p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He had spent 9 months traveling, far from his family, far from everything. He needed to forget…..What? Even he wasn't too sure….forget the pressure? boredom? shame !/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He remembered every moment of that evening, how he had unmasked this "Lord" Featherington, Penelope's smile during their dance, he knew he had done what was right... But he also remembered the words that he had said to his friends how he had "ruined" his friend….He didn't understand how he could have said that, how….why…The only thing he knew was that he was ashamed… …so much so that he disgusted himself….his only relief was that she had not heard those words…but it had left him in such pain….to think that he had sacrificed a friendship so precious under popular pressure, to please others…..he disgusted himself…..Leaving was the only solution…..he had to find himself again…. Try to forgive himself….become someone…..for what….for who….for her?/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He had spent the first month traveling around Europe, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, he had spent his time drunk trying to forget who he was, what he wanted to be, the past, the present, the future everything. mixed, swirling in his mind, he had known countless women, adoring their bodies with passion in the hope of forgiving, forgiving himself for what he had done to her…../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"His journey quickly ended in France, he had found in this country what he needed….a certain redemption…..a different way of seeing things…..he knew that he had changed and that now he would be able to face London, find his family and Her…../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-So it's now? she asked, smiling in front of Colin's trembling hands./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-Yes…well I think….I have never been as convinced of something as I am now, I want…I have to go back…..he began/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-Your family or her? asked the young woman/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-It's a whole thing, I spent so much time thinking about what I should be, looking for absolution….By being here, with you, with him, he said, pointing to the child sleeping on the sofa. , I understood that I had to go back, show them….tell them….I found my goal, I can finally be me without being afraid…..finally I think so, he breathed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-You really know how to use words my dear….she said, taking his hands. Although I am delighted that you hold us in such high regard, we have done nothing…../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-You...took the time to listen to me, he cut her off, hugging her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-SO…. London right? she asked, still caught in her friend's embrace…./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-Yes….but I was hoping…..he said, caressing his face, the eye of which had taken on a purple tint/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-No need for additional words, you have been a guardian angel for us….until yesterday I would have refused…but like you, I must be courageous….he needs it! she said looking at the sleeping child. I would die for him, just last night…. she sobbed, I understood that he would be her next target if I came to…..If he wasn't there….my god, he almost touched him….I have to protect him! Fortunately, you are here, I believe that the universe made us meet…../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-So you're coming? he cut her/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-Yes ! she whispered, we must prepare ourselves to face unprecedented anger... When he finds out that we are gone, hell awaits me! she laughed sadly. But at least he, she said, pointing to the child, will be safe. Promise me ! she panicked/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-A whole new life awaits you! he said, kissing her on the forehead, a tear in the corner of his eye thinking of everything she had gone through to protect this child. You are now family and believe me it is one hell of a family! he said full of nostalgia/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-I don't want to… she began/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-No worries! he affirmed. They will love you at least as much if not more than me!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-Be careful Milord…..she smiled, a certain young lady might see with a bad eye…. "us" she said, indicating her and the child./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-She is my best friend…..she will love you too…he said/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-you manage to change people's lives….she said, placing her hand on his cheek. It's such a shame that you can't see what's there...he said, pointing to his heart, what I see...what I understood as soon as you walked through that door...she hugged him against her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"-Tomorrow…another day. He said, tightening his grip./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The three of them left the next morning, him to get his life back, them to start a new one…..how it was going to end…..none of them knew but they would fight, for happiness, for life. 'future…/span/p