Treinta días de tu vida

Day 27

Many years ago you got an informal job. It was the first time you began to make money on your own and you felt proud of it. Things, however, were not as easy as they seemed to be at the beginning. The big guys started to bully you. Then Beto appeared and he became your defender. He was always dealing with the thugs and you felt protected. Your work and money were safe. You grew some inches after some years and you needed Beto nomore. Then you left your job and moved to continue with your studies. Whenever you had the opportunity, you visited town and talked to Beto. You two always remembered those days when Tioto and his gang bullied you and you also told Beto that it had been thanks to him that you had survived. In one of your visits to town, you received bad news: Beto had died. You could not believe it. He had been you greatest friend, your defender and also your mentor. Nobody had told you because they knew you would leave everything you were doing to come back and go to his funeral. When you heard the news you remained quiet for some minutes and after that you headed to the cemetery. You spent the whole afternoon having a long conversation with him in his grave and after that day you visit always visited two graves: Miguel's and Beto's.