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Chapter 61

"It's a lie," I whisper and his mocking laughter crushes my chest. "Get the fuck out of here, you bastard.""I'll leave, but I know you're going to be thinking about this all night," he says paid for himself.He goes to the window and hangs out by the vines, which makes me seriously consider cutting them off or putting up an electric fence so he can't think of coming back in."Claudia, are you ready yet?" I hear Ethan's voice say from behind the door. "Only you're missing to start eating.""Give me a second, I'll be right out," I reply, trying to recompose my posture.""Okay, I'll wait for you," he says and I have to inhale and exhale multiple times to finally get up the courage to leave."Ready, let's go," I say as I open the door, having taken the key and meeting him."Clau, are you okay?" he questions, detailing me quizzically."Yeah, don't worry," I fake a smile. "Let's go downstairs."When we get to the dining area, everyone is already sitting in their respective seats, they seem

Chapter 62

"Shit, I shouldn't have said that," she quickly corrects herself."What do you mean that doctor, Eva, are you talking about Charles?" I say dumbfounded.I have no idea what she's saying. I don't even watch the news, my social media is cancelled to avoid torturing myself by reading and listening to the bullshit on there, and I can't believe what I just heard.Charles came out to defend me?"You weren't supposed to hear about this," she says, letting out a snort."Tell me what happened," I ask."Ahm, that doctor you know, he gave a TV interview yesterday in which he talked about you," she clarifies, and so many expressions show on my face, reflecting the jumble of feelings inside me. "Originally the topic of the conversation wasn't about you, but... in the end they asked him about what happened between you and he cleared it up.""I don't understand anything.""I think you'd better watch the video, it's on social media," she says, pulling his phone out of his pocket."Charles, it's indis

Chapter 63

Just the second later I said that last sentence, I feel myself being thrown towards the wall, and his hands come to rest on my neck, trying to cut off my breath."Take it back, you son of a bitch!" he exclaims, maddened, but all it gets me is laughter. "Take it back!""Just...look at you," I say with some difficulty, trying to remove his hands. "Look at what you are. Do you think she deserves to be with someone like you? An alcoholic...and drug addict who isn't even capable of protecting her.""Shut the fuck up!" he spits, and the moment he removes one of his hands from my neck to try to throw a direct punch to my face, I'm quicker and impact my fist on his left eye, making him recoil and release his grip."I'm going to kill you like I should have done that day," he blurts out pulling himself together, his eyelid starting to turn purple from the blow."Try it," I dare him.At that moment I see him try to throw himself at me, but thanks to his uncoordination, I easily manage to land a

Chapter 64

Flashback:"How much did this cost you, Ale?" I asked."That doesn't matter.""Tell me, I need to know if I could get my finger cut off for wearing this.""Seventy thousand dollars.""Claudia, please react," I am brought back to reality by the voice of my friend, who has placed her hands on either side of my face, causing me to focus my eyes on her. "Doll, breathe."She is with a noticeable expression of concern on her face.The moment her arms wrap around me, unable to contain it, tears spill from my eyes running down my cheeks, and the tightness in my chest increases, this can't be true."Clau, hey you can't let him get to you anymore," she says, trying to remove all traces of the crying covering my face.""I..." I try to say, but I find it hard to speak. "I'm sorry, I just can't."I try to continue, but my breath catches. I can't finish understanding this."Why?," I ask myself after remembering. "Why did he have to do all this to me? I can't take this whole situation anymore," I mu

Chapter 65

I walk down the dark hallway until I get back to the part of the club where all the people are dancing or drinking.I'm about to head towards the bar to get some alcohol, but before I get there I look at a guy holding a bottle of whiskey in his hands. I walk up to him and without thinking, I snatch the drink from him."Hey! What's wrong with you, asshole?" he yells, but shuts up abruptly as I pull out a wad of hundred dollar bills and throw them at his chest.I have no idea how much money was going in there, but I don't care either. All I want to do is get out of here, so I head for the exit in a hurry in search of my car."Where's my car?" I ask one of the guards at the entrance."In a moment the valet will bring it to you, sir," he let me know.I enter the vehicle and start it, speeding out of there.Once I get on the highway, I uncork the bottle of whiskey I have with me, and in one go I put it in my mouth, allowing myself to feel the bitter liquid burning my throat.With each sip

