CHAPTER 4

I was already completely distressed because nobody said anything, they just kept looking at my face, maybe waiting for the right moment to speak or the right words to say to me. Finally, I couldn't take this agony any longer and told my parents that if they didn't talk now, I wouldn't want to hear it later. And that's when they took the courage to tell me what was really going on, it was so serious that my father came from the other side of the world to talk to me.

— Daughter, so you know that your mother is studying medicine, right? “Yeah, what about my dad being here!”

— Ana, her mother won a scholarship to study medicine outside of here and asked me to take care of you until she gets back and all.

- Mom, if it's okay, I'll stay with my dad no problem! — Wow, that's good and I thought you were going to be sad, because all the people you love are leaving.

At that moment I hugged my mother and everything was fine, I know it was going to be very difficult to live with my father, but there was absolutely nothing I could do, I just had to accept it. And right after that drama my cell phone started ringing and it was Brian, I didn't call anything else and went to my room to talk to him.

— Hi, my princess, how are you? “Well, talking to you now!” — Ana, I have news for you and I know you'll like it, can I tell you? “What a question, Brian!

— So my father is going on a business trip and I have to stay there with my mother for a few days, what do you think? — What did I think? Wonderful, I can't believe we'll see each other when you come?

— I'm not going until after my birthday, my father scheduled the trip for later and he wants to stay with me.

— How wonderful my night was after I found out that my mother is going to study in another country.

“Wow, who are you staying with?”

- Your grandmother! — No, my father believes after years and it's very strange, don't you think?

— Ana is good, you'll only get to know him better! “And you're right about that.

— I'll hang up tonight, I'll talk to you, kisses, I love you princess! “Me too Brian!”

Now, yes, I was more than happy, I would see my love soon, even if it was just a few days. But he would be here and the worst part would be that I would have to tell my friend about Brian. I don't think he'll say anything because I'm only 15 and I'm already dating. If my mom didn't say anything, I don't think he would care either!

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A few days passed...

— Wow, the days went by so fast even my mother is going to travel today on the same day as Brian's birthday I went to call him.

I have tried several times but none of my calls have been answered, maybe it is doing something and will call me later. So I went to get ready to take my mother to the airport and then I was going to stop by Laís' house to go to the movies, I decided that I wasn't going to stay at home crying for not being with Brian on his birthday.

We left my mother at the airport and she cried a lot, this is a mother's thing, right? It seemed that she was abandoning me, that she was going to stay out of the world, look at the shame she had made, a drama, even my father was ashamed.

“Mom, less please!” Enjoy and get a boyfriend there and stay calm, I'll be fine I promise.

After leaving the airport I realized that she hadn't even told me where she was going and my friend told me to go to California and then Brian came to mind.

- Father! Is it because Mom didn't tell me she was going to California?

— Ana, I'll know that I have nothing to do with your mother, not for him to give me explanations! — Our ignorance, I only asked if you knew what.

Then I don't know anymore my relationship with my father will be very difficult, he is completely different from my mother, he looks like a boring old man. But he was going to try to keep the peace until my mom got back and knew when.

I arrived at Laís's house and soon she looked at me with a face that seems to want to tell me something!

"Hi uncle, how are you?" — Yes, I'll drop you off at the cinema and pick you up as soon as the movie is over!

“Okay, Dad said that more than three times, it sounds like a scratched record player.

"Don't talk to your father like that, Ana!" — Lais calls I don't know how she is and just like her mother, she has someone to help her.

On the way to the cinema, I noticed that Laís was very restless and I immediately asked if the problem was with me because she had been acting strange since I went to pick her up.

— Laís, what do you want to talk to me about? "It's nothing, you're not the one teasing me today!"

— I'm not well, you who seem strange can you talk about my friend or not? — All right, I'll talk because I want your good! What about Brian, do you really want to know?

- Of course! “Did you check his pictures today?” - No, why?

At that point she showed me her pictures on his social media, and she was with a bunch of girls at a party probably celebrating her 18th birthday, and I was surprised because she didn't tell me anything that she had already made friends.

“What about these pictures I said were for him to enjoy, even if it means nothing to me.

— Wow, Ana, you are very stupid to believe that my cousin will stay with you forever.

I was super calm with Brian hanging out with his friends, it seems that Laís was the one who was really bothered by that. I relaxed and calmly watched a movie, knowing that when night fell he would call me and certainly tell me how his day was. We finished watching and she kept showing me the pictures he was posting, then there was one time I got mad at her and asked her to keep what he was doing just for her because I didn't want to know.

We got home, I went straight to my room waiting for his call and nothing happened except for a few hours and I got tired of waiting and went to sleep. He was in his moment, I wasn't going to screw it up, maybe tomorrow he'll call me for sure, I won't worry about it, I know I wouldn't do much.

I ended up sleeping and when dawn came I was scared, I thought it was him, but it wasn't just my mother letting me know that he arrived well and that he loved me. I took another one only with a noise coming from the kitchen, then I went down to look and I see my father having sex with a woman on top of the table where we had breakfast, what disrespect in my mother's house. I was going to talk, but I left it for tomorrow, I was so sleepy that I would never lose the night to argue with him. By the way, I don't mind having sex on the table anymore, that's too much!

I remembered looking at my cell phone to see if Brian had called me but no call, I believe the party must have been great for him to forget to call his girlfriend, then he tried to say congratulations 20 times calling but no return.

"I won't think nonsense!" I said in my mind.

I went to get ready for school and my father was taking his wife just as I went down to prepare my breakfast. He saw me, he got all embarrassed and I didn't say anything, I was so pissed off at Brian that I wasn't even going to waste my time fighting with my son of a bitch.

Before going to school I sent two more messages to Brian hoping he would respond more without except something was happening mainly with our love that in a few weeks it was already changing completely. Although my friends said that this was going to change, I realize that it changed very quickly.