PART III (COMPLICATIONS)

INTRODUCTION

Jack had a family relationship, his dad was a mechanic, and his mom a nurse. His dad sometimes yelled and hit him for nothing, just being drunk was enough to make Jack cry a lot. Jack's father was a hard worker when he was well, Jack sometimes got tired and answered his father, but his father beat him up until he left a helpless and injured child crying. At his school Jack was a great kid despite his family relationship and Jack had good friends who helped with his problems and tried to understand him. This is a story that talks about strengthening the family; I want this story to give you an idea of ​​how to solve these problems. This story has many twists and turns until a solution is finally achieved.

CHAPTER I

Jack was at home with his dad, his dad was drinking with some friends in the garden, and his mom was in the hospital. When the friends left the house, his father Juan enters the house and sees his son sitting on the table doing homework, and he says:

- What are you doing son, what is wrong with you? Instead of fixing my bed and going to sleep! is that he has not seen the time millet -Jack looks at the clock it is 11:30 at night, Jack opens his eyes and says to his dad:

- Dad, nothing happens, I have to hand in an assignment tomorrow and I go to school early, so I better finish up late that way. - His dad looks at him and says:

- Listen to me well, first of all you have to extend the bed for me, after I am the one who pays you the stu ...

- My mom also puts money in, in fact she puts more money than you, sir ... -before she finished answering her dad, she was already taking off the strap and giving him some good beatings, until he made him cry

- Go store me the bed, it's late, understand! -I kept hitting him and he did not respond, only cries were heard- Understand! Answer

- Yes ... sir -Juan left his son and looked him in the eyes, but before he could say something Jack was going up the stairs in the direction of Juan's room, Juan followed him, Jack entered the room and looked The bed full of clothes and things, he took them off, hung up the clothes and made the bed for him, then he stared at his dad who had red eyes, Juan said:

- Go to bed Chinese, if you were really rough you would have come out like me, I would not scold you so much - after saying this, Juan went to bed and fell asleep. Jack went to finish his homework he looked at the clock and it was 11:55 he made a face and sat down to finish his homework and went to bed at 12:02 pm but no matter what always

"It was daytime and he was with his classmates Edwin and Tiago, walking through the park and they met a boy who told them his name was Andrés, it was a boy who told them his name was Andrés, and it was a boy who had a relationship worse relative to that of Jack, the thief's father, he sold cocaine and also consumed it, at this moment he was in jail, but when he was not in jail he forced his son to do things he did not want "

Vii, vii, vii, vii the alarm sounded over and over again, got up to turn off the alarm and bathed, changed, and fixed the bag. Then he goes down to eat something his mother had already made him breakfast, it seemed strange to him that his mother Liliana was there.

- Hello son, how are you? -said the mother looking at him

- Hi mommy, well you are, said Jack looking at his mother with a surprised face

- How are you doing, with your father - said the mother

- Mom, although he promises to change, he will never change, it is always the same drunk he hits me, I can't stand it, and why aren't you working?

- is that now I asked to spend more time with you shifts on weekends

- Are you going to stay here all the time?

- Yes, sir, said his mother with affection, while Jack looked with a surprised face, on the stairs a few steps sounded it was Juan who as soon as he saw his wife

- Hello my love. How are you? because you are not working? -he said with a happy face

"Hello Juan," she said annoyed, Juan, not understanding the gesture, told her:

- what has my beautiful princess? -she takes him by the shirt and throws him to the kitchen and says:

- what's happening to me! You ask me, well I'm going to tell you, I came because I think we are not living a good family relationship, I ask for turns only for the weekends and my son tells me that when you are drunk and I am not, you hit him, it seems that I do I was right, I can't believe it! -Juan has a face like disappointment with himself and says:

- I'm going to change, precious doll - he hugs her and tickles her, she says:

- You better - and he goes to his room, Jack who heard everything thought that everything was going to change and that he was finally going to be able to have a good family relationship, his father sat at the table and said:

- Jack, I know that sometimes I've hit you for no reason, but I'm going to change and I'm not going to drink so much beer, just one for silk, I promise you.

"Ok, dad," said Jack.

Jack went to his school after getting ready and preparing his bag, when he got to his school he saw Santiago and greeted him

- Hello Santiago

- Hi Jack

- Did you finish the homework that Math teacher Jennifer left us?

- No, I didn't have enough time and I was too lazy to do it, I didn't understand anything he was saying; I'm going to see who lends it to me, 'said Santiago; Santiago had always had everything that is needed in this life, his mother and father were very spoiled and his classmates lent him homework, but not all the time, that's why he had bad grades - does Jack lend me it?

- No, Santiago this task was very long and difficult to understand and even more so with the social task

- Was there Social Homework?

- Yes, Tiago, I don't know what you think of this life, I stay up late doing this task and you want me to lend it to you, no, of course I'm not going to lend it to you -Jack said with a desperate face "Santiago is a spoiled and pampered child who thinks that everything in life is gifted, as if it were, one has to strive to make life go well "thought Jack; at that moment Pipe enters the room and greets them

- Hello Jack, hello Santiago

- Hello Pipe -said Santiago- you have the tasks of Social and Mathematics

- Hi Pipe, how are you? Well yes that's good, what did he do these days? Well, I spent my time doing nothing because I'm a lazy person who doesn't even have the education to ask how people are, -said Pipe sarcastically trying to imitate Santiago to the fullest side of him possible. "Santiago is unbearable sometimes" Pipe thought

- How is Pipe? -said Santiago

- Well, see if you are being nice to lend you the tasks, I am not going to lend it to you, because it is good that it be once but all the time asking for tasks, have a little responsibility

"Well Pipe is selfish," said Santiago, at that moment the girl who likes Santiago comes in but he doesn't know it, Sharith. "Did Sharith do his Social and Math homework?"

"Yes," Sharith said, blushing that they were talking.

- Lend it to me, yes? Please? -said Santiago putting both hands together and with an accent of affection

`` No, '' said Sharith, `` I tried hard to do them, I tried hard

`` Please Sharith, please, '' he said over and over again, pricking Sharith's stomach, then he took her by the shoulders and looked into her eyes saying, `` Don't look like that, I won't ask you for anything again in this life, It's the first time I've asked you something, right Sharith? Please -Santiago fell down to finally let her answer and she said:

"Well," she said blushing.

