The Good News
Today I finally heard back from the targeted journal. The two magic words "R&R" were not explicitly there but from the overall positive tone and general remarks I already felt very good. Indeed somewhere in the text, this suggestion was inserted between a praise and a comment. The very good news is that I have already revised the paper and attempted to deal with what (I thought that) seems weak in it, thus, I already have accommodated most of the reviewers' comments. Now, I just need to address the rest in a careful manner and resubmit it, which shouldn't take more than two weeks to do. So, back to work!