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“Mom, ask Mary to give my Ipad back.”
“Mary, give your sister’s Ipad back.”– Said her without take her eyes off the laptop.
“But she took it first.”
“Girls, you must obey your mother, don’t make me go there” – said the girls’ dad with his strong German accent, without take his eyes off the cellphone.
***
Andrew had another travel. He needed to close the coal mines business’deal in Italy and check how the subsidiaries were.He was trying to concentrate on his report but he’d always lost his train of thought while the two damned girls, sat some places in front of him, were disputing an iPad.
Cannot their parents see that? Cannot they stop paying attention in their damned devices for a second and shut up those children’s mouth? – He thought.
I should have paid for the first class, damned Jeng, he never does what I say. When I come back London we will talk about it. If I cannot get the merger, he and his girlfriend will both be fired. I think he does not know that I know about their affair inside the company.
And the businessman tried to finish his report.
***
A strong black-haired man with short stylish hair and beautiful brown eyes was looking through the window the beauty of a camp and, for a while, all the sadness that was inside that first-class cabin has passed. He had a purpose to be there:to enjoy his honeymoon with his wife, and that’s what he is going to do and nothing in the world would stop him. Neither a Glioblastoma.
The movement of the cabin bathroom door took his attention.
The man stood up fast and helped the woman to open the bathroom door, and, from there, comes a frail lady with a rosary of Our Lady of the Conception in her hand. When she sees her husband, she opens a sincere smile:
“Thank you honey! You are always by my side helping me with the little things.”
“Sure, my love. I am Osvaldo Silva, at your service, since 1975.”
“Are you a company now?” – said her giving a huge laugh.
“You know I could fight a thousand guys for you.”
“I know, honey, but it is not necessary. Ever since I saw your eyes in that nightclub, I had a certainty in life.”
“And what is this certainty, Mrs. Oliveira?”
“I love you, Vadinho.”
“I love you too, Lisa.”
The old couple enjoy their last honeymoon in that beautiful first-class cabin appreciating the sincere company of each other. Forty well-lived years, a love to remember.
***
A young guy, sittingat the bar of the train, was looking at his cellphone a photograph of his family while he cries. As the waiter see it, he immediately asks:
“Can I help you Sir?”
“I think no.” – said the guy trying to dry his tears.
“Believe me, there are few sadness that the alcohol doesn´t solve. What about some whisky?”
“All right, let’s try it.”
The waiter professionally prepares the drink and serves it to the sad guy.
***
“Are you cheating again, Jack?”
“Me?”
“Yes, the dice showed six, not five, you did not win.”
While the children played, a young guy observed them. Watching those happy children reminds him about his childhood in Israel. Happy days. When he could be who he would like to be without worrying. This train trip would change his life. He could be happy near someone that he loved and he could play witheverything he wanted to, with or without clothes. A Brazilian song named Velha infância (Childhood) came to his mind at this moment:
“...Eu gosto de você “... I like you
E gosto de ficar com você I like to be with you
Meu riso é tão feliz contigoMy smile is happier with you
O meu melhor amigoAnd my best friend
É o meu amorIs my love
E a gente cantaAnd we sing
E a gente dançaAnd we dance
E a gente não se cansaAnd we don’t get tired
De ser criançaOf being child
A gente brincaAnd we play
Na nossa velha infância...”In our old child hood...”
(Velha Infância – Child hood – Tribalistas)
***
Thomas was in his cabin and after a long silence period during the trip, he noticed a low beep.
He takes his watch out of his pocket. Nothing.
Thomas started looking for where that different sound was coming from.
He has been worked as a train driver for thirty years and he didn’t remember about that beep inside the cabin. Would it be a new security measure?
He kept following the sound and noticed that it came from a seat.
And that there was a heavy leader handbag under it.
“Who has forgotten a handbag here?” – He thought – “Who was here to leave a handbag inside my cabin?”
When he opened the handbag, he couldn’t have had a worst surprise.
A small clock linked to a bomb showing five minutes in its screen.
He knew now why his door was half-hidden.
He felt angry because he hadn’t discovered it before.
He thought about doing something, but he wouldn’t have time to open the door, he knew what would happen.
Thomas thought about his wife and his children. He had promised to stay with them as soon as the trip was over.
“Clara, no matter where you are, know that I love you.”
The train driver was covered by the sun that took over the cabin.
The train derailed.
An old couple that was in their first-class cabin didn’t even notice the explosion that made them leave together. They were too worried about loving each other.
The guy in the bar did not finish to drink his whisky.
There weren’t any children discussing for an iPad anymore.
The business man would never finish his report.
The children’s game was over.
The guy who was observing them was lying on the floor in a fetal position, thinking about how the man he loved would be.
The train would never arrive in Rome.