Vengeance From The Past

ila

angled in each other like the n

e, louder than my own racing heartbeat. I could hear my

ff the bed, dragging a pillow to cover himse

s words tumbling over themselves

my eyes never leaving

t, her expression stunned but not exactly ashamed.

ing. Like the floor be

d you?" I

d this time words came out. "Ca

e cracked, sharper than I intend

tment like thunder, and for a sec

ched. "It was a mistake, Camila. It ju

ake another step." Stepping back from him like his very pr

ou knew how much he meant to m

had hit their mark. But I didn't care.

ys so busy, Camila. Always working. Always tired. You barely l

ger,my voice

for goodness sake, I'm disgusted with you being my mo

what this is? You decided to be the woman he needed while I was busy trying to

ooked

ice is calm now. Too calm. A calm born of something spl

. "Camila, I messed up. We

ken. "You slept with my mother. You destroyed everything. But than

im the chance. I turned on my heel and walked out of the

e living room, went inside my room- packed my be

la, w

oed behind me, b

can talk about this. I made a mistake. A t

ed the

Mami said, her voice catch

her the truth. That you broke your daughter

the door

. I just walked. Into the night

zzed, but I

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friend I could cry to. No p

m, excited for her new classes. She always looked up

he one to break

used to take Selena on weekends. The benches were empty at thi

bs too heavy

finally,

obs you see in movies. This was ugly. This was sn

iliation at Casa Estrella. For the bet

for my

d for

rsion of me that h

for having to call my ve

my body felt hollow.

e clouds shifted and parted,

hing left,"

at wasn't e

till believed in me. Still needed me.

ouldn't hear their apologi

. Or how I'd explain this to

't goi

cardboard, their breaths shallow in the night air. I slowed, staring. With nowhere else to

a cup of coffee that had gone cold hours ago. The manager

creen of my phone, debati

ally,

d calls f

from

xts fr

me explain. It was

me. We need to

ds made

came through. Th

! Can't wait to see you and Mami. I

le to swallow as my

. And I had no ide

y, erased it,

oo. I have something to t

then lower

begun. The cit

shes of everything that had burned down,

al

the edge of town. The sheets were stiff, the ligh

aying everything back in my head like a broken f

rgive. I didn't even

sure: I wasn't going to l

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