A different story! A story from Anfrara The slap cracked in his head with a dull, dry sound. It suddenly went from right

A different story! A story from Anfrara The slap cracked in his head with a dull, dry sound. It suddenly went from right to left without her being able to avoid it. Once again he had hit her with all his strength and from his wingspan of more than one meter ninety. The hand had fallen on the face of she who was barely one meter sixty from the ground. His corpulence was enormous and in fact his friends They missed that they were able to make love. Among his gang of friends he had always been a source of laughter. and joke, although it didn't bother them at all, or so it seemed, and the fact is that They were the most picturesque and antagonistic couple that existed. He is almost two meters tall and weighs around 110 Kg., and all of them pure fiber since among his daily activities he that of practicing sports for several hours and I had been doing this since He had the use of reason; His skin was tanned from so many hours outdoors and Although he was not handsome, we can truthfully say that he was handsome. He had enormous black eyes and a sharp nose that was not disproportionate. in that square face with a firm and strong chin. The mouth had lips fleshy bodies that almost permanently remained smiling, which made show the whitest and most equal teeth that can be seen. until your name It was important, Alexander, as the conqueror, as the king; not Alix or Alex or something like that, his name was Alejandro, so emphatic, complete and that no one It occurred to him to call him something else, and that was how it had been since his tenderest days. childhood, no one had ever thought of calling him Alejandrito or any other another "-ito". Despite being almost fifty years old, he seemed much older. young and there were those who secretly commented that he had a pact with the devil so as not to get old, of course they talked about it behind his back, without him hearing it, because if it couldn't be that with one of his glances he would literally leave you transposed to the place where you were. When he entered the court, in his black robe, he always freshly ironed, exerted a kind of power of conviction and a feeling of warmth that in most cases made their clients end up acquitted by the court. Celeste was barely five feet tall and when They were together even she seemed smaller compared to him. However, when she was alone she didn't look so small, and yes, as always, she was wearing the heels she put on in the morning and he didn't take it off until it was time to go to sleep, it seemed even less so. Besides When she was alone you would focus on other things, since although she was short, she looked like a real doll, she had a fine and pleasant appearance, with a narrow waist, the breasts, although not very large, were proportionate to their size and had Generous hips, although not excessively so. The medium auburn hair that she wore framed a round face, in which the first thing you noticed were the eyes like two large almonds with the color of honey, when you went down you saw a mouth in which the lower lip was wide and generous while the The upper part was thin and if it were not outlined with red lipstick burning, which was never removed, it would practically not be seen. The small nose and pizpireta, it barely stood out a little from the rest of the face, but the whole It was that of a 26-year-old girl who was very pleasant to look at and very good-looking. But the air of vulnerability combined with his beauty that made her irresistible since it made her the closest thing to a porcelain doll about to break if it fell from those huge heels that she wore. When they met Alejandro, he had already been married in first marriage with another woman whom he had abandoned because she was lazy, as he commented, and to whom he had to be telling all day what I had to do, what if you have to iron now, what if you have to dress the children, what if you have to cook, etc., etc. The truth is that we didn't know very well what had happened with his first marriage, but the fact is that he was divorced. Celeste met him when he went to the university to teach a course on teaching or something like that in the Faculty of Pedagogy in which She was completing the fourth year of her degree. She raised her hand to ask a question and since then They were inseparable until their wedding day six months later, when she finished the course and were able to convince his parents that he was indeed a good game, and besides, what else could they do if she was pregnant of three months? The wedding was quite a spectacle and the whole crowd came to it. judiciary and part of the most influential people in the city since he had a position of great renown within the law firm than with four other partners directed and who were dedicated to civil law and especially commercial law having among its clients the best companies in the city. Everyone was raving about how pretty the bride looked and how happy he looked, that he had found the man of his life and what else a girl who hadn't even finished her degree could ask. The honeymoon took place halfway around the world and was beautiful, the beauties they saw, despite her and his constant dizziness. that some unforgettable excursions had to be canceled; the most days beautiful moments of their lives they had there: Venice, Geneva, Paris, London... the best hotels, the best opera boxes, the best concerts, the best ballets, the best restaurants, the best meals, the best breakfasts and the best dinners, including the best wines and champagne. But One day all that was over and they had to return home; to your house! Alejandro had bought his wife a residence in the best neighborhood of the city. city. A two-story chalet with a huge terrace and a large garden for you The children could play when they came home from school and thus enjoy the sun. He The upper floor, where the bedrooms were, communicated with the lower floor. by a large wooden staircase, with a balustrade made of the same material as It was a