Two days laterI did not understand what was happening. In the place where we are, I have not had any strange experience of fear or anguish like what I experienced in those two castles we had seen when we arrived here.But, I still feel strange. I don't see the streets as if I know them or have seen them somewhere, but, people talk to me as if they know me. And that's strange, because with children they're not like that.It's as if I have been here and even my body makes me feel that if I have been, it hasn't caused me harm, because it's not alert. However, the discomfort as it is now, I cannot pass it unnoticed."It is an immense joy that you are among us, madam," says a woman with her misty eyes.I didn't know her, I had no idea why she spoke to me with such affection and worse, why did seeing me cloud her eyes?I had decided to go out with the children, because they had been bored in the room and remembering that we could go out without b
I get in the car and immediately, I watch as the man who is supposed to be my boss, circles the car and when he reaches the driver's seat, the driver has already gotten out."I'll drive" says Helmut and the man nods without saying anything else to him."Wow, today is a day of surprises, my dad is going to drive!" says Ariana excitedly."I want us to spend time as a family. So, that's why I don't want strangers around us. So, I hope they're going to be good, because there's not going to be some bodyguards watching over them.>> They're going to act like regular kids with regular families that don't have people running around with every single thing they ask for or that have to be defending them or just..." says Helmut."A normal family that has independent kids, but, they know that adults don't supervise." Albert says cutting off his father's speech."Yes, since...""Before we met him, our family is as normal as others. We didn't have rich kids' privileges, but, we did have the basics.
After walking around a bit, we sat while we watched the children interact with other wolf children. I had no clear idea how they interacted with others, because the memories I have after my surgery are only filled with them playing with me or their father getting upset because Joel was getting close to Ariana.But, now, it wasn't just the twins or them interacting with Joel, it was them with several other children their age, having fun and talking as if they had never had a seizure or health risks.He was happy, he was immensely happy to see that those hard times had not affected his way of relating to others. Her father seemed to think so too, because not only was he smiling happily at the sight of them, but she could see him wiping his cheeks slyly.There was no doubt about it. Although he was a complicated person who did not know how to read well and therefore, he had to act with caution, as well as to be alert to any possible attack on his part, when it was someth
We leave for what is now our home, without stress or boredom, we go up to the apartment where we live. Little Ariana ends up falling asleep in the car and so, her father carries her on his shoulder, while Albert is watching out that I don't fall because of the complications that are still visible when I walk.Albert opens the door and I am surprised when I see the whole room full of books. Helmut, enters the room where he leaves Ariana sleeping, while I try to process what is happening.Dazed, I sit on the couch as I look at literary titles that make my heart beat frantically. I sigh deeply bringing my hands to my head, as I try to control the urge to cry that I feel.My heart, felt like it couldn't take it and I, felt that at any moment I would die from the emotion. I felt like I was dreaming and from this dream I did not want to wake up. I was too excited."Are you okay, mother?" asks Albert and I take a deep breath."I-I... Dang, I feel like I c
One week laterShe was walking better every day. The physical therapies, although annoying, were giving the results we had hoped for. As a result, I was no longer tripping over myself so much and I even felt that I could do my other activities without so much difficulty.The only bad thing was that my memory remained the same. According to the specialists, there was no way they could help me recover my memory faster. So, we always had to do the memory exercises, which were often more exhausting than the physical ones."Delivery for my mother, my father's dearest friend" says Ariana smiling, while Albert rolls his eyes in disgust.For Ariana, it was fun to see how her father every day would bring me or send me a bouquet with a book and several flowers around it or a bouquet with a book and tools like highlighters, pens with flashlight and other valuable objects to continue reading."I don't understand why he keeps sending books. At this rate, the wh
Even if I wanted to stop, the thought of a man like Helmut being my husband was too illogical, and it was that impossibility that made it difficult for me to stop. That's why I even cried from laughing so hard."Mother, if you go on like this, your abdomen is going to hurt" says Ariana always worried about my health."I'm sorry, but, I really didn't see that answer coming" I say in a whisper and Helmut swallows hard."So, are we going out?" asks Helmut and I nod."Sure, if the kids want to go out, I'm all for it" I say and Helmut looks at his kids."I always want to go out, the party pooper is Albert. So annoying he even makes up strange things" Ariana says and her brother is about to say something, but, Helmut denies."We better think of something to do" says Helmut and Ariana nods."I feel like going to a circus, is there any chance of going to a circus?" asks Ariana and her father ponders this and then nods."We would have to use the helico
