Katarina and Olivia were so anxious to see Ernesto take Alba, that they wanted to accompany them and stay and talk to Micaela….
Tomas picked up his cell phone and was about to speak when suddenly Carlos’ voice was heard:
-When was Tomas’ son born?
Tomas replied unconsciously:
-A little over two hours….
Carlos’ soft laughter came from the other side of the phone.
-Tomas, your son has yet to call my son ‘brother’.
Tomas’ heart skipped a beat at the sound of his laughter, actually just smiling in front of Micaela….
Everyone, however, was a little surprised by what Carlos had to say, and Leonardo asked.
-Carlos, your son…
Carlos answered directly.
-My son was born twelve hours ago.
In other words, only ten hours ahead of Tomas?
The group was stunned, how could it be such a coincidence?
Katarina asked curiously.
-Micaela, you’re way ahead of schedule, aren’t you.
The email she sent earlier, which everyone read, said she was more than 8 months pregnant then….
Micaela’s voice came in, somewhat anxious.
-Yes, more than twenty days early, is Alba going to prepare for the birth?
-Already, don’t worry….
Leonardo put his arm around Olivia, looked at Tomas and Bianca and let out a giggle:
-Tomas your son was twenty days late, Carlos’ was twenty days early, and he was very, very doomed Carlos is still Carlos!
Antonio snorted, nodded and said with a serious face:
-That’s right, your children, all of you, will call my son brother.
He said, looking at Katarina next to him, who smiled back, indeed, his son was the eldest….
Tomas looked at the crowd, turned off the speaker, put it to his ear and turned around to leave.
Some people in the room also knew that, perhaps between the two brothers, there was something they could not conveniently hear and did not follow them out.
Bianca looked aggrieved.
-I haven’t spoken to Micaela yet…..
Nangong Li looked at her grandson in her arms and said cheerfully:
-It’s good to know that Micaela is still well, there will be plenty of opportunities to talk to her later, so what’s the hurry, right? My eldest grandson.
Outside, Tomas stands in front of the hallway window with a night view of the hospital.
-Brother, you’ve been away from Teladia for so long that Grandpa has asked several times?
Carlos’ voice cleared for a few moments.
-There’s no need to hide it, just tell him I’m going to Salamonsa. I won’t come back if I can’t bring Micaela back properly.
Tomas’ heart sank hard, then reacted with a jolt….
Micaela?
-Tomas, I have recovered my memory and Diego has told me everything, I will forget Micaela and he is the one who deserves the most credit for having been separated from her for so long.
Have you recovered your memory?
Tomas didn’t mind being shocked and was quick to say:
-Brother, grandfather is doing it for your own good, you are going to Salamonsa and you cannot stay there for more than three months…..
Carlos, however, interrupted him, raising his voice:
-This I know. Tomas, I don’t need you to help me plan my life, that’s not what I want…..
Suddenly there was a busy signal on the phone, a call coming from Carlos’ side, and he cut it short:
-This is not my number, so don’t call again and I’ll get back to you.
With that said, the phone hung up on the other end.
Tomas clenched his fists, a little anxious, he just knew that this step, good or bad for his grandfather, would once again stall relations with Carlos….
Now the issue is that he has been in Salamonsa for almost a month, and he knows that Micaela’s -contract- is that he cannot leave Salamonsa!
He wouldn’t come back if he couldn’t bring Micaela back properly….
Carlos’ words echoed in his ears, and Tomas was sure that he had just interrupted himself on purpose. Did he know that the only antidote against the -contract- she was dragging was not to leave Salamonsa?
Tomas, increasingly annoyed, looked at Alba’s cell phone, which was stuck in his hand, and tried to return the call….
Carlos said he would get in touch, so he would get in touch, and he repressed his mixed emotions as he made his way to the living room.
Leonardo and Olivia, Katarina and Antonio left the room just in time and decided to go to the maternity ward to check on Alba, each looking happy to have made contact with Carlos and Micaela, they greeted Tomas and left.