beautiful piece of carpentry work. The best appliances met in that house so that Celeste would have everything and not miss anything she had had in his parents'. The closed circuit television was permanently connected to the emergency center of the private security service to so that no intruder could enter their love nest and give the girl a scare. "princess". The supermarket sent them ready-made food every day and everything that was needed in the home without the need for her to move and without having to move at all. So, he said, she could worry only about having the child without complications and without being worried of the heat that was outside or with the dangers that could be run in the city. In short, it was a comfortable life in which nothing better could be achieved. buy with money She looked like a queen bee among cotton balls. The slap didn't take long to arrive, it came without warning, without that no one could suspect that he was coming, without anyone seeing that things They had changed, without him barely moving a muscle. When she arrived from the street, the first thing he encountered was the tremendous slap that made everyone his foundations were shaken, which made his body, already fragile, break and become the broken doll that everyone imagined she could happen if she fell off her heels. But the worst was not the physical pain, It was very big! It was terrible! It was immense! The worst was the pain that came from within, from the most intimate part of his being, from the depths of his heart, from his bowels; that slap broke everything she had been building for him since he met him and made him fall as if he were a building of cards, everything scattered and broke, broke into a thousand pieces like a glass of duralex that falls to the ground, broke into such a number of pieces that it was impossible to put them back together and glue them together; Impossible to turn things back to normal state prior to the explosion of his head. Where have you been? He asked, How can you think of leaving without tell me anything? You have had me very worried, you have behaved like a bad girl maid. And that's why you deserve that slap. Do you understand it? Honey, you are very young lady and I need to educate you, you have to realize that there are things that a married woman can no longer do. You can't go that way; God knows what, and with who, without telling me that I am your husband, do you not understand that you commit me, and Besides, something could happen to you and I wouldn't know where to look for you? Look, when You come out, call me and tell me and I stay calm and nothing happens. Okay?. And now get up, it wasn't that bad! continued saying. A simple smack of those that your father must have given you many when You were little, don't make a drama out of this! Come on, give me your hand and let's see if Let's have some dinner! From the ground she looked at him with a mixture of horror and incomprehension. I heard him speak, but I didn't understand anything he said. the face It hurt like hell, but it hurt his soul even more. What did he say about his father? I was trying she thinks from the floor, completely unkempt and with her skirts hanging waist. What were you talking about for dinner? He continued thinking while trying in vain to compose his thoughts. battered pose on the ground. What was that man talking about? who was that man? No, that couldn't be Alejandro, no, not his Alejandro. Where from had it come out? Who had let him into their house? I don't understand anything. I thought without reaching any conclusion. This must be a bad dream! Yes that es!, I'm sleeping and I have a nightmare! Of course, what nonsense, I didn't realize it until now! But I'll wake up and this will be over. But no, my face hurts like hell, and this man is still there holding out his hand for me to get up. But is it possible?. What are you telling me now about the fish? Fish?. I don't even have any idea what you're talking about! I think it's best if I calm down and try to explain to him what has happened. Surely when I tell him that I went to look for him shoes that we took to be repaired will get down on his knees to ask my forgiveness and you will see how sweet and tender it is going to be. Yes, but my face hurts! He shouldn't have hit me! You should have asked me where I came from! And you might even have given me a he yelled, but he shouldn't have put his hand on me. He's still there, with his hand outstretched, it seems like he's sorry. What are you telling me? Wow, poor thing! What a disappointment it must have been when He came home and found that I was not there! He must have thought that something had happened to me with the child and that I was in the hospital. The truth is that I didn't behave at all, I should have called the office and told him he was going out. It wasn't hard for me either! so much!. Well, it's true, I should have called him, but it's not For him to hit me that hard, he could have told me, couldn't he? Come on, I say. I!. Yes, of course, but he must have come from the office to bring me those flowers I'm looking at on the dining room table and found that they don't There was no one and the shock had to be enormous. Poor thing, look at the more flowers he brought me beautiful things, and instead of calling him I go around without telling him nothing. Well, God, since my face hurts, I better put some on of ice or my whole thing is going to swell! Let's see if I can prepare the fish he wanted dinner and we make peace. He looks like he's sorry, he's still there with the outstretched hand waiting to be taken so I can get up. And it's going to be better Let him do it, because with this belly, anyone else can get up from here without aid. Holding the hand that was outstretched, he got up as best he could from the ground and fell into his arms. He started to cry and told her: "Don't do that again, the slap hurt me more than to you, but I had to teach you that things are not like before. you can't do what you want, you have to tell me because if you don't you already see the scare that you have given me