The Four Months Bea and Diego Spend Apart

The Four Months Bea and Diego Spend Apart mark a period of attempted separation rather than emotional resolution. When Diego visits Bea’s family home, Bea is still trying to deny their shared life, yet his presence immediately brings back her longing; later, Diego admits that he has spent the same four months regretting how she left.

The Separation and Bea’s Response

Bea describes the interval as four months of effort: she has tried not to remember Diego, renounced the life she had with him, despised him, and learned to ignore him. But when he is there, her body contradicts that practiced distance. She trembles and wants either to be held by him or to throw herself into his arms, then restrains herself. Her relief that he has come and the force of how much she has missed him coexist with the rejection she has been trying to sustain.

Diego’s Visit and Regret

Diego comes to Bea’s family home on some business and says he wanted to stop by. Bea’s father notices her state and suggests that Diego take her for a walk, giving them a chance to be alone. When they speak, Diego says he should never have let her leave as she did. He remembers her as soaked, furious with him, and disappointed for good reason; he calls himself a fool and says he has regretted it for all four months. His account makes clear that the interval has not meant indifference for him either.

An Unresolved Past

Bea does not take Diego’s admission as an invitation to revisit their history. She tries to change the subject, saying she does not want to look back over what they did or did not do, and asks instead what his business is. The exchange leaves the separation unresolved: both reveal that the other has remained present in their thoughts, but Bea still redirects the conversation away from reconciliation or a reckoning with the past.