Chapter 32

MARIANELLA

I didn't sleep a wink tonight, I don't know if it was the presence of the man next to me, but my discomfort prevented any remnants of sleep I had during the day, so I moved from side to side as if there were fleas in the bed biting me from every angle.

Roman is passed out on the bed, so I crawl out of his deep sleep and leave the room to do something, walk on tiptoe so as not to wake him, and close the door very gently.

I stand in the kitchen wondering what to do, staring at the cupboards for a long time and hoping that magically something I want will appear, but it doesn't, however something else moves behind me and when I turn around, Mamá is standing staring at me.

“ Por Dios mamá, you almost scared me to death," I accuse, putting my hand on my chest”.

“ I couldn't sleep, so I heard a noise and decided to check it out," she shrugged, moving around the stove, "Are you sleep deprived too?”

“ I can't sleep at all, my head is a heap," I explain, receiving a brotherly look fr