I felt tired. I felt like I was fighting a war that was beyond me, but I wasn't going to give up, I wasn't going to, when she needed me. So, I went back to my car to keep looking for her.
When I got out, I saw that there were some cameras on the wall and immediately, I stopped to take one of them and go to a store that will help me get some trace of her on the recordings."These cameras are complicated. It will take hours before I can find the recipient. When I find him, encrypting his access to the videos, it will be easier. But, everything takes time." says the girl with rather flashy glasses."I'll give you an original Rolex if you give me what I want in less than an hour." I say taking the watch from me and handing it to her "If you keep it, you'll have an amazing object, if you sell it, you can have a bigger store than this one. So, tell me, what do you plan to do?""Give me ten minutes and I'll do everything for you.""Thank you" I say as I walk back aOmnipresent NarratorTime is ticking as the ambulance drives to its destination. On the runway, Camilo and everyone else, walk on one side anxiously. They didn't know what was going on with the boys, but, it was clearly not a good thing, since they needed an ambulance to move."I'm going to go crazy if they don't get here soon." says Camilo."You're not the only one. But, we have to be patient. Distressing us more, is not going to help us" mutters Aninka pretending calm where she has none."It can't be possible for them to delay any longer. They already warned they would be here five minutes ago. Why haven't they arrived yet?" complains Michael.Sirens begin to wail and everyone focuses on a specific spot. That's when everyone falls silent. The ambulances stop near them and the doors open and out comes Daniel.They all sigh and run towards him, but, they stop when they pull out Sofia and Esteban quite injured."It can't be." whispers Aninka with he
Two weeks laterThe danger had passed and everyone could now visit Sofia and Esteban. The surprising thing was that none of them had woken up. So, the physical injuries had been healed in the best possible way, but they still had not woken up and for that, there was no medicine to help them open their eyes.Aninka was in charge of cleaning Sofia with the help of the nurses, while Esteban was being cleaned by Camilo and Michael, all in the hope of spending more time with them.They had to leave soon so as not to arouse suspicion. The doctors arrive on the scene to do the routine checkup and the boys get up looking for a possible positive answer."How is he doing, doctor?" asks Camilo."His conditions remain stable. The infection that his tests had shown, that has improved a bit. But his bones still need time to heal.>> However, you don't have to worry about that, that's what the screws and several plates are for, which were necessary for them to be better welded," informs the orthoped
Time passes and anguish invades everyone present. The main fear was that they would have to say goodbye to Sophia, and this fear was shared by all. No one cared about leaving or that Mr. Mordashov would find them, if not that Sofia would live.Especially Esteban, who would not accept being taken to his room, even though he had been waiting for more than five hours for answers about Sofia's health. And that was worrying for the doctors attending her case."Gentlemen, I understand that you must be worried about the patient, but, if you don't help convince Mr. Esteban to rest, you will be two serious people." says the doctor.Aninka, nods at the doctor's recommendation and walks towards her brother, but before she gets there, he denies."I'm not leaving until I know she's okay," Esteban comments."We must be strong, brother.""I find it surprising that you talk like that. When I wanted to go against you, she was there for you, when I was drunk because you were locked up or mistreated by
Two days laterAll cause for discussion had been forgotten. After the doctor's report, everyone had been frightened. He had not died, fortunately, but his condition was not improving much, to the point of going into intensive care.The good thing about all this was that, with their moods down and their worries sky-high, there was no interest in arguing about past mistakes. Nor, much less, were they interested in leaving. So, they all found themselves looking for the donor."Everything would be easier if I could just give him my pancreas." says Esteban."It won't do. Everyone here wants to give you our pancreas. But we are not compatible." answers Aninka "None of us are, and that's why we have to try harder, to do everything we can so that she will be well soon.""When can she be well?" asks Esteban and Camilo sighs deeply."What do you plan to do with that information?""I'm here because I don't know how she's doing. But, the moment I can see her awake and safe, there will be nothing
One week laterEveryone was constantly worried about Sofia. She, who had realized that her foot had been amputated, had stopped talking and only cried. If she was visited, she would not even ask to be left alone or even scream, and that was what worried everyone the most.Esteban had been discharged the day before and today, they would take Sofia to a normal room. So everyone was waiting outside the intensive care unit. They all looked anxious and that was because they didn't know what to do.They were happy because the infection had stopped and she was physically improving, plus they had gotten a pancreas donor and so she would be operated on tomorrow. Basically, things were going well for her, the only problem was emotional.Apparently, losing her foot had caused her to lose something as big as her will to live. The gurney with Sofia comes out and everyone approaches her to the point of moving the girl's stretcher themselves with a blank stare."Sofia, I'm so glad you're better. Fin
