Ciri Garzón, who had been named by Paulita, had a slight warmth on her face, and before she could say anything, Andreo Fanta had already hooked her lips in a faint smile, and her thin lips spat out a statement, “She’s not a bride, she’s a fiancée.”
“What’s a fiancée?” asked Paulita to Andreo Fanta with a curious pout.
Andreo Fanta explained tersely, “He’s the kind of guy who’s going to get married and have kids later, like your mom and dad.”
As soon as she said this, the eyes in the room turned ambiguously to Ciri Garzón’s face.
Paulita nodded her little head with special seriousness, “Uncle, I see, so I have to call this sister Tia?”.
Estrella Berrocal snorted a laugh, “Paulita, one minute they call you Hermana Bonita and the next Tia, what exactly are you going to call her?”
The teat had been wrong in all generations, but children don’t know anything about generations either.
Paulita looked at Ciri Garzón, her eyes blinked twice and her mouth opened and she said, “Tía”.
Ciri Garzón, who was being called “Tía” for the first time, blushed and rushed over to Paulita, grabbed her hand and deliberately changed the subject, “Paulita, I have agreed with your Estrella that you will be my goddaughter, so you can’t call me Tía. You can’t call me Tia, you have to call me Godmother!”.
Lupita Vasconcellos was in a very good mood and said with a smile, “You adults, one minute you call Paulita that and the next you call her that, we don’t know what to call Paulita, Paulita can call her whatever she wants!”
Ciri Garzón took Paulita out of Andreo Fanta’s arms and went to sit on the sofa: “Paulita, Madrina also has a gift for you, open it and see if you like it”.
Paulita sat in Ciri Garzón’s arms, holding a gift box in her two little hands and carefully opening it.
Estrella Berrocal sent Felipa to prepare tea and snack, then sat down and said, “Next time you come, don’t buy this and that for the child, you’ll spoil her.”
Lupita Vasconcellos, who had been blessed with a niece, said, “That’s not possible, Paulita is a little princess, isn’t she?”.
Paulita said, “Daddy says not to waste money, but to study hard and not play with things, so I won’t play with toys every day.”
Lupita Vasconcellos laughed at the little girl’s attitude, “Estrella, the boy is a good boy, don’t worry”.
When Paulita unwrapped Ciri Garzón’s gift box, inside was a delicate little doll.
Paulita hugged the doll and gave Ciri Garzón a kiss on the cheek, “Gracias Madrina!”.
“Paulita likes it very much.”
Lupita Vasconcellos teased Paulita, “Paulita, Godmother gave you a doll and you kissed Godmother, Uncle didn’t give you and you kissed her, Grandma gave you a dress and you didn’t kiss Grandma?”
Paulita immediately opened her little arms and when Lupita Vasconcellos brought the baby to her, Paulita simply kissed Lupita Vasconcellos on the cheek!
Lupita Vasconcellos was very happy and gave Paulita several kisses on her cheek too, “Paulita is a little grandmother’s heart”.
Estrella Berrocal feared that Lupita Vasconcellos would remain weak after the operation and reminded her: “Paulita, grandma is weak, don’t bother grandma to hug you all the time”.
“No problem, I can’t be happy enough to hug Paulita, I’m in a good mood and I’m naturally in good health.”
Andreo Fanta could see that his mother was in a very good mood and said to Estrella Berrocal: “Mom is not usually so happy, so you should let me hug her”.
Lupita Vasconcellos said, “Yes, not only will I be able to hold Paulita, I will also be able to hold the other one when the one in your belly comes out, and I will be able to hold Andreo and Ciri’s baby. ”
Estrella Berrocal, not wanting to embarrass Ciri Garzón, joked, “Mom, we may be willing, but you’re not going to be able to take care of them, so don’t get tired.”
“I won’t be tired, I feel years younger with the kids.”
Paulita purses her lips, tilts her head and asks Ciri Garzón: “Madrina, are you afraid of worms?”.
“No, why?”
“Godmother, do you want to go looking for worms with me? I want to go to the little pond out back to catch small fish.”
“Yes.”
Ciri Garzón accompanied Paulita to the yard with her small tools to dig for worms.
Estrella Berrocal looked out the floor-to-ceiling window into the courtyard and said, “Ciri and Paulita are very playful.”
Lupita Vasconcellos sighed softly, “Ciri, the girl, at first felt grumpy at the contact, but over time, the girl was actually quite nice, she said several times that she didn’t like children, and look how happy she is playing with Paulita.”
Lupita Vasconcellos shot Andreo Fanta a look, “Andreo, you have to work harder, you are the same age as Adam, look at Adam, he has a second child and you are not married yet.”
Estrella Berrocal played the role of peacemaker: “Mom, there’s no hurry, if my brother and Ciri cheer up, they will soon have children”.
Lupita Vasconcellos, remembering what she was doing, cautiously touched Estrella Berrocal’s belly, “When will the baby be born?”
“It’s thirteen days before the due date, but for the last two days I’ve had the feeling that the baby can’t wait to come out.”
“Wow, you must be nervous, don’t be so nervous, your big brother and I are with you in The Holy City until Adam returns. By the way, where is Adam’s father? We’ve been here a long time, why haven’t we seen the in-laws?”.
“Dad, he’s been away for a while and hasn’t come back yet, but since I’m about to give birth, Dad said he’d be back in a few days.”
“So it looks like the in-laws are in very good health. He’s still able to play at this age.”
“Yes, Dad has always been in good health. Mom, you take care of your health too. When you get old, the most important thing is to be healthy.”
Lupita Vasconcellos patted his hand, “For your sake, I want to live a long life too, I still want to wait to see Paulita grow up and get married.”
Lupita Vasconcellos said they would stay overnight at the hotel, but Estrella Berrocal refused and asked Felipa to prepare three rooms, and Lupita Vasconcellos stayed overnight at La Villa Rouco.
In the evening, Paulita took Ciri Garzón to her room.
As they had developed a strong bond during the day, Paulita enthusiastically asked Ciri Garzón to sleep with her at night.
Estrella Berrocal could not help laughing: “Paulita, how can you sleep with Madrina in such a small cot?
Paulita ran with her little pillow: “Then I’ll sleep with Madrina in Madrina’s room!”.
Estrella Berrocal saw that the little girl had one hand on the pillow and another on Ciri Garzón’s lap, as if she did not love her as her own mother.
“Now you have Madrina and you don’t want your own mother, do you?”.
Paulita is very sweet: “I’ll sleep with Madrina for a few days if she doesn’t come often, but I can sleep with Estrella every day. And Estrella has a baby in her tummy, so daddy says I can’t sleep with Estrella because I might accidentally squash the baby.”
Estrella Berrocal stopped teasing her, stroked her little head and asked Ciri Garzón: “Ciri, you should take her to bed, Paulita is a bit restless in bed and she rolls around a lot under the sheets”.
“What doesn’t suit me, I’m very attached to Paulita and I’m going to tell her the mermaid story at night.”
“And what about my brother?” Estrella Berrocal asked unconsciously.
Ciri Garzón’s ears perked up: “What a story he wants to hear! He’s not a child anymore! Besides I don’t sleep with him!”.
Estrella Berrocal: …