Estrella Berrocal recalled that Adán Rouco had also thrown a fit when he found out that she was on the pill and had left it to go to the Blue Bay Public House… which meant that Adán Rouco had not touched her pill, otherwise he would not have thrown a fit.
“That’s impossible, he didn’t know he was taking the medication before.”
The doctor thought again and said, “And did she take anything after taking the medication? Grapefruit has been on the market lately, and the other day a pregnant woman came in and said that she had been taking her pills with grapefruit juice afterwards, and that the grapefruit juice reduced the effect of the pill, so there was a good chance of pregnancy. Think about whether you have ever taken anything immediately after taking the pill.”
Grapefruit juice …
Estrella Berrocal’s teary eyes fluttered.
He remembered those times when he had taken the medication and Paulita had always squeezed grapefruit juice for him to drink at home, and he had drunk a lot of …
Estrella Berrocal left the hospital in a trance.
He touched his flat belly and looked down.
Here, indeed, was his son with Adán Rouco.
This baby had come at a bad time.
She had been so careful about taking the pill afterwards because she feared she was pregnant by Adán Rouco.
But sometimes, the more you don’t want something to happen, the more it does.
The phone in her purse rang and the caller ID, an unknown number that Estrella Berrocal did not recognize but feared it was an acquaintance, picked it up.
“Hello, hello, is this…?”
“Hello, Miss Star, I’m Juliet Sarinana, Adam’s good friend …”.
…
Half an hour later, in a quiet café, Estrella Berrocal and Julieta Sarinana were sitting across from each other.
The waiter approached them and politely asked, “What would you like to drink?”.
“I’ll have an American iced coffee, Miss Estrella, how about you?”.
Estrella Berrocal wanted to order a coffee to clear her head, but suddenly remembered that she was pregnant and unconsciously did not want to order a coffee. “I’ll have an orange juice.”
“Yes, please hold.”
After ordering the orange juice, Estrella Berrocal laughed to herself again, she couldn’t have the baby, so what did it matter if she drank coffee or not?
Sooner or later, I would have to have an abortion sometime.
Julieta Sarinana, who was sitting opposite, took a good look at Estrella Berrocal and said with a slight smile, “Miss Estrella, excuse me for calling you so suddenly.”
When Estrella Berrocal arrived at the café and met Julieta Sarinana, she realized who Julieta Sarinana really was.
This woman, wasn’t she the hostess of the Blue Bay Public House…?
“Miss Juliet, since you have called me, if you have something to say, open up and say it.”
This Julieta Sarinana, is she here to demonstrate?
Juliet Sarinana smiled, “Aren’t you curious to know how I know you?”.
“I thought you said you were a good friend of Adán Rouco, who knows me from several good friends and has given me a nickname.”
These terse words from Estrella Berrocal caused Julieta Sarinana’s hand, which was under the table, to tremble slightly.
Did Adam like it that much already? That he would mention Estrella Berrocal to his friends from time to time.
Juliet Sarinana did not change her face, “Actually, I called you today to talk to you about the family and to find out how Adam has been doing.”
Estrella Berrocal frowned: “Find out the latest from Adam?”.
“Yes, ten years ago, Adam suffered from depression because of something that happened to him. So it occurred to me to ask you, what is his state of mind these days?”
Did Adam Rouco suffer from depression?
Adán Rouco never told him, “lately Adán is fine”. But … Miss Julieta, did you say that you suffered a depression ten years ago because of something? Those things, what were they, is it convenient for you to tell me?”
Juliet Sarinana asked with mock surprise, “Doesn’t he know? Didn’t Adam tell you?”.
Estrella Berrocal bit her lip, although she was slow, she could intuit that Julieta Sarinana and Adán Rouco were not a little close, but very close, so much so that … that night, the two embraced and even kissed.
What Estrella Berrocal did not know about Adán Rouco, Julieta Sarinana knew.
Although Estrella Berrocal had decided to leave Adán Rouco, the presence of Julieta Sarinana continued to make her jealous.
He shook his head, “No.”
The waiter brought coffee and orange juice and Juliet Sarinana stirred her cup and said, “I thought Adam told you all about this.” That about … Analena Lozada, I guess you don’t know either.”
As soon as she heard Analena Lozada’s name, Estrella Berrocal’s eyes, visibly stunned, froze.
Julieta Sarinana looked at her shrewdly and said, “Analena Lozada … was a girl who was close to Adam’s heart. At that time, I was with him every day, I was afraid he couldn’t think clearly, and I helped him for a year to come out of the shadows.”
Julieta Sarinana’s words hit Estrella Berrocal’s heart like a shot in the arm.
Both Analena Lozada and Julieta Sarinana were living in too intimate a moment with Adán Rouco for her to meddle or participate in it, and Adán Rouco’s infatuation with Analena Lozada, which she had not forgotten in ten years, made her jealous and sad, while Adán Rouco’s lack of words with Julieta Sarinana filled her with jealousy.
Was she being too calculating? Or was she being too jealous?
Julieta Sarinana, seeing Estrella Berrocal lost in thought, curved her red lips and called out to her softly, “Miss Estrella, are you all right? Are you scared because you heard that Adán has suffered from depression?”
Estrella Berrocal took a sip of her orange juice, forced a smile and said, “I just think it’s a shame Analena Lozada is gone, if she were still here she would be married to Adán Rouco by now, right?”
“Does Miss Estrella really think so? If Analena Lozada were still alive, wouldn’t Miss Estrella be gone?”.
Juliet Sarinana looked at her with a soft smile, a tone of sarcasm or sympathy.
Estrella Berrocal had discovered that Julieta Sarinana was very good at reading people’s minds, probably because she was a psychiatrist, and Estrella Berrocal always felt that Julieta Sarinana knew exactly what she was thinking at that moment.
“Miss Julieta, if you have nothing else to do, I have to go.”
Estrella Berrocal got up and picked up her bag and was about to leave when Julieta Sarinana called out to her.
“Miss Star, you know that ten years ago, when I was treating Adam, we were such friends that we ate, lived, slept and woke up together, and there was no woman in the world who knew his inner world and his true thoughts better than I did.”
Estrella Berrocal’s hand, which was carrying her purse, tightened.
Julieta Sarinana stood up, stepped on her heels and walked over to her, stared at her and suddenly sighed, “Miss Estrella, you and Analena Lozada, you really look alike.”
Estrella Berrocal blanched, “Miss Julieta, what are you trying to say?”
“I’m trying to say that Adam is probably looking for Analena Lozada in Miss Star, and that if he’s coddling Miss Star and acting like he really likes her, maybe it’s just embarrassment at work, he’s just trying to Miss Star, to pay Miss Star back for all the guilt he felt toward Analena Lozada. Those kinds of feelings, once the patient feels like he doesn’t owe anything to the original, the double, I’m afraid, he’s not going to like it anymore.”
Julieta Sarinana’s words, so sharp, so sharp that Estrella Berrocal could find nothing to refute them, and even Estrella Berrocal found Julieta Sarinana’s words impeccable.
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