Little by little things are falling into place

It's been a week and they're finally going to discharge me, I'm not 100% recovered, I need to do some therapy to recover my muscle mass, I have to undergo skin treatments, even though the infections had already passed, I had dryness among other things, recovering my figure and who I was before was difficult, maybe that was not going to be again, but I had a future ahead of me.

“Ready, my queen, I'm going to take you home” Carlos takes me by the waist and helps me walk, that had also been a bit difficult for me, he is carrying my suitcase, my children are waiting for me at home, Carlos is He had behaved so well in recent days, and it seemed that his was true love, because everything he had done for me showed me that his was true love.

“Thank you, my love, thank you for everything, you don't know how eager I am to get home, I don't remember the last time I was there, do you know if they already collected everything from my ex-husband?” I didn't want to come and find anything of his

“Yes, they already took care of that, calm down, the house is now perfect for you and your children, they also have good news, the police returned all the seized money to your hands, to the original accounts and they were all in the name of Both of us, but since he's in jail and because of everything that happened, that only corresponds to you”.

“Your wrong honey, there is another person who needs Christopher's money much more than I do, but we'll do that later, for now I just want to go home.”

“Come on my dear” we both left the hospital, he took me in his taxi, and when I got in it, I felt beautiful memories going through my heart, I liked Carlos, despite everything, I loved him, but I didn't know if I was safe for Being with him, so many things were happening, it confused me, I didn't know if he really felt love or if what happened to him with his ex-girlfriend was happening to him before he died, that he only felt compassion for her.

But I preferred to stay in the position that he was with me only "for love", the truth was that I didn't want to get hurt again.

When I got home and opened the door, I was beautiful, there were balloons everywhere, and a beautiful welcome sign, my employees were smiling to see me again, I hadn't talked to them in months, there were a couple of friends waiting for me too, yes that surprised me, Tamara and Eva, the owner of the company where Carlos was working were there, they both jumped in and hugged me, there is food on the table, there is a beautiful cake, everyone is happy and they give me the best welcome There are also gifts for me, and I feel happy, I would love for my father to be with us, but he was in a better place and from there he took care of me, he did it together with my mother, all the pain that ever existed between them and I would never return, because we had forgiven each other, even after death.

“But why are there gifts and a cake?” I ask surprised

“Well, mom. Today is your 35th birthday, didn't you remember?” everyone smiles

“. No! I had forgotten, I had forgotten that we were in May and that I was celebrating my birthday, time has passed so quickly, no wonder I felt so old, I looked at Carlos and smiled at him.”

"But the years don't pass you by, you're a real mommy" I blush at his words, which were a bit out of tune, while everyone on hearing him burst out laughing.

I was so happy to be celebrating another year of life next to the people who loved me and loved me. I don't know which of that group Carlos was in, but I felt that as the days went by, it wasn't just fun, I was starting to love him with my guts, I also felt reciprocated on his part, and that was what really mattered.

The following days were very calm for me, my children had returned to their normal school and university routines, and I was recovering satisfactorily at home, little by little thanks to exercise, care, and a good diet, I was beginning to recover my figure. I was wearing a wig, because my hair did take a long time to grow back, but compared to what it was when they released me, I was beginning to regain my confidence, I can't deny it, at night I still had nightmares of the kidnapping and from the darkness to which I was confined, but I had started a psychological treatment to forget about all that, it was necessary.

I wanted to contact Lucia, but no one knew anything about her, she had quit her job, and Samantha had also changed her number so neither my daughter nor I knew about her, and that disappointed me, because I wanted to give her what she deserved, and I didn't she was speaking in a bad context, she had two little ones with Christopher, and she deserved his money more than anyone else, especially to ensure support, maintenance, and even more so if she had quit her job, even though she had tried to locate her, it had been impossible, it appears that the earth would have swallowed her.

In three weeks it would be Christopher's final trial, since the day I was released from the kidnapping I had not seen him and having to do it again repelled me, but it was necessary, although I wanted to see him before his trial, I wanted to know if he was sorry , if he was saner, he wanted to know why he had done everything he did to me, that pushed him to go crazy.

So I asked permission to talk to him in prison, a visit they call, it was very difficult, because we were in the process of a trial, I was his victim, I would have no reason to talk to him, but I needed him to be able to sleep in peace, she wanted to speak to him more serenely, more calmly, to be able to look into his eyes without hate, and finally have peace.

I went to jail, and I sat at that table separated by glass, where the only means of contact was a phone, I had never been to jail, and I didn't think it was as real as what was seen in the movies, I nervously waited for them to call him.

Meanwhile in the cells

“Hopkins, you have visitors” a guard approaches his cell, he was reading a book, he didn't look bad, he didn't look crazy, rather he seemed calm.

“Who is it?” he calmly answers the guard.

“I don't know, they just sent me for you”.

He gets up from the slab where he was and leaves with his hands handcuffed, his feet are also chained, he had been classified as a highly dangerous inmate, and, to tell the truth, he was too dangerous, if he dared to face the policemen, it was because he was not afraid of anything.

Amanda

It's been about fifteen minutes since I got here, I'm dying of nerves, my hands are sweating, and my heart is racing, I'm afraid I have a drop in blood pressure, but I made sure to take my medicine before leaving until the visit, I'm terrified I wasn't sure I wanted to be there, but I can't do anything anymore, a guard was bringing him, I see how Christopher is chained hand and foot and is dragging his steps, he has an orange uniform, but he doesn't look like the last time I saw him I saw, he looks very normal in his eyes, there is rather calm, he was crazy!

“ Amanda! but what are you doing here?” Cristopher raises the phone horn where we should talk and asks me as if it were a visit from friends and I am totally baffled

“Honestly, I don't know what I'm doing here”.

“Baby, I'm so glad to see you, I thought you had died since the event last time and I couldn't carry one more death, but I'm glad you're here in front of me”.

“ Are you serious Christopher? You talk to me as if nothing had happened at all, you almost killed me” I let go with all the pain that remembering caused me

“Amanda, I don't know what happened to me, I think you knew me for more than ten years, and I wasn't that evil, it was a few months that I was possessed by evil, Serena's bad influence, and all the situations that I was living, were the ones that led me to make so many mistakes, but I have regretted it, although I know that this is no longer valid, if one day you could forgive me I could be at peace, I will never leave here again.” his The impudence seemed incredible to me, I don't know what I was expecting with this visit, if it was obvious that he was going to give me a stupid justification.

“Maybe I can forgive you, but there is an earthly justice and also a divine one from which you will not be saved, you hurt many people, you murdered innocent people, because Serena did not deserve to die the way she did Now you are living here, locked up but alive, with a life you don't deserve” I told him that last thing with such anger, I didn't ask to believe the serenity with which he was speaking to me, it sounded as if we were talking about a game of chess that I know

“I understand that you're hurt Amanda, in your place, I would be the same or worse than you, but I can't do anything to remedy the past, I can only pay for the consequences of my actions, and I'm more than clear that I'm not going to go from here. never leave.”

“You deserve it!”

“Shh stop hating dear, before you go, you could tell my three children that I love them with my soul, ask Lucia for forgiveness for me, give them all my money, well whatever you think she deserves to live with my children, that is something I ask you to do honestly, because it is also my money, tell Santiago that I love him and that I hope he does not hold a grudge and that he forgives me” he sounded so cynical and full of impudence”

He simply put the horn back in place, looked at the guard, enough of Christopher, forever.