"You know that this thing may end up activating the fire alarm, don't you know, Hunt? "I ask, watching him bend over to the heated oven.Hunter throws me a warning look through the dense smoke that comes out of the oven by the puff, and I shut up. A second later, I observe what your gloved hands hold inside a round shape "in there is a black and stewed dough, in which even for me it is clearly possible to see the traces of raw flour. He releases the disastrous cake on top of the kitchen countertop, where I'm sitting, and pulls both gloves out grumbling a Turkish swear word."It's not a thing, it's a cake.”"A cake that was stepped on by someone very angry, and toasted with a torch "zombo. He closes his face and I ignore it. "I warned you that we could buy one.”Hunter frowns at the bottle of whiskey in my hands and calmly takes it out of my domain. He ignores when I snap my tongue, dissatisfied, and puts a glass of warm milk between my fingers. I drink a sip, I make a face, but I deci
"Do you know what was the gift Penelope gave me besides the cake? "I ask, drawing your attention to my face. "She spent the day with me, talking about stupid things, watching even more stupid things, or reading a Romance of those impossible to happen in real life. Her gift was to be with me, and listen to me lament a whole year of work, or get drunk with a liquor and make me laugh at any stupid joke she told. Did you do one of these things today, Hunt?”He takes a look at the bowl in his hands, wrinkling his forehead to the cake dough over the ice cream."I wish I could do more than stay hidden. It seems that I can only hurt myself and wait for you to take care of me. I'm not like that, girl. Being here, alone, has made me regret all the things I thought I was doing the right way. And having too much time to think has made me crazy. "Your fingers walk a blind path through your hair, touching a point above the back of your neck, where there is another new scar on your body. "I'm not us
I am already on the threshold that separates the living room and the beginning of the corridor that leads to the rooms when I giggle in response."Every man's dream" sigh. "But I confess that this is a gift that only you can give me, Hunt.”He takes his time to get to me, striving to walk without tripping. Hunter never liked to use his cane, and now I understand why. It must be the impression of not being strong enough for yourself. I don't know if it's something born in his personality, or if he learned to endure pain and difficulties while trying to survive. Maybe he has never been in his full strength, in fact."Today is April twenty-six, and we have completed two months of marriage," he announces when he stops next to the couch, facing me. "That's why I wanted something better than sending someone to make a cake. There are too many people knowing about our lives.”"Taking advantage of the subject you insist on saying "I hold you by the arms and make you sit down. Hunter sinks into
Panting, I tilt my body back and give it all the access it needs to take me to the ruins. Ruins that I interpret are in a deliciously necessary way. I accept with all my heart every pressure of your kisses and the moisture of your tongue on my naked skin, sending embers directly into my blood.When the kisses and caresses don't seem enough to any of us, I pull back in order to get rid of the rest of my clothes, always maintaining the connection between our looks. With the immensity of the green emeralds in Hunter's eyes giving me every possible incentive to continue, I just take his member out of my pants, aware that despite having all the time inSlowly I go back to the place where I was sitting, sliding carefully around the erection in front of me. Hunter makes a sound of approval, covering my hips with his big hands, while I lean on his wide shoulders, pinching the skin on my nails. I kiss him when I am easily filled, containing a moan that escapes us at the same time."I love the
From your scared face, I have the feeling that I'm identical to Frankenstein."It's not that bad.”Penelope blinks her dark eyes at me, looking at me, despite everything, with a significantly debauched expression."That doesn't even come close to a compliment, you know? "She speaks in a melancholy intonation, but her lips sketch an affected smile. "I know I look terrible, but I won't break if you get closer, Suzy.”The impression I have is different.I have to force myself to think that the only thing that matters is that my best friend is alive.Awakened, staring at me with expectation a few steps away on the bed that has been her home for a considerable time.Even if the last time we saw each other was marked by a tragedy, it is an indescribable relief to find her with her eyes open again. Despite the thinness, the pallor, and the pauses she makes with every word said, as if opening her mouth cost a tremendous effort, and caused her drowsiness.Penelope is slightly sitting on her be
"He's been here," she gestures with her hand, and my hope withers immediately. "How does someone have the courage to pretend to be dead and come back as if nothing had happened?”"I wonder if my brothers thought the same when I went to Vegas with a wedding scheduled "I have a low laugh.Penelope watches me with a disgusting expression, the catheter in her nose even slides down a little with the tension of the muscles."Are you really finding this bullshit as normal as you're saying? Suzy, he must have been dead! He died! How can he come this way, out of nowhere, and stick this insane idea and without any place in our heads that he has become a God?”"Didn't you want to have your brother back? “I ask with an eyebrow arch. “Ready. There he is.”"This thing... "she fixes the catheter quickly, looking breathless. "This thing is not my brother!”“Yeah, yes. You didn't want to see it, but you are, Pen.”"Suzy, he was here with dad the day after I woke up. They didn't bother with the fact th
