Estre Berrocal, although a bit softened by Jerold Rouco’s words, did not end up untying him.


    Jerold Rouco asked with a sunken look on his face: “After all, you still don’t believe me”.


    “I …”


    Estre Berrocal looked at that face of Adán Rouco and her heart hardened.


    Jerold Rouco continued, “Forget it, I’m going to be here in handcuffs for ten days and half a month, and surely the depression wille out.”


    Estre Berrocal bit her lip and said no more.


    When it was almost lunchtime, Estre Berrocal looked at Jerold Rouco, who was resting his eyes, and said quietly, “Take a breath, I’m going out to invite you to lunch.”


    Jerold Rouco ignored her, and Estre Berrocal knew he was angry.


    When he returned with lunch, Estre Berrocal fed him as usual, but Jerold Rouco had little appetite and after two bites said irritably, “No more!”


    Her arms were tied, so it was not easy to eat. Estre Berrocal had been thinking about this all morning, took a deep breath and said, “I’m going to untie your right hand to make it easier for you to eat. Is that okay with you?”


    Jerold Rouco’s eyes lit up and he gave an indifferent “yes” as Estre Berrocal stepped back, grabbed the remote control and untied Jerold Rouco’s right hand.


    Jerold Rouco moved the muscles of his right hand and Estre Berrocal approached him and handed him the fork, but the man suddenly grabbed her by the neck!


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    “I want you to let me out!”


    Her grip was so tight that she almost choked, Estre Berrocal’s frown deepened, “How can I let you out if you’re choking me like this…. cough…?”


    Just then, the doors to the medical base opened.


    “Star!”


    Dulcina Calvo walked in and saw Jerold Rouco choking Estre Berrocal!


    Dulcina Calvo shouted, “Adán Rouco! Estre is your wife! Why don’t you let her go! What the hell do you want!”


    Jerold Rouco’s dark eyes narrowed and hemanded, “Now use the remote control over there and help me remove the handcuffs!”


    “Dulcina … no …”


    Jerold Rouco employed another point of force, strangling Estre Berrocal as her small face began to flush from shortness of breath.


    “If you don’t untie her, I’ll strangle her!”


    “No, no, no! I’ll open it for you! You violent maniac! Untie Estre!”


    “I’ll untie it if you do it first!”


    Tears fell from the corners of Estre Berrocal’s eyes, not knowing if it was because of the unbearable suffocation she was experiencing or because she was disheartened by the treatment given to her by Adán Rouco’s third personality.


    Dulcina Calvo grabbed the remote control and removed Jerold Rouco’s other handcuffs right away, and as soon as she had her hands free, Jerold Rouco choked Estre Berrocal to the door.


    “Open the door!”


    Dulcina Calvo could only do as she was told and opened the door, “Let Estre go!”.


    Once the door was open, Jerold Rouco pushed Estre Berrocal straight towards Dulcina Calvo and out of the base!


    Dulcina Calvo grabbed Estre Berrocal, “Estre, are you okay? Did that guy do something to you?”.


    Estre Berrocal shook her head, “Ahem …. I have to get Jerold Rouco back…!”


    Estre Berrocal was about to go after him when Dulcina Calvo pulled her back, “Estar, you can’t do it alone! Can’t you see it’s not Adán Rouco! He threatened me with his security to run away! How is it possible that Adán Rouco, the third personality, is such a scum!”.


    Dulcina Calvo spat under her breath as Estre Berrocal’s eyes reddened. “I have a bad feeling that Adam is noting back…”


    “Come on, there’s still the demon Esteban here, the demon Esteban said there’s still hope for Adam Rouco to be cured, don’t worry! I’m going to call the demon Esteban right now and then we’ll help you get to that big fucker Jerold Rouco together!”


    Dulcina Calvo gasped and dialed Esteban Zaragosa’s number.


    “Hey, mentor, that bastard Jerold Rouco got away! And he almost hurt Estre!”


    “I know, I’ll send someone to get her right now, you take care of her.”


    “Mentor, if you find that bastard, give Estre a good beating! He just threatened me by the neck with Estre!”


    After hanging up the phone, Dulcina Calvo turned her eyes to look at Estre Berrocal and felt a little faint. “Estre, you don’t have a heart for him, do you? Look, he squeezed your neck like this, it’s very red …. does it hurt?”


    “I’m fine Dulcina, I’m sorry, it’s my fault for being soft and letting him go and causing trouble for Dr. Esteban and you…”


    “Hey, what are you talking about! We’re good friends, and the demon Esteban and Adam Rouco are good brothers, so it’s only fair that we help you find Adam Rouco! Don’t worry, the demon Esteban said he’s already sent someone to look for him, and he’ll surely bring your Adam back!”


    “Dulcina, you seem to really trust Dr. Esteban.”


    Dulcina Calvo remained in the background: “Oh yeah? It’s just that I think that this demon Esteban is a turtle, but he still has a lot of abilities. You see he can even save people who are dying, let alone someone like Adán Rouco, who is alive and well and just a little mentally, don’t worry, I’m sure the demon Esteban will be able to cure your Adán!”


    Estre Berrocal nodded and was in no hurry; dealing with Adán Rouco, after all, was an ongoing battle.


    Jerold Rouco should not run away from La Ciudad Santa now that he has no papers on him.


    …


    The Blues Bar.


    Jerold Rouco orders a bottle of cognac, in one gulp.


    A beautiful, heavily made-up woman approaches him and puts her red enameled hand on Jerold Rouco’s shoulder: “Good drinker, handsome, if you don’t mind, will you buy me a drink?”.


    “I’m not interested.”


    The pretty one didn’t let up, after all, it was rare to see such a handsome man and she kept making a hot face at a cold one, “Handsome, are you lusting after me?”


    Jerold Rouco was about to reach out and pull that hand away from his shoulder, but someone had gone a step further and removed it for him.


    “It’s mine.”


    Clementina Orihu grabbed the woman’s hand and pulled it away in disgust, growling coldly. The woman tried to get angry, but saw that Clementina Orihu was being followed by several ck-d bodyguards who didn’t look like they were messing with them.


    Clementina Orihu sat next to Jerold Rouco, picked up the ss from which he had drunk and poured herself a ss of brandy, her red lips on the rim of the ss from which Jerold Rouco had drunk, tilted her head to one side and drained the brandy.


    An ambiguous carmine mark was left on the rim of the ss.


    Clementina Orihu curved her lips, “I think you shoulde back with me and be my bodyguard, before you’re out there and someone catches you again.”


    Jerold Rouco was silent, his long fingers ying with the wine ss.


    Clementina Orihu threw her arms around his neck and drew his handsome face towards her, her red lips kissed his thin lips forcefully.


    When Esteban Zaragosa arrived at the Blues Bar with Estre Berrocal and Dulcina Calvo, Estre Berrocal stood in a multicolored glow and glimpsed the man and woman at the bar, kissing passionately.