Before Micaela had time to digest what Carlos had heard her say, she saw him frown and immediately sit up, reaching out to take Mike from her arms.
-‘Twelve pounds of weight,’ you’re not allowed to hold him.
Mike let out a rare laugh as he suddenly found himself in his father’s arms, waving his little hands with extra delight….
Micaela got up, looked at Carlos who was in pretty good shape and whose lips had regained their original color, sat on the edge of the bed, reached out and hugged him, resting her head in the crook of his neck and crying tears of joy….
-Oooh Carlos you’re awake at last….
A moment ago, I was crying from sadness and despair, but now, I’m happy beyond words, it’s the difference between hell and heaven….
Carlos placed Mike on top of the comforter, raised his right hand, which had no IV, and gently rubbed his head, whispering in his ear:
-Dear, are you talking as if I’ve been in a coma for years and, if I remember correctly, it hasn’t ended today? Her instinct told her that it had only been one day, and looking out the window, besides, it wasn’t dark….
Micaela’s head rubbed against the back of Carlos’ neck, her arms around him, her eyes closed, but she couldn’t stop the tears from sliding down her face, her heart full of joy at the prospect of survival.
-Today is the end of the world for me Carlos, I’m even willing to go and stay with you if you don’t wake up?
Carlos’ heart clenched and he put his arms around her, his cheek pressed against her hair and his muzzle full of affection.
-Good girl, don’t cry, who said ‘my life is yours’ eh? How dare I die without your permission?
With the familiar low voice in her ear, Micaela finally realized it was all real and not a figment of her imagination, and she looked up, stroking his cheek with her hands, tears still in her eyes, and asked restlessly:
-Carlos, do you feel uncomfortable? Dizzy? I’ll call the doctor ….
She said she was about to get up and leave, but Carlos grabbed her left arm and frowned, his eyes resting on her wrist, where a layer of white gauze enveloped….
Micaela was a little vain and tried to pull her hand away, but he held it tightly…..
-Carlos, I’m fine, it’s a slight wound, it has healed….
-Did you feed me your blood?
Carlos tilted his head slightly and looked at the standing girl, although it was an interrogative sentence, his heart was unmistakably sure….
It turned out that what was flowing out of his mouth and making him feel warm was actually the girl’s blood…..
With a jerk, he pulled her back into his arms and hugged her tightly again….
Poor woman, she must have been terrified at that moment….
Even though he knew the girl loved him, he was still surprised by her movement….
Carlos’ heart was soft, he had already given her all his love, but he was still dying to love her a little more, a little more, so he could reciprocate….
Micaela glanced uneasily at Mike, who was lying between the two of them, and found him squinting to sleep, one hand still holding Carlos’ hospital gown….
-Micaela, you saved my life…..
He could be sure that the girl’s blood, had bought him precious time, and once again he marveled at the magic of fate, that the poison Nilson fed her, had repeatedly protected the girl while saving his own life….
-Carlos, is it really my blood that’s to blame?” asked Micaela, looking up in some disbelief.
Carlos’ mouth lifted in a malevolent smile and his eyes rested on her chest.
-More than that, perhaps Mike’s ‘rations’ are to blame as well?
The woman blushed instantly, remembering what she had said when she woke up, and asked again:
-And did you hear what I said while you were unconscious?
Carlos kissed away the tears that had not yet dried on her face and explained:
-Yes, I couldn’t open my eyes but I kept a thread of consciousness, I heard everything you said, that toxin takes time to dissolve, the serum was injected too late so the effect was late, if your blood hadn’t delayed the spread of the snake venom then….
Micaela kissed him hastily on the lips, she didn’t want to hear that horrible if…..
The two just lip to lip, looking at each other, their eyes are full of joy, no need to live and die apart, can still kiss like that now, feel each other’s breath, there is no greater happiness than this….
Halfway through, the woman blushed sweetly and straightened up.
-Carlos, we’d better call a doctor to come and check you….
Instead, the living room door was pushed open and Lluvia’s exasperated voice was heard:
-I told you, I’m not “other”, I’m not just the doctor here, I’m Moya’s friend! I delivered her son, and if you stop me again, I’ll have Moya fire you immediately…..
Lluvia’s voice stopped dead in its tracks as she looked at Carlos, who was sitting up in the hospital bed, and Moya, who had just gotten up….
She had been in the operating room all day and had just come out when she heard the nurses talking about the subject of the “City Lord” of Echave City. He had bitten her and scared her into coming to his ward….
Lluvia was a little overwhelmed, it was clear that she had just bumped into the doctor attending Carlos and asked him about the situation and the director sighed and said that the Great Spirit could do nothing….
But, but what was wrong with Carlos, who was sitting in a hospital bed, with his oxygen mask removed and apparently in good spirits?
The porter who wanted to get Rain out also paused….
An hour earlier another specialist had come out, saying there was nothing more to do, and this time, Mr. Aguayo was sitting there politely?
Micaela was surprised to see Lluvia in a white gown. She had given birth to her daughter Estela just a week before her, and at that moment she had just come out of labor.
Mike was already asleep and Carlos put him to sleep next to his pillow and looked at his bodyguard and ordered him:
-Go get the doctor. The two bodyguards nodded in fright and left.
Micaela also approached and took his hand.
-Lluvia, why are you starting work now? Lluvia didn’t have the courage to answer the question, still with her head full of questions, looking back and forth between Micaela and Carlos with the slightest hint of doubt in her muzzle.
-It’s not April Fool’s Day, it’s my son-in-law’s full moon, at the hospital they’re talking about your husband being bitten by a ‘Toxic King’, what’s wrong with them…?
Micaela hurried to explain:
-Luvia, Carlos did get bitten by a snake, he just went around the corner…..
Lluvia looked at Carlos again, he was in such a state that it didn’t look like he had been bitten by a “Toxic King”, it was the first time she had heard of a snake bite that took two hours to get to the hospital and turned out to be safe….
Carlos looked at the needle stuck in his hand and looked at the girl.
-Micaela, how is Diego?
While he was unconscious he heard the girl’s voice but only her voice, how Nilson answered him he had no idea, all his consciousness at that moment was focused on the girl’s voice….
Micaela was about to answer when the door to the room burst open again and a group of people entered, the first of which was Nicolas….