In the early afternoon, Estrella Berrocal and Cari were cooking in the kitchen when Paulita ran up, grabbing Estrella Berrocal’s cell phone.
“Estrella, Tia Dulcina wants to make a video with us!”
Paulita was already on the video call and Estrella Berrocal caught a glimpse of Dulcina Calvo on the cell phone video.
“Dulcina, we haven’t talked in a while, why aren’t you hanging out with me lately?”
There was Dulcina Calvo, cross-legged, sitting on the couch next to a huge floor-to-ceiling door, with the sun reflecting off of her, and Estrella Berrocal, noticing that she didn’t seem to be at home, frowned slightly and asked curiously, “Where are you?”
Dulcina Calvo smiled and said, “I am in my house, but it is Esteban Zaragosa’s house in country Z.”
“Country Z? You’ve followed Esteban Zaragosa so far to country Z. Really, you didn’t tell me. Ah, I remember, the other day Adam went on a business trip to country Z. He said he was staying at La familia Zaragosa. ”
“Huh? I don’t see any President Adam.”
Estrella Berrocal froze: “Yes?”.
How dare Adam Rouco lie to her?
“But so much has happened to me in the meantime that I don’t know what to tell you for a while.”
Estrella Berrocal saw in the video that Dulcina Calvo seemed to have lost a lot of weight, her baby face had lost a lot of weight and her chin had become pointy, so she asked worriedly, “I see, you must have had a lot of problems lately. I see you’ve lost a lot of weight and you don’t look like you used to.
“Not really, in Z country it feels similar to being in The Holy City, lately I haven’t been feeling very well because a lot of things happened to me before, anyway, I was in a coma for a while.”
Estrella Berrocal asked nervously, “Huh? And you’re okay now?”.
Dulcina Calvo squinted her big eyes and smiled, “Nothing’s wrong, now I’m alive and kicking, besides Esteban Zaragosa feeds me like a pig every day, I’ll soon regain my weight.”
“So when are you coming back to La Ciudad Santa, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”
“When Esteban Zaragosa is done with this part, we will return to The Holy City. ”
Estrella Berrocal’s side of the frying pan was on, “Dulcina, I’ll leave you for now, I’ll call you tonight when I can, I’m cooking now and have my hands a little free.”
“Then you cook.”
…
Country Z.
Just after Dulcina Calvo hung up the phone, Esteban Zaragosa came over with a plate of cut fruit and sat down next to her. “Who were you talking to on the phone?”.
“I was just recording with Estrella. ”
Esteban Zaragosa’s eyes deepened slightly and he said, “I’ve been a little busy lately and haven’t been able to spend time with you, and you’re bored here alone, and I thought I’d send you to La Ciudad Santa first, but now I’m worried about your health.”
Dulcina Calvo shook her little head and spread her arms around Esteban Zaragosa, rubbing her little kitten arms against him. “I’ll only be worse off if I don’t see you in La Ciudad Santa. ”
Esteban Zaragosa reached out and took her in his arms, “I was afraid you’d get bored, tomorrow I’ll take the day off and take you for a walk…. I’ve been in Z for a long time and I haven’t taught you anything yet.”
“Sure, but won’t it slow you down?”
“No. Being with you is more important than anything else.”
Dulcina Calvo blushed slightly and wrapped her two little arms around Esteban Zaragosa’s neck, “I want to eat durian.”
Esteban Zaragosa doesn’t like durian, but Dulcina Calvo had just had a baby and durian is good for a girl’s health, so Esteban Zaragosa prepared it.
Esteban Zaragosa cut a piece with the knife and fork and gave it to Dulcina Calvo, who, after eating it in her mouth, hooked her little finger and gestured for Esteban Zaragosa to come over.
Esteban Zaragosa didn’t think much of it and as soon as he was close enough, Dulcina Calvo kissed him.
A whiff of durian.
Esteban Zaragosa stifled a faint laugh, “Durian-flavored kisses are quite memorable.”
Dulcina Calvo holds a pillow to the side and giggles like a naughty child.
…
The Holy City.
Adam Rouco had just returned from work to Las Villas de Repulse Bay when he saw Estrella Berrocal standing in the kitchen frying chicken wings and walked over to her to wrap his arms around her waist.
Estrella Berrocal nudged him and frowned slightly, “I smell grease, don’t come any closer.”
Adam Rouco ducks his head and kisses the woman on the neck, “I don’t care, do you care?”.
Estrella Berrocal got in a bad mood thinking he was lying to her: “Get out, Cari is going to go to the kitchen later”.
Adam Rouco didn’t mind and turned around to accompany Paulita after leaving the kitchen.
During dinner, the family sat down to eat at the table.
Paulita’s eyes, which are glued to the cartoon on the tablet.
On the flat screen, a cartoon called Pinocchio is playing.
Adam Rouco educated, “Paulita, you can’t watch TV during dinner, you can watch it later.”
Adam Rouco held out his hand to his tablet and the little boy pouted, climbing up on the boy’s chair and trying to reach for it to give it back to him. “Papa, no! I want to see Pinocchio.”
“We’ll see it after lunch.”
Adam Rouco was a man of his word, so Paulita puffed out her lips and sat down in her chair to eat.
But Paulita’s mind was still on the cartoon, and Paulita happily shared with Estrella Berrocal, saying, “Estrella, Pinocchio wants to lie and he grows a long nose, but Paulita never grows a nose when he lies.”
Estrella Berrocal let out a laugh, “What lies did Paulita tell?”.
Paulita put her little hand to her little mouth to make a silent sound, “No se habla.”
Estrella Berrocal unconsciously looked at Adam Rouco and said, as she ate, “Paulita, you must not lie in the future, it hurts the hearts of those who listen.”
Paulita listened stupefied, blinking her big eyes, not really understanding, but nodding willingly, “Mmm! From now on Paulita will not lie.”
Adam Rouco cast a playful glance at Estrella Berrocal.
After dinner, Estrella Berrocal was not in the best mood and went straight upstairs to her bedroom, followed by Adam Rouco.
“Mrs. Adam, who messed with you?”
Estrella Berrocal is lying on the bed and when she sees him come in, she stirs and turns her back to him, but Adam Rouco is not bothered, his temper has changed for the better since he married Estrella Berrocal.
Adam Rouco sits on the edge of the bed and reaches out to touch her waist. “You’re lying down right after eating, aren’t you crying out to lose weight? Get up and take a walk outside with me.”
“No can do.”
Hearing the tone of her voice, Adam Rouco startled slightly, his hand went to her lower back, she leaned down to look him in the face and asked with concern, “Period?”
Estrella Berrocal was momentarily annoyed and immediately pushed his hand away, “No, I’m just not happy.”
“Who bothered you?”
“You.”
Adam Rouco raised an amused eyebrow, “What have I done to make you angry?”
Estrella Berrocal bit her lip and looked back at him, “You lied to me.”
“When have I ever lied to you?” Adam Rouco was puzzled.
Estrella Berrocal sat up from the bed and stared at him, “I spoke to Dulcina on video this afternoon, Dulcina is at Z and La familia Zaragosa, you told me earlier that you were staying at La familia Zaragosa on a business trip to Z. You don’t even live at La familia Zaragosa, so that woman’s voice on the phone is your third son, right? And you lied to me, Adam Rouco, do you think I’m easy to fool?”.