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Silence is the beginning of man's madness, the more silence there is, the more he thinks and while he thinks, the madder he becomes and madness begins to consume him, more in this case that was not going to happen, she knew that it was not going to fall into madness, she could not and knew she would not get to that point, she could go through anything or suffer any unbearable event but she would not collapse, she would continue standing despite everything because now she no longer depended only on her and she had it well in mind; when you have someone who depends on you, who still cannot defend himself from this cruel world you cannot collapse as much as you can, he knows that he must be there for him, he knows that he must support him and give him the necessary tools to be able to defend himself, only there he knew that he could stay calm, there will always be something like a small hope for which you can continue to move forward, that does not let you collapse and I know very well that they thought of something or someone who smiled at him with tears in their eyes thanking him for being there for one , for not letting that dark abyss pull them, for knowing that his single smile or his single occurrence made them feel that everything would be fine.

That is related to our protagonist who despite being a strong woman above all else, also had a weak part wanting to throw in the towel but if she was little she encouraged her every morning to say "For you the world is still worth it", however it scared her the new, he was terrified that his life would change to what had already been established and without a doubt he was not going to accept this proposal or crazy, it had already been several weeks, in fact almost a month since that, the man appeared every day to Seeing her leave her son and then leave, which seemed totally absurd and even harassing, it was very gloomy thinking that she would have other intentions and that terrified her knowing that she had to protect her baby at any cost, she was not going to agree but he he was still there, discreetly insisting that to tell the truth it made him feel somewhat guilty even though he was a bloody grown man who could waste his time as he pleased but not doing such an outrage.

She was cursing in a low voice while looking at her work computer, because yes, she had to finish quite a few reports and because of that man who was hovering around her thoughts, she could not concentrate, the only person who knew the reason for her bad mood and who was attentive to what he said had been standing for a long time with papers in hand so that he could review it, he had not even noticed that he had already been by his side for a long time.

—I'm really getting sick of him.

Her friend listened to her opening her eyes in surprise, paying her full attention to said comment, in all the years that she knew her she had never seen her worried about a problem as simple as calling the police and placing a restraining order, the solution was simple but She did not do it, she wondered why but she also found it logical, a burning logic when the image came to the mind of said man, without a doubt he would not mind changing places with her having the tycoon's attention, no one in their right mind she would dare to let him go but no, her friend ignored him in an Olympic way knowing that any woman would not hesitate to see him.

—And I'm already starting to get impatient, it can't be and excuse me for my vocabulary but, how the hell could you not accept it? Call it up and have it on hold like it's whatever shit you find.

She turned to see her indignant, she did not know how long she was listening to her, which she did not care, but was she listening to what she was saying? She did not care if the guy bathed in money, she did not care, she was looking for the most in a man it was how he behaved, how he treated her, how they could have a fluent conversation without feeling discomfort with her presence or what they were talking about, she knew well that if the man had approached her in a friendly way starting with wanting to know her and so moving forward little by little, she would have considered it, she would have done it and she did not doubt it even though she was not yet ready to start a relationship because her heart was healing despite that if she had been given the opportunity to introduce herself, not coming from that way proposing such a barbarity and offering him money as if he were in a store buying the most beautiful ornament.

—First, it is my life and I am not going to accept a complete stranger who wants to enter it as if nothing had happened and second, calm down a little, but in any case you come with me to see if he falls in love with you because I am already fed up, I am not a gift that you can buy. I already stressed that.

—No, no, he practically wants to woo you, then who knows they fall in love and get married that's what he's looking for.

—She offered Me money!

—He's completely crazy about your ass friend!

She snorted, already tired of her friend's nonsense, since she told him what had happened with the tycoon she had been scolding her for not having accepted that juicy proposal and she continued to believe that her friend had fallen as a child because of tremendous nonsense she was throwing at her, she was going to to refute again but his boss appeared at the scene capturing the attention of both, he had a cold look which terrified him, he knew him a little and they had never had altercations, he was a kind and loving man with his family, he was not the typical boss who harassed his employees or his secretary just because he wanted to raise his ego, no, no, he was grateful to have a boss like that, he called her to his office and went to his office, exhausted sigh thinking that perhaps he would leave him more work enough had with the already accumulated; hell, he thought she would stay all night working but she couldn't leave her baby, she had to pick him up, feed him, bathe him and give him their respective kisses.