Everyone leaves in concern, but it is Daniel who leaves the room defeated, knowing that he can no longer hide the biggest mistake he made when he was younger. A mistake that hadn't taken as much from him as it took from Sofia and he didn't know how to make up for it."What are you going to do now, buddy?" asks Luka."I don't know. I knew this would happen, but, I didn't think it would be like this, let alone so soon. I wanted to..."What did you want to do? It's obvious that nothing you've done is going to matter to him." says Michael."Now you?" asks Viktor in annoyance."No, Viktor. Don't look at me as guilty. I don't mean this because I like to make Daniel feel bad.>> If not, because now we have a new problem with Sofia, for, if we are slow to talk to Daniel, he being our friend, what will happen to Sofia who has only known him for a few years?""Michael is right, Viktor" says Luka "If things were bad before, now it's going to be worse. Especially, because Daniel's father will fig
Esteban felt as around her, more than ten walls appeared isolating her from the rest of the world and knew that if she left, no one would be able to reach her. She would lock herself in her own pain as her brother said she had done after the accident. So, knowing she could hurt him, he advanced toward her and determinedly said:"Call it pity or whatever you think best, Sofia. But, if I must bring you your father's head as a sign that he has paid for all he did to you, I will.""You speak as if he had only hurt me.""I didn't matter, what matters to me is to destroy the one who harmed you, because no one touches what is mine and you, you are mine.""Esteban...""No, Sofia. If I was going to leave it was to make him pay for what he did to you and because I was afraid to stay and that would cause you more harm. But, I know you can't take any more damage. You've reached your limit and I think that's a good thing.""You're crazy.""We're not leaving, Sofia. You can say what you want, but w
The next dayAll chaos had ceased. Sofia, who did not agree to see Daniel, but was calmer. She knew that she could not continue to intoxicate her soul with resentment, when she was not exempt from blame.Because she had heard Camilo talk and that, it was true, each one of them, had guilt for something and it was that, perhaps, what kept them closer, like now. Where Aninka was helping to dress Sofia for surgery, while they all waited anxiously for that moment."Stop walking around so much, Camilo. You're going to make us dizzy" Luka complains and he sighs deeply sitting on one of the chairs in the waiting room."I don't want to bother you. It's just that I'm so desperate." justifies Camilo."We're all like this, but we need to stay calm. She needs to see us calm, so she can go in without worries." says Michael."Yes, Camilo, Daniel and Esteban, stop showing off like it's the end of the world, that's not going to help her." says Viktor and they look at each other, and then, feign calm.
Our dresses were very different. Aninka's looked like a princess, so big and with so much fabric to the point of her skirt and veil, dragging the place down. Mine, on the other hand, was simple. A dress with long sleeves and bare shoulders. With a fabric that clung to my body and stretched to the end of my feet.We were two opposing brides, one overdressed and one simple, at the wedding Aninka wanted: big and with guests I've never seen, but I know they are businessmen. Something that helps her fulfill that wish of Aninka's about having a big wedding. Where I could barely keep up with her and as soon as we get married I will run away. So many people overwhelm me.The two of us, we walk towards the man who will be our husband. The walk, quiet and slow, helps me remember everything we went through to get here. From the scorn, kidnappings, deaths and estrangement we lived through, to the good times and how we supported each other when it was necessary.Our relationship w
I knew the news had come as a surprise to both of them. But, I didn't know how they would react to it. And there was no time to back out now. I had given the news in a nervous shock. Esteban, immediately hugged me, while David, put away his gun."I can't lose them. I couldn't go on knowing they were dead. I can't fire anyone anymore." he whispered."It's okay. Don't worry. It'll just be this moment and it'll all be over.""You don't need to expose yourselves anymore. We can...""Go take her somewhere safe. I'll handle this." says David and I deny."I want them both to be okay" I say and Stephen nods."Everything will be fine, just, go get the boys to take you home safely and we'll come after.""No, I'm not going to leave them."Esteban brings his hands to his neck and removes the chain from where he pulls the ring he gave me over two years ago."This is my promise that I will come back alive. We will come back alive. But, we can only do t
'Well, that's partly your fault, Sofia. Are you going to ignore your responsibility in this?' my mind chides me 'You want it too, make the most of it.'Knowing what I want and that nothing will change if I don't want it, I open the shower door and he turns his body showing me the source of his problem."Get out, Sofia. I have things to do" Esteban says frustrated and I walk over to him, backing him up until I reach the wall he had used to hit himself."I can help you with that. I'm partly to blame for that" I say taking his hand which I place on my chest."Sofia, you're playing with fire.""We're underwater, fire isn't going to burn us here. So what are you going to do?" I ask and the next second, it's me against the wall, my dress torn and him, lifting one of my legs."Are you sure about this?" asks Esteban in a hoarse voice."And you are?" I ask challenging him and he smiles at me making a single movement that makes me stifle a moan."I am"
