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RaykaI think about what we can do now, but before I can come to a conclusion, Allan startles me with his speech.“Not that one, Juliana is here.”I turn in the direction he is looking and indeed Juliana is coming towards us, it is easy to recognize her in the midst of people, as she has a long curly red hair. Juliana is the daughter of Joseph Batchelor, the current president of the PBR.“Good evening everyone.” Juliana speaks as soon as she approaches us. “Rayka, what an exceptional ride you made, I need to shake your foot because I am still clapping you with my hands.”“Thank you, Juliana.” I say and go and hug her. “What are you doing here today?”“I came at my father's request; in fact, I have been following this challenge since it was launched.”Of course, the PBR would be keeping an eye on this.“My dad was sure it was only a matter of time before he got to do one of our rides, not least because the prize is tempting.”She is right about the prize; it will help a lot of people.
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RaykaI feel sad that my mother hates me, and I only hope that my father is at least proud of me.“Rayka, my princess.” My father speaks in a low tone, and I hold the cell phone close to my ear. “You shouldn't have risked yourself like that, and I know you know that what you did was very irresponsible.”Of course, I know, I just didn't expect you to be upset about what I did.“I do know that.”“Princess I know that tone of voice and you shouldn't even think I am mad, how could I be if you did what you did just to defend me, defend the PBR, which was a dream that I realized with so much joy. But the PBR is not the legacy that matters to me, you are my princess who is, I am proud of your attitude, because today on that stage I saw the girl I raised with so much love acting with determination, defending what she believes and teaching what really matters without at any time needing to offend her opponent, you became the woman I knew you would become and that is what really matters to me,
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RaykaAs soon as we get to them, I turn to the side and see Kaleo and Kaneki at a distance, I realize that Kaneki is holding his brother's arm, probably because the asshole wants to come here to make some fun or maybe take satisfaction for what Bryan said about my dating.But as they say, he who makes the first move, controls the game, and if I was able to take on Richard in front of all these people and ride a deadly one-ton bull, I can take on my ex's suitcase too.“Guys, before we go eat, I need to talk to Kaneki, I will take advantage of him being there and go talk.” I speak.” Rayka, are you sure you want to do this?” Ness asks.Kaleo took me by surprise in the park and took advantage of it to shake me, but this time I am prepared.“I sure am.”“Then we'll all go with you.” Bryan is serious.He annoys me most of the time, however in serious moments he leaves the jokes aside and takes care of me like a big brother.“It's all right.”“Rayka, before we go I need to ask you something
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RaykaIt's good to know that my bull will be in a quieter place, and I can enjoy the party more peacefully.“Rayka, so what are your plans, do you intend to enter him for this year's championship or wait for next year's?”“Not at all Kaneki, Sovereign will not compete in rodeos, tonight was his last official ride.”“This is crazy Rayka.” Kaleo interrupts me. “You can't do that.”“What you can't do is get involved in a conversation you weren't invited to, and what's crazy is you thinking you have the right to have any say in my life.”I see your little smile fade as you see me speaking firmly.“Anyway, as I was saying, Kaneki, I want Sovereign to go to Dalhart and stay there in his own enclosure with access to the dam, he will undergo all the necessary tests to ensure that he has no health problems, and if everything is fine, I want him to collect the semen.”“I see, do you want his children to compete?” Kaneki asks.Although I have never done any study for genetic engineering, I learn
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RaykaAs I think about how to get out of this situation, Gael quickly goes around me, and I see that he holds Kaleo's wrist and with his other hand he takes him by the collar.I feel the grip on my arm disappear and Gael pushes Kaleo backwards who staggers a few steps before stopping.“Don't you ever dare touch her again without permission.” Gael says angrily.“Just because you're fucking her, you think you can touch me like that?” Kaleo retorts.He comes at Gael who gives him a blow to the throat, making Kaleo fall to his knees with his hand on his neck, he seems to have difficulty breathing. I can't allow this situation to escalate into a physical assault issue.“Gael, please stop.” I grab his arm and he turns to me.“I am sorry Rayka, I am not violent, I just lost my mind with the way he acted towards you.”I like his gentle way, I see that he thinks that my request was for fear of the violence he acted, when I just don't want him to have problems for defending me or that because o
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RaykaI would just forget about Kaleo forever, but I don't think that's possible.“And he still had the nerve to approach Rayka today, is this guy insane?” Charles asks.He has a point, Kaleo had a lot of guts, and while he can claim I went up to him earlier, he can't say the same for the park.“He must have seen it as a neutral area since he didn't go all the way to Boston or Amarillo after me.”“That's ridiculous, the place doesn't matter, it's the fact that he disturbed you.” Sarah says.“We know that, but you forget that men usually use their heads to think, not to mention that they get carried away easily when their ego is shaken.” Ness speaks up.“Hey, please don't generalize, I am not like that.” Gael asks.“Relax, we're not ones to generalize.” I smile to calm him down. “If I were like that, after growing up with Bryan around, I would be terrified of men.”“Here you go again.” Bryan complains.“But this time it's not because you're gay, it's because you not only went out with
