Carlos also had red eyes and gripped the girl’s hand tightly….
Nicolas takes a moment to adjust before speaking:
-Every day I regret it more since Patricia left. Patricia could have returned at any time, but she didn’t….
I waited day after day, year after year, until I despaired and finally I couldn’t resist going to see her, but Anlandana was too far away and I had all kinds of obstacles in my way and I couldn’t find her…. Micaela drops another tear and her heart aches….
-Mr. Nicolas, how ridiculous, you are married and have children, who are you to expect her to come back to you?” mocked Carlos coldly.
Nicolas hangs his head….
-Yes, I am not qualified….
After more than a decade she finally came back and came to ask me if I had the antidote for Antinolol, she told me that she was going back to Anlandana, that she wanted to live, that she had a husband who loved her and two children, that I was crazy with jealousy and I imprisoned her and forbade her to return before she told that there was a son, mine….
I finally understood her good intentions back then….
I could imprison her person, but not her heart, and after more than a decade, another man just as good had long since mended Patricia’s heart, and I finally let her go, and she went straight back to Anlandana….
Carlos looked at her heartfelt look of pain, fists clenched tightly, and brushed her eyes….
Micaela’s heart is also extraordinarily heavy, and the story is now clear….
There was a knock at the door and after a moment it was pushed open and the waiter arrived pushing a trolley of food to serve the dishes, set them out and withdrew.
The smell of food lingered in the air, but now no one had an appetite.
Halfway through the meal, Nicolas pulled himself together and looked at Carlos.
-Carlos, is Patricia really happy in Anlandana?
Micaela felt a raw pain in the hand Carlos was holding when his icy voice rang out.
-Happiness. Nicolas exhaled with a confused expression.
-Happiness, happiness is good?
The three men fell into silence, each with something to think about.
Micaela had a vague feeling that Carlos had something to say, but he didn’t say it, and instead used the word “happiness”….
After a long while, Nicolas opened his mouth:
-Carlos, is there anything else you want to ask about Patricia and I? Carlos let go of the girl’s hand a little, frowning slightly, and asked:
-Are my mother’s parents well?
Nicolas nods his head.
-Patricia is survived by her parents to this day, her father who crossed the age of 45, and a bunch of children and grandchildren. Again there was silence for some time before Nicholas remembered something and said:
-By the way, Efraim woke up last night, it doesn’t endanger his life, rest, you don’t have to worry. The shot that Micaela made to Efraim can be a big or small problem, and with Nicolas’ words, it means that it will not be pursued.
-Carlos, I follow you silently since I knew you existed, you are brilliant and I feel immense pride every time I see your news, I have wanted to come and see you more than once….
Carlos looked away, and Nicolas, knowing that he did not want to hear such melodramatic words, turned back after a long pause to say:
-Both the siblings Evangelina and Efraim knew that you could not come to Salamonsa to inherit the office of Lord of the City, but they were still jealous that you, mother and son, had taken too much of my attention and were jealous, and that I had not handled these family relations well, and I promise you that he will not do anything against you again…..
There was a pause and some hesitation, but the question was asked:
-Carlos, it is a fact that he hurt himself intentionally, what do you want to do with him? Micaela was a little surprised, what was to be done with Efraim, that he should ask Carlos?
With the sincerity so evident in his eyes, was it possible that Carlos would say yes to anything she asked him?
At that, Nicolas frowned, struggled a little and lowered his attitude a little more.
-In the end, it is my neglect of duties, although I pay very little attention to the two brothers, but I love them from the bottom of my heart, I see all their excellences in my eyes, but I am only negligent to express it, for so many years, yes I have failed their mother and son….
Carlos, Moya, I have no say in what you want to do with him, but you can…..
Can you be merciful…
Before he could finish the sentence, Carlos looked at him and cut him off, going simply and plainly to the point:
-Mr. Nicolas, let’s open up and say that I can leave your son alone, but there is something I hope you can accept. Nicolas gave him a deep look.
-All right -I want you to assure me that your family, after I leave Salamonsa, will not embarrass Echave City, and even more so my Micaela.