At about five o’clock in the morning, Eleanora Lozada tossed and turned on her cot in the school dormitory, awakened by the sound of clucking chickens, and never went back to sleep.
On the phone, a text message came in from Jonathan Tasis.
“Eleanora, I’m leaving Mountain City this morning, take care and I won’t force you in the future …. I can always be Mr. J if you still want me to, just like before, think we are really just internet friends, I am always here to help you if you need it.”
Signed – Yours, Mr. J.
Eleanora Lozada looked at the text message, her eyes slightly pained.
If he wanted to be Mr. J who shut her up, why did he introduce himself to her again and tell her he was Mr. J.?
Now that she knew everything, how could she befriend Mr. J again?
Besides, she had erased Mr. J’s micro signal.
Since you have decided to really separate, it is better not to contact each other anymore.
Eleanora Lozada turns off her phone and buries her face in the pillow, a warmth fogging the pillowcase at the corner of her eyes.
…
The black Bentley, which had left Mountain City at dawn.
…
The Holy City in late June was hot and humid with frequent thunderstorms.
The afternoon breeze came stiffly and blew down the carefully planted flowers in the yard.
Jonathan Tasis stands in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at a pink rose standing in the corner of the patio outside the window, in the middle of the storm, that Eleanora Lozada had planted in the first place.
She seems to like roses.
But then, Jonathan Tasis only thought of her as Analena Lozada, and Analena Lozada loved to see cherry trees in bloom, so the yard was full of them.
At that time Eleanora Lozada looked at the cherry blossoms and became quite sad, I think.
Eleanora Lozada was next to her, I guess tired.
Exaltation came back from outside with her umbrella and said, “Sir, I just went to cover the rose bush that Miss Analena planted, with plastic.”
Jonathan Tasis nodded and emitted a slight “hmm”, without much emotion, and turned around to go upstairs.
As we walked up to the studio, a strong wind began to blow outside and lightning was thundering.
Jonathan Tasis unconsciously looked at the sky outside and frowned slightly.
Mountain City must also be rainy at this time of year, and being surrounded by mountains, natural disasters were likely to occur during this rainy season.
Thinking of Eleanora Lozada, Jonathan Tasis turned on his computer and logged on to the blog.
Eleanora Lozada blogs every Wednesday, Friday and weekend evening.
Jonathan Tasis scanned the date on his computer screen, it was Friday and it was after eleven o’clock, but Eleanora Lozada’s blog had not been updated.
Maybe it’s because the Mountain City network is bad.
Jonathan Tasis’ heart, however, was inexplicably a little nervous, even as his eyelids fluttered a couple of times.
Jonathan Tasis waited until 1 a. m. and Eleanora Lozada’s blog didn’t update.
Just as I was about to go to bed in the bedroom, the phone rang and it was Tulio Moralez calling.
Tulio Moralez’s voice was urgent: “Hey, boss, have you checked Twitter yet?”.
“No, what’s up?”
“There was a mudslide in Mountain City during the night, I heard that there were dead and seriously injured and that the internet went down in the whole city, the authorities went to the rescue, but …”
Before Tulio Moralez could finish his sentence, Jonathan Tasis, with a jolt in his heart, immediately said, “We are going to Mountain City immediately!” The fastest possible route!
…
Three hours later, at three in the morning.
Jonathan Tasis and Tulio Moralez arrive in Mountain City.
It was still raining heavily in Mountain City, and after the landslide there was even a small earthquake, which, although not enough to cause fatalities, aggravated the landslide.
Although he knew that the Mountain City internet was down, Jonathan Tasis made many calls to Eleanora Lozada.
But, as expected, none of the calls came through.
Jonathan Tasis was so desperate that he ran to the Alquezar School in the pouring rain without even holding an umbrella.
The Alquezar School is also badly damaged and Jonathan Tasis ran to the staff dormitory to look for Eleanora Lozada, but he looked in all the dormitories but could not see her.
Tomas Salcedo, on the other hand, was seen.
Jonathan Tasis tugged on Tomas Salcedo’s collar and questioned, “Where is Eleanora Lozada?”