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RaykaWe arrive at the food-truck, there are three people in front of us in line, Gael stands next to me and turns to me.“You know when Bryan was telling me about your dad and Kaleo, it seemed to me that your dad is very jealous of you.”I control myself not to laugh, because it seems that he is afraid of the old man.“He is a little, but I think every father should be like that, and since I am an only child, he's become more protective than usual.”“It could be, I have three sisters at home, my father was never very protective, he said that disappointments are part of life.”“He's not wrong, my dad is protective, but he's never stopped me from living my life.”“He only tends to threaten his exes after they break up.”“Remember what I said about not generalizing?” I ask and he nods. “Your turn not to do that, I only dated Kaleo seriously and I don't think anyone can blame him for what he did, not least because he didn't do anything that terrible.”“Rayka calm down.” Gael asks, huggin
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RaykaI hear the food-truck whistle that an order is ready, I turn around and see it's ours.“Our order is ready; I will go get it” I say getting up.“I will help you bring it.” Gael says getting up too.This is not surprising, he has been with me all day, I like his company, because he is kind and I also liked the moments of complicity, besides of course the wonderful kisses we exchanged.However, now I am worried that he will try to defend his friend and that will cause an annoying atmosphere between us. Gael takes my hand, and we walk to the food truck, he waits until he is some distance from the table to speak.“Rayka, about Hillary's call, I hope she didn't think she and I have anything besides friendship.”I expected him to want to talk, but I am relieved that he doesn't want to talk about what I thought about her tastes.“I won't deny that at first I thought you were in an open relationship, but then you said she's your friend's wife and you respect that. Then I saw it was no
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GaelAt the hotel, we go to the door that gives access to the stage, and as soon as I enter the hall I am shocked by the decoration, the floor is with a carpet that looks like sand, the walls are with curtains that simulate a fence like the rodeo arena, on the tables there are decorations that look like shadows of cowboys riding bulls and on the chairs a cape like a cowboy vest and to complete in a corner a mini rodeo arena with a mechanical bull.The stage is even more decorated, with lots of straw on the floor and some plush oxen, instead of the table, there are some wooden barrels, the middle one with a three-story cake and on top a mini arena with a candle that looks like Adam riding a bull, the other barrels are with cupcakes.“My mom really went all out this time.”It was a lot of effort, I would never have thought of even half of this decoration, I can't answer him, Adam struggles to get off my lap, I go down the stairs of the stage and release him, who ran out of the hall. I t
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One year on...GaelLying on our bed, I watch Rayka, who has a beautiful smile on her face, in fact she is beautiful all over, no matter if she is lying here after we make love, or after being in labor for 5 hours to bring our son Adam into the world, or when she was all produced at our wedding.I look at the clock and see that our rest time is running out, Rayka looks too and after giving me a kiss, gets up to take her shower, I lie there watching her, in a mixture of lust and zeal. Her wonderful body that always makes me want her, even more now with the curves of pregnancy, she is already in the 27th week of pregnancy of our second child, a boy who will be named Kyle.I still remember the day I made the request for us to have another child. What struck me most that day was Rayka's firm stance, and especially how we loved each other the rest of the day and night.I feel Rayka's touch on my face, I turn and see her sitting next to me, with a towel wrapped around her body.“Gael, is ev
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GaelI feel a shadow over me and think it's Rayka who has returned, but as I lift my face, I see a blonde girl, she has slowly lifted her sunglasses and put them in her hair.What does she want here? “Hello.” She spoke in a honeyed voice.I realize she speaks in my language, so she should know I'm not from around here.“Hi.” I answered automatically.I'm not one to judge people before I meet them, and although Rayka is not the jealous type, I don't think it's right to chat with another woman in her absence.“My name is Darlete.” Seeing that I didn't answer, she continued. “The sun is hot, and I forgot my sunscreen, would you mind putting yours on me?”I would have to be very naïve to believe that it was an innocent request, and not to mention that I have seen this too many times in Miami to know her true intention.“I do mind, I'm married and the only woman I pass protection on is my wife.”I was hoping that hearing I'm married would be enough for her to back off, but apparently I'm