and that is a serious problem of family collusion, so look, You don't want us to be fighting all day when the child is born. Come on, Let's forget it, it won't happen again. Look what beautiful flowers I have brought you! Yes, I'm crazy about you! , I can't live without you! It hurts me that Do these things, I suffer more than you. And saying this he took her by the hand and He took him to the kitchen where, with all the care in the world, he put ice on her cheek. so that it would not become more inflamed than it already was. Celeste was stunned, still, without fully understanding, she continued letting himself be done and trying to calm down and forget the pain, which seemed to him impossible since this was inside. His face hardly hurt anymore, but in In the most intimate part of his being there was a pain that he could not get rid of no matter how many times he turned. that it gave him, a very deep pain that had become entrenched and that did not make any more that eat away at her inside. She let herself be taken care of by him; she continued without reacting while he He put ice and then with great care he kissed her where he had dropped her. the hand Without showing any other type of regret, I unbutton him her blouse and with that hand that had hit her five minutes before, she touched her chest, he rubbed it and rubbed it and rubbed it until he needed more and then he lowered his hand until he found the panties and putting them in he reached her crotch and now without caring about anything but his own pleasure, without even looking at her eyes, right there, in the kitchen, he ripped off her underwear and entered her. She endured all this without a single exclamation of pain, even though It was, after all, a full-fledged rape. He noticed how What could remain of the old love he had for him faded as he, totally obsessed, without caring about the damage he was doing, since She wasn't even lubricated, he penetrated her again and again, producing a sensation. terrible pain everywhere and above all humiliating her again after the tremendous blow received. When he finished, she plopped down on one of the kitchen chairs and broken inside she began to cry uncontrollably. What's wrong? - Alejandro asked - no one understands you, First you leave home when you shouldn't, then you miss me educating you, then I make love to you and you don't respond as always and finally you start cry. I think that either the pregnancy has upset you or, what is worse, I you hide something Wouldn't that be true? Aren't you hiding something from me? No Will I have to know anything? It isn't true?. Where did you come from? Where were you? Answer. Every time he asked a question she felt like she was dying; No I could believe it, who was that man? ; your Alexander? ; no, that one couldn't be; Were the screams going to start again? But hey, I didn't just make him love! ; if that could be said to be making love, of course. This Well, let's say it, he hadn't finished fucking her, so why were those things coming now? recriminations. Speak! He shouted. Where the hell did you come from? Do you have a lover?. But can we know what you are talking about? Are you hearing what Are you telling me, Alejandro? What's wrong with you? You're not like that. What's wrong with you? passing? Alejandro, for God's sake don't say any more nonsense, you know very well that no I have no lovers or anything, I just went to pick up your shoes at the shoe store, nothing Plus, I wanted to surprise you. What is all this about? ; You can explain it to me. "Don't yell at me!" he replied and standing up he grabbed her by the hand. hair and shook it until some strands fell between her fingers. You're going to behave like a good girl, and every time you want to go out or come in, I'll tell you! you are going to say; Do you understand? And I never want you to yell at me again. TO See if you understand, the man of the house is me, and you must do what I tell you. sent for two reasons: a) because I bring the money home and b) because I am Older and smarter than you and I know what is best for this family. understood?. Meanwhile, she grabbed her hair with her hands and cried. again in a disconsolate way, he nodded his head trying to avoid that he would get angry again and hit her again. It's okay, he answered between hiccups, you're right, I'm a girl. bad, but don't hit me again, I'll do what you want, but don't hit me again Doing so, I already understood, will never happen again. That's my girl! He responded with a big smile, that's how I Like, you'll see how now that we've put things in place this works. better marriage Right? And approaching her, he kissed her on the lips. AND By the way, he said, not a word about this to your dad, lest he have to go to hell with him too, is my treasure worth it? Saying this he turned and began to climb the stairs, leaving her in the kitchen scared to death and of shame. From the middle of the stairs he turned and shouted: Can you take me up a step? ham and cheese sandwich and a can of beer? It's just that I no longer feel like fish. Hurry up, I'm hungry. Celeste got moving and brought him the food he had given him. I had asked so that there were no more problems. The next day he did not leave the house, among other things because she didn't want anyone to see her with her face completely bruised and her head in some places where his scalp was visible due to hair pulling that he had pulled out the locks by the roots. In the middle of the afternoon a boy of about twenty arrived with a tremendous bouquets of roses that I could hardly handle and a card in which only He said: Be good! I love you. Life continued without ups and downs and the end approached. birth of the child. When he came into the world everything was congratulations and congratulations and the whole family flocked to the best clinic in town. city to see the descendant of that couple so formidable and so united that They never stopped cuddling and cooing even if they were in the same room. presence of the president of the nation. Above all, it was incredible how in love that he was with his wife, he