The thought of his wife and children in the ward lifted Tomas’ spirits, and he became a father with a new identity….
At that moment, as soon as his son came out, he ran in to see Bianca and simply told her.
-Bianca, I work hard….
His charming wife looked at him and said:
-It’s not hard, we’ll have another one next year.
What a way to move Tomas….
Back in the living room, Bianca is sitting on the bed eating dinner with a small table leaning against the bed, her son is awake and her mother-in-law is giving her sugar water….
Nangong Li stood beside his grandson without raising his head, muttering:
-Why is my eldest grandson so smart, he knows how to eat this…?
Lord Dear gave a stern look to this Nangongli, whose IQ has dropped since he has been a grandfather, and looked at Charles White and said:
-Tomas, your dinner is on the table?
Thomas walked over to the table, picked up his own food, put it on Dearest’s little table and placed it there, sat on the edge of the bed, face to face with her, looking at her with love in his eyes.
-I’m going to eat with Bianca.
Bianca pouted and accused:
-I didn’t even get to talk to Micaela before you took the phone away from me!
Tomas brought the soup over to her, took the spoon and stirred it gently so it would cool quickly, offering to admit his mistake:
-I made a mistake, but Carlos said he would keep in touch, so don’t worry.
Bianca then stopped counting and took Tomas’s favorite dish from his plate and put it in his bowl, her mouth full of joy.
-What a coincidence that Micaela, Alba and the three of us were born together in time?
Tomas nods his head.
-I thought that finally Carlos and Micaela’s baby was going to call our son brother, but it turns out that my great-nephew was as strong as Carlos and grabbed the birth first.
Thinking about his great-nephew, whom he has yet to meet, makes Tomas feel a little happier…. Don’t be so pessimistic, Carlos and Micaela are so in love, there has to be a way to be together against all odds….
Bianca laughs.
-It’s clear that your son was lazy and insisted on waiting for his brother to be born before he was born, right? I can’t believe it’s ten hours earlier….
Tomas reached out and gently stroked her cheek.
-I wonder who said it’s better to have the baby later, it’s easier to carry it in the belly.
The couple laughed and argued quietly, and the room was warm and harmonious.
At the other end of the maternity ward, Ernesto has been pacing up and down the hallway for two hours, moment to moment, extraordinarily nervous and restless.
Antonio, who had approached, sat down on the chair opposite Querida with his arm around her and said:
-It’s still early, calm down.
Ernesto was immediately disgusted.
-Were you calm when Querida had the baby?
Antonio quietens down meekly, well, halfway, he almost didn’t wreck the hospital then….
It was eleven o’clock and Olivia, a pregnant woman, yawned so often that Ernesto saw it and said:
-Leonardito, Antonio, take your Darling to rest, do not stay here with me, come tomorrow.
Olivia wanted to wait here, Leonardo did not let her and pulled her out with force.
It turned out that Olivia was very sleepy after her pregnancy and said she would not come back, but ended up falling asleep in the car.
When they got home, Leonardo pulled the car into the garage, then went around to the passenger side, carefully put her down, carried her to her room and put her in bed, where she still wasn’t about to wake up.
Leonardo kissed her sweet red lips and whispered a lazy little piggy.
Olivia, however, opened her eyes in a trance and murmured.
-Leonardo…
-Hmm?
-Will you be disappointed when they all have sons and I’m the only one with a daughter?
Leonardo almost laughed out loud and gently stroked her forehead.
-Silly, I dream of having a daughter, a daughter as lovely and charming as you, I wouldn’t be too happy if you gave me ten more daughters.
Olivia woke up fully and pushed him away as soon as she could.
-You take me for a pig, ten daughters, and you go off to find someone else to have them.
Leonardo pulled her into his arms, pressed her forehead against his and whispered:
-Only not, only to have… with you.
Then he kissed her hard on the lips…