Chapter 189: Abandoned father and daughter
Adán Rouco calmly examined the woman in front of him, “Analena Lozada, you have not answered my question.”
Analena Lozada said calmly, “Ten years ago I fell overboard, I was probably lucky to be saved and got my life back, but I hit my head on a reef in the sea, so it made me lose all my memories, I have been in therapy with a doctor, maybe fate is that wonderful, my doctor recommended a psychiatrist named Julieta I went to see Julieta Sarinana for treatment and she told me everything when she found out who I was. Star and she recognized who I was, Adam, was it you who showed her my picture?”.
“No.”
Seeing the coldness of Adán Rouco’s attitude, Analena Lozada asked apologetically, “Am I interrupting your date with Miss Estrella tonight…?”
Adán Rouco stood up and said in a deep voice: “Analena Lozada, I have many questions for you, but I have more important things to do right now, so excuse me.”
“Adam, wait.”
Analena Lozada got up and approached him, looked at him and asked, “Adán, you don’t look … to welcome me back, did I scare you by coming to see you so suddenly and unexpectedly?”
“Analena Lozada, I’m glad you’re alive, and I’m sure Jonathan Tasis would be the happiest person if he knew you were alive.”
Jonathan Tasis?
Analena Lozada froze and quickly said, “Oh, I’m not ready to appear in front of Jonathan, I, I’m afraid to scare him.”
Analena Lozada had always called Jonathan Tasis “Jonathan,” and she remembered it very clearly because the three of them used to spend a lot of time together, and Analena Lozada’s eyes were always on Jonathan Tasis, and her eyes always followed him, and suddenly she suspected him of calling him by such a strange name.
But perhaps, she was overthinking it, and Analena Lozada had lost her memory and perhaps had forgotten some of her feelings for Jonathan Tasis.
After all, the woman in front of him was no different from Analena Lozada and, besides, her face, untouched by a knife, was a very natural and fresh one.
As far as he knew, Analena Lozada did not have twin sisters either.
…
Adán Rouco left the Banyan Tree Hotel as he called Estrella Berrocal and walked to the car.
The phone kept ringing, with only a cold, mechanical female voice: “I’m sorry, the number you have reached is disconnected…”
Adam Rouco’s face sank and he got into his car and drove back to The Villas at Repulse Bay.
At The Villas at Repulse Bay, in the living room, there was only one floor lamp on.
Adán Rouco called out to her as she entered from the courtyard, “Star!”.
There was no answer and, in response, only a lonely echo was heard.
At the sight of the diamond ring on the table, Adán Rouco’s heart sank, violently.
A quick flash of Estrella Berrocal’s “abnormalities” in the last days…
Suddenly, she ran to the Rouco Group and hugged him, cuddling him and telling him she missed him; she asked him last night how Analena Lozada would react if she were still alive; and she begged him to call her son …NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.
Estrella Berrocal had been acting so differently these days, how had she not noticed?
Adán Rouco clutched the diamond ring so tightly that his knuckles were blue and white.
He made a direct call to Santino Yepes: “Send someone to find out where Estrella Berrocal is now”.
Santino Yepes, there, froze, not expecting Estrella Berrocal to suddenly disappear in the middle of the night …
Adán Rouco went up to the second floor bedroom, and in the master bedroom were still all the objects she had used, except that some of her clothes were missing, as well as her identity card and passport.
These were all indications that Estrella Berrocal had not “run away” or disappeared, but that she really intended to leave without saying goodbye for a long time.
How dare this woman leave without saying goodbye?
Was it because he could not let Stefano Berrocal die, or because he did not understand his relationship with Analena Lozada?
Adán Rouco had mixed feelings, whether it was more anger or … fear.
Adán Rouco dropped to the edge of the bed and put his hand to his forehead, he had never been so afraid, so afraid of losing someone.
Santino Yepes’ call came back and the man paused for two seconds before picking up.
“Chief, Miss Star should have left The Holy City by now, but both the airport and the train station have been checked and there is no record of her ticket purchase, most likely Miss Star left on a coach.”
Long-distance coaches … do not require proof of identity.
With such an obvious move, it was clear she feared he was out to get her.
Did she want to leave him so badly? To push him to another woman herself?
“Keep checking!”
She had underestimated him too; if she really wanted to find her person, it was only a matter of time.
Throughout the night, Adán Rouco did not sleep, his mind was filled with the face of Estrella Berrocal, who would not leave.
On his pillow, the smell of her hair, which had not yet dissipated, and on his bed, the smell of her, which affected his emotions to a great extent.
…
The next morning, Felipa brought Paulita in. Paulita came bouncing in with her school bag on her back and saw Adán Rouco sitting on the sofa with a dark face.
Paulita, not knowing what to do, as soon as she entered the room, asked with a little pout: “Daddy! Where is Estrella? Why isn’t she up, the lazybones? I’ve come for breakfast! There’s no breakfast, is there?
Adán Rouco ignored her.
Paulita came running up with a scowl and looked at Adán Rouco with a twisted face, “Papa? Where is Estrella?”
Adán Rouco continued to ignore her.
Paulita climbed up on the couch, put her mouth close to Adán Rouco’s ear and shouted, “Daddy! Can you hear me!”
Adán Rouco was in a bad mood and ordered Felipa in a cold voice: “Felipa, make him something to eat”.
“Yes, Third Young Master.”
Paulita puffed out her little mouth, “Hmph, ignoring me in the morning, and I don’t want to talk to you, I’m going to Estrella! Hmph!”
Adam Rouco’s big hand grabbed the bag by the strap and brought the little girl back, angry about something. “You’re always looking for Estrella, does she care about you?”.
Adán Rouco’s voice was cold, the volume high, and the man’s face so grim that Paulita looked at him with her little face, stunned, and even Felipa was startled.
When Paulita reacted, she cried out with a moan: “You’re mean to me! Oh, … I’m going with Estrella! Estrella doesn’t care about me! Estrella loves me! Estrella even visited me yesterday at the nursery! woo woo woo woo…”
The little girl was crying so loudly that Adán Rouco, annoyed by the sound, took Paulita to the sofa and left himself.
Paulita wiped her tears with her two little hands and glared hatefully at Adán Rouco, who was sitting on the other side of her, grunting loudly in anger, but the man did nothing.
Adán Rouco picked her up like a chicken and scolded her: “There goes your Star!
“You’re lying! Star’s not going anywhere! Star wants Paulita more! I’m going to find her! Hmph!”
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