La Casa de Papel (Palermo) // Translation

29. caida de un idolo

Velez slowly opens her eyes. She lies on a lounger and feels like she has slept for months, even if only a few hours have passed. The first thing she does is put her hand on her leg. Relieved, she realizes that her leg is still there. She sees that Rio is there, sitting next to her, but his back is turned to her while he seems to be analyzing the rifle in his hands. Velez smiles. "Rio" she says. Rio immediately stops what he is doing and turns to see her. He smiles from ear to ear and hugs her lovingly like a happy child.

"You woke up!" he says in the middle of the embrace. When he lets go of her, he grabs her hand and interlocks their fingers while placing a few kisses there. She smiles happily. but she immediately remembers tokyo. and slowly the smile leaves her face until her eyes fill with tears. Rio realizes without hesitation that Velez has just remembered Tokyo and his smile also turns into a sad face. inevitably he starts to cry.

"I will kill them all," Velez says, without moving from her position, in a very low and hoarse voice. she interlocks her fingers with his. "I swear it to you." Rio looks up and looks into her eyes. He leans over to her and gives her a long kiss on the cheek. As he walks away, he looks her in the eye again.

"It's over," Rio replies, squeezing her fingers even tighter. "The important thing now is that she watches us from there and looks after us until the robbery is over," he says, wiping his tears away. Velez smiles at him and believes firmly and blindly in his words. Bogota enters the room and the first thing he notices is that the Argentine is awake.

"She is awake!" he exclaims, laughs and lets go of her so that Bogota can hug her. she presses them tight. "you are feeling fine?" he asks like a father who cares for his daughter. She nods her head with a smile. "I'll get Palermo," he says and leaves the room with Rio. Velez is left alone and looks at the ceiling in silence, her eyes full of tears, as if looking for Tokyo in the air, in the stars, in the sky. at any point. While she thinks of Tokyo, Palermo rushes through the door. his heart fills with love when he sees her. he sits down next to her very excited and hugs her before everything else.

"Baby", Palermo whispers in the middle of the hug on her cheek. She still gets goosebumps when she feels Palermo skin to skin, like it's the first time. She sighs and smiles when Palermo lets go of her.

"How's it going?" she asks, caressing his cheek.

"How are you baby?" he answers and strokes her hair. She nods her head while smiling at him. but again her eyes fill with tears when she remembers Tokyo. Palermo gives her a little smile.

"I can do that for you," she says, barely moving her bandaged leg. "and much more" Palermo watches her sad, tormented, but at the same time amazed and even grateful. He never had the feeling that he could love someone so much that he would give his life for them. He still finds it difficult to believe, but he keeps experiencing new feelings.

"Yes, really?" Palermo replies, believing he was just thinking this question. but the reality was that it just came out of his mouth. Velez sees a child in Palermo for the first time and smiles. He grabs her hand tightly while nodding his head.

"and much more" Palermo smiles emotionally, really in love. He even believes that he has overcome his love for Berlin. "I don't know myself, I'm a murderer. But it doesn't matter. We'll all die anyway."

“We won't die,” he says resignedly.

"Yes, Palermo. It can't go well. Any minute everything explodes and they're going to fire twenty-five shots at each of us," she says, disappointed. "It's the most logical thing, and you know it."

"I promised you that I would get you out of here alive, and I will," he says rather warningly and presses her hand tightly. she smiles reluctantly.