Adriana also looks at them, with a slight hint of embarrassment on her face, but she quickly comes clean and approaches, smiling and speaking:
-Micaela, Mr. Carlos, did you find a place to sit?
Micaela’s heart skipped a beat….
Micaela…
A long, long time ago, Adriana only called her that when she was teasing her….
But now, her tone was sincere, without a hint of malice.
She looked at Carlos and saw in his eyes that it was all with her before nodding her head.
The place was chosen by Adriana, who seemed to know the area well, and she led them to a quiet coffee shop, choosing a quiet corner to sit in.
The waiter approached with the order book and handed it to Carlos, who spread it out in front of Micaela, holding the back of the chair behind her with one hand, the two kissing and joining in an image of unparalleled harmony….
Adriana’s eyes filled with envy as she watched them order their drinks and snacks before saying:
-A glass of milk for me too, please.
Rain curtain rubbing finished the waiter, looked at Micaela sitting opposite, complex expression, looking at Micaela a little puzzled, uncomfortable body, suddenly opened his mouth:
-Micaela, I’m sorry, I have done many bad things in the past, and my mom has done many bad things to your family, I’m very sorry, but that time, that sword on the stage, I was very innocent, I didn’t know that sword was real?
Her manner was sincere, and instead of the old jealousy and indignation on her face, there was a strain of fear that I wouldn’t believe her.
-I know…
Micaela answered, and Adriana shuddered a little before bowing slightly, her eyes full of expectation.
-Micaela, do you forgive me?
Micaela looked at Carlos next to her before looking back at her with a smile.
-I forgive you, it’s all in the past.
Now she has no one to hurt because she has Carlos by her side, who has protected her all her life…..
Adriana’s eyes reddened, her voice dropped a couple of tones and the longing in her eyes increased.
-Micaela, thank you, thank you for being willing to forgive me, and me, can you call me ‘sister’ like when we were little girls?
Micaela paused for a long moment and then spoke as usual:
-Sis, how are Sergio and aunt?
The sound of this sis made Adriana feel relieved, feeling at last saved, and tears rolled down her face….
Marcos, I am forgiven by Micaela, can’t you forgive me too…?
Micaela saw her sobbing, took out handkerchiefs and gave them to her….
-Thank you…
Adriana answered with a choked sob as she took the handkerchief and wiped it off:
-My father served his sentence last year and is living peacefully with my mother in Teladia, my father has been thinking a lot about you and when he got out he was relieved to know that you were married to Mr. Carlos in Salamonsa…..
Micaela nodded, she was still more than grateful to Sergio, and she was relieved that she could live her old age in peace….
Looking at Adriana’s belly, Micaela was tempted to ask and held back, but instead Adriana rubbed a hand across her belly and opened her mouth:
-This is Marcos and I’s son. It’s all my fault, I deliberately seduced him first and did so many bad things to you, he wanted to set limits with me several times, but I forced him to marry me with all sorts of threats….
He almost divorced me when he found out that Antony and Katarina were not blood relatives, and I strongly objected….
Eight months ago, I found out I was pregnant, before I could tell him, he took another woman home, after so many years of stagnation, I finally knew that he really didn’t love me at all, seeing that woman, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I came here….
Micaela saw a deep regret in his face, remorse….
Carlos looks at the girl’s anguished expression and takes her hand from under the table….
-So, does he know you are pregnant?
Micaela asked cautiously as she returned Carlos’ handshake.
Adriana wipes her tears and looks towards her.
-He doesn’t know, and I don’t want him to know, he’s supposed to marry that woman too, I don’t want to get involved, it’s always my fault, that’s all, now I have a son and I feel happy.
The anguish on Micaela’s face was becoming more and more evident….
Adriana, once the unstoppable one, as radiant as she was on screen, has become patronizing….
Micaela’s look did not belittle her in the least, nor was it offensive in any way, but it made Adriana feel more and more humble as dust, and she hastened to change the subject:
-By the way Micaela, after reading a lot about Salamonsa, I am puzzled by a question, aren’t your parents from Salamonsa? It is not said that Salamonsa men cannot leave Salamonsa for more than three months and they lived in Anlandana for so many years?
Adriana asked, explaining that it was Micaela’s parents who had died in that car accident in Teladia, and that she herself had wondered about it, learning the truth only after asking her mother:
-They are indeed from Salamonsa but were sent to Ode Nation at birth, my father and they met in Ode Nation and formed a strong friendship, the couple was infertile and after much deliberation my parents entrusted me to them, pretending to be a family of three to settle in Teladia, which they gladly did. And they have always cared for me as if I were their own daughter…..
Adriana nodded in realization and asked again:
-Where is Natalia? I haven’t heard from her again in the last few years….
She didn’t realize until later that she would then become a pawn of Natalia, a murder weapon for her to kill Micaela….
-She is in Nation Ode, married to Javier on the sly, and now she is, like you, pregnant.
Adriana was a little incredulous, not incredulous about Natalia and Javier, she had not known Javier well, she was shocked:
-Micaela, do you forgive her?
Micaela smiles and nods.
-There is no such thing as an eternal enemy, and there is nothing wrong with knowing your mistakes, right?