Tomas Salcedo was a bit taken aback by the surprise visit of Jonathan Tasis, who until now had no idea of his relationship with Eleanora Lozada, except that Jonathan Tasis was the man who had donated five million to his school. President Jonathan.
“President Jonathan? What brings you here?”
“I asked you where Eleanora Lozada is!”
Jonathan Tasis didn’t have time to talk to him, his eyes red and urgent as he shouted a question.
Tomas Salcedo stammered twice and said, “Yesterday was good weather and Eleanora heard that there was a temple on the hill and that it was very spiritual to make a wish, I offered to accompany her and she didn’t accept…”
Jonathan Tasis’ pounding heart sank into the ice, “So Eleanora Lozada is still on the mountain?!”.
“I … had a landslide today with heavy rains and I’ve alerted the rescue team to go to the mountain to save …”
Before Tomas Salcedo could finish his explanation, Jonathan Tasis threw a fist into Tomas Salcedo’s face with such force that the latter was left with a bloody nose.
Jonathan Tasis shouted: “How could you let Eleanora Lozada go alone to the mountains! You left her alone in a mudslide! You love Eleanora Lozada, don’t you? Why didn’t you go to the mountains to save Eleanora Lozada!”
Rage, hatred, a punch hit Tomas Salcedo.
The woman he had put in his heart the desire to pamper, to get pregnant by such a greedy man, to break up with him for a man who abandoned her for life or death!
The more Jonathan Tasis thinks about it, the more he hates it and the angrier he gets.
Tomas Salcedo would have been crippled by Jonathan Tasis if Tulio Moralez had not pushed him away.
“Boss, we better get to Miss Analena now, it’s really dangerous that Miss Analena is trapped in the mountain.”
Jonathan Tasis slapped Tomas Salcedo away and stood up to stride out into the rain.
-He said, “Eleanora Lozada, you must be all right until I save you!
Otherwise, he’ll shoot that damned Tomas Salcedo next!
…
On this side, Eleanora Lozada was rescued from the mountain by the search and rescue team.
The good news is that she is safe and sound.
Eleanora Lozada was in a hurry to get back to school to check in because the internet was down.
But as soon as she arrived at the school, she saw Tomas Salcedo lying on the ground as if he had been beaten and spitting blood.
“Tomas Salcedo! How are you? Who hit you like that?”
Tomas Salcedo’s eyes lit up when he saw Eleanora Lozada, he grabbed her and said excitedly, “Eleanora, you’re fine! I’m so glad you’re okay!”.
Eleanora Lozada nodded, “I’m fine, but how are you? Who the hell did this to you?”
Tomas Salcedo asked, somewhat puzzled, “Eleanora, what exactly is your relationship with President Jonathan and why is President Jonathan so concerned about you?”
Eleanora Lozada was stunned, “President Jonathan? What do you … you mean?”
“It’s the same President Jonathan who donated five million to our school. He just came to the school.”
Eleanora Lozada’s eyes twinkled, “What do you mean Jonathan Tasis is coming to Mountain City?”
“Yes, he’s the one who hit me. And he interrogated me in a particularly agitated manner, like a madman!”
Eleanora Lozada could no longer hear what Tomas Salcedo had said and only asked anxiously, “And where is he now?”
“He has gone to the mountains to look for you.”
Eleanora Lozada’s heart trembled and she ran in the pouring rain before she thought of Tomas Salcedo.
Behind her, Tomas Salcedo called out, “Eleanora! Eleanora, it’s dangerous out there! Where are you going?”
But Eleanora Lozada no longer cares.
Jonathan Tasis, the fool, had gone to the mountains to save her! That big idiot! Now that the Mountain City is in danger, what has he come for!
Eleanora Lozada, not knowing whether her face was covered with rain or tears, ran to the foot of the mountain when she was stopped by the search and rescue personnel.
It was this team of searchers that saved her a moment ago.
“Hey, why did you come back again? It’s dangerous here, why did you come back after I saved you! I don’t want to die!”
Eleanora Lozada choked back a sob and said urgently, “There’s someone else in the mountain! He thought I was in the mountain and ran up there to save me! Please go and save him.”
“Who is this person you speak of?”
Eleanora Lozada touched her belly, tears rolled freely down her face, “The father of my child.”