-Thank you very much, Don Misal, I promise to come very soon to visit you properly.

-I'm counting on that, Ximena, please take care of yourself, if it can be of any use to you, I heard that General Suárez is obsessed with capturing that guy, it is said that he has him in his sights, maybe that man can help you with something, in any case don't talk to him about me, we don't want each other either, although I just remembered that there is a man who can be of great help to you, who works in his mine, the man who is in charge of his affairs with the government, Don Molina, the man your real father trusts, he -I didn't know that, thank you very much, in that case we'll go back to the mine," Ximena said goodbye to don Misal, not knowing that it was the last time she would see him.

knows half the country, talk to him, as a first step.

-chao, my girl.

-See you later, Don Misal, please take care of yourself and stop being in bad ways.

In a matter of minutes they returned to the mine where calm reigned, it seemed as if nothing bad had ever happened.

-Good morning, please, I need to see Molina," requested Ximena to the guards.

-They answered her and a short time later a man of average height arrived who, although he looked slim, had a crop coming out of his shirt as if he was six months pregnant, and he greeted her with a special accent:

-Hello Ximena, it's good to see you again, it's a shame I never get to see your face, I'm always busy, right now I'm trying to replace the jewellery," he said, uncorking two beers, "that's what I wanted to ask you about, I'm trying to replace the jewellery," he said, uncorking two beers.

-That's what I wanted to ask you about, I found out that Doctor D's gang is the one that stole my jewels, I thank you for the beer, but I don't drink at this hour and neither in these conditions," I pushed the beer he was offering her away.

-You're wrong Mrs. Ximena, the two beers are for me, I do drink in moments of anguish in the same way as in good times, as for the other thing, this is a sharp movie, that man is very dangerous, although I've never seen him, I even thought he was a myth like La Llorona. It seems to me that one day I saw him assassinate an entire army, I couldn't see him well because I ran away, I could only make out that he was wearing white gloves, he is a cruel and merciless genocide, huy, no, no, no, no, -Molina held a beer, pressing it with her forearm to her chest to leave a free hand with which she sanctified herself or said a blessing.

-It can't be, I detest mafiosi and now it seems I'm going to have to make deals with those guys, it's not fair, I already repudiate that man," he recalled the day his parents died in a confrontation between criminal gangs of drug traffickers.

-Miss Ximena, it's better to leave things that way, don't look for the cat's paws, lest by looking for what you haven't lost, you replace yourself losing everything," he advised her, drinking a beer in one gulp.

-Of course I have to do it, I have to replace them...," a call came in on his mobile, it was a secret number, with mistrust, he answered and he was right, an almost intelligible voice, gagged:

Mrs. Ximena, we demand two million dollars in exchange for your jewels and it's up to you to move them or we'll sell them, on the other hand, we'll give you twenty-four hours to think about it and come up with the amount, we'll call you later. And they hung up leaving her with the intrigue, it could be to lose that money in exchange for the jewels.

-Miss, what a pity that you are stretching your ear, listen to your conversation and with all due respect I think that this is very serious, you may pay them and in the same way they steal the money, this has happened to an uncle who was kidnapped, they charged his children five times the ransom, in the end they charged him another amount for revealing the location where the body was buried, it's hard to negotiate with a criminal without honour, in my opinion we should all be like the English government that doesn't negotiate with terrorists, -and he finished his speech drinking another beer in one sip, as if it was water and he was thirsty.

-If don Molina, I'll try another option, otherwise I'll have to negotiate the ransom, I'll offer them half or else I'll have to go and get coffee with a torch," Ximena remembered that joke her father told, hoping that don Molina would do the same.

-I love that you remain optimistic in the face of adversity, your daddy was that way, sir to Ximena, if you need anything, anything at all, don't hesitate to call me, I assure you that I'll get you wherever you need to go within the distance. -He then washed down his words with another beer, which he drank in one sip without showing a change in his temperament.

-I assure you that as soon as I can, I will come to visit you so that you can tell me more about my parents," she hugged him even though the smell of alcohol hit her nose.

-See you later, Mrs. Ximena, please take care of me too, I suffered a lot for the loss of your parents, I don't want to have to lose you at their mercy, I assure you that I will pray every night. -He sobbed, touching her shoulders, with his eyes full of tears, where you could glimpse the good memories he had with Ximena's parents, who picked him up from the street and taught him everything he knew about the business. They were the only parents he knew and in a way he saw her as his sister, but he avoided being close to her to avoid getting attached, he did not want to have to cry to see her leave and this time that happened to him, his tears slid down his cheeks, wetting his ruana, until she left, he uncorked another bottle whose contents dissolved in his mouth, he wiped his tears saying: -May God protect you, little sister.

The helicopter took off looking for the villa where the general lived, who almost shot them down by the fighter planes, Ximena introduced herself on the radio, she told them that she was a businesswoman, the owner of the famous jewellery shop who still needed a great favour, very formally she asked him:

-General Suarez, I need your help against Dr. D, I need to recover some jewellery that that wretch stole from me, I know that you are the man who is about to capture him.

-My lady came with the one who is. I'm hunting that rat, that wretch killed my congressman brother and a large part of my family, I will replace him to judge him with my own hands," he said, moving his hands, turning them in the opposite direction, like the one who catches a chicken.

-I promise I will help you with resources, it is of the utmost importance to recover my jewels.

-I understand you Mrs. Ximena, I heard that your jewels are very valuable, that news is already all over the media, they are even offering a reward for the information that leads to their whereabouts, I assure you that we will capture them, do you have any clue? -Yes general, it turns out that they called me to ask me for two million dollars in exchange for the jewels, I assure you that it is unfair and humiliating to pay for my things, if I didn't need them because I have already sold them I would tell them to steal them, I hate dealing with thugs.

-I have an infallible plan, we will set up a date for the exchange, we will capture them and we will recover the jewels, the only complex thing is that you have to get part of the money to give you more credibility, we will use it as bait for those rats. -Yes sir, I will try to get a part of it immediately, I will use all the capital of the company, the main cash, the smallest and even the payroll, that won't be lost, right?

No, miss, the operation will be a success, I assure you, I have extensive experience in these cases of extortion, I spent ten years in the anti-kidnapping corps, it will be a clean and perfect operation, on a par with those of Europe.

That's how the general's men organised the operation. Ximena left the money at the agreed point, then went to the place where the jewels were supposed to be, a normal house where she knocked on the door, opened by an old man who knew nothing, he reminded her of Don Molina, who seemed to be a prophet, it seemed that he was running out of money and jewels. Only this time the general's experience was useful. He had added tracking microchips to the money, with which they tracked the thieves, killing them in a hurricane of bullets, which resulted in the recovery of the two loot.

-It's a very successful operation, what a joy, I finally got one of those scumbags, and I also won three prizes," laughed the general, looking up at the sky.

-What are you talking about general, the money and the gems are mine, rest assured that I'll give you a good commission," Ximena answered him with fear, as she could see something sinister in the general's crazy look.

-Yes, that is yours, only the commission will be yours Ximena, from this moment on you become my property," the general made a cutting sign with his left hand and the soldiers killed each one of the escorts that accompanied Ximena.

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