It was almost four o’clock in the afternoon when Estrella Berrocal went with Claudio Belles to pick up the two children at the nursery.
But after waiting a long time, the children did not come out.
When Estrella Berrocal and Claudio Belles entered the nursery, they found the two children standing stubbornly in front of the classroom wall, their little faces rosy from the sun.
Estrella Berrocal, distressed, hurried to approach them and asked: “Paulita, Angelo, what are you doing standing here? are you standing here?
The little ones’ foreheads were covered with sweat and their hair was sticky, so Estrella Berrocal hurriedly took out tissues to wipe their faces.
Claudio Belles also asked anxiously, “What’s going on?”
Paulita pursed her lips and said, “Estrella, Aunt Claudio, we were right, it was the teacher and Lucio Carda who made a mistake.”
The teacher came out of the office just as the words were spoken, and as soon as she saw the parents, she spoke kindly, “You are the mothers of Paula Rouco and Angelo Herrán, right?”
“Yes.”
“Paula Rouco and Angelo Herrán have hit a child in the class, so they can ask their children to apologize to the little boy and it will be over.”
Paulita ran up to Estrella Berrocal and wrapped her little arms around her waist and said, “Estrella, it was Lucio Carda who was pulling my clothes, I told him to stop but he kept pulling my clothes, so I pushed him.”
Estrella Berrocal patted the child’s head and said with a slight frown, “Teacher, I think there is a misunderstanding, why don’t we ask the child who was hit to come out too, so we can sort things out first?”
Claudio Belles agreed with Estrella Berrocal: “Maestra, I know my son, he can be a bit naughty, but he doesn’t hit people for no reason. Let’s get to the bottom of this, we can’t accuse him of anything. If it’s really our son who has made a mistake, it’s not too late to admit it”.
In the classroom, an arrogant and shrill female voice came from the classroom, “How dare you say that? Look at the bruises all over his face and the blood coming out of the corner of his lips.”
It was Lucio Carda’s mother who spoke, taking him out of the classroom and approaching him aggressively, looking as if she were asking for punishment.
The teacher hastened to calm Mother Lucius: “Mother Lucius, don’t be angry, we have something to discuss.”
“Don’t make me angry? Can’t I get angry as a mother when my son gets beaten up like that? What if my son gets mutilated?”
Claudio Belles saw that indeed Lucio Carda had received a blow to the face, not as much as Mother Lucio had said, but still a little sorry, “I would like to apologize to you and your son for my son.”
“Sorry? Is sorry going to do any good? Who’s responsible for my son’s face?” Mother Lucius wasn’t going to let up, it looked like it was going to be a badger.
Estrella Berrocal pursed her lips, “Mother Lucio, the thing is this: my daughter says that her son pulled my daughter’s clothes first, and my daughter kept refusing, but her son kept ignoring, so my daughter pushed her son, and after that, her son messed with my daughter, and Angelo Herran’s guys are good friends with our daughter, so they came to help.”
“Well, you two parents are working together to bully our mother and son, aren’t you?”
“I didn’t mean that, I meant to say that our two children were indeed at fault, but their children were at fault.”
Mother Lucio exploded like a firebomb, shouting at the top of her voice, “How is my son to blame? Did he just pull your daughter’s clothes a few times and want to hit her? Your daughter is made of gold and can’t be touched?”.
Estrella Berrocal, seeing that her opponent was being unreasonable, said, “My daughter is not gold, but what your son did was, in a way, an act of sexual aggression, and my daughter was protecting herself, and Angelo Herrán, as a spectator, pulled clothes and even fought with your son, and I see no problem with that. issue.”
Mother Lucio’s face instantly turned green: “What are you talking about! My son pulled your daughter’s clothes a few times and that’s sexual assault? You’re a funny woman, you talk too much! You don’t even blush when you hit someone, but you’re putting a label on my son that you don’t deserve!”.
Mother Lucio approached and tried to push Estrella Berrocal, who was pregnant, but she seemed to be very strong, and Claudio Belles got in front of Estrella Berrocal and tried to stop Mother Lucio, but Mother Lucio moved away. But Mother Lucio pushed Claudio Belles away and pushed Estrella Berrocal towards him.
Mother Lucio’s hand was so strong that she pushed Estrella Berrocal down the stairs …
Estrella Berrocal’s heart shuddered and she fell into a firm embrace. The expected pain did not come and, between several pairs of wide, frightened and nervous eyes, Adán Rouco, who had just arrived, grasped Estrella Berrocal securely.
“What’s going on?”
Estrella Berrocal’s breath caught in her throat and she was left in a state of shock.
Adán Rouco, seeing her in shock, was naturally furious; she was pregnant and if he had not caught her in time to roll down the stairs, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
Adán Rouco’s face grew even colder at the thought.
Paulita stared at Mother Lucio, with her little white finger pointing at him, and said: “Papa, it was this bad woman who pushed Estrella!
Adán Rouco reassured Estrella Berrocal: “Be careful”.
His hands, however, were still firmly around Estrella Berrocal’s waist, fearing that she might make another mistake.
Adam Rouco, who had probably realized what had happened, said, “Mother Lucio, would you like to apologize for your son’s behavior towards my daughter, and for pushing my wife, six months pregnant, which almost caused an irreparable accident?”
Mother Lucius saw that the other man had help and that this did not look like a man to be trifled with, “You, … are working together to intimidate us, mother and son! I will call my husband and tell him to come right now.”
Adán Rouco was not frightened by the situation and made a face of “call, your husband will come and we will settle the accounts together”.
The professor also feared that the thing was getting out of hand and Adán Rouco, who was a very distinguished man, lowered his glasses and said, “Mother Lucio, why don’t we forget about this …, I don’t think Lucio has hurt himself.”
It was Mother Lucio who had pushed Sra.
But Mother Lucio, who didn’t know Adán Rouco at all, seemed like she wasn’t going to give up, and after the phone call, she smugly said, “My husband will be right over!”
Adán Rouco snorted coldly: “This, of course, is not going to go away”.
A shiver was released in the man’s cold eyes.
Paulita hugged her daddy’s long legs, blinked her big eyes and murmured in a milky voice, “Daddy, I’m dizzy.”
Adán Rouco took his little girl in his arms and touched her milky white forehead with his big hand: “Why are you dizzy?”.
Estrella Berrocal explained: “Paulita and Angelo have been outdoors all afternoon and may have had a little heat stroke.
Adán Rouco’s gaze was cold and fierce.
Estrella Berrocal’s heart skipped a beat and she silently lit a candle for Mother Lucio.