“Where is he?” she asked Andrew's mother, the first man to enter the house.Andrew's mother just pointed to the kitchen. She didn't know whom they were looking for, but she was sure it wasn't her.“STEP! STEP!” they walked quickly into the kitchen. And they analyzed the situation.“It's good that they arrived. Let's take the people from here. They call themselves Boss's parents. Let's find out and ask for an answer”The man spoke and after picking up the pan, he took out one of the brownies, and threw it in the face of Andrew's stepfather.“Now eat that sh*t! You were acting very smart"“Splash!” the Brownie splattered across Andrew's stepfather's face like it was sh*t. And that man left while Andrew's mother and stepfather were routed to one of the area's operations headquarters.The brownies were completely eaten. And inside that barracks, one of the men who looked like the boss had a walkie-talkie in his hand and was looking at Andrew's mother and stepfather as if he were a policem
Andrew felt his suitcase crush his head, “PAFF!”. His own suitcase had been thrown at Andrew and that made him wake up, blinking his eyes very fast in fright. He couldn't bring his hands to his face because he was tied up.“Argh! What is this?”Andrew tried to adapt his eyes to the local light.“You're in your new home. Now this is first class”Andrew managed to adapt his eyes to the brightness of the place and realized that he was in a kind of very poorly maintained room where some men were playing poker and drinking beers. There was also a lot of smoke in the air, but Andrew couldn't be certain what they were smoking because the smoke was coloured.There were also the two men with ponytails who had picked Andrew up at the airport, and it was very likely they were the ones who had knocked him out.(Luckily I didn't die from that blow, but I'm glad nothing bad happened to me. How is it possible that they managed to kidnap me? Now, what do I do? I feel like I don't have my phone here,
That shirtless man began to approach Andrew and after realizing that everyone, there was unable to stop him, either due to lack of conscience or visible fear, he reduced the fire in himself until it stopped illuminating that dark night.“Cough! Cough!” Andrew was coughing, still tied up against the wall. The drinking had long since passed, but he thought he was seeing things.“Hey Boss, why didn't you wait for me at the airport? I was scared when I found out that you were kidnapped. What a mess."The man speaking to Andrew had a slight Latin accent. He lifted him, and after tearing the ropes that bound Andrew with his bare hands, he helped him to shake himself. It was full of dust.“But who are you?”“I am the person responsible for you in this country, Boss. You can call me Hernand"Hernand left that place, and Andrew followed. A helicopter came down from the sky that night and picked up fur.“You really jumped out of the helicopter, Hernand. You're crazy. “ The pilot looked at the s
“Get out of my way!” – Andrew was pushed by a homeless in that Sterlin Square full of people.The talking noises were the most diverse. There were high school students, people in a hurry to get to their appointments, pickpockets that grabbed the most distracted, and people trying to attract your attention to sell you something.People's steps were not timed, but it was as if everyone followed a unique rhythm in the middle of that square. They were following an eternal wave movement that would become smaller at dusk.(And in the middle of it all, I was aimless, wandering through the crowd trying not to be stepped on because I had already been pushed too much. I just wanted to get out of that sea of people and realized that if I approached the walls of shops and cafes, I would free myself from that suffocation. I was tired, I couldn't find my stepfather's friend's pizzeria. The location sent to me on the phone said I was in the right place, but I can't see a pizzeria even if I rotated 3
Andrew held up his hands as if to apologize. He couldn't speak because his throat was too tight to try to relax. He would die of asphyxiation or close to it.Andrew was dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes. His back touched the ground making a noise that echoed in the place, but even with that, the structure of the establishment did not shake."From today onwards, you will take care of this pizzeria as if it were your own."Still scared Andrew couldn't pass up that opportunity."From this Pizzeria, in that case.""What?"Andrew repeated "Pizzeria" using an Italian accent and moved the tips of the five fingers together as if he was really one.This time, the one who was now his boss didn't even need to speak. He shot Andrew a withering look and he flinched as if he were about to be hit.A week later he had already learned how to make the place welcoming, and habitable for customers. His boss was constantly yelling at him or pushing him through walls. For a young adult in his 27
Andrew wasn't a virgin, but he hadn't been involved with many women in his life. That's why he was a little inexperienced."Of course, I want to. But where do we do that? In my house, it's not possible, and in the pizzeria even less." Andrew always spoke in an uncertain way.Without vigour in his voice."Don't worry about it, let's go to my house." Alice, as always, was very quick to find solutions when the subjects were the ones that interested her."I think it might be. W-And when is this?""Today, of course. I want it now."Andrew was astonished and looked at his friend inside his pants as if they were both trying to figure out what was going on. His friend was also scared, so much so that Andrew had a boner."But I'm not prepared. How am I supposed to do that?"Alice didn't even wait for his answer and was already dragging him by the hand so they could leave that cinema.They had gone to watch a movie with the movie theatre empty so they could talk.Alice, as Andrew found out late
Andrew was lying in his room looking at the ceiling, projecting the next day.(All I could think about is Alice. I want to know what she is doing at the moment. But I have no courage to text her at night. Tomorrow I have to wake up early to go to work. And I don't want to bother her too. She most likely is at a family dinner, or at a fancy restaurant with friends chatting.)Andrew's mother had kept part of the money he had managed to make that day. It was normal, but at least now he had a little money for himself.At least he was able to eat something nice now and start getting ready to leave his mother's house. His mother even was complaining about the food he was eating at her home."You are not worth the food you eat you brat."His mother never gave Andrew enough freedom to have friends outside the house. And Andrew wasn't used to trusting people. And that's why he hardly talked to people. And when he talked to a person, they usually treated him badly. That's why he liked Alice. So
The guests fell in shock at that answer."I don't want to marry Andrew, priest."The bride came out of that chantry full of roses. She put on the sandals that she had left outside the chantry."My good people. This nonsense ends here. The wedding is over and I'm leaving." Alice pretended to drop an invisible microphone. And while everyone watched, Alice took her best friend's hand and left the hall where she was supposed to marry Andrew."She left the groom at the altar alone.""He looks like a beggar. I still want to understand what he does on that altar.""Alice made the right choice. We're just wasting time here." One of the uncles was speaking in the midst of the people who were beginning to empty the wedding hall."I'm leaving. This marriage has been pretty good so far.""Michael, bring us lots of beers. Today I won't stop drinking until tomorrow." A cousin of Alice's was speaking, as if he had already forgotten why he was there.Andrew watched as the hall emptied as the priest p