Chapter 29


    Luz opens her eyes, a smile is drawn and for the first time in almost a week she was able to sleep


    peacefully. She doesn’t know if because of the milk or because of the nice words that she said to Gerard.


    After that, each one finished their cup in silence and went up to their rooms, with just a look they said


    goodnight and wished each other a nice dream. (Only the most connected couples have managed to


    communicate only with their eyes and it usually takes a long time)


    A few rooms away, Gerard wakes up happy, full of energy and wanting to smile all day.


    -This doesn’t seem like a normal Monday – he goes into the bathroom and looks in the mirror -. Nothing


    is normal with her anymore!


    Of course he jumps in like a teenager, singing and whistling, thinking that he has found a point in


    common with Luz, that he will be able to help her study.


    -I’ll be your tutor – he says getting out of the shower, taking a towel and going to the room -.


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    Suddenly someone enters the room without knocking and he remains paralyzed, while he sees the girl of


    his alegrías turn around scared.


    -Oh no…sorry!


    He runs out, mming the door shut and leaving Gerard with a pounding heartbeat. He looks for pants to


    go looking for her and remembers that she is embarrassed to see him without a shirt, so he looks for


    her. On his way out he runs into Darcy who looks him over from head to toe and says mockingly. – Is the


    new uniform for work?


    -Shut…


    He walks past her and goes to Charlize’s room, but neither of them is there. She retraces the path and


    knocks on Luz’s door. The girl, her voice weak from her embarrassment, tells her toe in.


    -Light… – he approaches her and hugs her, the girl buries herself in his neck and begins to cry -. It’s


    okay, I guess Charlize wanted to y hide and seek, right?


    “Yes,” she says, wiping away her tears. She told me which was the room of her mother and her cousin, I


    thought her room was on the same side…sorry. one


    – Don’t worry, I’m not upset.


    -Really? -The girl’s reddened look fills him with tenderness and she can’t help but caress her face to get


    the tears out of her skin-.


    -I could not bother with you, ever – and that is the moment… -.


    The hearts beating at a calm rhythm, despite the situation, in a unique and stable synchronicity, which


    calls them toply with thew of maism. But you can’t always have what you want.


    – Daddy! – They separate quickly, Gerard gets up to take Charlize in his arms, while Luz wipes her eyes,


    but the little girl doesn’t miss anything – What’s wrong with Lucecita? Why were they so close? Why


    weren’t you looking for me?


    Charlize’s questions came out like soap bubbles in one of those bathtubs that she likes so much, Gerard


    walks with her to get her out of the room, while he exins.


    -She had a piece of debris in her eye, I was helping her remove it, that’s why she wasn’t looking for you.


    “Ah… well, can I have breakfast with you again z?”


    – Of course, princess. Go to your room, wait there for Luz and I’ll go get dressed.


    He kisses her before setting her down and she runs to her room. Gerard enters Luz’s room again and


    this time he closes the door securely, the girl opens her eyes wide and a cold sweat begins to run


    through her, Gerard doesn’t realize that, because he looks anywhere.


    He takes a seat away from Luz, which helps her calm down a bit.


    -Luz, I want to apologize… I think I’ve been going too far with you, it’s not right for you to touch or say


    those things, I don’t want you to think I’m a stalker or something like that. I promise to try my best to stay


    away. one


    -But… it doesn’t bother me that he hugs me – he says with shame -. It seems to me that you need those


    hugs more than I need respect for my personal space.


    -Yasí usted me dice que no puede ser persona más importante de mi vida… – Gerard se pone de pie


    y piensa en acercarse a Luz, pero si lo hace, esta vez nada le impedirá besa -. Iré a cambiarme,


    Charlize no esperará mucho por mí.


    El hombre sale de habitación y Luz se deja caer en cama de espaldas, se llevas manos a cara


    y deja salir un bufido.


    -?Rayos, Luz! ?Qué estás haciendo? Te estás enamorando de tu jefe, un hombre que no es para ti…


    súmale que casi te mueres del susto cuando cerró puerta con seguro. 1


    Cierra los ojos un momento y se le viene a mente lo que le acaba de decir.