"Hi Pipe," said Jack, who was watching the conversation between Sharith and Santiago from afar.

- Hi, how have you been, Jack? What happened to your father?

- Well the truth Pipe is that yesterday my father was super drunk and I do not know what is disrupted in his brain when he is like this, that the only thing that interested him is that they do what he wants

- Jack you should pray for him, and also get closer to God because that is a part of him that should not even exist, I like your father very well when he is not drunk, but if he continues with the same thing, he will be taken out of the home because there is no other remedy-said Pipe, Felipe was Jack's best friend, he always helped him in bad times and good times and gave him good advice that he appreciated; all his affectionate friends always called him Pipe.

- What are you talking about? -Tiago asked curious

- Of things in life - Pipe says to Santiago

Yes, said Jack.

"How envious you are, you only care about your things and not about anyone else's," Santiago said, Jack and Pipe bleached their eyes; as if they didn't have enough problems with theirs to start thinking about the problems of others and less of a spoiled and believed boy like Santiago- they already lent me the homework -said Tiago

- Yes, really? Who lent it to you? -Jack asked, pretending he didn't know

- Sharith lent it to me, she is humble, not like others

"Okay, keep borrowing and see what if he gets tired," said Jack.

Santiago was tall, brown-eyed, black hair, with a body that you could see that he exercised daily and white skin, with passionate red lips, and he was friendly. Jack, on the other hand, was a green-eyed brunette with black and skinny hair, he did not care about his physique with the problems at home, he did not care how he looked, what if he was concerned were his grades and the difficulties with his father helped him to focus on the study and make his mother happy and not suffer more than he already suffered, he was almost always the first place and Pipe was also among the best Pipe was as white as milk it was curious but in his family everyone was white-skinned, only his uncle had married a dark-haired woman. Pipe was the chubbiest of the three (Santiago, Pipe and Jack) but so little so overweight, he was also brown eyes and almost always combed his hair to the side, he had brown hair and he did not care about the physical either despite not having conflicts of family got along well with Jack; his mother and father had raised him in values ​​that, unlike other children, he had acquired and was a good friend just like Jack. The math teacher Jennifer arrived and then they continued with classes normally until dismissal.

When Jack got home he greeted his mother and went up to his room and sat judiciously to do his homework, after about half an hour his father arrived and shouts were heard in the kitchen and Jack came down to see what was happening and sees his dad hitting his mother

- You're a bitch!

- No! Why do you always have to insult me ​​when you arrive drunk?

- Shut up bitch! I hate you! -Juan said hitting her over and over again, Jack without hesitation when he saw this pounced on his father and tried to separate him from his mother- leave me Jack she is stupid

- She is not stupid Juan

- You are going to contradict your father

Without letting him respond, Juan hits him in the face and then throws him backwards, the momentum of the fall makes Jack lie on the ground and his tailbone hurts from the blow he was given and Juan does not stop, continues to kick and kick him. Jack's mother rides him in the chasm

- Leave him please Juan leave him for the love of God

- If of course you only care about your son, it is the only thing that unites you to me, you are a bitch

Juan moves in a very abrupt way and makes Liliana fall, Jack yells for his mother to come up and call the police and Juan turns to prevent her from going up, Jack stands up and pounces on him with the little strength that he can. They were holding his arms to not let him grab his mother and Liliana runs up to her room where she had the phone Juan tried to chase her but Jack stopped him and Liliana managed to call the police the police did not arrive and Juan yelled at Liliana and told him He claimed for what he had done to him and Liliana could not believe it

- You abandoned us Liliana! I never cheated on you and valued you a lot but you preferred to go with another guy

- With what other guy?

- Oh please, is it very obvious why you were so late then? TO! Tell me!

- Because I was working

- Even if it were true, you were no longer as aware of us as before

- Yes, I neglected them a bit but it was for work

- I missed you Liliana!

While they argued, Jack kept restraining Juan since he kept trying to hit Liliana and he continued like this for a while until he admitted it and said that he was exaggerating a lot and that he had destroyed his family a few minutes later the police arrived and left. they took him to jail and Juan made no claim

- Juan when you are well again, you have learned to drink well and you have learned to understand and process things, you will be able to return - these were the last words that were said in that event

The next day Jack began to behave a little strange, he was very angry with his father and he was really very in pain, besides that he was confused, what if his father was right and his mother was so late, what if he had a waiter? that was something she couldn't allow herself to think about and she didn't forgive her father for making her mother doubt she would never do something like that she was a very loving and caring woman with her family.

- Jack it's time for you to go

- Yes mom, I'm leaving

Jack left his house "for school" but was so confused and so angry that he did not want to go to school and did not tell anyone where he was going.

CHAPTER II

It was already 2 in the afternoon and Jack did not appear either at school or at home, his mother was very distressed and everyone was looking for him, his mother, the neighbors, Pipe, Sharith, Santiago and some of his other classmates were very worried for him.

Liliana only a few hours ago was completely sure that her son was fine that he was at school and was with his normal day routine exercising at home, being able to enjoy that he only worked on Saturdays and Sundays when suddenly the phone rang, she at at first she thought it was Juan with the only call she had the right to make but was very surprised when she heard the voice of Sharith, one of Jack's best friends

- Hi?

- Hi

- Hello, Mrs. Liliana, is your son sick?

- No, Sharith is not sick, did you not see him at school? Or did he get sick? It makes me strange but it hasn't arrived yet

- Doña Liliana, her son did not come to school today so I call it very strange because he is never absent

- How is that possible ... if he left here for school he never lies to me

- That's why it seemed so strange to me, he must be sick, I told myself

- Let him open the door to my son, I have to go out and look for him bye

- Bye ma'am, I'll let you know if I see it

Now Liliana was super worried about Jack, then the phone rang other times it was Jack's friends had already found out that their friend was lost and wanted to help but the rumor did not appear, it spread throughout the neighborhood where Jack lived and They promised to look for him yet his mother had already notified the police, they would also be waiting to find him.

