When Estrella Berrocal woke up, she unconsciously put her hand to her side and felt an empty space. She was stunned and, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw that Adán Rouco had disappeared.
He hastily put on his coat and got out of bed to look for it.
Where did this man go, now blind, alone?
Estrella Berrocal searched the wards and bathrooms without finding anyone and ran out to look for them.
When I got to the front, I saw Adán Rouco standing there, being fiercely scolded by a middle-aged lady.
“Are you blind and don’t you wear sunglasses and crutches when you go out? My ugly orange has rolled on the floor and shattered! You have to pay for my ugly orange!”
“Really! Don’t leave the room if you’re blind! Network problems!”
Estrella Berrocal, irritated, quickly approached Adán Rouco and said to the fat, middle-aged woman, “Who are you calling blind?”
The fat middle-aged woman froze and looked at Estrella Berrocal, “Well, what do I care if I say it is, or are you willing to pay for my ugly orange?”
“Excuse me!” Estrella Berrocal was righteously indignant and her tone was unusually firm.
The fat, middle-aged woman was not an easy target, and her temper was rising, “I’m not going to apologize, what do you want?”
The woman approached and pushed Estrella Berrocal, who, prepared, only took a small step backwards and crashed into Adán Rouco’s arms.
Adán Rouco reached out and grabbed her hand tightly, “Don’t fall.”
He found it difficult to protect her because he was blind and, since she was still pregnant, he could hurt her if she got into a fight with someone.
For the first time Adán Rouco was willing to condescend and opted to rest his case, taking her by the wrist and saying, “Estrella, let’s go back.”
Estrella Berrocal, who had always been a good girl, but this time she was very stubborn, pushed Adán Rouco’s hand away and told him in one word: “I won’t come back until I ask for your forgiveness”.
Adán Rouco’s heart felt as if it had been burned hard by something, very hot, with a little tingle of heat.
Estrella Berrocal glared at the middle-aged woman: “Excuse my husband!
Around them, a large crowd of foodies was gradually attracted.
The middle-aged lady was very overbearing and unreasonable: “He was already blind, and he won’t let anyone speak?”
“He is only temporarily blind and accidentally bumped into you, you are blatantly blind, even if he is really blind I will not allow others to say that about him!”
Adán Rouco is too perfect to be singled out and called blind behind his back, not by Estrella Berrocal, never.
“Yes, people should not be discriminated against when they are visually impaired.”
“It’s just that you threw your ugly orange on the ground, and the ugly orange is not rotten, just pick it up, it’s not like you were hit on purpose, it’s not comfortable for anyone to listen to a blind man.”
The middle-aged woman, who seemed to fear a mass attack, gritted her teeth and looked at Estrella Berrocal, reluctantly, though reluctantly, for fear of attracting hospital staff and security guards, and said reluctantly, “Just now, it was my fault, I’m sorry, okay? ”
The middle-aged woman finished apologizing and was about to leave with her ugly orange when Estrella Berrocal called her.
“Wait!”
“What more do you want?”
Estrella Berrocal pulled a hundred-dollar bill out of her pocket and stuffed it straight into the plastic bag of her ugly oranges. “Take this money and go buy more ugly oranges! No, thank you.”
“You…”
Estrella Berrocal had turned around and grabbed Adán Rouco’s arm: “Honey, let’s go back”.
The corner of Adam Rouco’s mouth turned up, it seemed like it was the first time someone was protecting him from behind and, surprisingly, it wasn’t a bad feeling and, in fact, he enjoyed it a little.
When we returned to the living room, Estrella Berrocal asked, “Why did you run out alone, you should have asked me to come with you if you were going out?”
“What, are you afraid I’ll get lost?”
“Yes, now I have to watch you like Paulita for my peace of mind.”
Estrella Berrocal saw that he didn’t say anything: “You still haven’t told me, what did you want to do out there just now?”.
“I wanted to be left alone to get familiar with the feeling of not having to walk around with my eyes and just feel my way around.”
Estrella Berrocal stared at him: “And after getting to know each other? Are you going alone? I’m not pestering you too much, besides, we’re a couple, aren’t we?”.
Adán Rouco reached out and rubbed his head: “When we get back to the Holy City, I’m going to the office, you can’t keep following me.
“That’s a bit of a problem.”
A man as proud as Adán Rouco would not want to use something like a cane, and the image of Santino Yepes holding it all the time is always a little strange to think about.
Besides, if Adán Rouco wants to go to the bathroom, does Santino Yepes have to stay to help?
That image was also too strange.
“When it’s longer, maybe your eyes will heal.” reassured Estrella Berrocal.
Adán Rouco only emitted a faint “hmm”, his mood was not clear.
…
A few days later, a call came from the Rouco family, urging Adán Rouco to return.
After being discharged from the hospital, he returned to the Holy City a few days later.
As soon as she arrived at the Rouco family, Paulita ran happily to see Adán Rouco and Estrella Berrocal.
“Dad! Star!”
Estrella Berrocal bent down and hugged the little bundle and kissed her, “Did Paulita miss Estrella?”.
“I want to! But Estrella you haven’t been home for a long time and I thought you and daddy didn’t want me!”
“Why yes, you are my favorite with your father.”
Paulita smiled and threw her arms around Adán Rouco’s legs: “Dad, a hug!
Adán Rouco bends down and picks up Paulita: “Have you been good to your grandfather at home?”.
“I’m a good boy, I get up and go to school on time every day, kisses from daddy!”
Paulita threw her arms around Adán Rouco’s neck and gave him a kiss on his pretty face: “Daddy, you kiss Paulita, too!
Adán Rouco kisses the little boy on the nose.
Paulita stood up indignantly: “Why are you kissing my nose, Daddy?
Estrella Berrocal pursed her lips and explained, “Paulita, there’s something wrong with daddy’s eyes, he won’t be able to see for a while, so come on down.”
Paulita’s little hand waved in front of Adán Rouco’s eyes, who didn’t even blink, and Paulita asked, wide-eyed and curious, “Daddy, can you really not see me?”
At that moment, Mr. Rouco came down from the upstairs study.
Estrella Berrocal shouted, “Dad.”
Mr. Rouco was perplexed, he didn’t believe Estrella Berrocal was still willing to call him dad, he thought she would hate him, he felt a little guilty after all, he looked at Estrella Berrocal and said, “It’s good to be back, it’s good to be back.”
Paulita got out of Adán Rouco’s arms and told him: “Grandfather, daddy can’t see, get a doctor to see daddy!
Sister Rouco’s brow furrowed in concern as she asked, “What happened to Adam’s eye?”
“It’s a long story, I’ll tell you later. We just got back from a hard day in King City, and Estrella is pregnant again, so I’ll walk her to rest first.”
Sister Rouco was once again stunned to be pregnant…
But they are related by blood, can this child … be wanted?
Paulita was overjoyed, running to Estrella Berrocal’s lap and running her little hands across Estrella Berrocal’s belly, “Estrella, is there a baby brother here? Can baby brother play with me later?”.
Estrella Berrocal looked tenderly at her daughter: “Sure, but it doesn’t have to be a little brother yet, maybe a little sister? But everyone has to call us sister Paulita. ”
“Good sister, I want to be the big one!”
Estrella Berrocal lovingly stroked the little boy’s head.