PART OF THE BOOK FROM SAMUEL'S POINT OF VIEWThat man called my father believed that just by coming out of nowhere into my life everything would change. That my grudges against him would cease to exist. That we would be happy father and son when he wasn't there the day I was born, nor on my first birthday, nor at the school events, he wasn't there to give me Father's Day presents. He was never there for me. In short, he doesn't know anything about me, or how I am, he doesn't know my personality, my tastes, what I'm allergic to and what I'm not.He had a rage inside for some reason. The action of him hugging my mom sideways wanting to say I was his wife really bothered me, had she already forgiven him. I couldn't believe it so I told her:- I will never consider you my dad, you never have been and you never will be. And as for you, Mom, have you forgotten that he got you and his best friend pregnant at the same time? Answer that. - I said full of rage.- Don't be disrespectful Samuel.

I arrived at my room shaken from running down that long hallway. I was heartbroken, I wanted to cry, because I remembered that in about three or four hours my brother, his girlfriend, the nurse and the doctor would be coming to my room and I didn't want them to see me with my eyes red and swollen from crying so much. I knew that if I started thinking about my mom and everything that happened that day, I would go into tears and I wouldn't be able to control myself. I had a bad feeling that after this I might go into depression and end up in a psychologist for two years. Having lost my mom and knowing that I could have prevented it, no doubt filled me with too much sadness and pain. On many occasions things didn't work out to be with Samuel and we both wanted to insist on being together, because according to us we loved each other. What I may have felt for Samuel is not even half of what I feel for my mother, the love for Samuel will never reach the love I have for my mother, she is my

PART OF THE BOOK FROM SAMUEL'S POINT OF VIEWI woke up very happy, yesterday I had seen my girlfriend and we were an accepted couple. Everything was going well for the first time and that filled me with peace. I was going to take a bath, Eva sent me a message saying she wanted to go to a shopping mall, to which I agreed. I got out of the shower and was in the closet looking for what to wear, I finally decided. I got dressed and left my room. When I came out, my mom was in the kitchen finishing serving breakfast on the plates.-Where are you going, son? -My mom said.-I'm going to the mall with Eva," I answered.-So you're going out with her every day? I thought that today you could stay and watch movies with me or something.-Mom, I promise that when I get home we'll watch the novela together and tomorrow I'll stay all day watching movies with you, okay? -I answered.-You know your dad leaves very early for work and I'm left alone here at home. Once in a while he makes time for me.-T