Esperanza consumes all the battery of her phone while she waits distractedly for the subway unit that will take her back home, she doesn't know it but destiny and its wiles are conspiring again. That day nothing has gone well for her, she is terrified by a madman who has boarded the Tokyo subway and killed everyone who crossed him.
But those things don't happen in Venezuela, here they would steal your cell phone without realizing it or kidnap you to take your shoes, but a madman disguised as the Joker? that would never happen! At least that's what she wants to think as she stares at one of those political ads that flood the streets of Caracas.
Promises of change, that and a bunch of lies offered by politicians of all stripes, it doesn't matter, Esperanza just wants to get to her station and hopefully get there early. As she looks around inside the unit, she stops at a guy who is reading a book as if there was nothing better to do and pays attention to his details.
Esperanza consume toda la bater铆a de su tel茅fono mientras espera distra铆da la unidad del metro que la llevara de nuevo a su casa, ella no lo sabe pero el destino y sus artima帽as de nuevo est谩n conspirando. Aquel d铆a nada le ha salido bien, esta aterrada por un loco que ha subido al metro de Tokio y ha matado a todo el que se le atravesaba.
Pero esas cosas no pasan en Venezuela, aqu铆 te robar铆an el celular sin darte cuenta o te secuestrar铆an para quitarte hasta los zapatos pero, 驴un loco disfrazado del Guas贸n? 隆eso nunca suceder铆a! Al menos eso quiere pensar ella quien se queda mirando uno de esos anuncios pol铆ticos que inundan las calles de Caracas.
Promesas de cambios eso y un mont贸n de mentiras que ofrecen los pol铆ticos de todas las tendencias, da igual Esperanza solo quiere llegar a su estaci贸n y con un poco de suerte llegar temprano. Mientras mira a su alrededor ya dentro de la unidad, se detiene en un tipo que est谩 leyendo un libro como si no hubiera algo mejor que hacer y presta atenci贸n a sus detalles.
That man had red hair and a red cap that accentuated even more the color of his hair, when she looks down she notices that he was wearing a skateboard between his legs and when she raises her eyes again to the height of the boy's, she realizes that he was looking at her insistently.
On the other side of the booth was Diego, he has had a good day better than the average day he usually has. Today he has brought a book with him so as not to take out his phone, he has been a victim of the underworld on countless occasions, however he has taken the time to read something by Isabel Allende.
While he is distracted his skateboard falls to the ground and makes a noise that scares the lady standing in front of him. The lady looks at him with contempt and turns her head in the most jocular way she can, she grumbles something that Diego can't hear but no matter what, he sinks back into his reading.
Aquel hombre era pelirrojo y ten铆a una gorra roja que acentuaba a煤n m谩s el color de su cabello, cuando baja la mirada se da cuenta que llevaba una patineta debajo entre sus piernas y cuando vuelve a subir sus ojos a la altura de los del muchacho, se da cuenta que este la estaba mirando insistentemente.
Al otro lado de la cabina estaba Diego, 茅l ha tenido un d铆a bueno mejor que el promedio de los d铆as que suele tener. Hoy se ha tra铆do un libro consigo para no sacar su tel茅fono, ha sido v铆ctima del hampa en incontables ocasiones sin embargo ha tomado tiempo para leer algo de Isabel Allende.
Mientras esta distra铆do su patineta se cae al suelo y hace un ruido que asusta a la se帽ora que esta junto delante de sus ojos. La se帽ora lo mira con desprecio y gira su cabeza de la manera m谩s jocosa que puede, refunfu帽a algo que Diego no logra escuchar pero no importa el se vuelve a hundir en la lectura.
Before he goes back to reading Allende, he realizes that someone is looking at him but he doesn't know who it is. When you live in a city as dangerous as any other city in Latin America, any look can be suspicious, but he immediately realizes that the person looking at him is a very pretty woman with a very peculiar way of dressing.
He pretends not to have seen her, but after a few moments he smiles and winks at her mischievously, the woman has smiled at him and he understands that it is time to get up to the conquest, but he has to be careful because in Caracas even the women are careful.
This is how destiny works or the decisions we make to meet people or get into new situations. Some call it destiny, others call it chance, but Esperanza and Diego will call it love at first sight and who are we to contradict them?
Antes de volver a leer a Allende, se da cuenta que alguien lo est谩 mirando pero no sabe qui茅n es. Cuando vives en una ciudad tan peligrosa como cualquier otra ciudad de Latinoam茅rica, cualquier mirada puede resultar sospechosa pero de inmediato se da cuenta que quien le mira es una mujer muy bonita y con una manera de vestir muy peculiar.
El hace que no la ha visto, pero luego de unos instantes le sonr铆e y le hace un gui帽o con picard铆a, la mujer le ha sonre铆do y el entiende que es hora de levantarse a la conquista, eso s铆 se maneja con cuidado porque en Caracas hasta las mujeres son de cuidado.
Es as铆 como trabaja el destino o las decisiones que tomamos para conocer personas o adentrarnos a situaciones novedosas. Algunos lo llaman destino otros casualidad pero Esperanza y Diego le van a llamar amor a primera vista y 驴qui茅nes somos nosotros para contradecirlos?
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