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sector well because when I got here from New York I went through it many
times to get to the Boquerón beach, and it was also the route I took to get to
my other job. I had also eaten many times in the restaurant that was in this
intersection. From there I got home safe and sound. I parked my car and
went inside with the camera in my hand. Mamá was already up. She was
worried and asked why I’d gotten home so late. She later told me I didn’t
answer her and I went straight to my bedroom.
I placed the camera on the night table and took of my clothes. When I took
off my trousers I realized I had peed on myself. I didn’t think much of it, I
just wanted to sleep. I closed all the windows and went to sleep naked. I
had nothing in particular in mind when I started to fall asleep, no bad
thoughts or anything that might interrupt my sleep. By the time I got to my
bedroom from where I’d taken the pictures I had forgotten everything. I
sleep deeply and didn’t get up for the rest of the day. I didn’t leave my
room neither to go to the bathroom nor to eat. My grandmother later told
me she’d tried to wake me up but couldn’t.
I got up at around 9:30 or 10:00pm to use the bathroom and to eat a
sandwich. I then slept till the next day. When I woke up it was as if nothing
had happened, like I just returned from work like any other normal day.
The human mind is incredible; sometimes it knows when to forget. If not
for this ability one could go mad. My memories had been blocked. Still, I
was tense and wanted to cry but didn’t know why. That day I went to my
waiting job as usual. The next day, or a few days after I don’t really
remember, I gave my cousin back her camera with the film still inside. I
told her what had happened with her record.
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