Episode 17

MISSING IT. OR NOT.........

ALICIA GARCIA......

The first rays of sun invaded the room, I opened my eyes slowly and like a movie I remember the night before....

I try to get up but I feel a weight on me, I look slowly and Heitor is beside me, and by the way, very cozy...

I get up and go to the bathroom and take a relaxing shower, then I go back to the room, take my clothes and go back to get dressed in the bathroom,...

I have to talk to my mother, she will help me, I can't get in Victoria's way, the dream is still in my mind as if it were real, the fear I still have of Igor makes me feel threatened, luckily today we only have a commitment in the evening, a business dinner,...

I grab my bag as I pass the room, I take a quick glance at Heitor, and leave...

My parents' house isn't that far away, I put a scarf on my head so I wouldn't be recognized, there are good neighbors, but there are others who want to see us all the time looking down...

Half an hour later I was at my parents' doorstep, it had been months and months since I last set foot here, a flashback of memories crosses my mind, but soon I return to reality, I ring the bell and it doesn't take long for my mother to appear...

SARAH: Who is it?.....__my mother says as she opens the door__Alicia?......my... my dear is that you__she says hugging me

ALICIA: In the flesh...I missed you mom, you have no idea__I say with tears in my eyes, my mother pulls away from me and then observes me

SARAH: What happened my love?.... come on, let's go inside, your father is about to leave for work__my mother says closing the door as soon as we enter

The place is still the same, I put my bag on the couch and observe everything carefully, my father appears at the kitchen door, and soon comes up to me.

RODOLFO: My princess__he says hugging me__how are you my love, what are you doing here, you know it's not good to come back with that monster on the loose.

My father is right, but I couldn't help it and work is what I live on, at the time all this happened we weren't very well off, and Igor's family is very famous here in town, they're like the sovereigns.

ALICIA: I'm fine dad.....I'm here for work, I won't stay long, I came to see you__I say sitting next to my mother

RODOLFO: And how is life?__knowing my father as I do, I already know where he wants to go

ALICIA: Normal, nothing happened, if you know what I mean

RODOLFO: Well honey, if you say so, we won't pressure you, you know the right time to start over, right?__he says getting up__well, work is waiting for me, before you go, let us know, we'll come to you.

My father says goodbye to us and leaves, then my mother closes the door and comes back to the sofa with me.

SARAH: Tell me what happened, I know you very well, young lady

ALICIA: I had a nightmare yesterday .......and it was kind of realistic.......I saw Igor in front of me as if he were real.......he tried to grab me and......and....I started screaming desperately...but__My mother watches me as I struggle for words.

SARAH: But?....

ALICIA: I heard a voice which__I go back to thinking and I know that if I talk about Heitor my mother will demand more or even raise hopes where there are none,__which made me wake up but when I opened my eyes it was no one, it was just a nightmare__I notice that my mother is not comforted

SARAH: What do you mean a voice, honey?

Now she's going to wonder what I'm going to do because I opened my big mouth...I have an idea

ALICIA: Igor's voice, mom, even in my dream I could hear his voice, why does my past haunt me so much__I say putting my head on her lap.

SARAH: Oh my love, remember the law of return, one day he will pay, and dearly, now avoid thinking about that.....that. Leave it be, try to stay in your life, you have to give yourself a new chance...

ALICIA: Maybe mom, maybe__I say closing my eyes

HEITOR SMITH.....

I wake up to my cell phone ringing, but what surprises me most is to see that Alicia is no longer in the room, I get up and immediately grab my cell phone and answer, while talking to my secretary I start looking around the rooms but I find nothing...

HEITOR: Where did you go?

I hang up the phone and go back to the room to take a shower, after showering I call my security guard,...

CALL ON ✅.

SECURITY: At your service, sir

HEITOR: Where did Miss Alicia go?

SECURITY: She didn't inform me, all I know is that when she came down there was a taxi waiting for her, it was quick...

HEITOR: Ok, that was it.

CALL OFF

Where could she have gone? I'm deep in thought and decide to occupy my mind with work.

The hours passed and still no Alicia, I decided to get ready because in an hour we have to leave, I like to be punctual, arrive early, besides, I have to finish organizing some papers... and that's Alicia's job, but the devil seems to be getting into trouble with me already,...wait a minute, could she have gone to see a boyfriend?....... no.... no... no...I better stop thinking about this, I'm going to get hurt.

I go to the bathroom and do my business and then go get dressed, when I come back to the living room putting on my watch I am captivated by a perfume I know very well.

I look towards the table and Alicia is finishing putting away the paperwork and it seems she's already separated it, she doesn't notice my presence.

When she gets up and goes to the kitchen, I almost have a heart attack, she was wearing a wine-colored satin dress that completely accentuated all her curves, high heels and her hair in a loose bun, I put my hand on my chin and realize the mess I'm in.

When she turns around to get a glass, she finds me leaning against the door, I just watch, but after a while I remember that maybe she went on a date, I close my face and go back to the room, spray on some perfume and look in the mirror, and soon after, she enters the room,...

ALICIA: Have they sorted out the room situation?__right, she wants to have fun with her boyfriend, but she won't get rid of me that easily

HEITOR: We haven't, we'll have to share, if you know what I mean__I say walking past her

Soon after, we were getting in the car, Alicia all elegant, stealing the looks of the onlookers, I loosened my tie and got in the car,...

Half an hour later we arrived at the restaurant, 20 minutes later our guest arrived, but to my surprise, when one of my shareholders looked at Alicia, she froze on the spot, could this be the so-called boyfriend or something?

TO BE CONTINUED.......

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