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turned of the hose and very cordially asked her to excuse me because I had
to return inside to finish up. I ended by wishing her a pleasant afternoon.
She smiled for the first time and from her belt buckle she took out a white
envelope. She gave it to me without saying a word. I thanked her and went
inside.
I put the envelope on top of the refrigerator and looked at her again from
the window; I didn’t want her to get inside somehow and do something
crazy. She got on her UFO-cycle, put on her walkman’s headphones, and
took off. Right then some cousins of mine arrived to ask me why I hadn’t
gone to work. They invited me to go with them to the commercial center in
the town of Mayagüez. I changed clothes and went with them to the ‘mall’,
but I told them I had to be back by sundown because I was expecting a
visit. Afterwards and back at my place nobody came. I got tired of waiting
so I decided to start getting ready for bed. While in my room I remembered
the visit I’d gotten that day from the UFO looking lady and the envelope
she gave me, but I couldn’t remember where I’d left it. I looked
everywhere, under the bed, behind the sofa, but still nothing. It was as if
the ground swallowed it. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to sleep now if I
couldn’t find it. I practically made a mess of the whole house again looking
for it. I decided to go to bed. I couldn’t sleep and I got thirsty. I got up and
went to the refrigerator and: aha!!! I drank my glass of water and went back
to bed to read whatever was inside.
There were three notes in different papers; like written in verse. My
favorite one read:
When you see me
You’ll think I’m not right in my head.
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