CHAPTER III

Jack left his house and did not think about what his mother would think nor about his school for the first time he wanted to leave, to run away from the world to get away from his problems and to be able to have time for him he had many things on his mind he wanted to be able to do things without forcing him even though his father was not there, he felt incapable of protecting his mother, he spent all day wandering the streets reflecting, he entered the shopping center, a place that almost no one goes to when he is escaping but he liked the air conditioning of the place and he went to see several food places he was with a great appetite passing by a place where they sold hamburgers and hot dogs and many other things he approached and bought a hamburger with soda it was more expensive than if he had bought it outside but it did not bother him, sitting in the tables of the place where I buy the hamburger he stopped for a moment to examine the place was like a big house where anyone could come and no one was denied entry and he stopped thinking about the pains although sitting down his tailbone began to hurt but he ignored that pain he felt free for the first time in a long time he finished eating the delicious hamburger and soda and went to continue walking around the mall he walked through the movie theaters And he bought a ticket to see a movie a while ago he did not go to the movies with anyone and because he did not go alone, no one asked him anything, several boys of his age were also accompanied by their partners and the occasional group of friends this flight seemed like a rather rare instead of walking and walking so that they would not find him, he was watching movies, eating he was inexperienced in escapes but this seemed like an escape that freed him from many things according to him but that if maybe he was going to be scared by the movie now That she was a scary one called La Llorona but she didn't seem so scared the movie started at 10:00 am and it was 9:40 so she had time to keep looking at things and she left the mall and went to the court there he saw some boys who were playing soccer and wanted to play with them

- Guys! –They turned to look at him but no one answered, Jack asks- can I play with you? –The boys look at each other while Jack approaches and begin to argue at the end one of them yells at him saying

- Yes, make him come!

That said, they start to play a game, although Jack kept looking at the clock, he was not going to lose the money to start playing, they played for a long time until it was 10:03 and Jack did not think it was that late, he said goodbye of them and went to see the movie that had already started even though he didn't think he was going to be scared of the movie if he was scared and left the movie theater scared when it was finished and then he walked another while downtown commercial and then he went to take a look at the school and saw how his classmates were leaving but he was not seen from them first Pipe and some of his classmates came out and while he was leaving he called Jack on his cell phone Jack looked at his cell phone and smiled because Pipe was A great friend but I did not answer him yet he did not want to explain anything, then he saw Sharith and Santiago leave, Santiago was holding his hand and Sharith was smiling after seeing this Jack went for a walk in the opposite direction of his house he took care to make sure that none of the and his friends saw him and he went to a store and bought some potatoes and ate it as if it were lunch, they were having a soccer game on the store's television and he sat watching him sitting on one of the store's chairs until It was over and he looked at his watch it was 2:00 pm then he went to the park a park with many green areas he lay down under a tree and saw that he only had 100 pesos left of all the money he had taken from his savings and he started to sleeping he slept about 4 hours and when he woke up he wanted to go home he did not want to lie to his mother so he was going to tell her the truth he was on his way home when he heard a familiar voice shouting his name

"Jack! Jack!" Sharith shouted over and over, looking from side to side, "where are you?" Jack! –Jack did not respond and hid behind a tree so that Sharith would not see him and she stared at her she looked very worried and according to Jack's opinion she was beautiful as beautiful as when he met her three years ago- Jack! !!! Please –Jack smiled, Sharith walked by her side and she didn't see him. Jack ran and took her by the arm making her turn and they were embraced- Jack, what's wrong with you? Do you know how worried your mom and all of us are? What were you thinking

- Now calm I will clarify things with my mother, were you worried? asked Jack

- Of course if you are a great friend Jack - at that moment Jack looked down and released - you would have done the same if I had lost myself or not

- Well, if I had done the same

- Well let's go with the others, everyone is looking for you, you have to calm them down

- OK let's go

- You have many people who love you, you don't have to run away every time you have a problem

"If you're right, let's go" Jack smiled and followed her home.

Sharith took out her cell phone and called Jack's mom and Pipe and Santiago later the gossip would spread that Jack had already been found.

They arrived at Jack's house and there was Pipe and Santiago waiting sitting on the sofa when they arrived Liliana received them

"Thank you very much Sharith, you are a very good person," Jack's mother told him.

- If she is a very good friend –said Jack looking towards the wall- thanks for worrying guys

- What a good job you did Sharith –said Sharith standing up and hugging her from behind once again Sharith was smiling again foolishly and blushing again and Jack looked at them and rolled his eyes

"Well guys, thanks for everything, you can go home now. I'll talk to Jack," Liliana said.

- Ok bye Jack –Sharith said still hugging Tiago and they left together

"You tell me everything tomorrow," Pipe said to Jack patting his shoulder, "bye," he said goodbye and left.

- Jack, why did you run away? –Said her mother crying

- Mom, forgive me, I really wanted to get away from all of you at school

- From my? Jack please

- Sorry, but if I couldn't stop thinking about my dad and I wanted a little time alone, I won't do it again, mom, I really promise you

- Well okay I forgive you because we are going through quite a few difficult times

"Well mom I need a favor" says Jack pouting

- What favor?

- I need you to write a letter saying that I was sick today to be able to present the works

- Oh but this boy, it's okay, I'll do it but get to escape again and see how it goes

- Ok, mom, I won't do it again

The rest of the day passed normally and his friends passed him what they had written and the tasks they left behind and he transcribed everything and began to do the tasks for the next day.

CHAPTER IV

Jack came to the room and greeted his classmates and Pipe was waiting for him so they sat down to talk but before they could start talking Santiago arrived and told them

- I bring you the latest breaking news

- Let's see, then, says Jack

- Sharith and I are going out

- What? –Jack said

- Well, if yesterday I told him to go out with me and he said yes

- Aaa ok and that, very in love or what?

