“Don’t worry about me!” Gabi answered quickly. “You know you don’t need to. I could always take care of myself.”
“I know. Actually, it’s not just about you. I’m worried. About me.”
“What are you worried about?”
“About what would happen to me without you. You’ve been at my side for as long as I can remember. You’re my friend. My relative. My manager. But you’re more than all that. You’re everything,” he said, his voice thinning. “You’re the most important person in my life, Gabika.”
They were silent, and Gabi avoided Juan’s eyes. She didn’t want him to see the tears. She could have told him what she thought: that she would never walk out of his life. She would always stay by his side, as she always had till now, especially after the day when Juan and Károly, his father, parted ways. Bac
