The phrase “you are your own worst enemy” is best exemplified by Natalia….
Alba looked at Natalia, who was as pale as a sheet on the hospital bed, and said slowly:
-It’s probably called ‘self-inflicted’. Along the way, he’s been calculating all sorts of things, and to force Micaela to give up Mr. Carlos, he’s gone out of his way to calculate all his best friends around Micaela, and in the end, he’s gotten himself into a bad situation.
Micaela looks at her best friend next to her and smiles:
-Alba, you don’t really hate her that much anymore, you just asked her why she wouldn’t wake up, and you kind of feel sorry for her, don’t you? You also hope that Natalia will wake up and be the reformed mistress of the house, don’t you?
Without waiting for Alba’s witticism, Micaela immediately said confidently:
-Don’t explain, I know, if you hadn’t gone soft on Natalia you would have just said ‘she deserved it, she deserved to die!
Alba was dumbfounded and, without much enthusiasm, she grabbed his arm and admitted it.
-Micaela, who knows me! But it’s for Javier’s sake that I don’t bother with her.
Natalia had even tried to kill him before, but he had not given up. He had been imprisoned for almost a year and nobody could stand it….
Javier said all this to Micaela’s cell phone yesterday morning after meeting Bianca while they were chasing the wedding car driven by Natalia, a topic they had talked about yesterday afternoon while waiting for the wedding to start…
The truth is that Carlos did not go soft on Javier, and in every word of that phone call he made to himself, he was whispering and pleading for Natalia….
With the matter at hand, Carlos had a decision in mind and looked at Thiago and asked him:
-Dr. Thiago, could you please sit somewhere else and we’ll talk a little bit about something else?
Thiago nodded and the group went to the cafeteria across the street from the hospital and chose a table to sit at.
Carlos gave a detailed account of Salamonsa’s current situation and Nilson’s speculations about the water he had drunk with his brothers in the morning.
Micaela and Alba were nervous to learn that Carlos and Ernesto had also drank the water….
Thiago listened attentively, frowning in amazement at the peculiar phenomenon of the salamonsa….
Had he not come to Salamonsa himself, he would not have known that there was a Salamonsa on Earth that looked so much like Anlandana….
And the “poison” that prevents men from living beyond 45 is even more mind-boggling….
He certainly believed everything Carlos said, and the deliberate international concealment of the existence of the country of Salamonsa was the strongest proof….
Carlos took a sip of his water and asked:
-What does Dr. Thiago have to say?
Thiago pushed up his glasses and looked at Carlos and Ernesto.
-Have you ever suspected that it is genetic? Only men are at risk of not living beyond the age of 45, women are not, and it is very likely that the Y chromosome carries the gene that causes the disease.
Carlos paused slightly, because the data that had been searched showed that there were hardly any obvious genetic aspects in a family, like Yerma’s husband and Geronimo, who were brothers, one of whom had died at 42 and the other was still alive and healthy, and he had not really guessed in that direction….
Thiago analyzes his point of view:
-Inheritance is divided into dominant and invisible, and it can also be intergenerational; just because someone from one generation is well doesn’t mean that the next one will be.
Carlos nodded thoughtfully, which was probably the most direct reason why only men would not live beyond 45….
Thiago reflected some more and said seriously:
-You can’t rule out the idea that because of the water, air and plants here, it causes a mutation in human genes, which in turn is passed on to the next generation, so changing the link between the three could potentially break that genetic inheritance, and solving the current riddle of men not living beyond 45 years of age would require a big data reference vehicle, and also doing the molecular structure of DNA to find a breakthrough.
Carlos and Ernesto nodded as if they saw hope?
Micaela asked nervously:
-So does it make sense for them to drink all that water today?
Thiago nods.
-Of course there is, and as long as it can be shown that keeping people other than those who come to Salamonsa from staying here for more than three months has something to do with the water here, then the hypothesis has just taken another step closer to success.
After a pause, knowing what was worrying Micaela and Alba, he reassured:
-According to the sayings provided by Mr. Carlos, the aliens who had accidents occurred three months later, so they are safe and there will be symptoms of a real heavy metal poisoning, which will be known quickly and the appropriate medication will be administered.
The doctor’s words carried so much weight that they completely reassured Micaela and Alba….
Thiago looks at Carlos and says seriously:
-Mr. Carlos, if you insist on sending me to check on Miss Natalia, there is no need to think about killing her either.
I suggest that Miss Natalia be sent out of Salamonsa first, the medical equipment and medication here lags behind the rest of the country, and there are more specialists in psychiatry far from Salamonsa to give her a better chance of recovery.
Alba asked:
-If he wakes up, will it be the master personality or the second personality? If it is the second personality, will his master personality come back?
Thiago shook his head.
-I’m not sure about that, it all depends on her, and it’s possible that, in the end, both personalities will disappear.
Everyone was silent…..
Meanwhile, the hospital welcomed Thiago, a multifaceted doctor, and enthusiastically invited him to stay and give a day of instruction to this part of the hospital, to which he agreed.
They lingered at the hospital and, after a brief farewell, Carlos and Micaela, Ernesto and Alba returned to Villa Echave to pick up their son.
Yerma asked the group to stay for dinner and they didn’t say no. After dinner, Yerma, Mrs. Echave and Geronimo sat down to talk briefly about their conversation today with Thiago, trying to avoid the delicate words for which they would spit blood….
Familia Echave became extraordinarily excited and Geronimo could not help but blush.
-Oh Carlos, you have been sent from heaven to save Salamonsa, and the situation Salamonsa finds itself in, where everyone has been forced to accept their fate for centuries, and now there is a chance to change it, is truly the best news for all Salamonsa…..
She stood up and leaned towards him.
-I’m sorry, my uncle apologizes for all the previous difficulties and unreasons when he first came to Salamonsa….
Carlos got up hurriedly and crossed the table to help him up.
-My youngest uncle speaks very well of me, I had forgotten about them.
Geronimo admires Carlos’s generosity even more….
Mrs. Echave said the same thing as Nicolas, but, in the affirmative, she said
-Carlos, you will be the hero of Salamonsa.
Carlos shook his head and looked at the girl sitting on the sofa, hugging and interacting with Mike, with warm eyes.
-I don’t want to be a hero, I just want to be with Micaela, a normal couple that can stay together until I grow old.