Aren't you gonna say anything?rosa asked after a long silence,Cecilio had been sitting there staring at her for the past four minutes he was the one who asked to meet and that he had alot to say but here he was drowning in silence,Cecilio I do not have all the time in the world I'm a very busy person Rosa snapped at him,you've changed alot Rosa Cecilio said calmly the way you talk,your looks, a lot changed except your snappy attitude Cecilio said softly,yea I did change somehow but you didn't, not even a little bit Rosa said with an irritated expression on her face but the eyes that where staring at Cecilio where soft as the morning dew,she suddenly pulled a cigarette out of her pocket and lit it;
you smoke now? Cecilio asked calmly,surprised? Rosa replied coldly a little bit! how have you been Rosa it's been eight years since I last saw you and I feel like I do not know who you are anymore what happened rosa?I want to know how you've been doing for past eight years Cecilio asked,why do you care so much? rosa replied sternly,cause that's the only thing I've ever cared about, you' are the only thing I've ever cared about rosa I want to know how you've been doing are you eating well? are you living a good life,what have you been doing for the past eight years did you try to quit drinking as I asked? when did you start smoking?are you seeing someone?did you think of me even for a second in the past eight years?I want to know everything Rosa Cecilio said without catching his breath,rosa put out the cigarettes she was holding,moving her gaze away from Cecilio,rosa felt some how defeated she originally wanted to come here and have a very casual talk with Cecilio she wanted to avoid talks about the past as much as possible but some things just can't be avoided she thought;I left for america a year after you where detained,I started a business I'm doing well and living a good life I started smoking four years ago for personal reasons,I haven't stopped drinking yet,rosa paused for a while and looked at Cecilio who sat listening attentively"but I've been controlling it Rosa said and Cecilio's face brightend a little bit, that's all you have to know Rosa added and sipped her coffee,why are you always with parez? Cecilio asked, what's with all the questions Cecilio? that's enough questions for today I can't do this anymore Rosa said sounding very uncomfortable,you sent that lawyer didn't you?Cecilio asked not heeding to her warnings what are you talking about?rosa asked clueless Alvarez the lawyer who helped at court during my trial you sent him didn't you?cecilio asked very eager this time
Oh that! Rosa exclaimed like she had just remembered something it was all jacinto actually he found the lawyer said the dude was an old friend from back in the days it wasn't easy getting a high ranked lawyer like him to help you but Jacinto was more determined than ever, at the end the dude did it for old times sake even when he succeeded in getting your sentence reduced Jacinto was still devastated he wanted you out of prison so bad he fought with me a lot because of it, at the end he left without a word what a pity Jacinto was a good one and he cared about you more than anyone you know? Rosa stated,so it was Jacinto Cecilio thought to himself why does she seem so unconcerned saying this to me did she really not care at all I want to know how much I mean to rosa,I keep telling myself that Rosa just pretends not to love me and that it would only be a matter of time for her to accept me but what if she really doesn't love me maybe she just cared for me because of Antonio;Cecilio's eyes had welled up in tears he wanted to keep a positive mindset about the situation but the intrusive thoughts where far ahead of him,s...so..what did you do to help me? You couldn't have really wanted me to rot in jail right? Cecilio asked in a shaky voice,Rosa could see that Cecilio was at the verge of breaking down she felt shaken but she didn't want to bring her guard down at all she felt like it was best that Cecilio killed every feeling that he had left for her she wanted him to be free to date a normal girl and live a normal life and Rosa couldn't give him any of those;Cecilio you going to jail was all your fault nobody asked you to be there and I never called for your help so if your excuse is that you cared about me and wanted to help then that will make me very uncomfortable Cecilio, all you did back then and now"you did it for yourself so you paid the consequences of your actions Cecilio and that never had anything to do with me, Rosa said with her face void of emotions, what! Why are you saying all this? Cecilio said almost breaking down in tears I'm just being honest Cecilio Rosa said getting up to leave;was this it?was this how his love story was going to end,have I really done everything I could?Cecilio asked himself fighting the tears back,why do I feel like I haven't tried enough why do I feel like I could do more what is this feeling of lingering hope still doing in my soul "hope is like a dry land waiting for the rain to fall as soon as it sees the sky turning dark and rain clouds forming it begins to leap for joy but almost immediately the rain clouds disappear as fast as it came leaving no trace of it's Coming but the land must still hope on cause this is the only way it could flourish there would be nothing else to do than hope"rosa! Cecilio called in a very tearful voice do you think sands could fall from heaven? Cecilio asked eagerly Rosa stood there for sometime before replying if you hope it will then it will,even though it sounds impossible you could carry a bunch of them and trow up to the sky and you will see that sands could fall from heaven it doesn't matter how it happened what matters is that it finally happened Rosa said before leaving Cecilio there,Cecilio looked out the window and saw rosa entering her car with parez standing there and holding the door for her before getting in and driving the car off,Cecilio watched them go as tears slowly rolled down his eyes it became hard for Cecilio to control his emotions so he let them out Cecilio bent his head slightly and cried silently he almost let his voice out but then he bit his shirt to hold himself from breaking apart crying like a little child in the middle of a cafe he never expected this to happen but Rosa's words really stabbed a dagger into his golden heart spreading dark poison that hurt his chest like burning fire and blocked his lungs making it hard to breath and thoughts of her and parez together only gave him a nerve wreck the more he thought about the possibilities the more hurt he felt,weeping uncontrollably to let this pain out.