Five months laterHow naive I was to believe that I could leave or that I could help them. I was foolish to think that leaving here was possible and so, I was once again locked in the room that looks like a huge cage.After all, trying to escape through the air ducts because I wanted to get my life back ended up in the foiled plan that Esteban easily destroyed.Nor, escaping through the back door or another exit, was impossible because I didn't have the access code. And even going to the garden didn't give me any chance of leaving, because the place is so heavily guarded that it is impossible to take a step without my brother and Esteban knowing.But, since I tried to use knives from the kitchen to threaten the others to be released, I am now locked in the room, while the guys have focused on capturing the damn man they still haven't killed."Please let me out. I promise I won't do anything crazy." I ask bored from already being locked up for two weeks. Wher
Sofia narratesI was nervous, there weren't as many people as when Mordashov was killed. But, still, I was afraid. The possibility of seeing them get hurt or killed while I'm a dumb spectator, it's not pleasant.Quickly, she walked to the closet where Esteban took out his weapons and taking a long-range one, she looked for a place where she could use it.One thing that certainly shows that I'm in a big cage is that the window doesn't open. It is only a kind of material that is not glass or other fragile material, but I doubt it is iron because of how transparent the window is, impossible to break.Annoyed, I look all over the place for a spot where I can take out a part of my gun to shoot, fortunately, in the bathroom, I find a small hole where I place the gun looking slightly outward.The guys had already gotten out of their cars and were shooting incessantly. So, I had to hurry. A girl who had gone three years without using a gun was now going to do it to
The kiss was deep, something they had both missed doing and that was why Sofia was upset.'Why did she have to desire someone who had decided to leave? Why on earth would she enjoy lips she had been so determined to forget and a single second all effort went down the drain?' mentally wondered Sofia.Sofia moved her face to interrupt the kiss and with tears running down her cheeks and a pain in her throat, she spoke to him.'Why do you play with me like this? You arrive, you get my hopes up and you leave. Yours, Esteban, is not love, it's a damned emotional tourism that always takes me to the edge of the abyss that I strive not to fall.""It's not like that, Sofia.""Yes it is, Esteban. You supported me to the point of confusing me so much and believing you had changed. But, look at you, Esteban. This was what you wanted," Sofia says painfully and Esteban walks away."I left because if I didn't, they would come for you. They would because this never ends
The car carrying Sofia, celebrated the triumph of having taken 'the package' easily. While Aninka was desperately looking for her friend. Everyone thought it was all over, until a car driving like crazy appeared from a corner and crashed into the car carrying Sofia.Esteban Bogdanov was getting out of the car, shooting at the men who had tried to take Sofia. Behind him, his men were shooting at the Englishmen who dared to kidnap Sofia.The car, which had been wrecked on the side opposite to where Sofia was, was so destroyed that the man who had carried her over her body. When Esteban ran to rescue Sofia, the bodyguards who came out on motorcycles and in cars, began shooting at him, causing him to back away."Protect Sofia!" he shouted in annoyance, while looking for protection, shooting at the falling motorcycles as they lost their driver. Thing that doesn't stop the cars and Esteban immediately, understands what they want to do."It's a trap! Shoot anyone who tr
Two years laterSofia smiled with pleasure at what she had achieved. In all this time, she was completely dedicated to the academy where she teaches and to her own training. Along the way, several of her girls left for professional teams and the few that remained were talking about which team to join.As a result, the academy, which was full of life, now, did not have many students. Those who were still attending were doing it for entertainment and not because they wanted to prepare themselves to be on a professional team.Therefore, the demands of the last few months had diminished. Sofia took a deep breath and skated for the last time in the rink where she had demanded and had demanded from her students many things that helped them all grow. Both she and her students.Making a full presentation, she said goodbye to the rink where in the middle of the rink, she left the box that Esteban had left her as a gift the first time she taught at the academy.
Omnipresent NarratorThe boys smiled when they saw Sofia's attitude. She didn't look so sad and down. Although she was not happy, she looked calm and less mortified by the decisions of others. So, that, already, was considered a win."Well, the food was amazing, what do you guys have in mind to do now?" asks Zayn smiling."Aninka" they all say knowing that she is the one who always makes plans for all kinds of things."Well I have the perfect plan." says Aninka smiling as she gets up from her chair and runs to the sound she turns on "Dancing.""This must be a joke." mutters Sofia and Aninka gives her a dirty look."You promised you'd try. Besides, the fun hasn't even started yet. So, don't be a spoilsport." chides Aninka and Sofia sighs deeply."Okay, dance." says Sofia crossing my arms."Let's dance." corrects Aninka and she slides her hand down to the prosthesis she removes."Sorry, I can't dance without a foot." mutters Sofia reluctant