Fear and secrecy

Carmen had arrived at the bank and was waiting for someone to approach her because there were already enough people there. She was tempted to open the document she was holding but kept remembering the promise she had made to Felix. She shouldn't break the rules for fear of suffering, so she didn't try anything, repeating herself every time that there were only a few minutes left for her to be received. She had registered like the others and was no longer waiting for her name to be called.

“Carmen Alvarez!” she had heard.

She got up and approached the lady who was going to take care of the loan procedure. She handed him the document which she took and looked at him warily. Carmen didn't understand and hoped that her husband hadn't tried to trap her. Felix wouldn't have tried something like that when she hadn't done anything wrong since.

“Are you from the family of Mr. Elio Ramirez?”