CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

Josie McMillan

IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR since Guillian was missing and the newspapers that used to report hours on end the news of his son's kidnapping, nowadays don't even remember that Josie was a great actress of international success and almost awarded an Oscar, who was married to one of the biggest producers and actors in Hollywood of the last decade, everything had come down to the most complete anonymity, after all, the media sells what makes the most profit and when they stopped profiting from his misfortune, they stopped investing in it and got some money. another thing.

Among so many misfortunes that had happened in his life, there were still a few remnants of good news and one of them was that of Mark and the miracle of his triumphant return to the stage that made news around the world, generating several documentaries and television specials.

Josie was happy to see the recovery and Mark's first show, even in a wheelchair, was still captivating, played only slow songs, even because his fingers were not 100% yet, but you could already feel the magic coming out of his instrument, but above all, the magic that overflowed in his heart. She didn't know if he still loved her, but she could clearly tell he was in love with someone.

The meeting of the two was watered with emotions and remarkable memories.

— I'm glad to see you on the mend.

Mark smiled.

— I wish you'd met someone special, she was responsible for all of this.

Marina stayed by her side and could see the magic that existed between them, she didn't need to be an expert on the subject to see that there always was, there is and always will be something between them, but Marina had other concerns in mind than worrying about where to go. Mark had dabbled in the past.

— He's a bigot, all the heavy lifting has been done for him.

Josie smiled and said:

— Mark has always been a hardworking person, it would be the most natural thing for him to win this one more.

Marina shook Mark's long hair and said:

— He's the best patient I've ever had.

She bent her body and gave him a kiss, Josie couldn't say, but that scene made her totally uncomfortable at that moment, however, she smiled at her opponent, admitting a temporary defeat.

GETTING TO KNOW MARINA — his current girlfriend — had been more peaceful than he imagined, despite the mix of emotion that it represented inside him, it wasn't necessarily jealousy, but she somehow wanted to be in her place.

Josie knew that choosing Tony over Mark had been a mistake, but she would also have been martyred to be with Mark thinking about Tony, she had made a bad choice, she was reaping the fruits of it, but she was also ready to change her luck.

As much as she was ready to kill Anthony, he was still sorely missed, not the Tony after marriage, the Tony of adolescence that they would both never forget...

JOSIE Woke up in the middle of the night and was naked in her living room, as usual, there was a nightmare that was nagging her, replaying tirelessly in her head.

Tony said:

I prefer the 'other' Josie...

She never understood what that meant, Tony sometimes said that and Mark said something similar that left her in doubt with herself.

Sometimes you scare me, it gives the impression that you're not even the one talking to me... it's very strange, your look just changes from one moment to the next.

As much as one mistake doesn't justify another, she knew there was some mystery around them that she didn't know about and that would probably be the key to all the mystery in their lives, maybe, about Guillian.

JOSIE WENT TO TALK to a psychologist and he indicated that she should undergo a hypnosis session, so that she would get to know the deepest of her being, something that even escaped her, it would be a safe procedure and that it would not affect her, she had already heard about this procedure, but having to undergo it, she felt somewhat insecure.

Gradually the light in the room went out until, suddenly, everything went black and Josie began to see things in the room as if it were a dream, the same kind of dream she had almost every day with Tony, something surreal, like seeing through the eyes of a ghost that stalked her all the time.

— COULD YOU TELL ME your name?

— Jacqueline...

— Jacqueline of what?

— Jacqueline Monae.

— Do you know Josie McMillan, Jacqueline?

— I know...

— What is your relationship to her?

— We don't have any specific relationship, she doesn't even know I exist or what I've done in our lives.

— Something specific?

— Some silly pranks...

— And how did you feel about Anthony Melthow, husband of.

— I know very well who he was, I was disgusted with him... I couldn't stand him anymore, that petulant way of being... that 's why I ended him...

— Let's close the session...