Louise The theater lights were already off, as far as I could see the movie had already started, it was romance and I hated romance, not for anything, just for the simple reason that none of it existed."It's dark, isn't it?" - Maurício was nervous, I've never seen him like this. - "What a mess!""I think this is normal." - I answered and only later realized that I spoke in a cold way. - Are you afraid of the dark?When he said that we would go to a distant place, I didn't think that this place would be a movie theater. I like it, but it's not the thing I would choose. I chose a special dress, sky blue, with a neckline and a side opening in the left leg that showed my legs when I walked."Is something bothering you? Is everything all right, Louise?" - His hand touched my shoulder and pulled me closer to him."It's just, I'm not really into movies, you know? I don't like romance movies either."Maurício stroked my chin with his thumb, while his other hand touched mine, brought it to h
EmmaI woke up with a tightness in my chest and when that happened, I always received bad news for the day. My thoughts were on Louise, because Mauricio knew how to take care of himself very well. I woke up and didn't take long to go to my office."Good morning Jason, aren't you two back yet? - I asked even though I knew the answer would be no.""Nothing, I thought they were with you.""Of course not. How stupid of me to think they could be here.""They could have gone to a hotel, Emma. You know how adventurous Maurício is." For a moment I almost freaked out, Mauricio has already been in a car accident and almost lost his life when he was 19, I guess the years go by and his irresponsibility at the wheel only increases, I don't trust him driving drunk, even though he told me he was going on a romantic date. His stress has lessened with Louise, at least, she is one of mine and I love having her as my daughter-in-law. I tried to shake off the thought that something bad was happening and
EmmaMaurício called to say that he was already home with Louise, but he didn't say exactly what happened. But if they are not in Colombia they are in the house that Mauricio has here in Los Angeles, this is all very strange and I need some explanation.(...)Louise was in shock after having returned with Mauricio, the shot hit Louise lightly, I don't even know why Mauricio brought this doctor with him. Mauricio looked at me as if he was accusing himself of something."Before he could finish speaking I took Louise's hand and led her into the room.""You can go, she'll stay here until she feels well. In a little while I want to talk to you, now go ahead."Maurício was not a very friendly person, but I can assure you that he would never do anything to hurt her."I'll be on the balcony." - His serene gaze went to Louise and I'm sure he thought about going over to her, but before he could do that I scolded him. - Louise...A few hours of the day had passed and she was still silent. We wer
Roberto Before I went to help Mauricio, I needed to have a talk with Chalice and make it clear that I never wanted another woman after I met her."Maria, you could dispense with the others and you can have and then also. We will spend some time at Emma's house. Louise is not doing very well." - I asked Maria while packing my bag and spying from outside the room, but she really wanted to grab me by the neck right then and there."What are you hiding from me? What's wrong with Louise?" - She had her arms crossed and was staring at me."Louise is fine, when we get back she'll come along. But I need one more favor from you." - I asked, facing her and she knew I had something really serious to say. - "Keep an eye on Juliana, even from afar, you know that she has always been a reliable person here, Maria. But Juliana doesn't have one percent of the character you have, she's never fooled me, and Mauricio has always been very detached from life. Can you break this one for me? I swear I'll le
MaurícioWe were now in a house underground, with James and Jenny, Alicia managed to get free, but it won't be for long either."Ready?" - I asked Louise before I opened the door and she was confronted with the scene."Go ahead." - As I opened the door I saw her eyes light up, it was a bit of a surprise to me.Louise was walking with a certain difficulty, but seeing James there bound in chains, like a ferocious beast waiting for his punishment for such an event he committed in his past so present."Look at that... now he brings his bitch too. So, Louise. How does it feel to give it to this guy?" - I was ready to punch James anywhere in the face, but Louise stopped me."No, not now. So, James..." Her laugh made me even more surprised." - Maurício fucks like hell, I'd let him fuck you, but too bad there's no tomorrow. LouiseI was being driven by hate, it wasn't bad, just something new to me that I was loving. It was noticeable how much Mauricio was looking forward to seeing James on t
Two weeks later...Louise I woke up with gastura and an immeasurable heat in the middle of my legs, I got up carefully not to make too much noise and saw Emma and Mauricio on the balcony, why are they up so early? I walked on tiptoe, but it was inevitable, for Emma nor Mauricio saw me, but Jason made sure to speak my name loud and clear."Good morning, dear Louise, won't you join us at the table?" - Jason speaks, taking Emma and Mauricio's attention."Were you just leaving?" - Emma smiles and looks at Maurício, who gets up and leaves the table."I just woke up. Where are you going? Is my presence bothering you so early?" - I opened my arms and watched him leave without even answering me. "Who said he left because you arrived, dear? He was just waiting for you to wake up, now sit here and eat, because you look very pale to my eyes. Is there something you're hiding from us, by any chance?" - Emma asked with her elbow propped on the table."What do you suppose I'm hiding? The pallor mu
