Micaela thought it would be a good idea to go ask Katarina, Antonio and Adriana what was going on, there must be some kind of misunderstanding…..
The campaign was shot on time and both Eric and the brand were very happy with it.
Micaela finished removing her make-up and changed, it was about eleven o’clock.
She and Bianca arranged to meet in front of the hospitalization unit and Alba left immediately with Micaela in her car.
Micaela was so armed that you couldn’t see her face, with her hat, sunglasses and mask.
Arriving at the hospital, a glance at Bianca brought the three of them together.
Micaela shook herself thinking that Bianca did not know that Alba was face-blind or that she had forgotten Ernesto and suddenly asked how to explain….
Alba, however, suddenly covered her stomach and looked around.
-Oh no, I’m afraid the words in the car just expired, my stomach hurts! No, I have to go to the bathroom first, you go up first, I’ll go up after!
Micaela looked worried all of a sudden.
-Does it matter? Do you want me to take you to the doctor first?
Alba always keeps snacks in her car, but in fact she rarely used to drive her own car, which was much warmer, and the packet of plums had probably been left to spoil for a long time, and Micaela, not being fond of snacks, didn’t eat them….
Bianca also spoke with concern.
-Yes, it’s easy to get to the hospital anyway.
Alba shook her head and looked for the bathroom sign.
-No, if you really want to see a doctor, you’ll have to finish going to the bathroom! -You guys go upstairs, I’ll come later!
With that, he hurried toward the instructions on the wall.
Bianca carries a basket of fruit in one hand and takes Micaela’s hand in the other to the elevator.
The Vip resident patient side is less crowded and the elevators are not overcrowded.
Micaela pressed on to the sixteenth floor, having been here before, she naturally remembered.
With just the two of them in the elevator, Bianca asked.
-Micaela, have you seen the news this morning, Katarina’s husband doesn’t really have an illicit relationship with that Adriana, does he?
Micaela shakes her head firmly.
-No, Antonio loves Katarina very much!
Bianca frowned slightly and spoke.
-Yes, I saw very clearly at Alba’s birthday that he was very precious to Katarina, the way he held her hands and the way he looked at her, he was so full of love that he couldn’t have fooled anyone. …
Micaela caught up with Bianca about Alba’s situation and briefly explained her face blindness, and Ernesto’s scruples, and told her not to mention Ernesto in front of Alba later, to Bianca’s amazement….
Alba downstairs is alive again after her bathroom break, thinking about checking all the snacks in the car to see if they have all expired….
Entering the elevator, she thinks for a moment and presses the button for the fifteenth floor….
In the room, Ernesto is lying on the hospital bed, his right hand holding his cell phone, flipping through the photo album on his phone, in which he has recorded all the moments with Alba. Looking at the photos of a smiling Alba is the only pastime he likes to do….
Then he opens the App again.
Micaela will also sneak in recent photos of Alba in the next few days…
Looking at the person in the photo, Ernesto’s heart pounded a little, it had only been five days, but it seemed to him that he had not seen her in half a lifetime, only five days had passed, the girl was thinner, her chin was even sharper, wasn’t she used to eating other people’s food?
The feeling of longing overwhelmed him…..
He calculated that he couldn’t hold out until he was completely healed before going to see her, and if he went to see her with his arm dangling after being discharged from the hospital, would it affect his handsome image?
Micaela said she had turned Miguel down and liked the engagement ring he had given her, which relieved him; the girl had a conscience, and the next time he pursued her it should be easier than the previous two times, right?
Alba steps out of the elevator and looks down the hallway of the ward, exactly as she remembers it….
-The hospital is really designed like a labyrinth, it feels the same everywhere!
Alba muttered, but, as she remembered, Katarina’s father’s ward was to the right, past ward V16.
Look at the gold numbers placed in the room and find ….
Alba pushed open the door to the room without much thought, thinking for a moment as she did so that perhaps she should have knocked first….
Ernesto, who was sitting against the bed, was already in the habit of looking at the place again, after having watched her in Forest Park, this time….
Looking at the two little red dots on the map, Ernesto wondered if there was something wrong with the positioning, how could she show up with herself?
Hearing the movement of the door opening, he looked up unconsciously and saw, unsuspectingly, the girl on the phone, appearing in the doorway to the living room….
Four eyes…
Ernesto unconsciously turned off the light on his phone and slowly sat up, his heart beating faster….
What’s going on?
Why has she come all of a sudden?
Is she remembering him?
What excuse must he find to clean up the car accident with her?
But her eyes looked as surprised as….
She had never had such mixed emotions in her life, both wishing that she would remember him and spare herself the pain of homesickness, and fearing that if she did, she would blame herself and leave him for the accident….
Alba looked at Ernesto sitting on the hospital bed, dressed in blue and white stripes, a white bandage around his forehead, still it was hard to hide his handsome features, his face was well defined, and his beautiful narrow peach eyes seemed to have a hint of surprise in them….
Heart beating a little faster uncontrollably….
Alba, is this your pace for a sick person?
Halfway through, a familiar image crossed her mind and Alba stepped forward, looking at Ernesto with some excitement and said.
-I’ve seen you before!
Ernesto’s heart sank at these words, she couldn’t remember herself….
With that and as if relieved, he raised an eyebrow.
-Oh?
Look at her without understanding….
Alba took another step forward and spoke excitedly.
-The other day, I came in and ran into your house, you were cooking in the kitchen, your house was beautiful, balloons all over the floor, roses… er!
Alba shut her mouth again, how did that come out…?
A half-hearted apology.
-That, I don’t know how I ended up in your house, I didn’t even think of it myself, I’m sorry….
At that moment I was in a trance…
Ernesto looked at her with fascination, at her vivid expression and wondered if he was dreaming that the person he had been thinking about appeared in front of him by herself without warning….
Only after a long moment did he spit out three words.
-All right…
Alba immediately put aside her embarrassment and assessed him, asking curiously.
-What’s wrong? Does it hurt?
Ernesto nods, calms down and thinks what to do about it?
Looking at his left arm hanging off his chest, and the bandages on his head, and the intravenous drip coming out of his right hand, Alba felt like she had a negative IQ, what a shitty question….
-Is he badly hurt?
Alba finished the question and, once again, bit her tongue….
-It’s not serious, a minor injury.
Ernesto said hurriedly, looking at the animated person in front of him and not wanting to look away….
The cell phone in her purse suddenly rang, interrupting what Alba was about to say. Unconsciously, she pulled it out and it was Micaela, who had seen her delay in coming upstairs and called to ask.
Without much thought, she turned slightly and picked up, and Micaela’s voice came on.
-Alba, how are you? Are you still in pain?
-No, no, no, no, I’ll be right up, which room is on which floor?
Alba asked, unconsciously brushing her head to look at the handsome man in the hospital bed, seeing his inquiring eyes on her and brushing again hurriedly…..
-He’s on the 16th floor, room 15!
Alba froze slightly as she entered room 16 on the 15th floor…