-Ha, ha, ha, ha, so cute, my Angelo. -Ximena mentioned as she passed by the guard's booth. In the brand new sports car that he used to go to important parties where he didn't need escorts, that's why the watchman let him pass.

Ximena was wearing the silk shirt of her beloved or abandoned. She was thrilled with that car that demanded more speed. Without skimping on fuel she sank the accelerator. The car bent down to lessen the wind resistance. He promised that when he returned to Colombia he would buy one of these, no matter if he had to import it.

Meanwhile, at Angelo's castle, he went to the guard's room, having first bathed and dressed. The guards were startled to see him.

-I don't understand how they let her escape? Apparently I'm throwing away money from their salaries. -Angelo scolded the pair of guards, who were a bit fat because they were sitting around watching the cameras.

-He said, "Sir, your wife had your keys, she mentioned she was just on her way to pick something up in a car. Then we got distracted and apparently she also fooled the doorman, she only showed him one arm with her shirt on. His wife is very smart. -The watchman was trying to excuse himself, looking for a good job recommendation, if nothing else.

-I agree, she's a lot smarter than a couple of watchmen. -Angelo snorted angrily.

-And than a boss, who was the one who let it slip at first. -An orderly let slip this reply.

-Of course, I hope that in his next job he gets a smarter boss. -Angelo headed for his security chief's room.

No way, again? -Angelo was surprised.

-Boss, it's my tastes, you have nothing to reproach me for," José Luis pushed aside one of the four women he was sleeping with, "it's just that I lacked maternal love when I was a child.

-That's what I'm going to give you. You for being here playing the octopus, your disciples let Ximena escape, she left in the Ferrari. -Angelo, annoyed, hit the wall.

-Too bad for the Ferrari, it's a delicate machine, I hope it accelerates well. But boss, that vehicle has a satellite system and we can deactivate it remotely. -José Luis remembered in his mind all the characteristics of the car.

-I've already deactivated it, boss. -Another guard arrived to inform them that he had already executed some procedures. -I've already sent some men to look for it with the best sniffer dogs.

-They shouldn't have done it without consulting me, she could get desperate and ask a stranger to give her a lift or what's worse, she could flee on foot and it's very possible that she could end up in one of those cliffs that at this hour are still hidden by the fog. - Angelo formulated this and looked at another unemployed person.

That's what she did, desperate because the car was dead, she got out, she didn't consider waiting for another car or even continuing along the road, she knew that one of Angelo's men might already be looking for her. What if she asked one of them for a lift? She went into a forest trying to follow the road without being seen, her legs were scratched by the weeds, her shoes bent. She had to take them off and endure the relief of the place. She felt like going back to the car and waiting for him to recapture her, but she heard a voice say: "Miss, be careful, don't move.

She didn't get to rest her next step when the mist on the ground, which she assumed was white earth, dissipated, revealing one of the many cliffs that Angelo feared. -Miss, it's this way.

Ximena turned back, guided by the voice, and through the undergrowth she managed to identify an old man in a woollen roan who extended his hand to her.

-Sir, thank you very much, you saved me.

-Please come to my ranch, it's going to start raining and the road will be even more difficult, the mountain is melting. -The old man's voice was hoarse and soft, like an old cloth.

-Thank you very much, please guide me to the nearest town. -Ximena took the old man's hand, it was warm but rough with wrinkles.

-Miss, it's complicated, it's better to turn back or go by road, it's very dangerous to walk on these rocks, if I know, I've been here for more than fifteen years. -The old man guided her towards an improvised camp, some bushes covered by a plastic sheet that protected them from the rain and a small pile of coals where the fire should be to warm up.

-Sir, do you live here? -Ximena asked, considering the poor old man. She would try to help him, maybe take him with her.

-No, this is a camp I set up when I go hunting. My house is behind the castle at the top of this mountain. -Grandfather searched through the things, replaceing a thermos flask, and took it out and gave him a barely lukewarm coffee.

-Sir, it seems that I am already descending, please guide me to get to a safe place, or if you can accompany me, I promise you that I will reward you. -Ximena drank the coffee, although it tasted very strange to her.

-You're right, look, it's this way. It's better that we each carry a walking stick to guide us, to avoid falling into a void. -The old man gave her a piece of long white wood, she understood that she had to guide herself like the blind, it seemed that the fog could play another trick on her.

The old man adjusted his roan, revealing that he was wearing a chain, apparently made of silver because of its grey sheen, and a triangle-shaped pendant appeared as if he was waving.

-Your chain is pretty. -Ximena meant it, she had learned to appreciate jewellery as a businesswoman and a woman.

-If you like it, I'll give it to you when we say goodbye. -The old man smiled, and not only with his mouth, but also with his eyes, which he narrowed and intertwined his hands like a doll. They walked for a few minutes, Ximena slipped several times, she was also about to fall off some cliffs, the old man was close by to help her. She was walking down calmly until she heard some voices. Ximena, please come out, it's too dangerous! -Angelo shouted down the road.

There he is! -José Luis announced, and was seconded by the barking of the dogs.

She got scared and started to run away, throwing the cane. She heard the barking coming towards her.

girl, watch out, you're going to fall into that abyss! -José Luis shouted a warning.

She only understood the word "abyss", she stopped in her tracks and in front of her there was a huge abyss that gave no chance of survival to the unfortunate person who fell into it. Her shoes slipped as she was on a slope with bare earth, she sat down, but the ground was slippery, the stones were crumbling, the emptiness claimed her. She turned her body upside down, grabbed hold of some weeds that were sticking out, root and all. She felt that half her body was free. A draught of air went up her legs, she looked at tha huge deformation caused perhaps by the exploitation of building materials, she saw herself falling against the stones that looked like little dots, caculo that she could see all her life before falling. But she kept trying to replace something to hold on to. Without seeing she felt something elongated, a hand, though cold as rock. It was firm, she grasped it with both hands and was able to pull herself free from the precipice. Guided by curiosity, she looked at what had saved her. She screamed in horror, it was the limb of an almost decomposed corpse. She caught a glimpse of a silver chain with a triangular pendant around its neck.

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