your honor the litigent does not have a lawyer to represent him,he may represent himself in court the Court registrar announced as he was about to sit back down a Man in a shiny Black suit and a clean cut hair walks in holding a suitcase;sorry for the delay I missed the boat the man said boldly my name is Alvarez deloera and I'm cecilio Antonio Beltran's lawyer, May we begin the judge said and the case followed.
Cecilio was charged with a murder case following the death of Leon and being in possession of stolen money and an unlicensed gun,Mr Alvarez tried everything he could to prove cecilio's innocence stating it was self defense and the money belonged to Leon also did the gun at the end the evidence wasn't solid enough to set cecilio free, the jury came to the conclusion of reducing his sentence after a long war in court from twenty five to five years imprisonment without parole.
Cecilio didn't say anything throughout his trial,even when Alvarez asked him what exactly happened at the scene that night he didn't respond he never knew who Alvarez was or why he was helping with this case like his life depended on it,at first he doubted Alvarez but when he succeeded in reducing his sentence he had a deferent thought about him.
I have no money to give you cecilio said to Alvarez, it's ok I'm doing what my father in heaven sent me to do Alvarez replied jokingly am I supposed to believe that? cecilio asked sincerely believe whatever you want boy Alvarez replied Rosa sent you didn't She? cecilio asked seriously who!? Never Heard that name in my life Alvarez replied unbothered, cecilio suspected it could have been Rosa that sent him cause there was no one who would go this far for him he was sure of it the puzzle piece matched for sure.you said I could believe whatever I wanted then I believe she sent you cecilio said sharply yea yea good for you kid I'm leaving Alvarez said getting up to leave,will she come visit at least? cecilio asked haaa!!! Alvarez exclaimed if I'm going to be honest with you then I truly do not know who you are talking about and also you should worry about yourself and not others,you are going to be alone for now kid no one's coming Alvarez said bluntly so stay put and don't die before the five years elapses I have faith in you Alvarez said nicely now this is the last time you'll be seeing this handsome face so take a good look at it so when you Leave here you can carve it on a rock and label it my saviour for the world to see Alvarez added cheekily with a little smile on his face and cecilio rolled his eyes in disbelief, Alvarez placed his hand on cecilio's shoulder leaning closer to him he whispered if there's such thing as a coincidence then we will meet again kid Alvarez patted his head and walked towards the door;
Live on kid! Till we meet again he yelled on his way out, till we meet again cecilio mumbled to himself.
SEVEN YEARS LATER
Hey what's up buddy Regie greeted over the phone cheerfully, I'm good how's San Francisco treating you? cecilio asked it's pretty cold out here but all good Regie replied that's good to know cecilio said calmly. How's it going?still looking for your mystery person? Regie asked mockingly, yep still looking cecilio replied unbothered ugh are you kidding me when are you going to give up you'll never find your person it's been seven years they might have moved out the country you've been in prison for five years and you've been looking for two years straight when are you going to get the vision to give up already it's been so long Regie said frustrated no matter how long It takes I'll wait I'm very sure that I'll meet my person soon very soon I'm sure about it,the thought of meeting them again has kept me strong till now cecilio said yes yea your selfish motivation are the reason you'll never see that vision regie said defeatedly thanks for your concern Regie you'll always be a great friend cecilio said calmly great friend that you never listen to Regie snapped whatever I wish you luck my friend,talk to you later gotta go Regie said before cutting the line; cecilio lay on his bed facing the ceiling staring at the ceiling fan slowly spin round and round he had been having a hard time sleeping for a while his situation kept growing worse he felt sleepy but just couldn't sleep he layed there wide awake staring into space till the sun rose; I didn't sleep a wink again cecilio said to himself he got up from bed took a shower and got ready for work like he always did.
He worked at a diner close to the supermarket, thing's hadn't been easy for him Since he left prison he lost his job at the school cause people laid complaints that they couldn't let a murderer keep teaching them,the school had to let him go even though he had always been humble he tried looking for other jobs but his record as an exconvict didn't help much worse still he was convicted for a murder case,he went back to where him and Rosa used to live but the place had been sold and nobody knew who Rosa was or if She really used to live there all cecilio had was his high school friend Regie who believed that he didn't kill anyone even with him saying nothing,Regie took him in and helped him find a job at a diner regie knew the owner very well they had been close for some years due to the good relationship the owner had with Regie he let cecilio work as a sever, cecilio and Regie lived in a small shabby apartment for a year till Regie decided he wanted to move to San Francisco to start a new life their was a huge job opportunity calling for him there so he wanted to move pamanently he asked cecilio to come with him that he could use the change of environment but he refused saying there was someone important he was looking for and if there was anywhere he would find them it was here in Juarez,Regie left alone after cecilio refused his offer and cecilio was left alone in a shabby old apartmen and his sleepless nights to deal with.
Another year had gone by and not much changed for cecilio he slept a little better because of the sleeping pills he had gotten from a pharmacist, cecilio had gone to work as usual when he got a phone call from toribio he had been taking care of the old man for a while now toribio was not in a very good State and he needed medical attention cecilio didn't make much but whatever he made he used it on toribio's treatment, cecilio picked the phone but it wasn't toribio it was the nurse who took care of him she called to inform him that toribio had just passed, cecilio griefed he loved toribio as a father toribio had showed him what a true father's love felt like,gave him a lot encouragement and also cracked all those old man's joke for him those were one of the best times in cecilio's life toribio always said that he'd die soon that cecilio should stop wasting money on him but cecilio never listened cecilio felt save whenever he was around toribio he had always thought that toribio would have been a great father.
At toribio's funeral they were lot's of attendant's so many of toribio's former co-workers came toribio once told him that he used to work at a bank, cecilio also found out that toribio had two younger brothers and a sister cecilio wondered why they never took care of him or even asked of him for one day but now he was dead a lot of people came to pay homage suddenly cecilio recalled asking toribio if he had anyone he wanted to contact about his health and toribio said it's better not to call now I do not want them to jubilate to my face at least when I'm gone they can do whatever they wanted cecilio didn't understand at that time but today he did, cecilio got down on both knees and wept like a child, I'm sorry I couldn't do much for you,I wish you stayed longer there are a lot more I still want to learn from you cecilio said admist tears rest well now old man cecilio said weeping uncontrollably;do you know that man? Someone whispered from the crowd pointing at cecilio I think he was the one that took care of toribio while he was sick the other person replied hmm interesting the man from earlier said.
Toribio had always said he wanted a traditional Mexican funeral there in Juarez and also not too big just family and friends, cecilio tried as much as possible to make it happen he had called his boss to ask for two days off, cecilio had been running around all day making sure that everything was in other he did the cleaning and the serving all by himself,he made sure that all the guest where comfortable and had something to drink, toribio's siblings stood at the door receiving gift's and condolences from people who came in cecilio wasn't bothered he was just focused on making sure the funeral goes well for toribio's sake,as he was about to serve the last table so he could rest for the meantime the man at the table exclaimed and said to the other man sitting beside him isn't that the young lady rumoured to be a drug dealer what was her name again the man asked, cecilio turned around to see who it was,just when he had almost forgotten about her;
A Young lady with short dark hair covering her eyes with dark glasses wearing a black suit stood in the front door greeting toribio's siblings and handing them the gift she got,mis condolencias she said her voice rang deep into cecilio's head ringing a bell, his eyes widened in shock it was so hard for him to believe, he suddenly muttered the word's ROSA.