Their points of view

I think the third one was the one Lauren used to get away from her son and Kim.

— Your mother is a demon, a filthy liar!

— I don't think she was the only liar, Mom. Not that my father was dead?

— Dead?! That's what you told him.

— You chose your family, so it was the same as being dead.

— I didn't know you were in a state.

— And that justifies it.

Anjil came to me, and a sense of sadness seized me, I thought I was going to lose my new friends, that she would hit me or scream.

— Well… —She hugged me—. I'm sorry, you are not guilty of anything, so don't cry.

— But I feel like I am.

— Of course not, you did your part, you told us the truth. You could have kept it quiet forever.

— Thank you, Anjil… You're not upset?

— Oh yes, of course, I am, I'm sorry to say this, but that fucki** bit** #?#… of your mother's.

— Oh, wow! My ears hurt from so many bad words—. I hope she rots in hell… well, now that I've got that out of my system, you can rest assured, I won't say anything more about your mother.

— You can say whatever you want.

— No, I already did. — What a change of heart—. Now I'd like to know more information about this. Like what animals she tied us up with, the results of the tests done, those things you know, crazy and nonsense but that the doctor… — He extended the r and looked voraciously at the man who stood still in the corner-. Plan, kindly explain to me, since for years he has been poking and prodding me without consent.

The man swallowed dryly.

— I'll be happy to explain everything.

— Oh, of course, you will. Ale, I'm leaving with Mr. bald, see you Monday love.

She kissed my cheek and left with the man. After watching them leave, my eyes met with Lee, he looked at me with disdain and left behind Anjil. My heart crumpled like a prune in pain, I now understood why my obsession with him, my mother had made me addicted to him like a faithful dog.

Dael's parents were still in chaos, I saw how he ran away, and I followed him. My feet already hurt from running, but I couldn't leave him alone, it was my duty to keep him safe. He climbed a hill and I found him at the top, I practically crawled to the top.

— You're the best at climbing, supposedly.

— Yes climbing… — I gasped—. Not running.

He laughed.

— I always knew there was something wrong with me, you know. I had too much charisma, women stuck to me like chewing gum.

— They still stick to you; I think my mother went a little overboard on that part with you and Lee. I think she put it all on the two of you.

We started laughing.

— You hear us talking about your mother, it's like she's our creator.

—I'm sorry, however, if we're going to use terms, she was more like the anti-creator. Which dipped her hands, in a perfect creation of nature.

— Um… I want to be upset, but I must admit that your mother was right. — I looked at him without understanding—. The humans are perishing, agonizing in small spaces of land. Nature aims to exterminate us and that's why our colonies are shrinking increasingly; because of the animals, because of the earth's changes, or because of some crazy fuckers who want to annihilate us all at once and be left alone. — He turned and looked at me. That's why I agree with her that, something had to be done, we are crowded in isolated points.

>> It's not about stealing from mother nature, which in the end we have failed, but about surviving as a species. How? I don't know, but something inside me says that we will know soon and that we are the first step, thanks to your mom.

— You're crazy!!!!

He came up to me and grabbed my shoulders.

— What's done is done, and we must move on, we must find a way together. On the bright side, I'm like a freaking superhero, and I'm destined for a beautiful, intelligent woman and the only one I'm crazy about. So, it wasn't so bad.

— Holy cow! Really?! Good luck with that… Men, I'm out of here.

— No, wait, let's go down together.

— No, thanks, I want you away from me, crazy. Birdbrain.

— What?!

— Look, what a load of crap to talk about.

I went downstairs fighting with myself until I got home, luckily there were no more fights and Dael's parents were waiting for him to talk.

— Well, it could have been worse.

— For whom, dad? Your wife got me addicted to the only man who hates me the most. No, and then they say she is a great scientist and that the whole experiment went well. — I said it already, leaving—. That crazy woman ruined my life forever, it's the end.

— Teenagers, what are we going to do with her mood swings?

— I'm not a teenager in meltdown anymore, dammit!

— Wow! What a good ear you have.

I locked myself in the room and sat on the bed in a bad mood. But as time went on, I began to see things as Dael said. He was right, there was nothing we could do anymore, so why complaint? Perhaps, we had the capacity to at least try to improve our lives as humans. And yes, we had been modified; however, we were just who we wanted to be. With our personality, I was not going to let genetics rule my life in terms of desires and tastes.

I know I am head over heels in love with Lee; however, I am not going to give up, I cannot. If we are going to seek an answer, love will only get in the way, I know that. So, I choose to put it aside, I must forget about this fatal attraction we have.