- Well, not only is it like hanging out and that's it, but she's very nice or they're going to say no

- Sure just to hang out, but Sharith is our friend and I would not like to see her cry so do not treat her badly

- Well obviously, girls are always sensitive about everything, I'll see what I do

"Ok, I better not give you advice," says Jack, when this conversation with Tiago is over, Tiago goes to Sharith's desk to greet her and Jack doesn't stop looking at them

- Ok, let's talk for pates - says Pipe, who until now had not spoken or felt - first of why he did not come yesterday and then of Sharith

- And what do you want to talk about sharith?

- Well we'll talk about that later

"You don't have to talk about anything," said Jack crossing his arms

- What happened yesterday, because you ran away?

Before Jack could answer, the English teacher named Daniel arrived and they had to start with the English class and then 2 hours of mathematics later the break bell rang and they continued with their conversation but before they bought their lunch boxes Jack was a first class eater And you can imagine Pipe for something is the fattest of the three, they will wonder why they did not speak it in class or while they were buying food but they did not like to leave the things they talked incomplete so in class and while in line They talked about completely different topics to buy the food until they found a table to sit on and Pipe asked Jack again

- What happened yesterday, because you ran away?

- Pipe is that lately I have felt very bad my father was arrested and I do not feel very well, it is that he may have been a person who has made many bad decisions such as not knowing how to control the drink and so on, but when he was well He was always very good and he treated me very well and we would do many things together if I had not acquired that bad habit then we would continue together with my mother and we would be a big family –Jack said with his eyes full of tears

- There is Jack that I am going to do with you - Pipe said to Jack while putting a hand on his shoulder - even if that were the case Jack you didn't have to run away you have very good friends here like Sharith, Tiago from time to time and for your position your best friend me, and a mom who cares a lot about you

- Yes, you're right but I wanted to run away from my problems I thought it was a good way to get rid of everything and be able to rest

- Where did you go so long?

- I went to the mall, I bought a hamburger and then I went to the cinema and saw the weeping woman

- Ja so plaudo and does not invite does not say anything and I am supposed to be his best friend - Pipe said turning his face

- Yes but it was because I did not know what to do and wanted to get away from everything

- Well and what else did my supposed friend do

- I played a soccer game with some boys and then I walked a little outside the school until they went out and I saw them go out but I tried not to see me

- Ha, how about then he saw me while I called him on his phone to ask how I was

- exactly

- Uss and he did not answer me that inconsiderate

- is that still did not want to explain anything, sorry

- Yes, well keep counting - Pipe says looking away trying to understand his friend but it hurt him that he had ignored him all the time and was not even able to say anything

- Well if I saw you go out and then I saw Sharith and Tiago come out close together as if flirting –Jack said in a very sarcastic way and Pipe laughed and rolled his eyes

- Yes, I understand, and then?

- I went to the park and slept a very good nap, I woke up and heard a beautiful voice, Sharith's voice -Pipe at that moment starts laughing and tries to make sure his friend does not realize- he was shouting my name over and over again. very pretty bone, well whatever happened was that we met and then she gave me some advice and took me home and the rest you know

- So big and it's time to take it home like a baby –said Pipe laughing

- Oh, but then it isn't like that either, I was going to come back just because we met and I wanted to accompany her to my house

- Jack I listened very well when you said that she took him home now she will really deny me

- Well if I hear wrong

"Yes, of course I take home with my tail between my legs and I'm very sorry," Pipe said sarcastically and laughing

- Pipe you if you bother - Jack says to Pipe with a serious expression

- Why don't you accept that you like Sharith?

- Because it is not true

- Oh yes, of course you are a liar, Jack, don't lie to yourself for quite some time since I've realized that you like Sharith and I know that right now it must be hurting you that you are going out with Santiago

- It doesn't hurt –Jack hastened to say- I just think he deserves someone better, we already know Tiago, he's not trustworthy and sometimes he goes out with many girls at the same time and Sharith doesn't know it, I don't think it's right for him to do that to him. hurt sharith is a great person

- If you see this, you can't stand it

- It's not that I can't stand it

- Even with Tiago or with another person, you cannot accept that she is with a person in a relationship

- Is not true

- Yes of course unless it is with you but in all the time that you have liked her you have not been able to say anything to her or admit that you like her

- That's not true, let's change the subject

- Ok, whatever you want, now if you feel better?

- Well, if I also have God and I'm not alone, I also have some great friends - Tiago and Sharith arrived

"Hi, what are you talking about?" Says Sharith.

- How Jack is feeling lately after yesterday's getaway

- It is because the scare that gave us yesterday thinks that he does not have anyone to worry - Sharith says as he sat down and followed by her sat Tiago

"Yes, Jack, you don't have to do that, you can also count on us for whatever you need," Tiago said again.

The rest of recess was spent talking about many things and Sharith mentioned again that she and Tiago were going to start dating and the break between talks and jokes flew by and the bell rang again. They came in from recess and instead of class, some ladies gave them a talk about self-esteem, they were young women and I was giving them that talk because it was a university job, she was studying psychology and they made her do that job of exposing them about low self-esteem and about the bad influence of other people

- Hello, nice to meet you guys, my name is Gloria, I'm going to give you a talk about low self-esteem and discrimination for a university job, she is my colleague Gladys –he said pointing to the girl who was fixing the back by placing a video vi –she will be in charge of organizing them for today's activity

- Hello guys, very good morning, it is a pleasure to be here with you, as you guys know, it is very difficult to talk and that others are also talking at the same time, so if you could be silent it would be much better and if you don't find it interesting what we are speaking, I ask you the favor of not detracting from the others that if you want to learn this it will serve you quite a bit, even if you do not believe it, let's see these rows move a little to the right

He indicated to two rows that were on the right to move more to the right and he put his hand where the chairs should be when they were already organized, he indicated to two other rows that were on the left to move once they were organized leaving the space to project with the video I saw in the middle they were shown a film about low self-esteem called The Change - Wayne Dyer was a very nice reflection film it lasted 2 hours and they spent those two hours watching the film some did not pay much Attention, let's say, and there were others that if from time to time they had to pause the film because they made a lot of disorder, but after they gave the sermon they behaved less badly because the truth is to say that they all behaved well would be a complete miracle but there was always one than another moleston, after the movie was finished they thanked the kids they respected and asked some questions about the movie, lue go came the reflection

