Alejandro said nothing.
He took out his wallet.
He placed ten times that amount on the counter.
“Keep the change.”
The silence was absolute.
Nobody dared to laugh.
Nobody said anything.
Alexander bowed.
He took the cans.
She gently placed them in Lucia’s hands.
“Go home.”
Just two words.
Nothing else.
Lucia looked up.
Her eyes were red.
“T-thank you, sir…”
But Alejandro had already turned around.
He didn’t look back.
He didn’t ask her name.
I didn’t need to know anything else.
At least… that’s what everyone thought.
Ten minutes later.
Under the freezing rain.
A tall figure walked silently behind a small girl.
Alejandro… had followed her.
I didn’t know why.
But there was something in her eyes that had deeply hurt him.
Lucia entered a dark alley.
Then he arrived at a vacant lot behind a poor neighborhood.
A rusty sheet metal shack appeared.
The girl opened the door.
He ran in.
Alejandro was left out.
He hesitated.
And then… he went in.
And at that moment—
His heart stopped beating.
