But is it really too late?
Anlandana and Yakydiza are a hundred thousand kilometers away, and before they can board the plane, which takes four hours to take off, Natalia has already begun her long-planned hypnosis project.
At four o’clock in the morning, the time was right and everything was going as she expected.
They returned home and installed Carlos in the VIP room of the Edelbrock Hospital, where sophisticated instruments were constantly monitoring Carlos’ awakening.
Carlos’ accelerated breathing, pulse, heartbeat and increasingly furrowed brow were signs that he was in a state of impending wakefulness, and Natalia, who had been awake all night, saw that her chance had finally come and lit the censer.
Victor and Mateo had also been keeping watch. Seeing that old Victor could stand no more, Diego urged them to go and rest, but neither of them wanted to leave, squinting and dozing against the sofa. Seeing Natalia stirring, they immediately got up and approached, and seeing her light the censer, they both took out their masks and put them on.
The incense is colorless and odorless and will disturb the nerves, leaving the mind of the hypnotized person blank and at the mercy of the hypnotist.
There was another person in the room, Amy.
Carlos promised Natalia to let Amy out, but Amy’s life was even harder when she emerged from what had been inside. Carlos had a vendetta against her, he dared to help Natalia against the girls, he dared to put a gun to her head, he dared to let her out and she couldn’t get along in any circle. Now, Natalia is back and the first thing he does is to get her back.
They all gathered around the bed.
Carlos’ consciousness goes back to the road where he was chasing the girl, watching the car fall into the sea, his own jump down, looking for the girl in the water, his heart racing, watching the car as someone pulled his feet….
There’s an ambush in the water!
Someone wants to kill him!
Carlos’ fists clenched, a cold sweat was trickling down his forehead, it was anxiety, his mind was racing with thoughts, analyzing who could be the one dragging him, couldn’t the girl be in that car, when suddenly he felt a surge of relief in his body, as if something had been forced into his brain….
A voice like a heavenly sound came out from
-Yes Carlos, relax, you are safe now, people you care about are safe, the air around you is warm and your heart is soft….
After a long string of soothing words to lower her guard, Carlos placed her on the outside of the comforter and her hand, clenched into a fist, slowly loosened….
Natalia, observing Carlos’ subtle expression, said slowly.
-Carlos, I am Natalia, the woman you loved the most, you lost part of your memory when you threw yourself into the sea to save me, you came from Salamentro, we met in the business world, we worked together in Teladia, we admired and loved each other and we were ready to get married.
He paused before continuing.
-Now, Carlos, remember what I told you, the woman you love most is Natalia, and all the memories you have in your head of the person you love are with me, no other woman, no modeling career whatsoever, let alone remembering all about Salamonsa…..
Victor and Matthew held their breath as they saw how Carlos frowned again….
As long as Carlos forgets about Micaela, he will never think about going to Salamonsa, and the “contract” inside him will never be activated. …
Diego, for his part, is in an extraordinarily heavy mood.
When he returned to Teladia, he didn’t have a moment to spare. He went to the Phoenix Court and the Peking Court, ordered the maids to put away everything related to Micaela and told the girls and Wu’s mother not to mention the word “Micaela” in front of Carlos. The maids were puzzled, but did not dare to ask a single question, as Diego, who was normally very close to them, was so cold.
Then he gave the order to remove all the news and posters about Micaela on the Internet, in the streets and on public roads, and to no longer allow the broadcasting of all the programs in which Micaela had appeared, and in ten hours, with the skill and efficiency of the Aguayo Group, Teladia was as clean as if Micaela had never existed….
Natalia, after repeating the hypnosis again, with her heart racing, asked.
-Carlos, tell me, who is the woman you love the most?
Diego’s heart skipped a beat.
Carlos frowned and spoke in a dry voice.
-Micaela…
Diego’s heart aches a lot, both sad and moved….
Matthew blushed, what a deeply loving man Carlos was, but that woman would have killed you!
Natalia quietly waved the censer as more greenish white smoke came out, then repeated what she had said before and asked again.
-Carlos, tell me, who is the woman you love the most?
Carlos frowned even more and, after a moment’s pause, answered.
-Micaela…
Natalia took a deep breath and softened her tone.
-Carlos, you’re wrong, it’s Natalia.
Carlos shook his head slightly and spoke in a soft but clear tone.
-It’s Micaela…
Diego clenches his fists tightly, his eyes are suffocating and he really wants to stop this….
Mr. Carlos doesn’t want to forget Miss Micaela, even if he is hypnotized….
But if they don’t forget her, Mr. Carlos will definitely leave with Miss Micaela, and will he really have to die in Salamonsa because of the “pact”?
And if they take Miss Micaela out of Salamonsa, it means that Miss Micaela will die?
It is obvious that they were born for each other, why do they have to suffer so much torment? Is it the best place for them when heaven is separated and each one occupies a corner of the earth?
Victor spun around in his seat furious, he could not stand by and watch Carlos go to Salamonsa to die, it was an ominous country, a country you wanted to run away from, your mother had barely got you out of there, how you had to gamble your life for a woman!
Natalia looked at Amy, who took out a syringe filled with a pale black potion from a drawer.
Diego took her hand.
-What’s wrong?
Natalia forced herself to take the syringe.
-An aid to hypnosis, don’t worry, as long as no one brings up in front of him anyone who shouldn’t be brought up, the drug is practically a nullity.
Diego looked anxiously at Mateo and Victor, neither of them stopped her, and Diego was startled, so they all knew beforehand that Natalia had prepared that medicine?
-Diego, I’m the one who is going to marry Carlos and have children to grow old with, how am I going to hurt him, what do you have to worry about?
-You!
Diego is furious, holding his breath in his chest, which is driving him crazy….
Natalia injected that medicine into the dropper.
Shortly after injecting the potion, Carlos’s frown loosened.
Natalia uttered the hypnotic words for the third time, in the gentlest of voices, before asking.
-Carlos, tell me, who is the woman you love the most?
Carlos’ eyes remained closed and, after a while, his cold voice sounded without the slightest warmth.
-It’s Natalia.