Nicolas’ eyes rose again with intense gratitude.
Carlos was truly the best of his three children. He is grateful to Patricia and the family who raised Carlos so well.
A half-hearted nod.
-Let’s eat, the food will get cold later.
He said and got up and stood up.
Micaela was still stunned by Carlos’ words:
-I don’t need to be a hero, I just want to be able to be with Micaela like normal people.
Everything he did, he did just for her?
Why should I be willing?
His other words echo in my ears….
Yes, Carlos is arrogant and Nicolas has done nothing to be a father, so why should Carlos be asked?
But Carlos didn’t hesitate to say yes?
Carlos looked at the little girl next to him with her head down, reached over, gently touched her forehead and whispered:
-Dear, don’t get carried away, what he said was ‘In Salamonsa, I am Carlos Division, I am still Carlos outside of Salamonsa, besides, you are in Salamonsa, or in Moya still….
Nicolas, who was standing at the end of the table, naturally heard him and smiled.
-Carlos, Moya, I have no intention of making things difficult for you, you are only dual citizens, if in the future you want to live in the Obregon family, I will be happy to do so, if not, I will not force you, Carlos is my Obregon family blood, Patricia is the woman I love the most. I must do you justice, I cannot leave you like this and have you disappear in Salamonsa.
After a pause, Nicolas’ tone is somewhat sad.
-It is my obsession, Patricia and Carlos, both should have been under my wing but both were lost, I am only looking for the realization that I want, to make this life, a little less pitiful.
During dinner, Nicolas took the initiative to ask about the progress of Carlos’ investigation.
Carlos helped the girl next to him with the food and said right away:
-Our initial research on Salamonsa’s water, air and plants has revealed nothing so far, perhaps the equipment is not advanced enough, and arrangements are already being made for better equipment to arrive.
Nicolas nodded, remembering the tea he had just asked about, and could not bear to throw cold water on it; these things too had been studied by Salamonsa’s technicians, and nothing at all had been found….
Although Carlos had promised Nicolas that they would be “father and son”, he was still “Mr. Nicolas”, and in Nicolas’s eyes a slight disappointment was reflected, but he said nothing….
After dinner, Carlos went home and Nicolas immediately got down to work with the press conference.
The car drove smoothly in the direction of home.
Carlos’ expression was very calm, still holding the girl’s hand with one hand, his thin lips pursed, thinking that the agreement reached with Nicolas was the biggest gain, and that with his help, the collaboration with Nilson would be in a big way, without worries.
Micaela looked out the window at the receding landscape and became engrossed, knowing the story of Aunt Patricia and Mr. Nicolas, she was a little saddened and suddenly remembering something, Micaela looked at Carlos and asked him
-Carlos, is there, is there anything you have not said? Aunt Patricia, happy or not that question?
Carlos was not surprised that the girl noticed that she was different then, with how well she was hiding, she would have noticed in the end….
Deep eyes looked at her and corrected:
-Girl, it’s ‘our mommy’.
Micaela’s little face blushes and she meekly compromises.
-Well, our mother…..
Carlos hooked the corners of his lips in satisfaction, squeezed her little hand and sighed:
-Micaela, you’re the one with a bug in my head.
Then he looked at her again.
-Get ready, what I’m about to say will make your heart ache for my father.
Heartbroken for Matthew?
Micaela was a little curious when Carlos’ deep voice rang out:
-My dad he, probably for the rest of his life, never touched my mom.
What, what…
She knew, of course, what Carlos meant by “touching,” but how could that be, and where had Tomas gotten it from?
-They always slept in separate rooms, although later, when she admitted to loving my father, she continued to sleep in separate rooms. My mother supposedly offered, out of guilt, to give him the lineage that belonged to her by IVF, that IVF baby, Tomas….
Micaela covers her mouth in disbelief….
-I found out about all this when I saw the medical reports in my mother’s belongings, before I couldn’t understand why, my parents slept in separate rooms and were always polite in their behavior, now I know….
Carlos looks ahead attentively.
-His love was clean and pure, a love for one person in his life, all of it given to Nicolas, and he could no longer give himself to my father. He looked at my father with the love of a relative, the love of a loved one, perhaps also the love of a man and a woman, but he never could with Nicolas.
After a pause, she continues:
-But my father loved her, respected her, loved her enough to be willing to stay away from her for the rest of his life, even after she had been dead for more than ten years, and he never took another wife.
My mother knew of his intense love and so when my mother returned Salamonsa insisted on coming back because there was no place for her here anymore and because, as Mateo was waiting for him, she was coming back to be with him, even if it meant being a respectful couple for the rest of her life, she would insist on it until the end.
If my mother and Nicolas hadn’t had that episode, I think she would have fallen in love with Matthew….
Carlos was right, Micaela was really heartbroken, so heartbroken that she couldn’t keep the tears from falling, Patricia’s impeccable love, Matthew’s patience and dedication, all that moved her….
But what also brought tears to her eyes was Carlos….
He was cold and indifferent to everyone but her, but he was also very kind and good, and it was clear he felt nothing for Nicolas, but he didn’t say it out loud….
Because he knew that Patricia wouldn’t want Nicolas to know, and he knew that Nicolas, who was still in love with Katarina, would die of guilt if he knew that Patricia had spent her whole life as his wife, while he had married and had children after saying that she was the woman he loved most!
Patricia is dead, and Nicolas is alive and kicking, in a position of power and with a huge responsibility on his shoulders, so Carlos is more interested in him leaving that past relationship behind, the past, and looking his wife and children in the face….
Although Carlos has been away from Salamentro for many years, he still respects Mateo and although he knows he is not his real father, he still refers to him as my father….
Micaela thought about all this with really mixed emotions and looked at Carlos with love in her eyes….
The car pulled into the family garage, Carlos parked the car, unbuckled his seat belt and approached her, gently wiping the tears from her cheeks, his deep eyes equally full of affection.
-Girl, my love is pure too, and I will only love you for the rest of my life.