Decisions - 2
When I got out of the room, I saw my mother, Aunt Carmen, waiting for me by the door, according to the way I put my foot on the floor of the ground floor, I stopped, startled at what she might say in that instant, and by the way she looked at me, shook her head and smiled, it was clear that she had realized how I felt...
- Let's go for a moment to the living room, come on, heaven -she said.
She took my hand gently and dragged me after her, making me sit on the large sofa as soon as we arrived, then she sat down beside me. I noticed she was looking fixedly out of the windows, supposed to be checking if no one was lurking outside, since later she gave me a sweet kiss on the lips, slowly passing her tongue over mine, but without retreating when I brought my own to meet hers... then...
- Are you feeling a bit more calm now? -she asked with a soft voice while her hand passed over my head, stroking me.
- Yes, Carmen, a little...
- Mom, is that okay, treasure? -I nodded- Then, are you calmer?
- Yes, mom.
- Well, that's good. Let's go see Tony, you know that for me you're my true son, that I love you like that and nothing will change that, right?
- Yes, yes, I know.
- Excellent. Look... what happened never should have passed, since I'm your mother, okay? -I nodded-, well, but it did happen, there's no need to regret it, it was a nice experience for both of us. I was the first woman you were with, why not?
- Yes, I hadn't been with anyone before -I gathered my courage-, and I'm glad about that, I'm glad it was you, it has been very special for me, although I know you wouldn't like to hear it...
- ¡¡¡My boy...!!! -she said lovingly while laughing happily and giving me a maternal hug-, every woman likes being told those things when she's the first, I love knowing that. But I'm your mother and it's incest, do you know what incest is, Tony? Ah, yes, I know what it is, it's when two people from the same family have relationships...
Yes, that's it...
It's a sin for the church, or maybe we could get away with it, but besides being very badly viewed by society, in some cases and countries, it's even a crime... Two people from the same family shouldn't do it ever -I clenched my teeth-.
Calm down, dear, calm down. You'll see Tony, our case is a bit different from that, in a way, we haven't done anything wrong, except because you're 16 and I'm 38 and also your legal guardian. But we don't have the same blood, so there wouldn't be real incest even if technically we did it, do you understand?
No -I said looking at her surprised, not understanding anything.
Well, let me explain it to you. Your father was your uncle's brother, I have no relationship of consanguinity with your father or mother or any of your uncles on his side... Besides being divorced from your uncle, so even... one could say that I don't touch you anymore -she made a playful gesture winking at me which provoked me to laugh-.
If it weren't for having your custody in the divorce, you and I wouldn't have done anything wrong, except for the age difference, which they would look down on us very badly, almost like saying... So, sky, we haven't done anything wrong, but it can't be repeated... technically speaking, we're mother and son, do you understand now?
Yes, mom, I think I already understand. You want to say that you and I, although we love each other like a mother and son, don't have blood ties, so without those legal bonds, what we've done would be normal, just another young boy tangled with a mature woman, isn't it?
That's the same, sky, and now... let's not talk about this anymore. You slept in your bed and I in mine, okay? -I nodded-, perfect, then come on, give mom a hand and let's go have breakfast.
Alright, let's go -I said laughing while giving her- the hand as if it were a cry, pulling out of her also a laugh. After that day we didn't bring up the topic again, it was as if that night hadn't existed between us, however, she and I tightened our bonds very much. I think that otherwise never would have become my confidante and maybe even my best friend, just my mother. When I started with my great passion, I told her about it, and although I recognize that at first it didn't make her very happy, I had the advantage of knowing her very well and she knew I wouldn't do crazy things, even once when she went out with her friends, she said she saw me with other people and that she liked seeing me, seeing what I was doing, although also that she took a couple of scares, but later she marveled at seeing me overcome obstacles... The truth is that I didn't see her, but through the data, I knew in an instant that she was telling the pure truth. Well, let's get back to the story, it turned out to be very unpleasant for me to have Gata there, at my university, I had no idea how she had found me, I wasn't expecting her and I knew I could relax about it as long as I didn't break my ribs, then a prudent time to recover my shape, later... we'll see how to face it. What I did know was that my sisters would give me problems, because of the way they looked at me, it was clear like water that things wouldn't stay this way with any of them. In one of the classes that morning, there were two friends from her group, sitting just two rows in front of me, three 3x3 wardrobe cabinets intervened between us, they seemed like rugby defenses to the turkeys. We were attending what the professor was explaining while the two were chatting and making comments, one of the juiciest being that my two adorable sisters and one of her friends had had a monumental fight with their boyfriends over Gata, referring to her as my friend. You could suppose that after hearing that, I already had it clear that I was going to have a bad time with both of them, because very possibly the culprit of everything would end up being me, as usual.
