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write it down? —The brightness in his eyes made her realize that he was joking.

  —My name is Susy. Excuse me? Did you way you want my number? What for?

  —Just in case. You know, insurance, paperwork and all those things —those were the first excuses he could think of.

  —Insurance? But nothing happened. I’m ok.

  The lie didn’t work; he needed to make something else up.

  —Yeah, but what’s going to happen when you get home and your husband makes up an excuse to sue me? Eh?

  —That was the big question. He was so happy that he came up with an excuse to find out if she was single or married. “Please God, make her single, that’s all I ask!”

  —I’m… —she thought about it for a second— I don’t have a husband —she finally answered. It was really sad, but she didn’t know in which situation she actually was with Oscar.

  “Yes!” Yes. Nico was so happy. He wanted to get to know this Susy and if she had a husband that would have been a problem.

  —Good, good. Aham —he cleared his throat— If there is no husband that wants to sue me the situation is a lot better.

  Susy couldn’t understand anything that this guy was saying. “He is cute, but super weird”

  —You seem to be in a hurry, can I give you a ride?

  —No, but thank you. Now, if you please let me go…

  —No, I first must… —but he couldn’t finish the sentence cause Susy started crying.

  —I only wanted to drink a coffee. What is it that you need now? Oh God! I just wanted a coffee!

  Nico fell ashamed, he was being a little bit too overwhelming but he didn’t want to let this opportunity go to waste.

  —I’ll buy you a coffee. There is a coffee shop near by. Come on- but as he tried to grab her by the arm she freed herself.

  —No, thanks.

  —I insist, I almost killed you.

  —I insist, can you let me go? —This time she sounded tired but firm— I am grateful that you are worried, but I would like to keep going with my plans. —And, of course, he wasn’t in them —Thank you for not killing me —she gave him a fake smiled and turned around. He didn’t have time to react. She won. She managed to escape.

  Nico stayed there looking at her as she left and turned around the corner.

  She was so beautiful as she escaped.

  “You escape this time, but you wont stand a chance next time. I want to get to know you. I want to know everything about you, I don’t know why, but I will find out.

  Yes little baby. Escape now that you can. I wont let you run away a second time”

  Nico started walking towards his car. His plan was obvious: he had to see little Susy again. He was a hunter and had to chase the pray.

  You don’t full me

  —Oh my God! Where were you? We were really worried about you. I shouldn’t even be looking at you, why?

  —I hate you.

  How dare you kicking us out of your life? Out of your problems? You know how hard it was to know that you were suffering and we couldn’t see you? We are friends, fuck! —Yoli grabbed her phone and stopped talking. Susy completely understood why her friend was so angry at her. She had reasons.

  She was showing, in the only way she knew, her frustration and how worried she had been feeling in the past days.

  —Hello. Yes…yes…listen. She is here. Come to the store right no —said Yoli that more than talking seem like she was fighting with the pone. Yes, aha…Sounds great, but come now because…because… Oh God!

  —Alright, that’s enough, no? —Susy was talking with a funny tone in her vice, trying to lighten up the mood.

  Yoli looked at her like she wanted to kill her and kept talking on the phone.

  —Ha! It looks like misses “I don’t need anybody” is offended. Mia, run the three blocks and I promise to wait for you so that we can kill her together and cut her into little pieces. Ok. Kisses.

  —Ok. I’m sorry. Don’t be mad. I just couldn’t…I had no courage. —She was trying to explain herself while she was drowning in a sea of tears.

  —Don’t you even start crying. I hate you… a lot. —But she couldn’t control herself and hugged Susy with all her strength and she let all the pain she felt in the past days let go. She didn’t care, if she felt worried, she could only imagine how her friend had been feeling with her marriage falling apart. She was just feeling impotent not to be able to help her friend in these hard times.

  —You can’t even imagine how afraid we have been. We felt like you were so alone. And we love you and we wanted to be there for you but we had to be so far away from you. Knowing that you didn’t want to see us… and you were alone —she hugged her with even more strength, like she was a bear.— Never! Never again! Don’t you ever do something like this again.

