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‘Where did you learn to do that?’

‘Watching TV and practising with my pillow.’

This confession amused her.

And I, in my imaginary world, sensed that she had liked it, that she wanted it too.

My ideas ran away with me. Neither thoughts nor dreams have limits.

I thought she felt the same about me as well.

That she, too, had dreamt of that kiss.

We left the room and Pedro, her older brother, who was eleven, blocked our path; he had seen the kiss.

He came towards Carla, seized her roughly by her right arm and looked like he was about to hit her in the face. I intervened immediately to prevent him from hitting her but with a single punch to my abdomen he knocked the hero to the floor. Carla tried to help me but couldn’t, her brother gave her a slap and dragged her away. I saw him dragging her from my position on the floor. They disappeared from my view and I never imagined that would be the last time I would see her.

I still think of that day during my eternal sleepless nights, imagining what might have become of her, what fate awaited her, what destiny had in store for her. Where had she ended up?