The betrayal of my brothers III

Amanda to cure her anger locked me in a room and told me that I would sleep there until she changed her mind. Effectively I slept on the floor which gave them some grief and they partly "took care" of me because I could not go out without any of the boys of the house, so every time I wanted to go out I looked for Joshua to know the land and so I saw that the land was large but guarded like the tower of a castle and with many men with swords and guns, that was the first time I saw guns Joshua did not have weapons because in itself with his arms was very strong.

So I got the idea that I would never get out of there, although they prevented Amanda from touching me, that partly made me a little happy but I wanted to escape now, while I was lying on the floor watching the clouds I remembered many things but a memory called my attention the times I woke up at dawn and I did not know why, that touched my mind but I felt it was important, only that I could not find the answers.

When I saw Esteban with a book I asked him if I could read it later and he told me that he would leave me one more of my age and he says

Esteban: Here is a book for six year olds.

I look at him with a face like he is teasing me while he raised an eyebrow and somewhat uncomfortable I tell him: I am eight years old Lord Esteban not six.

While the three men laughed out loud Esteban said: Oops, what a mistake, and nothing about Lord Esteban can be just Esteban, not prettier, that's okay.

I took the book and started to read it, 'Alice in Wonderland' the book was curious but when I saw Alice's clothes I commented out loud: those clothes look nice.

Logically Amanda didn't change my clothes but I did ask for them to be washed and as I was surrounded by men sometimes I had to do it myself but one thing I was grateful for was that Esteban watched the door while I bathed and washed my clothes; although of course I had to stay there and wait for them to dry, when it took too long the men would lend me one of their shirts and as it fit me like pajamas I would quickly go downstairs and enter the room.

When I had healed my bruises, Amanda decided it was time to go and handed me a black jacket and said in a calm but commanding voice: put it on.

I looked at him nervously and with fear I looked at Josué who told me: do it.

I knew that Joshua's voice was not an order and I listened, I raised my hand looking for support and I did not get it right away but after a while when I heard the voice of Esteban and José I calmed down a little but my body did not stop shaking, because of the movement and not seeing anything I fell asleep thinking about where I would go and in my head I heard many voices although I did not understand what they were saying.

After several hours we arrived at a port where I heard Amanda say: I brought you a gift.

And I heard how a man with a hoarse voice said: Let's see.

I felt someone grab my hands and the man with a hoarse voice said: you have beautiful skin.

I felt as he lifted my dress and touched with 1 finger my legs and said: strong legs.

I felt cold hands touch my arms and he said: they are strong.

Amanda: yes, she is a strong girl, I can tell you that.

This man I still don't see I hear him say: perfect, now let's see her beautiful face.

When they uncover my face I look a bit serious to Amanda and a man dressed in a white suit and milk white skin and deep but black eyes and a pronounced nose says: I love that face and more with that gesture of anger.

He looks at my hair and checks my head, looks at my mouth and teeth and checks my ears and says: you can tell he's molting teeth still or so I hope, otherwise the payoff won't be complete Amanda.

She is as sure as she is that her plan was successful and says: they were milk teeth that fell out.

Which made me wonder how she knew that I haven't shed all my teeth yet, this man still smiled and said

Man in white: I have to see to believe Amanda.

As Amanda leaves and without looking back he says: man of little faith, I hope and see you soon Mateo.

When I see Amanda leave I look at the boys and see how they in their own way say goodbye to me, I felt something inside me but I thought they were my ideas Joshua with whom it was that for 1 week I spent more time as my caregiver it hurt me his goodbye but I didn't cry; I had decided not to cry, but he knew my gesture and just shook his head to which I nodded to confirm him that I wouldn't cry.

Mateo's men let me go and only ordered me to wait in the chair, I could observe the surroundings of the place and I could see that it was a small house and retired from the village, there were 6 men including Mateo, it is true that they did not have me tied but they dressed in a particular way all with black suits and black hats and only Mateo in white, Their Spanish dialect was somewhat sung, I knew it was not the Spanish of Madrid but it sounded nice in them, I saw that there were windows but closed with wood so that the sunlight would enter very dimly, it also looked abandoned and somewhat old, we were like that until the night where they gave me a bread and water, logically I did not complain because I was more thirsty than hungry.

For some reason Mr. Mateo asked to give me their food, nothing more and nothing less than pasta and a somewhat tanned man with honey-colored eyes told me kindly: this is food from our beloved Italy, a very beautiful place.

I smiled and told him: thank you, you are very kind.

This man smiles back and eats near me, while I was tasting the pasta I hear a knock on the door and the man who had given me the plate of food gets up and goes to the door and I hear that they speak in their language without me understanding a single word, then he closes the door and while he sees me he calls Mr. Mateo and in front of me he tells him that everything is ready to leave; Mateo who sees me and then looks at him and says

Mateo: very well Paolo now you take care of the bambina.

He nods and seeing that he finished the pasta and knowing that I liked it, he takes me outside and we get into a car and inside the car he asks me to put the jacket on my head again, I with a face like again I accept without complaining although I was already tired, I could not plan a good escape and to put the cherry on the cake again we went to a pier and I wondered

Mental voice: Will I never get out of a boat or what is this like?

I didn't even know where I was anymore, I think that with so much sea I had already traveled the world like Magellan and Columbus.

We arrived after 4 days to another place, this one was a little warmer and I saw a lot of sand, I remembered from mom's stories that her aunt told her how Egypt was in one of her trips and I thought to myself

Mental voice: 'This is a joke, can this place be Egypt?'.

And I could only gesture that it was very possible but I still had to get a way out as soon as possible, no matter the risk, the thing is that I was right if I was in Egypt, we got on some camels that were already waiting for us and from there another of Marcos' men who finally let himself be seen more I could notice his different features, that is to say he was not as European as Esteban, Marcos or me since I could see that the sun did not affect his brown skin but favored him although his eyes called much attention since they were light blue.

I speak to a man in a language that we all saw each other's faces and that's when I thought to myself, 'This is going to be difficult.

Mental voice: 'This will be difficult and more so if they only speak his language'.

It turns out that where I was going it would be more difficult to ask for help and get out since the town where we were going accepted the sale of slaves and there they saw it as normal to kidnap and enslave someone else.