EmmaIt was such a beautiful day and then suddenly the news came about Louise, I couldn't imagine that she could be so sick. I suspected that she was pregnant, but that was better than an illness."I can imagine how sad he must be about this. Why didn't he come back? Mauricio seemed so macho to me…""He doesn't need a gender to feel pain, even if it is in other people. I also thought that Mauricio would be a man who wouldn't fall in love with anyone, but I was also wrong and I am very happy that he loves Louise. So, he has every right to suffer for everything that has happened and is happening to her. And, he is drinking with Roberto.""Hey, I'm not judging, just saying that I never thought that of him. He has the genius of his mother, who doesn't bend to anyone, you wouldn't think otherwise."Jason was the guy who gave me his house, in fact, for me and my son when I got out of jail, I didn't even have a place to live and if I am well today, I owe it to him too. Many times he defended
Louise"Hey, how are you?" - There were some blood marks on his shirt, and when he came in he didn't have them on. The worst part was that I was wearing it."Hooray! What's this?" - I pulled the cloth with the stain close to my nose and actually smelled blood."This is that bastard's blood. I saw the images from the cameras." - He spoke in a natural way, as if it was the most natural thing in the world to say that he killed someone."I'm sorry. It was all my fault. I am a mess. I didn't mean to mess up his life." - I felt like a burden in Mauricio and Emma's life, even more so now, sick. At no point did I want this, and now I feel terrible and guilty about it all."It's not your fault, Louise. And you're not a mess. You're the best thing that could have come into my life, you know." - Maurício hugged me before we got into the car and gave me a tender kiss while he caressed my face. - "I think we deserve a night alone, I promise I'll be as gentle as possible!" - He whispered in my ear,
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
One year later...LouiseThe preparations for Brian's birthday were in full swing. Clarice was more than happy, as were Roberto and all of us. The time on the invitations was 6:00 PM, but Edgar and his darling daughter arrived early, and I would not deny shelter to her who sponsored me, that would be too selfish. He taught me too much, but I couldn't stand her. In the past, Edgar forced Mauricio and his daughter, Julie, to be together. And wherever Mauricio is, she won't mind forcing herself on him, and I knew that a long time ago."Do you know what I want?" - Clarice smiled wickedly as she looked at Julie. - "To teach that bitch not to stare too much at other people's men.""You have no idea how much we both think alike." - I smiled at her and she did the same. Mauricio approached us both with a small box in hand, handing it to Clarice. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my neck."This is our present for our little boy. You know that he is the most precious thing in our f
ClariceThe feeling that I would die at any moment was still very present. My son was in the incubator in the UV light. My body hurt even under anesthesia. I still hadn't eaten anything, I couldn't even drink water, but now, I was waiting for the nurses to help me up. If not, my blood would not circulate and could lead to a thrombosis, because of the anesthesia. Louise and Roberto's voices were loud, and when they talked, they sounded like they were fighting, and Mauricio was always quiet."Where is my baby?" - Louise came hurriedly to see him, but was disappointed when she didn't see him there. - "I forgot he's tiny. But, how are you feeling? - She sat down next to me and held my hand.""I am fulfilled, sister. I have a wonderful family. I have a strong sister that I have been very proud of ever since I met her, and now, you don't know how much I admire you for all your strength.""Do you know that even though I haven't seen him yet, he is the most important thing I have in my life?
LouiseWith each sip I took of the different drinks, I felt my stomach turn and the vomit want to come out, until I realized I was overdoing it and needed to sober up for the morning.The last time I looked at the time it was almost two in the morning, but I didn't intend to leave now."I finally found you, do you know how long I have been looking for you?" - I couldn't believe who was standing in front of me! It was Klaus, now in a nice suit, but with the same shoulder-length hair."Oh my God! I'm sorry I left without any warning. How is Miss Margot?""She passed away two weeks ago. But, she knew you were fine and that's why I didn't come after you. But now, I was going home when I saw her hiding here and thought: why not go and talk to her?" - Why did he have to be so handsome? He was very similar to Maurício in some ways, but so different in some."I was sorry." - If it weren't for this man and this woman, I wouldn't be suffering now, I would be dead. - "Sit down, have a few beers