Twenty four hours before the kidnapping.
She looked at me with admiration as if she was dazzled, I went down the stairs to her and stopped in front of her, but she did not stop looking at me, even to disguise, depending on the person I had felt vanity, but with her I felt uncomfortable and twisted for her to at least disguise.
- I can help you? - I asked trying to look her in the eye, it always works with people, they are always disconcerted when I do this.
- There ... I ... I'm waiting for Isabel. - she says a little embarrassed looking down.
As I said it always works.
- Okay, she must be coming down. - I said leaving the door.
I went to my shiny silver Ferrari, chrome paint, what a beautiful thing, my baby, it still smells like a new car, I slid down the driver's car seat, turned the key on in the car's ignition. How wonderful! I went to Caleb's house to find out if he was going out today, I'm here to do a split with the guys, debut this car for the first time in a race, I can feel the adrenaline in my veins. I get close to his house. From a distance I have a vision of him fighting with a girl in a denim skirt and a tight white blouse, short boots with black hair, from the coast she looked beautiful. I get out of the car and go over to them; she ends up slapping him in the face, I can hear the crackles.
- You're an asshole. - she says screaming, stepping angrily in a way that makes me laugh.
She stops and looks at me in the middle of the lawn, the anger on her face disappears, it's the same look that the freak in my house had when she was asking about my sister, but it doesn't last long and the idiot remembers the anger again and walk away.
- What was this? I ask, pretending to be curious.
- Don't even want to know. - he says discouraged. - Aren't you too tidy? - He asks looking at me.
I look at myself, maybe I'm a little, but I don't care.
- Whatever, we are going to run today, I am crazy for an adrenaline rush.
- He knows you're crazy, he doesn't know.
I laugh without humor.
- There's a party today at Mateus' house, Lauro. - he says smiling. - Then we'll do that split on the abandoned highway or so, who knows?
- Who knows.
We arrived at Mateus' house at ten o'clock on the clock, I hate to arrive at the right time at the places. Looks came when I parked my baby, and I lowered her hood, I am so proud of my car. But looks came over me, mainly from the girls, I give Caleb a smile of satisfaction as we leave Ferrari. Entering Mateus' house, I see Isabel talking to a crowd and the stranger is with her, but she is even cute now, she is dressed up. I approach them with my best smile, I get attention right away, my sister is smelling a cheap drink and I feel it when she hugs me.
- You came Lauro. - she says kissing my face
- You smell like cheap drink. - I say moving away.
- How boring you are. She says, laughing. "I want to introduce you to my friend Alexia," she says, pointing to the freak who was at my house before I left. - She is new to the city, she was doing an exchange in Argentina.
She looked at me the same way as before! How annoying.
- Argentina, there was no better place to go. - I say with sarcasm.
And everyone giggles.
Tamires gives me a wink from a distance, I see her squeezing her breasts with her hands.
- And a great country, you have to stop being a snob. - Says my sister defending the weirdo.
- Okay. - I say without stopping looking at Tamires behind them. - I have to go. - I mean walking to Caleb.
- So, let's get out of here, it already took that place of Tamires is behind me.
- I told you not to get that crazy, now she wants to repeat the dose. - says smiling with cash out.
- If regret would kill. - I say clenching my jaws with a little anger.
- Stop complaining about Lauro, because I know you liked it. He says cynically.
- I was disgusted when I found out that it was already general, I don't like anything already used.
He laughs, taking a sip of some kind of drink.
- Let's go then, I heard there are people on the periphery who are betting on the race.
- On the periphery, you're kidding. - I say incredulous. - Don't I want to be robbed?
- Oh my! As you are a playboy, Lauro. - he said with a laugh.
- I'm not a playboy, I just ... - I'm interrupted with a hand on my shoulder, I look back and see Tamires, holding a glass of drink.
- Hi Lauro. - she says when I walk away, I feel repulsion for her, she stinks of drink.
She is wearing a tight denim dress and needles, and she sees the tattoo of three hearts on the left side of her neck (now she can see better since she cut a little more of her red hair).
- I didn't know you were coming. - she says biting her lip glossed.
- Yeah, I came, but we're going, aren't we, Caleb?
Caleb looks at me, with that face of sinico, that made me want to punch him.