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Two and a half years on...GaelWe finally decided to have our honeymoon, and our destination is Carmel Cumbuco resort in Ceará in Brazil.Our wedding was a perfect event and just the way we wanted, we chose the 20th of February because it was a special date for us, which gave us a year after the proposal to organize everything. Rayka wore a wedding dress made especially for her, it was inspired by Bela's, but white instead of yellow, and to be in agreement, my tuxedo was navy blue with gold details. Her maids of honor were Hillary, Ness, and Sarah, while Liz was her bridesmaid, my groomsmen Bryan, David, and Allan.As Adam was only four months old, there was no possibility of him walking in alone and carrying the rings for us, so we called Kaleb to walk in with him on his lap, Adam looked cute in a suit just like mine. Wanting something different, Rayka opted for the rings to enter the finger in the Beast I gave her years ago, but our surprise was when it came time to pick them up an
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Rayka“I think we can talk calmly now.”I know we have a lot of topics to talk about, but his way of asking is cute, so I decide to let him choose the first topic.“And what do you want to talk about?”“Before you said you would marry me, you said you only didn't say yes during the first proposal because you needed to tell me about the baby first.” I didn't think that would be the topic. “The point is, if you knew since Sunday that you were pregnant, why didn't you tell me before?”I can feel in his voice that although he is happy about the baby, he is upset, and I know that the only way to solve this is by telling the truth, I lift my body more and look into his eyes.“Because I was scared, I spent the last three days thinking about it, blaming myself for being careless, for not telling him that day about the medicine, since as a doctor I would have known there was danger, and I would have done the right thing.” I feel my eyes fill with tears again, but I need to say everything. “I w
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RaykaI can't help but smile at Gael being so kind to me.“Getting nervous is not good for you, for either of you.” I am surprised at the calm way he refers to it. “I would never have thought you did something like that on purpose, is that why you were so nervous, afraid I would blame you?”It's amazing how he knows me so well, to the point of realizing the reason for my crisis, I wish I could say I know him like that too, and deep down I know I do. However, the pregnancy shook me up to the level that I feared he would blame me, after all a baby was not part of our plans, that's why I was on medication.“It was my fault; I should have been more careful.” I can see he's going to try to deny it, but I'm quicker. “There's no point in denying it, it was, and we both know it.”I need to talk about what I'm feeling.“I am scared of everything, of being pregnant, of you blaming me or not being ready to be a father and with that I lose you.” I see a little pain in your eyes. “I know how much
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RaykaIt doesn't take long, and Gael has stopped walking and I hear the whistle of an elevator, which means we must be in a building, has he brought me to a hotel? But if we are in a hotel, why didn't anyone say anything, every Boston hotel I know has an elevator attendant in the elevator, but here it is complete silence.I feel the elevator stop and Gael again starts walking, it may be crazy in my head, but it feels like there is more than one person walking. I hear what sounds like the beep of a door lock and then Gael stops walking and I hear a door slam.Gael walks a few more steps and stops again, this time kissing me intensely. Then he puts me on the floor and slowly moves his hands up my body until he reaches my face, kissing me again, before moving away a little and taking off my blindfold.I can't believe what I'm seeing, we are in a hotel room, the lamps are off, the light comes from hundreds of flashing lights on the wall, the floor is covered with red rose petals, on the c
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RaykaMy father left a little over an hour ago, so I took a relaxing bath and put on the outfit I chose for today, a red dress, although we left the story of the evil wolf a long time ago, I know how much he loves it when I wear a red outfit. My dress tonight is woolen with long sleeves that goes up to the knee, tights, and long boots, complete the look, and to protect me from the cold, a white fur coat.I'm finishing my makeup when I hear the message ringing on my cell phone, it's Gael saying he arrived and is waiting for me, I finish quickly, grab my coat, and go down to meet him. Gael looks gorgeous wearing black jeans, a navy-blue sweater, and a leather overcoat. I walk over to him, who steps away from the car and hugs me around the waist, we kiss affectionately.“How can you get even more beautiful?”I love his compliments, and he knows how to bend me over with them when necessary, just as I also know that teasing him can earn me a lot of good things later.“It must be easy since
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Two years onRaykaSitting in my office, I try my best to concentrate on the documents in my hand, but it is impossible, I get up and go to the window, leaning my forehead against the glass, I stare at the Charles River while I let my mind wander.How could I have been so careless, so soon I was always careful with the smallest details, and in such an important matter I did this. I haven't slept for three nights now, and I know that tiredness isn't helping me, but every time I lie down, I keep thinking about it and I can't sleep. I won't be able to rest until I resolve this situation, however, I am scared of what will happen, but I need to do this, and I need to relax until the end of the night.Today is such a special day, because it's been 2 years since Gael asked me to marry him, I will never forget that night and what came after, our relationship has been wonderful. Since he moved to Boston, we have never been far from each other, and we have never had a fight, not even a disagree
