The Debt

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Luisa is angry with Ricardo, again he has committed her to play in the band, to which she no longer wants to belong, however, she feels tied to him, due to the large sum of money he owes her, whose debt is costing her several favors that she does not want to perform, among them this one.

She takes out of her closet the ridiculous shiny black suit that is starting to fit her a little tight, the first thing she does before getting dressed, is to put on the silk stockings, "they are so vintage" thinks Luisa while she carefully puts her legs in the stockings, her discomfort is increasing, she looks at herself in the mirror and says to herself "come on show me a smile, or you will die of a heart attack", she laughs out loud, her mood has changed for the moment.

Meanwhile, Ricardo was waiting for the woman at the main door of the building, when he handed that sum of money to Luisa, he immediately knew that she belonged to him, and that his pretense of leaving the band would be removed when he saw that he could not pay the debt, he looked at the clock and still had time to arrive and perform a brief rehearsal before starting to play.

Ricardo scans Luisa with his eyes, as she feels evaluated, she looks at him with contempt, as they walk the woman clenches her fists, thus containing the fury she carries inside, but the stiffness in her gait gives her away, as he watches her, the man says "relax, it's not that bad", she looks at him with her eyes full of hate, the tension is increasing.

At the precise moment in which they cross the street, a vehicle rushes towards the couple at full speed, Luisa runs and manages to get away from the place just in time, while Ricardo is paralyzed and the car ends up crashing against his body, the accident happened so fast that there was no chance to react, at first the woman was motionless just watching the scene, not knowing what to do, but a voice made her come to her senses.

_ Madam, your husband, your husband is dead, - said the stranger.

A strange joy began to take hold of Luisa at that moment, there was no longer a debtor or debt to pay, the ties were over in a flash, death took them away.



This is a story for the weekly contest a picture is worth a thousand words organized by freewritehouse@freewritehouse.

The cover image was taken from Pixabay

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