Mandeline was happy. She really was. She had paid the rental company off for the car she had broken, she didn't technically break it but still they didn't care less. She got to the airport and she was a bit edgy, she was thinking of the man that followed her when she was going to Detroit. But she relaxed when she got into the plane, but her mind was racing. Then the thought struck her, amongst all the other of her thoughts, this one was loud and clear, she heard it vividly.It was the fact that she likes to do the job of other people and not work on her own. Technically, the voice in her head was telling her that she liked to work under someone else. She liked to be the shadow, she liked to be led. Of course she didn't like the thought, she tried to brush it off but the more she tried the more it dawned on her that it was true. She though about it very much, she had all the time to think about it lenghtily and she did. She had always been the body while Rosé had

I got home but I didn't come with the chopper, I drove myself home from the airport. I walked into the living room, it was empty.I wondered if anybody was home.. I went to check the patio, I went to the waiting room, I went to the keeping room, there was nobody. So I decided that if I got upstairs, I would call Mandeline to ask where she was. I went to my room and the door was slightly ajar. Mandeline might be inside.When I walked in, she was inside alright, she was with Rosetta and another man. My safe had been cracked, I could see that, everything was coming to me slowly, but still they were coming. I saw Mandeline tossing the suitcase to Rosetta, that was the suitcase containing the five hundred grand, there was another bigher case containing five million euro, that too, was in Rosetta's hand.“What's happening here?." I asked, my mind was still processing things but it was working too slow. I saw Mandeline reach into the safe, brought out a gun and then she

I walked out of the motel and I saw a cab right in front of the motel and it was empty and it was about to leave so I called the driver's attention. I entered into the cab and asked the driver to take me to any motel he knows. The road was busy, there was light traffic, I felt sick of thinking of what Mandeline did to me. I concentrated on the road, at least I tried to but my mind would constantly go to other places. But I didn't judge myself, some few minutes ago I almost got shot. I wondered if Mandeline would have pulled the trigger, the place where she hit me still hurts, badly. My mind constantly went back to the day we had met.She had the most prettiest face I had ever seen and she had the body of a goddess. I remember hiding behind that box that day, watching her come closer. I remember how she had saved me the next day, I remember the days after that. We had gone from one boarding house to another, trying to work our way through life. We were just two

It was mid afternoon. I didn't have anything to do, I was lonely. I had gone to Ará's house but to my surprise she had moved. Jesus. I was a fool to treat her that way. You only know you love her when you let her go. I didn't know where to find her, I called her but the line wasn't going through, once again we had separated sourly and I didn't know whether or not we were going to meet again but I swear that I would make it up to her if we met again. The weather was cool. I sat in my varanda watching the trees and the sky. Watching Ará's swimming pool that was now dry. I couldn't do anything else. It's been days since Rosetta died. I didn't feel guilt, I just felt empty. I felt empty and sad. The loneliness made everything seems too intense.I knew that I was stable just because of the bliss I felt behind the pain I felt bliss and total serenity because I hadn't ended up with the wrong person. Imagine if I never even found out about Mandeline. I played my life backwarss

“Darwin."It was my dad, my own father was holding a gun to my head. “This is so unbelievable, my own father is pointing a gun at me.“ I was shocked, I could hardly find my voice. I didn't expect it from him but what could I say. " It shouldn't have gotten to this. It wouldn't have gotten to this if you had just cooperated that day and just sent the money. “" My money, I know what to do with my money and what not to do. “" If it weren't for us you would have been peniless. ““I always wonder what you mean by that and still I wonder, till this day what you mean."“Move."“You're not going to shoot me, are you?." I asked him.“Oh, I won't, only if you be a good son and send the money to us, now we're going inside, after you send the money to us, you don't have to bother about seeing us again, we won't bother you. We just need this money as a head start, were expecting more from other sources, Hensley took bullions from us, we just need a few millions from you."" How long have you b