The Secrets of the Bad Boy

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came from a user with no consistency in his name. It was very strange so he decided

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way of expressing himself.

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ing but worn graffiti, on the ground or sidewalk; I don't know very well; they were there. Three people: Aly lying on the pavement gloomy and lifeless, Eliécer next to her in a fetal position co

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h the backup copy of her WhatsApp that was linked to her e

spered to myse

e letter deleted a

e more cautious when sen

e a strange grimace with her thin

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he end I said goodbye and went out to the parking lot in search of my b

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me to make sure

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out in relief,

he best financial moment. For God's sake, they jus

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vestigate. “Will you come home

l stay up all night sp

his Gucci sneakers, his dark ripped

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formed, okay? I

, right?” he smil

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about the witness?” H

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ired of his ironies

do

ing to save you

-handed or has personality traits based on his handwriting.

think it

sage or some clue. Believe m

ook out a folded sheet of paper

issatisfied with my job

Eliécer, this

rom you.” I whisper with

his arm stopping him, “I

deep breaths to recover, “Are yo

have to

won’t wan

relationship with Monica

of?” he smiled vict

messages, wha

em, you just con

des who gets in and who doesn't. You'll ha

me.” I reinforced my cro

you're ready to

assure d

t about it for

row.” and she left like the wind

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my nose, relaxing a little, a giggle and voices that approached, bec

hut up a

Aly’s funeral?” I h

, don't h

ing private, you know, family and

that he is loose and between us makes me panic.

illy, the FourShadows.” the ot

suspects

t them.” That girl said, as she hear

ing to Aly's funeral lookin

ted leaving my room after a long and int

mula was not enough, but you also have to

es chemical compounds and aim

r suspicious gaze, putting her arm

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born yesterday.” S

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see his grave and talk for a while with the w

arms and changed her f

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spooky stories and playing with creating shadows by the light of a flashlight. I needed advice, Grandpa. I needed help, grandpa wo

his grave, put

rom Mrs. Miller's garden.” our

“Your grandfather wo

ed Mrs. Miller, our pranks were based on p

n fence, sneaking my hand taking about four flowers and when she saw the lights of the house being turned on, she to

ously looking at the bouquet, remembering th

I complained seeing the ungermina

w, you just have to wait.” she advis

outed, stepping hard on the ground

a lifetime, plant a garden!

snorted, fulminating

stand, little one.” I w

I was

the best of springs was in you.” I caress

ow?... I'm sure you know that” I laughed at my words. , “Nothing has changed here since you left, that should comfort you. Mom is still the same, she misses you too, especially on bingo Wednesdays.

king, why; without explaining it; I felt calmer

g me lie and deceive at the expense of justice” I closed my eyes and breathing in the refreshing evening air, re

ried rarely and it is not that I considered crying to be a weak gesture

happy we cry, thanks to them we know that we are alive and that we ha

need you to tell me if I'm doing

grays. As something had to ruin the moment, a pigeon overshadowed

t my grandfather's tombstone, “b

nese noodles for lunch, but a gloomy and sad music began to play, being my distraction from my fatal hair situation, it

it was nice talking to you, I'

be not so jovial, broken, the man was holding and helping his wife walk, who could barely

got out of the other vehicles

flowers and offering comfort to one another. He couldn't accept the level of cynicism of those kids. They

ce to spy on what was happening. It was five in the afternoon wh

the silence entr

ms of pain. The rest of the family members left, leaving Edrien, Eliécer and

ere for me” hiccup sniffling, “I don't know what to do without you, Aly. You were right when you said that without you my life would be a disaster,” I exhale, trying to calm hi

a, I reall

to her car to escape from the

m support by squeezing his shoulder, “I'll wait for you in the car, be str

ean by it's n

body. Edrien took his silence as a ye

t the result of; until now; his biggest mistake. I inhale and exhale, gathering stren

when he calmed down a

“And that made you valuable, Aly. You always looked beyond the flaws, looking for the good side in everyone. I will be honest, I will not miss your screams that left me deaf, but I will miss the person wh

to his car with

hen Aly's life was taken, but I was sur

fternoon and the sky was beginning to get dark so; fearful; I decide to l

rits, but I didn't want to check

ng about bu

in a one-on-one conversation, “Ouch!” I winced with fright;

arkness of the night, it was a man, he was about three meters in front of me, I decided to observe him deliberately and my eyelids

yes, medium complexion, swee

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ping around and continued

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