A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

“Are you sure you want to do this fellow human?” Asked the man in a black coat holding a golden staff.

Andres swallowed in fear. “Yes I do."

The man in black coat disappeared, leaving Andres alone in an empty space. Andres started yelling at the top of his voice.” Are you going to help me... where are you.?

“Father, Father wake up.” Dina shook her father gently back to reality.

“Dina please get me water.” Andres said why breathing heavily and trying very hard to catch his breath.

Dina helped her father get comfortable on his bed after he drank the water.

“Father what’s wrong, why do you keep yelling at someone in your dreams?” Dina now looking concerned at her father’s situation.

“It’s nothing dear, just a dream.” Andres placed his hand on her head and smiled.

“Okay father, I have to go now; some couples are coming to the orphanage today to adopt a child."Dina kissed her father goodbye and left his room.

"OH Dina I hope you will be able to forgive me for what I have done, but I have to do this in order to save a good future for you. You will never suffer like your mom and I did. I promised your mother before she died that I will give you a better future than we had and I will fulfill it no matter what."

Andres got dressed and went to work after Dina was long gone. Andres is into electronics; he sells electrical appliances in the city but he never made sales in the past 3 months. He hated the fact that he could not cater for his daughter’s needs in this past months so he decided to seek help from the Lord of darkness which is the devil.

“Good day to you sir, you have a mail.” said the mailman

“A mail for me?"Andres replied with confusion written all over his face.

“Yes sir, please sign here.” pointing at the blank space on his notepad.

After the mailman left, Andres opened the letter that he just received and began to read.

‘If you really need my help you have to do one simple thing, just give me your soul.'

“My soul.” Andres was not too surprised by the devil’s request; he had heard stories of how people sell their soul to the devil.

“Yes your soul, don’t act surprised human.” said the man in black coat from his dreams.

“Ho… How did you get inside?” Andres addressed the man while shivering uncontrollably.

“If you want to be a billionaire in a month just print DVL on all your electronics before selling them and your greatest wish will be fulfilled.” Then disappeared the man in black.

“How am I sure it will work?” Yelling at the top of his voice not expecting an answer.

Andres locked up his shop and went straight to the printing press downtown to inquire for a printing job and how much it would cost him.