Chapter 5

** Malèna Magdala **

One week that we are in Brazil my grandmother pushes me to have fun etc.

I have put on weight again I gained two kilos I am starting to have cheeks; I am super happy! Before leaving I had done a very long Brazilian weave, it was my grandmother who chose and it is not to displease me.

I was quietly sitting by the pool soaking my feet in the water when a man came to do the same

...: Are you having fun?! Sitting next to me

I looked at him a few moments before I took my gaze elsewhere

.: no problem we'll stay that way until you decide to talk to me

We stayed like that without saying a word for a good ten minutes

Me: are you Brazilian?! Say I finally

.: Yes, but I'm here for the holidays

Me: why in this case you are not at home with your family??!

.: I'm at home in a way

Me: finally, I want to say that instead of being a hotel to flirt with foreigners, you might as well take advantage of your family because you don't live in the country

...: this is my hotel.

Me: ah. sorry

.: you don't have to apologize ... he said looking for my name

Me: Malèna

...: Malèna?! It's pretty, delighted Malèna

Me and you??

.: Carlos

Me: typical of the south

Carlos: oh yes typical from the south, so I guess you are from the north?!

Me: Montreal

Carlos: Canada must be awesome

Me: yes, except when it's cold like now for example

Carlos: it was for her that you exiled here

Me: it's a gift from my grandmother, we wanted a change of scenery

Carlos: and you have chosen well. How old are you without indiscretion?

Me: the age of a woman does not say do you know?!

Carlos: not in Brazil

I laughed

Me: how old are you giving me?!

Carlos: I’m 20 years old for sure, but the exact age I don’t know, I’m really bad on this side

Me: I'm twenty-two and soon I'll be twenty-three and you?!

Carlos: I'm twenty-seven

Me: you are older

Carlos: can we talk to each other now?!

Me: it's clear!

It is up

Carlos: come with me. He said holding out his hand to me

Me: where are we going?!

Carlos: visit the hotel

Me: should I trust you Carlos?!!

Carlos: there are cameras all over the building

Me: but this is your hotel you can buy the silence of more than one

Carlos: trust me

I have my grandmother's voice in my head, I nudge grabbed his hand and went with him on a tour of the hotel.

After an hour of visiting with Carlos, we spent our time laughing like children more than visiting, he's so funny, he made me laugh out loud and it feels good.

He suggested that I go for a bite to eat in the hotel restaurant.

Carlos: So what do you think of the hotel?!

Me: it's beautiful, I say, contemplating the restaurant

Carlos: it was my father's legacy that I had

Me: have you lost your father?!

Carlos: yes, he died two years ago now from poisoning

Me: I'm sorry

Carlos: worry. Tell me a bit about yourself

Me: what do you want to know?!

Carlos: are you in a relationship?!

Me: No and you?!

Carlos: neither. What do you do in life?

Me: I was a student but now I quit, I look for myself a bit

Carlos: what do you want to do for a living?!

Me: oh you know I had lots of dreams ... I just want to stay alive that's good and then we'll see

Carlos: you seem so fragile to me

Me: ...

I kissed the head

Carlos: I'm sorry.

Me: it's nothing ...

Carlos and I spent the whole day together, I had forgotten my grandmother and Inès, I was with him and I didn't see the time go by. Looking at his watch I saw it was two in the morning

Me: already!! My grandmother must be worried I'm going home

Carlos: I'll take you back to your room

Me: if you want

He walked me back to my bedroom door

Carlos: I'm coming back tomorrow around 1 p.m.

Me: what are we going to do?!

Carlos: what do you want to do?!!

Me: surprise me

Carlos: do you want to have babies!? He said amusedly

Me: Carlos! I say laughing

Carlos: I'm going to visit you Rio

Me: I will like it!?

Carlos: you will love believe me

Before leaving he gave me a kiss on the cheek. When I got into the grandmother's room and Inès was already asleep, it's weird, it's early for them, Inès goes out every night basic.

When I lay down on my bed Inès joined me

Me: Inès what are you doing?

Inès: where were you?

Me: why do you want to know?

Inès: go tell me!

Me: somehow

Inès: with a guy Hun!

I rolled my eyes amusedly

Inès: ouch!! He is handsome?!

Me: too beautiful!

Inès: tell, tell. She said excitedly

Me: he's tall, muscular, with dark skin, you know a tanned mixed race style ...

Inès: yes, I see ...

Me: green eyes, pink lips orh!

Inès: the bitch, did you have time to watch all this?!

Me: I spent the day with him so yes he is very funny and this hotel belongs to him

Inès: What! She said almost screaming

Me: shut when mother is sleeping!

Inès: does this hotel belong to him?!

Me: yes, he inherited his from his father

Inès: too good

Me: tomorrow he comes to get me, we go out

Inès: to go where?!

Me: he shows me around Rio

Inès: and you are going to show him around your secret garden!

Me: Inès!!! You are crazy my word!

We spent the night talking and we only slept in the early hours of the morning. I woke up an hour before it was time for my date with Carlos. Grandmother and Inès went to the spa to relax.

Carlos arrived on time

Me: you are punctual say so. I say when I leave the room

Carlos: as you see it. How are you doing?!

I'm doing well, and you?!

Carlos: cava. Aren't we going?!

I do

It's been two years now that I haven't spent a day like this, I laughed out loud, I dance, jumped, eat, oh yes I only have that, there is too much good atmosphere in Rio, the streets are colorful, it's so beautiful.

Carlos: are you having a good time?!

Me: I don't want her to stop

He kissed me, I answered his kiss

Carlos: you are so beautiful. He said putting a kiss on my cheek

I smiled at him. We continued our day in wonder, he brought me back to the neighborhood where he grew up, his school, the field where he played soccer.

Me: you had a beautiful childhood

Carlos: yes. And you!?

Me: my childhood was quiet, growing up my life started to get hectic

Carlos: oh well why?!

Me: are you sure you want to know?

Carlos: on

Me: you won't judge me?!

Carlos: who am I to do it?!

Me: Well I'm going.

I told him about my life, my illness, my boyfriend who left me and my loved ones, my mini depression and the fact that I came to Brazil.

Carlos: The guy who left you is just a big jerk! He doesn't know what he lost. You beat the cancer and that's the most important

Me: do you find me sick?!

Carlos: I find you beautiful

We kissed each other.

Me: my grandmother is going to start asking you to account because you make me come home late

He laughed.

Six months later, Grandmother and Ines returned to Canada and I stayed in Brazil, I just had to stay two more weeks, two weeks turns into a month, a month into two months and two months in six months.

Carlos and I have been a couple for six years now, my mother calls me every day, I can understand that she is worried as well as my father but I am very well, very very well, Carlos is great with me and treats me well he loves me and i love him i feel like it's been years since i've known him when he's not at work he spends his time with me we live at the hotel for the moment, in his suite, I knew how to take my marks in the country, I often stay with his mother and his sister when he is busy and they are great with me, his mother already talks to me about children that it is very very far from being in my thoughts we are well thus, he also has a little brother with whom I have less affinities than the others.