did not stop granting her whims; well and had to see How was the room of flowers bought by Alejandro for his wife for the birth of the child. Amen to the necklace of precious stones and gold that he had brought when he came to see her. Yes, it is true that he did not stay long, but he was such a busy man that he couldn't waste a second, but now They would meet at home when she returned. When the child arrived home, things changed substantially; first Alejandro took her by the hand and showed her the new room that he had ordered preparation for her and the child. Look, he said, you have to understand it, I need to sleep eight hours and with the kid waking up every three to eat, I couldn't rest, and at the end of the day you couldn't You have nothing to do, but I..., well, you know, this will be temporary, until Alexander the second grows up, then you will come to sleep with me again. AND starting to laugh he continued - and besides we have to have 40 days of fasting for the quarantine that women have to go through after giving birth, so don't Don't worry, I'll figure it out. Saying this he turned around and He went to his room, leaving Celeste with her child in her arms. The problems did not wait, the child cried without Caesar and his rest, despite being in another room, was not the most suitable Let's see, Celeste, you may not be able to educate to a child so that he doesn't cry until I get up, he screamed at the top of his lungs Alexander. You just have to keep him quiet for a while at night! piece of brute!, he insisted. It doesn't seem so difficult, don't you think? Celeste kept silent, to avoid confrontations, but one day she It occurred to him to reply: "Well, that's fine, he's as much your son as mine." "You should have some consideration towards me and towards him." The punch did not wait, It came in full force and made two teeth jump out of his mouth, He only noticed stars around him but he did not feel pain, it did not reach him except until a long time later. I didn't notice anything except my head about to explode. and again the humiliation and how the blood slowly ran down his face. corner of his lips and dripped incessantly on the living room parquet, staining it all. Alejandro approached her and grabbed her hair again. He told him almost in a whisper: "Don't ever raise your voice at me again, and even less so." in front of the child, do you understand?" "If you do it again I will kill you." Celeste tried to get rid of the hug he had her in. subdued, but that made him excited and without further contemplation he lowered himself the pants with one hand while he held her with the other and without respecting nothing of her screams or the quarantine to which she was subjected, he broke her panties and penetrated her with all his fury, with all his strength and with all his hardness. This way you will learn what a man is, he finished by saying, while taking off his shirt stained with blood from her mouth. She was left alone with her son without knowing what to do and bleeding incessantly, but more from the soul than from the mouth, the pain he felt in his bowels was greater than the one he had in his lips or in his genitals after being forcibly taken again by her husband. She decided to leave him, she would go to her parents' house and would leave him there forever, his life could not continue like this. Fear was evil counselor, he had to skip it and go back to his family, no one would hurt him there and her parents would protect her from him. There would be no problems, I'm sure they would They welcomed their grandson more willingly, whom they were eager to see and be with. he. That was the solution! That was it, he was leaving! And thinking this he began to put four things in a bag. The blow came from his back, and hit him in all his ribs forcing her to remain on her knees with her back to him What the hell do you think you're going to do? Alejandro asked from its almost two meters high. Where the hell are you planning to take my son? Let's see if You understand it once and for all, he said as he kicked him in the chest. You are my wife and you are not going to go anywhere from here, unless I allow you to and the child is my son and he will not go out to see anyone until I authorize him; Is it clear to you? he asked while he feinted with his hand to give her a slap in the face. Now pick up everything that is out of place and clean the shit blood, you're staining everything out there and bring me to bed some fruit and a yogurt. And get those silly ideas out of your head. You know we can be very happy, I only hit you because you are like a girl who needs to be educate so that things work, otherwise this would be the house of "touch me rock", Everyone would do what they want and that cannot be. Bending down, he grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up, putting her on her back. He stood up and while he was ruffling her hair he gave her a tender kiss on the corner of her the lips Then he told him - "don't leave the house until you are cured." those wounds that you have received and try not to tell your parents anything, because I will have I have to take action again with you and your child. So stay calm and Take good care of yourself, it's the best", "ah! and don't provoke me again." When he went to bed, she, alone in the bedroom bathroom she took off all her clothes and looked naked in the mirror He was missing two teeth in his upper jaw, his mouth was swollen and split lips, the left eye was a little swollen and I almost couldn't open it. On his arm, above the elbow, he had a bruise that did not He remembered when or what he had done it with. And in his body he had a legion of purple spots that went from her chest to above her pubes, all of her was a pure pain. The left leg had a graze, caused, she believed, by falling after the blow to the ribs and the right leg was a little swollen, But he couldn't remember that blow either. Anger rose in his throat. to such an extent that I couldn't breathe, but the fear was greater, was it Would you dare hurt the child? He got into bed trembling with fear and