Episode 8

"Alex, let's begin," I tell him as our eyes meet, and I feel a strange sensation and understand that I have his approval.

"Trust me. When I tell you to put the egg in your mouth, you must not clench it or make it burst until I tell you to take it out. It's normal to feel like vomiting and try to expel it, that's why Lazaro and Hector will hold you. We'll do this until you're cleansed. Are you ready?" I ask, looking at him.

Alex: In theory... shall we do it?

Anny: Okay! I get up and take the eggs that Hector handed me, while the bowl of water is on the floor. I sigh, I'm a little nervous because it's my first time doing this, but I try to concentrate, taking the first egg while Lazaro and Hector hold Alex down. Lazaro closes his eyes as I insert the egg into Alex's mouth, and he tries to expel it. Lazaro holds his jaw so he can't, and I focus on the prayers while Lazaro chants in his native language.

Finally, I take out the first egg and put it in the bowl of water, while Alex tries to break free and expel the second egg in his mouth, but Lazaro doesn't let him as I try to keep my energy up to continue, because I've never done this before, and it consumes a lot of my energy. Hector also wanted to vomit at the sight of his friend; I just encouraged him. By the third egg, I felt I had cleansed his body. His body was so tired that he almost collapsed when Lazaro and Hector released him. Although I felt tired, I had to continue. I only knew that this work was not my grandmother's, and if not hers, then someone else's. I continued kneeling on the floor, watching the three eggs in the water.

I hear Alex's weak voice.

"Is it over? Am I free?"

Anny: One part, but the spell is still active. Tell me, how do you feel?

Alex: Tired and thirsty (breathing heavily and covered in sweat).

"I thought this would work and you would free me. I trusted you," he says, trying to catch his breath. I thought about answering him, but Lazaro spoke first.

Lazaro: Believe in her, she just saved your life. If she hadn't done what she just did, you would be dead. Someone cast a death spell on you. I just looked at him.

Anny: Want to see what I did? There are two voodoo dolls baptized in your name, probably paid for by the same person. The one from my grandmother was to bind you to her and subdue you, to cause you as much pain as possible, but the second one is no more than 24 hours old, and this one is death. This doll was made in your name, but it's full of cemetery dirt and the bone and hair of a deceased person, desecrating their grave so that you would wither away, unable to eat, consumed by death itself. I looked at them all as if they didn't believe what I was saying, but Lazaro handed me the knife and smiled at me as I took one of the eggs, gently tapped it with the knife, and as the egg cracked open, it was full of dirt and hair, leaving Hector and Alex surprised and terrified.

Hector: This is a joke! Seeing is believing, and I'm seeing it, and I still don't believe it. Oh my God! I'm going to take a shower... I'm scared.

Alex: What happens now? he asked, intrigued, without taking his eyes off the container.

Anny: Now you must bathe in apple cider vinegar to purify your body and neutralize the bad energies. Hector, go get it and you can tell the lady to bring something soft to eat and some water because he is weak. Mr. Lazaro, you can dispose of that (pointing to the bowl). As I got up from the floor, I felt slightly dizzy, but I tried not to let it show.

(Looking at Alex) You can take off your shirt. He does so, revealing his well-built, bare back as I take the three remaining eggs. Closing my eyes, I pass the egg over his head to remove negative thoughts that poison the soul. Taking another egg, I pass it over his arms, chest, and back while he watches me do it, to free his heart from evil, and over his legs to leave all the bad stuff behind, each part with a different egg. As I unintentionally brushed his hand, I had a vision of him and me totally naked, immersed in pleasure, but then everything changed; his body was covered in blood in front of me. I tried to react, to get away from his touch, while he looked at me without understanding.

"I've helped you, and I'll help you break free from the other spell, but I can only do it next Friday as it will be a new moon, and it's the right time. But we'll need to get a plant and what's left of the doll to free you. Now you just need to eat and regain your strength; my work is done for today. So I'll be on my way."

Alex: I don't think you understand. I can't let you go... not until I'm free of everything your grandmother did to me (as I get up from the chair and walk towards her).

Anny: I'm doing what I have no obligation to do. However, I helped you. I'm sorry, I'm leaving. I just want to be as far away from you as possible (as he approaches me while I move away from him).

Alex: I'll give you anything you want. Just don't leave until this is over, he said, holding her so close that he could smell her sweet scent and see those provocative lips. But then she vanished in his arms as he called out to Lazaro, who entered immediately to check on her. He felt a pain and a great worry for this woman he had just met.

Lazaro: I'll take her to bed.

Alex: I'll do it (taking her in my arms, even though I feel weak, but I don't care).

Lazaro: She's just exhausted from helping you; she's not used to doing this... However, she did it. I'll put some oil on her, and it will help; she just needs to sleep.

As he settled her into my bed, I couldn't stop looking at her; it's strange, every time I see her, she's even more beautiful. But Lazaro brought me out of my thoughts.

Lazaro: All that's left is for you to bathe in the vinegar and eat something. It's ready for today, but you can do something for me. I want you to get as far away from her as possible.

Alex: Why? I asked, intrigued.

Lazaro: Just trust me. (I just watched him as he walked backward, which I did. I took four steps away from my bed where she lay sleeping, but each time I stepped away from her, the pain returned, and I could feel the pins all over my body and the tightness in my chest. I didn't understand what was happening).

"Come closer now," Lazaro says, seeing my expressions of pain. I do, and when I'm close to her, I don't feel anything as I gaze at her red hair.

Lazaro: I think she will be your amulet until you are cured. Her defenses against black magic are so strong that she will be your shield...

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