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"Hey boss, calling me at this time, I feel like I need something, am I wrong?""Hey Zé, exactly, I need that money, can you break this deal for me?"My doubts about loan sharks only grow with each passing day, but if I can get at least half of the money I owe Maurício maybe he will accept a "rescission"."Face again? Do you have any idea how much you owe me already?""I know, but can you do it or not? It's an emergency and besides, I will pay you everything with interest.""You have 90 days to pay me or I'll kill you, you can come by tonight and get your money."- Thanks for breaking this one, I'll pay you back sooner than you think.Inactive ConnectionAs the pie Louise left ready, I opened a beer and went to watch soccer.The next day ...RobertoThat girl made me curious, Mauricio still hasn't shown up and we have a lot of things to solve today. The demand is great and we have to always offer the best to our clients."Good morning Amanda, call Mauricio as soon as possible and tell him it is important that he comes today.""Good morning Mr. Lins, I'm sorry but he didn't sleep at home tonight and so it's impossible to talk to him.""More than dope, thank you Amanda, have a nice day and if he shows up here tell him I'll wait for him in that room as soon as possible."All our partners were waiting for us, but as usual Mauricio always finds a way to be late. To make matters worse, Norely was present and came determined to close deals for Parkinson's daughter; according to him, Parkinson also owes him and no one better than Louise to pay this debt. I greeted everyone, but to my relief Mauricio arrived just in time for the shit to start and didn't have a friendly expression at all."My interest is in Parkinson's daughter, I hear that they have her in hand and I am willing to negotiate any amount for her." - Norely speaks up, but soon gets a no as an answer."Then you can forget about the possibility of having her. She is not for sale. Now let's get down to business, and always remember, Norely, you and I have the same power, so don't want to pass me over." - Mauricio said harshly, and soon the room was silent again.MauricioRoberto just gets me into trouble, he should have made it clear from the moment I said I will not and do not want to do business with her, she seemed to me to be useful for many things. They were lucky today that I woke up peaceful and in a very good mood."I hope you didn't come all this way to talk about it! But before anyone else says anything else I'll just say up front that she is not for sale. You are a good buyer, Norely, you can have as many as you want, but not her. She is a payment and I have my inquiries to make.""Damn it Mauricio, I also have a good amount of money in the hands of that Parkinson's bastard.""What was it Mauricio? You can ask for as much money as you want and I'll pay it, she's not a minor anymore I know, so she can pay her father's debt to me with sex and then maybe I'll send her to one of my clubs, I know she won't bring me anything good, but at least I'll…""If you keep talking shit I swear I'll shut up in my own way, Norely... do you know how insufferable pushy people are? If I were you I would learn to control your damn tongue.We had a brief meeting and didn't talk about it anymore, or I would end up losing what little patience I have."Louise"Good morning Louise, I hope you are well because many things await you, shall we?I'm terrible, I didn't sleep a wink last night and if that wasn't enough I'm going to be a maid, well, I didn't do anything very different, but at least I was getting paid for it. And here? Here I'll live like a convict, wait, I am a convict.""Today is the day that Mr. Mauricio doesn't sleep at home, so it's a great day to send him to tidy his room too, he is a very strict man and one false step we can die!""And what would this step be? " - I asked, trying to make conversation, I know I won't be leaving here anytime soon so let me last at least until I find something that matters."Anything poorly done, whether it's a poorly kept house, your clothes with a wrinkle, you know how to iron?""Yes, I learned when I was a child. I can do a lot of things, I've always been able to do them myself, and believe me, I'll do my best."From the moment she said that today he doesn't stay at home I started to like it, as she is going to teach me to tidy his room, maybe later on I will be lucky enough to find something useful that will get me out of here.She begins by introducing me to the house, no house, a mansion. And from today I will"I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier, my name is Louise... " - I know I was talking nonsense when I saw her "who cares" face looking at me."You can call me Maria, don't be scared and don't believe what the others say about me to you, they are ridiculous. " - Maria is chubby and looks like a bad person, but I know deep down she must suffer a lot here.In each hallway Maria explained what I should do from now on, it wouldn't be so bad, I always helped at home doing most of the housework and always did well."I'm also not the kind of person who believes everything other people say, you are being kind to me and the only thing I can do to repay you is to help you too. Where can I start?""You can't do anything yet because you don't know our customs, but later on I'll give you the list and tomorrow you can start doing the right things so that there won't be any problems, do you understand me?""Oh, of course. Thank you very much, so what should I do now? " - I don't know what they are in here, but I feel like a fish out of water that could die at any moment without air."You can go up to the dorm and make the beds, after that you can wash the bathrooms or, if you prefer, leave them for tomorrow."18 years later...Say"Why do you insist on continuing with this madness? If