POWER AND PASSION

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lingering shadow that I couldn't clear. It had been two days since I had left her in the hospital, and I felt like the most miserable man in the world for having abandoned her to her fate. I

interrupting my tormented thought

Macke

z. What's new

some food supply in the room, I don

end me the location." I

that she was okay washed over me. It seemed inconceivable to

ne began to vibrate. I looked at the caller ID: "Danielle, calling." I rolled my

please," I sent him the information

angerous, are you sure we should go there? " He

e more reason we m

es, we arrived in front of a humble inn in a marginal suburb. The bustle of the surroundings, the suspicious lo

ng for a woman, Megan Owen. She h

led, with few teeth and a cigar dangling from

who hit her?" Sh

edden, and I vehem

nd and I came to look for her

sure, you are not the guy who hurt her pretty little face," th

of bills out of my pocket, placing the

ugh for you to gi

her unkempt teeth and came

t for two days, I don't know if she's a

ha

rk hallway, barely lit by a dim, dim light. I

am, that this is M

s so dejected that I gave her the best things I had," t

n, this ti

It's me, Sawyer. It i

ith despair, continued to knock insiste

ands on her huge breasts, looked at me expec

more and pulled out

on't know what we'

bling hands, I tried to open the door. As she did so, a sicken

gan, lying there, small and vulne

uth, clearly alarmed, as I approache

my God! Wh

she opened her eyes slowly. Whe

in?" she

of relief when she saw that t

nd I'll be whenev

ittle strength, she placed her arm on my shoulder, and so, cradled

to the landlady as I walked

n carried in my arms. Rigoberto, attentiv

hospit

doctor. If I took her to a hospital, she would probably e

squeraded as a home. It was a beautiful place, designed by the best architects in the country,

aid her down on my bed and called my family doctor. As he arrived, I prepared a cup of warm wate

earched my medicine cabinet for a bottle of whey, carefully picked it up, and placed it on my pillow.

ly dry, and her visibly thin body barely hid the bones. It was not an ove

he bed when Mirta, m

Grajales h

to come in

d the room and was

he was unable to take his eyes off Me

e his own life before, and he's been a victim of many things," I sighed

o serve her. He approached Megan and began checking her vit

eir physical condition is deteriorated, but nothi

sit to the psychiatrist. How did she get

s. Thank you. I will follow

her rest. Change thos

in my worry, I hadn't noticed t

wil

e are all the recipe

rajales. I'll

ation and medication Grajales had given her. I let her rest; I didn't care at all about the bad smell it emanated, but wi

gely, I was relieved to think that Megan was in a safe place,

lost Amelie, I would lose everything in life. There were only the two of us left, but she was rebel

I had unfinished business to attend to. Night was approaching, and I didn't know i

, placed a pillow on the edge and wrapped mysel

my dreams. I opened my eyes slowly, and a sharp pain

y bed and turned to look at her. Megan watched me, still ly

was creaking in me-I imagine because of m

n. How are y

she said with a some

than others." It hurts me to the

here?" She asked,

ou decided to stay, but I see that the cost of living

ughed re

ney for a long time;

you were on

?" she asked, lookin

und out that your husband kicked you out of your house after y

ps and blinked quick

ch about me?" she aske

igh

ve to tell you, but I've

with difficulty and,

razy? Why you ar

u why: I want to help

against the

d woman, who has cau

I looked at h

to apologize for everyth

ain. But I want her to open her eyes and leave that man. If

same as me. Only I, Mackenzie,

t a pain when moving her hand,

ed. How am I g

ble, took out some gauze and some alcohol. I knew exactly how to remove t

l cotton gauze pad to stop the bleeding. I put the

Now you just

an tried to get up, but she turned pal

go, Megan. You do

ted. "I just don't think it

'm going to

on?" She asked, st

oo perverted. She was not a man fascinated by lesser women; I preferred mature ones, but

ike that, if my sister was in a similar

showed some disappointment.

est room so that you can stay there until

and headed for the do

kenz

ned t

ll

shing a little, and her eyes shining fo

gan. For now, try to bath

, although for me, it wasn't uncomfortable at all. In fact, I felt that his presence, wit