-Alba, what’s wrong?
Micaela finished removing her makeup and, to Alba’s anxious and disbelieving face, stood up and looked at the ipad in her hand.
Alba went back for a moment and the headline that had just been there had disappeared, as if, the whole thing had never been there, but she saw it for what it was!
-Micaela, I just saw a news headline that said Antonio slept with Adriana and was caught by Katarina! But I clicked and it told me that the connection had been deleted.
Micaela surprised herself by picking up the ipad and flipping it up and down, Eric also approached curious, indeed, there was nothing, all the hot topics of the moment….
-Can’t it be that you’re seeing it wrong?
wondered Micaela as Alba spoke with conviction.
-There’s no doubt about it! I see it clearly.
Eric frowned.
-What’s Adriana’s idea here? Trying to use a scandal like this to get back on track?
Micaela was a little anxious to see to what extent Alba was sure that Antonio and Adriana were together and Katarina had seen them with her own eyes?
And what else?
She hurried to pick up her cell phone to call Katarina.
Alba was also anxious and gritted her teeth in exasperation.
-Don’t provoke Katarina’s father at this time when he’s getting worse…. Adriana is a real psychopath! She should be locked up and not coming out, but when she does come out, she’s always looking for trouble! Don’t drag Katarina’s husband to your own death! Or has Katarina been lied to all this time, Antonio is a bastard who is worse than a dog?
The phone was passed around and not answered for a long time.
Micaela was undeterred and continued calling without getting an answer….
The crew was gathering the filming material and Eric looked at the person crossing the room.
-Mr. Mancebo, are you coming to pick up Alba?
Ernesto throws a dose of eye candy at Eric, trying to sneak out and surprise his girlfriend, which is ruined by Eric!
Alba turns unconsciously as Ernesto plants himself in front of her, pulling a bouquet of roses out from behind her, with an ungainly, evil grin in his eyes and an extraordinarily affectionate tone on his lips.
-My dear bride has worked hard, come home with me!
Alba was slightly taken aback, vaguely familiar with the image, thinking that she must have been given flowers before, and took them with a smile, only, thinking of Katarina, she kept looking anxiously at Micaela.
Micaela, who was still talking on the phone with Katarina, unconsciously looked back and did not see Carlos….
-Micaela, Carlos is in a bit of a hurry and asked me to take you to Barrio Fanslan first, he’ll be back when he’s done.
Ernesto takes the floor.
Eric suddenly reacted and looked at Micaela.
-Micaela, Miss Carballo’s story is nine times more true than it should be! Mr. Aguayo must have arranged for the news to be taken down! No one but him could have taken down the news that was trending. I think it has been up for a while and someone must have taken a screenshot of it. It takes a lot of effort and connections to block news and Mr. Franco obviously doesn’t have the power to do that yet….
Micaela drops her hands and the phone is never answered?
Carlos is complying with Antonio?
Micaela is relieved to have him to deal with…..
Ernesto is puzzled, what’s wrong, Antonio?
Alba carried the flowers in one hand and walked to the car with Micaela in the other.
-Let’s go back and talk on the way.
Come back in the middle of the day.
-Eric, we’re going to work late tonight, we’re not going to work tomorrow morning, are we?
Eric nodded and went after him with a worried look on his face.
-Yes, get some rest and come tomorrow afternoon, Micaela, let me know if there is any progress, Miss Carballo I also hold in high esteem, and she is a cousin of our Mr. Sarmiento, don’t make serious trouble for yourself!
Micaela nodded her head, also with mixed feelings.
Ernesto opened the door and Alba and Micaela climbed into the back seat together.
Back at Barrio Fanslan, Ernesto listened to Alba’s story about the hot search and said, with a frown.
-There’s some kind of misunderstanding here, isn’t there?
Alba clenched her fists in fury.
-There had better be!
Accompanying Micaela upstairs, Alba stayed a while longer before the two of them left.