- Look, children, each one of us has our own way of thinking and each one has a different life, we do not know each other's entire lives by heart, although sometimes there is gossip, what is invented is not always correct, we do not know what it is like. the life of the person we are hurting or how sensitive that person is we do not know how we are affecting the people we mistreat and battered people with low self-esteem have to understand that they are not inferior to anyone they do not need anyone to be happy and that If you know what makes you happy, do not let anyone say otherwise, do not let them manage to turn you into a puppet and think that they can do anything with you because that is wrong that is very wrong, if there was a person who It has always hurt your life and it always says that it is going to change and repeats it and repeats it but does not do it what is the use of that person is a toxic person, toxic people must be discarded from your life because they are people that they are always hurting us if they really want to change that they demonstrate it with actions because a simple phrase is said by anyone, the words are lost in the air but if they are demonstrated with facts now, then I am not referring to doing a good action and then We believe that everything will be fine because it is not like that and I say it from experience it is not like that because once we believe that everything will be fine they will betray us again and guys to the point I want to get is that there is no human being who is superior you and you do not have to feel inferior for anyone, do not let anyone tell you what to do but now is that you rebel with your parents because the only thing they want for you is good and parents should not turn their backs on them what I mean is that nobody can judge without knowing about their life and they cannot put their lives on a silver platter as others want because there are many people who seek to criticize and this we cannot afford, they criticize because It gives something they don't like and they only see people's mistakes, they live waiting for you to make mistakes that increase their ego and make them feel superior because they have not made the same mistakes, when a mistake is made by anyone but not people They change just wanting them to change, so just don't let others affect them and if they feel bad, if it's okay to cry, it's okay to complain about mistakes, all that is fine, they may see you weak but it's not weak and with you You know is enough, they are feelings that strengthen you that help you recover when you make a mistake and it is also good to cry when someone makes you feel bad if too many will judge you but the important thing is that you learn what you are worth, you are worth a lot, listen to me well you are worth a lot As for comments to be affecting you, always ask yourself is it worth crying for those types of people who need to feel superior to others and need to criticize others in order to live well, you don't ne You need to feel superior to know how much you are worth and if you want to be happy is your decision because even though you do not have anyone who is by your side you can manage to be happy believe me I know it and with time you will learn to differentiate the true friends that If they care about you and if not, don't you think it's better to be alone than in bad company? -Gladys makes a sign to finish the speech to Gloria- well guys I thank you very much to those who paid attention, it was very nice to be with you and share these messages with everyone I hope you liked the movie

Then Gloria and Gladys asked the teacher to take some photos of them with the students and they left they allowed 10 minutes of class and the social teacher Luz Angelica let them speak in a low voice those minutes did not put work on them or anything like that

- Jack if you heard the talk about toxic people

- Well, if I was focused on everything Gloria was saying, I felt like she was talking to me.

- It is because he wanted to give the talk so that each and every one of us felt identified, well, but don't you think that your father is a toxic person?

- Yes, you're right

- Because he always says that he will change over and over again, but no way, he will never change and if he really is going to change, let him prove it with facts, right?

- If you're right, but it's my dad

- For that reason, it must prove it to you with facts, besides that being in jail benefits you and your mother because there is no one who hits them and yells at them and if your father really loves them, he will stay there until he is completely layered to come back healthy without drinking alcohol again, completely healthy and we will see it much better clearly if you really commit yourself and show it with facts

- If you're right, Pipe you're a great friend –the bell rings and everyone goes home

Jack went home and finds his mother talking on the phone he waved her hand to come and Jack obeyed and then taking the phone from his ear told him it was his father with the only call he had the right to do

- Halo - says the father

- Hi dad how are you?

- Well son I wanted to apologize to you - Jack blanched his eyes and remembered all the suffering that had made them feel was his father but that is why they were going to stop being happy, that is why they were going to make life bitter, if it could be his father but he was not going to ruin everything for a person who was not trustworthy, because his father was not trustworthy

- Dad, I'm not going to forgive him

- Really Jack, I won't do it again

- He has been saying that for two years and look where we are

- But this time I mean it Jack

- He has not noticed a chain always says the same and again he does it again and again it is always the same people do not change so easily it is almost impossible for them to do it overnight so I will not forgive him Until I prove it with facts and stay that way

- Jack I do it but please forgive me I will not do it again

- When he shows it I forgive him

- Jack - Jack hung up the phone his mother was surprised by Jack's new attitude

Jack hugged his mother and told her that from now on everything was going to be better and indeed everything was better from that day on they bought a puppy and called him Rambo a day later they felt very capable of taking care of him and the dog brought them a lot of joy Juan He would never have allowed pets at home Jack's mom kept working as a nurse and Jack got two part-time jobs to help pay for the house Jack was studying in a public school so they didn't worry so much about school and what They earned enough to pay the house expenses, the house was their own, thank goodness so they saved the rent, despite everything, they were living well, they didn't lack anything, although if they wanted to save it cost them work and their father was still in jail from time to time when they visited him and told him what they had done, Jack was still focused on his studies and was one of the best in his class as always with Pipe and Pipe and Jack remained great friends Shar In the end, ith discovered the type of person Tiago was and Jack took that opportunity to propose to him and they were dating, at last his life was being rebuilt for Jack with the passage of time he was recovering from the large wounds and scars that he had left his father when he fought less some that left very deep scars his father as he had promised after he served his sentence did not get drunk again and had to get used to Rambo who was now part of the family, Jack went to a great university and He became a great psychologist, Pipe a neurosurgeon and Tiago a mechanic, Sharith saved enough money to go to study in New York and specialized in neonatology when he returned from New York he went to work in a clinic in Colombia and stayed here to live. and she was reunited with Jack, they had broken up a few years ago due to indifference she had had a boyfriend in New York but they broke up because she did not feel safe with him and Jack He thought some girls seemed beautiful but he had nothing serious with any of them, after they met again they realized that they ended up due to a misunderstanding that Tiago had made and they got back together after having their lives fulfilled they got married and had two beautiful children María and Miguel and just like Pipe who also fell in love and married a woman he met at work, Tiago also married of course but this one did not do as well as the others after two years he divorced and is currently single and he does not want anything serious from time to time friends meet to tell each other how his life is going.