indignation and It wasn't until she heard him leave for work that she finally managed to stay. asleep She was woken up by the ringing of the front door, in the middle of a haze produced by sleep and by the painkillers that the woman had taken. night before He groped his way down the stairs and slowly opened the door. trying not to see his face, or to make it as inconspicuous as possible and met again the twenty-something-year-old boy from the previous time who He brought her a spectacular bouquet of flowers. He thanked him and without even giving him a tip closed the door. Then she looked full of disgust at the bouquet that Alexander sent; It looked like an orchard, there was everything: daisies, roses, carnations, forget-me-nots, geraniums, violets, it was the largest floral composition and prettiest that he had ever seen in his life and in the middle of it a little box of velvet and inside a gold pendant with a tremendous diamond and a note: "A Good girls are sent flowers and jewelry. The bad news...I hope it doesn't repeat what happened yesterday. I love you". When he arrived at night everything was gifts and gallantries. Thus a few months passed in which life left her breathe and worry about his son's growth and tried to keep him from would lack anything when he arrived from work and avoid all kinds of conflicts to that things would not go wrong again. Again he became the loving and affectionate husband who It had been during their courtship period and their first stage of marriage. However Celeste was no longer the same; things for her They had changed. He went to the dentist, who put in the two missing teeth. had "fallen" and he returned to his physical appearance from before the beating, but In her mind she always saw him whispering to her "..., well I'll have to go back to take action with you and your child. Fear settled permanently in his life and At no time or at any time do I stop accompanying her. Every time I left house, even to go throw the garbage into the containers, the first thing I did was Call the office and tell Alejandro. If you were planning to take your child to the park, He called the office and consulted Alejandro and his whole life revolved around of her husband. If one day for whatever reason you had to go out and couldn't locate your husband because he was in court or at a meeting or something like that, So she stayed at home and didn't go out in case he found out and the men came back. blows and bad manners. The fear was something terrible, it ate away at her insides. a way that did not let her grow as a person, made her vulnerable to everyone. The eyes of the others noticed a change in Celeste that they did not know how to recognize, so They could only see that she seemed diminished, even less than what she had been, but they attributed everything to the responsibility that had been taken with his son, whom he did not leave day or night, whom he cared for with such care and care that did not let anyone touch him. Nobody could think that the problem was the blows which Alexander had provided with all the magnificence of which he was capable. The others saw him solicitous and always concerned and diligent in the face of all the whims of his wife and son. Whatever Celeste wants If it happened to ask, Alejandro was there to grant it, he would immediately appear at any gathering or any family event with a bouquet of roses, or a box of chocolates, or a jewel or a simple card on which he had put two words "I love you." But she didn't trust it, she had seen the other side of the coin and although he seemed to have changed, she knew what happened when he was was contrary, she knew his eyes that looked through her, she knew the weight of his hand on her face, she remembered perfectly how he had kicked her and Above all, what he could never forget was the humiliation he had felt when he had possessed her without any consideration. How he had taken force what she would willingly and in other circumstances have given of a thousand loves, not one but a thousand, what do I say a thousand!, If not a hundred thousand times if he I would have liked. Every time I saw him in front of me I could remember one by one the moments lived those days and an infernal hatred that came I didn't know where It boiled inside her and made it so that when he touched her or when he approached her For anything she felt really nauseous and wanted to vomit. But the fear, that fear that she felt that he would do her something led the boy to continue there at the foot of the canyon, trying to see his face before he got home to know what mood he was in, to know if that day there would be a fight or not and above all to try to protect the child and take him away to his room before I could anger him for something he did, or because He started crying or didn't want to eat or who knows why. The balance He was really unstable and anything could put him in a bad mood and cause an outbreak of violence with characteristics similar to those of the bomb Hiroshima. He arrived in an excellent mood, things had turned out wonderfully in the office and they had won a very difficult case thanks to a legal trick that he had come up with at the last minute and that It had made everything change dramatically. I'm going to take you to the best restaurant in the city! He said, Get dressed, we're leaving! Alejandro, she answered, smiling so that he wouldn't notice her nerves and didn't think I was going against him, remember the boy, don't We can go, who would we leave it with? Well, that's no problem, it will only take a couple of hours, feed him and leave him sleeping and when we come you feed him another time, he answered. Isn't it a good idea? And saying this he went towards the room to start dressing. Celeste followed him into the room and tried to talk. again with him. Honey, it's too small, we can't do that! ; think that Anything can happen to him! Celeste tried to reason. The environment had already changed, to the point that it had became cold and dense as if they were on a Moscow street in the middle of winter. Turning around, Alejandro told him