Dulcina Calvo returned overnight to Ciudad de Ronda, her heart pounding in her throat from the nervousness of the journey.
Mom’s heart has never been right, plus she has high blood pressure, and Dulcina Calvo isn’t sure if it’s because she’s been so angry with her in the last few days, as emotions can trigger heart disease and high blood pressure.
She would feel guilty if actually being with Esteban Zaragosa had put her mother in the hospital out of anger.
It took more than two hours on a long overnight bus ride to reach the City of Ronda.
As soon as Dulcina Calvo arrived in town, she called her father: “Dad, are you and Mom at the hospital or are you at home?
There, lying on the bed, Mother Dulcina, hurriedly winked at Papa Dulcina, who then, turning to Dulcina Calvo, said, “Oh Dulcina, go home, we’re all home and your mother is back from the hospital.”
“Huh? Are you sure you’re ready to be discharged? Don’t you need to stay in the hospital for a few more days for observation?”
“The doctor has said that your illness is due to your emotional turmoil and that you need to recover, so there is no point in you staying in the hospital. Where are you now, do you want me to pick you up?”
“No, no need, I’m almost home.”
Indeed, it was she who broke her mother’s heart.
Dulcina Calvo is depressed and blames herself for her mother’s illness, even though she did not mean to.
…
Upon arriving home, Dulcina Calvo put on her slippers and went to the bedroom to see her mother.
“Mom, how are you?”
Mother Dulcina rubbed her head with one hand as she sighed in pain, “Oh, my head hurts, Dulcina, I’m not asking for anything, can you listen to your parents in the future?
Dulcina Calvo’s eyes reddened slightly at these words, “Mom! What are you talking about, are you going to live long?”.
“The doctor has said that with my illness I cannot be stimulated any further, and that any further stimulation would have unthinkable consequences …”
Dulcina Calvo nodded vigorously and bit her lip as she said, “Mom, I’ll never make you mad again.”
“So you promise me you won’t go out with Esteban Zaragosa?” Mother Dulcina’s eyes lit up.
Dulcina Calvo gagged and hesitated for a long time before mustering the courage to say, “Mom, let’s not talk about this, let’s talk while you recover.”
He had thought it through; he couldn’t upset his mother, but he also didn’t want to give up Esteban Zaragosa so easily because of it.
Esteban Zaragosa was serious about his feelings, she could feel it, and wouldn’t she be doing Esteban Zaragosa a disservice if she had to separate from him just because her parents didn’t approve?
“Oops … I have a headache again.”
Mother Dulcina waved her hand and pushed Dulcina Calvo, whose expression became painful again.
Dulcina Calvo didn’t know what to do and looked anxiously at Papa Dulcina: “Papa, what about this, do we have to take Mama to the hospital now?”.
Papa Dulcina was not anxious at all, the woman was very good at acting, it was true that lately her blood pressure had risen a little, but not so much that it gave her a headache, Papa Dulcina saw Dulcina Calvo in a mess, he waved his hand and said: “Dulcina, go wash up, I’ll take care of your mother, your mother, nothing serious. Don’t worry, it’s late and you’ve had a long trip, you’re tired”.
Mother Dulcina gave her old companion a dirty look, and Papa Dulcina didn’t even cooperate with her.
If Papa Dulcina had cooperated in this matter, the girl and the bastard would have killed him!
…
After Dulcina Calvo hesitantly left the bedroom, Mother Dulcina began to moan.
“Papa Dulcina, I say what’s wrong with you, in this matter I find that we don’t agree in our attitudes.”
Papa Dulcina stared at her: “You’ve noticed that we don’t see eye to eye. I don’t approve of Dulcina being with Esteban Zaragosa, but I also don’t approve of you playing sick and deceiving the girl, using your filial piety and compassion to make it difficult for her to behave both ways. ”
“If I didn’t push her, you saw, as soon as she returned to La Ciudad Santa, as soon as she was out of our sight, she took the man home to live with her, I think she was enchanted with this Esteban. No … how come she broke up with that Lazaro Morejon boy and got a fake Lazaro Morejon to fool us after all, this girl, no wonder.”
Papa Dulcina advised: “Doesn’t Esteban Zaragosa say he’s divorced now? At least, it’s not exactly sneaky for Dulcina to contact him now. If Dulcina really wants to talk to Esteban Zaragosa …”
Before Papa Dulcina could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Mother Dulcina: “This Esteban Zaragosa, even if he’s divorced, he’s a divorced man, how can Dulcina be with him? Father Dulcina, I tell you, I don’t care how good this Esteban Zaragosa is, in my case, he’s a divorced and irresponsible father of a family! I won’t give him Dulcina even if I die”.
Papa Dulcina frowned, “You are dying every day and you want to break the relationship with your girl, I don’t think you can do it, if she really wants to be with that guy, what can you do, do you still have to compromise in the end?”
“I will never compromise on this matter, I will give a solution, Dulcina cannot marry anyone but that man!”
…
As Dulcina Calvo showered and dried her hair, she sat on the blanket next to the bed, staring at her cell phone, which suddenly rang.
It was Esteban Zaragosa’s number. Although he had deleted his cell phone number from his address book the last time, he remembered his number and it looked familiar.
Just as I was about to pack up, there was a knock on the bedroom door, “Sweetie, Daddy has warmed up a glass of milk for you, why don’t you drink it before you go to bed.”
Dulcina Calvo hurriedly cut off the call and put the phone back on the bed.
“Good.”
If Dad overhears her talking to Esteban Zaragosa on the phone, another family battle will break out!
Dulcina Calvo finished her milk, went to brush her teeth, got into bed and curled up under the covers staring at the missed call, hesitating a long time before calling.
But the other side, has turned off the phone …
Dulcina Calvo bites her lip, a bit discouraged.
Was it anger? It’s not like I didn’t answer the phone on purpose.
It was clearly time for bed, but Dulcina Calvo couldn’t sleep.
Dazed and confused the next morning, the first thing she did when she woke up was to check her phone for missed calls and such, but disappointingly, Esteban Zaragosa had not called or texted her again, apart from a few text messages from the help desk.
It seems that … is really angry.
…
Dulcina Calvo took two days off work to visit her mother, and when she saw that she was almost recovered, she returned to work at La Ciudad Santa.
Mother Dulcina also made a point of saying, “I’m going to stay with you for a few days, it will be easier to take care of you, you’ll have a hot meal as soon as you come home from work, and you won’t even have to do laundry while I’m there, so you can work quietly every day. Come on, I’ve put everything away.”
“Mom… you’re not well, how are you going to go to The Holy City to take care of me?”
If you want to take care of her, she should be the one to take care of her mother.
“I’m in good health and the doctor told me I could live to be a hundred if I don’t get angry.”
Mother Dulcina ignored Dulcina Calvo and simply said to Papa Dulcina: “Papa Dulcina, what are you waiting for, take me and my daughter to the bus station. Take care of yourself at home for the time being”.
Dulcina Calvo: …
Is Mom going to The Holy City to spy on her?