Diana RodriguesAfter telling José everything, I lay down on the bed, but I didn't sleep. I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened and the anxiety of what would happen when I met him again. Soon the alarm clock went off and it was time to work, so José and I went to the hotel. "Why didn't the doll come to work yesterday?" - Sirlene stares at me as soon as I enter the changing room to put on my uniform."I don't want to fight, it's better we each stay in our own corner, I need a job and I guarantee you need yours too, be rational.""Are you calling me stupid? - Maybe I was."Please, Sirlene.I changed clothes as quickly as possible and she stayed quiet in her corner, but our dear manager, put us to work together, in the suite where the owner of the hotel is installed. I knew he wouldn't recognize me if he saw me. In fact, here at the hotel, we chambermaids are invisible. He would signal a time at reception so we could go there. And it would be the easiest thing in the world.
"Friend, whose is it? Tell me straight away!" - Jose is elated."It's from that boy who works as a lawyer, that I told you about," I whispered, as there were some people next to us and I didn't want to gossip."Oh, my God, he's in love with you.""He just did me a kindness, Jose. I'll text him later to say thank you.""He's in love. Look at those flowers, girl. The man is at your feet.""And these flowers? Are they for me?" - Sirlene arrives and tries to take the bouquet from my hand."No, as incredible as it seems, they're mine.""Who is the crazy man who sends flowers for you? - Sirlene says and cracks a sideways smile. "So dull!" - she looks me up and down - "We have a lot of rooms to clean, poor hotel Cinderella." - the other girls laugh."I agree with you. We have a lot of work to do.""Jose, take it to me and put it in a vase with water so it doesn't wilt.""I'll leave it adorning the reception area, so that everyone passing by will be jealous." - he walked past Sirlene - "They'
Diana RodriguesMESSAGEDiana,Hello friend. Your appointment will be at the hotel. You won't need to travel. He called us a short while ago, asking you to go to the hotel and look for his suite. I told him you'd be there in an hour. It's club procedure. Be careful not to be discovered.Good luck, my dear.Love, Renata.My stomach did a flip-flop, and I thought I'd let it all out. Just thinking about what could happen made me extremely anxious. I stood there for a while trying to manage not only the food, but also everything that was going on in my mind. What if he liked to hit? I had to work tomorrow; it wasn't my day off yet. What am I going to do?I've never dated someone for money before. In fact, I had a few boyfriends, but I never had sex with any of them. Since I was very young, I worked to help my mother. I felt sorry for her and so I always ran from here and there to help her. I would always say that I wasn't a virgin when the girls in the neighbourhood told about their adven
Diana RodriguesI took a deep breath and went inside, as I had done the day of the concert. I stood back and closed the door. When I turned around he was near the window, the flat was dim and I could see his silhouette but not his face. I stood in the doorway waiting for him to give his orders, but he didn't. I was feeling silly, it had been a few minutes since I had stood there and he was standing in front of the window watching, he had something in his hands and his fingers kept moving. I took the initiative."Good evening" - without looking at me, and staring at the window, he said."Would you like something to drink? There's champagne on the table.""I'll have some" - a glass would be nice, I was very nervous. And I imagine he knows he's my first customer, because I didn't behave like a professional at any point - "It's closed, and I can't open it" - I was holding the bottle in my hands.He went over to where I was standing and held the bottle, shaking it, and the sound of the cor
Aslan Murabak"Said, I want your discretion." - I was talking about my brothers."You know you can count on my discretion.""Know everything about a person.""Who is the person, sir?""A woman from the stripper club I went to the other day with Lemi. They called her Scarlet.""I'll see what I can find out.""As fast as I can."Said has always been one of my trusted men, he has always helped me since I was a child, we have created a strong bond of friendship, companionship and loyalty. I trust him and I know he wouldn't do anything to harm me and my brothers, we have him as our grandfather. He is a trained man, one of the best security guards I have ever seen and finds things out very quickly. One of the most accurate marksmen. A born killer."I want you to do something for me" - I say when my lawyer answers, as soon as I call him."How's the trip?""Boring.""What do you need? Because if you didn't ask your brother, it means you want something in confidence" - he already knows."Yeah,
Aslan MurabakThe dancer will be my wife. She is perfect.No criminal record, no problem with the courts and she has never been married. Her only problem is her debt to Juninho Bad Boy, which Said is checking to find out who the guy is. It seems to me that the debt has something to do with a car, a pittance, but I'll wait. I'm curious to know how she messed up the car? Or why she had to pay?What's making me anxious right now is knowing that in a little while she'll be here. And my desire is crazy and unbridled, I want that woman in my bed, but I can't mix pleasure and work. I take a shower, put on a suit, after all it's a job. A marriage contract. The contract papers are already on my desk, I review them and put them in the envelope. I order a bottle of champagne to celebrate, because she would probably sign the contract. She needs the money and I need a bride who knows her place and fake it very well, and the most important clause is not to fall in love with me. That will be a must.
Diana Rodrigues "What happened upstairs, Diana? Did he hit you? Did he try to abuse you?" - Jose gets worried."No, he didn't do anything like that, but he did something that hurt me, and that really wasn't meant to hurt, because that's what I am.""But what did he do? I'm going to go up there and get my hand down on him." "He asked me to marry him," he stops and looks at me with the widest eyes I've ever seen."Hello? Marriage?" - he puts his hand on my forehead - "You've got to be sick. I know you're not well, but girlfriend, are you delirious? The owner of the hotel asked you to marry him? Where did you get that from, Diana?" - he spoke in astonishment as we headed towards the hotel entrance."From here," I show the envelope - "it's not a normal wedding." "What about those fake weddings? I'm shocked.""I'm shocked too, why would a man like him want to marry me?""Not that you are not perfect, but I am also left wondering, what does this filthy rich man like him want with you?""
Diana Rodrigues"I called you yesterday, but you didn't answer. I know you were working, daughter," I felt like a horrible daughter."What happened?" - I sat with her on the couch and Jose on the other side. She was crying and couldn't say what had happened - "Why are you like this? Have you been here all night?" - Her dark circles under her eyes gave it away."Your brother, my child. I don't know what he's got himself into this time.""Where is he? I can't believe he..." - Was Alex already getting into trouble?"Daughter listen to me" - She didn't let me finish."Are you going to defend Alex, again mum? You have no idea what your son is in for.""He told me everything.""And yet you can't see what that reckless bastard is up to, can't you see that I give up living my life so I can fix your darling son's things?" - I stand up and look at her with tears in my eyes."Last night he was with me, sitting on the couch in the living room and watching TV, a movie on that thing there that you