The data confirmed itself at the hour of leaving, I was on time like a clock in front of my sister Laura's car. I didn't have the slightest doubt seeing their faces as they approached that I was going to get hit by the octopus, just as it happened. Before entering the car and even opening it, they started questioning me about my friend the brunette with whom I had spoken upon entering. My answer was very clear and concise, it's not your business, then Laura decided that neither was it her business to take me, so she calmly sent me off on the bus, got in the car with Belén. When I went to open the back door to get in, this one was closed, I had to see them drive away.
I found myself with a fat but nasty one, I had three options: call my mother for her to come and pick me up, go straight on the bus during peak hour of students, almost two hours late with a hurt rib, or wait for Laura to come back for me, something I knew would happen as soon as my mother arrived and didn't see me... but that could be in two hours, or at ten o'clock at night if she was running very late, which happened sometimes. Obvious decision, damn it, get on the bus, calling my mother didn't seem like a good idea either, I wasn't a kid anymore and couldn't make her leave work for me.
To get home I had to take three buses, the first one was deadly already full, not even a single needle could fit in. I got two punches in the side, but with the second one I didn't know how I didn't fall flat on my back from the pain of how hard they hit me, I could have sworn I heard my rib crack... In the second bus I only got in once the pain passed, so I had to let two of them pass, almost an hour.
Waiting sitting at the bus stop. It wasn't much better this time, I could sit down and fortunately with the bad side against the window, there protected, but when getting off to get off, the bus brake a bit abruptly and I went against the front seat giving me a little tap on the ribcage, which caused it to hurt terribly... Again I had to wait at the stop until it passed... Fortunately for me because I doubted I could take another bus, although I predicted it would be a disaster for someone not taking long, my mother happened to pass by there, stopping right away when she saw me... The face she put when I told her what had happened was like a horror movie, although I also got a good scolding for not having warned her about it.
According to entering the chalet, my mother parked the car next to my sisters' cars and my motorcycle. She had to help me get to the living room, where I collapsed onto the sofa, protecting my side and biting down on my teeth from the blows that were being given to me, my mother brought me a glass of water with painkillers for the pain, double dose because it was hurting so much. I saw my mother approaching the door, just at the cabinet where the house keys and vehicle keys were left, removing those of my sisters' cars and my motorcycle from there, then she approached the door and called both of them. Both turned pale when they saw me sitting on the sofa, the truth is that it wasn't exactly because of my appearance, and even though according to my mother I was very pale...
- When coming home I found your brother at the bus stop in the urbanization, pale as a ghost and his ribcage hurting like a demon. Do I expect you two to give me an explanation of why he was there and why you're both here more than two hours lying by the pool?
- That's not...
- This is what I'll say only this time, if any... Once again, although it may be by chance, I hear one of the two say that expression referring to your brother, and I will personally make sure he knows what it's like to have hell for life... Is it clear for both of you?
- Yes - they said, lowering their heads.
- Your brother told me I arrived very late and assumes you left because you thought he had gone on the bus, which I don't buy, but as usual, you only try to screw him over and protect yourselves - I look at her with a face few friends like.
- It's just what he said, we don't even remember - Belén hurried to confirm.
- I'm not kidding myself, Belén, I don't know what would have happened but I'm clear that you left him there knowing what you were doing, but he covered for you, so you'll get off scot-free. Anyway, I need your cars and Tony's motorcycle for the rest of the month, and thank him because it could have been more drastic if he hadn't covered for you. I'll take Tony to and from university, you two will be taking the bus that time, which is clear that you don't care who uses it, let's see if next month you're... so careless.
- My mother, despite both of them trying to talk to her, she wouldn't budge, my sisters would have to take the bus for the remaining fortnight, two hours each way, while I'd be taken and brought back by my mother, I didn't laugh at first because of the rib pain, and secondly not to add to it myself. Seeing they weren't going to get anything more than an increased punishment, between the two of them told my mother what had happened that morning when we arrived, although they did embellish it a bit.
