SERGIOImagine when you are the whole man of the house, you have a girlfriend who is unemployed and all you do is love them, support them mentally and financially, and the least you can expect them to do is to give you at least the same determination, help you wherever they can, but to me, it looks like I am accommodating someone in my life who needs refugee in someone else’s life, and I am that someone. Here I am, in the laundry room as I stuff my laundry in the washing machine, hoping that when I am gone, Cassey will take care of the rest. It is 6 AM and I am already dressed up in my black suit and a black shirt for work. It is my first day as Paula’s bodyguard and I am already feeling exhausted. That girl is just something else, and that comment she made about my car, she really crossed the line there but to be honest, it was something that I laughed about during the drive to her house. It was really nice to laugh with her about it since all we were doing was biting off each other
PAULAFLASHBACK“Hey, babe. I am sorry to call you this late, but my phone ran out of battery. How was your gig?” I asked.“Fine, what do you want, Paula?” He rudely asked. He sounds drunk too.“Uhm, did I call you at your bad time?”“No, Paulita, this is a perfect time, but unfortunately I am busy,”“It’s 2 AM, what are you busy with, Bruce? I just want to talk to you?”“Celebrating, Señorita!” He laughs and starts singing one of his songs. “You could have been here too to join the party, but you chose to ignore me the whole fuckin’ night!” He yells, making the person that he is with giggle. The laugh is off a woman that I don’t recognise. Is he only with a woman, I mean, I know that there is a woman in their band, but she sounds more like a man. Who could this one be?“Who is with you, Bruce, are you with a woman alone?” I ask in a firm tone.“What if I am, baby? As I said, I am quite busy. If there is anything else, call my manager.”He hangs up on me. He was utterly disrespectful
SERGIOI went outside for a smoke, leaving the girls to do what they know best, gossiping. I am standing on the balcony, welcoming the refreshing atmosphere as I look at the city of Madrid. I have been so busy these past few months that I did not let myself explore it since I started living here. It is an amazing place and I think the people here are nice too, well except for Paula. That girl is hell!As if she hears my thoughts, she walks out through the sliding door with puffy eyes and stands next to me, leaning with her elbows on the balustrade, looking ahead of us.“Do you have a cigarette for me?” She asked. I really did not expect that.“I do. Do you smoke?” I asked, taking out a cigarette for her.“What do you think?” She fires the question back at me, placing the cigarette between her lips like a pro.“I think that you are a smoker,” Obviously not! I don’t believe she smokes, but I will act like I believe she is. Oh, her dad is going to kill me.I lit the cigarette and I watch
PAULAI swear everything has consequences. The alcohol I drank last night is out here, playing in my body, reminding me how reckless I was last night. I regret drowning my sorrows in alcohol like I did last night because I feel so sick right now. I am up, sitting on my bed, thinking about what I did to Sergio. Oh, boy; how am I going to face him from now onward? I should have never kissed him, nor let my emotions take control of me.I pull myself out of bed, heading to the bathroom to brush my teeth and do my morning face routine. I tie my hair messy, walking out of my bedroom. When I reach the last staircase, I find my whole family having a meeting, as if I am the one that they were waiting for to arrive. When I say my whole, I am including all three brothers I have.Oh, oh… no one looks pleased to see me.“Sit down!” Luka, my eldest brother commands. He knows very well that I am scared of him more than our dad. I am even scared to tell him that my head is spinning from last night.I
SERGIO This was indeed a crazy day. What was I even thinking when I attacked Paula’s boyfriend like that, I mean, why would I fight Paula’s personal battles? But anyway, what is done is done, and now we must move on. I am driving Paula to her brother’s place, and she is awfully quiet. I think it is because of the tension with her family. It was very awkward when I walked into the house in the morning, and she and her mother do not look like they are in a good space, I guess that is why she packed a bag and asked me to take her to her brother’s house. “I don’t even know if I want to go to Luka’s house. I feel like the only place that I should have gone to was Jade’s. You know, something is quite off about him, I mean knowing him, he would tell me what is wrong. Emre and Luka cut him off when he wanted to tell me; I think that they are hiding something from me,” She says in a low tone. I think that she is starting to warm up to me, but I also need to be careful with what I say to h
SERGIO“Where is the truck, Benito?” Petro, Paula’s father wrathfully asks the man standing in front of him.It is after midnight and I am in my basement, watching everything that is happening in Petro’s office from my laptop.“I promise, boss, I don’t know. Please don’t fire me,” Benito clasps his hands together, pleading to his boss.“Fuck, Benito! Out of all the trucks, you fucking lost that one! Do you know how much everything that was in there costs, idiot? How did you lose the truck?” What was in the truck; I need to know how you are making money, Petro. I am concerned about how your truck business can make so much money in three months.“I stopped for a smoke near Repsol and went into the shop at the gas station, but when I got out, someone was driving the truck. I tried running after it, but it eventually increases its speed and left a big gap between us, that was when I knew that I was never going to get to it, so I called you, but you said I should not report it to the polic
SERGIOI have not been in physical contact with my work partner for a very long time since I started working as Paula’s bodyguard. It’s been a week since we found out about the truck that went missing, and our team has managed to find it. My partner is at my house to deliver the news to me – his name is Manuel.“Did you find anything concrete about what was in the truck?” I ask, pouring both of us whiskey neat. We are in my living room, relaxing on the couch.“Nothing. The truck was dumped close to the border to Morocco, and it was wiped clean with no little evidence left behind,”“Dang, those people are smart. I just can’t wait to hear what he has to say about the truck being found before they did,”“If Petro has nothing to hide, and if he learns that we found the truck first, he will not wait for our call, right? He probably does not know that we found nothing from his truck. He must be worried where he is right now,” Manuel says, gulping his whiskey.While we were sitting in my liv
PAULA Sergio is crazy. I can’t believe he drove all the way here on his day off. My father is here, what am I going to tell him? Gosh, Sergio is going to get me into so much trouble. The doorbell rings and I can already feel my palms getting wet from my sweat. Fidgeting with my fingers, my father lifts his head at me from his laptop and asks: “Are you not going to get that?” Dad, I am still thinking of an excuse to tell you why Sergio is here because he told me to wear comfortable clothes, and here am I, in my sweatpants, cami crop top, and sneakers, not knowing why I have to wear like this. “Uhm, it is probably Sergio. I asked him to come because I need him to drive me to meet up with a client at 1 PM,” And my lie just slips out of my mouth like it is nothing. I am getting good at lying to my father. “Oh, okay,” He drops his eyes back to the laptop and I get up, going to get the door. I open up, and for the first time since I met Sergio, he is not wearing formal. He is wearin