Friday, January 8, 2021

A strange family (mini novel)


 Chapter 1.

Amparo

 She was nuts the day his father kicked him in the butt, because he bent down to pick up the pieces of porcelain that the lunch plate was turned into. She was so mad that she often ran off naked into the street.

So, the old man, in order not to let her out, would raise her to the roof of the house, which amused her a lot, because she would go not only on the roofs of her own, but also those of the neighbors, stamping her feet and screaming with her arms crossed over her breasts :

- Motherfuckers ...! Son of...!

Chapter 2.

MARLENI

To her, the day I yelled at her in front of my neighborhood friends:

- Bye, mommy! He wanted to kill me with his eyes.

- Mommy, your mother, son of ...!

We all laughed, and we watched her stride away.

That same day as always, I passed by at night, and I saw that he was chatting at the gate of his house with his sisters.

They looked at me and smiled.

It was when she was all serious she told me:

-Walk to see what you know.

 Chapter 3.

JOSEFINA

Tired of the harassment to which the father had subjected her with his lewd gaze, and the care that the mother had for her while he was there, she ran away from home very young with the driver of a taxi, who then abandoned her shortly after she became pregnant .

Chapter 4.

 JOSÉ

 Or stick´s foot, as we call it. From the day he disobeyed an order from his father, he was lame in a moment of his anger. He threw a stick at his legs. In spite of everything, he was the only one who did something productive, because he learned masonry with the neighbors of the neighborhood. The evil tongues say that with his trade he analyzes his next victims, and disguised he makes mischief with others.

Chapter 5.

 JUAN

Or grime shell. He had no choice. He was the youngest of the brothers. For his sake he went on military service. Before swearing the flag, he escaped with his entire military force. No one understood why. They found him at home sleeping, with everything stolen. Today he is serving a sentence. It is not known what will become of him.