- Again, I was about to laugh if the pain hadn't stopped me from doing so at seeing their faces in response to my mother's reaction, which on the other hand looked at me a little worried, asking if I was feeling unwell, although she would calm down... after that is when they started asking me about what happened. that her sisters told me...
- Is it Cat? The Cat? Isn't that the one they call Queen? -she asked me.
- Yes, same one, that's the Gata –I saw Mom laughing and shaking her head.
- Well, you're happy then. What did she want?
- To go around with me... is very insistent...
- And I deduce you don't want to, right?
- That's it, I do it for fun, because I like it, not to compete with anyone... so I'm completely out of what she wants, even though it will cost me to stop bothering her.
- Well, then that's simple, go with her and let her win... -my mom said.
- That would work with someone else, but not with Gata, she wouldn't be fooled like that... –I shook my head-. No, if I do it with her, it has to be serious and I'm not in the mood for that.
- Son, honestly, I don't understand you, if she's half as pretty as you said, any other guy would be jumping for joy because she's interested in him, and instead you're just avoiding her.
- Maybe, but I don't care, let her keep her crown, it doesn't interest me... I'm not willing to dance to the tune that's played for me..., I like to go my own way... besides Mom, she's after Speed, not Tony, so what you're saying doesn't make sense...
- Well, maybe she'll have to deal with Tony too, or won't she?... Of course it's possible that her real interest is also the reason why you got upset over that rib, is it possible, or isn't it? -my mom asked.
- Maybe, the guy was brother of one of her friends, in fact one of her best friends, so maybe that's part of it too...
- Mom, do you know this girl?... And did you also know Tony is called Speed?... And what's with like she really got upset over that rib? -Laura exploded just seconds before Belén joined the questions.
- My mom didn't say anything. I ignore them completely, he only continued looking at me with his brow furrowed, finally got up taking his bag from where I left it when entering and directing himself to me...
- Come on Tony, let's go...
- Where are we going? - I asked, surprised.
- To the doctor, you're not well, it still hurts and you look pale, come on, I said, but already - he told me, putting himself in motion and ending the discussion without bothering to respond to my sisters.
He didn't pay any attention to me at all, so I had no choice but to get up with all the pain of my ribcage, which every time I moved made me see stars. We went to urgent care, to a private clinic where we were insured, and I was treated immediately, thank God, because when I arrived my side hurt terribly. They did some tests, X-rays, etc... According to it seems the little tap of marras had slightly widened the crack, so I was like at the beginning of making it, with the same intense pains. At least I'm glad it didn't break completely, that would have been much worse...
On the way back home...
- And well, now without nonsense Tony, what really happened to your sisters?
- Look mom, I'm not going to change my version, even if you know it's not true. Besides, you should return their cars, at least one so they can go to uni, we're almost at the finals, they can't afford to lose that much time... and you know... this hurts them a lot...
- And what about you, then? Can't you?
- You know I can't, but well, you know how they are...
- I know, believe me - he tightened the steering wheel and I saw disappointment on his face, something I thought I'd never see again after the divorce -, but tell me, what happened? Quietly, I won't scold them either. I'll do what you want, I'll return their cars so they can go to university, but in exchange, I want to know the truth.
- Really?
- Do you want me to promise it, swear it? What if I wrote it down for you? - No, if you tell me, I'll believe you, and you know... -I stayed silent for a few seconds-, okay, I'll tell you. I started talking, and I saw her getting angry when I said they didn't open the door, then after telling her we were left there and she saw us get in the car... She stayed quiet for a few minutes, and even though she was silent, I could see perfectly how they were laughing, I'd bet almost 99% that they were laughing because I was left there. When she spoke again, all she said was that we would stop by the pharmacy before going home to buy some more painkillers for me, these didn't need a prescription, although security social could give them to me cheaper... I won't tell you how she looked at me when I made the comment. Almost had to swear her that it wouldn't occur to me to go to the doctor myself and get some prescriptions... The truth is that the price difference was considerable, but also, that my mother would lose an hour of work going to get them would cost her much more than that small expense and I saw on her face with crystal clarity that Laura and Belén definitely didn't think about asking for anything at all. Her behavior started giving me a bad feeling, although I didn't doubt she'd do what she said... When we got home, we got out of the car, I had to stop for a bit to breathe because when I straightened up it hurt terribly, my mother told me to go slow but straight to my room and lie down for a bit and relax, that she'd bring me some painkillers with water and a sandwich so I could eat something before taking them. She went inside and I started walking after her, gritting my teeth. The main reason it hurt was because the doctor had been palpating and pressing a bit after seeing the plate, and honestly, it hurt like hell, I knew from the day that...
