Yerma’s going to Teladia was discussed with Mrs. Echave and Jeronimo, and they all agreed.
Mrs. Echave took Yerma’s hand, full of reluctance, but still said:
-Come on, the older you get the more you want to be with your sons and daughters, mom understands, it’s just that when you have time you all come together to see an old woman like me.
Carlos agreed.
-Grandma, don’t worry, I’m sure we’ll see you again often.
Mrs. Echave nods in satisfaction and looks at Carlos and Micaela, then at Yerma.
-Yerma, sending Moya to Anlandana was the right thing to do, Moya brought Carlos back and rescued Salamonsa….
After finalizing the return time and gathering the belongings to leave the next day, we received a phone call from Nilson.
-Carlos, what did you and Moya promise me and this is what you forget?
Carlos immediately remembered, frowning.
-I’m not going to leave you alone with Micaela, watch out I tell Dr. Rain…..
Nilson immediately interrupted.
-You can’t think that we are the ones who don’t want you to leave? I only have, and will always have, Lluvia in my heart.
Carlos asked, raising an eyebrow, understanding what he meant:
-When are we leaving?
-How about tomorrow? With all the preparations I should have made, I’m ready.
Carlos nodded.
-It could be.
So the flight was cancelled, and the next day, Carlos showed up with Micaela and Mike in front of the Osdenra shingle house – the place where Micaela was brought here by Nilson before Mike was born, and where they stayed four days, without internet, except for the trees, and the dirt….
At first, so that Nilson would not antagonize Carlos and help them get out of Salamonsa, Micaela promised Nilson that she would stay here for ten days, and that Carlos would not leave with him when he came. As a result, that night an accident happened, when Chivi showed up here, and Mike was born, who only stayed four days, and still owed her six….
Getting out of the car, Micaela headed for the family cottage….
The house is still the same, the land is planted with fresh vegetables as before, the pond is full of a dozen live fish and, under the fence at the back of the house, there are chickens and ducks enclosed….
Micaela remembers very well the loneliness she felt here, looking up at the sky with Carlos on her head….
Turning to look at Carlos, who had approached with Mike carrying his luggage, Micaela tilted her head again and looked up at the blue sky….
Now, from now on, she would never be alone again….
Nilson and Lluvia, Estela had arrived first, came out of the house and greeted them cheerfully, Estela with her pretty pink dress and a toy syringe in her hand, running with joy at the sight of Mike.
-Christopher, I’m going to give you an injection!
Corrected Mike with a puzzled look on his face:
-My name is Mike!
Estela asked, blinking her big eyes:
-Aren’t they all the same?
She made two pairs of adults cry and laugh….
Later in the week, they lived an idyllic life, no internet, no business, feeling only the people around them, the landscape around them….
The two men spent the day studying the art of cooking and hanging around the potting bench of the Dear girl, and in the mornings and afternoons the two families strolled together in the neighborhood, picking wild fruits….
At night is more difficult, the sound insulation house is too poor, the middle is also separated from each other a small package, two big men in the evening will be all kinds of regret to come to this hell of a place, the wife is next to her can not touch …
Finally, on a quiet afternoon, they set sail back to Echave City.
The next day, Carlos took his family back to Teladia.
The airport was full of Salmantinos, and people who had traveled from other cities to see them off, holding banners that read:
-Carlos, Moya, welcome home!
-Great heroes of Salamonsa, we await your return!
Both Carlos and Micaela were extraordinarily moved…
Nicolas and his family came to see them off, to say goodbye and all sorts of things about taking care of themselves….
The radio blared at the boarding signal….
Nilson bumped his arm against Carlos’ and lowered his voice:
-There’s someone waiting for a word from you, aren’t you going to talk to them until you leave?
Said the man, looking at Nicolas….
Carlos’ expression was a bit unnatural, his fists clenched as he looked at Nicolas, expecting it to be difficult, but it turned out to be so easy to shout:
-Daddy, take care of yourself and drink less.
Then, looking at Efraim and Cesar, he pulled out Carlos’ stance and ordered:
-Take care of mom and dad.
Extraordinarily excited, the brothers nodded vigorously and looked at Carlos, who was speaking again for the first time, willingly:
-Brother, don’t worry, we are on this side.
Brother, sister-in-law, come home often.
Carlos and Micaela nodded, and Nicolas burst into tears of emotion when Carlos called him for the first time, not knowing what to say….
Micaela said, looking at Evangelina;
-Mom, you and dad take care of yourselves, we are leaving, we will see you again later.
The radio rushed the boarding for the third time, Micaela and Lluvia hugged again and said goodbye, Micaela invited her to come and play at Teladia, Lluvia accepted….
The plane waits for no one and, as hard as it is, it is time to leave.
Yerma steps forward holding Mike, Carlos takes Micaela by the shoulders and turns to head towards the door as well…
Diego nods goodbye and strides after him.
Paula is still waiting for him at home and he can’t wait to go back…
The plane gained momentum, took off and headed gently into the sky, and the inhabitants of Salamonsa, the Nicolas family, the Echave family, Nilson, Lluvia, all watched as the plane flew further and further away until it was out of sight….
In the first class cabin of the plane, Micaela was looking out the window at the blue sky and the white clouds, full of emotion, saying in her heart:
-Alba, I’m back!
Carlos said seriously as he extended his hand and took her in his arms:
-Girl, I have something to tell you.
Micaela looked at him and suddenly remembered that, when she and he met, the night of their first sleepover in Nyisrenda, at the dinner table, he had told her the same thing:
-I have something to tell you -and then, right after, he had said to her. Stay with me…
Micaela, her heart beating a little faster involuntarily, looked at him.
-You tell me.
Carlos pecked her lips, each word splashed against her lips and landed in her heart:
-I love you.