as your mother used to say, are you? Don’t forget that I’m your father!
Antonio looked around, the silent hallway was empty, and headed for the elevator, his voice deliberately low.
-Dad, the Franco family is flourishing now, you should be satisfied…