A soft knock on the door took me out of my thoughts, I wanted so badly to cry, but I couldn't break down in any way. Before dying, my grandfather told me:
"Dear grandson, in our family men cannot cry, we have to remain strong in any circumstance that comes our way. We have to maintain a cold character and show that we have no feelings, even if we do. We must not share our weaknesses or secrets. no one, not even those we consider to be on our side, whom we believe we can trust with our eyes closed. No dear grandson, we cannot trust anyone, we have to manage alone, because alone no one will betray us. Take my advice and never forget that you have to remain firm, because one day they will tell you the secret of our family, that day you will already be a man and you will be able to decide if you want to follow my steps and those of your father or follow your path. "
My grandfather was an exemplary man and he was always right. So he wasn't going to let him down, he was going to plunge me into my pain, yes, but no one would ever know, and no one would ever find out. I got out of bed, fixed my hair, and opened the door.
Outside, Talía and Brayan were waiting. I gave each one a look and when Talía was about to speak I interrupted her:
"You, you can go, go back home and by the way tell my father that I don't need a babysitter" I said pointing to the bodyguard and then to Talía. "And you won't have to come looking for me every day, it took a while and I I'm starving, so tell me where your room is and I'll pick you up from tomorrow. "She's jaw dropped and she just nodded.
"I'm sorry young man, but I have orders not to get away from you and watch your every step."
"Well, you have new orders as of now." Go back to Italy and deliver a message to my father for me.
"What do you want me to tell you, young man?"
—First, don't call me young, sir, boss, or anything like that, for you two I'm Cris, both in public and in private. As for my father, tell him thank you very much for the car and that I will enjoy crashing it into a tree or throwing it off a cliff, whichever comes to mind at the time. That school is not as bad as I thought and that I recommend that him and my mother not come to visit me until I decide. In relation to my sister, tell her that I want an explanation and not just by messages or calls, I demand that she come as soon as possible. Write down your number here, that when I buy another phone I will call you to see if you already gave my message. Come out the first time. When I return I don't want to see you here— when he wrote me down his number in a notebook that he carried in his hands, I took Talía by the hand and we walked down the corridor until I lost sight of him.
She looked at me a little strangely, but she was the way she had to react, she did not intend to explain anything to him and she was not going to allow him to ask anything. But she beat me to it as she released her grip on my hand.
"I'm not going to ask you anything, I know it's none of my business." But please, tell me something another time and don't just hold my hand, you've hurt me a bit.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to." I need to know what time classes end, it is important and I need you to accompany me.
"Okay, but let's sit down and have breakfast I'm starving myself."
I didn't feel like eating much, it was actually just an excuse for him not to come to my room anymore. So I just poured myself a coffee, which was the only thing I saw that seemed lighter, but on the contrary, it was the most bitter thing I had ever tasted, I tried to improve it by adding sugar, but it did not change in the least. At least the taste was bearable.
We were talking for a while: that I needed him to accompany me to buy a car and a new phone, that he wanted to know the city, go out, enjoy himself and he explained some schedules that obviously I was going to skip, just to annoy me, but I was going to jump, then I would fix it with Miss Bennett or whatever her name was, because I guess Bennett is just a last name.