Tulio turned back to see Linda who also stood up and slowly approached them. Her eyes were still entrenched in Fernando, the whole time she approached them. Soon she stood up next to Tulio and both he and Tulio watched the boy waiting for something to protrude.
The boy was afraid of literally saying anything because Tulio was staring at the boy with a clear rage.
"Why did you come here? What do you want?" Asked Tulio aggressively.
"Calm down, Tulio. Fernando, do you want to tell us something?" Asked Linda much more gently to try and get Fernando to try and come clean about his mistakes.
"Yes, I wanted to apologize for all of this... It's my fault."
"I'm glad you understood," said Tulio briefly, still angry with the boy. Linda immediately poked the man into a tone of voice.
"Go on," said Linda.
"Well... I wanted to apologize for everything that has happened... But it's still possible to get them back," said Fernando. The last words made Linda and Tulio look surprised at each other, they didn't know what to say at all.
Tulio immediately calmed down and now he was hoping to stare at the skinny boy with more confidence.
"But how?" Asked Tulio.
"Fortunately, the plans of those three are still in their apartment," answered Fernando.
The "plans?" repeated the surprised Linda.
"Come with me, this time it's definitely good!" Said Fernando when he started to move away. Linda already wanted to go when suddenly Tulio stopped her.
"Wait a minute," said Tulio when he grabbed her arm.
"What?" Asked the surprised Linda.
"What if it's just a fairy tale again?" Said Tulio.
"Tulio, Blu is more to me than just... A friend... It's partly family... He was always with me and I promised him that I would always be with him! Now I have to find him! Sorry, Tulio... But if you don't want to move with me, I'll come alone," said Linda when she took off her hug and left for Fernando. Tulio watched them as they slowly moved away and became smaller and smaller.
"Forgive Linda" mumbled Tulio when he returned to the clinic, putting on his white apron from the locker room.
In the meantime, cages with birds were unloaded from the plane and placed on the runway. They were set up in a semi-circle one after the other. Three men counted them one by one and wrote down the number of pieces on a piece of paper.
"Okay, our customers will be here any minute, you have to be ready and above all not enough to sell them otherwise we won't sell anything," said Marcel, when he was looking for any cars to come. Everyone was in a semi-circle, except Blu and Jewel, whose cages were located on a soft red material and next to them stood Armando and Tipo.
"I feel strange," said Jewel to Blu.
"Enjoy it. You're literally one of a kind," said Blu jokingly.
"What's funny about this Blu?" Asked Jewel, surprised by his reaction.
"It's all funny," said Blu.
"What?" Asked Jewel.
"I just felt I was alive and dying," said Blu.
"Ahhh..." Jewel growled out of helplessness. She sat down and watched everything that surrounded her. A few minutes later, the first car appeared at the airport. It was a white sports car that was approaching at a very high speed.
"I wish I had such a fast car," said Tipo.
"Look at all these birds! When we sell all these birds, we'll buy some of these cars and villas," said Marcel, excited. Soon a potential customer arrived and got out of the car. He was wearing a white suit, light complexion and sunglasses.
"Welcome, Lord... "
"Antonio" finished the buyer. He came closer to the birds and looked at them, probably choosing the most beautiful ones. A moment later he showed for some Scarlet Macaw.
"I take this one" said Antonio, pointing his finger at it. He stood so long until Armando pushed Tipe to go.
"Serving him" he said at that time. Tipo came up and took the cage and gave it to Antonio, who was surprised to see him.
"Take him to the car, you idiot," mumbled Marcel. Tipo moved towards the car. He opened the back door and put the cage down gently.
"As in the contract... $15,000 a piece," said Marcel. Antonio approached the car and took out the briefcase with the money. He gave it to Marcel at the same time giving him a handshake.
"Speak up when you have something interesting to say," said the man saying goodbye. He got into his sports car and drove off quickly with a squeak of tires, disappearing from the horizon.
"15,000!" shouted Marcel when he finished counting the money.
"And this is only the beginning!" said the excited Armando.
"That's right, and the next bird will get more expensive!" said Marcel. And so it was. More and more merchants came to buy birds they liked. The prices were very high, but it wasn't the smallest merchants who gave a file with money without any problems, of which there was a lot. They were even unimaginably large. Three hours later, a merchant came to the airport in an off-road car. He quickly got out of the car. Like most of them, he was elegantly dressed. He approached the cages and showed them to the cage with Rafael, Nico and Pedro.
"No!" Yelled Jewel.
"Shut up," said Nigel harshly. This time Armando approached the cage and took it to an elegant off-road car. He put her down and went back to her place.
The buyer didn't say anything during the whole meeting. He returned to his car and then returned with two briefcases of money. A moment later he drove off disappearing.
"Sorry, Rafael" Mumbled Blu. He remembered deeply the moment when they took his cage. Nobody hid the disappointment and sadness.
"And now it's time for you," said Marcel as he approached the Spix Macaws. Blu and Jewel looked surprised at each other. But a moment later they both heard the sound of the car. It was a black and elegant car.
The "Limousine!" exclaimed surprised Armando when he saw the luxury car.
"Concentrate, it's the most expensive stuff," said Marcel. A moment later the car stopped. A few men with guns got out of the car. They were followed by a man of average height. Right behind him, two men holding two suitcases each. The man approached the bodyguards and greeted Marcel.
"Can I see?" The man asked.
"Yes, of course." Marcel replied. The man approached both cages and looked at them both.
"Hey! Get lost!" Jewel screamed in front of the cage. Blu, on the other hand, stood still.
"This male is domesticated," said the man.
"Impossible" was answered by Marcel.
"See for yourself" answered the man. Marcel looked at the behaviour of both of them. Jewel wanted to attack him and Blu was still standing still.
The man replied, "I'll give you 4 million".
"All right," said Marcel. He got three suitcases with money. The men who held the suitcases took the cages.
"So far," said Nigel sinisterly. A moment later Blu and Jewel were packed into a limousine. Every man returned to his vehicle and drove off. Three men became millionaires and Blu and Jewel could only guess what would happen to them next...
Many thanks to RiodanJaneiro97 for his help in writing the chapter! To the next chapter