Her pale face gave the impression that she would vanish at any moment, she remained static for a few seconds and when she reacted, she pretended to break free from my grip, but I held her tighter.“Nick, you're hurting me," she said with a worried expression.“What about what you are doing to me? You left the house without anyone noticing, and for what? To come with you...”I interrupted myself because my anger was getting out of control, I inhaled through my nose and exhaled through my mouth often, looking for a way to appease my demons and continued talking “You come with me right now, or I swear I will destroy the face and the life of that damned bastard”. I shouted violently, pointing to the building where her lover lived.She watched me with fear and her eyes moistened with tears that were ready to come out, all because she was worried about what I would do to that idiot.“Why would you hurt him? You're so jealous that you won't let me relate to him” I couldn't believe this woman

I watched him expectantly, there were so many mixed feelings stirring inside me. On the one hand, I was relieved that he knew the truth about the child we were expecting, but also in my ignorance I thought he would become more possessive; however, I never imagined that what came next would happen.“I asked between surprised and relieved; however, my sixth sense activated and told me that things were not resolved in a good way as I expected, but I ignored and dismissed those thoughts and to prove that this hunch was not true, I added, "as you already know then I'll show you the echoes.I walked to the room where I had left my purse when I arrived, Nick followed me closely and when I had it in my hands I opened it, I lowered my head and began to look for the echoes of my baby that I had kept there when the doctor gave them to me, and innocently I said “, our son is born in spring at the end of March or beginning of April. Don't you think it's exciting! It's a boy! I exclaimed happily.H

The rage ate me up inside, I went into my office and began to throw everything away, I was blind with anger, I saw everything red, once again I had been deceived by a woman. And even knowing that none of them was reliable, I tried to believe in Sophia, I thought that this time she was the right one, I let myself be carried away by her appearance of a good and innocent girl, but she was nothing but the worst bitch of all.“Damn you, how dare you even think of passing off as mine a bastard who is not," I said aloud, as I paced like a caged animal in my office and at times banged hard on the wall.I was right not to tell her those details of my life, because I'm sure I would never have discovered her trickery, because she would have been careful to get pregnant by another man.The pain in my head intensified, a part of my brain sought to justify her, reproached me for what she had just done, but I fervently silenced her, I would not let anything or anyone make me doubt, because in the pa

I went up to the room that had been assigned to me, undressed and put on pajamas, I could not sleep, I felt broken in health, besides my mood was not the best, even though I tried not to let it affect me out of deference to my baby.I caressed my belly with emotion because that little piece of life that was there, I had loved it since I knew of its arrival. I began to sneeze and minutes later I was affected by strong tremors that made my teeth chatter, I also thought I had a fever because I had the feeling that I was boiling, moans began to come out of my mouth, and I was engulfed in gloomy darkness.*****Sophia was staying in a room next to mine, I was worried about everything that had happened, I did not understand why my friend had acted that way, I know that one of his characteristics was impulsiveness, but not cruelty, he had never behaved that way.I kept thinking about everything and putting myself in his place to try to justify his attitude, and I didn't think I was capable o

When I saw my cousin kissing Sophia, anger flooded me, I don't know why I felt that way, I felt like jumping on him and smashing his face for being shameless and abusive, how dare he take advantage of the fact that she was asleep to kiss her?“Tell me: What the fuck do you think you're doing! “I spat furiously.“If you have a moment, I like Sophia, and since her husband spurned her and was unable to appreciate her, I am ready to conquer her," she declared firmly.“You are taking advantage of everything, and you are trying to fish in troubled waters, but I will not allow it. Nick made a mistake, but when he thinks everything through he will realize his mistake and what a great woman he lost when he threw Sophia out and when he does that he will come back for her," I said with confidence because I knew my friend.“ And do you think she will forgive him? Do you think she will be able to erase all these humiliations he subjected her to? “My cousin shook his head negatively." She is not g

