The red Ferraris lined up in a long line and became the most beautiful sight on the streets of Echave City, a sight to behold and the envy of all married and single women….
The bridal car arrived smoothly at Villa Echave, which was also decorated in a festive manner, with lights and decorations at the front door, everyone was smiling and watching the two groomsmen get off….
Donna Echave, Yerma and Geronimo welcomed them with a smile…
Before going to pick up the bride, they have to pass by the mother-in-law’s house, where, according to Salamonsa’s rules, the groom has to make a promise to the bride’s parents to love and cherish their daughter for the rest of his life and get their consent before he can go up to pick her up.
This will see Yerma, Donna Echave, Geronimo, and his wife all sitting on the living room sofa, even Sonia has finally been rescued to stand behind her parents at the wedding of Micaela and Carlos….
Geronimo has already put aside his jealousy and hatred, Sonia is alone and can’t make any more waves, so she has to keep to herself, and now, looking at the large group of handsome men entering, she can’t help but glance back at Nilson…. who is sitting on the other side of the couch
Nilson’s eyes fall on Carlos….
This man has finally crossed all the barriers to marry Moya and the most incredible thing is that he can sit here in peace and witness their wedding….
Sitting in the upper seat are not only the elders of the Echave family, but also someone who will show up that even Alba doesn’t know: Mateo.
He arrived before dawn.
Before leaving Anlandana, they had agreed that Mateo would not come to Salamonsa, but Ernesto thought better of it and decided against it, since Alba had only one blood relative left, and even if a wedding had to be arranged, now, on this occasion, her own brother had to be there!
So here comes Mateo, sitting in the place of the female family…..
Carlos and Micaela had been through too much, the elders took it all in stride, the tea was toasted, the promises were no more than a necessary formality, still Carlos took the tea brought to him by the maid, bent down, offered it to her with both hands and said sincerely to Yerma:
-Please promise to marry me Moya, for the rest of my life, my wife will be only Moya, to love and care for her for the rest of my life…..
Before Carlos could finish, Yerma was already wiping the tears from her eyes and picked up the tea.
-Well, well, we feel comfortable leaving Moya in your hands, go upstairs and get Moya, she’s waiting for you….
She’s waiting for you…
Carlos’s heart softened at these words, and the girl’s gaze with a few moments of shyness appeared in his mind….
Only a few hours had passed and he already missed her like crazy, but Carlos managed to restrain his longing to see her and, instead of turning away immediately, he looked gratefully at everyone present.
-Thank you grandma, thank you mom, thank you little uncles.
The crowd nodded with growing satisfaction and Donna Echave’s eyes reddened with joy and sorrow….
For his part, Ernesto also followed the custom and offered tea to Mateo.
-Mateo, please, you must marry me to Alba, I have transferred all my assets to her name, I will have nothing without her.
-Wow
All around there were shouts of surprise.
Mateo nodded with satisfaction and sipped his tea, replying dryly:
-Well, I think you are the person in the world who loves her the most, apart from me.
Ernesto’s face was not the same as before, and he gave a serious and deliberate assurance:
-I won’t let you down.
Once they had passed, the two grooms were able to go upstairs to pick up the bride and Diego and Paula delivered the prepared bouquets.
As they received the bouquet, Carlos and Ernesto’s smiles tugged at the corners of their lips, excited to climb the stairs, before meeting the obstacle, oh no, Olivia, at the top of the stairs.
She was wearing a pink dress that covered her pregnant belly well, with light makeup, and she looked so cute it made Leonardo’s heart beat faster, only to see her stretch her arms out, stopping everyone in their tracks, looking at the two groomsmen and saying mischievously:
-If you want to take the bride, you have to go through me first!
Leonardo stifles a laugh from behind, secretly glad that the fun has begun.
Carlos and Ernesto arrived prepared and handed over a large handful of red packets from their pockets.
Olivia accepted the order as it came to her, cheerfully counted the red packets and raised her hand.
-Mr. Carlos can come in, Ernesto can’t!
Carlos immediately approached with a flower in one hand….
Ernesto was dumbfounded, thinking that he had not given enough red packets, and immediately pulled out another large pile.
-Aunt, have mercy and let me through, I appreciate it! -said Olivia as she stuffed all the red envelopes into the small purse she carried at her side:
-Well, to be so sincere…..
The words hadn’t even left her mouth and Ernesto thought he could let them out and was about to flank her when Olivia stood up in a hurry and opened her arms again.
-What’s the hurry, you can’t get hot bean curd in a hurry, you know?
Next, she pulled a folded piece of paper out of her backpack, threw it down, unfolded it and held it up in front of Ernesto.
-I haven’t slept all night and I haven’t even started the list of obstacles I’ve drawn up!
The paper carried a gentle breeze across Ernesto’s face, and in unison with the godfathers, they followed Olivia’s movements, looking from left to right at the sheet of paper, thickly covered with writing….
Leonardo laughs so hard that his intestines become knots…
Surprised at blocking him and not Carlos, Ernesto reacted and turned to Leonardo.
-Leonardito, it was your idea, wasn’t it?
Leonardo whistled and patted him on the shoulder with one hand, complacently.
-As the saying goes, ‘the wife pays the husband,’ how your wife made things difficult for me in the first place, and how can I miss the chance to ‘get even’ when it’s so easy for you to marry.
Ernesto gritted his teeth, pulled his hand away with a look of fire, looked at Olivia and said the most abject words with the bluntest air:
-Please leave me alone…..
Olivia laughed so hard she couldn’t stand and spoke sympathetically:
-OK, for the sake of your good attitude, I’ll spare you…..
Ernesto tried to move forward again and Olivia raised her hand to block him again.
-I’m not done talking, I have ninety-nine options on this paper, you have a good attitude, I’ll spare you to come again and let you draw two for yourself!
Ernesto took a breath of cold air, ninety-nine? Fearing that she really wanted to do it one by one, he hastened to say:
-I’ll take six and sixteen!
Six is Alba’s lucky number, may the little bastard bring her luck…..
Olivia looked at the paper and nodded her head.
-For the 6th, will the groom please recite the ‘New Eight Honors and Eight Shames’.
How?
The groomsmen dazzled again?
Leonardo is so pleased with himself that he wants to take Querida in his arms and kiss her hard right now.
Ernesto felt a pain in his chest.
-You guys are so vindictive!