BATTLE OF DESIRE

f depression, and emaciated. She had been admitted, feeding only intravenousl

staring down at his daughter; his daughter, who used to be so full of life, energetic and positive, with bright eyes and one of the w

n a hospital bed, he wondered, the

ched her ex-husband's arm, and said in

own eyes, just like their daughter's. "I don't know, Tracy," he responded,

s...when she speaks, she thought sadly, shifting her gaze back to he

n walked in – brown-haired and bl

net

ked in, taking her mother's hand and glan

ng," her mot

and placed a hand on her sister's feet. "Ah!" she sighed, "

hose around her. Her eyes rested on her elder sister, Annette

ed for this," Annette said, rushing to her and sitting b

ht to herself. Annette, four years older than Marcia, had been old enough to remember when Marcia, as a ch

and she put one in Marcia's mouth. The chill of the ice shocked Marcia, but she was too weak to react

ed in, her ear to Marcia's lips. As she sat back up, gazing at her sister, her face w

t for someone who's disappeared. There's no news anywhere of any dead bodies and his family was not in mourning nor did they file a

continued, "Our problem, our onl

, sat beside her sister, Annette, and Marcia's father, on the other side

n together in the same room, Annette reflected bitterly. We

family, we need you, Marcia, to take care of y

at the Miami International

ies from that time were vague, but the main ones, the important ones, the ones

eryone. Then, slowly, as time passed, as the seasons changed, as she walked outside more and spoke more with

store – people who spoke different languages, those small interactions, h

elf, maybe never back to her old self, but much bette

he could see clearly. She coul

eled around different regions in Europe and somehow was able

collecting and trading, the wine-making process, the in

rked in the offices of an actual wine-growing company; and had even lived for close t

r MBA. She had decided to focus on the business aspect of wine production, particular

money, she moved from Spain to a little place in France. From there, she

re Bacchus in Miami – securing clients, arranging suppliers, balancing her accounts, a

host from her past walked in, j

ed back into her office, knowi