CHAPTER V

Finally the day came to go out with Tiago I was waiting for this for a long time I fixed my perfume I left my hair down the way I thought I looked very pretty I did not think I saw that I was trying to be cute for him I thought about how he would dress Although I did not care much how he was dressed in my opinion, everything looked good to him no matter what he wore, I was very nervous and thinking about it Tiago was my first love I was very excited and nervous I had told my mother that I was going out with Some friends were going to tell him the truth of course, but first I had to make him love Tiago so I started talking a lot about Tiago at home for a long time because I didn't lie to my mother and the truths always came to light so I was going to tell him everything when my mom had complete confidence in Tiago, he remembered the first time we kissed two days ago and he said it was it made him nervous, he remembered his caresses and his passionate kisses telling me I love you and they achieved eri I could not believe that Tiago and I were officially going out that day, when I was with Tiago I felt nervous and it was a beautiful and creepy feeling at the same time and I did not want to forget my first love, I saw my dress was not so extravagant because we were only going to go to the movies we still didn't know what movie we were going to see, my dress was a purple dress that in my opinion favored with the hairstyle that I had done with my wavy hair and my brown hook with diamonds, I think it was the the first time I was looking so much at appearance but I didn't think he would care; my mom was downstairs that day waiting for me to go out so she could go with my sister to the park they also had plans and my dad worked until 9 at night and I kept looking at the time hoping it was 2:30 and it was barely 2:15 the time was making me eternal I really wanted to see Tiago I heard the doorbell of the house and I could not help but allow my mind the idea that it was Tiago and that he had decided to come and pick me up I accelerated the heart of just thinking about it I went down the stairs quickly creating a lot of lies to tell my mother, when I see that my mother opens the door and it turns out that the one at the door was not Tiago but Jack my great friend I feel like a disappointment But it didn't last long, it made me happy to see Jack he always had good things to tell and he always made me laugh, I saw that he was very busy, he was sweating and he inhaled air as if he were tired, he stared at me and then he looked at my mother and said

- Hello, Mrs. Johana, sorry for interrupting like that and without warning –Jack said sadly that I lost my little dog Rambo and I can't find it –he took a paper from his pocket where he had printed a picture of Rambo already wrinkled; It was a light brownish-yellow puppy and it had a lot of hair that made it very soft- if you see it, let me know please -Jack looked very worried and I didn't even know that he had a dog Juan was not supposed to I left it before I could answer my mother was ahead of me

- Since when they have a dog Jack, Sharith had not told me

- It's recent, since yesterday and of course I was going to tell Sharith about it as soon as we entered on Monday –he said while looking at me –well if they see him, let me know, he said as he turned around to leave

"Wait Jack, I'll help you look for it," I told him.

- Sharith, didn't you have to go to the movies with some friends? –My mom asked me and I thought about the date I had with Tiago but he would understand and join in looking for him too after all he was a good friend of Jack

- They will understand mom

- Ok, but you can't delay, you're calling me

"Well mom" I said as I went to the door, Jack hugged me

- Thanks, we needed more support to look for it, Pipe is already helping me through these streets - I point to the streets that were above them - you can help me by looking for these others - I point to some that were in front - and I go through these

- Ok, so let's find your puppy, can you show me the photo again? I asked, I was very forgetful so when Jack showed it to me again I took a picture with my cell phone so I wouldn't forget how it was

- Well let me know if you find him -he said showing his cellphone- or Pipe- after saying this he left

We separated to look for the dog but I was worried about Tiago so I called him to tell him that I was not going to go it was better to give him the explanations at once << vii, vii, vii >> it rang and he did not answer it was making me wait a long time, when I finally answer

- Hi? - I couldn't not recognize Tiago's voice

- Hello, Tiago I will not be able to go, forgive me but I will help Jack to find his dog, you should come too, Pipe is also helping him to look for him

- Well, Sharith, don't worry, if you have a photo of the dog, send it to me by whasapp, I'm going to be aware of it and I couldn't go either because I have another family commitment, I was going to call you later to tell you, I won't be able to accompany you in the search for the dog but I will be aware

- Well thank goodness we both had commitments because if we hadn't left the other one planted - I told him, I kept walking and looking from one side to the other to see if I saw the puppy

- Haha, if there will be another opportunity to go out, bye –he said and when I thought it was all and was about to say goodbye, I whispered with a voice between sexy and tender –I love you Sharith –those words made me feel like If I was the happiest girl in the world and I couldn't contain the nervous smiles that escaped me

- Bay Tiago - I said quickly and hung up the phone, I was very nervous even though Tiago was not there at that time I felt as if I was, even in a state of magic and at the same time of terror because it was the first time I felt So I decided to look for Jack's dog

It had been a long time since we started looking for Jack's dog and nothing that appeared we met at my house Jack had called Pipe and me to tell us that this was the meeting point at my house my mother was very attentive to my friends And of course they gave them to drink me too because if I did not know that I felt excluded, Jack said that Doña Liliana, Jack's mother was posting wanted posters everywhere and that they offered a small reward, I could not believe that A dog that appeared overnight could be loved so much but it was worth money and they had become fond of it, Jack was telling us that he was an affectionate dog and that he knew how to dance and sing, we started to laugh but Jack assured that it was true that way We agreed that he was going to show us as soon as we found the dog, Jack also told us how the dog got away. It turns out that he was playing a soccer game with the boys he met while on the run and his mother came in from ago r shopping and he forgot for a moment that they had a dog << well of course it was so recent >> he left the door open because his hands were full and he was too lazy to close it, the dog at that moment ran away and when Liliana unloaded the things There is if he closed the door and then when he started looking for the dog he realized that he had disappeared, once he finished telling the story, Jack said to continue looking we said goodbye to my mother and he repeated that please was calling her obviously I nodded .

