Wrong sweet mistake

The Scars She Hid From The World

REGINA MCBRIDE

The heavy iron gates of the Wilderness Correction Camp groaned as they released me after three years of state-sponsored hell. I stood on the dirt road, clutching a plastic bag that held my entire life, waiting for the family that claimed they sent me there for "rehab." My brother, Brady, picked me up in a luxury SUV only to throw me out onto a deserted highway in the middle of a brewing storm. He told me I was a "public relations nightmare" and that the rain might finally wash the "stink" of the camp off me. He drove away, leaving me to limp miles through the mud on a snapped ankle. When I finally dragged myself to our family estate, my mother didn't offer a hug; she gasped in horror because my muddy clothes were ruining her Italian marble. They didn't give me my old room back. Instead, they banished me to a moldy gardener’s shack and hired a "babysitter" to make sure I didn't embarrass them further. My sister, Kaleigh, stood there in white cashmere, pretending to cry while clinging to her fiancé, Ambrose—the man who had once been mine. They all treated me like a volatile junkie, refusing to acknowledge that Kaleigh was the one who planted the drugs in my bag three years ago. They wanted to believe I was broken so they wouldn't have to feel guilty about the "wellness retreat" that was actually a torture chamber. I sat in the dark of that shed, feeling the cooling gel on the cigarette burns that covered my arms, and realized they had made a fatal mistake. They thought they had erased me, but I had returned with a roadmap of scars and a hidden satellite phone. At dinner, I didn't beg for their love. I simply rolled up my sleeves and showed them the price of their silence. As the wine spilled and the lies crumbled, I sent a single text to the only person I trusted: "I'm in. Let them simmer." The hunt was finally on.

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"Good morning miss, I came for a medical check-up with the gynecologist," Ana says calmly.

"If of course, allow me your ID, please write it down," says the secretary of the office.

"Yes, of course," Ana replies, smiling subtly.

"Cancel me, please."

"Here you go," he hands the money to the young woman.

"Wait in the room, the nurse will take you to the doctor soon."

"Very kind," Ana goes and sits smiling, waiting for her turn to be served.

Ana Rodríguez is a simple young woman of just 18 years of age, a university student, her good academic performance, made her the recipient of an important scholarship in one of the most prestigious universities in New York, the city where she lives with her father and brother.

She picks up her cell phone while she waits and calls her best friend Sofia, who is also going to the same university with her:

"Hello, Sofi, all right?"

"Yes, my friend, where are you?"

"I'm in consultation with the gynecologist.

"Oh, okay. You mentioned it to me yesterday.

"Yes, my dear.

"I'll see you when you go out, at the café near my house." Let me know when you come.

"I'll only go if you invite," Ana says with a laugh.

"So advantageous. Just because I want to know more about Abel I'm going, otherwise I won't even invite you anything.

"Do you still insist on my brother?"

"I love it," Ana frowns at her comment because her brother likes them all.

"Well, I'll leave you, I think I'll go to the doctor, I'll see you later."

"Okay, bye," they hang up the conversation.

Meanwhile, the nurse arrives at the secretary's post and asks:

"Have you already prepared the files, with the data of the patients, that the doctor will inseminate today?"

"Yes, my friend, here they are," mixing Ana's file, among those who will be having the procedure today.

"Thank you, in the morning we only have one insemination, and in the afternoon, there is a lot of work," the nurse points to the secretary, who gives a subtle smile and continues working on the computer.

Without further ado, the nurse calls Ana, who apparently will be the only daytime patient, she is on hold, as she arrived very early.

"Ana Rodríguez, is that you?" The nurse asks.

"Yes, it's me.

"Come with me," Ana leaves with her, she's happy because she'll be leaving the office soon, because she's very hungry, she left without breakfast.

The doctor was talking to a client, from whom he will inseminate a woman, so that he will become a father, by means of an artificial procedure:

"Hello Mr. Hufman," the doctor greets the man gently.

"Dr. Jhetro, the young lady must have arrived by now, I sent her to your office a while ago. So, let's get to work," the man mentions, as the doctor hangs up the call.

That man, with whom the doctor spoke is Anthony Hufman (Tony), is one of the most prestigious CEOs in the country, who owns an important national newspaper, called in Spanish "Un Nuevo Tiempo".

Tony is an altruistic and kind-hearted young man, who always seeks to care for and protect the most underdog, he has seen many injustices before his eyes. From which he has not been immune, which is why he makes his newspaper available to all those who are mistreated and seek justice. It also helps the Latino community in New York, some of whom are victims of constant abuses because of their immigrant status.

The noble heart of this man beats at this moment, at full speed and anxiously panic. So, he is pensive, in the office of his mansion, waiting for the doctor's news.

In the office...

The nurse prepares Ana for the fertilization procedure, not knowing that she is not the woman that Anthony Hufman had hired to start the process.

"Come on, put this robe on and sit down here, please," he says.

Ana is surprised, because she is a virgin, she does not understand how the doctor does, she wants to delve into her privacy and immediately asks:

"Do I need to undress?"

"Yes, young man, otherwise the doctor can't do his job." Ana cocks her head strangely; however, she does as the woman points out.

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