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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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RaykaWe eat in silence, I am finishing the potatoes when my cell phone starts ringing and I see its Kaneki, I imagine he has some news, by now he must have managed to board the Sovereign to take the farm. I hope he took my threat seriously and it's not Kaleo on the other end of the line.“There you go.” I say as I pick up.“Hi Rayka.” Kaneki speaks. “We just loaded Sovereign on the truck Paul sent as soon as he's settled at the farm I will let you know.”“That's right Kaneki and thanks again.”“Help yourself if you need anything just ask.” Speak and hang up.They were pretty fast, but it's no surprise, when Powell's name is in the conversation, everything happens at lightning speed. At least now my boy will be in a safe and quiet place and will soon meet his new home.“All right, Rayka?” Ness asks.“Yes, they are already taking Sovereign to the farm.”“Rayka, I know this is none of my business and you don't want anyone getting involved, but can I ask you a question?” Allan asks.I im
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RaykaWe continue walking around the park, Bryan insists on going to the target practice and there we get several plush keychains with emoji faces, I get myself and the girls a metal one in the shape of a puzzle, in the middle it says, "best friend" and one fits the other.In the ring game, only the boys try, and everyone manages to win, Bryan gives Liz a Stitch stuffed animal, Gael gives me Fergus, Charles offers Pooh to Ness and Allan offers Mushu to Sarah.“I saw this red stuffed toy; I thought it would suit you.” Allan speaks in that gallant way of his, which irritated me the minute I met him, because it reminded me too much of Bryan.“You needn't have bothered.”Sarah's attitude makes me realize that she is not comfortable with Allan around.“'It's no bother at all darling, just accept it.” Allan insists.“Okay, thank you.”I realize that she is only accepting out of politeness. I think she was more upset than she showed with his attitude towards my victory, from what they said h
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RaykaAs soon as I get on stage, the lead singer comes up and hugs me, and even though I am surprised, I return the gesture. Although he is young, he is very handsome, but I have never liked boys younger than me, and I throw my hat away if he is over twenty.“I have always liked blondes, but seeing your beautiful brunette I will change, because your beauty is so great that it is making me fall in love.”“Rayka, tell us how it was for you to ride that bull tonight?” Asks the other singer.“It was exciting.”“And you didn't feel a bit scared?”“Of course, I did, fear makes us cautious, we just can't let it incapacitate us. And having rodeo in our DNA helps a little bit.” I laugh.“I am not sure if it helped, but the fact is that you put on a great show. "Now tell me, are you single, engaged, married, separated, widowed or in a relationship?" I ask another singer in the band.” Asks another singer in the band.I find this option funny, it fits well with Liz's situation with Bryan, since h
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RaykaWhen it's close to midnight, I start looking around because I need to find a place to do our tradition. Since the girls and I started spending New Year's Eve together, we have created a tradition of being in a place where we can jump and put our right foot on the ground first, for good luck in the coming year.The best place to do this is on the planks that are around the field, and so the sand will also absorb the impact a little, which will help a lot, especially Liz who is wearing stiletto heels.The singer starts the 60-second countdown, and I ask the boys to help us climb the fence, Liz stays in the middle, so as not to take too much risk when jumping. We sit down, take off our hats, letting them hang around our necks, and hold hands with each other.“May our friendship remain firm, no matter the storms.” I speak.“May this year be filled with many joys.” Ness speaks.“May all our dreams come true.” Liz speaks.“May we win the victory in our achievements.” Sarah speaks.We
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RaykaWhen we arrive at the hotel, the girls say good night and go up to their rooms, and although I don't know how long Liz and Bryan will take to arrive, I believe that if it is fast Gael will not leave soon after, and although it is very late, I don't think it will be nice to stay in the lobby armchairs talking and much less kissing, in the lounge that has in my suite there is a sofa that we can be a little more comfortable.At the stadium Gael said he didn't expect anything else for today, I hope he told the truth.“Gael, do you agree to come up to the room with me to talk, just talk.” I repeat so that there is no doubt.“That's fine, but if you don't feel comfortable, we can stay right here.”“It's not that, I just didn't want you to have any hope of anything more.”“Rest assured I don't.”I hold my ogre babies in one arm and hold out my hand to him, heading for the elevator. As soon as the elevator doors close, I let go of his hand and run my finger along the belt loop of his pa
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RaykaI get up in the morning completely refreshed, I don't know what was in that medicine Gael gave me yesterday, but it made me sleep wonderfully well. I send a message in our group to see if the girls have woken up yet, but I don't get a response, I opt to use room service and order breakfast, I just order a portion of waffles with maple syrup and fruit and a strawberry juice.This year most of the customs that the girls and I have for our date have been left aside, I know that it's partly my fault that I ended up spending too much time with Gael yesterday, but I know they won't fight, because it's the first time in years that I'm really happy to be with someone, the other times were mostly blind dates organized by friends, but they never made my heart beat stronger, not even with Yohan, who was the closest I had to a boyfriend after breaking up with Kaleo.Wanting to relax while the girls don't wake up, I turn on the faucet to fill the bathtub while I eat my waffles. I'm going to
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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
