At that moment, Micaela was standing outside Carlos’ place in Ode Nation….
The temperature dropped to negative numbers and the sky was dark as if it was about to collapse, fortunately there was no lack of light around….
It was a group of villas in the middle of a central area, all of them looking identical.
Micaela reconfirmed the number of the wrought iron gate and indeed it was here, earlier she had asked Carlos to photograph the outside of the house to show her and there was no error….
He looked back towards the little house at the other end of the courtyard….
The villa was dark, with no light at all….
Micaela was a little disappointed….
Carlos is working late and still hasn’t returned?
I thought he had hired a maid to cook and clean, why isn’t she home too?
The lock on the iron gate looked like a sensor lock, she didn’t have a key, the gate inside, Carlos had said it was a combination lock, she must have guessed the code, but she couldn’t even get in through the gate outside, looking at the two meter high iron gate, she had no ability to climb up the wall either….
The thought crossed her mind to take a cab to the office to meet him, fearing that Carlos and she would get lost along the way….
Wait here, Micaela decided.
Even being outside, Micaela was so happy she couldn’t stop laughing as she imagined Carlos’ surprise when he returned later….
She had been planning for the first half of the month and was going to sneak in to meet Carlos and Mike.
Today is the day.
Because it’s Carlos’ birthday…
The first time she accompanied Carlos on his birthday, he took her to the Aguayo family in Salamentro for New Year’s Eve, her grandfather had prepared a birthday party for her and a large number of people from the business world had come, they all gathered around Carlos to give him their best wishes, his expression was as cold as ever, he went to her room, took her in his arms and whispered in her ear:
-Micaela, I just want to spend my birthday with you.
And on her second birthday, before the time was up, she was taken back to Salamonsa….
Her birthday was also discussed on the phone with Carlos recently and he said that the date was irrelevant and that he would fly to spend the New Year with her again in the spring….
But she did not want to wait, even if it was only ten days away, she was going to spend her third birthday together with him….
She and her mother had carefully counted the fifteen years she could leave Salamonsa, she had about ten days left….
She had prepared the gift in advance and had communicated with her mother, because her cell phone had a location and could be reached even if it was turned off. She was afraid that if Carlos found out her whereabouts, it would not be a surprise, so she left the cell phone at home and when Carlos called, she let his mother answer and told him she would answer later….
She called Nicolas and told him she wanted to surprise Carlos and sneak away to spend her birthday with him, and Nicolas immediately arranged a special plane for her, and Ode Nation had contacted him not to shoot down the helicopter she was traveling in as it was considered an enemy aircraft.
Micaela had planned everything to perfection and in the evening, with a small backpack on her back, she said goodbye to her mother and boarded a special plane sent by Nicolas.
Forty minutes later, more or less, we arrived at Ode Nation, got off the plane and moved to this place….
Half an hour had passed and Carlos was nowhere to be seen. The temperature was getting colder and colder, Micaela’s fingers and toes ached and she borrowed a passer-by’s cell phone to call Carlos….
After a long, deep silence, a mechanical female voice came on:
-The number you have called is temporarily unavailable, call back later…..
Micaela was a little surprised, what was going on?
If you can’t reach Carlos, you can call Diego, but you don’t remember Diego’s cell phone number?
She regretted not having brought her phone….
The sky was snowing heavily and the flying snowflakes soon decorated the surroundings with a snowy white….
Micaela was becoming increasingly uneasy and couldn’t help thinking that Carlos might be on a business trip, but he hadn’t said anything about a business trip, and she wanted to wait for him in a nearby store, but she feared Carlos would return as soon as she left….
Micaela paced back and forth to keep warm and waited another ten minutes or so, deciding to look for someone else to lend her cell phone, when she finally saw a car coming toward her with a clear target….
The headlights were so bright that Micaela unconsciously raised her hand to shield herself from the light, excitedly thinking it was Carlos who had returned, wasn’t it?
When she heard the car stop a few meters away from him, followed by the sound of the iron gates opening automatically behind him….
It must have been Carlos’ car returning, the electronic system detected it and opened the gate automatically!
Micaela’s spirits instantly shot up and she wanted to run to meet him, but her limbs were a bit stiff from the cold and she had just let go of her hands and before she could take a step, she was enveloped in a familiar embrace….
-Micaela, my love, why did you come all the way here alone, I went to look for you…