Did she take the morning after pill or did she hit the lottery?
Micaela was a bit surprised…
It was Gerardo who drugged Nilson. She had heard Carlos say on the phone yesterday that they were both frenemies and that Gerardo’s nationwide hunt had been ordered by Nilson, so Gerardo hated Nilson. If Carlos had not arrived in time….
A year ago, Gerardo also wanted to kill Nilson with a very toxic poison, but to his surprise, the person who was arranged to get close to Nilson gave him the wrong drug and Lluvia was reunited with him….
Lluvia took a deep breath and calmed down before continuing:
-During that time I was so distressed that I could not sleep every night, not knowing if it was because of the drugs that delayed my period or if I was pregnant, the test paper failed repeatedly, although I worked at the hospital, but I did not dare to have ultrasounds, blood tests, for fear that my colleagues would discover before that I was single and pregnant…. But later, when I was sure I was pregnant, the baby was almost two months old….
Micaela’s heart grows fonder and fonder while Lluvia endures alone such torment…
-I am a gynecologist and obstetrician and I know how cruel it is to abort a child and the fact that this child is still in my womb despite the medication I have taken has given me some compassion….
Tears were falling from Lluvia’s eyes as she spoke….
-I have no other family in this world either, this is my bloodline…..
Micaela watched her cry and shed tears with her. She too had experienced the pain of being alone and desolate, and she could understand that Lluvia could not bear to hurt the baby she was carrying in her womb even if she did not expect it….
-It is that thought that makes me want to endure childbirth and then take it out if I find a very serious defect…..
With that, Lluvia wiped the tears from her cheeks and looked at Micaela next to her….
-I got a call from Nilson the night I was sure I was pregnant and that was the day, and the first time, I saw you and gave you a maternity check-up…..
Micaela froze a little and her mind went back to the first time she saw her….
In the hospital there were several gynecology rooms and all the doctors were available, one even greeted her in his room, but she preferred to go to Lluvia’s, where she was reviewing reports….
-I didn’t really hear his voice at the time, he asked me about your delivery and I thought it was your husband and I texted you later to tell you how attentive your husband was, calling me to ask how you were doing and you told me no, your husband didn’t call me…..
Micaela nodded, for a moment she was surprised that it could be Carlos, but she quickly calmed down, of course it wasn’t Carlos, he was far away in Anlandana and had confused Natalia with her, and later she guessed that the caller could be Nilson, but she didn’t dare to pursue it….
Lluvia said this and inhaled, her tone lightening a bit.
-The next day he called again, and I unceremoniously gave him a good thrashing, scolding him to shut up, and exasperated he introduced himself as Mr. Nilson, of Pesla City, and I had to cooperate with his inquiries, and I froze violently, not expecting, in any way, to cross paths with him again…..
Micaela was also amazed at the incredible bond that united them….
-After that, he called me every month to ask me how you were doing. I don’t know why I bothered to answer the call over and over again, perhaps out of curiosity to know how he, the lord of a city, could be so humble as to fall in love with a single woman; the
Perhaps in the slightest hope that someday he might recognize me by my voice….
Later, Estela’s tests had gone well and I began to plot her future, trying to get her away from Salamonsa as your mother had done, and I thought of Nilson, who was Mr. Nilson and unmarried, and who had a good chance of sneaking the baby….
However, as my belly grew, my feelings for the boy also grew, and at the same time, a phone call every month made me feel differently about Nilson, and I began to look forward to his calls….
I knew I was attracted to him…
This realization has tormented me for a long time and I often feel like a pervert for having turned against the person who raped me….
I have looked him up, read his news, and always pay attention when I hear what he has to say. He is handsome and good, capable and charming, Pesla City is as prosperous as he is today, and he is clean, no histrionics, and so emotionally devoted that you are pregnant by another and you never die, I think a woman can’t help but be attracted to him….
He said, looking at Micaela.
-I also wondered how you managed to remain unmoved by such a man. You would have been happy and blissful with him, too….
Micaela shook her head.
-It’s impossible for him and for me. It’s you he should know. ….
After hearing all that, she realized how similar her and Lluvia’s experiences were, right down to being in love with the person who -raped- her, so she could really identify with that feeling of self-loathing when Lluvia said she felt like a pervert at that moment…..
-Although I admit I felt differently about him, I knew it was impossible, I saw clearly how much he felt for you, and after Estela was born, seeing her face and hearing her loud and clear cries, I felt even more upset, I was afraid Nilson would steal Estela if he found out she was his daughter, although I had thought about giving her away…. -I had to wait until she was a little older….
After that you also had Mike and he never called me again, I was relieved and a bit lost, but then again that loss was nothing compared to Estela growing up with me….
Micaela grabbed his hand anxiously.
-No, Lluvia, she put it…..
Lluvia pulled her hand away, a smile in her eyes.
-Moya, listen to me, my bond with him is closely tied to you, if you had not returned Salamonsa, pregnant and in my hands for a maternity test, he and I would not have crossed paths again.
Even though I wanted to avoid him and not get involved with him anymore, I kept running into him again and again because of you, like when he forced me into his car near the hospital on Mike’s full moon day;
Then there was that time you two went on your honeymoon and met in Pesla City, otherwise he and I would have ended all the drama long ago.
Micaela caught the hint and felt a little shaken and not knowing how to react….
-So, guys…
She immediately thought of the screenshot Carlos had sent her and, feeling that the time had come, she hurried to grab the phone she had on the table and opened it to show it to Lluvia…