After the visit to the school, Jonathan Tasis offered, again, to see the Alquezar landscape.
Eleanora Lozada had to accompany him.
Jonathan Tasis drove and Eleanora Lozada got into the back seat.
The man looked at her in the rearview mirror and asked, “You and that man, how long have you known each other?”
Eleanora Lozada was stunned and reacted for a few seconds before realizing that Jonathan Tasis was asking about her and Tomas Salcedo.
Eleanora Lozada does not hitchhike.
Jonathan Tasis took no offense and continued, “What was so good about that man that you would want to stay with him in this poor place?”
When Jonathan Tasis is cold, he speaks with a tinge of arrogance, especially now that Eleanora Lozada’s relationship with him is in cold war, and these words sound even harsher in Eleanora Lozada’s ears, as if Jonathan Tasis is being sarcastic.
Eleanora Lozada said coldly, “It is true that Tomas Salcedo is not as rich as you, but Tomas Salcedo is more reliable than you, he makes me feel safe, he thinks of me in every way, he doesn’t force me to do things I don’t like, and he has my best interests in mind.”
Jonathan Tasis’ eyes darkened and he asked rhetorically, “Am I not focused on you?”
Eleanora Lozada choked up and finally, squinting her teary eyes, replied, “That’s different.”
Naturally Jonathan Tasis overheard, “How is that different?”
Did he ever make her do anything she didn’t like when she was with him?
Eleanora Lozada took a deep breath, wanting to draw a line with Jonathan Tasis once and for all, and said the hurtful words directly: “Tomas Salcedo does not call other women by name while they sleep.”
As soon as the words were uttered, the mood, in effect, changed.
Jonathan Tasis no longer pressed her about the deficit.
Until then, he admitted that he still missed Analena Lozada and felt some guilt toward her, but guilt cannot last a lifetime, and if one is disqualified from pursuing love for another because one has loved him, what difference is there between that and moral kidnapping?
Once on the city streets, Eleanora Lozada took Jonathan Tasis for a casual stroll.
In the city, there are many stalls selling fruit, fried skewers and vendors selling frozen pumpkins.
Eleanora Lozada especially craves sweet and sour, especially sour, because of her pregnancy.
As they walked past the shells, Jonathan Tasis noticed Eleanora Lozada’s eyes linger on the shells for several seconds.
Jonathan Tasis said to the vendor, “Buy her something good to eat.”
Eleanora Lozada frowned, wiped her face a little and said, “I don’t want to eat.”
Jonathan Tasis answered her directly, “I want some.”
Eleanora Lozada: “…”
After buying two bags, Jonathan Tasis handed her one of them.
Eleanora Lozada hesitated for a few seconds and did not respond.
Jonathan Tasis, in a slightly cold voice, said, “No? Then I’ll throw it away.”
Eleanora Lozada snatched it from him and said, “Are you rich people so wasteful?”.
Jonathan Tasis gave her a sidelong glance and his thin lips curved.
Jonathan Tasis ate an iced hawthorn and found it too sour and sweet for him, a big man, to really eat something girls eat.
Eleanora Lozada loved it and Eleanora Lozada quickly finished her skewer.
Jonathan Tasis handed Eleanora Lozada the string from which he had eaten a hawthorn.
Eleanora Lozada frowned, “What for?”
“I really don’t like this kind of food, so if you don’t mind, help me eat this skewer too…”
Eleanora Lozada: “…”
Eleanora Lozada didn’t take it, Jonathan Tasis was about to throw it away again, and Eleanora Lozada, true to her rule of not wasting anything, took it again.
In fact, she hadn’t eaten enough at this point.
After half a day in the city, Eleanora Lozada’s legs were tired; she herself is pregnant and tends to get edema in her feet when she walks a lot, and today she had already walked several times more than usual with Jonathan Tasis.
Jonathan Tasis, naturally, saw that she was tired and said, “Find a bistro you like and let’s have lunch.”
Eleanora Lozada pointed to a noodle store not far away and said, “That’s the one, the beef ramen is not bad.”
As he approached the noodle store, Jonathan Tasis overlooked a small advertisement posted on a telephone pole, which advertised nothing but painless abortions. It was a small ad for painless abortions.
Jonathan Tasis’ eyes narrowed.
If Eleanora Lozada’s child in her womb with Tomas Salcedo is to be returned to her, she can’t stay.