me gave myself a blow and made a fissure, which in a couple of days would make everything more bearable. But what two days were waiting for me!!! My room was on the top floor, getting to it was a triumph, my mother appeared with what I had told her, a plate with food, a glass with water, and two pills. She stayed with me until I finished eating and got into bed, as you can imagine I didn't have any problem staying in my underwear in front of her and putting on some shorts to be more comfortable. We were talking about many things, including Gata, my mother seemed very interested in knowing exactly what had happened in that small conversation, so I tried to repeat it to her as exactly as possible... She even laughed and said if Laura and Belén had heard that they must have been eating their nails out of curiosity... It was a pleasure to mention them and see her face tense up again. After giving me a kiss on the forehead she left... I listened to the sound of the floor below, which led directly to the pool, I got up carefully and with much more caution I looked out the window, trying not to be seen. The truth is that I had a lot of practice at this, in this window was where I used to jerk off thinking about my sisters' friends, seeing them when good weather started and they wore bikinis made me hard every moment, obvious to say that neither Belén nor Laura wanted to see me around there or by chance, in fact they had it strictly forbidden under penalty of doing terrible things if I betrayed them. But the truth is that I preferred it this way, their friends served as inspiration for me to give it a try, but from there, to me wanting to put up with them... That was a very long stretch. I could see Laura and Belén lying in the sun as I had supposed when I didn't see them at home on entering, good temperature and it's true that I wanted it. Whoever had opened the Corredera was my mother... I saw that she was standing next to her, with her arms crossed and her face towards where the two of them were lying down, at a certain moment she started moving and stopped next to them...
- Take your car keys, you can use them to go to university or go out with your friends if you want... -she turned around.
- Thanks mom... -said Laura taking her keys, being imitated by Belén.
- It's not me who has to give them to you -she said turning towards them-, that's for your cousin who is the one who convinced me to do it
I left with my mouth open after hearing her say that, of course I won't tell you how they reacted, I think since she was like a mother to me, it was the first time I heard her address me in front of them by our real degree of kinship and not addressing me as son or brother... Belén then...
- Look mom, see what happened with Tony...
- I'm not interested in your explanations, he told me what really happened in exchange for returning your cars so you wouldn't harm yourselves in your studies since the finals were so close... -her voice sounded hard and contained, which was a bad sign with her.
- Mom -started to speak Laura condescendingly-, it's just that our brother is a...
- Don't come now with those excuses, as you always said, Tony is only your cousin not your brother, neither of you deserve to be treated like that. His fracture has worsened, he'll be out for several days and won't be able to go to university, which will harm him greatly, but instead he intervened so you wouldn't have the same fate... because you're the ones who are responsible for it by leaving him there on purpose. I'm ashamed to call you my daughters when I see how you treat him...
- Mom, believe us that we're sorry, we...
- Your excuses don't interest me anymore, pray he doesn't lose... Because then you'll really know the two of us... Mom... I try to intervene Laura.
I repeat that I'm no longer interested in what either of you have to say, if your cousin is affected in his grades because of this, I'll sell your cars...
And also his motorcycle, right? -Laura raised her voice.
While you were going on paid vacations by your father and me, your cousin was working all summer to buy that motorcycle, so it's his since he was the one who paid for it, we didn't buy it from anyone, but I'll buy your cars and they're in my name. If their grades are affected, start thinking like he did, work this summer to buy yourselves at least a motorcycle like his for next year or pay for bus fares, because I won't give you a single cent all year... And by the way, I'll talk about all this with your father and see what he thinks, I think he'll want to talk to both of you long and hard about how you treat your cousin.
What my uncle said didn't please me, nor did what I threatened my cousins, but I knew it wasn't just idle talk, if I had said it, I would do it and sell their cars. My uncle will explode when he finds out about many of the things I managed to get my aunt not to tell him about my cousins, they'll have a pretty rough time, which wouldn't bother me... but I knew my uncle would also take it up with me for not telling him anything, which was a real drag, but the worst is that very possibly he would end up arguing with my aunt because of this, and that's what really mattered to me, it was the last thing I wanted to happen.
