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gs were the perfect excuse for his parents to let out all the hatred they h

ive him the gifts, some of them know his cloudy past, so they deliver the gift trayi

wrath! But, he he replied with a sarcastic and humorous comment; Take it easy, man! Mark said, Your

nows him very well that she can read his facial expressions like he were

f them. Her black lips like oil, her long nails decotared with curious esoteric forms, her tattoos and that dark and strange sexuality, is too much for the

s going to intimidate some people, get used to it, that's why a gave you the name Tiphereth in honor of the sixth sefirot of the tree of life of the Jewish mysticism of the Kabba

underwear is seen by anyone! Look the way she smokes, it's looks li

cigarette and walk toward the girls. Mark's girlfriends watch

thing else? - Asked to t

Laura; the girl who ma

e sitting right there listening and waiting fo

you are very ki

lit another cigar. The girls

boyfriend in recriminatory way, he inmmediately knew that thanks to Teal's rage he w

le of the room, and a pile of black sweaters size M next to Mark. "We don't know wh

black clothes – Mar

- Chales said while he points at Teal, wh

eternal –

ttention; one last gift forgotten on the floor, it seemed to be an old vinyl wrapped in an

He asked at loud, but

he vinyl. "It's old!" He said "Smells like the 60". The cover of the album was white but yellowed by the passage of the decades, in the

al vinyl? - He said while he takes out the vinyl of its sheath. There's only one song recorded in the album – This have to be a joke! Mark

sh aspect. He walks toward it, the vinyl is on a table next to an empty pitcher of beer, Mark takes the vinyl and analyzes it with his eyes half closed. A shadow passes q

ing! - Te

Teal, who is sta

- Mark

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mean? This is

rk, it'

been living in "my apartment"

to feed

of times: bring that th

is not a

sorry – Mar

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do you

hat the he

I'm you man! that's all! - He puts the vi

lied

I did

would not come… but, she came! And

e! Teal, she is the pas

s she?! - T

is! S

I'll forgive you! I ju

h to say! She and

pointed, I'm lea

being irr

apartment withou

- Mark

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sn't answer the phone or the text massages. Frustrated for non being able to concentrate on his job, Mark turns off the computer.

mbered when as child he sat on his father's lap to hear the classics of the Rock music; Led Zeppelin, The Beat

as unconsciously humming it. So, he go back and heard the song again and again for half an hour. In the umpteenth hearing he noticed a low noise with the riff, it was a lament, a male lament. "What is this?" Mark asked. He puts his ear next to the speaker but he didn't listen the male voice, "the male voice seems to come directly from the vinyl" He said, then Mark puts his ear near to the disc, a murmur reached his ear… "What do you said?" Mark asked to the vinyl as it was alive. Bang! Something hits the window, it was the branch of a nea

ed to the cat. The animal, who was looking at him form the other side of the room, ignored him. The cat sitting like the sphinx saw something on Mark's head; it caught its attentio

o coupes of coffee. "What did you do t

ack hairball! - Mark answered whi

t talk like th

I'm

th you, Mark? You