almost without moving his lips and approaching dangerously "I'm going out to dinner, and my wife is coming with me, so one of two, either you leave the child asleep or you leave him crying, you will see what what you do, I don't care." While she stood firm but shrinking as much as possible so that the blow, which he knew was going to hit him, would be the least painful. Alejandro, he said with his voice trembling in his throat, I don't I'm going to go out without leaving the child with someone, for me it's as if you'd kill me, but don't I'm leaving here without him. Then what she expected arrived, she no longer took her for granted. surprise, the first blows found her waiting for them with all the tranquility that can be experienced in these situations; but what she doesn't what he expected was the large amount that came upon him and the violence that they they brought, it was like a torrential rain, a real tropical rain of blows, with all the force and energy with which the downpours discharge in the jungle, it was a veritable torrent of blows that carried her from one room to another without that he could take refuge in none of them and that caused him to fall everywhere and He would bleed from all parts of his body and there would come a time when he would The only thing she felt was a tremendous spiritual peace that filled her and It flooded into every pore of his skin. He felt like a light turned on end of the road and called for her to get there, she saw how from the On the other side of the light someone looked at her and smiled at her incessantly, with a warm and clean, a confident smile that said come closer, come with me, all your anxieties are over. All that vanished when he perceived the tremendous blows that his body was suffering when he fell down the stairs, hitting himself in the head, in the legs, arms, and chest, it was falling and falling incessantly and finally he stopped and the smile became wider and he tried to welcome it into his arms and cradle her. Cradle her? My God, the child! I have to clear my head, I I have to wake up! I'm sure he's going to go for it now! And that was his last thought. When he woke up the first thing he saw was light, a white light and strong that hit him in the eyes without any consideration and a person to whom who didn't know anything, so he asked her: Celeste, how are you feeling? She was still stunned and not really knowing what had happened. He answered: Where am I? What has happened? And my son? The lady with a wide smile answered: He fell down the house stairs; Thank goodness her husband arrived early and found her, otherwise she He would have bled to death, his son is fine, he is with his grandparents; and can't move a lot because he has a broken leg and a couple of ribs, plus a lot of d bruises all over the body. And lastly, I am a nurse who hired her husband to take care of you since he doesn't want you to miss anything while you are there. in the hospital. Suddenly everything lit up and he remembered everything that had happened. happened and how and why he was in the hospital and unable to to contain himself, he began to cry bitterly, with tears in which mixed his own physical pain together with his spiritual pain, feeling completely empty and to feel sorry and afraid for her son, what would happen to him when Did she die after a beating? He felt infinite pain and at the same time all the love What she had felt for her husband turned into a deadly, cold, huge, without any kind of consideration; all the love turned suddenly, in an instant, into a deep pain that broke her heart and forced her to breathe with great effort. And suddenly he saw it clearly, he saw it diaphanous, He saw with astonishing clarity the only way to live peacefully with his son It would be when he left, when he let them live in peace, when he no longer was in their lives...I was thinking about this and the door opened and the man appeared. his tall stature, his smile painted on his lips and a huge bouquet of roses red in the hands. Hello, princess, he said hello! How is my girl? The nurse who was there smiled when he saw him so in love and apologizing he left outside, while Celeste felt a knot form in her soul and she couldn't breathe, fear was visible on his face and sweat fell on all his pores of his skin, his eyes bulged out of their sockets and he felt a fear infinite when she is alone with her husband. My dear girl, said Alejandro, how could you make me this?. What a disappointment you have given me, I thought you had killed yourself, you must have Be more careful, imagine that when you fell down the stairs you had killed yourself, what would I have done without you? You are a bad girl, you put me in every situation....in Don't worry, I forgive you, but don't do it again, okay? Celeste couldn't believe what she was hearing, she was the one that he was in the hospital because of the beatings he received and yet it was him the one who forgave her, that man was wrong, he was unbalanced, he had to make some decision, I had to leave it, I had to...what did I say now? Look Celeste, I know we've had a bad time, but this isn't going to happen again, I already spoke to your parents and told them what was happening to you, the nerves that you had and that you were bad, so when you leave here we are going to take a psychiatrist to see you and that way you stop having those fantasies that you have and that of thinking that everyone is against you and that people hit you in the street or even I have gotten to put my hands on you on top of that, just like you said at the hospital when they brought you in...ha,ha,ha It's silly to think that I hit you, who would believe that? In short, they are things What do you think of while you're sick, but don't worry, we're going to do it. arrange. Well, this is the last straw, Celeste thought, so not even Not even my family is going to believe me, he has managed to make everyone think that the one who is wrong is me, he has managed to make people think I'm sick in the head, wow! How strong! How clever he is! bastard!; very good, well I will have to be smarter than