When I got out of the room, I saw my mother, Aunt Carmen, waiting for me by the door, according to the way I put my foot on the floor of the ground floor, I stopped, startled at what she might say in that instant, and by the way she looked at me, shook her head and smiled, it was clear that she had realized how I felt...
- Let's go for a moment to the living room, come on, heaven -she said.
She took my hand gently and dragged me after her, making me sit on the large sofa as soon as we arrived, then she sat down beside me. I noticed she was looking fixedly out of the windows, supposed to be checking if no one was lurking outside, since later she gave me a sweet kiss on the lips, slowly passing her tongue over mine, but without retreating when I brought my own to meet hers... then...
- Are you feeling a bit more calm now? -she asked with a soft voice while her hand passed over my head, stroking me.
- Yes, Carmen, a little...
- Mom, is that okay, treasure? -I nodded- Then, are you calmer?
- Yes, mom.
- Well, that's good. Let's go see Tony, you know that for me you're my true son, that I love you like that and nothing will change that, right?
- Yes, yes, I know.
- Excellent. Look... what happened never should have passed, since I'm your mother, okay? -I nodded-, well, but it did happen, there's no need to regret it, it was a nice experience for both of us. I was the first woman you were with, why not?
- Yes, I hadn't been with anyone before -I gathered my courage-, and I'm glad about that, I'm glad it was you, it has been very special for me, although I know you wouldn't like to hear it...
- ¡¡¡My boy...!!! -she said lovingly while laughing happily and giving me a maternal hug-, every woman likes being told those things when she's the first, I love knowing that. But I'm your mother and it's incest, do you know what incest is, Tony? Ah, yes, I know what it is, it's when two people from the same family have relationships...
Yes, that's it...
It's a sin for the church, or maybe we could get away with it, but besides being very badly viewed by society, in some cases and countries, it's even a crime... Two people from the same family shouldn't do it ever -I clenched my teeth-.
Calm down, dear, calm down. You'll see Tony, our case is a bit different from that, in a way, we haven't done anything wrong, except because you're 16 and I'm 38 and also your legal guardian. But we don't have the same blood, so there wouldn't be real incest even if technically we did it, do you understand?
No -I said looking at her surprised, not understanding anything.
Well, let me explain it to you. Your father was your uncle's brother, I have no relationship of consanguinity with your father or mother or any of your uncles on his side... Besides being divorced from your uncle, so even... one could say that I don't touch you anymore -she made a playful gesture winking at me which provoked me to laugh-.
If it weren't for having your custody in the divorce, you and I wouldn't have done anything wrong, except for the age difference, which they would look down on us very badly, almost like saying... So, sky, we haven't done anything wrong, but it can't be repeated... technically speaking, we're mother and son, do you understand now?
Yes, mom, I think I already understand. You want to say that you and I, although we love each other like a mother and son, don't have blood ties, so without those legal bonds, what we've done would be normal, just another young boy tangled with a mature woman, isn't it?
That's the same, sky, and now... let's not talk about this anymore. You slept in your bed and I in mine, okay? -I nodded-, perfect, then come on, give mom a hand and let's go have breakfast.
Alright, let's go -I said laughing while giving her- the hand as if it were a cry, pulling out of her also a laugh. After that day we didn't bring up the topic again, it was as if that night hadn't existed between us, however, she and I tightened our bonds very much. I think that otherwise never would have become my confidante and maybe even my best friend, just my mother. When I started with my great passion, I told her about it, and although I recognize that at first it didn't make her very happy, I had the advantage of knowing her very well and she knew I wouldn't do crazy things, even once when she went out with her friends, she said she saw me with other people and that she liked seeing me, seeing what I was doing, although also that she took a couple of scares, but later she marveled at seeing me overcome obstacles... The truth is that I didn't see her, but through the data, I knew in an instant that she was telling the pure truth. Well, let's get back to the story, it turned out to be very unpleasant for me to have Gata there, at my university, I had no idea how she had found me, I wasn't expecting her and I knew I could relax about it as long as I didn't break my ribs, then a prudent time to recover my shape, later... we'll see how to face it. What I did know was that my sisters would give me problems, because of the way they looked at me, it was clear like water that things wouldn't stay this way with any of them. In one of the classes that morning, there were two friends from her group, sitting just two rows in front of me, three 3x3 wardrobe cabinets intervened between us, they seemed like rugby defenses to the turkeys. We were attending what the professor was explaining while the two were chatting and making comments, one of the juiciest being that my two adorable sisters and one of her friends had had a monumental fight with their boyfriends over Gata, referring to her as my friend. You could suppose that after hearing that, I already had it clear that I was going to have a bad time with both of them, because very possibly the culprit of everything would end up being me, as usual.
