The memories that started to have another meaning
I squeezed the phone hard. Suddenly, the last six years of my life began to rearrange in my head. The mornings I woke up dizzy. The nights I couldn’t remember how I got to bed. Ethan’s words the next day, always the same, always with that tender smile:
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You slept like a baby.
I had attributed everything to age. At almost 60 years old, it seemed natural to me to feel more tired, slower, more fragile. I never suspected there was another explanation.
The doctor recommended me to stop consuming anything prepared by that person and talk to the authorities and my lawyer as soon as possible. I hung up the phone and stayed almost half an hour inside the car, still. I didn’t cry. Not yet.
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