They all have injuries and have noticed that the house has collapsed, but they did not understand the extent of the damage until David and Sofia remain silent in response to Camilo's insistent question. They all understood their silence perfectly and that is why, Camilo despairs.
"Please tell me she's okay or that they haven't found her yet. The house is big, if we remember where we were located, we can know for sure where my mother is." comments Camilo trying to get up, but his attempt hurts more than everyone thought.No one wants him to suffer anymore, much less see his mother like this. So, they don't help him get up. But that doesn't matter to him. His physical pain doesn't outweigh the fear that his mother needs him.As Camilo struggles to walk, the guards who survived the explosion run towards them as they call for ambulances. Only the guards at the entrance of the mansion managed to survive the explosion.The range of the explosion only caused them to beMonths laterWhen we think of all that we have suffered and how much we want to make others pay for it, we absurdly believe that the latter can be done quickly. But this is not so. Several months have passed, and the pain of the losses we have experienced has not diminished.The only thing we have not lost is our union, the one we promised each other to give beyond revenge. Our realities made us stronger and more united. Camilo being an orphan, like me, was sad. But sadder was for him and for all of us, to see how his house was being rebuilt from the rubble.Seeing it return to its former appearance was not the relief we thought it would be. For, it caused pain to see the material things recovered, but the lives lost, no. We had all been hurt that day. We had all been hurt that day. But the one who lost the most was Camilo and all, for helping us. But we had to move forward, both with our lives and our purpose.Because of the attack in which we were all victims,
Camilo and I had not proposed to confront Esteban and the man who lent his sperm for me to be born. It was evident that revenge was centered on that man.However, we had a score to settle with Esteban, especially Camilo, who was his friend at school and who cared little about being part of the explosion that took his mother's life.We both knew that this was not easy, so we did not involve the others and so we left.Actually we would leave at dusk and train non-stop, and when we had classes or commitments, we would return and fulfill them and then return to training.The routine was exhausting and the hours of sleep were less and less, but I did not give up and neither did Camilo.When we decided to go down this road, we had given up many things and the truth is, with everything that has happened to us, I doubt that we have time and interest to go for walks or do fun things that anyone our age would do.We, besides giving up attending school, had to giv
One week laterI was in training, Camilo had fallen asleep and I was still training on those exercises that had gone wrong.I was alone under the tree house trying to find the balance between speed and effectiveness, under the moonlight. I had made progress these past few days thanks to the trainers, but I felt I needed more, much more to be up to the task at hand.The early morning chill tucked me in and my skin bristled, leaving me immobile. The wind had a voice of its own and the cold breeze, moved the tall grass in such a constant way that it was frightening.So I grabbed the knife with which I trained my movements and moved to climb up to the tree house. It was there that I saw him, a man I could only see his eyes, but I knew he wasn't exactly coming to greet me."Who are you and why are you appearing in front of me?" I ask directly and he man approaches me with a bar.I quickly prepare to attack and before I can hurt him, a barely visible movement of a silhou
Omnipresent NarratorEsteban sighs deeply. The unconscious girl in the car, she is dirty and hurt from the intended escape and subsequent capture. Esteban had changed and knew he was capable of harming her if it would help bring her to his boss.But it still made him uneasy to see her hurt like that. They hadn't had much contact in the past, but the few, had shown him that she was important to his sister and when needed, she helped. Just excess."The boss has asked if everything went well," says one of his men."Tell him the truth, he knows what his daughter is like" comments Esteban."Well, he said there would be change of plans. He's gotten worse, they have to stabilize him for the transplant." comments one of the guys and Esteban looks at the message from the bodyguard guarding his boss."They are trying to stabilize him. He's had a relapse."Esteban sighs deeply, seeing that this is not going to end soon."Let's go to the dungeons" he orde
Sofia was disappointed, the rude and cold girl she boasted of being, had hidden in the recesses of her mind, not being able to face this and in her place, the little girl that her brother protected when her father beat her mother had appeared.She longed to be protected, longed for her mother or brother, to hold her and protect her from her father. But, neither of them were around and even if they were, there would only be more people to hurt.A thud, caused him to lift his abode off the ground, that's when he saw Esteban grabbing the man who had recently thrown the food at him by the neck. He noticed how Esteban was looking at him angrily, but it wasn't enough to believe that he would be on his side. After all, he had been the one who had brought her there."Who told you that you were supposed to throw food at her!" yells Esteban angrily."N-nobody. But since she's a prisoner, I thought that..." says the man trying to escape Esteban's wrath."Don't think! D
Chaos had been unleashed by Sofia's disappearance. Camilo, noticed it in the morning, when he looked for her all over the field where they were training and not finding it, he searched the security cameras where everything had been recorded; she had been kidnapped.In less than an hour he had already reported Sofia's disappearance to Daniel and everyone else. So, within an hour of alerting them, there wasn't a single police station that didn't know about her disappearance.Everyone was desperate to find her, knowing that she had been kidnapped by people who had not been able to see their faces and therefore had not been able to identify them. But those who were most desperate were David and Daniel. The former, because she was his sister and only family and the latter, out of guilt.All were using all their energy and contacts to find her. Each one, had set aside men to look for her and those who could not hire for lack of money, were looking for her themselves. All ha
Sofia's words had made Esteban doubt. His aspiration had been to destroy his late father's company and for that reason, he had accepted the help of his boss. But now that he could have his power and money, not only could he take down the company that his father had built and treasured more than his children, but almost nothing would be impossible for him.Esteban went to his boss's room, he wanted to see how bad he was to know if he would risk letting him die without receiving the transplants or extend his life a little by receiving them.During the last month, he had not been at the house, which was more like a prison in one part and a hospital in the other, because he had left to attend to some money laundering issues that were showing problems.Also, he had stayed for more than three weeks after the problem was solved, because he did not want to be there and see how he was in the midst of temptation and loyalty.During that time, he had tried his best to solve as many problems as p
Time was passing quickly and everyone knew there was no more time to waste. They needed Sophia to cooperate so that they could harvest the organs her father needed. They all knew that and also understood that they had to do it soon, as, their boss was being prepped for surgery."It's time, Mr. Bogdanov" says one of his men pulling out a gun where he points it at Sofia.Sofia's eyes widened abruptly at the possible attack that would undoubtedly end her life. But confirming that it might prevent her father from taking something of hers, she sighed deeply and accepted her death."What do you plan to do? We need her alive and therefore, no one is allowed to shoot her" Esteban reminds him, but the man does not lower the gun."I'm sorry, Mr. Bogdanov. But the boss has confirmed me to shoot and because of them I can't lower the gun, even if you ask me to" he says and that makes Esteban grab him by the collar ready to hit him for not obeying his order."Who do you think you are...?" he asks a