Micaela looks at the photo, Olivia smiles but can’t help the sadness in the corner of her eyes….
Halfway through, she turns and falls into Carlos’ arms, her head buried in the crook of his shoulder.
-Carlos, Olivia’s gone…. It’s time for the deal between her and Yolanda…. How could Leonardo let her go, how could he let him go, when he was so in love with Alba on her birthday yesterday…?
Micaela’s voice was choked with a sob that made Carlos’ heart ache, and he squeezed her arm, stroking her long hair with one hand and asking rhetorically in her ear.
-Don’t you know why she left?
Micaela raised her tear-soaked eyes to his and said for a long time.
-Knowing that Olivia doesn’t want to make things difficult for Leonardo and doesn’t want him to leave the Pinto family for her?
Olivia makes Micaela even more annoyed by being so condescending…..
Carlos kissed the tear stains on her face.
-That Leonardo keeps tying her up is also going to make things difficult for Olivia, Yolanda is not going to get over this and they are going to have a lot of problems later on when they force themselves to be together, they have reached a point where they have to take a step back.
So Leonardo is getting carried away with Olivia as well….
Thinking about the things Yolanda has done, the extreme methods, Micaela can’t help but get scared….
Carlos rested his chin on her forehead and asked her.
-Do you think they’re going to finish just like that?
Micaela shakes her head.
-I can’t believe it!
They obviously love each other very much…
-I don’t believe it either, you have to keep calm and not let Olivia down.
Leonardo is not the same Leonardo he was a long time ago and Carlos thinks he has his plans.
Micaela understands that maybe this separation is for a long life together, but she is still sad and approaches Carlos to hug him tightly.
-Carlos, let’s never be separated!
Every time he moves away and doesn’t see him for a day, it feels so long….
Carlos tightens his arms and gathers the thin blankets before turning the air conditioning to the right degree to kiss his forehead.
-Of course, we’ll never be separated.
He had always been a man of strategy, but in Micaela there was also fear of the unknown, so the more he cherished every second he spent with Micaela, whenever he could get away, even if it was for a brief midday meeting, he didn’t miss it.
Micaela picks up the phone again and responds to Olivia with the message.
-I will miss you, you miss me too, take care of yourself and we will wait for your triumphant return.
Olivia, back in Deboma Nation, answered Micaela with a big yes, but she stood in the sun and cried her eyes out….
She didn’t miss Leonardo, she didn’t miss all her friends, she didn’t know she could be so hard-hearted that she wouldn’t even let herself be carried away by Leonardo and go off alone….
She was afraid she would faint from crying in his arms. She couldn’t keep making things difficult for Leonardo, she had to get out.
Olivia bowed her head and looked up at the blue sky, still unable to stop the tears.
What if, what if…
It was morning and she had not finished her sentence, she wanted to say then, Leonardo, if you meet someone more suitable, don’t wait for me….
But he couldn’t say it, what he wanted to say was:
-Leonardo, wait for me, when I have learned my art and made a name for myself in the world of make-up, so that your mother will not discriminate against me, then I will marry you properly. You’re not allowed to like other women, you’re not allowed to go on blind dates, you’re not allowed to look at other girls….
But the wait with no return date, and the fear that even if she made it, her mother would still not want her, left her without the strength to say so….
No agreement, no vows, just a silent departure….
Reaching out, she caressed the pendant she wore around her neck, Yolanda’s agreement for her to be clean and not take anything with her, and this, the only thing she wore that had to do with him, she couldn’t bear to take it off….
Leave it all to fate, if one’s fate with Leonardo is not so superficial….
-Hello, Olivia?
The familiar male voice in her ears conveyed unmistakable excitement, and Olivia blinked a couple of times with blurry, watery eyes before she could see the tall man in front of her, full of arousal.
-Daniel…
…
Ernesto is in the kitchen preparing dinner, humming a little tune.
Alba must have been very, very happy yesterday, but she didn’t even forget about him, and not only didn’t forget, she said yes to his proposal!
Ernesto was full of joy and thought it was a good sign that he was going to report back to Carlos later to make him happy too.
Perhaps it was the lack of previous memories that prevented him from forgetting it instead?
Spoke with Dr. Wade today and he said that although the odds are against it, he can’t rule it out, there is no obvious pattern to the mental disorder issue?
That was a blessing in disguise, what does it matter if they forget how they met and fell in love, they just find each other and fall in love again, and he made it, and she said yes to his proposal….
Looking around the living room for the umpteenth time, the girl had been sitting cross-legged on the couch reading a comic book, occasionally raising her hand to look at the ring on her hand, smiling charmingly….
Huh, why isn’t this here?
The only thing on the couch was the comic book she had just read, and her phone had been left on the coffee table. Maybe it had gone to her room, and Ernesto didn’t think much of it; chowder was her favorite, and it was important that it was piping hot.
Since she was with herself, her already perfect cooking skills were even better. He used to think about satisfying his own stomach, but now he thinks about satisfying his wife’s….
Suddenly, Ernesto despises himself again, since Alba came into his life, he only thinks about her! Everything revolves around her, and he still thinks that he doesn’t love her enough…
That’s why, on her birthday, he meticulously planned the birthday party, he wanted to let her know that he loved her, that he loved her to the bone, even if his heart was also worried, that she would turn around and forget about him, he still wanted to do it, he wanted to make her the happiest woman in the world, what she envied, he wanted to give her….
I used to laugh at Carlos, he’s like an iceberg, he can really warm up like that for Micaela, it turns out that love can indeed change a person….
As for the changes, the biggest one is Leonardito, who used to be a pure bum, but Olivia has taken him under her wing.
Unfortunately…
The news that Olivia was gone was communicated to them by Alba this afternoon, and they all talked to each other among the girls, one mourning the loss.
She also felt quite sorry for the two people who loved each other so much and how painful it was to be separated, she didn’t need to imagine it, she was there all day without Alba by her side.
Put out the fire, pour the soup and take it to the table in case the clumsy one came to help later and burned herself.
Ernesto wondered why Alba hadn’t come out yet, after having jumped two dishes in one swift movement.
She used to be very active at meals.
Taking out the fried food as well, he went to the room, no one was there, he turned around and found the door open….
Alba couldn’t go out without talking to herself, it was dark, where was she going?
Ernesto’s heart immediately rose with uneasiness….
He had been scared and every time a bad feeling arose in his heart that she had forgotten him again, it basically came true….
Her cell phone was on the coffee table and she didn’t have it with her….
She had been seen reading comics on the couch earlier, so she must not have gone far.
Ernesto grabbed the door and looked all the way to the subway garage, Alba’s car was not there….
Ernesto’s heart was tormented by how this girl could forget about him without saying a word, catching him off guard every time!
Quickly pulling out his cell phone, he called Micaela, who picked up a few moments later and Ernesto immediately asked.
-Micaela, is Alba coming?
-No!