18 The great truth I

That morning Mr. Watson was waiting for us under the residence, I put on the coat that Andina gave me and went downstairs while I made a tail and hid my hair a little, the Buddhist rosary of Lunita had become a soothing for me, I felt that when I touched it my emotions calmed down and gave me courage at the same time.

We got in her car and after 2 hours we arrived at a small house, when we got out of the car a boy told us

Boy on skateboard: I don't think it's a good idea for me to stop there, that man is very grumpy and a bit of a troublemaker -while he was going back on his way he stops and says to me- I like your look.

With a slight laugh I thanked him while the boys whispered

Manuel, Elvis, Renato and Mr. Watson: they like it older.

I couldn't help but laugh and as I looked at the old house I touched the rosary and took a deep breath and told them: let's go inside.

I opened the gate and we walked to the house, seeing that garden space all damaged and almost lifeless made me sad, I knocked at the door and there was no answer at the first knock and it made me remember yesterday, I took a breath and knocked four more times until I saw a man with a somewhat wrinkled and haggard physical appearance and opened the door with a bang while in an angry tone he says

Marcelo: What do you want, don't you have anything better to do?

And before he could insult me I said: "Wow, how quickly you forget about the family Marcelo, no wonder you are alone.

And before he spoke I pulled down my hood and when he saw who I was he was astonished and when I saw that he wanted to hug me I moved away and he said: why are you rejecting your grandfather, Amanda.

I covered my ears and made an awkward gesture, which made him mention my real name and say: how ironic, you have the same gestures of someone I knew years ago.

I looked at him angrily and answered: "Who, maybe it's Sapphire?

He looked at me astonished and said in a doubtful tone: "Who told you that name?

I took a deep breath while I closed my eyes and said: since I woke up I have seen that you have never talked about my sister and me, now I find out that you call my niece Amanda and to put the cherry on the cake you say that your mother is Amanda, what did our mother do to you to betray her like that?