Go live your way Part 2

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Mia watched Alvaro with mixed feelings. After a moment she ran after him. When she caught up with him, he looked a little puzzled.
"I'll go with you and wait in front of the office," Mia said. Gratefully, he took her hand.

At Mercedes office the door was closed and they could hear her talking on the phone. Lupe just arrived and Alvaro and they hugged each other briefly. She looked at Mia and spontaneously hugged her too. When they heard that Mercedes had ended the call, Lupe knocked and looked carefully into the room.
Mercedes waved them in and Lupe and Alvaro entered the office.
Mercedes immediately said "Javier survived the operation well. He was already awake and accessible, but at the moment he is sleeping again. We will be able to visit him again tomorrow."
Lupe and Alvaro exhaled audibly. "Yes, you two, that was a shock for all of us. Javier has always tended to work too much and put his health on the back burner. It will take some time before he finds his way back to his old form." she still said.

"If he has a phone, we can call him later," asked Alvaro.
"Tomorrow. He's on a special ward, he doesn't have a phone yet." said Mercedes.
She then added, "Alvaro, you are going to see him with Lupe tomorrow after school, I have some appointments, I will not make it". She said this in a tone that did not tolerate any objection and so Alvaro said "It's ok mom".
Since nobody said anything more Lupe said "Can we go again then?" She found her mother's mood strange. She was like she didn't know Javier at all. Mercedes nodded "I'll let you know when there is news. For now, I have to go back to my real job first," she said in an almost reproachful voice.
Alvaro and Lupe went back to Mia.
Alvaro said "everything looks good, we can visit him tomorrow". Mia fell on his neck in relief.

Lupe looked at Alvaro. "She's weird isn't she?"
"Who" asked Mia.
"Our mother" said Alvaro. "Completely distant as if she were talking about a neighbor."
"Who is distant" they heard Ramiros voice who was about to go into his office. Alvaro pointed to Mercedes' office and Ramiro waved the three of them inside.
" What was the matter?" asked he. Lupe and ALvaro told what Mercedes had said and, above all, how it worked. Ramiro thought for a moment, "Everyone processes things like this differently. Javier and she didn't have the best relationship, especially not recently."
After a moment he said, "But it's nice to know that Javier has come through everything well. I'm very happy about this news." He took the three of them briefly in his arms.
"Then you are with us camping, right" he said to Lupe and Alvaro. Both nodded. Ramiro's phone rang and he had to say goodbye to the students. The three left his office.
After the phone call he sat in thought for a moment. Then he went over to Mercedes. He knocked, but went in immediately. Mercedes wanted to hide a handkerchief, he could see that she had been crying. Without being asked, he sat down. "Mercedes what's wrong with you." She quickly got a grip on herself and asked "what do you mean?"
"Don't fool me, the children told me that you were very distant until, and yesterday you were too, you are just hiding your tears and you want to tell me it's nothing." he said gently. He reached out a hand to hers and she let it. After a moment she said "everything has changed so much since Mia came here. The house is so empty and everything has broken down and now Javier could have died."
"But Mercedes, that has nothing directly to do with Mia. We might not have this school if you hadn't asked Mariana to leave me. Then our marriage might have failed just then earlier, as hard as that sounds. But we have arranged us very well. And if you were to accept Mia a little more, you would have three children too. Like me. "

He said all of this very quietly and gently, but was well aware that his address was very harsh. But it was time for Mercedes to fall out of the role of victim. Mercedes picked up her handkerchief again. Ramiro walked around the desk. He put a hand on Mercedes shoulder and said softly: "Think about it". Then he left her office again.