I want to give up being a co-pilot. But, even though my heart is beating so frantically that it wants to jump out, I don't give up, because Ariana is my personal cheerleader and I don't want to let her down."You can do it, mother. My mommy is very smart. Mami is even capable of piloting this even though she hasn't taken a single class." Brags Ariana and I look at her father who smiles at the exaggeration."Oh yeah?" her father asks with a smile that gives me a bad feeling."Of course I do.""I can leave my post to you if you wish, Ms. Aitana. That way you can regale us with your skills as a pilot" says Helmut and I look at him wrong."Yes, mommy. Daddy is good, but, he can learn a lot from you. Please teach him. It's good that my daddy learns a little bit of everything and from the best teacher" Ariana continues."Honey, please stop.""Mother doesn't like to brag about what she knows. But, I brag for her. Don't worry" Ariana says and I want to ope
The man smiles at me from the top of the column and we all sigh excitedly as if we were in a trance. The man gets new directions, while the presenter pulls out a handkerchief and wipes the excess sweat from his forehead."Madam...""What's the fear? If this activity is supposed to be in the circus, it's supposed to be safe," I say when I see that she is about to beg me to stop Helmut."It's been done many times and the safety of the show has been checked, but, remember that the gentleman is the tallest and most muscular on the island. That interferes with what we have already calculated and so... I am afraid" says the presenter."Well, I doubt anyone will change his mind.""What if he comes up and tells you that he wants to do it yourself?" asks the man without using the microphone, but, apparently, Helmut has very good hearing, because he immediately turns to us and looking at the presenter with his murderous look, he denies."The way I see things, if
Fifteen years laterThe world continued its course, my pack had been consolidated thanks to Ariana's contributions. Albert, today he was returning home after fourteen years studying at the academy. Although he always saw for special dates or the anniversary of his mother's death, this time his return was different, because he saw to stay.Ariana gave orders to her people, while I had become a gardener who kept the garden where Aitana rests beautiful. Although to be honest there is little I have to do, because the islanders take turns every few hours to take care of the flowers and bring new ones in honor of the woman who fought to the end.So, I am almost all the time exercising, answering Ariana's tough questions so my brain doesn't rust and going to medical checkups at the insistence of my children.But, today, I would not be the boring man in his monotonous routine, today I would see my son. That one who had succeeded in that academy that now had t
Everyone on the island begins to show their respect for Aitana, while I watch as everything we experience here passes like a few seconds in a trailer. Remembering how I despised her and she wanted to leave here, throwing herself out of a window, makes me realize how much we have changed.Because it is in this place where she wanted to escape from, where she now wants to be forever. One by one they leave, leaving only Cleotilde's family and my closest men, those who knew our story.The night arrives and the castles are illuminated, at Aitana's request, we enter the one that was my castle, where the memories of my mistakes slap me so hard that I find it complicated to continue, however, a warm hand is placed on my hand and invites me to continue."Collect all the pain in here, I want to take it with me." Aitana says and I swallow hard."Aitana...""I am an expert in bearing pain, let me pick up all that pain clinging to those memories, I will take them with me
Six months laterWe had spent the time the doctors had given Aitana and although I wish that was the sign that they had made a mistake with the diagnosis, that was not the case. She had gotten much worse. So much that it hurt.There were times when she didn't remember who she was, others, where she didn't know how to move and at some, she would become so violent as she screamed for them to end her life. She would vomit, many times she would soil herself because she couldn't even warn them.Other times, she would wake up not knowing how to talk and with each step, her brain cancer would take over so much that we had to put the videos and photos we had taken on each walk, because many times she was suspicious even of the children.Today, for example, she did not speak, she did not move, it seemed that she was in a vegetable state, but, it was because her brain was barely functioning, being invaded by a tumor that looked like something full of spikes that were even
We had to let go and I was glad that even remembering all that we had lived and not remembering how well we had spent these months traveling, she decided to move forward. I couldn't say that I decided without knowing what I was doing, because Aitana knew it and I was glad she didn't hold a grudge."I want to leave here. I want us to resume our family trip today" Aitana says and I try to process what's going on."I understand, we will be leaving today" I say trying to get up."Although I don't remember what happened these past few months, there are pictures that give me an idea of it. Also, a few days ago, I had started to write down my thoughts of what I had experienced and although I left a general idea of what I had experienced, I know that I have enjoyed it. That we have been happy" says Aitana and I nod."We really have been. Even though we have measured time, we've spent time being happy the four of us." I murmur and she holds out her hand, which I take.
