Adán Rouco felt a violent shiver in his chest.
He slowly looked at his chest …
Estrella Berrocal’s pupils were so dilated with tears that for a moment she couldn’t even feel her heart beating.
Time, as if it were standing still.
Just as Adán Rouco’s entire body fell straight back, Estrella Berrocal cried out in anguish: “Adán!
Amara Montellano laughed out loud and said against Estrella Berrocal’s temple, “Is it especially sad, so sad that you want to die?”
Estrella Berrocal opened and closed her lips, tears fell silently, she did not feel the pain of the wound on her face, only the overwhelming desperation: “Don’t you want me to die? Go ahead, shoot.”
Amara Montellano snorted: “Do you want to die? Not so fast, I’ll bring you down so you can be with your husband later! ”
…
Outside the factory, in the eastern suburbs, a few day laborers, who were watching, were smoking.
“Are you going to see if he’s ready inside? Why does it take so long to get $50 million from his grandmother?”
“You go away, I’m smoking!”
“If it weren’t for the money, who would do this nonsense!”
Some of the hired workers complained, smoking cigarettes and shaking off the smoldering ashes, forgetting that gasoline had been sprayed all over the factory.
“Why is it so hot today?”
One of the day laborers felt the heat behind him and was about to unbutton his clothes when he saw the fire burning behind him and, frightened, he threw away his cigarette and ran away.
The other hired men tried for a long time to put out the fire, but it would not go out because the gasoline had a very low ignition point and the fire was getting bigger and bigger.
“Forget it! Get out of here.”
“Hey! There’s a fire! Run!”
…
Amara Montellano’s eyes trembled at the sight of the flames rising outside the factory.
The salaryman standing next to Estrella Berrocal, who had a gun to his head, grabbed the box from the floor and tried to run in a hurry when Amara Montellano shouted, “Stop right there!”
The day laborer ignored him and Amara Montellano shot him in the back.
The day laborer carries the box and it falls to the ground.
Amara Montellano contemplated the growing fire with a fierce look and pointed the pistol she was holding at Andreo Fanta: “I’m sending you packing right now!”.
Adán Rouco, lying on the floor, with his dark eyes wide open and a silver pistol, that of the dead hitman, within reach.
At the moment Amara Montellano shot Andreo Fanta, the latter’s body shuddered slightly but did not fall.
Amara Montellano’s eyes sparkled with astonishment when, in one swift movement, Adán Rouco picked up the pistol lying on the ground and fired precisely at Amara Montellano’s hand holding the pistol!
“Ah-!”
The gun in Amara Montellano’s hand falls to the ground and her right hand bleeds profusely.
Adán Rouco was pointing a gun at him and striding toward him with a murderous look on his face.
Estrella Berrocal looked at him with fascination and joy, crying with emotion and joy: “Adam you are not dead! That’s great … you’re really not dead!”.
Amara Montellano laughed coldly, “Not bad for a shrewd old businessman, you’re wearing bulletproof vests…”
“Hand over the keys!” ordered Adán Rouco.
Amara Montellano plays dumb: “The key? What keys?”
Adán Rouco became furious and pressed the muzzle of the pistol against his head: “I’ll shoot you if you try to be smart again!
Estrella Berrocal’s hand was entangled in the ceiling beam of the house by a chain that needed a key to open it, otherwise it was difficult to break.
Amara Montellano seemed to have no fear of dying and taunted him, “Shoot me so you’ll never have the keys! And your wife, she’ll have to sit here and burn alive!”
Adán Rouco looked at her with red and furious eyes: “Amara Montellano!
Andreo Fanta dragged Amara Montellano straight away, tied her up and said to Adán Rouco: “I’ll get the key, you get something to try to break the chain first!”
Adam Rouco dropped his pistol straight to the ground and his dark eyes swept quickly and sharply around the factory, and there was a steel pipe in the corner!
Adán Rouco took the steel pipe and smashed it against the chain, the impact was so strong and heartbreaking that Estrella Berrocal’s eardrums felt as if they were about to rupture.
Adán Rouco’s heart fluttered at the sight of the cuts on her face that were still bleeding, her small face and dirty hands. “Estrella, hold your ears and hold on a little longer.”
Estrella Berrocal covered her ears and Adán Rouco hit the chain with all his might, but it did not move, so Adán Rouco threw the pipe aside, annoyed, and took his pistol and fired several times at the chain, but the bullets only hit the surface of the chain and almost bounced off!
To one side, Amara Montellano sneered, “Don’t waste your strength! The power of these ordinary pistols will not be able to hit this chain.”
Estrella Berrocal looked at Adán Rouco with wet and watery eyes and bit her lip, “Adán, the fire is great, you and my brother must leave now, if you continue here, then not only will I not be able to leave, nor will you be able to escape…. you must go now. ”
His words, though softly spoken, trembled and trembled in his voice, and he was afraid.
Adán Rouco’s eyes were scarlet as he knelt in front of Estrella Berrocal, took a clean handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the smeared blood from her face. “Don’t be afraid, I’m not leaving, don’t cry, the police and firemen will be here soon, when they arrive the fire will be out, it’s okay Estrella. ”
Estrella Berrocal looked at him, tears rolling down her eyes as she pushed her hands against his shoulders, “You have to go…. you have to call the fire department and the police! Go get someone to save me.”
Adán Rouco hugged her tightly: “I am not leaving, I am not going anywhere, I am staying here with you!
How is it possible that Adán Rouco, as intelligent as he was, did not understand that she only wanted to get him out first?
“Adam Rouco you have to go! Please!”
Estrella Berrocal saw that the fire was burning her and pushed harder, but her embrace felt like a brick wall and she could not free herself, only plead helplessly.
Andreo Fanta looked for the key several times without finding it in Amara Montellano, and with his patience and common sense almost exhausted, he shouted angrily: “Amara Montellano I give you one last chance! Where the hell are the keys!”.
Amara Montellano laughed unhingedly, “Ah the keys…. I left them out in the gutter! Go get them back if you can! Hahahahahahahaha…”
Andreo Fanta’s eyes sparkled, “I’ll go out and get the keys!”.
Adán Rouco gently wiped the tears under Estrella Berrocal’s eyes with his fingertips and told her from his heart: “Don’t cry, if you cry any more the wounds on your face will get infected”.
Estrella Berrocal threw her arms around his neck, “Adam…”
Adán Rouco also hugged her tightly and closed his eyes: “Don’t be afraid, soon someone will come for us”.
The fire, which was getting bigger and bigger, raged throughout the factory.
Amara Montellano crawls over and reaches for a bag of flour.
Adán Rouco’s dark eyes trembled and it was too late to stop them when Amara Montellano sprinkled flour all over the fire.
Adam Rouco crushes Estrella Berrocal to the ground in a hug and holds her in his arms to save her life!
The whole factory, bang, it exploded.
Estrella Berrocal only felt the ground tremble vividly, and the man who protected her hugged her tightly and said in a hoarse and difficult voice in her ear, “Estrella, don’t be afraid, I’m here…”