We went back to look around the neighborhood but it was clear that we couldn't find him so we organized an outing to go look for him around the city and Pipe said he was going to ask some neighbors he knew if they had seen him, I went to a store and asked I bought a bottle of water I was very thirsty but I didn't want to waste it all so I just took a sip and we continued with the search; Jack and I looked for him in the same park where I had found Jack days before when he ran away. I still didn't really know why he ran away. He had very good friends, a mother who supported him, he didn't have to do that; While we were looking for Rambo we found something unexpected and more for me, there was Tiago had lied to me, he was going with a pretty-looking girl holding hands, I couldn't stop seeing them << Wasn't he supposed to come to help us because he had things to do with his family? >> evidently Santiago was a complete liar, although I still couldn't draw conclusions, I wanted to imagine that she was a cousin or someone from his family and that they had only gone to the park for a moment, but then they all became clear to me My doubts when at a certain moment when they were taking a walk in the park, Tiago had taken her by the chin, put his arm around that girl's waist and kissed her, at that moment I realized that Tiago was a dog, a jerk etc. I felt a little bad a little hurt he was my first love and seeing him kissing her gave me a lot of pain and I finally understood my friends love is difficult because today it is very false and now that is normal, it is normal that be false and dishonest and in life one is filled with many disappointments but you have to know how to face them and that is something that my mother had taught me, one cannot depend on a person and less on a person like him, as Gloria said in the talk what he gave us, I don't need anyone to be able to be happy, we must always be mentally prepared for any disappointment because now the world is so false that if we trust ourselves and we are disappointed we are going to suffer disappointment and terrible pain; Jack who had been watching me while watching that painful scene told me

- Sharith was the best, he is not a good guy for you, he does not deserve you Sharith, you are too special a person for him -I smiled Jack was a very special friend just like Pipe and Tiago had been wrong he thought he would continue with this game

"Well Jack," I told him, "wait for me here, I walked towards them through the back of Tiago and greeted him when they weren't kissing or anything." Hello, my love, "I said with a tender accent," didn't you say you would be with your family today And that's why we couldn't see each other? And who is she, your cousin, your aunt or who? Can you introduce her to me? -The girl opened her eyes and did not know what to say, she stared at Tiago very seriously, then I slid my fingers over his cheek flirtatiously and I introduced myself to the girl who is staring at us while hugging him- gladly I'm the girlfriend of Tiago - I said and extended my hand

- Tiago can you explain me

- Of course, I'll be happy to explain to you, this bastard is playing with both of them and who knows how many more

The girl felt very betrayed and I slapped Tiago and kicked him and I slapped him again and uncovered the jar of water that I had bought and I sprinkled all the water over him, I was still angry and I stepped on him hard . Then the girl and I walked away leaving Tiago sore but that happened to him as a womanizer, the girl and I met and became friends

- How did you meet that Santiago?

- He's at my school, we go in the same room

- I consider you after what happened I do not want to see that jerk again, and you have to endure it all the time

- It is not so bad, I also have very good friends who are going to help me overcome this deception also or that he was the only man on earth

- You are right

- And you, how did you meet Santiago?

- He lives in my neighborhood and we meet from time to time, after we started to know each other, he invited me to go out and then we continued dating

- So that was a while ago?

- yes

- With me it was a few days ago after the flirtation

- What a dog friend, it can't be

- Yes and who knows how many more he has done the same

- Yes and what is your name?

- Sharith and you?

"Camila" our conversation dragged on and then we got to where Jack was

- Hello Sharith, I did not know that side of you, what a beast –Jack told me

"Hahaha, yes." Camila looked at us as if it were too much and said

- Well bye, Sharith

"Why isn't Camila going with us? Come on, I'll introduce you to Jack, he's a great friend, Jack, I'll introduce Camila, Camila to Jack," I said as I grabbed both of their hands so they could shake

Camila left with us and she and Jack became good friends too, we talked about many things and Camila helped us to look for the dog but we had no luck we accompanied Camila to her house that was before our neighborhood and we said goodbye < <Who would say? I lost a love and I gained a friendship >>. When we were getting to my house, Jack's cell phone rang. It was Pipe, I looked at the happy expressions on Jack's face. Pipe found Rambo and they were going to meet at my house one more time. My mother had not left the house at the end of the day. They started watching movies with my sister and they had finished when we arrived Jack and I and my mother asked if we had already found Rambo, Jack said yes and that Pipe was bringing him right now, we started to watch television and after a while Pipe arrived with Rambo Jack had already forgotten that he had to show us all what his dog did, but first he asked if we had a flute and my very wise little sister Lizeth went to hand him the flute that he used from time to time but in my opinion it only haunted the house But there was no way he could bear it; Rambo was sitting judiciously on the floor looking at us sitting on the couch.My mom wanted to know if the dog really danced and sang and asked what was going on that he was doing nothing.Jack said he was going to start and we were sitting on the couch waiting as if was it a show or some kind of special theater, even my sister was still waiting for something great to happen, Jack was the only one standing and Rambo was watching him carefully << and one and two and one two three >> said Jack and began to play as he played Rambo tried to imitate and match his howls with the sound of the flute and it was a pleasant sound to the ear it was heard almost the same as the sounds of the flute and at one point he got to stand on two legs jumping and jumping and then he stopped and sat down again and continued to imitate the sound of the flute, he would stand on two legs again jumping and then he would turn in circles he would sit and continue singing it was he did it at an amazing speed, nobody could believe the talen When he had that little puppy, I wondered if Jack had taken him out of a circus or something like that, in fact Jack was right he was a sensational dog when the show ended we all clapped and the dog looked at us wagging his tail proudly, then my mom invited them to play a board game and the winner won a pack of cheats they accepted and I wanted to play too so my mom obviously let me play parks I was about to win but Jack won at the last minute and my mom She gave the packet of cheeks I was a little angry with Jack and Jack showed me the cheeks to my face and laughed << How are you? That is not done >> << showing off the chitos how are you >> then my mother said that the second I won she gave him a chocolate bar and we stayed playing Pipe and I needed to get one and he had two so well I took it As an opportunity, when suddenly he takes the first one and he is missing one just like I turned to look at Jack who was sitting in the armchair at home watching television with my sister and he was cheering on Lizeth and not me, he turned He looked at me and smiled as he maliciously took a handful of cheeks out of the bag and put them all in his mouth, then he stopped looking at me and continued watching television with Lizeth, who, conceited, continued to be focused on winning the game but Pipe beat me in the end; then Pipe gave thanks for everything and told Jack that he was very happy that he had found his puppy so talented he said goodbye to everyone and also to Rambo, Rambo was happy and content and Jack felt like he was in the house of him, because if we had a very strong friendship and from time to time he came to my house to visit me and my mother treated him super because he helped me understand the tasks and whenever he came he offered to wash the slab and sweep it was practically as if If he lived there and I also did the same in Jack's house but there was a small detail that I did not know if only I was worried about that if that cute little dog could be very cute and everything but if he got to relieve himself by the I couldn't look at that dog at home and I couldn't say anything to him in front of my mom because later he would scold me for being rude so I sat next to Jack and first I asked him to cheer on me because he was very provocative and he said no and I showed a chito, moved it around my face and then he put the package of chitos for me to take, there was reflected what Jack was, first he said something and then something else, but when you needed him he was always there to help you, after taking chitos I told him, what I thought about if the dog came to relieve himself around the house and he said not to worry that he would clean it if that happened and he asked my permission to stay until a movie called Cell was finished and I said yes and then I ask my mom she said yes and I ask if she made popcorn we said yes, my sister despite being a little girl loved action movies and that was an action movie and the same actor acts as He plays Captain America in Avengers He played the main character in a commercial Jack got up from the couch and called his mother to tell her that he had already found Rambo and to tell her that he was at my house when I finished talking, I throw away the pack of cheeks and He sat down on the couch again, shortly afterwards my mother arrived with the crisps and sat down Jack's crisps had lemon just the way he liked it and mine the same, on the other hand my sister and my mom didn't bring lemon because They didn't like lemon crisps, the movie was good, although I had seen better, I had to admit that that movie was so good, so good; when the movie was over Jack didn't want to leave he still said he wanted to say something and seemed nervous and said he wanted to say it in front of everyone, I wondered what it could be, I didn't think of what he was going to say

