DIANA
The movie that Carl had bought tickets for was a romantic movie that had Hispanic characters and I was sure that he was trying to pass a message by choosing this movie, the male lead was in love with a girl from a higher class but he could not get her because of his social status, he worked hard until he became rich but it was already too late, the girl had gotten married to another rich man but she is not happy because the man beats her every single day and she wishes that her life was different with the male lead instead of her toxic husband, the woman starts a secret affair with the male lead behind her husband's back but one day, her husband followed her to the male lead's house and he got into an altercation with the male lead in which the male lead loses and eventually dies, driven by rage the woman got a knife from the kitchen and she stabs her husband 19 times, even after his blood was spilling everywhere she still did not stop stabbing him.
The woman went into the deceased male lead's room and she took his gun from under his bed, she laid next to his dead body and she kissed him with the gun pointed to her head, she shot herself and they all laid there in a bloody pool of death.
It ended as a tragedy.
"That was a very touching movie." I said as I tried to blink back the tears that were welling up in my eyes.
"I am ready to kill for your love babe, her husband was not wrong, I mean, the male lead got his chance but the other guy was the one that cuffed her in the end, he should have at least respected the fact that she was married to somebody else and just leave her alone but no! He wanted to rekindle old feelings back, old feelings that got him killed, what was he thinking? Of course, her husband would be ready to kill for his queen that he earned."
It was as if Carl was speaking from the husband's POV, I countered him with the facts that he was choosing to ignore.
"Her husband was abusive and toxic, she had to leave before he killed her just like the way he did to the male lead." he could not come up with a valid point, I had won the argument.
"You are right, I am not supporting him but what I am saying is that; I am that obsessed with our love to the point that I am ready to kill for your love, babe." he told me so seriously but I found it as cute because of his outfit and his glasses, I could not take him serious because he was a nerd.
"I wouldn't do anything that will put you in the position where you would have to kill anybody, I love you, my baby." Carl smiled at me and he leaned in for the kiss, I kissed him back and we broke apart.
Carl blushed until he was red, it was his first time kissing in public so it was a thrilling experience for him though the cinema was dark and the whole place was filled with couples that were making out all around us, even the people to our left were kissing and they were even gay men.
"I trust you not to do anything that will compromise our relationship, you have been loyal and I know that you will continue being loyal."
The movie had ended and the cast was rolling so I rushed him so that we could go outside where we can talk without any third party around us.
I took a deep breath before I told him about my new job, it felt like a hard task.
"I am not working at old man's Gregg's restaurant again, I have a new job now."
I was expecting him to be more surprised than the way he was, he was somehow indifferent.
"Is that so? What is your new job?"
"My dad got me to be a personal assistant to a CEO of the biggest importation company in the city." I announced with so much excitement in my tone, I felt flattered to actually be in that position and the joy was just creeping through my skin, I have been waiting on the day when I could finally earn enough to move my family out of the trailer park, I was feeling thrilled whenever I thought about my paycheck.
"Wow! I am so happy for you babe, congratulations, as a matter of fact, we should go somewhere and celebrate."
I felt like telling him more because he was not still at the peak of joy that I wanted him to be at.
"Won't you ask me the name of the company?" I asked him with a playful pout on my face, he apologized with his hands up.
"Forgive my forgetfulness, what is the name of this 'big' importation company?"
The way he said the 'big', I was not sure if he was being sarcastic or not, so, I decided to ignore it.
"It is the Mateo Ramirez-" he stopped me with a squeal of amazement.
"Are you kidding me?" he asked with his eyes popping in happiness, I was glad to finally see the reaction that I was waiting for, I smiled at him as his eyes shone even wider and wider.
"No, I am not kidding, neither am I adulting either."
I was sure that one went over his head, he was too caught up in his happiness to even consider my pun.
"We are going to be rich, let's go to a place that I know to eat and there, we can drink a glass of champagne to give a toast to this amazing promotion, it is a long-awaited victory that cannot pass us by without us doing the proper celebration." he grabbed my hand and he hailed a cab all in an instant, it was so spontaneous and unlike him but I did not care.
If he is happy then I will be happy too.