The postman VII

The next day Rubén woke up, got up, went down to the kitchen, and found Luis sitting with his suitcase in front of him. Rubén asked him:

“And that suitcase?”

“Last night I saw and heard what you were doing with your little slave. You’re a pig, I hate you, I left everything for you. But all you care about is your little slave, so stay with him. You’ll never see me again, you son of a bitch.”

Luis picked up the suitcase and was leaving, but Rubén stepped in front of him:

“I love you. I don’t want you to go.”

“Leave me alone,” Luis said, shoving him and leaving the house.

Rubén tried to hold him back, telling him not to go, that he loved him, that he wanted to be with him, but all Luis had for him were insults. He got in the car and left.

Luis returned home and at the post office asked to change his route; he never wanted to see Rubén again. He hated him. Nevertheless, he was devastated. In fact, his friends were worried. He didn’t go out, barely spoke to them. So one day Escobar, his best friend, went to look for him. He knocked on his door, Luis opened, and Escobar said:

“Get dressed, the gang is downstairs. We’re partying and we’re going to the fair.”

Luis said he wasn’t going.

“Of course you’re coming, the easy way or the hard way. Enough. You’ve suffered a disappointment with your partner, but you have to move on. Get dressed. I’ll wait.”

Luis had no choice; he dressed reluctantly and went with them. They spent the day at the fair and came across a cabin-like tent with a sign that read: “I am a witch and I predict your future.”

All of Luis’s friends found it funny and decided to go in to see what she would tell them. Luis didn’t feel like it, but he let them drag him along and went in. There was a woman with long hair, quite older. She was sitting at a table and told Luis to sit in front of her. Without a word, she began laying out the cards and said:

“You are coming out of a very bad relationship, your heart is broken, but you have to turn the page and close that door. If you don’t, you won’t be happy.”

She told him more things, but those words stayed with him, so he decided to turn the page. The next day he took the car and went to see Rubén. When he arrived, he knocked on the door and the older brother opened it. When he saw him, a look of joy appeared on his face. Rubén was behind him:

“Luis, what a joy to see you.”

“Hello, Rubén. I came to apologize for everything I said to you that last day and to wish you happiness with your slaves. I don’t hold a grudge against you.”

Rubén tried to convince him to come back, but Luis was determined to close that door, and so he did. When he got home, that night he slept straight through until the doorbell woke him. He got up. He was in briefs, so he put on a T-shirt, and when he opened the door he was surprised to see the older brother.

“What a...