I was scared. I want to go and save my brother from the martyrdom he could have lived in my father's company. But, this is a suicidal plan, we are all lost. If the kids now can't find their shoes or personal things, how would I know what to do when they attack us? It's pretending to be adults when you're a fearful teenager."We're going to die" I mutter."We hear you" they all say and I cringe."Go get dressed, Sofia or we'll leave without you" Luka warns me and I leave to get dressed. When I come out, things are already better, everyone is in their car and there are more than fifteen people getting ready to leave."Get in" orders Camilo and I listen.The nervousness is evident knowing what we are facing, but, we go ahead, so, the cars begin to move towards the exit that I had not used for a long time, 'for fear of being seen' and this, although I do not want to admit it, causes me a displeasure.The woman who comes out is not as bad as when she went in, but she is still facing things
We all drive so we can defend our equipment and get my brother away from all those corrupt cops who are protecting that man and all that he does wrong. I know we are going to rescue him, but the gunshots don't stop and they are already getting off the highway."Guys, what's going on, does anyone have a plan so we can move forward?" I ask in desperation."We are doing everything we can guys, but we are losing people, where is Daniel and the support he was going to give?""Lead the way guys, we know what to do" says Daniel as I sigh deeply we all take heed.All black cars, drive in shooting towards the police cars that start to fall behind as the drivers lose control when they are killed.I take a deep breath as I watch Daniel's team act like junk cars that dispose of it without much trouble."Evidently, they are more prepared than we are." says Viktor and I nod as we move forward on the highway. It is there when what we had advanced, is forgotten.S
I look at all those who have become my family these past few years and smile in gratitude for having been with me through thick and thin. For that, I have so much to thank them for, more than I ever wanted to thank anyone.It was because of that, that more than ever, I wanted to end this. I had gotten them into trouble that was not theirs and because of that, we were in this situation where their lives were in danger."No more death is necessary but my own.""No, Sofia.""That's why I survived so many times, even though death was near me. I was living for this moment.""You don't need to, Sofia.""But I want to. You sacrificed so much for me, now it's my time to do it and I don't regret it. Now, it's time to let go. I'm ready." I say and then give Camilo a kiss on his forehead and Esteban a kiss on his cheek. The only people near me.I take a deep breath and stand up, smiling at the man who smiles at me as he smokes a large cigarette. Knowing the d
I felt how the explosion that launched me into the air burned with all the burdens and injustices I had experienced in my life. I knew what I had done and I was proud that I had the courage to end it all, even though I was not complete.I had lost so much and so many, but I had already done something good for them. I had destroyed the source of the damage, dying was not important, if it meant ending the life of the monster I shared blood with.But, just when I thought I was going to be greeted by the ground, strong arms embrace me as his chest sticks to my back. The impact came, but because of Esteban's help, it wasn't hard for me.Quickly, I lift my aching body to see the man lying on the ground. Fear comes over me as I see him with his eyes closed and I mentally plead that this is not another loss."Esteban, open your eyes, please" I beg as I hear Aninka scream his name as she runs towards us.Tears run down my cheeks and I beg for time to turn back. Havin
I had been through so much that one hour was not enough to cleanse my being with the tears that the pain caused. But fortunately, I felt lighter and knowing that I would be reunited with my brother, I tried to look happy or at least calm.Esteban, gave me the time of the whole ride to calm down and took me to a hotel where before complaining about not taking me to where David is, he replied."Go get dressed, Sofia. I doubt you want your brother to see you covered in blood. So, let's get cleaned up. David is in good hands" Esteban says getting out of the car.I nod and walk into the hotel, recognizing that I'm too sick to see my brother after a year of not seeing each other. So, we check into the hotel."Did something bad happen to them, do you need them to call an ambulance, the police or the embassy?" asks the concerned receptionist."We had an accident and we've already been taken care of. These were the clothes we had on when it happened, so, we're better
Narrated SofiaTwo days later.We were silent, no one knew what to say to calm the pain we felt. We have so many things to overcome, but, they seem so difficult to achieve. Today, we returned to Russia with two coffins and thousands of wounds.Today, we returned to the country where we had met, being so different from those boys who believed they were achieving their dreams.We get off the plane and watch as the coffins are taken to the families. My legs lose strength and I feel the prosthesis starting to bother me more than it normally does. Nervous and guilty about how we have returned, I stop trying to focus my attention on the annoyance in my foot and not, on what we are going to do."Are you okay?" asks Esteban and I nod."Go walk the guys. I'll be fine," I say, but Esteban doesn't leave. No one does."Sofia, are you okay, are you really okay?" asks Aninka and I nod."Go, it's just prosthetics..." I mutter."It's what we can fi
Narrated by SofiaAt the funeral.How much pain can a human being experience? What is the limit or level of suffering in a life? I did not know the answer to that, but I could say that the mother who experiences the death of her son, has experienced all the pains of a life at that very moment.Now, I could not say that my pain was like that of the mother who has lost her child, but, we, we, have lived through so many pains that we could say that we have the level of pain fulfilled.After having lived so many times the maximum of pain, we experienced doubly the same level. Because, after having lived through so much chaos, we were again gathered together to suffer together."We should call ourselves the unlucky group." murmurs Viktor sadly."Viktor.""Nothing good happens to us and we only suffer more and more. That's being unlucky."Viktor was the saddest and no wonder, his group of friends, when there were only three of them, had left only hi
After the funeral, we returned to the hotel to pick up our belongings to go to a house. Camilo and Michael, go to their homes, while the rest of us, we go to a cabin I had previously been in."Should we live here?" I ask hesitantly."It's our only option" says Aninka, but, I doubt it is."I think again, you've dragged me along on your new honeymoon before you get married." I say looking at the couple in the drivers and co-driver seats."Aninka, is this the only property you have left?" asks Esteban and she smiles."Well, no. But, everything will be fine. I picked the best property to have a good good night." she says smiling."You're the one who's going to get your good night. Because that date is still a long way off, Aninka" I say and Esteban takes a deep breath showing his discontent."I don't want to know about my sister's sex life. So, avoid talking about it." Esteban asks."The point is that we are already in December, if we were in scho
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