The data confirmed itself at the hour of leaving, I was on time like a clock in front of my sister Laura's car. I didn't have the slightest doubt seeing their faces as they approached that I was going to get hit by the octopus, just as it happened. Before entering the car and even opening it, they started questioning me about my friend the brunette with whom I had spoken upon entering. My answer was very clear and concise, it's not your business, then Laura decided that neither was it her business to take me, so she calmly sent me off on the bus, got in the car with Belén. When I went to open the back door to get in, this one was closed, I had to see them drive away.
I found myself with a fat but nasty one, I had three options: call my mother for her to come and pick me up, go straight on the bus during peak hour of students, almost two hours late with a hurt rib, or wait for Laura to come back for me, something I knew would happen as soon as my mother arrived and didn't see me... but that could be in two hours, or at ten o'clock at night if she was running very late, which happened sometimes. Obvious decision, damn it, get on the bus, calling my mother didn't seem like a good idea either, I wasn't a kid anymore and couldn't make her leave work for me.
To get home I had to take three buses, the first one was deadly already full, not even a single needle could fit in. I got two punches in the side, but with the second one I didn't know how I didn't fall flat on my back from the pain of how hard they hit me, I could have sworn I heard my rib crack... In the second bus I only got in once the pain passed, so I had to let two of them pass, almost an hour.
Waiting sitting at the bus stop. It wasn't much better this time, I could sit down and fortunately with the bad side against the window, there protected, but when getting off to get off, the bus brake a bit abruptly and I went against the front seat giving me a little tap on the ribcage, which caused it to hurt terribly... Again I had to wait at the stop until it passed... Fortunately for me because I doubted I could take another bus, although I predicted it would be a disaster for someone not taking long, my mother happened to pass by there, stopping right away when she saw me... The face she put when I told her what had happened was like a horror movie, although I also got a good scolding for not having warned her about it.
According to entering the chalet, my mother parked the car next to my sisters' cars and my motorcycle. She had to help me get to the living room, where I collapsed onto the sofa, protecting my side and biting down on my teeth from the blows that were being given to me, my mother brought me a glass of water with painkillers for the pain, double dose because it was hurting so much. I saw my mother approaching the door, just at the cabinet where the house keys and vehicle keys were left, removing those of my sisters' cars and my motorcycle from there, then she approached the door and called both of them. Both turned pale when they saw me sitting on the sofa, the truth is that it wasn't exactly because of my appearance, and even though according to my mother I was very pale...
- When coming home I found your brother at the bus stop in the urbanization, pale as a ghost and his ribcage hurting like a demon. Do I expect you two to give me an explanation of why he was there and why you're both here more than two hours lying by the pool?
- That's not...
- This is what I'll say only this time, if any... Once again, although it may be by chance, I hear one of the two say that expression referring to your brother, and I will personally make sure he knows what it's like to have hell for life... Is it clear for both of you?
- Yes - they said, lowering their heads.
- Your brother told me I arrived very late and assumes you left because you thought he had gone on the bus, which I don't buy, but as usual, you only try to screw him over and protect yourselves - I look at her with a face few friends like.
- It's just what he said, we don't even remember - Belén hurried to confirm.
- I'm not kidding myself, Belén, I don't know what would have happened but I'm clear that you left him there knowing what you were doing, but he covered for you, so you'll get off scot-free. Anyway, I need your cars and Tony's motorcycle for the rest of the month, and thank him because it could have been more drastic if he hadn't covered for you. I'll take Tony to and from university, you two will be taking the bus that time, which is clear that you don't care who uses it, let's see if next month you're... so careless.
- My mother, despite both of them trying to talk to her, she wouldn't budge, my sisters would have to take the bus for the remaining fortnight, two hours each way, while I'd be taken and brought back by my mother, I didn't laugh at first because of the rib pain, and secondly not to add to it myself. Seeing they weren't going to get anything more than an increased punishment, between the two of them told my mother what had happened that morning when we arrived, although they did embellish it a bit.