- Doña Johana, Lizeth I have to say something to Sharith and you are going to hear it very well -he returned from the door to the armchair where I was sitting and grabbed both of my hands, he looked me straight in the eyes and said- Sharith from I've been in love with you for a long time -I opened my eyes wide, I couldn't believe it, I turned to see my mother who was looking at me confused and she couldn't believe it either, and my sister's mouth was open in shock- If you gave me the opportunity to go out with you, I promise you that you will not regret it –I turned to look at my mom again and all she did was shrug, Jack turned around and said to my mom- Mrs Johana please let your daughter go out with me, I need your consent

- Yes, of course Jack you are like a son to me, you are a good boy I know you and I have good confidence in you - is that the world was upside down or what? Jack was one of my best friends, he did not want to ruin our friendship and after what happened with that Santiago, I did not feel capable of being in a relationship

"Well Sharith," Jack said as he looked at me, "I'm going to give you all the time you need to respond, bye doña Johana," he said to my mother while giving her a kiss on the cheek, "bye Lizeth," and he bent down to Give him a kiss- bye Sharith –he said to me as he made a gesture with his hand saying goodbye from the door, from the armchair I waved goodbye and said:

- Bye

Then Jack left, my sister started to pretend that I was an avenger and my mother wanted to talk to me about Jack and I told her that he was a friend and then I told her everything about Santiago, my mother gave me a lecture saying that You shouldn't lie that it lasted a long time but then he said that he had learned to handle it well and that instead of crying, what I did was react and realize that he was not good for me and had helped Camila react that now he was my friend and a friendship is worth more than what I had with Santiago, my mother said that Jack was a good boy and that it was my decision whether or not I wanted to be with him, if my decision was to be with him and he abused me and it made my heart suffer that I would know how to get ahead because life is about trial and error, although my mother said that it was better if I had a boyfriend when I had my life done, around when I finished my career and thus because a boyfriend would remove a long time and if my mom was absolutely right a boyfriend Or it takes a lot of time and I couldn't say it from experience because my first love went badly but it was reflected in some of my classmates who only thought about the boys.My mother ended up telling me that it was my decision and that I was old enough to be able to decide alone.

Jack was waiting for my answer for more than a week since I did not know what to answer in the end I started to think about all the times that he had supported me even though his problems were greater and that he had always treated me well than whenever we fought. It was for nonsense and that I should give him a chance, one morning at school I told him if I wanted to go out with him. On the day of the appointment I put on a pink panties and shirt, he took me to eat ice cream and to the amusement park we rode the roller coaster or other games and then I bought a cotton candy, we continued going out to different places like for a week once he invited me to his house to introduce myself for the first time as his girlfriend, having gone to his house so many times helped me a lot not to have so many nerves besides Jack's mother was one of my best friends that I I told him everything, a week passed and then another and I began to feel more comfortable with our relationship one day after school was out there he was waiting for me with a huge sign that said, do you want to be my girlfriend? It seemed very absurd to me, we weren't dating already? There was a person recording everything and everyone was around forming a circle waiting for an answer to that big question, Jack was holding a tiny teddy bear not one of the big ones, I loved everything and when he asked me the question I quickly hurried to say yes, we kissed and he hugged me very tightly, he said he wanted our courtship to be completely official and I liked the idea I was feeling very comfortable with that relationship, seeing that he did something so beautiful from the heart and even if it had been a little bit Jack was one of the few men that retailers remained; Actually it did not change so much our relationship kept coming to my house and I to his and we kept doing the same things we told each other and kept our secrets as it had been before what if it changed was the way we treated each other now we were more flirtatious but since I hardly changed at all, just in the way we treated each other and we weren't going out all the time, only once in a while and we didn't spend that much time, he had his things and I had mine, it didn't affect my studies or him. neither, we were boyfriends and at the same time best friends so we had a beautiful relationship; my love failure with Tiago did not prevent me from being happy with my relationship with Jack << many say that you can only fall in love once with the type of love in which you feel butterflies in your stomach, I say that you can fall in love again and again until that you do it correctly >>.