Micaela washed up and sat on her bed, thinking about calling Carlos, when the phone came in first.
I can’t believe it’s Katarina!
Micaela picked it up in a hurry.
-Ka…
-Micaela… can I come and stay at your place tonight?
Katarina’s voice was tinged with sobs.
Micaela was quick to agree.
-Yes, you can, where are you?
-At your door…
Micaela ran down the stairs and opened the door, where Katarina stood outside with red, puffy eyes.
-Micaela…
Katarina’s eyes filled with tears at the sight of her and Micaela looked distraught as she hurried her inside and sat down on the couch.
-Katarina, what’s going on? That thing, is it true?
Micaela asked cautiously, and Katarina’s tears fell even harder, with an expression of disconsolation that made Micaela feel extraordinarily distressed.
-I won’t ask, I won’t ask, stay in peace for now?
Micaela hurried to take out paper to wipe her tears.
-I don’t want to go home and I don’t want to go to the hospital, I’m afraid they’ll see him in front of my parents, I’ve always trusted him so much, why, lie to me like this….
Micaela’s heart stuttered, still in disbelief.
-Katarina, what have you seen with your own eyes? Is it possible that all this is Adriana’s deliberate design? Her intention before has always been to get to Marcos through your husband?
Katarina shook her head and burst into tears.
-Micaela, Antonio went to her house!
His home?
-I saw him sleeping in Adriana’s room with my own eyes and I know it was Adriana who deliberately arranged it, she sent me the text message to go there, but why would Antonio go there? Why would he go to Adriana’s house? I was getting more and more uneasy about the rumors about her, but again and again I chose to believe her. If there was really nothing going on between them, why did Adriana have frequent opportunities to get close to him? She lied to me when she told me she was working late at the office a few hours ago…. Whatever the reason, he’s going to fall in love with Adriana, it’s a fact that he gave Adriana a chance….
The moment she pushed the door and saw Antonio sleeping in Adriana’s bed, an image she would never forget in her life….
Katarina rested her head on Micaela’s shoulder and felt nothing but heartbreaking pain, the recent spate of events was going to crush her….
Micaela, also with red eyes, explained anxiously.
-Katarina, Antonio must have something in his hands that Adriana has pinched, I heard her threaten Antonio with this myself….
Katarina looks at Micaela.
-But why didn’t he tell me? Am I not worthy of his trust at the moment of truth?
Micaela looked at Katarina for a moment, her eyes, full of tears, she could still see that they were full of despair….
Katarina rested her head on Micaela’s shoulder and closed her eyes.
-I’m so sleepy and tired, Micaela, I want to sleep….
Micaela hurried to help her up the stairs and settled her down to sleep in what used to be Alba’s room.
Katarina got tired of crying and fell asleep, her face still sad and anguished.
Carlos was heading for the stairs when he saw Micaela appear at the bottom of the stairs, he approached her, took her in his arms and asked her in a low voice.
-Why aren’t you asleep yet?
It’s almost 12:00…
Micaela tilts her head to look at him.
-Carlos, Katarina is coming, she just got to bed….
Carlos raised an eyebrow and paused in his stride, looking towards the side bedroom door, without speaking, and escorted Micaela directly back to the master bedroom, closing the door behind him before looking at the figure in his arms and whispering.
-One at a time, they’re using this as sanctuary.
Micaela froze a little and reacted suddenly, before Olivia and Leonardo had an argument between them and also ran here in the middle of the night, Alba too, every time she forgot about Ernesto, she definitely came back here….
Micaela bites her lip and looks at Carlos.
-I’m glad you trust me and need me.
Sincerely Micaela…
Carlos squeezed her arms and held her even tighter in his.
Micaela asked as she rested her cheek on his chest and listened to the strong beating of his heart.
-You helped Antonio with the aftermath, didn’t you? Is it true that Antonio really got involved with Adriana?