AGAINST THE ROPES

“Where have you been, miss?” Carl asked Luisa.

“Don Carl, she was with us. A thousand apologies; it was something very important.”

“I'm sorry, it's that we have to save the world or the universe and something more than that.” Francisco explained, moving his hands as if he were cleaning a mirror.

“Baby, we were very worried.” Mary, Luisa's mother, burst into tears.

“We didn't manage to warn you of our delay; please allow us to come in and look for something in your backyard.”

“Dad, they want to examine the stone that is under the house.”

“The huge stone, well, lucky for him, not even the dynamite scratched it; even if they had suddenly brought his partner Marco, who is so muscular, maybe he could break that rock,” said Don Carl, moving his whole body like jelly.