THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE

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a moment in the evening. And there, I have her in front of me. She is mo

says in

d starts talking to her

in the morning. Let's go

." stamme

d to let you hang on to strangers like thi

g but she wasn't ev

were scolding h

ocked to see that her demeanor was so out o

her mother's. She is really Adriana's

e's not usuall

t worry!"

he returned w

ter, Anthony stu

ta want to

says Marita, wh

ant to hear anything. Let

. The answer is: nothing. I have nothing against her. Just that my intervie

ke this in the few days

r. Probably the fact that Patricia's way of b

arit

evening. Anthony, Pablo

ap

oor that just so

I don't know which fly has bitten him b

ight on the dance floor with a little

s all in a

't enough, he's dri

't kill us anyway.

r me. He seems to b

e gotten him i

wing up through the

self and fasten my seatbelt well, hoping that

atri

refused to let you behave like thi

as dance...and you just cut me off with su

us, we have this heated discussion

has just met. Nevertheless I am not surpr

friends. The problem with her is that she loves to fall in love with strangers. I

nda, I..

the side, she looks

t the good thing about her is t

I got you to avoid

ut laughing

this evening which was a total success. Tomorrow first th

. I am overly proud of her. She has risen up since Dad's

ix and I too. But the difference with Mom is that she

to take care of herself. The proof is that she is always so radian

have arrived at our destination. Yolanda and I live in

rent deposit to my mother every month. But she wouldn't listen.

d me like a child for several years. S

the house. He heads for the exit. Before lea

ads for her apartment.

y overindulges in alcohol and always goes home with a stranger. I

...are you o

.." she

affirmation. The next second,

childhood. Her mother changed men like panties. Her mother w

, Yolanda is an adopted child. This means that she has never had a fath

harmful. We all need

d walk barefoot on the marbled floor. I walk to the kitchen

th my hand in my hair, I massage my temple. I think

Sure, our parents have enough money, but they

ending Mom's money. I put his carelessness down to h

to my room. It falls on the floor. I have to take a quic

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the car in the parking lot. I sink in

wrong with yo

gry for that. Marita tries

elieve she's been so resistant to me. This is the first time this has

of the car. The elders told us a little about Adria

ion with all the advantages that go with

car. I head towards my apartment. Once inside, I ta

dria

party. Lying in the bathtub, I enjoy this

pagne in my left han

ieces. I get out of the bathtub and wrap myself in my

y late husband built. I remember when we first started out,

s what many people thought. But the truth is that I really loved him. He was the person I loved the most. Yes,

im for what he has done with me, for

owe him everything,

city's skyline with the skyscrapers and the br

tle girl I once was, the girl who suffered martyrdom

. And just when you think it's all over, tha

abused little girl that I was. Without

hour. But the truth is that my past continues t

sh word, but we have to call things by their names.

ings up the theory that the child is the result of a rape that I don

live from day to day and move forward a

has affected me and continues t

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I had on at Adriana's son Felix's birthday party. I jus

damned dream that hasn't let g