The next morning, Dulcina Calvo took two buns and went to the hospital, without staying home to have breakfast with Esteban Zaragosa.
Esteban Zaragosa always thought the girl had a little problem with him after she said yesterday that she didn’t want to have children for a while.
Dulcina Calvo arrived at the hospital and, after a busy morning, had lunch in the canteen with her colleagues.
One of the head nurses, a doctor in her department.
The doctor asked, “Nurse Manager, why isn’t Angela here today?”
Angela is one of the young nurses in her unit.
The plump head nurse said as she ate, “You don’t know yet, Angela is pregnant, more than three months now, and it was at our hospital that she had the test.”
Dulcina Calvo was slightly puzzled: “But isn’t Angela still married?”.
“It’s because you’re not married and you’re pregnant out of wedlock that makes it more problematic. Angela’s boyfriend’s family is very strange, he’s not from a good family and he’s not from our area, he’s from out of town.
Dulcina Calvo was even more surprised: “How old are you that these customs still exist?”
“Yes, Angela is such a nice girl, with a good job and good looks, why is she falling in love with a boy from such a family? What a waste of time.”
The roommate shook her head and sighed, “To each his own, by the way, did her boyfriend really not say a word for her? He didn’t say anything to her about getting her license first and then letting her have the baby?”
The head nurse scoffed, “Humph, if that man had those thoughts and put himself in Angela’s shoes, Angela wouldn’t be so unhappy. But Angela chose her own boyfriend, who can blame her but herself for not meeting the right person.”
Dulcina Calvo is a bit puzzled.
“Dulcina, you’re still young, don’t get confused like Angela and ruin your happiness for the rest of your life with such a man! The head nurse will introduce you to a quality man later.”
Dulcina Calvo looked back and smiled awkwardly, “No, no, Matron, I have a boyfriend.”
The head nurse and the doctor seemed gossipy: “Do you have a boyfriend? That’s nice, how come I’ve never heard you say that, is he from our hospital?”
“No, it’s not from our hospital.”
“Let’s take a look at it later and keep an eye on it.”
…
Dulcina Calvo returned from the canteen a little disoriented.
If she gets pregnant, will Esteban Zaragosa be irresponsible because he doesn’t like the baby?
Dulcina Calvo sent a tweet to Estrella Berrocal: “Estrella, do you think a man would want to have children with you if he really liked you?”
Estrella Berrocal was quick to reply, “Of course I do, unless I’m heartbroken and think it’s a pain in the ass to let you have a baby.”
“What if the woman has expressed that she really likes the child?”
Estrella Berrocal seemed to pick up on something: “Doesn’t Dr. Esteban want to have children with you?”.
Dulcina Calvo: “…”
Is it, is it that obvious?
Dulcina Calvo hangs up her phone, a little melancholy.
Not that she wanted children now, all she cared about was why Esteban Zaragosa didn’t want them.
Near the end of the day, the director’s family had a second child and the director invited everyone to dinner.
Dulcina Calvo sent a message to Esteban Zaragosa: “Tonight we have a party in the section, I’m not coming back for dinner”.
When we arrived at the restaurant, the manager asked for a table and served a few bottles of beer and white wine.
“Today I am happy, you can order whatever you want, and then this wine, those who are not on duty at night can have a few drinks, those who are still on duty at night can’t even have a sip ah!”
“Hahahahahahaha director, we’re not going to drink, we’re going to eat more.”
“Okay, eat more, especially if you’re as thin as Dulcina, we’re a busy department and if you don’t eat more, you’ll lose your strength after a few big nights.”
There was a table full of meat dishes, and when the fish, which was on the table, moved to Dulcina Calvo’s side, the companion next to her reminded her, “Dulcina, have some fish.”
Dulcina Calvo looked at the fish and suddenly felt a little nauseous, taking a sip of water to suppress it. “You guys eat, I’ll have something else, I don’t really feel like eating fish”.
A classmate laughed at her, “You don’t even want to eat the fish, your mouth is choked by your boyfriend.”
Dulcina Calvo smiled slyly and took a few bites of the hollowed out dish, which tasted good, but her mind was not on eating today and she looked at her phone from time to time, and before long Esteban Zaragosa did send a message.
“Where is the meeting? Let me know when it’s over soon and I’ll pick you up.”
Dulcina Calvo did not return and was in a bit of a bad mood and did not eat much of her dinner.
After the party, Dulcina Calvo did not call Esteban Zaragosa, nor did she take the car to return home immediately, but sat outside in the flowerbeds and watched.
Her tummy is a little upset and she feels like throwing up a little tonight after seeing all the meat dishes, which came and went, so it looks like she will have to go in tomorrow to get checked out.
At 9:30 p. m., Esteban Zaragosa’s call came in.
“Is the party over, why haven’t you texted me?”
“I’ll go home on my own later, no need to pick me up.”
“Address.
“… I said no…”
Esteban Zaragosa’s voice was suddenly serious and earnest, “Dulcina Calvo, even if you are going to play with me, you have to go home before you do, now give me your address and I will come and get you”.
“…”
She’s not being naughty, she just wants to be left alone for a while.
Fifteen minutes later, Esteban Zaragosa’s car pulled up next to her and the man got out of it, frowning slightly as he saw her sitting alone by the flowerbed.
“Why are you sitting here alone?”
Dulcina Calvo got up and headed straight for the car, “Let’s go home.”
Esteban Zaragosa took her by the hand and stared at her small face, “Angry with me?”.
“No.”
“Then prove it to me.”
Dulcina Calvo: “…”
The girl had to stand on tiptoe, her small hands tugged at his neck and placed a soft kiss on his thin lips.
Then he quickly got into the car.
Esteban Zaragosa got into the car at that moment.
After the trip home, Dulcina Calvo took a shower and went quietly to bed.
Esteban Zaragosa felt he was surprisingly out of place.
A man who would normally come home and grab a packet of crisps, sit on the sofa and watch half a day’s worth of chewing gum, why is he suddenly so quiet today?
Esteban Zaragosa approached the bed and looked at her small, slightly pale face, his heart squeezed, “Don’t you feel well?”
Dulcina Calvo curled up on a soft pillow, eyes closed, “I don’t know what I ate for dinner tonight, I’m a little nauseous, but I should be fine, some hot water will do.”
Esteban Zaragosa brought her a cup of hot water and fed her, “Are you sure you’re not going to the hospital?”
“Mostly I want to sleep now, can you stop tossing and turning? I just want to lie here and sleep.”
Seeing that she was really fine, Esteban Zaragosa let her go to bed.
…
In the morning, Dulcina Calvo still had little appetite and, after a bowl of millet porridge, Esteban Zaragosa took her to the hospital.
Dulcina Calvo has always had low blood sugar and has always eaten more, but after not eating much last night or this morning, her head was spinning from the morning’s work and she collapsed directly in the living room doorway.