At The Villas at Repulse Bay, Estrella Berrocal hangs up the phone and hands Lucio, who is in her arms, to the nanny.
This nanny, a former sister of Felipa’s family, is a reliable and loyal person and has been helping Estrella Berrocal with the children since Felipa returned to the Rouco family.
During the week, Cari takes Luciocuando Adán Rouco to work with the group, Paulita goes to school and Estrella Berrocal needs to go out.
Estrella Berrocal didn’t call a car because she was worried that Dulcina Calvo wouldn’t be able to think clearly, so she drove herself from the garage to Dulcina Calvo’s apartment.
When she was pregnant, Adán Rouco had her under control and did not allow her to drive, so it had been a long time since she had driven and her driving skills were rusty.
When she arrived at Dulcina Calvo’s apartment, Estrella Berrocal opened the door and saw Dulcina Calvo with eyes as puffy as walnuts.
“Dulcina …”
“Star …”
Dulcina Calvo snorted and hugged herself to her, sobbing and cursing, “Esteban Zaragosa is a bastard, inviting me and playing games with me, does he think this is funny?”
Estrella Berrocal took her by the arm and walked over to the couch, pulling out some tissues to dry her tears. “I’m so relieved to see that you’re okay, I was so afraid you wouldn’t be able to think straight after all the way.”
Dulcina Calvo grabbed a Kleenex, blew her nose vigorously a couple of times, grabbed the bucket of instant noodles fresh off the counter and asked, “By the way, have you eaten yet?”
Estrella Berrocal couldn’t help but let out a laugh: “Seeing that you still have the presence of mind to remember to eat, you don’t seem too upset.”
Dulcina Calvo hummed softly, sucking on her bubble noodles as she talked about chicken soup: “Haven’t you heard of it? To be an adult is to cook yourself a bowl of noodles while crying, even if you suffer a lot, and don’t forget to add an egg. Not only did I add an egg, I also added ham. Even if we break up, I can’t starve myself for that bastard Esteban Zaragosa. ”
Estrella Berrocal nodded approvingly, “That’s right. But …. how can it be so sudden, I have seen before that Dr. Esteban and you have always had a good relationship, even when your parents were against you, he has been firmly on your side, how can he change from one moment to the next?”
After a good cry and a lot of grief, Dulcina Calvo seemed calmer and, after thinking about it for a while, she did feel that there was something strange about the incident.
“Star, do you think … he’ll suddenly want to break up with me because he has some incurable disease like the hero of a tragic romantic movie?”
“…”
Dulcina Calvo puffed out her little mouth and said in a somewhat defeated voice, “But the doctor said he was just bleeding from his stomach, it’s not like I’m going to kill him, so why did he leave me out?”
Estrella Berrocal remembered the gunshot wound that Esteban Zaragosa had received in Italy, a man who, at first glance, did not look like a man with the ordinary work of a doctor.
“Dulcina, do you know exactly what Dr. Esteban’s work is? It always seemed to me that Dr. Esteban’s work was very dangerous.”
Dulcina Calvo nodded: “I have asked him about it before, but he has been very reserved, but he doesn’t seem like a good guy to me, a man who handles guns a lot … he shouldn’t be a good guy.”
Estrella Berrocal let out a laugh, “Do you continue to have a relationship with someone if you think they’re no good?”.
Dulcina Calvo’s eyes bugged out, her watery eyes lowered slightly as she looked down at the finger-licking noodles, suddenly less appetizing. “I want to stay away from dangerous men like that, but I can’t help but want to be near him, so what can I do?”
Estrella Berrocal reached out, patted him on the shoulder and asked, “So, what are you going to do Dulcina, honestly, you can break up with Lázaro Morejón when he cheats on you, but what about … Esteban What about Zaragosa, can you do it?”
Dulcina Calvo’s watery eyes looked seriously at Estrella Berrocal, “I would lie to you and say yes, but I know perfectly well that Esteban Zaragosa and Lázaro Morejón are in a completely different place in my heart, Esteban Zaragosa has taught me what love is, what perseverance in relationships is, and even knowing he may … not be from the same world as me, even knowing that he is a dangerous man, I can’t stop thinking about him.”
“So what are you going to do? Even after he breaks up with you, are you going to go back to him?”
Dulcina Calvo shook her head softly, “I don’t know. Estrella, have you and Adán Rouco ever broken up?”.
Estrella Berrocal burst out laughing: “Of course we broke up, not only did we break up several times, we almost got divorced”.
“But in the end Adán Rouco went with you, didn’t he?”
“Yes.”
Dulcina Calvo says with conviction: “That’s why I believe that my feelings are not over, I want to believe that what I see and what I feel for Esteban Zaragosa is real, and since it is real, his feelings for me will also be real, but I don’t know now why he has suddenly broken up with me, and if he really loves me in the end, I’m sure it will reach me too”.
The reason the Earth is round is probably because people who want to get together end up doing so.
…
Estrella Berrocal accompanied Dulcina Calvo into the night.
Estrella Berrocal’s cell phone had been resting in her purse, as she was usually at home for fear of disturbing Lucio’s sleep, so she had put it on vibrate and did not hear the call from Adán Rouco.
When I left Dulcina Calvo’s apartment, there were several missed calls on my phone, all from Adán Rouco.
Estrella Berrocal got into the car and instead of driving immediately, she first called Adán Rouco, and when the call was answered, the man’s voice was slightly cold: “I heard Cari say that you have gone out on your own, where are you? I will come and pick you up”.
“I’m already planning to go home now, no need to come pick me up, I’ll be home in half an hour, it’ll be quick.”
Without waiting for Adán Rouco to say anything else, Estrella Berrocal had simply hung up the phone.
Adán Rouco: “…”
Have you been out of control too much lately, so you are becoming more and more anarchic?
Estrella Berrocal was driving back to Las Villas in Repulse Bay at the end of the day, the road was a bit jammed and it took over forty minutes to get out of town when Adam Rouco’s call came back in.
“Why haven’t you arrived yet, send me your address and I’ll come and get you right away.”
“Don’t come, there’s traffic downtown, I should have known to take the subway.”
No sooner had she said a few words than Estrella Berrocal felt a huge jolt from behind, the phone dropped from her hand and her brain rattled.
His first thought was that the car had been rear-ended.
Estrella Berrocal was left unconscious and slumped over the steering wheel.
The phone is still in the line …
“Star? Star?”
Adán Rouco shouted her name a dozen times before Estrella Berrocal gained some awareness, and with great effort she reached for the screen of her phone and pressed the speakerphone.
“Adam, I’ve been in a car accident.”
In that voice came a nervous, fearful cry, and Adán Rouco, on the other end of the phone, his dark eyes narrowed sharply.
…
Impact to the rear of the car.
The traffic police brigade and ambulance were soon on the road to the accident.
The vehicles involved in the accident were removed by the traffic police and Estrella Berrocal was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Adán Rouco rushed to the hospital in a hurry.
“How is my wife?”
“Mr. Adam, Ms. Estrella’s condition is not serious, but she needs to be hospitalized for observation due to a mild concussion and a brain hemorrhage.”
Adán Rouco exhaled a tight sigh, exhaled it deeply and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
The man walked into the living room with long legs as he made a mental decision, “I will not let that woman touch the car again.”