Bittersweet Memories Catharina Maura Romane & Geschichten

Catalina’s hands gripped her cup more tightly. “You’ve made her very carefully in your head,” she said. “I didn’t build her,” he said. “I recall her.” “Memory edits,” Catalina said softly. “It takes out friction.” Martins met her gaze. “Not this one.” Something hardened behind Catalina’s eyes. “And you?” she said. “What place do you hold in that memory?” He frowned. “What the hell are you talking about?”

His brown eyes were laced with so much sadness, it made Maria's heart ache. "Who did you see?" She was concerned and curious. Who did he see that made him so badly shaken up? An ex-lover? "Do you ever get that rush of emotion, that brief moment where you feel like those things you think you're over still has power over you? And it dawns on you that you're never going to heal? That it would plague you till the rest of your life?" He lulled, his broken speeches putting together sentences that slapped Maria in the face. She could relate. Maria knew so well how it felt to go back in time and relive those emotions again, trapped and bound in her own mind. She knew it so well, she knew how it felt

But when I reached the second corner, my legs gave out. Both of it was wobbly to begin with, and every step required an effort that I could not held out anymore. I leaned against the wall, rested my body as I tried to recall what had happened before I was casted out here. I enumerate things that I could remember, Sister Katarina, the missing letter, Gabriel and his theatrics, the girls, and then the run-away silhouette. And then, instantly, an image of a girl grinning under the storm slid on my mind’s eye. I could not see her face under her hood, but the smile was familiar.

"Wake up, Matteo! That bitch already died of cancer! She's been cremated to ashes!" Lucia screamed, her voice shrill, "Is some slum trash really worth torturing yourself like this? She was a burden when she was alive, and she's still being a nuisance even after she's dead!" Her anger grew as she spoke. She bent down to grab photos and began tearing them frantically. "You want to keep looking at her? You want to keep thinking about her? Well, I'm destroying them! These photos are cursed anyway!" "Stop!" Matteo, who had been silent as a corpse, finally reacted. "What did you just say?"

It was now close to 11pm. Me: Hi beautiful are you still awake? Marianna: Hi Manny, yes I am still awake. Why are you awake this late? me: Oh you know just working on this case, why are you still awake Ma'am? Marianna: Honestly, because I miss you, it feels weird to sleep alone now.... Me: Really? I am flattered, I miss you too Marianna. Marianna: You should try to get some sleep sir! Me: What are you wearing?

She asked, hopefully. "I had missed you in the initial days but not after that, I almost even forgot that once you existed in my life!" His words were slashing her heart like a knife but he doesn't give a single damn about that. "How can you forget me like this?" She asked, through her tears. "Just like you had forgotten me, Samaira." He coldly said, looking at the woman who was once his girlfriend, his love, his life, his everything but not anymore.

I turn the radio on and Ava’s sweet but psycho fills the car and me and ly sing along. Oh, she's sweet but a psycho A little bit psycho At night she screamin' "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind" Oh, she's hot but a psycho So left but she's right though At night she screamin' "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind" She'll make you curse, but she a blessing She'll rip your shirt within a second You'll be coming back, back for seconds With your plate, you just can't help it

The connected call only carried the sounds of Jaime Walter and Derek Surrey’s pleasure. She did not seem to hear what I said. After an impatient click of her tongue, she hung up. I lowered my arms and stared at my mother’s decomposed body. My strength felt completely drained. Derek then sent me a series of messages. When I opened them, I saw videos of the two of them having sex that night. Their intimate sounds filled the room. Derek smiled in the video and asked Jaime, “You really are not giving him the miracle drug?”