SINGLE MOTHER AND CEO

The Narrator:

-I repeat Anastasia, I don’t know what you are talking about? At no time did I approach any of them. If my son did not introduce me, to his guests, it is because they are not worthy for me to meet them,” Camila lied, recalling her conversation last night with Mirelys:

“It’s time for you to act daughter, we can’t allow anyone to come to the hacienda to conquer my son and leave the way free, as if the consequences of this mattered nothing.”

She, remembered word for word what she recommended to Mirelys. As she brought up a tray of food for Mirelys, she observed how Rafael was enraptured with that woman on the terrace.

-I don’t believe you! Remember that I know you as well or more than I do,” confessed Anastasia, looking at her with pity and anger at seeing how she supported others against her own son, letting herself be carried away by banalities.

-That’s your problem! Whether you believe me or not. My conscience is clear,” she snorted, expressing her strong anger at her sister’s attack, which always manages to make her recognize the truth. Suddenly, they heard a knock at the door.

-Knock, knock!

-Camila, are you here? -Mirelys whispered softly, so as not to be heard, so Anastasia moved quickly and opened the door to find her casually, with a wide smile, which was erased from her face when she saw Rafael’s aunt.

-Wow, wow! -said Anastasia, observing Mirelys’ astonished face, as if she had discovered or surprised her in something.

-You scared me, Mrs. Anastasia! -she confessed, totally confused, showing in an indirect way that she was hiding something.

-I pity you! My nephew just told me that yesterday he asked my sister….

-Shut up! Get out of my room! -Camila shouted, violently interrupting Anastasia, so that she would not continue talking.

“Get out of my bedroom! -Camila shouted again.

-Ha! You don’t want her to find out that Rafael, doesn’t want to see her ever again at the hacienda,” Anastasia objected, leaving the room, slamming the door shut with a loud bang.

Once Anastasia left the room, Camila got up and made Mirelys go in, to calm her down. Mirelys was in a fury, blowing out loud puffs of air through her mouth.

Anastasia, leaving the bedroom, looked for Rafael, but he had not yet returned from his horseback ride through the hacienda. She went back upstairs to her room to find Estefania’s number and save it in her cell phone. She thought about calling, then, she regretted it.

Sofia:

Since we left the hacienda for the City, I could not get the recent events at Rafael’s Hacienda out of my mind. We were really treated like queens. He and his aunt dedicated themselves to making our stay there totally comfortable.

The rooms were recently remodeled, everything showed that they were waiting for us. So what happened, why didn’t he come clean with me? He should have introduced me to his girlfriend and thus avoided any misunderstanding.

“What’s wrong with me? -I questioned myself- Not even if he had asked me to be his girlfriend or his mistress?”

“Calm down, relax! He was clear, this invitation was made for my children, to give them some foals before selling them. Exclusively, because of the empathy that had arisen between them. At no time, he referred to me” I thought sadly.

Her aunt, she was such a sweetheart to us and I treated her so badly, my mother is right, I behaved ungratefully with her. I must call to thank and return her attentions, God! I think I acted like a jealous woman.

“I should definitely keep Rafael away from me. He could do me more harm than the one who saved me from rape. That one, he took advantage of how grateful and drugged I was.”

Analyzing how erratic it was to accept this invitation, I arrived at Paradise Island with my triplets, who are the object of attention wherever I go out with them. In this regard, a paparazzi who approached us wanted to photograph them, but his bodyguards prevented it.

Once we arrived, I immediately moved to the office, because allegedly there were problems again with two ships in the east. It seems that since we removed Jose David from the management, the problems have been increasing.

That night, almost at the end of the day, still at the Shipping Line and leaving my office, I received a call from Benjamin, which amazed me. He is not a person to bother, much less late at night.

-Good evening, Benjamin,” I greeted.

-Daughter, I’m sorry for bothering you at this hour, where are you?

-I am leaving the office,” I answered, extremely tired and exhausted, first because of the trip and secondly, trying to solve the problems presented by the two ships from here.

-Oh, my goodness, are you going alone? -she asked.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

-With my two escorts,” I answered, worrying about her strange behavior.

-You’d better not go anywhere alone. Don’t go anywhere alone. Now I inform you: Jose David is behind the problems with the ships, because he wants to sabotage Noah’s work and yours specifically.

“Last night he met at the Melia, with Reyner, Ezequiel and supposedly one of our best clients from Ciudad La Rosa. He is determined to disqualify you because you are a single mother, because this goes against morals, a fundamental principle of our Institution,” he said.

In addition, he is seeking, with the 25% share they have, to modify one of the clauses of the company’s bylaws, related to the requirements to be CEO, including in the proposal, moral and economic solvency, expressly excluding single mothers from the position,” added Benjamin.

-You filthy rat, that one! -I cursed, causing Benjamin to chuckle.

-Both Jose David and his father are people who are characterized by double standards, at their own convenience. Take care of yourself! It will hurt me a lot if they harm you,” he confessed angrily.

-Benjamin! I’m going to need evidence, testimonials, videos, audios, recordings that prove what he is planning, to sue him in court,” I said.

-That’s what I’m working on, daughter! However, at the Melia, I haven’t found the right person for this job and who can get the information out of me without the others finding out. Remember that the owners, thanks to the shipping company, are friends of Reyner’s,” he explained.

-Thank you, Benjamin! I’m going to hire a detective,” I said.

-I think it’s great! They’re spreading the word that because you were drunk and high, you didn’t know how many people you slept with, or who the father of the triplets really is.

-I swear, Benjamin, that’s not how it happened! -I answered, to clarify to him the bad experience I had.

-You don’t need to tell me anything, daughter! First, because I was the one who consoled your mother with the news, and second, because I know what kind of woman you are. I don’t need proof of any kind to recognize your honorability! he added, restoring my self-confidence.

-Thank you, Benjamin! Now I understand why dad admired and appreciated you so much,” I said.

-Don’t worry, my beautiful daughter! You can count on me. I’m convinced that we should give Jose David and his family a lesson,” he proposed, “At the meeting, there was also Yoly del Mar and her supposed boyfriend.

-I think it’s great! And what role does she have there? In any case, I won’t consult the company’s lawyers because it seems to me that they are very good friends with Homero and Bertin.

-No, daughter! On the contrary, they were the lawyers your father trusted. They were invited to that meeting at the Melia and they refused,” he clarified, openly indicating to me who I should trust.

-Ahhh, as always, they are appointed by their lawyers! I thought they supported them,” I replied, trusting Benjamin completely, following my mother’s advice, who has not been wrong so far.

-Well, daughter! Go now to rest and tomorrow morning we will meet in your office -he assured me- Your father is not here to defend you, but I am here, you can count on me -he promised.

When I hung up this call, I was first astonished and amazed at what envy and selfishness can do to people. And second, I was worried that for that one bad night in my life, at this point, I would put my family’s wealth at risk.