chapter twenty four

From far away I see Ana leaving the hospital, I see her getting into Carlo's car, for a long while I stay watching them without approaching them, I want to give her her space.

"You think you're doing good," says mom who is next to me in the car.

"It's the best thing for her, we know that, mom."

"But what about my son? I have to watch my son again lost in alcohol while Ana decides what she wants to do with her life," Mom's eyes water. "I don't want to reproach you, but this is all your fault and you're going to lose a great woman if you don't do anything to change it."

I remain silent as I watch Natalia's boyfriend's car pull out of the hospital parking lot.

Mom came home last night, she was very scared to find me taken, that's what I had been doing since the last night I talked to Andres, I had made the decision to give Ana freedom, to choose what I wanted for us, I wanted to stop being selfish, I was thinking about my wife's well being and I didn't want to see her suffer anymore.

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