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He did.“You’ve been avoiding me, you teased me and dropped me, you’ve stalled sex with me. Why now?”How dare Carlos call me a tease. I’ve given him all I could. I am playing my last card; couldn’t he see my desperation?The fucker’s hands were still on my boobs. I threw them away and tried to adjust my clothes.Something flashed in his eyes and he drew me close that there was no space between our bodies. My boobs were kissing his chest and we were looking eye to eye.He looked mad, angry. His breath came out harshly and his voice came out cold. His hands went around my neck.“You would keep still and wait for me. When the time finally comes, we would have all the time in the world to do all the shit and games we want. For now, you will keep calm.”He arranged my gown and tied it behind me.His hard demeanor lessened a bit. “For Anna”That was enough to calm me. “For Anna”Someone was called to do my makeup and style my hair. I felt very conscious because Carlos sat and watched me.W

Luckily, Miguel didn’t act like he knew me, that was the only relief I had. I knew I was going to lose.And I lost.At least it didn’t lose as woefully as I thought I might. I held my ground long enough, or it could just be him taking it easy on me.Miguel kept his eyes on me, he was probably trying to figure out what I was doing here. I tried not to meet his eyes as I wondered what he had been up to. It’s been close to four years since we saw each other, he no longer worked for my dad.I wondered what would happen now that I didn’t win. I wondered what would have happened if I had won.I didn’t bother to fight it or blame myself. I couldn’t have won Miguel even if I had been playing cards since I was born.We ended the game; Dante didn’t take the money Miguel had won from me.“C’mon, we all play for fun.” He laughed too loudly, it seemed like he had resprayed whatever gave him that choking smell because it was really strong in the air.“How about we all have a drink”He didn’t ask wh

I just wished I could watch how everything went down. Too bad.Noises of gunshots filled the air along with glasses smashing and wood breaking. It went on for like twenty minutes, then there was silence. Then voices but I couldn’t make out who they belonged to or what was being said.Was I so bad at untying knots or the idiot that did this was very good? I pulled at the rope frantically, I’d given up on untying it, maybe if I could pull my hands out or just one hand, I could move with the second hand. I pulled until it felt like my wrist would disconnect from my hands. The pain made me stop.I took a deep breath and tried again. This time I didn’t stop, finally I felt my left foot, although it hurt like hell.I looked around for a weapon that could be useful. I found nothing, I moved slowly towards the door, no one was in sight but I saw a gun on the floor not too far off, I prayed it was loaded.Just as I wanted to place my hands on the gun a leg came and kicked it away. It was one o

Louis had to undergo surgery to remove a bullet stuck in his ribs, he was alive but in a vegetative state. The house had been busy all through the last month. Juan had taken up a huge responsibility of being in charge of Dos Santos. Many came to pledge their allegiance and condolences concerning Louis. It almost seemed like they were mourning him so Juan forbade anyone from talking about him.Every night, Juan came to the room and talked to his brother. The doctor had said he might be able to hear us. On the day Louis's coma completed one month, Juan tattooed his brother’s name on his left index finger. That night, he sat with his brother and spoke,“Hi, Louis. It’s getting tiring to see you lie down in there doing nothing. You used to be so good at bossing people around and I thought it was easy. You made it look easy. Now I have to do it. It was hard at first but I’m now getting the hang of it. So., I decided to do something to show you my gratitude, for taking care of me all this w

Louis wasn’t allowed to do anything other than eat, sleep, and walk around. I made sure not to leave his side. Juan automatically stopped being the world's best brother, he didn’t even show the newly acquired tattoo. What was it with the brothers not being able to tell each other how much they loved each other?Carlos came to see Louis often but all they did was talk. I couldn’t help but wonder what both of them were talking about so seriously.My relationship with Carlos went back to being restrained due to how we ended things, more like, didn’t end things. I just couldn’t finish sex with him when Louis was downstairs, finally awake. I knew it was just an excuse still, I wasn’t ready for sex. I wondered what I would have done if God hadn’t given me a way out.It confused me. I loved being touched, I loved Carlos’s touch but I just didn’t have the strength to embrace sex itself. The whole thing was confusing and Carlos was paying for it.We went back to being a big family. Louis and I