Being in the truck, hearing gunshots, noticing other trucks following us, and hearing the noise of motorcycles coming towards us, I feel Alex's hands making me look at him.
Alex: As long as you're by my side, nothing will happen to you, trust me.- He said to reassure me.
Anny: Not while you are with me, nothing will happen to you, do you trust me?-(Looking at him without letting go of his hand).
Alex: Yes, I trust you. -Trying to understand the reason for her question.
Anny: You need to tell your men not to shoot and to stop. -It would be, but he looked at me in disbelief.
Alex: You're crazy! What, you want us to get killed? -(processing her request, to see if it was a joke, but there wasn't a hint of it on her face).
Anny: Trust me. It's the only way no one gets hurt, tell your men to stop and turn off the engines and not get out of their cars. Alex, trust me. -(While hearing the gunshots from the motorcycles).
Alex: I will, I trust you. -While I give the order to my men and she starts to say a kind of prayer.
Anny: Saint Benedict...
If they have eyes,
May they not see us
If they have hands,
May they not touch us
If they have feet,
May they not reach us
Do not let them surprise us from behind.
Do not let our blood be spilled.
Do not let our death be violent.
Do not let envy finish us.
Do not let us go hungry.
Do not let us live in misfortune.
Do not let our paths be closed.
Do not let evil destroy us.
Do not let our enemies see us fall, you who know everything.
You know our sins, but you also know my Faith, never forsake us, Saint Benedict. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Amen
She finishes praying and my men obey my orders, my heart was racing, everyone was shooting at us, but suddenly the fire ceased, my men and I didn't know what was happening, but everyone was perplexed, because when we stopped, they stopped shooting at us, but it was strange, the trucks that were following us passed by and together with the motorcycles, as if they didn't see us. I look at Anny without understanding what had happened, none of my men spoke because nobody believed what had happened, but I called Hector, still surprised, to ask for reinforcements, because we were not very far from the mansion yet.
Alex: Anny, what did you just do? -One of my men was about to get out of the car, but Anny told him not to. At that moment the trucks and motorcycles come back, they stop in front of us, but it was as if they didn't see us, there I realized they were the Mexicans, they were attacking us on our territory, next to us were several men, practically in front of us on foot, who were surprised because they were saying to each other that we disappeared out of nowhere, I could only look at Anny. Until my other men arrived with Hector and started a crossfire where my men subdued the Mexicans. While Anny is so scared that I had to hug her, my other men came out to help. Hector took the ones alive to make them talk, Anny is in my arms, because she didn't want to see the dead, so I left her in the truck while I covered her eyes, to give orders and clean up the mess and return to our destination. But no one could believe what had happened. While she kept her eyes closed.
I took her hand and she looked at me.
Alex: How did you do that? -Amazed and intrigued
Anny: I just used the prayer of protection, of Saint Benedict, there is also the one of Saint Alejo, it is the first time that I do it, but it worked, for them we literally became invisible, in their eyes they did not see us. But not all prayers are with saints, unlike Hilda she uses the sanimas which are spirits that are used in black magic, I prefer to use the saints...
Alex: You scare me, you have my men scared, I think you're scarier than me. -She laughs. -Why can't you see dead people? -While she was looking at the road and the trees.
Anny: Because I am very sensitive, I can perceive what happened to them, that's why I prefer to close my eyes and not see. The women in my family have strange gifts, but only one decides how to use them. Hilda used it to hurt. I just want to repair the damage she did to you and help people, I just want to help you so I can get back to my life as before and away from all this.-
Alex: Hearing that, I felt a pain in my chest, knowing that I must keep my end of the bargain and let her go, when I'm healed and act like we don't know each other, while she fell asleep, even though we're a little late, I could only watch her sleep. Until she settled on my shoulder, I couldn't help but brush her lips with mine for an instant to taste her sweet lips, but the voice of "Negro" who is the co-pilot informs me that we are about to reach our destination...
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