Deciding that this is enough, I take my bag in the chair and take this moment to breathe deeply, camouflaging my own discouragement. If she knew how much I want to cry and hide while all this mess is solved... But something deeper fills me with courage, and I have a serene smile on my face when I turn to the dim figure of a Penelope who one day was full of smiles and ready-made jokes."I don't know why he wanted you to know about it so soon, but we shouldn't think about something that hasn't happened yet. Your only concern at this time is to be in shape, Pen. "I tilt my body and leave a soft kiss on his cheek, but I take the opportunity to divert my mouth as close as possible to his ear and whisper: "You will hate me for this, but I will not allow him to have control over me again, even if he hurts the people I love. That won't end well for him, Pen. But it will end sooner than he imagines.”When I walk away, Penelope tries to contain the crying face, but her face wrinkles and tears r
"The most important thing is to remember that your expectations and needs will be taken into full consideration while we create a budget proposal that is of interest to you," I say in professional cadence, although I am praying for the end of this meeting."Great," replies the man who puts all his attention on me."We can reschedule this meeting for the next fortnight in order to deal with the theoretical scheme of our people, about the dynamics used in one of the companies we recently bought. But I hope there is no doubt that we can provide exactly what you are looking for to integrate a technology with high profitable levels in your company, aiming at the capital market, of course.”The executive who watches me from the other end of the meeting table tilts his head slightly as he opens a satisfied smile."I wouldn't expect less" he gets up, dropping the pen he was holding in front of the paperwork with the technical report that the IT sector staff prepared based on the guarantees th
I listen to her steps before she appears on the door frame, balancing herself in high heels that highlight the entire length of her naked thighs.Leaning with one hand on the wall, she watches me for a long time, from where I am kneeling waiting for her, venerating her.She's in no hurry. You know that I am, more than ever, willing to drown in any delight that your newly discovered sexual hunger is inclined to offer me.Therefore, I take this as an invitation to record every inch of her body in underwear made of leather and latex. She is wearing a black bodice with braided buckles that settles around her breasts as the perfect design of a heart, leaving her lap raised and more inviting than she has ever been. Black hair is hidden for some reason under a blonde wig that barely reaches your jaw, but that matches perfectly with your idea of innovation.I'm pretty sure I have my eyes shining when I notice the garter belt that connects in her tiny panties, considering that she worries about
“Listen, Mika. I want you to calm down. This is nothing but drama and emotional blackmail, it's soon over. And Grandma hit you for believing she's not strong. Have you ever thought how many times she and our mother fought and kept talking?”"This is not about mom," she sighs, calming down. "Our grandmother is dying, Suzy. She doesn't have any more time. She can't worry anymore. You can no longer have to stay away from your grandchildren because they are contrary to what her daughter wanted. She always wanted us to have someone to take care of us, but she also believes that this someone has to be a man, and all I want is to offer her some comfort before it's too late and that this guilt tear me apart inside.”That's what it is.Guilt made me make hasty decisions, but if I had had another choice... If I could have prevented the worst things in my life from happening... I understand what my sister means, but I can't help but shudder.My family is too conservative for a woman who succeeds
TWO MONTHS LATER“Something tells me that there are two very hungry people, Suzy... "sing Gabby when she appears through the door with two dormant packets in her arms.Gabby invades the office of my apartment without worrying about the cardboard boxes that guard my future move, and that lined up in the four corners of the walls, smiling openly even with the uncomfortable crying of two children at the same time. They are wrapped in wraps of the same color, because I didn't want to prematurely define the color my children should use "like blue for Adam and pink for Eylem; both are in red.I ask Gabby about Hunter's whereabouts, in which she gestures with her shoulders, going around the table so I can carry the babies. She says that my husband may be in the bath, or in the room he has been using as a studio for his photos, or simply resting. She cheerfully nods to Colton and Penelope sitting in front of me, both with expressions of pure charm when seeing the babies.Penelope sighs passio
