Natalia?
Natalia who?
Natalia, on the other end of the line, as if she knew what Micaela was thinking, offered to explain:
-I’m back, the second personality has voluntarily retired, Micaela, I’m sorry for separating you from Carlos for so long and ruining your wedding because of me….
Micaela was especially surprised that it was the first time she heard Natalia speak to her in such a humble tone, even after the stabbing incident on stage, when she was about to leave Teladia and they chatted alone, she had a condescending tone and attitude….
Micaela said unconsciously:
-It’s not your fault, you were ready to leave everything when you left Teladia, it was your second personality…..
Natalia hastened to interrupt:
-No, it was my obsession and reluctance that created my second personality, she did everything I always wanted to do, I shouldn’t have wrongly blamed her, Micaela, I’m sorry, do you forgive me?
She was brave enough to take responsibility for all her mistakes and didn’t blame her second personality, which made Micaela admire her. When she left the hospital building, she looked at the blue sky and felt that her heart was also incomparably wide at that moment.
-I forgive you, it’s all in the past. Natalia, welcome back. Javier must be very happy. I hope you and he are well together.
There was a long silence on the other end of the line, Micaela heard faint sobs and, after a while, a choking in her voice that she could not hide, and she suddenly asked:
-Micaela, do you remember what I told you before?
Micaela’s mouth lifted in a smile as she deliberately said:
-Pitiful state? Nothing is as good as you?
-No no, of course not, it’s you, much like an angel?
Micaela was slightly stunned again, she didn’t expect him to say that…..
-You have a good heart and you think of people in every way, I hurt you like that and set you up, and yet you can tell me in such a sincere tone that you forgive me, do you know how moved I feel at this moment, how moved I am, how much I regret all the things I used to do? In front of you, I’m ashamed of myself?
Micaela felt a little embarrassed by the compliment and coughed dryly.
-Don’t come to me with bombast, I’m not going to hold you accountable for what you did because of Javier, I went to high school with him and he saved my life, if it wasn’t for his contacts here, just for the fact that you stole my ring, my wedding dress and hogged my husband, I would be the first one to kill you!
Natalia, on the other end of the line, was amused by Micaela’s deliberately condescending tone and, after a moment, exclaimed:
-I stole the ring, I stole the wedding dress true, but husband, I didn’t really steal it, no, I should say I couldn’t steal it, Carlos is yours, even if the memory of you isn’t there, it’s still yours.
Then she immediately added:
-Now you’re giving him to me and I don’t want him, I want Javier, I’ve always wanted him, it’s just that all those years of high mindedness blinded me…..
Micaela instantly guessed that Javier was by her side, and with this reaction, a very strong sense of survival, an indifferent sarcasm:
-Wouldn’t it be because of the age difference and the fear of being called ‘old cow eating young grass’?
Natalia, on the other end of the line, laughed again, with a touch of imperceptible unease in her voice.
-Also, but more, it’s the fear that I’m too old and he’s too young to be worthy of it…..
Micaela was increasingly surprised that Natalia, as proud as she was, could have such low self-esteem as well….
Javier’s voice came through the phone:
-Sister, no nonsense, just know that I am your man and I will love you until the day I can’t love you anymore…..
Micaela was thrilled, but she couldn’t help the goose bumps on her arms, the words were so carnal, she unconsciously pushed her phone further away, and then she felt special the way Javier addressed Natalia….
The assistant and bodyguard looked over and opened the door to the back seat, Micaela sat down and heard Natalia calling her on her cell phone.
-Micaela, thank you for being willing to forgive me, I will change my way of acting and from now on I will only use hypnosis to help people, I will never hurt anyone again and I will behave well with Javier.
Her tone was full of seriousness and determination, and Micaela was about to speak when she heard a call on her cell phone, she glanced at it and saw that it was the mayor of one of the municipalities of Ciudad Echave, and hurried to summarize a long story:
-Well, sure it will be done, Natalia, I have a call coming in here, so I’m hanging up for now.
Natalia obeyed her and Micaela picked up the mayor’s phone, in an anxious voice:
-Mr. Nilson, in one of our villages, several people have disappeared in the last few days, the whole town has launched a search in vain, I have sent men to look for them, but still no clues, now we ask for additional support, we need to search the mountain.
A sudden sense of foreboding rose in Micaela’s heart, and I’m afraid it was more than that, asking:
-What else?
The person on the other end of the line seemed a little surprised that Mr. Nilson would ask, but he was in no mood for irrelevancies and was quick to speak:
-Several patients with strange symptoms have appeared in the hospital around here, unable to communicate, completely irrational and extremely aggressive, and several of our medical staff have been bitten?
Bitten?
Extremely aggressive?
Micaela unconsciously looked back at the fading hospital, and the conversation she had just overheard echoed in her mind:
-It was horrible, that man was like a rabid dog, that girl had a bite on her arm!
-What exactly did she have?
-Who knows, tied up and so aggressive, you can’t even get a sedative?
Micaela’s heart was pounding as she calmly ordered:
-Control those patients first, make sure the medical staff is properly protected, and ask the patient’s family about their eating habits during this time, any unusual movements, and I will bring reinforcements immediately.
The mayor on the other end of the line, upon hearing Micaela’s methodical explanation of what was happening and that she would come immediately, felt his uneasiness and fear lifted and was filled with strength, saying:
-Yes, I will get to it.