That day was a dream day, we had a lot of fun, if it wasn't for that unfortunate mishap, I almost didn't tell the story, my good Angelo took us fishing on his yacht, it was fun, I had never done it before, with what we caught Angelo prepared us something called sashimi, according to him, it was a Japanese dish, I didn't want to contradict him for not wanting to look like ignorant, because the only thing I knew about Chinese food was rice and sushi; It was very pleasant to be there tanning myself and watching him fight with the seafood, it made me want to clean it, I tried to look elsewhere, I tried to look at the sea and without realizing it I was again with my eyes fixed on his beautiful face, he reciprocated with smiles that just melted me.
We ate the four of us, that morsel of kings, accompanied by a wine with an oak smell, we laughed listening to Liz's boyfriend's witticisms that gave to understand why she had chosen him, since this gentleman was maybe around 60 years old, with his head shaved by genetics, he had an exquisite sense of humor that always kept Liz laughing, until at one point she said to me,
"Lol, I can't laugh anymore or something will come out; please have Ximena accompany me to the bathroom."
We went fast as if she had an urgency, when we got to the small room, she slapped me and said,
"Wake up Ximena, with that way, that guy is going to leave you, he will get bored, and it will not be difficult for him to get another woman to give him affection; come on, transform yourself, bring out the beast inside you, flirt with him, show him that Latin body, that tropical body, seduce him, make him burn, and then let him suffer for a while, until he gets desperate, and then you know, you do him with everything."
"I was thinking about it, what happens is that I'm afraid, you know I haven't had good experiences with men," I told her wiping my face, and she said something that helped me a lot, something like,
"Don't live in the past, even if it is terrifying; get over it; imagine that it is drawn on a paper that you tear with your teeth and hands to later burn the little pieces; you must move on; you can't encapsulate yourself in tragedies; take advantage of every moment you can enjoy, and live as happily as possible."
I nodded to him, I came out of the bathroom transformed, I was ready to devour that man, he would be my male, and things magically fell into place, he was now sitting in a tanning chair, next to another empty one next to a jar of suntan lotion, it was as if the pieces were coming together, pouting, I said to him:
"Angelo, I need a big favor; I want to get a tan, and in all the mess, I forgot to apply suntan lotion; if you don't mind, would you help me with that?"
He smilingly answered me flirtatiously,
"Yes, of course, there's the bottle, put on whatever you want."
I stared at him surprised waiting for him to say that he was joking, when I didn't get an answer I continued with my attack,
"What happens is that in the movies, always the guy applies the tanning lotion to the girl so that it is well even."
Smiling, he smeared his hand and said,
"Not everything in the movies can be done, you will see how my hands will tremble and sweat,"
and I lay on my stomach while he began to gently apply it from my feet, going up my legs, when he reached my buttocks I took them out on purpose and turned my eyes slightly to see his reaction, I saw how his eyes almost popped out and his mouth opened absorbing air, it was working, he continued although he skipped my hips and I told him,
"Apply me everywhere, with confidence, I don't want my buttocks to be a different color."
He started to apply on my back and I started to feel his lips that helped with the massage making me tremble, it occurred to me to untie the back of my bra, so he could continue without limitations, although what I achieved was that he stood up and said,
"I'm coming, I'm going to the bathroom,"
I waited for him for a few minutes, no doubt I affected him, maybe he had to go to the bathroom to calm down, how cruel, instead of going wild with me, bored I got up to look for him until he appeared with Liz and the boyfriend, saying,
"We arrived at a magnificent place to dive; come on, come with me."
Liz looked at me, she knew me very well, she knew that I was executing her advice, so she refused to say,
"No, we can dive; my dummy is no longer for those trots."
And he added,
"But if for others, you know that very well."
I felt very excited about diving for the umpteenth time; I know, this trip was very wonderful; I had never dived in my life except in the pool when I immersed my head, believing I was the underwater researcher. It was as if I entered a dream, another world; fish of a thousand styles passed by, we saw octopuses that changed color and a lot of animals that I could not identify; He took me, my private guide, some turtles followed us as if they were our dogs; at the bottom, we saw the remains of a ship, where it was lined by what I think was called barnacles. Angelo pulled me to some caves; I imagined they would be like those of Neptune that have air inside, and we would find a dry place to wet our desires.
I swam excitedly from his hand, and it was as if they turned off the light, I felt that something was pulling me, I despaired, I panicked, suddenly I could not see him, it was as if something was taking me, maybe Poseidon was claiming me, or he would appear where mother winter, I struggled awkwardly, I felt again that my life was passing through my eyes, showing me that the best moments I had spent in this walk that now seemed to contrast in my death, until I reached the bottom of the cave where I was stopped by the oxygen tank that hit the rocks, My anguish did not diminish, I knew that my life would come to an end, I tried to swim up and when I swam up I hit the rock ceiling hurting my hand, I thought I had broken it increasing my panic, and it got worse when I saw the measurer watch the air, almost empty, I felt that I was being pulled down, I felt I was going to die, I kicked until I saw a face, it was Angelo, who was showing me a palm as a sign of calm, I hugged him very tightly, resisting moving, I didn't understand why he insisted on turning me upside down, I closed my eyes and trusted him, after all I was thinking of trusting him with my body, because I could also give him my life, he turned me over, and we swam head first, we got out of that cave and I found out that we were fine, I had even lost the sense of up and down, I was ashamed of the resistance I put up to him, he was still worried, he took my oxygen tank, I almost resisted, and he showed me that it was broken, he took off his own to give it to me, what a maneuver, we tried to move on, we exchanged the mouthpiece or whatever you call that, I am not a diver to know his lingo, although for bit, and I am nothing, I slowly calmed down, it helped me a lot that we stopped sharing that respirator, and we passed air mouth-to-mouth, his tank was soon empty, and it was dead weight, we had to give him the same fate as those sunken ships, to be filled with coral, I just calmed down the moment we spotted the yacht and the exchanges of oxygen turned into kisses, there under the water I became his mermaid and he became my newt, together we would repopulate Atlantis, he was scared to see my arm bleeding, then he explained to me that this could attract a fierce predator.
We got out of the sea, and after telling our adventure to Liz and her boyfriend, who were prisoners of worry, we laughed and cried. One never imagines the moment or the place where he will die; he only knows where he is born, but not where he will lie forever.
This partly helped me to focus, I promised not to leave any more unfinished business, when I returned I was going to finish with my uncle, to recover the prosperity of my biological parents' companies, I would discover who was behind the sabotages and the most important thing, I would return to Sicily to face my past, I would look for my ex-husband, I would arrive full of jewels and in a high-end car and I would tell him,
"I was never interested in their money, my capital is much greater,"
I would look for a way to humiliate them, to make him feel bad, I would take the opportunity to greet the charming Don Joseph, who was always good at every moment, I hope he is still alive, I would also have to find out who had killed my real parents and make them pay, although this I would do after looking for my sister, whom I had not seen for a long time, I love her very much in my way, what happens is that I feel that I hurt her with my presence, I make her sick with my care, however, I promised that I would protect you and I have left she alone, promises are to keep them, that reminds me that I have not returned to the orphanage where those nuns treated us so well, I swore to go to take them many markets, although every month I donate a good amount of money, I have not returned, the truth is that I feel bad remembering our past, although they gave us the warmth of home that the murder of our parents took away from us and that our uncle, the only relative we had, did not give us because he is a miserable monster.