- Again, I was about to laugh if the pain hadn't stopped me from doing so at seeing their faces in response to my mother's reaction, which on the other hand looked at me a little worried, asking if I was feeling unwell, although she would calm down... after that is when they started asking me about what happened. that her sisters told me...
- Is it Cat? The Cat? Isn't that the one they call Queen? -she asked me.
- Yes, same one, that's the Gata –I saw Mom laughing and shaking her head.
- Well, you're happy then. What did she want?
- To go around with me... is very insistent...
- And I deduce you don't want to, right?
- That's it, I do it for fun, because I like it, not to compete with anyone... so I'm completely out of what she wants, even though it will cost me to stop bothering her.
- Well, then that's simple, go with her and let her win... -my mom said.
- That would work with someone else, but not with Gata, she wouldn't be fooled like that... –I shook my head-. No, if I do it with her, it has to be serious and I'm not in the mood for that.
- Son, honestly, I don't understand you, if she's half as pretty as you said, any other guy would be jumping for joy because she's interested in him, and instead you're just avoiding her.
- Maybe, but I don't care, let her keep her crown, it doesn't interest me... I'm not willing to dance to the tune that's played for me..., I like to go my own way... besides Mom, she's after Speed, not Tony, so what you're saying doesn't make sense...
- Well, maybe she'll have to deal with Tony too, or won't she?... Of course it's possible that her real interest is also the reason why you got upset over that rib, is it possible, or isn't it? -my mom asked.
- Maybe, the guy was brother of one of her friends, in fact one of her best friends, so maybe that's part of it too...
- Mom, do you know this girl?... And did you also know Tony is called Speed?... And what's with like she really got upset over that rib? -Laura exploded just seconds before Belén joined the questions.
- My mom didn't say anything. I ignore them completely, he only continued looking at me with his brow furrowed, finally got up taking his bag from where I left it when entering and directing himself to me...
- Come on Tony, let's go...
- Where are we going? - I asked, surprised.
- To the doctor, you're not well, it still hurts and you look pale, come on, I said, but already - he told me, putting himself in motion and ending the discussion without bothering to respond to my sisters.
He didn't pay any attention to me at all, so I had no choice but to get up with all the pain of my ribcage, which every time I moved made me see stars. We went to urgent care, to a private clinic where we were insured, and I was treated immediately, thank God, because when I arrived my side hurt terribly. They did some tests, X-rays, etc... According to it seems the little tap of marras had slightly widened the crack, so I was like at the beginning of making it, with the same intense pains. At least I'm glad it didn't break completely, that would have been much worse...
On the way back home...
- And well, now without nonsense Tony, what really happened to your sisters?
- Look mom, I'm not going to change my version, even if you know it's not true. Besides, you should return their cars, at least one so they can go to uni, we're almost at the finals, they can't afford to lose that much time... and you know... this hurts them a lot...
- And what about you, then? Can't you?
- You know I can't, but well, you know how they are...
- I know, believe me - he tightened the steering wheel and I saw disappointment on his face, something I thought I'd never see again after the divorce -, but tell me, what happened? Quietly, I won't scold them either. I'll do what you want, I'll return their cars so they can go to university, but in exchange, I want to know the truth.
- Really?
- Do you want me to promise it, swear it? What if I wrote it down for you? - No, if you tell me, I'll believe you, and you know... -I stayed silent for a few seconds-, okay, I'll tell you. I started talking, and I saw her getting angry when I said they didn't open the door, then after telling her we were left there and she saw us get in the car... She stayed quiet for a few minutes, and even though she was silent, I could see perfectly how they were laughing, I'd bet almost 99% that they were laughing because I was left there. When she spoke again, all she said was that we would stop by the pharmacy before going home to buy some more painkillers for me, these didn't need a prescription, although security social could give them to me cheaper... I won't tell you how she looked at me when I made the comment. Almost had to swear her that it wouldn't occur to me to go to the doctor myself and get some prescriptions... The truth is that the price difference was considerable, but also, that my mother would lose an hour of work going to get them would cost her much more than that small expense and I saw on her face with crystal clarity that Laura and Belén definitely didn't think about asking for anything at all. Her behavior started giving me a bad feeling, although I didn't doubt she'd do what she said... When we got home, we got out of the car, I had to stop for a bit to breathe because when I straightened up it hurt terribly, my mother told me to go slow but straight to my room and lie down for a bit and relax, that she'd bring me some painkillers with water and a sandwich so I could eat something before taking them. She went inside and I started walking after her, gritting my teeth. The main reason it hurt was because the doctor had been palpating and pressing a bit after seeing the plate, and honestly, it hurt like hell, I knew from the day that...