him, I will have to use everything that against him. I don't know what I'll do but I have to solve this because yes. No next time he will kill me. While he was thinking this, Alejandro took his hands and he kept talking to him about the plans he had prepared for them in the future, The lips moved and moved incessantly while she didn't know what was happening. saying, he didn't understand anything at all. The days passed and she improved to such a point that she was already to be discharged from the hospital and the fear that this produced filled her complete, feeling in his hands again was killing her inside, she knew that As soon as he got home the beatings would start again, the bad words, the bad gestures, the hatred and the resentment, no, she didn't want to leave the hospital, She wanted to stay there all her life. The only problem was his son who didn't They let her in and she really wanted to see him again, to be with him on hugging him, kissing him, feeling him breathe against his chest, feeling him sleep next to his heart, that's why he had to go out again to face his future, with his life and above all with him. They went home and while he was driving and telling him things inconsequential, or at least things that didn't interest her at all, She was thinking about how her child would be, about how she would see him in what clothes he would wear. they would have put it up for her to see. The blow to the face came again, in the middle of traffic, in the middle of the avenue, out of nowhere, without any warning other than the pain itself again. But can we know what you are thinking? Are you crazy? Am I you telling how bad things are going for me at the office and you smiling? But it's good that you Do you think? Instead of worrying about me, you're happy? While this Alejandro shouted in the middle of traffic the blow no longer hurt her, she no longer noticed anything, so Only absolute inner peace came to him, he only noticed an immense light totally white that indicated the way to follow, so without losing the nerves, with all the tranquility in the world he settled back into the seat He got out of the car and put on his seat belt, and as he resumed walking home and kept screaming, she just didn't hear anything, she got into her world inside and continued thinking about his son, his cheek was becoming swollen so he Lowering the car's sunshade, she looked in the mirror and put on more makeup to that no one would notice. Alejandro, like a man possessed, kept screaming and screaming. telling her I don't know what things about how ungrateful she was and how bad who behaved with him, and she was his in her world without hearing and without wanting to remember. At last they arrived home and Alejandro became his normal self again. charming and smiling that everyone knew, he showed off his smile again immensely white and of his most suggestive conversation and again he got into everyone in your pocket. He kissed everyone and shook hands with the least known and The people were delighted. As Celeste approached the child's crib, she picked him up. arms and sitting in a corner she dedicated herself to rocking him, and that's how she fell asleep. Once again she was woken up by Alejandro's screams, which without Caesar reproached him for his actions and how he had had to let everyone They left when they saw her sleeping, how she had made a bad impression with her family and with his clients in addition to doing so with his bosses whom he had invited to to greet her and thus silence the rumors that he was an abuser, But was it that he hadn't heard anything I had told him in the car? Could you know what he was thinking? He was going to bed and she could already see where She went to bed because she wasn't going to do it with him. It was a relief for her to know that she was not going to sleep with him, So he settled on the couch as best he could with his child next to him. And waited for him he fell asleep When I notice him sound asleep with all the fear of world approached the bed and very slowly raised his right arm and gave it to him. tied to the headboard, he continued snoring deeply without realizing anything what was happening around him, turning around he approached the other end of the bed which he, with his size, occupied almost completely and again repeated the operation and attached the big man's other arm to the headboard of the bed. Going Then he grabbed each of the feet and tied them in the same way to the bed. so that Alexander was in the shape of a cross with the extremities tied and the body totally unprotected and unable to do anything to protect yourself. Celeste climbed onto the bed and grabbing the baseball bat that he had used on some occasion and standing on top of him with her legs open and standing, he hit him in the ribs with the first blow with all his strength. He The scream was immense, stunning, grotesque, an unimaginable howl, but when He tried to twist, to hold on to where the ropes had received the blow. They resisted all his push, despite the pull he had given, he was unable to loosen. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw the position of his woman and the bat in her hands and realize with lightning speed what was happening; something that had never occurred to him that could happen. He looked at her with tremendous eyes full of terror, a terror without palliatives, of an inhuman terror, he knew that no matter how much he did or said things had only just begun, that all the power he had over her, that all the fear that she had felt during these years ago, had disappeared and that now the one who would have to suffer would be him and that what I hoped it wouldn't be small, that what was presented next would to be the worst moment of his life, that's why fear filled his soul and every time He started to shake more waiting for what would come next. And this was not done wait, with a scream coming from the depths of her soul, Celeste returned to He lifted the bat and dropped it with all his strength on his left knee. of Alexander. He first noticed the noise of the bones breaking one by