馃幁 La llegada de la impostora / The arrival of the impostor
Todo era color de rosa hasta que apareci贸 Strella. Ella dec铆a ser la hija perdida. En un abrir y cerrar de ojos, mi habitaci贸n matrimonial se convirti贸 en la suya, y yo fui desterrada al 谩tico fr铆o y polvoriento. "Es lo que te mereces por quitarme mi lugar", me susurr贸 al o铆do antes de fingir un ataque y culparme ante mis hermanos. El amor que me ten铆an se evapor贸, reemplazado por la duda y el desprecio.
Everything was rosy until Strella appeared. She claimed to be the lost daughter. In the blink of an eye, my master bedroom became hers, and I was banished to the cold, dusty attic. "It's what you deserve for taking my place," she whispered in my ear before faking an attack and blaming me in front of my brothers. The love they had for me evaporated, replaced by doubt and contempt.
Mi 煤nico consuelo era Lucy, una gatita que mis hermanos me regalaron. Pero Strella no ten铆a l铆mites. Un d铆a, Lucy apareci贸 ensangrentada en el patio. "Fue un perro callejero", dijeron. Pero yo sab铆a que el mal viv铆a bajo nuestro techo. Mis hermanos olvidaron mi cumplea帽os n煤mero 18, celebrando en su lugar el aniversario de mis padres. Fue entonces cuando tom茅 la decisi贸n: si yo era un "estorbo", me ir铆a, pero no sin antes darles el regalo m谩s grande.
My only comfort was Lucy, a kitten my brothers gave me. But Strella had no limits. One day, Lucy appeared bloody in the yard. "It was a stray dog," they said. But I knew evil lived under our roof. My brothers forgot my 18th birthday, celebrating my parents' anniversary instead. That's when I made my decision: if I was a "nuisance," I would leave, but not before giving them the greatest gift.
