Chapter "Last night, he was fine, how did he get hurt?" my brother asks and I ignore him to go into the kitchen for some ice and cold water which I pour so I can put cold cloths on Gabriel."I don't know." I avoid the question. "Where's Clara?""At school.""Your husband?""Working, Ana, stop avoiding answering." She follows me upstairs and when I enter the bedroom my mother-in-law is undressing Gabriel."Did you have sex?""Karina. I am embarrassed and more so that she would say it that way."Ana, you know how dangerous it is if his wound gets infected." It's the first time I've seen her upset with me. "This is very irresponsible of you, your duty as a wife is to take care of him, not to accept his whim of horniness.""Mother-in-law, I don't know what is happening to him today, but Gabriel is very stubborn and yes I assume I let him go too far last night and I regret it there is no sign of infection in his leg and I loved it look at the bleeding I did the cure I gave him his meds."
Chapter I get out of the car with the help of some of these guys, but I don't know which one it is, I trip over my own feet as I walk to the other car and get in this one when they ask me to, the way they talk and the treatment changes in tale, I am in the other car this guy are more rude and the car is permeated with a strong smell of tobacco and liquor. I was just hoping to arrive alive and that these guys did not crash the car before getting there, the road was very long, that town was two hours away and I did not know which of them we were going to go to, I was starting to get dizzy because the car was moving a lot like that. When the car stops for a moment I hear them talking about whether it is better to make me walk there, but the other one says that there is a lot of swamp and Lían will be upset if I fall. I hear them arguing for a while between them, but the car is moving forward and the road is a little unstable and it's hard for me to stay seated in one place, so I fall
Ana POVWhen I was seven years old, my brother Andres and I were playing hide and seek behind the house, I ran so fast and hid so well that it was difficult for him to find me, my parents didn't notice my absence and the worried Nana called the police, two days later they found me, in the same place.That day I learned that our parents completely ignore our existence, that they don't even notice when we are not there.Andres decided to leave home and mom only found out five months later, because the police called her to say that my brother was in jail.The irony of life is that for some reason or another we did not leave our parents in this cold home.We don't have the best relationship and only sometimes wish we could be heard by them.I have seen families, being unity and loving, I can only feel envious, my head is filled with many thoughts every morning and I wish I was born in another home and with another family.The sun coming through the window created a heaviness in my eyes, w
Ana POVOh, my God!What are you doing to me, Father?What wedding?"Ana, we are here today, at this dinner, to inform you that you are getting married, in two weeks there will be a wedding that will unite you in marriage." I stared at my father and burst out laughing very loudly, attracting the attention of the other people at the surrounding tables, who turned to look at us, a tremor in my hands was not long in coming and I felt like I couldn't breathe."Tell me you're kidding, Dad," I blurted out, still laughing. "Tell me it's a lie?" I said with a voice that was somewhere between clipped and soaring."I'm sorry Ana, but your mother and I have talked about the two of you, you're both of marriageable age and I think it would be best.... Besides, you're single, so is he, and the two of you can get along."Dad's smile was the ugliest I have ever seen in my life, did he even know the pain he was causing me? Because I doubted it."No, the only thing going on here is that you are selling
Ana POVHow could I be sure it would be two years? How could I be sure he wouldn't back out? Why wait so long? My head filled with so many unanswered questions that it began to hurt."Do you swear to give me a divorce in two years?""I promise, Ana, for now go and end whoever you are in a relationship with and I have things to do, because I understand you, it's not just you who is crippling your life with this." His hand gave my shoulder a light squeeze, and then he got up and walked away from the park as if counting steps.I began to think he was as lost as I was, but maybe that's just my imagination.Walking around the city didn't help me to distract myself, even less after the afternoon I spent hiding from Lían without answering his calls and messages, because there was no point in avoiding the tragedy, it didn't matter if I left him today or tomorrow, my mind kept reminding me of what my parents had done to me, I just couldn't understand how two people who claimed to love their ch
Ana's POV Gabriel pulls the car to the curb and when the car stops I get out, I look to the side looking for a cab and pull out my hand stopping one. I helped him out of the car and without any help from Gabriel who was just watching me, I put him in the cab and gave the driver his address. The cab drove away from me and then I collapsed, letting out the crying I was holding in, the anger, the rage, the love for the man who was walking down the street thinking I was a heartless bitch. I don't know and I don't want to know at what moment Gabriel got out of the car and took me in his arms, that filled me with warmth and a feeling of comfort, he hugged me, I was a little surprised by the intensity because of the feeling of being in his arms, they were so warm that it fit perfectly, I hid my face in his neck, I don't know when I stopped crying but for a moment I wanted to stay like that, hugging him. This... This was so wrong. "I know I told you this would be a business marriage, An
Attending that dinner, I never expected her to be late, I hate unpunctual people, and looking at Ana for the first time left me speechless, she was so sweet in person, she seemed a little nervous, and me being an idiot all I did was ignore her and make her more uncomfortable, as the night went on I understood one thing, I understood that Ana did not know nor had any idea what her father was doing with my company and why she was here, this night so beautifully arranged. Apparently, Mr. Maldonado was not only cheating his partners, but also his children.I understood that this was just another negotiation where dad was putting my ass and Maldonado's ass on fire to see who would burn first, but dad failed, this guy was a man who made a living out of betraying and cheating people. For a little money, Maldonado would sell his own wife. Those bastards wanted to marry their daughter to me for money. Our fathers were finally similar, and I accepted this for my own benefit.I remained seriou
Natalia went back to her place in line and I took my place, I had asked mom to take me to the altar, I didn't want to see my father and Andrew had refused to take part in this circus, he had left the house and we didn't know where he was. My heart was racing and my hands were sweating, at the end of the aisle was this handsome man in his black tuxedo, so chiseled to his body, God Gabriel was so handsome he could drive any woman crazy. When I arrived next to him he gave me a beautiful smile, he had been so serious and distant for days that I thought he would be like that forever or that he was pretending to offer me his friendship, but this was the Gabriel who had spoken to me after dinner. "You look beautiful, Ana," his voice was a whisper that made my skin crawl."You look very handsome, Gabriel," my voice was also a nervous whisper. The father started the wedding, we said our vows, which were written for us, because none of the words spoken reflected the feelings of both of us,