A Cup of Coffee with Elizabeth
To my readers which do not speak Spanish or maybe they do not manage that language very well here I have this tale adapted from Spanish by Isabel Marchant
It
was an afternoon. The weather was so hot. I hate it because I sweat a lot.
Anyway, she arrived at 3:45 pm. Elizabeth wore an impeccable blouse; her
clothes tell me that she was a good secretary that cares about the way she
looks at work.
I
have known her since I finished high school many years ago. We met in the
precollege. From that moment on I fell in love with her and showed all my
weakness to her, although I always tried not to be under her control
completely. Moreover, this began when we finished college and she started telling
me stories about her boyfriends and experiences.
By
the time I was her support and her adviser. I always pay attention to her and I
help her sincerely. Today she said that she had to tell me something about
Erick, her new boyfriend. She explained to me that he was finishing his studies
in psychology; he is a little bit quiet but Elizabeth does not mind. She does
not mind either about the fact that he does not like reading novels or
listening “The Who” and she does, since everything was supplied by his beauty,
honesty and chivalry. In my opinion, that guy is not a bad person; I cannot say
that he is better than me or what is right or wrong with him. I know that it is
a subjective thought totally which only happens in Elizabeth´s time and space.
Anyway,
I will be patient, I will laugh and I will pretend that I am happy or I will
hold her soft hand and I will comfort her if I have to do it. I will
concentrate, as usual, on her large lips that I would like to taste with
gentleness as If I had tasted the most delicious delicacy… but I will resist
and I will perform my role as a friend. I devote myself to supporting her.
Only
a few people know what I do. On the other hand, everybody considers that I
should not go on with this because when I am drunk, I show my wounds and day
after day they are deeper and I do not know how to stop them.
Perhaps,
I have not given up hope of being her tool for revenge some day or her iodine
in her wound… This will never happen but a part of me really wants it.
In any case, it will be a new
cappuccino with Elizabeth.
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