Chapter 23

• The bad mood that Amelia felt in those moments was completely indescribable: she had slept horribly, in all her years of life, she had never slept as badly as she had that night. She had not wanted to share a bed with Maximilian, but she had been forced to do so, she had put on covered pajamas, so much so that in the middle of the night she had had to stop and put on something shorter, and between sighs and denials, she had laid down on the bed, with Maximilian, with her husband; but that had not even been the beginning of her bitter night: he had begun to snore, he had hugged her on more than six occasions, he had kicked her, almost in the rib and had even pulled her so hard that Amelia had ended up falling and hitting her face, it was the furious scream of the woman -who had endured too much- that ended up waking Maximiliano, who with eyes full of sorrow for his actions, had apologized, but an apology did not erase the pain she had on her face; every time the man crossed her path, she looked at him with a bad face, as if she wanted to pounce on him and scratch his face, and as if the above was not enough misfortune, it was eight in the morning, and she was getting ready to go shopping for a "romantic date" with the man who kicked her so hard that she feared his rib would pierce one of her lungs.
• Amelia breathed, trying to keep still and calm, but she felt completely furious, not for any specific reason, but because she always got like this every time she didn't sleep, and the night before, she had slept less than an hour. And even on one occasion when she had woken up to urinate, she had found Maximiliano naked in the toilet, she could not go on like this, the only hope she had, was that soon she would get half of the money so she could spend some quality time with her mother. Amelia laughed sarcastically at the memory of Maximiliano naked, the thought that "he was too big" had not left her head, but even that did not help her mood; the only thing she hoped, and implored, was that Maximiliano's grandfather would not show up that day, but she might as well send him to hell.
• Amelia stroked the part of her abdomen that Maximiliano had hit while she slept, gasping a little from the pain.