one. one while the leg was put at an impossible angle and then as if in a flash noticed the pain that it embedded in each and every one of the cells of his brain until it burst into a thousand and one pains that he did not know or could not distinguish where it came from because it was his entire body that hurt without cease. With a hysterical laugh Celeste told him: Alejandro, this is For your sake, I do it so that you realize that sometimes things have to be learn them with pain and that a woman also needs her husband to know how things work in a marriage; Do you understand my love? Well then we will go little by little teaching you so that you reach the total understanding of the soul feminine, don't worry, we have time, the child won't wake up until 7 in the morning and it's barely 3 in the morning, so don't worry You are going to learn everything, everything,... ha, ha, ha. Having said this, he hit the bat again on his right knee. of Alejandro who once again noticed how the little bones that formed his knee fell apart one by one due to the tremendous blow received and also realized before the physical pain arrived a very internal and very deep pain. great, which was when he realized that he would never walk again! They would never be able to The doctors will fix the mess that his wife was causing again. , then the physical pain came, that enormous, enormous pain that made him my head burst into a constellation of sensations I had never felt before and which made him stir again to try to free himself from his grip. ligatures, something he did not achieve, but he managed to get the ropes stuck to him but in his sore feet and in his already cut wrists. After the horrible scream that Alejandro threw, there was silence again and the house was plunged into the more absolute silence. Celeste spoke again: "My very dear Husband, do you understand why you have to respect people and not make them damage?. No, don't think it's because they can turn against us and also hit us, that's not it. It's because they are also human beings and They have as many rights as we do. But well, I see that you don't understand it that way I'll have to prove it to you." And again he picked up the bat and approached the head of Alexander. He saw what was coming and knew that this would be the one. last hit, he wouldn't have to worry about not walking alone he should worry that it did not kill him, because the blow would be devastating and would end for him. always with his life and therefore with all his fantasies and projects. In that precise moment in which fear riddled him from all sides with its fine needles realized what he had done with his life and with the lives of his two wives, since the first left without a trace after a beating that he had given her and this, well, Celeste was about to smashing her head with a blow after having sent her to the hospital wing after from another beating. God, what had he done with his life and the lives of those who had he loved? He thought of all this in a second, in a tenth of a second, while I watched the bat rise higher and higher and was going to crash into a couple of seconds against his head, which would be forever damaged if it was not died from such a blow. The bat started to go down and he couldn't close his eyes. so as not to see him when he reached the end of the journey, he already felt the pain that was going to cause and fear took over him, his sphincters loosened and he urinated and defecated while he saw how the bat continued to lower incessantly and at a speed of vertigo, it was already, it had already arrived, the blow was imminent, the end was was producing and then he heard a metallic noise, the bat had hit the bed, not against his head and with this thought he fainted. When he woke up, he noticed that it was already daylight, that he was hurting both legs and that he was alone. Despite the pain I was happy, I was happy, I was reborn, I was alive, my God, thank you, I was alive! I couldn't even imagine it, I didn't know how I had achieved it, He was tied, but alive. Then he noticed her presence; she was on the lintel of the door, she was with the child in her arms and her face was red from crying, but she I saw her very serene. Alejandro, look, the solution I propose is this: You you give the divorce, I leave with the child and nothing else, I don't want a house, money or nothing, just the child and you keep everything else, but you don't even come close. chance to us; for nothing, not to see the child or for anything at all. Nor will you denounce me for what happened here last night and I will not say anything about it. the blows that you have given me during these years. You will say that you fell down the stairs or whatever you want when you call the ambulance, but don't try to meet or I will come back and I promise that I will finish the work I started last night. If you agree, tell me and if not also so that we can take the timely decisions. You won't be able to walk anymore, but that's all you can do. It will have happened, you have left me mutilated for love for the rest of my life, so we are both even. Once Alejandro said yes, he cut his ties. one of his hands and turning around he left the house with what he wanted most. in his life, his son, whom he would try to educate in equality and respect for the others, whether they were men or women. Two years later Celeste achieved economic stability after working hard to raise her son and achieve happiness that he deserved. She never allowed any other man to approach her. propose love or even a coffee, with which his wounds would never truly they came to heal. Alejandro, for his part, continued working in his law firm. lawyers, although he was helped by a wheelchair, since he was never able to stand up. He paid a nurse to help him with things around the house. house and never consented to approach a woman for anything, not even to invite her to coffee. He didn't try to look for Celeste or his son. She dedicated her career to defending abused women for their husbands. The lives of both of them were forever marked by this horrible love story