our mother finds out what you are doing, your punishment will be severe and you know it." - Charles was the typical protective brother, but nothing could beat our father, he was terribly terrible and I knew he monitored my every move."Calm down, Charles. Besides, tell me, don't you also find this place interesting? Why do you think they don't let us come here?"My father and mother have always been conservative. Charles and I were in our first year of college, I had chosen chemical engineering and Charles hadn't decided yet, but the annoying thing was that for my father this was normal when it came to Charles, since when the subject was Say here, he was always rude. Today was going to be our week, but I'm alone and Charles is just going to drive me, since I can't even walk by myself, it's just my life.The room we were in was forbidden for us to enter, but today our parents went to settle some things in Los
LouiseSay was in Julie's arms, I had no anger toward her for what had happened in the past. I trusted Mauricio, so as long as she didn't destroy my children I had no reason to hate her. Lucius was holding Charles in his arms and was softly telling Emma that he was her grandson too, which made me very happy. It's so good when your child is loved, isn't it?"I think we'd better go where everyone else is already." - Maurício says in a loud voice, taking everyone's attention. We had planned to spend this date with our brother and sister after supper, but he knew that this was not what I wanted, so he didn't want Julie to stay too long in our house either."I tried to talk to him, but he interrupted me immediately:""Don't even come, Louise. I don't want any trouble here today, it's only been two three weeks since you gave birth and you can't and I'm not going to let you stress yourself out. Not now!" - When he looked at me without bowing his head, I knew he was serious and didn't fight b
RobertoIt was like a joint effort inside the hospital. Edgar, Klaus (who was now Maria's daughter's boyfriend), Jason, Emma, Lucius, me, and Clarice. Mauricio was in distress in the delivery room, helping Louise who had gone into labor in the early hours of the morning. We were all waiting for news and I swear I never thought that the feeling of dread would come over me again, but now, I was feeling it all over again. It was the same feeling as when Clarice was having our child, but the difference was that I was inside, and now I am distressed that I don't know how things are going inside. Brian had stayed home with Mary, Clarice was more nervous than all of us put together. Edgar was pacing back and forth, when suddenly Parkinson came through the door, with a worried expression and all awkwardness, he looked as if he had been taking heavy drugs, so thin he was. Before he could come to us, I walked towards him discreetly and he followed me into the other waiting room."What are you d
Some time later...LouiseEverything was going well. The pregnancy was going well, I was 39 weeks and super heavy. I woke up and decided that I wanted to get out of here. We are living in the same place, and Roberto and Clarice are nearby. Mauricio had just come home from work, and I was in the kitchen preparing dinner with Maria's help."Honey, can you come up in a little while?" - Maria looked at me dubiously and smiled, denying it with her head.After having no trace of him, she began to speak:"I think he is very lucky to have you." - Maria said looking at my belly, which wouldn't stop moving. - "You'd better go, I'll finish the rest. I'll set the table and leave afterwards. I'll be back tomorrow.""Thank you, Maria. You are an angel in my life." - I climbed the stairs slowly because of the discomfort my stomach was causing me.We hadn't planned anything yet, Mauricio has some projects for the future. No more auctions, not from Mauricio and not from any of my ANC members. This gav
RobertoThe days have been passing quickly, but Louise still hasn't made any statement about her pregnancy. Clarice was devoted body and soul to Brian and I thought this was perfect.Mauricio had been moody lately and this was bothering me. We were on our way home from work when he brought up the subject I had been sworn to secrecy about."Did Louise say something to you?""About what? If she said nothing to Clarice, it wasn't to me." - I lied, but I was terrible at it and he didn't stop looking at me until I stopped walking."You are a bad fucking liar, Roberto. You two are good friends, I know she would tell you secrets. She sees you as a brother!""But you just told her a secret, and you know that you don't share it with anyone. It's no big deal, but if you want to know, ask her yourself.""Are you on her side now?" - Was it immature of you? Yes, but Mauricio was really outraged and he was pissed off when this happened."I'm not on anyone's side, I'm just not going to meddle in any
MaurícioEveryone was singing Happy Birthday to Brian when I saw someone passing by the garden, the service was short, but I know it wasn't from any ghost. I left without anyone noticing and went to the garden, while everyone was too excited about what was going on inside."I don't want to get in your way, please. I need to talk to you, just listen to me for a few seconds and then you can do what you want with us." - Willy had Edy, Alícia and James' son, by his side.The boy was all bruised and Willy was almost unrecognizable. He had never hurt anyone, had always been against Alicia's atrocities and was only with her because... because he was the only person she could turn to, her family was a bunch of junkies and she had chosen her fate."Alícia committed suicide, it's been three months since this happened and I don't know what to do anymore." - In her eyes there was despair, I know how Louise won't like this, but I can't leave it like this."Okay, what do you need?""Someone to take