The Marmalade Fair//La Feria de las Mermeladas

Jackey was exhausted, she had spent all night making different kinds of jams, she would take them to the town fair, where she would participate in the annual contest, which she had been attending for a long time, with the difference that this time her attendance was not entirely due to the contest, but rather to flirt with the handsome Albert Smith.

She met Albert at the last fair, although Mr. Smith paid little attention to Jackey, she was captivated by his beauty and gallantry, since then she looked for any occasion to see him, she dedicated herself to know what his daily walks were among his friends, she invented excuses to be present in the places he often frequented.

She started going to the racetrack and to the horse shows, even though she did not like horses at all, with the sole intention of meeting Albert. In this way, they began to establish a friendly relationship, at the same time the young woman invented in her head, the possibility of having a love relationship with that man.

Jackey arrived early to his assigned stand, he arranged the jams on the shelf, the event started at the scheduled time, everything was going well until he saw Albert approaching with a girl, they were holding hands, she immediately began to feel the anger over her body, she was so angry that she was shaking, she decided to lean on the shelf so that his lack of control would not be noticed, which caused the shelf to come down on him along with all the jars of jam.

Jackey estaba agotada, se había pasado toda la noche elaborando diferente tipo de mermeladas, las llevaría hasta la feria del pueblo, donde participaría en el concurso anual, al cual asistía todos los años, con la variante, que esta vez su asistencia no se debía totalmente al concurso, sino más bien para coquetearle a su amigo Albert Smith.

A Albert lo conoció en la feria pasada, aunque el señor Smith le presto la mínima atención a Jackey, ella quedó prendada de su belleza y galantería, desde entonces buscaba cualquier ocasión para verle, se dedicó en saber cuáles eran sus andares cotidianos entre sus amistades, inventaba excusas para estar presente en los sitios que él frecuentaba a menudo.

Comenzó a ir al hipódromo y a las exhibiciones equinas, aunque no le gustarán para nada los caballos, con única intención de encontrarse con Albert. De esta manera, fueron entablando una relación amistosa, al mismo tiempo la joven sé invento en su cabeza, la posibilidad de tener un vínculo amoroso con aquel hombre.

Jackey llegó temprano al puesto que tenía asignado, acomodo las mermeladas en el estante, el evento dio inicio a la hora pautada, todo iba bien hasta que vio acercarse a Albert con una chica, estaban tomados de las manos, de inmediato empezó a sentir como la ira se apoderaba de su cuerpo, tenía tanta rabia que temblaba decidió apoyarse en la estantería para que no se notase su descontrol lo que ocasionó que el estante se le cayera encima junto con todos los frascos de mermelada.