Manuel buscó dentro del closet de su padre el dron de vigilancia que trajo a casa, quería jugar un rato con él. El servicio eléctrico lo habían suspendido una vez más, lo que implicaba para él estar desconectado por al menos de tres a cuatro.
Él solo conduciría al dron por la calle principal del vecindario, su única intención era ver lo que hacían sus amigos en ese momento, sin embargo, la hallo vacía, y justo cuando estaba a punto de hacerlo regresar, vio al gato de su amigo Esteban, salir corriendo de su casa, el cual perseguía a un ratón.
Por ser el único entretenido que había visto hasta ese instante, Manuel decidió seguir piloteando el dron, así saber hacia donde se dirigía el ratón. Este se introdujo por debajo de la puerta del señor Castro, logrando evadir el gato, el cual de forma infructuosa buscaba la manera de entrar.
— Qué gato tan estúpido, no logro agarrar al ratón, además no puedes entrar a esa casa porque el perro del señor Castro te descuartizaría, ja, ja, ja. — comento en forma de burla.
Manuel dudó si debía seguir rastreando al roedor, pero su curiosidad pudo más que las normas, prosiguió observando sus movimientos, este se metió por debajo de la puerta de la cocina donde se encontraba un hombre obeso comiendo un helado, a penas vio al animal pasar frente a él soltó su mantecado del susto de inmediato busco subirse en una silla.
La silla no soportó el peso y se abrió en dos pedazos, provocando que el hombre cayera precipitadamente al piso, al parecer algo grave le había sucedido, Manuel busca su celular para llamar a urgencia, más no sabe qué decir, pues es ilegal fisgonear a las personas, él o su papá podrían ir preso por haber usado un equipo de vigilancia manera ilícita.
— No sé qué hacer, maldita sea, — grita el chico.
Un fuerte debate se gesta en el interior del Manuel, mientras que a escasos metros yace un hombre luchando por su vida.
English
Manuel looked inside his father's closet for the surveillance drone he had brought home, he wanted to play with it for a while. The electric service had been suspended again, which meant he would be disconnected for at least three to four hours.
He would just drive the drone down the main street of the neighborhood, his only intention was to see what his friends were doing at that moment, however, he found it empty, and just as he was about to turn it back, he saw his friend Esteban's cat run away out of his house, which was chasing a mouse.
As it was the only entertaining thing he had seen up to that moment, Manuel decided to continue piloting the drone, so he would know where the mouse was going. The mouse went under Mr. Castro's door, managing to evade the cat, which was unsuccessfully looking for a way to get in.
"What a stupid cat, I couldn't catch the mouse, besides, you can't enter that house because Mr. Castro's dog would tear you to pieces, ha, ha, ha, ha." I commented mockingly.
Manuel doubted if he should continue tracking the rodent, but his curiosity was stronger than the rules, he continued observing its movements, it went under the kitchen door where an obese man was eating ice cream, as soon as he saw the animal pass in front of him, he let go of his cream and immediately tried to climb on a chair.
The chair could not support the weight and opened into two pieces, causing the man to fall precipitously to the floor something serious had happened to him, Manuel looked for his cell phone to call emergency, but he did not know what to say, because it is illegal to snoop on people, he or his father could go to jail for having used surveillance equipment illicitly.
"I don't know what to do, damn it," the boy shouts.
A fierce debate rages inside Manuel, while just a few meters away lies a man fighting for his life.
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2022