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2025-02-21 02:05:29He left the bathroom and noticed that his fiancée was ready to go back out onto the street.
-Where are you going? -He asked without sounding jealous.
-With my parents. I know what hotel they're staying at. - Bethany answered, putting the notebook in which she wrote down her life's conjectures into a small cloth bag on her cross-body belt.
His tone of voice was indifferent, the clearest sign with which Ciro could corroborate his disappointment.
-I can go with you if you want.
-No, but I appreciate it. –He didn't think about his answer. When he was about to leave the room, he felt the Italian's hand holding his.
-Let me call the driver then. You're not ready to drive yet.
-Do you have a driver?
-We have a driver, yes. –He corrected her.
It was a debate in which Bethany had few arguments in her favor. She hadn't even tried to drive since she left the hospital. So, swallowing her pride, she agreed. That pa
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Bethany moved slightly to glance at the alarm clock on the side table. It was midnight and she couldn't sleep. She looked to her left side and told Ciro that he was completely under the spell of Morpheus. He slept without a shirt and in shorts, the effect of summer. She caressed his strong biceps with the tip of her finger, cleaning them of marks. Without scars or a drop of ink. In her mind, images of a pair of male arms came and went, one covered in tattoos; from the shoulder to the wrist and the other with a kind of police badge with the number sixty-seven inside it, tattooed precisely on the upper part of the biceps. Memories that did not correspond to her future husband. She turned onto her back to look at the ceiling, helped by the dim light from the patio that filtered through the open window on the balcony and cut through the darkness. She let out a regretful sigh that indicated her anguish. It had been
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The backyard of the Tonali mansion served as the reception center for the dozens of people who kept arriving. All of them were unfamiliar faces for Bethany, who at first felt uncomfortable and out of place. However, knowing that this was a situation that would not change, she decided to approach some of the guests, meeting several who did know her and who seemed genuinely happy and relieved about her recovery. Most of those she spoke to said that the accident had been so severe that it was a miracle that she was alive. She approached the bar and ordered a Margarita. While she waited, she noticed a couple of guests holding a baby in their arms. The little girl was wearing a pompous white dress that contrasted with her dark skin. Her curly hair was loose with a headband with maiot pink trim. And the sensations overwhelmed her again. She had no new memories of a baby, but they were still there, wandering closer t
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Bethany accompanied her parents to the airport as their flight was announced ready to be boarded. She had insisted too much on them extending their stay for a while longer in Italy, still feeling like an unknown person in their life. Work responsibilities were her best excuses. Neither of them had left the United States for a long time, and they were terrible at the language.His daughter told them, with some contained relief, what until now Ciro had dared to tell her about his life.-Did he mention anything to you about the woman you hinted at? - Caitlin asked.-No. I didn't want to talk about it either. I think if it was important, he would have told me. Maybe it's Brahim who wants to fill my head with ideas.-What I think is that you can't keep anything hidden. You must force Ciro to tell you. He can't take advantage of your accident to clean up his image, if he really did deceive you. - Her father suggested protecting his daughter. If he could, he wou
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Ciro walked from one end to the other in front of a horizontal line of people, including employees of one of his drug manufacturing companies. The harmful material was hidden in cans of baby formula.-To those who have the vague thought that they can hand me and my brother over to the federals, I say that these are suicidal thoughts. - He said, stopping in the middle of his walk, looking at each of his employees, almost sixty in number. Ciro inspired more authority than fear. The real fear was produced by Brahim, who was not with him that day.The employees continued manufacturing, with Ciro inspecting each area. Walking slowly between the aisles formed by the tables. Some of the employees were in charge of producing the cans, others of manufacturing the drugs, and the third group packed the cans in a specific order, for every three cans of milk, one was adulterated. On a fruitful day, a maximum of one thousand kilos were made and distributed to several countries in Eu
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As she reached ecstasy, Bethany raised her gaze to the stars, silent witnesses of the passion that overflowed from their bodies. The engaged couple were in the backyard of the house, deep in the pool, giving themselves over to the desires of the flesh. Ciro had his beloved against the curb making love to her. In his mind there was no room for anyone but Bethany. He could not smell any other perfume than the lavender that oozed from her skin, he could not taste anything other than the cherry flavor of her lipstick and his touch was beginning to recover what was once his. Bethany was all he had, he felt everything. His world revolved around her.Bethany, on the other hand, was not reciprocating her feelings. Her mind was playing dirty with her and, instead of allowing her to enjoy her fiancé, it was giving her other memories that confused her. They were attached to Brahim: his scent, his touch, his voice... She felt him more familiar than her fiancé. She tried hard to live the
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Lost in a remote natural setting, the happy couple of future spouses lay aboard the mustard-colored Mustang Shelby in which Ciro was teaching Bethany to drive, under an incandescent weekend sun. The land they were driving on was approximately five thousand hectares, all of it had been owned by Sandro Tonali, and now by his children.Driving lessons were fruitful. Bethany was not so much learning to drive as refreshing her memory. She had vague memories of learning to drive at the age of sixteen. She remembered learning from a woman whose face she couldn't quite see, and her deep-rooted need to feel in control of her life made her believe it was Caitlin.-Very good! - Ciro congratulated, ecstatic with adrenaline as he parked the car. His fiancée had the accelerator at full throttle and at no time lost control of the steering wheel.-I love it. I don't know how I spent so much time having a private driver. - The woman exclaimed.-Don't get carried aw
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