We arrived at the Barcelona "Joseph Tarradellas Airport located twelve kilometers southwest of the city, after landing we went to the cab zone and in half an hour we were arriving at my parents' house.When I entered the house, my brothers Enrique, Juan and my parents were gathered, and when they saw me, they could not hide their sad faces. My mother had a few tears that she hastily wiped away, thinking that I had not noticed.None of them said hello and neither did we because the atmosphere was one of desolation and tension that did not go unnoticed.Mauro was the first to speak,“ What's going on, why those faces?"“ Yesterday, Nick took possession of our construction company," Enrique began to speak while my tears began to spill out of my eyes and I felt my heart beaten because I knew what my brother would say. He demanded the payment of the loans he had made to the company, but since we did not have liquidity we could not respond to him, and so he initiated the sale of part of the

Oh, my God! I couldn't believe I had made a mistake like that, I felt my blood run cold in my veins when I saw the third name, “It can't be! “I exclaimed in despair.I reviewed the subsequent reports, the photographs, my heart squeezed when I saw the truth exposed before me. I was shocked, terrified, I continued reading the file that had been sent to me the day I ran Sophia out of my house where they mentioned Mauro Madrid.At that time, I did not read because as soon as I saw the photos, I was blinded by anger and the day of the discussion she was going to tell me, but I did not want to listen to her, it could not be! Mauro was not her lover, but her brother Andrecito.What in God's name had I done? I destroyed my wife, the woman who loved her family, just because of some damn jealousy that blinded me when all the evidence was clearly laid out before me and I didn't even take the time to read those damn reports, I was so damn stupid!I was too disappointed with myself, so much boasti

When I saw her convulsing, I immediately carried her to the couch, while Dante called an emergency number for an ambulance. Eleven minutes later, the emergency team was already arriving at the building. I asked for her to be transferred to the Barcelona Private Health Hospital. Mauro left in the ambulance, while the rest of us left in our respective cars.When we arrived at the hospital, Sophia had already been admitted. We all sat in the waiting room, impatiently waiting for a doctor to come out and give us the diagnosis. A while later, which in truth had seemed like hours, a man in a white coat appeared in front of us.“Family members of Miss Sophia Madrid? “After indicating that we were her relatives, the doctor went on.“The young woman has bacterial meningitis, caused by listeria monocytogenes," he explained at length. The patient only asks persistently that they please save her child, and that if it is necessary to sacrifice someone, it should be her."Gentlemen, we are evaluati

When I fell to the ground crying because of remorse, I didn't care that everyone saw me; those who say that men don't cry, perhaps they haven't loved, haven't felt or suffered the weight of guilt. The security guard approached me and helped me up.“Calm down, sir, go to the clinic where I told you and have faith that everything will be fine.I thanked him in a barely perceptible tone, I was afraid, in pain, there were so many emotions that for the first time I let them control me; kindly the security guard escorted me out, I did not want to move in my car because I felt too affected and could cause an accident, so I took a cab and gave him the name of the clinic where he took me quickly.I had the terrible feeling that anguish was gripping my chest. When I arrived at the hospital, I asked for information and identified myself as Sophia Madrid's husband.There I was briefed on his condition and every word they said to me felt like I was piling more weight on my back, I ran my hand thro

I sat on the floor thinking that I was reaping what I had sown, how could I have behaved that way? I was in these thoughts when the doctor came out.“ Where are the relatives of patient Sophia Madrid? “he asked.When we signaled, the doctor came over and informed us: "We cannot perform the cesarean section because the baby's lungs are not fully mature, he is only thirty” two weeks old. Besides, the mother is anemic with a hemoglobin level of five, so she would not be able to withstand the operation. We are giving her a course of intravenous antibiotics and cortisone medication, and we have also given her iron and folic acid. The next twenty” four hours are crucial for Sophia and her baby.I'm still sitting on the floor, barely able to move, and with my face swollen and bleeding from the blows, I said to the doctor in a barely audible whisper, "Please doctor, save Sophia, save her!The doctor asked me:“ Who are you?"“I am Sophia's husband and the father of her child," I said, pleased,