CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 20

JUANES CASANOSSA

JUANES WAS LOOKING AT THE CEILING of his hospital room, thinking about everything he had lived through that week.

It was too good to be true...

The doctor came in.

— You are better, Mr. Juanes Casanossa?

— I can't tell you, doctor.

— For now, I just want to reassure you, the organ they extracted was not vital, you will be able to live without any major problems, many people live without their kidneys, with some exceptions, in your case, just take certain precautions.

— It's not the kidney, doctor, it's something else that worries me.

— Is it something that can help you?

— I don't think so, but thank you, Doctor, for worrying about me, I'll remember that.

The doctor nodded and left.

Juanes was released from the hospital a week later.

WHEN JUANES ARRIVED AT HIS APARTMENT, he had an unexpected surprise.

— You? — He said when he saw Silvia lying completely naked on the couch and smoking a cigarette.

She got up and walked seductively like a rutting cat to the window.

— I know that if I explained the real reason I wouldn't understand or accept it, but I want to say that everything that happened between us was true, it was the best night of my life.

— Of course… you say that because it wasn't your kidney that was taken out.

— I've lost a lot more than a kidney in my life and I'm not complaining.

Juanes watched Silvia's every move around the house intently.

Suddenly, she went to Juanes and gave him a kiss and in less than a minute, they were already in bed making love like the night they met.

— I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND...

— A unique opportunity arose, Juanes, I needed to be free, but when I met you, everything was different...

— But... why me? — You could have anyone you wanted...

— Because I love you...

— But you don't even really know me...

— I feel like I've known you for so many lifetimes, I've waited so many years to find someone like you...

After that, they went back to making love again three more times.

JUANES AND SILVIA ENTERED an alley trying to hide.

— What was that?

A voice came out of the gloom of the night.

— Did you think I'd escape?

Silvia recognized Victor's voice immediately and felt a dizzying, guttural chill rise through her vertebrae.

— What are you…?

Victor squeezed the trigger.

Silvia went to the ground to hold her lover.

— Bloody hell — she shouted, — what have they done to him?

Victor pulled Silvia by the hair violently and dragged her away from Juane's inert body.

— You are mine bitch — Victor said menacingly, — do you understand? It's not enough to have betrayed me with my father and this Zé Ruela, if you want to die, just ask, but as long as you breathe, your soul belongs to me.

Silvia was crying desperately.

— Let's go, John, your mission is over.

— I believe he's still alive, let me give him a mercy shot?

— If I were to be merciful, I'd have a home for abandoned children, John, leave that worm right there, I believe he's got what he deserves, and another, soon my father's plan will come to fruition, we can't wait any longer.

John McCarty took a drag on his cigar and puffed in Juane's face.

— I still come back for your soul, damn it, no one survives a shot from the Fallen Angel.

Silvia had already heard about him in the newspapers, but she would never have imagined that one day she would meet him.

Silvia was thrown violently against the living room wall of Victor's apartment.

— So what do you want?

Silvia heard absolutely nothing he had said.

— Let me take care of him, Juanes needs me...

Victor came close to Silvia and kissed her affectionately.

— You are my queen in this new time of darkness that we will be starting soon, if I hear one more time the name of this worm here in this house, you will die, understand?

Silvia looked at Victor as if he were a stranger.

— Believe me — he said — tomorrow you will be much better.

Victor punched her and Silvia fainted.

VICTOR WAS LOOKING at Silvia in a recovery room, her effigy was of pure satisfaction.

— So, Doctor, how is she going to be?

— You will remember absolutely nothing when you wake up, as you asked, the procedure was a success.

Victor smiled satisfied.

In the end, she will only be mine...

— ARE YOU OK LOVE? — Victor said affectionately when he saw Silvia wake up.

Silvia looked at him strangely.

— Who are you?

Victor had acted out that moment for two days without getting tired.

— What do you mean, who am I? — He smiled nervously — I'm Victor, your husband.

— I'm sorry, but I don't remember you, in fact, I don't remember anything at all.

Victor looked at the doctor who smiled back at him, showing that he was completely satisfied with the result.

— Rest assured, my love — he held your hand affectionately —, I'll take you home and everything will be fine again, I won't let anyone hurt you again.

— What happened with me?

Victor grimaced, seeming to suffer a lot from what he was about to reveal.

— They kidnapped you, we tried every way to negotiate with the damned, but they threw you in a lake so they could escape, if we weren't around, you would probably be dead, and so would I, since I don't know if I could live without you.

Silvia hugged Victor.

— Thank you so much, I don't know how all this happened...

— Maybe it's much better this way, everyone suffered with what happened, but everything will be fine, no matter the past, everything will go back to the way it was...

Silvia doesn't know why she felt a shiver of fear.