    “A mí no me molesta que me abrace”.


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    -Pero que aventada, Luz… “él te dijo que dijo que fueras honesta”. Un suspiro, una sonrisa y a


    levantarse. Sale de su habitación máspuesta y se va a de Charlize. que ya está colocándose los


    zapatos, pero al revés.


    -Ay que bueno que llegas, Lucecita – pelea por meterse uno de los zapatos -. Necesito ayuda, creo que


    me creció el pie en noche. 2


    -O tal vez… estos zapatos están al revés – le dice con dulzura –


    Los cambia de lugar, Charlize suspira con alivio y luego se va a sentar frente al espejo para que Luz


    peine.


    -Quiero un peinado de princesa.


    -Muy bien, su majestad – peque?a le dedica una risita y se deja peinar mientras le cuenta el sue?o


    que tuvo en noche — ?Tú qué so?aste, Lucecita?


    -Algo parecido, princesa.


    Lo que Luz sue?a pors noches no es apto de contar a nadie, lo oscuro de sus tormentos nocturnos es


    solo para e… y Rafael, que es el único que sabe lo que le pasó, trata de ayuda para que pase


    pronto por esa etapa.


    Ambas chicas salen juntas de habitación y bajan escalera hando de lo que harán ese día, una


    des actividades es aprender a leer. Llegan aledor, Luz ayuda a Charlize a sentarse a mesa, al


    lado de su padre. Darcy pone cara de oler popó, pero no dice nada.


    La chica del servicio llega con bandeja con desayuno y le sirve a los tres, Luz se queda cerca para


    ayudar a peque?a en caso de que lo necesite y Gerard le dice antes de llevarse el primer bocado a


    boca.


    – Luz, tome asiento, no necesita quedarse allí.


    – No me parece correcto, se?or.


    -?Por qué debería ser incorrecto que se siente a mesa, aldo de mi hija, para ayuda? Es más – se


    pone de pie y se asoma a puerta – ?Evangeline!


    Vuelve a mesa y chica del servicio aparece en seguida.


    -?Se?or? 1


    – Por favor, traiga desayuno para se?orita Méndez. -i?Qué?! No – dice Luz poniéndose de pie otra


    vez -. Me quedo sentada aldo de Charlize, pero noeré con ustedes…


    -?Y en qué momento lo hará? Porque Charlize no irá al colegio estos días y e no se le va a despegar.


    Evangeline, lo que ordené.


    -Disculpa, pero ?por qué Charlize no irá al colegio? – pregunta Darcy con un tono entre curioso y


    molesto –


    -Porque saqué de ese lugar en el que estaba. Estaban incumpliendo normas, además de tratar mal a


    mi hija, por supuesto que no lo iba a permitir.


    -Sí, pero debes entender que e…


    -Disculpen – dice Luz poniéndose de pie y tomando mano de Charlize, mientras que con mano libre


    levanta su to -. Cuando terminen de har temas de adultos, podremos volver.


    Luz mira a Gerard con intensidad, él asiente ys chicas salen de allí.


    -?Podemos terminar en el jardín, Lucecita?


    -?Por supuesto!


    Se van animadas, mientras Gerard fulmina con mirada a Darcy.


    -Mira, Darcy, pasa lo siguiente. En esta casa ya no se dirán más los “defectos” de Charlize dnte de


    e.


    -?Esas sons órdenes de mosca muerta esa?


    -Te prohíbo har así de Luz, e solo ha conseguido lo que ni tú ni mi madre lograron, nada más. que


    con amor…


    -Oh please! love ? Maybe, but for your money… think about this, Gerard. That little girl is conquering the


    girl to get to you and it would seem disrespectful to Margaret’s memory…


    -Don’t say his name! No one in this house can do it!! Gerard is more annoyed by the fact that she tries to


    say that he betrays her wife than by naming her. Now, she finishes eating alone, because I’m leaving


    with my daughter.


    The man takes his te and leaves Darcy alone, brooding over his anger.


    -I hate you, Luz M éndez. The Dark Secret of the CEO by Sofia de Orena Chapter 2