Carlos, on the other end of the line, remained silent for a long time, not at all curious that she should come to ask him, and asked in turn:
-Do you know the pain?
Natalia’s wounded hand pressed against his chest, her eyes flooded with tears.
-It hurts me, it hurts me, it hurts me so much to see him so sad and in such pain, and to want to see her….
Carlos’ calm voice came in:
-Javier’s deep love you see, not seeing the Natalia he loves, not being able to be with her, he will continue to suffer…..
Natalia’s heart began to race again and unconsciously asked:
-What to do then….
-Leave him and make them well, and you will always be in his heart, and he will be grateful to you for the rest of his life, and all the wrongs you have done will be in the air.
Leave it…
Make them whole…
Natalia’s hand dropped weakly and the phone slid to the floor. Carlos, on the other end of the line, waited a moment, not hearing her voice and knowing he needed to be alone with his thoughts, and hung up the phone.
After a while, Natalia turned around, looked at the sleeping Javier, reached out and carefully took off his glasses and placed them on the coffee table….
She hadn’t counted on the fact that she would be in love….
How she wanted to be with him…
She finally understands the pain of Carlos and Micaela’s inability to love each other….
Leave him…
Forever in her heart…
Carlos’ words echoed in her ears…
Stretching out her hand, she brushed his forehead, remembering the morning, Javier’s surprised face when he mistook her for the woman of the morning; if that woman came back, he would be this happy every day, wouldn’t he?
-Javier, Javier…
Natalia calls softly to…
Javier opened his eyes slowly, not knowing if he was dreaming or waking up, without his glasses, his eyes were blurry and he turned his head sideways to see Natalia’s blurry figure….
-Javier, give me a kiss and I’ll go get her, okay?
Javier froze a little, then rolled onto his side, stroked the back of her neck with one hand and squeezed her like that, moving over her and kissing her hard on the lips….
Natalia froze, feeling his soft lips touching her….
Tears slid down their faces as this was their first and last kiss….
As he was about to pull back, Natalia joined him and began the deepening of the kiss….
Javier groaned, getting deeper and deeper….
…
The next day, Javier woke up with a frown….
It must be almost nine o’clock by the light….
Rubbing his temples with one hand, he looked for his glasses on the small table with the other, telling himself in his inner self that next time he would not be able to drink so much, he rarely drank, and his capacity to drink was scarce….
The hand did not touch the glasses, it touched a thin piece of paper….
He sat up, saw the glasses, picked them up and put them on, then unconsciously picked up the piece of paper and was surprised by the familiar handwriting that said.
-Javier, I am leaving.
Thank you for your company and attention throughout the year, I am very happy and content.
Thank you for letting me experience the taste of love, it is sweet, it is happy, even if it hurts, it is pleasant because it is also an essential element in love.
I’m not going to apologize to Carlos, to Micaela, to those I have hurt, that’s up to her, she created me and she deserves to clean up the mess I have made.
Javier, you’ll be happy when I’m gone, won’t you?
If you’re happy, I have no regrets….
Javier, I’m really leaving and I’m never coming back, so I wish you and her all the happiness in the world.
Endings are not credited…
Javier’s hands trembled slightly as he dropped the newspaper and ran straight to his bedroom without putting on his shoes….
The story is always strikingly similar, as today’s image overlaps with yesterday’s, Natalia sleeping in bed, still awake….
Javier approached cautiously and sat on the edge of the bed, his heart beating faster with nervousness, not daring to breathe hard, and shook her gently on the shoulder.
-Natalia, wake up.
Natalia shook her head, exhaled heavily, slowly opened her eyes, saw Javier, froze, wondered if she was dreaming, pressed her hand on her thigh under the sheets, it hurt!
Javier also looked at her nervously and saw her eyes narrow with emotion before she began to gather tears….
Javier stroked her cheek and, although he had the answer in mind, he couldn’t help but ask:
-Sister, is it really you?
Natalia sat up and tears rolled down her face….
-Javier, it’s me, I’m sorry to have kept you waiting….
Javier reached out his hand and took her in his arms, unable to calm her emotions, but hugging her tightly…
-It’s okay, it’s good to finally wait for you….
They embraced, enjoying the joy of their reunion, Natalia hugging him tightly, seeing his right hand covered in gauze behind his back, her ears ringing with the words she had just heard in her dream:
-I didn’t lose to you, I lost to Javier’s deep love. I let you come back just to make him happy and joyful.
Natalia’s tears welled up stronger, and all the hatred she felt for her, turned into gratitude, she said in her heart
Thank you…
After a long, long time, Javier calmed his emotions a little and released her, leaning his forehead against hers.
-Sister, welcome, what is the first thing you are going to do?
Natalia raised her eyes to his and replied:
-Apologies to Micaela…