"You're confusing me with someone else, sir," I say, leaving the room with trembling legs. The people who left come back in, and I continue with my work, but with the unease that someone has discovered me. Thinking about it, I already have a lot of savings. With that in mind, I finish my shift.
"Sir, I want to talk to you," I tell my boss, and we go into his office.
"What's wrong, Luna? Did someone disrespect you? Do you want an advance?"
"It's not that, I want to resign."
"That's even worse, Luna. You are one of my best workers."
"Did you tell anyone my last name?"
"You know I would never say that. Is that why you want to resign? Did someone recognize you?"
"It was a sign that I should leave this job."
"You know you can come back. Let me make you a check to give you your settlement."
I thank him and receive the check, going to change clothes. I leave as I arrived, in silence. I walk to catch the bus and see a car arrive that slows down.
"Luna, get in," they tell me, and hearing my name, I look at the car, noticing that it is Mr. Fernando.
"Come on, it's very late."
"Thank you, but the bus is coming."
"If it's about your sister Estrella, don't worry, I don't plan to say anything."
"Mr. Fernando, I would appreciate it if you would pretend you don't know me, please. Forget you saw me here."
"It's done, I already forgot," he says, and it makes me laugh.
"Now get in, I won't be calm until you get home. If you don't, maybe out of concern I'll ask Estrella how her stepsister got home last night."
I think about it, and it will be the last time, I don't work here anymore, and I won't see him anymore. I sigh, opening the car door and get in, keeping the proper distance.
"How does a Carpio work in a place like this?" he asks, and it makes me doubt if he was the one who asked me the same thing, the voice sounded very different, and what that person transmitted was very tense, I didn't see him, but it was felt.
"How did you know it was me, were you the one who spoke to me in that room?"
"Yesterday at your house I recognized you just by your voice, in fact today I didn't come, I was just passing by and I saw you there."
I nod without responding, and it was to be expected that he would recognize me, and the question remains unanswered, who was that subject? I observe the car and it looks new, it smells new.
"How do you see Estrella?" he asks me.
"You're asking the wrong person, if you want to know about her, ask her mother," I tell him.
"In the eyes of mothers, we are all perfect. But if it's reality you want, ask the enemy," he replies without taking his eyes off the road.
"Why do you think we are enemies?" I tell him.
"The tension is felt, and even though it was for a few seconds, it was noticeable," he tells me, and I am grateful when in the distance the gate of my house is distinguished.
"You can leave me here, I'll walk," I tell him.
He stops, and I thank him. As always, I push the gate with my hands so I can pass. He doesn't leave, and I walk to the door that I open with the new keys.
In the living room, I see Estrella and her mother talking on the phone.
"The little hussy has arrived," I hear Estrella say.
"What's the witch meeting for?" I reply, and she gets angry.
"I'll teach you to respect."
"Apply it first," I tell Estrella, and she gets up walking towards me, but the doorbell rings.
"You're not worth my time," she says opening the door. And it's Fernando who they let in. She changes her tone of voice to a screeching one that just hearing it gives me a headache.
"Go to your room," my stepmother says.
"Are you afraid I'll get his attention?"
"You wish, you're no competition for Estrella," she whispers to me while Estrella talks to Fernando, who doesn't stop looking in our direction.
"Maybe but how long do you think it will take Fernando to leave this house if I tell him what kind of person Estrella is?"
"We agreed on something."
"Be grateful since only because of that I won't say anything" is the last thing I say before going up to my room.
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