Long before I met Jonathan, I tried to deal with my problems with oblivion, with ignorance. Because I thought that not admitting something could make it less true. So I didn't admit my mistakes, and I didn't see the mistakes in others, because that way it was easier to continue acting naturally even with the chaos in my head.This caused me problems in the future, made me sick and weakened. I filled my head with unnecessary occupations. On the other hand, I learned several languages, traveled the world to graduate as many courses as I could, I got a chance to show everyone who blamed me that I could be better than that. But inside, there has always been the shadow of a child hidden in my tangle of memories. There has always been instability.I open the door that takes me to the leisure area of the roof, where the water in my pool is motionless and apparently very cold. The large window that allows me to see the sky is open, blowing a cold breeze against my loose hair, pushing it to my
No one dares to even give a peep while watching, stunned, the long and intense kiss that Mikaela steals from Penelope.Not even Colton, whose act is limited only to taking a step back, looking away and leaving. He takes the glass of some drink in his hand in a hurry to go out the door, without caring about the looks that move to accompany him. I can't see her face, because he passes through the door with his head down, but the strength with which he hits her says a lot about what Penelope's inertia before the kiss may have meant to him.Penelope, however, is the first to recover from the shock, and what she does next almost allows us all to hear Mikaela's heart breaking.She is reluctant for a second, but ends up pushing Mikaela away, pushing her with a touch of delicacy on her shoulder, just before looking for Colton. When she realizes that he is not, Penelope curses some profanity and passes by Mikaela as if she were just a stone on the way. In a single second of impetus, my friend
"You only live once," rehe rehetes Nicole, another friend of ancient times. "It was always this phrase that Glenda used for us to agree to do something stupid.”“Nothing has changed! "Exclaims Samantha in a muffled scream, putting her shell-shaped hands in her mouth.Only three of my best friends at school could be here right now. I made the invitation to everyone because I remember that they made my wedding one of the best brands of my life. And the best part about this is that they are all already married, or with children, and offered to take care of me in the postpartum period."How are you feeling about waiting for the babies, Hunter? “My father asks.“Nervous”Glenda laughs."If Suzy hadn't been so exaggerated, she would have had one baby at a time," she scolds in a mocking tone."I just need to know the formula to get far away from a twin pregnancy. It's my husband's dream, "laments Samantha."Stay away from the Turks," I warn.Hunter slides an arm around my body, wrapping me e
"It's great to have all of you here tonight," I say when I raise a glass of juice. "It's not a Thanksgiving day, but it's a meeting with the most important people in my life, and the last time I'll see you for a while.”My pregnancy will not reach the thirty-seventh week, like the pregnancy of a single baby, and that is why I had the choice to prepare for hospitalization in the maternity hospital with almost eight months of gestation. Recognizing this left me panicked at first, but I already knew that I could not rule out a cesarean section since my exams became more frequent each new month.The babies are big and heavy, my stress "no matter how small it has been in recent weeks" has increased the chances of a premature birth, and my anxiety has not helped in much to ensure my rest. I'm leaving tonight for the maternity hospital, and I chose to have a dinner with friends and family members "the only family that really matters" so that they can give all the positive vibes I need for th
I observe the funeral silence that seems to observe us as a living form. Nothing but dust and silence, it's all we become after we were dead. How many of these souls will ever find peace?"One day they will cease to exist, dear. They will never be forgotten. We will still be fighting for them. Remember what you told me on our honeymoon?”Hunter gently denies it with his head.“I knew a lot of secrets for you that night.”I give a soothing smile with the memory."And one of them was that if at some point I thought about giving up, I should remember that I still had a world to save. We still have a world to save, Hunt. The world that will be the home of our babies. Don't give it up. Not now.”Hunter retreats slowly, looking at my face as if he were seeing him for the first time. Maybe you are writing down the details and remembering others that may have been forgotten in your period in prison. The anklet deliberately hidden under his jeans shows no sign that he may have problems for bei
We are in front of one of the cemeteries where unidentified people are buried. Hunter's uncle brought us here this morning, with the intention that I thought was a way to get closer to the family ties they lost over thirty years. It is the worst day anyone could have chosen to visit a cemetery without gates or any privacy, in an open field with a lot of dust and dead trees around.Path hand in hand with Hunter, while his uncle makes his way on the ground and talks about having visited each of the nameless tombs over the years so that he could bring peace even to those who have never had a family to cry about in their graves.It's a windy and terribly humid day, like the prelude to a storm.It's autumn, we are about to enter winter, and even the sun is misleading at this time of year. I'm wearing a scarf and above all, my body temperature has dropped faster than usual, and I'm always thinking of a way to protect my babies at all costs; even if the evil to be fought are the strong winds