me gave myself a blow and made a fissure, which in a couple of days would make everything more bearable. But what two days were waiting for me!!! My room was on the top floor, getting to it was a triumph, my mother appeared with what I had told her, a plate with food, a glass with water, and two pills. She stayed with me until I finished eating and got into bed, as you can imagine I didn't have any problem staying in my underwear in front of her and putting on some shorts to be more comfortable. We were talking about many things, including Gata, my mother seemed very interested in knowing exactly what had happened in that small conversation, so I tried to repeat it to her as exactly as possible... She even laughed and said if Laura and Belén had heard that they must have been eating their nails out of curiosity... It was a pleasure to mention them and see her face tense up again. After giving me a kiss on the forehead she left... I listened to the sound of the floor below, which led directly to the pool, I got up carefully and with much more caution I looked out the window, trying not to be seen. The truth is that I had a lot of practice at this, in this window was where I used to jerk off thinking about my sisters' friends, seeing them when good weather started and they wore bikinis made me hard every moment, obvious to say that neither Belén nor Laura wanted to see me around there or by chance, in fact they had it strictly forbidden under penalty of doing terrible things if I betrayed them. But the truth is that I preferred it this way, their friends served as inspiration for me to give it a try, but from there, to me wanting to put up with them... That was a very long stretch. I could see Laura and Belén lying in the sun as I had supposed when I didn't see them at home on entering, good temperature and it's true that I wanted it. Whoever had opened the Corredera was my mother... I saw that she was standing next to her, with her arms crossed and her face towards where the two of them were lying down, at a certain moment she started moving and stopped next to them...
- Take your car keys, you can use them to go to university or go out with your friends if you want... -she turned around.
- Thanks mom... -said Laura taking her keys, being imitated by Belén.
- It's not me who has to give them to you -she said turning towards them-, that's for your cousin who is the one who convinced me to do it
I left with my mouth open after hearing her say that, of course I won't tell you how they reacted, I think since she was like a mother to me, it was the first time I heard her address me in front of them by our real degree of kinship and not addressing me as son or brother... Belén then...
- Look mom, see what happened with Tony...
- I'm not interested in your explanations, he told me what really happened in exchange for returning your cars so you wouldn't harm yourselves in your studies since the finals were so close... -her voice sounded hard and contained, which was a bad sign with her.
- Mom -started to speak Laura condescendingly-, it's just that our brother is a...
- Don't come now with those excuses, as you always said, Tony is only your cousin not your brother, neither of you deserve to be treated like that. His fracture has worsened, he'll be out for several days and won't be able to go to university, which will harm him greatly, but instead he intervened so you wouldn't have the same fate... because you're the ones who are responsible for it by leaving him there on purpose. I'm ashamed to call you my daughters when I see how you treat him...
- Mom, believe us that we're sorry, we...
- Your excuses don't interest me anymore, pray he doesn't lose... Because then you'll really know the two of us... Mom... I try to intervene Laura.
I repeat that I'm no longer interested in what either of you have to say, if your cousin is affected in his grades because of this, I'll sell your cars...
And also his motorcycle, right? -Laura raised her voice.
While you were going on paid vacations by your father and me, your cousin was working all summer to buy that motorcycle, so it's his since he was the one who paid for it, we didn't buy it from anyone, but I'll buy your cars and they're in my name. If their grades are affected, start thinking like he did, work this summer to buy yourselves at least a motorcycle like his for next year or pay for bus fares, because I won't give you a single cent all year... And by the way, I'll talk about all this with your father and see what he thinks, I think he'll want to talk to both of you long and hard about how you treat your cousin.
What my uncle said didn't please me, nor did what I threatened my cousins, but I knew it wasn't just idle talk, if I had said it, I would do it and sell their cars. My uncle will explode when he finds out about many of the things I managed to get my aunt not to tell him about my cousins, they'll have a pretty rough time, which wouldn't bother me... but I knew my uncle would also take it up with me for not telling him anything, which was a real drag, but the worst is that very possibly he would end up arguing with my aunt because of this, and that's what really mattered to me, it was the last thing I wanted to happen.
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