The entire conference room suddenly went silent….
Nicholas looked at the group with a heavy expression and did not speak….
He did not defend himself, he let the fear spread around him, everyone looked at Nicolas with fear in their eyes, as if they were already sure that he was behind it….
The silence is broken by the cell phone Nilson carries in his pocket, he pulls it out and takes it, puts it to his ear without saying a word, then, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, he looks at Carlos….
Carlos also looked sideways at him, and Nilson’s look made Carlos frown, a bad feeling rising inexplicably in his heart….
Halfway through the day, Nilson hung up the phone, looked at the group and said:
-Of course not Mr. Nicolas, the person who suggested it to you, and who first proposed the formation of the “cat extermination teams”, was your assistant at your side, Emiliano Galan.
Emiliano Galan?
Emiliano?
He follows Mr. Nicolas everywhere and is often seen at meetings, events, looking very competent, could it really be him?
Everyone struggled to accept the news and breathed a heavy sigh of relief?
-Yes, yes, how could it be Mr. Nicolas!
-He is our Salamonsa manager ah we are so stupid….
-Mr. Nicolas has a heavy expression on his face because it is sad to be surrounded by people who are really close to him….
Nicolas nodded.
Yes, when he found out the truth, he also could not believe for a long time that his right hand man next to him would do something like that….
The journalist asked enthusiastically:
-Mr. Aguayo, Mr. Nilson, surely you must have known for a long time that Emiliano was the murderer, and you should have stopped him?
Nilson said with a complicated look:
-He is just a puppet, there are people behind him, we will announce to the public when there is news, today’s conference ends here, the session is adjourned.
Then, ignoring the journalists who shouted that they still had questions to ask, he got up and gestured to Nicolas to leave with Carlos, taking the initiative himself.
Carlos, Nicolas and Diego followed Nilson into the small adjoining conference room.
Nilson turned to look at Carlos and Nicolas.
-The plan worked, our guys followed Emiliano to Ode Nation and caught the guy behind Emiliano….
In the last two days, Emiliano, also sensing that the deed was lost, used the privileges Nicolas had given him the night before and left by plane, not knowing that Carlos had arranged for someone to follow him to the end….
Understood…
While Nicolas and Diego cheered up, Carlos continued with a frown looking at Nilson, knowing that he had not finished the sentence.
Nilson said as he clenched his fists and looked at Carlos and Nicolas:
-The man said he wanted to see you?
After a pause, Nilson looks at Carlos and adds:
-The men said that the man, at first glance, bore some resemblance to you?
Some resemblance to him?
Carlos frowned, without enthusiasm:
-Leave immediately.
When he said he was leaving, Carlos immediately sent for a helicopter, and before leaving, he took out his cell phone and called the girl, like all husbands in the world, he had to work overtime and could not get home in time, he told his wife, even though she could not speak and probably did not understand what he was saying, he still wanted to call her….
He taught Micaela how to answer the phone….
Shortly after, they picked up the phone and there was silence on the other end, he knew it was the girl, and not long after, Mike’s voice rang:
-Dad…
-Well, Mike told Mom and Grandma that I’m going to bed Ode Nation and won’t be back for dinner tonight.
Mike promised:
-Yes!
Carlos’ voice softened a bit as he turned to his girl:
-Micaela, be a good girl and eat, I’ll be back when I’m done…..
How Carlos wanted to hear the girl say yes, Mike said, Mom say yes, but the woman on the other end of the phone remained silent….
Half-heartedly, Carlos hung up the phone, repressed his loss and boarded the helicopter.
Ode Nation arrived in half an hour, got off the plane and moved to the place the men had told me about:
A simple, normal residential neighborhood….
Nilson’s men were already waiting downstairs and, upon seeing them arrive, they immediately and respectfully welcomed them and took the elevator straight to the top floor.
Out of the elevator, around the corner and the sole occupant, with the door wide open, takes a few steps forward and smells the complexity of the air:
All kinds of chemical fumes, mixed with that fishy smell of cats…..
This is a face absolutely called handsome, only slightly thin vicissitudes, clear contours, three-dimensional features, deep narrow eyes to see Carlos, rose a slight smile, his mouth is not glued, this will be, gently open:
-Carlos, you are here.
Carlos’s always cold expression, at that moment, could not help but collapse, eyes full of disbelief …
As soon as he saw him, Carlos had his suspicions, and as soon as he pronounced his name, he was finally completely sure it was really him….
The man’s thin lips quirked a small smile.
-What, you don’t recognize Uncle Fernando after more than ten years without seeing him?