She considered a thousand solutions so that everything was in order in her home, her baby was her highest priority that was not in discussion, she got up from her comfortable chair before the attentive gaze of her friend who only raised her thumbs wishing her luck, she smiled shortly at her silent words of encouragement but in any case she was grateful for said support, she went to the elevator at a leisurely pace the only sound that could be heard was that of her heels, she marked the top floor listening to the quiet music of the elevator until the doors opened .

On the way to said office greeting in the process whoever came across, to tell the truth he knew that he did not talk to anyone about his work unless they were work issues but he greeted everyone out of politeness even if he received uncomfortable smiles that mattered little to him, education was before Everything, he stopped in front of his boss's secretary who was making a call, hung up the phone and allowed him to enter the office, opened the door looking at how he was sitting reviewing some papers while at the same time checking the computer.

—Is something wrong? You called me yourself and I'm not sending your secretary.

—Please take a seat, if I called her it is because it is a delicate matter.

That took her by surprise, as she settled into the seat in front of him she tried to remember if she had made a mistake in her work, she always reviewed her writing in detail, made the budget charts correctly and was never missing any amount but the The cold look her boss had on her terrified her too much.

—Look, I will be direct with you because you have been a very good employee since you came to this company, however I will not tolerate such baseness from you, I need honest, honest people and with the ethics that everyone has, so I want you to pick up your things and get out of my sight.

That was certainly not expected, he thought it was a joke in bad taste but seeing him sigh exhausted and without taking his cold gaze away, there was no doubt that he was serious, he swallowed hard trying to dispel the lump in his throat that was He had formed her by managing to digest that he was throwing her out.What was it going to be? With that job he could maintain without any problem, his home, the nest, his baby, everything fit perfectly, now without it, what would he do ?

—Excuse me but I don't understand why you are firing me, I have not done anything wrong to give me this talk so out of place, please I ask you for a specific explanation.

He watched as the opposite softened his gaze when he saw her with crystallized eyes and as he spoke with difficulty, as if it hurt to speak, she was his best employee but he could not allow a baseness of that magnitude, he would have allowed him any worthless mistake but this one did not. It was, she grabbed the papers she was reviewing and handed them to her, she only saw them in detail, when she understood, she looked at him in horror, shaking her head several times, telling him without words that she was not the culprit.

—There were imbalances in the company's accounts if you realize and an exorbitant loss of money was registered, this was investigated thoroughly since it is a very important issue, it was found that the money was destined to an account that coincidentally it has your name, also before you retire you must return the money if you do not know that there will be legal consequences, I can tolerate everything but this is unforgivable.

—Sir, please believe me, I had nothing to do with this, someone must have accused me, I didn't even use that account, I had no knowledge that it was still active, I swear to you, please, you can't kick me out.

—Excuse me but it is my final decision and because I appreciate you for having been a good employee, you will receive your settlement without problem, however I cannot assure you of a letter of recommendation from me, that would be all.

She left the papers on the desk getting up from her chair, she left that office completely destroyed, her eyes were still crystallized wanting the tears to be present, she got on the elevator to go to her apartment, when the metal doors closed the first tear rolled down her cheek not wanting to hold back, the tears kept rolling but she did not say anything, did not let out any sobs, the elevator stopped leaving her on her floor, she walked to her table picking up her things not wanting to continue there, she listened to her friend speak to her but she ignored and he continued in his work to get out of there as soon as possible.

He managed to take everything and got on the elevator again to be able to go to the parking lot, only there, when he got into his car, when he left his things aside, right there he could allow himself to break down in tears, in screams of pain and frustration for what had happened , he felt that the world was falling apart again, he felt that life made him shit every time things went well for him, he had taken away the most precious person he had, now he had taken away the opportunity to get a good job again What would you do now?

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