The next morning, she made her excuses to Burán, telling him she had to visit her family and couldn’t get out of it; she asked him to take her to her friend’s house and was very sad, not wanting to talk. Roberto respectfully accepted her explanations and didn’t force her to break her silence, giving her a lift just as she asked. Before going, he kissed her for a long time and said,
“Alicia, last night you made me very happy, I’m grateful to you, I’ll never be able to forget it, even if you don’t want to go out with me anymore. I hope nothing of the sort happens, I would be very happy if I could see you again...”
Burán had a premonition that the girl had decided to disappear. Alicia Sandrelli censured herself for what she had done; that feeling eclipsed all others. Logically, Burán didn’t know, but his intuition told him that something strange was going on. That’s why he thought that the beautiful Alicia wasn’t satisfied with him or simply wasn’t very interested in the relationship they had embarked upon. He was persecuted by the idea that he was too old for her, he was afraid of making her reject him, or disgusting her in some way. With tears in her eyes, the girl asked him to give her a little time.
“Forgive my tears,” she said to him, “it’s that I’m moved, everything happened so suddenly, so quickly. I don’t know what to think, I like you so much... You can be sure of that much.” She kissed him tenderly on the lips and continued. “Roberto, I’m also truly grateful to you, not just for making me so happy last night, but for offering me so much affection, so much trust. Believe me I’d like to meet up with you again, it’s a long time since I felt as good with someone. I’ll phone you, don’t worry.”
Roberto looked at her doubtfully and spoke. “Whatever you say, dear. I fully respect you freedom, I don’t want you to be a prisoner or a slave, I want you to be free. If you halt your flight alongside me, it must be because it makes you happy. With you I feel something unique. I don’t think I could enjoy your company or your body if I didn’t feel that you were enjoying it too, at the same time as me. I can’t just take no notice of you, my feelings must be echoes, that’s the only way I can love you properly. You know I’ll be awaiting your telephone call, you know my number. If I’m not in, don’t forget to leave a precise message or instructions for me to find you. Don’t forget that for me you’re a kind of miracle of youth, a spark of happiness, like a little sun that lights up my maturity. Consider me an unconditional friend who loves you, regardless of whether you give me the answers I long for. Is that clear?”
“Yes,” she said, hugging Roberto tight as she dreamed about a new encounter. Again she was invaded by the image of Mabel, by the image of Álvez smiling ironically. Her conscience tormented and confused her. She was still highly sensitive because of what she’d been through. She got out of the car and went into her friend’s house. With her hand, she blew a last kiss to her beloved. Roberto remained looking at the door for a few seconds, while his thoughts transported him to distant territories. He remembered his daughter Julieta, his ex-wife, Estela, his first passionate romance. When he snapped out of it, he felt pleased. Life had been generous to him, allowing him to live interesting and pleasant adventures. He smiled, thinking that when he was twenty he had believed he’d be an old man by the time he was fifty. But nothing had changed, luckily he was still had his faculties intact. Slower, with more grey hair, weaker, less athletic, with less resistance and virility, but always alive, enriched not only materially, but also spiritually.
“Experience is not what you live through,” he said to himself, “but what we learn from it. How good it feels to be full of experiences, sensations and affection! Alicia is so sweet. Will I see her again?”
Copyright © | Ricardo Ludovico Gulminelli, 1990 |
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By the same author | |
Date of publication | June 2002 |
Collection | Global Fiction |
Permalink | https://badosa.com/n145-19 |
Wonderful. I think that the story is fascinating, the situacion is provocative, and the end is surprising. Congratulations. It's a fantastic book. I'm so happy to have found it.
In my opinion, Ricardo Ludovico Gulminelli is an excellent writer... I'm from Miami Beach (Florida) and I have been studying Spanish since 1999 and I'm very happy indeed that I had the opportunity to be able to read this wonderful book. I know that I liked it because he described everything so well, as if he had lived it, and I felt very identificated. I hope to read more materials from Ricardo Ludovico Gulminelli. Thank you!
I fell in love after reading the description of the character Roberto Burán of Fraudulent Fertilisation (Episode 11). The man I am currently dating is so much like him... except, he's not an Attorney. I work with Attorneys. I'm a legal assistant... and I think Attorneys are so fascinating!
Me gustó la obra: me hizo sentir deseos de seguir leyendo página a página, no sólo por la trama, también porque me sentí identificado con su protagonista, su forma de ver las relaciones, su concepto de la mujer como compañera e igual. Hay también manifestaciones sobre determinados temas (aborto, matrimonio) que comparto y me hicieron reforzar mis propias opiniones.
Soy un asiduo lector y hacía mucho tiempo que un libro no me despertaba tantas emociones. Gracias a Badosa por publicar libros así (además gratuitos).
Creo que se trata de una novela-folletín que, en cuanto atañe a aspectos judiciales, está muy bien documentada; se nota que el autor procede de la abogacía y judicatura. En el e-mail que le envié, le dije que vale más un folletín bien relatado que novela suspirada, pero no conseguida. Salut i tenis-sala.
Como escribe de lo que entiende, se le entiende todo lo que escribe. Salut i tenis-sala.
Éste ha sido un gran libro, donde el lector se va adentrando a la vida de cada uno de los personajes, es un libro bien documentado en cada uno de los temas a los que se refiere. Debo felicitar a Badosa.com por brindarnos este servicio.
Mi opinión es que es una historia excelente. Me atrapó verdaderamente leer el libro, me enseñó, comprendí lo complejo que puede ser un tema que parece tan simple. Es un orgullo tener académicos de tan alto estirpe, espero que el Dr. Ricardo Gulminelli haga otras obras tan interesantes como es Fecundación fraudulenta.
Es un libro muy interesante, muy bien planteado, que lo atrapa en su lectura de principio a fin. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.
Inquietante la secretaria, se llama Estela, como mi hermana ídem de un médico... Un saludo Ricardo,
Un libro que atrapa, una historia plausible, muy bien tratado el tema, mis felicitaciones para el Dr Ricardo Gulminelli.
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