I could not understand what was going on. The woman who had been hostile when I asked her to come back, was now kissing me. I didn't understand what was going on and although I wanted to kiss her, I pulled away feeling that I was taking advantage of her confusion."Is something wrong?" asks Aitana and I stick closer to the back of my seat, to be away from her."I don't want you because of your mental confusion to feel like I'm taking advantage of you by kissing you" I say and she smiles."I'm the one who started the kiss.""But, I have my memories and I know you didn't agree to come back with me before the surgery or after you didn't have all your memories of the past like you do now." I murmur and she smiles."You are so cautious now. You don't look like the man who kissed me on our wedding day, just because I had another man's scent near me" she murmurs.I immediately, blush for having been so bold knowing I had a curse that could have killed he
The following dayWe had not been able to leave Amsterdam as we had planned, because Aitana was still not awake. Fortunately, the doctors said it was exhaustion that had her sleeping and not something serious.Exhausted from almost no sleep, thinking that she would wake up, I go out to have some coffee and with the computer working on the door of her room, I wait for the hours to pass. However, I have barely managed to sit up in the chair, when I hear a groan.Fearing that something bad has happened in my absence, I open the door to the room, which makes my legs weaken. The woman, who had not woken up, moans slightly as she tries to get up."I'll help you" I say running to her.Gingerly, I help her to sit up and I stand watching her, waiting for a scolding for allowing her to fall, an apology for scaring us or anything. I don't care if it's an insult, what matters to me, is that she speaks.That she tells my mind that she's alive. Because just seeing he
After the words he had said, the boys tried to be strong, but, again they walked away and in front of the pulpit they cried begging for strength to face this, I felt the same way.In silence I cried and when we ran out of energy, we looked at each other and I felt it, the connection of father and sons had been formed, there was no way for anyone in the world to deny or doubt that they were my sons, because this calamity, had consolidated the attempts of connection that in the past had been tried to be made.Something good had happened among so much suffering, but, I did not like the way it had happened. It was painful, we were united, but, it was painful to see my children suffer and me not being able to do something to be able to alleviate their pain."What should we do now?" asks Albert"Show strength to their mother. She suffers a lot, but, she keeps it quiet because she doesn't want you to realize what is happening. But, she didn't want to do that
The hours pass and we are finally allowed to see Aitana after several tests were done and confirmed that she was out of danger. Relief overcomes us and the boys thank God audibly as they wait to see their mother.Happy that my children are not violent like me, we advance to the room where the woman is still not awake. The doctor watches me and I understand that the time to know everything is now.So, I nod for the doctor to come to us and help me to tell what is happening with Aitana. Because I know that alone I can't and I can't disturb more Aitana who tries to look strong, although she suffers a lot."Guys..." I say calling their attention, after they both take their mother's hand, to then kiss this or her forehead."Is something wrong?" asks Albert when he sees that the doctor doesn't leave."I want you to hear your mother's health report. But, before that, I want you to tell me something, are you guys tough guys?" I ask and they look at each other"
I felt that the hourglass that showed me that I had little time left with Aitana, had run out of time from one moment to the next and it was all someone's fault. So, I run towards the people trying to run away from me.Seeing how they run, the desire to hunt takes over me and I run transforming myself into the wolf that never loses a prey. The beast that appeared when the curse caused me to only see my prey to kill it.I run after my prey and many people present scream when they see me turn into an animal, but, I don't care about that. My wife had been hurt and they had to pay for it. Without any fear that the man would die on the spot. I throw myself at him and he falls down with his face looking up at me."S-sir, please. Don't hurt me" the man says in a whisper, while in his gaze there is a fear I can't describe, the only thing that surprises me is that he didn't wet his pants because of the fear he feels.He knew how to do it. Just one bite, one scratch and hi