  —I’m sorry —said Susy, still crying— But please let go of me, I can’t bre-ath…

  Both friends smiled in the same moment that a hurricane called Mia walked in the store and hugged Susy like a mother that had just found her little missing puppy.

  They all started crying together.

  —I hate you, I hate you. I didn’t know what to do to get to you. I thought about walking in your house through the chimney, like Santa Claus, but Rorik stopped me —Mia sounded truly desperate.

  —I know. I’m sorry. Please try to understand me… I… I…

  —MANOLO!! Manolo! MA-NO-LO! Where are men when you need them?

  —Hiding, my dear. Showing shyness and a little bit of joy, Yoli’s husband showed his head through the door of the opened room.

  Manolo worked with her wife in the store of the village.

  They had a little groceries store, that they opened and maintained with a lot of hard work. Nowadays it was the place to go in the village if you wanted good groceries.

  Manolo was a strong man, a little bit brut, he wasn’t good looking, but he was a really good man, he showed goodness and was charming. He was loyal and honor, that was the base of his life and the love she had towards Yoli. He adored her and messed with her at every moment he had a chance to do so.

  —You have to take care of the store. We are going to the coffee shop in the square. We need to talk right now —said Yoli while she grabbed her purse.

  —Of course, darling —he responded while looking like a little slave.— I work and you talk. That sounds great, my Queen. My light in the darkness. My hope in a bad day…

  —Alright, enough with the silliness. Can’t you see that Susy showed up? —At that moment Manolo understood the importance of the moment.

  He looked at her and saw that her eyes were swollen from the crying. He knew everything that had happened, his wife told her, and he felt really sorry for her. She was a good woman and didn’t deserve to be treated like that. Her husband was a dick.

  —Hi Susy. Well..is ok…you girls go and enjoy your well deserved resting time while the little man stays here working restless to make her consumerist loving wife happy. —and he winked at Susy as she smiled.

  —You are a clown! —Yoli responded as the girls were leaving the store.

  —Yes, but you love me! —and without asking for any permission he kissed her in the forehead and slapped her in the ass as she was walking out of the door.

  —I don’t know how long is going to take, but I imagine that is going to be a long conversation.

  —Go. I will figure out a way so that you can pay me back. —and with another kiss, this time in the cheek, he said goodbye.

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  They were at the coffee shop and Susy told Mia and Yoli everything that had happened. Susy felt a little bit relieved.

  She had taken her time, but for the first time she had a little bit of piece of mind. She needed to let all the rage out, all the pain, all the impotence that she had been feeling. And she’d just done that.

  —Asshole. Asshole. Asshole and a thousand time asshole!

  —We should pay some thugs to hunt him lik
e a dog and cut his penis into little pieces and then give it to the wolves to eat it and then… —Yoli couldn’t control herself. When she had to defend people she loved she became a real hooligan.

  Susy was listening to her with her eyes wide opened and a face that showed fear, but Mia was happily smiling. Truth be told, she agreed with her, but she was too polite to be as hones as Yoli.

  —Well we don’t have to be that wild, do we? —Said Mia in a funny tone.

  —Not so wild! Ok. We cut his penis and stick it up his…

  —Alright, enough with the penises and the recipes. —Susy tried to full her friends but they all started laughing.

  —Recipes?

  —So… am I forgiven? Eh? Please…

  —No, you are not. You are going to suffer after what you made as go through. Prepare yourself… —Yoli wanted to sound threatening but her eyes were saying the truth and she wanted to be as protective as she could with her friend.

  Mia interrupted her to continue joking.

  —Cut his penis, cook it? —Mia was letting herself go and be fun- I agree with the cutting into little pieces part and send it to the little bitch he was seeing via UPS. She is going to enjoy that desert!

  They all started laughing at the same time.

  In that moment, Susy knew that her friends had forgiven her.

  —Well, well…and now? What do you plan on doing? —Mia knew her friend very well, many times better than she knew herself.

  —Move of, of course. —Yoli saw it clearly.

  But Mia wasn’t so sure about. She noticed something in Susys story… she was not clear about her intentions.

  —truth be told… well... how can I explain it… I have been thinking about it and we have to talk