After Esteban Zaragosa made a ham and sausage chow mein, he prepared a soup of red dates and black chicken and two vegetables.
Before it was served, Dulcina Calvo came running over at the smell.
“It smells so good, why did you make such a big table? We can’t eat it all.”
Esteban Zaragosa served the black chicken soup casserole and said, “You just got discharged from the hospital and your body is weak, so I’m going to make more nutritious food, so you can eat more to nourish your body.”
Dulcina Calvo raised her little arm, squeezed it and said, “I feel good, I am alive and well, do you intend to fatten me up with so many noodles and chicken soup?”
“With your little body, another six kilos wouldn’t be fat.”
Esteban Zaragosa poured a bowl of soup with lots of chicken and dates and handed it to Dulcina Calvo, “Taste it and see how it tastes.”
Dulcina Calvo took several sips, it smelled good and tasted even better, “Esteban Zaragosa, you definitely have the talent to be a chef, let’s go back to La Ciudad Santa and open a restaurant!”
“We’ll open a restaurant if you want.”
Dulcina Calvo picked up her fork and ate the chow mein again, “Well… this chow mein smells even better than the teppanyaki chow mein I ate at the stall when I was studying, what did I do in my last life to meet a husband like you.”
Esteban Zaragosa’s eyes startled a little, “Treasure husband?”.
Dulcina Calvo blushed and realized she had called her husband by that name and deliberately changed the subject, “Ah, eat, eat, eat, it’s getting cold.”
Esteban Zaragosa was content to watch her eat so well.
After the meal, Dulcina Calvo got up to help Esteban Zaragosa with the dishes, but Esteban Zaragosa grabbed her hand and pulled her to the sofa and leaned her against it. “You can watch TV for a while or go to the bedroom to take a nap. ”
“But I just ate, Esteban Zaragosa, you made the food, I should help you with the dishes too, otherwise I’ll look like a rice worm just eating and doing nothing.”
“What’s wrong with being a rice worm? Good boy.”
Esteban Zaragosa put Dulcina Calvo in her place and then went to do the dishes herself.
Dulcina Calvo lay back on the couch and curled up on a pillow watching TV, glancing occasionally at the man doing the dishes in the kitchen, a little transfixed.
This man was tall and handsome, and his hobbies were her and housework, what kind of man was he?
She was very lucky, wasn’t she?
Dulcina Calvo felt instantly that she had been hurt for nothing.
Esteban Zaragosa was very quick to do things, including chores, and after cleaning the kitchen, Esteban Zaragosa poured himself a glass of plain water and pulled it close.
“Dulcina, take your medicine.”
Dulcina Calvo wrinkled her little nose and resisted a little, “Why do I have to take pills? I’m still pregnant, aren’t these pills harmful to the baby?”.
Esteban Zaragosa’s eyes sunk slightly, but she quickly hid it, “No, I wouldn’t let you take them if they were bad for the baby.”
Esteban Zaragosa was a top doctor in his own right and Dulcina Calvo didn’t hesitate, taking the small handful of white pills in Esteban Zaragosa’s hand and drinking them with water.
After drinking it, Dulcina Calvo asked, “How long do I have to take this medicine? It is poisonous, it has an effect on the baby. ”
Looking at the child so carefully, Esteban Zaragosa’s heart gave a painful tug.
The baby, where was the baby, and these medicines were not even for the poison in her body, which had been eliminated long ago, they were medicines to be taken after an abortion.
Esteban Zaragosa lied to her and said, “No, it’s not good for your health without the medicine, and it’s even worse for the baby.”
Dulcina Calvo mumbled half-heartedly, “Really? Esteban Zaragosa, this time I didn’t even have an ultrasound before leaving the hospital, why don’t we go to the hospital tomorrow and have an ultrasound to see the baby? I always feel uncomfortable…”
Esteban Zaragosa pursed his thin lips and said quietly, “I’ve seen the ultrasound, the baby is fine, don’t worry.”
“But I haven’t seen it and I don’t feel comfortable. I want to see it too, do you have the ultrasound, can you show it to me?”
Dulcina Calvo looked at him expectantly and Esteban Zaragosa couldn’t bear to deny her, but he had to. “I left the film at the hospital, I’ll pick it up when I have time.”
“Okay.”
Esteban Zaragosa’s eyes twinkled slightly as he stroked Dulcina Calvo’s little head and got up. “Watch TV for a while, go squint if you’re tired, I’ll go to the studio and take care of some work.”
Dulcina Calvo didn’t hesitate and nodded, “You go.”
Esteban Zaragosa turned his back on her and let out a secret sigh of relief as he headed for the studio.
After watching TV for a while, Dulcina Calvo saw on the coffee table a series of small snacks that Esteban Zaragosa had prepared for her, Dulcina Calvo loved to snack while watching TV and after eating some plums and feeling dry, she headed to the kitchen to pour herself some water.
As she poured the water, her eyes caught a glimpse in a corner of a packet of pills she had recently taken and which, presumably, Esteban Zaragosa had forgotten to put back in the drawer after taking them.
Dulcina Calvo’s eyes twitched at the sight of the drugs.