Chapter 4

Nine years later

LEAH POV

I wake up exalted I sit in bed. I hear some screams, I find myself in my sister Bella's house today is February 14 luckily I had no class today at the University. Yesterday I had decided to visit my sister and spend some time with her, I always came to visit her on weekends, but I took advantage of the fact that the next day I had no class because it was Valentine's Day, so I decided to spend it with my sister.

I get up from bed I walk on tiptoe towards the door. I pull out my head a little and look from one side to the other everything was dark. I go back into the room looking for the cell phone and walk back to the door. I turn on the flashlight, the screams became louder, and when I get to the living room, I see nothing. I feel the loudest screams, this time I feel it in my sister Bella's room. Her room was next to mine.

I open the door slowly, I see Bella very exalted, I hear her voice calling mom and dad.

—Mom, Dad, where are they, — she said.

I approach the bed and try to wake her up, —Bella, wake up—she said as I touched her arm softly, but it was useless, she continued calling our parents and asking for help. It was at that moment that I knew that I was reliving the accident nine years ago where we lost our parents and narrowly lost me as well. When I woke up in the hospital, she was next to me holding my hand. Luckily, she had only suffered a few scratches and a broken arm. When she told me that she had operated on me and they had to remove my pancreas because the bleeding did not stop and to save my life they had to remove it. Now I am an insulin dependent person for life.

I sit next to her and take her hand to calm her down. I barely touch her hand and she wakes up from a jump on the bed. As soon as she saw me, it was I approached her and hugged her to calm her down.

—Quiet Bella, it was a nightmare, — she said, patting her on the back to calm her down.

—Again the same old nightmare, no, — I said as she nodded.

I gave her another hug and we lay down on the bed. I stared at him and we began to talk. Her eyes looked more and more tired until she fell asleep. I stared at her and stroked her cheek; I couldn't imagine how much she must have suffered that day. The poor woman has gone to several psychiatrists, it is true that they helped her to calm her fears; however, the nightmare was still there.

I don't know how she has been able to bear everything, since our parents died she was there to take care of me. In addition, when they wanted to separate us in the rescue house, Bella fought until the end so that we wouldn't be separated. I owe everything to her, my career, my life, everything. Bella had to leave the University to take care of a girl who was about to enter adolescence. I work very hard to make sure I didn't miss anything. And the only way to thank her for everything she has done for me is by studying and studying. I was in my second year of Medicine and I was doing my internship at the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital in Madrid.

I don't know when I fell asleep, when I react I don't see my sister. I start to call her; I look for her in the bathroom, in the living room, but nothing. When I go to the kitchen, I see her note telling me that she was going to run. I go to the bathroom, wash up, and go back to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. At that moment, I feel the door open, she was all sweaty, it looked like she had run the marathon. I see her approaching me; as soon as I saw her arms, open and she could see what her intentions were,

—Don't you dare come up to me like that, you're all sweaty, go take a shower and I'll wait for you for breakfast, — I said, turning around and saying sarcastically.

—Yes, Mama, —said while we both laughed, had every occurrence this Bella

I continued to prepare breakfast, put everything on the table. I sit and wait for her, but half an hour had passed and she had not yet appeared. I couldn't take it anymore and I start without it. When it was already, finished I see it to seem, it looks at me and it frowned.

— Wow, I marvel at the way you wait, — she said mockingly.

— Of course I waited, but every time you go into the bathroom, I have to wait half an hour, I don't think so. Also remember my condition, you idiot, — I said in a euphoric voice as she changed her attitude.

—True, excuse me, it was only a joke, — I said as I sat down for breakfast.

While she was having breakfast, I was telling her a joke that made us both start laughing. I also told her things about the University and you can see in her eyes how proud she was of me. We both loved each other very much, although sometimes we had our encounters we always solved it.

In that, moment it sees the hour that is, finished swallowing the last mouthful is lifted says goodbye to me and takes his purse. When I finish scrubbing the slab, I go to the room I change and take advantage that I do not have class today and I go shopping to the Mall.

While I was walking very entertaining listening to music, I don't realize it and I bump into someone. I'm going to stop on top of him, when I look up to see who was the idiot who didn't realize where he was walking and tell him a few things,

—You're blind you don't see by..., —I said but as soon as I saw his face I was in shock; to see those honey eyes that stared at me, those muscular arms that I barely wanted to let go left me speechless.

—He's all right, Miss, — he said in a sweet voice.

—Yes, — I said as I quickly separated myself from him.

—Excuse me, I didn't see it pass..., — he said while I was cutting it.

—No, no, it was my fault that I was entertained by the music I didn't look where I was walking, — I said while my heart was beating at a thousand an hour.

I've never been like that for a man before, but he would turn everything upside down for me. I think the same thing happened to him, because he kept looking at me, yet his face was familiar and I couldn't remember where I knew him. I never forget a face, I am a very photogenic person and I never forgot a face, but his face, no matter how much I wanted to remember it, I couldn't remember where I know him from.

