Carlos loved her nervousness and threw himself on top of her, wrapping his big hands around her and whispering in her ear:
-I’ll go get you something to eat?
-There’s no rice here? Let’s have some rice….
Said the woman anxiously and Carlos kissed her cheek.
-Little fool, you are still recovering, how can you eat just a little white rice, just on the way, I noticed a trap caught a pheasant, still fluttering, I went to pick it up…..
Micaela’s eyes were red and full of emotion.
-No, it’s fine….
-Micaela, do as I tell you.
The commanding words, spoken in a soft tone, made it even more impossible for Micaela to refuse, and half an instant later, she said:
-Then I will go with you….
-Good girl, you’re tired from walking all day, rest well, it’s very dark outside, I’m even more uneasy with you, what if you fall? Trust me, huh?
I feel like I’m shuffling if I go along….
Micaela had to give in a little reluctantly.
-Be careful…
Carlos gave her a kiss on the lips, his mouth full of discretion.
-Dinner will be done when I get back, and if you get bored, clean up our little nest for the night?
Micaela asked, grabbing his shirt from his chest:
-Are we really going to stay here for the night?
Carlos nodded his head.
-Yes, I have everything, you rest.
Micaela was so moved that she didn’t know what to say…..
Carlos let go of the woman, turned around, opened a drawer and looked for them, finding as he expected a candle and a lighter. The light from the candle was dim, and since there were no glass windows in this house, he could not see them without getting closer. After reassuring the girl a few times, he went out and closed the door, disappearing into the darkness a moment later.
Remembering what Carlos had said, the woman picked up her night nook and went over to unpack the suitcases on the bed.
There were two comforters inside, very clean, the keeper should have washed and dried them and put them away. She made the bed, thinking she would have to eat later, and bravely grabbed the cups and plates and picked up the phone and went outside to wash them, took them back inside and poured herself two cups of boiling water to cool them.
Carlos is not back yet, Micaela is a little restless, she sits on the bench, she says to herself don’t be nervous, Carlos will be back soon for sure, she takes her cell phone out of her jacket pocket, still no signal….
She opens the album, it’s full of pictures with Carlos, most of them are of our son, a dozen or so a day….
I miss Mike a lot, I don’t know if he’s crying at this time of day…
Micaela’s heart broke instantly, forcing herself not to think about it, now that she herself could not go back, and then remembering her friends, with whom she used to contact in the evenings and whom she had told all of them last night that today she could take her position as City Master and would call them from her new number, to suddenly disappear, wondering how worried Alba and the others must be….
And Diego, I don’t know what’s going on now either…
But Carlos is the one who is most worried right now. It’s so dark outside, what if he goes out alone and runs into those guys…..
Micaela became uneasy, she opened the door several times but didn’t see his figure, more anxious, but they also know that they shouldn’t go out easily to look for him, in case they lose him, they won’t be able to find their way back here it will be even worse….
-Girl, come out and help.
Carlos’ voice finally came from outside and Micaela opened the door and ran into his arms, hugging him, her voice full of relief:
-Carlos, you’re back at last…..
Carlos had the pheasant in his hand, fearing that his panicked chirping would attract the enemy, and he had already -killed- it over there, when the girl ran headlong towards him and had to pull her hand away.
-Little fool, I’ve only been there for twenty minutes?
Knowing that the girl would be worried, he had used the quickest….
Hands grabbed the chicken can’t hug her, so I had to rub her cheek against the top of her head to appease her, but the incomparable kiss….
Smelling the fresh, familiar scent, Micaela relaxed completely, with a hint of a pout in her tone.
-I feel as if you’ve spent half a century.
Carlos, even more delighted with her words, leaned in, his thin lips sought her ear and whispered:
-Micaela can’t live without me for a minute? Hmm?
The seductive voice made her heart beat a little faster, but her mouth was extra firm.
-Not even for half a minute!
Carlos felt satisfied and sucked gently on her earlobe, thinking it would be nice to have her hair pulled back….
After a while, the two of them walked together to the water fountain at the back of the house, Micaela holding the light of her cell phone and Carlos killing the hen with the knife he had found in the man’s pocket that afternoon….
Carlos’ movements were a little rusty at first, but after a while he became more and more familiar with them, and even skinned the chicken directly and dug a hole in the ground to bury the guts, not forgetting to grab a handful of fallen leaves to cover the tracks, before picking the chicken clean and leading the girl inside.
There was a mincer in the house, so she cut the chicken into small pieces, marinated them in the oil, salt and soy sauce on the table, then washed the rice and added water, put the marinated chicken pieces in, covered them and flicked the switch.
-Okay, Micaela, let’s wait for the chicken and rice.
Micaela, full of emotion, looks at the tall man in front of her in the orange candlelight, her eyes full of admiration.
-Carlos, you are incredible…
Nothing is too much for him…
With a slight smile on his lips, Carlos embraced the human in his arms, smelling her fragrance with immense satisfaction.
-Micaela, I would stay on this mountain for the rest of my life as long as I’m with you.
Micaela’s heart softened and she buried her face in his arms….
-Me too….
Carlos squeezes his arms even tighter and sighs contentedly….
In the middle of the day, Micaela looked at him and asked:
-We talked to Nilson so early about the location, why haven’t we ever run into his people?
An afternoon of people who want to kill them?
Carlos frowned slightly.
-I think the man must have arranged for someone to stop them from going up the hill.
Seeing the girl’s worried expression, Carlos reassured her:
-We can assume that this chase was made by the people of Dragon City and so was he, let’s not forget that he is also the Lord of a city, he will find a way to fix things.
Then Micaela calmed down a little and nodded, believing what he was saying.
The freshly boiled water on the table boiled, Carlos let go of the person in his arms, bent down and took out the bucket under the table, he wanted to go out to get cold water, he pulled the door and saw with a jolt a white light flickering in the bamboo forest not far away….
Micaela, who was following her, also saw it and her heart mentioned it, then more white light flashed and she held Carlos’ arm….
Someone is coming, and by the looks of it, quite a few….
I don’t know if I am friend or foe?
asked Micaela, taking Carlos by the arm:
-Carlos, what do we do, hide outside?
Carlos shook his head, looking at that light also know that there are quite a number of people, that person must have increased manpower, although there is moonlight, but the dense bamboo leaves obscured, there is little difference between with and without, if you do not light the torch, just can not see the road, open, more likely to be caught?
He frowned and said on the spot:
-Girl, go blow out the candles and open the back window, I’ll go in that way later.