Chapter 66

I stand in my place, not quite taking in what she has told me. My gaze remains lost, and her recent words are repeated over and over again.She's right, I couldn't respond because she spoke the truth. And the phrases that made me feel like the biggest piece of garbage come to mind."I hate him," I hear her mangled voice exclaim, after I confessed to her what happened."You just fucked up her life and sunk her in your shit.""You think she deserves to be with someone like you? An alcoholic and drug addict who isn't even capable of protecting her.""And I bet you even if you died right now none of them would be around."She 's right. It wouldn't matter to anyone, is all I can think and without further ado I leave the apartment through the front door, to run with difficulty and blurred vision up the stairs.My heart seems to feel imprisoned in my chest, my breathing feels heavy, and the voices in my mind torment me.No one would care, she will never forgive me. She'll be happy. I'm just

Chapter 67

Upon entering the bedroom, the defiant look of the person lying on the bed did not go unnoticed, however, I ignored her and walked straight to the closet to take out some clothes and place them in a small suitcase."Where do you think you're going?" she asks upon seeing me with the luggage. "Don't tell me you're planning to go on a trip now too and leave me lying here. ¡Answer me where you're going!""To move me to another fucking room, so stop fucking around!""Why is that? If this is supposed to be our room? Since I got here you haven't slept a single day with me, Alessandro.""I told you the reason long ago, so leave me the fuck alone," I walk out of there, slamming the door.I've had it up to here with this, with her. It's just that if I could leave, I'd travel to the end of the world, just so I don't have to listen to her.As I open the room that is only a few steps away from the one I just left, her memory invades me again. I go inside, closing the door behind me and turning on

Chapter 68

My eyelids feel heavy, my throat is dry and the incessant beeping of a machine makes me want to wake up.I open my eyes and the first thing I see is the white color of the walls of the place where I am. I look to the side and realize that the sound is coming from the heart rate monitor to which I am connected.Damn, I need water.Just as I'm trying to pull myself up from the stretcher I'm lying on, I notice how the door to the room opens and a young woman in a nurse's uniform enters, and when she sees me, gives me a smile."I see you're awake," she says, approaching me."I'm thirsty," I reply with difficulty."Well, I'll give you some water," he says, taking the jar sitting on the small table."I can," I say when I see her bring the container to my mouth."I know, but I'm going to help you," she says to finally give me a drink of the liquid that cools my throat."Thank you.""You're welcome," she replies, giving me a kind smile."Can I ask you...how long have I been here?""Not long,

Chapter 69

"Are you Claudia Rodriguez?" he asks puzzled, focusing his gaze from the paper in his hand to me."And you are the psychotherapist Matt Nolan?" I question, very confused."You answer first," he asks me."Yes, obviously I am, that's why I'm here," I clarify, not getting over my astonishment."Well, well, who knew Nurse Rodriguez's daughter was the girl who wished I'd choke on a wine," he retorts, taking a seat across from me.5"And who knew a renowned psychotherapist would turn out to be a shoplifter," I say, at which point he bursts out laughing, flashing a dazzling smile."It's not my fault you didn't take the bottle first, Miss Rodriguez," he expresses, bringing a hand to his chin with a smile forming on his lips."You snatched it from me before you did.""Next time be quicker," he says with a sneer."You mean you're admitting what you did?" I face him, because it was something that didn't happen when we were in the supermarket."No, I just claimed I'm faster than you.""Whatever,"

Chapter 70

Claudia's POVI see the time on the clock and I become alert as I realize that I have to be ready in less than five minutes or else I'll be late.I look at myself for a few seconds in the mirror, trying to make up my mind and finally I choose to leave my hair loose, au naturel. I think it's time to step out of my comfort zone and look a little different.Today for the first time, after how horrible I've felt over the past few months, I genuinely feel good. It's been two months since my first consultation with Dr. Nolan, and I can tell you that, if I have made one good decision in my life, it has been to accept to go to therapy.If it wasn't for his help, I don't know what would have become of me, or at least I don't know if I would have been able to get out of that cave full of darkness, sadness and desolation that I was living in.Today, standing here in front of the mirror, for the first time in my life I realize what an incredible, beautiful, phenomenal, valuable, capable, intellige

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