—We happen to know each other, — he said as he stared at me,

—No, but to me you also look familiar from somewhere, —I told him

—By chance, you work or study at the Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital, — he said with a curious voice.

—I'm doing practice there, I'm in the second year of my degree, why? —I said while I was formulating a smile on his face.

—My name is Sam and I'm a surgeon at the same hospital, — he said as he held out his hand to me.

— Wow, what a coincidence, my name is Leah, and I'm a resident there, nice to meet you, — I said as I accepted his hand.

At that moment, an electric current flowed through our hands, which I had to remove at once. He felt the same and we both started laughing. We stared for a few seconds; his penetrating look caused my whole body to be tense. — Wow, I've never been like that for anyone before, — I said inside myself. Until he breaks the ice and says to me:

— What if, in return, I invited you to lunch, What do you say? — he said while he didn't know what to say.

—How about another day, is that I have to go back to the hospital, they only gave me today, but my flight leaves in four hours, but here you have my contact, — I said while I wrote him on a piece of paper my telephone number.

I could see a sadness in his face, but he knew how to understand my situation. He gave me his telephone number and we said goodbye. We both took different paths, I was going home, I had to pick things up and I hadn't said goodbye to my sister yet. It was almost noon and my flight was leaving in two and a half hours. While I was picking up my things I called my sister Regina, after two rings she answered me.

—There's my sweet little sister, — she said in a cheerful voice.

—Either you don't have much work or something happens to you to make you happy like that, — I said while feeling how happy I was.

—If I have a lot of work, but it's true that I'm happy, you remember when I mentioned that boy I ran into and we started going out, — she said very happy.

—Yes, Sam, — I said as she nodded, —And... — I said waiting for an answer.

—I'll tell you, we're now official bride and groom, — she said while shouting for joy.

—Congratulations, my sister, I hope this one is worth it and not that stupid Alec who left you hanging alone because you didn't have any money, — I said.

I know that by mentioning your ex's name, you've come up with old memories and not pretty ones. When he found out about our parents and that we had to live in a foster home, he turned around and left as if nothing had happened. I know that at that time they were both very young, but —Fuck! You don't do that to anyone you love, — I said to myself.

—I'm sorry, my sister was so happy to tell you what was going on that I forgot that you called me. What is the reason for your call, — she said in a happy voice.

At that moment she reacted, I had already forgotten that it was I who called her, — AH! I had already forgotten, — I also said very happy. —You'll know that I met someone today, he's handsome, more or less 27 years old, —I said as I described to him that boy I met and I told him that I had fallen in love with him at first sight.

—But Leah is older than you, and they barely know each other, since you're already going to be in love with him. —She said while a silence invaded the atmosphere, until she waited,

—Don't start with the plan, Mom, you're not,—I said to her, I know she was saying it to protect me, but I'm a grown-up now.

—But Leah..., —she said when I cut her and I said,

—Don't worry, I'll take good care of myself, okay, — I said to reassure her.

When we're done talking, I'm done picking up, take my purse and head for the door. I bid farewell to Peter the doorman, a wonderful person. I go out to the sidewalk and take out my hand to call a taxi. When I arrive at the airport I check my ticket, fortunately I still had an hour and a half left for my flight, so I go to the cafeteria, I hadn't eaten anything.

I ask for a sandwich and an orange juice, while they bring it to me, I sit on one of the tables next to the window to observe the panorama of the planes taking off and landing on the runway.

It's only been half an hour since I arrived at the airport. I get up from my chair and head towards the waiting room to wait for my flight to be announced. When I suddenly feel, through the intercom, —Please the passengers of flight 1506, destination Madrid, I inform you that the flight will be delayed a few hours, please be patient and excuse the inconvenience caused,

—Fuck! Now what did —I say while they were repeating the information?

I took a magazine that I saw on a coffee table and started browsing it. I was looking at the latest in fashion, then celebrity gossip, — Ostia! the paparazzi don't let others live, — he said inside me.

It was already 5 and 30 in the afternoon and nothing of the flight, I fear that it will never leave and I will have to listen tomorrow to the professor guide to give me the ear, but it is my fault if I did not leave the flight in time. I go back to leafing through another magazine this time on the catwalk, — Wow! What bodies these models have, — he said inside me.

After 45 minutes it was already 6:15 pm and nothing of the flight, I continue to leaf through the magazine until I raise my eyes and see some honey-colored eyes, a slender body like the models of the magazine, we cannot compare it with Bratt Pitt, nor with Kellan Lutz, but neither had bad body, approaching me. My heart was beating at a thousand an hour, — wow, I didn't mind meeting him here, —I said to myself. Our bodies were facing each other. His penetrating gaze kept looking at me. We looked like statues without knowing what to say.