EPISODE I “When you come across the gaze of the lady you have always been waiting for, the threshold of bliss is disclosed. At that point do not give out, resist, as from then onwards the best is ...Read Moreto come". Capitulation: A deal that contains clauses referring to the surrender of arms, territories or other unspecified. Cali, Colombia, November 29th 2017 - I´ve come home –mouthed out to the mirror of the gentlemen´s restroom at Cali Airport, one of the passengers of the one hour-scheduled flight to Bogotá-. Though he had the sensation of

EPISODE II “An opportunity shall come for him to sound me out and likewise for me to sound him out; perhaps, when I become a lawyer –she made a promise to herself-, time would be ripe to schedule a ...Read Moreappointment.” Guesswork: The review of the conditions in which a case is laid out as well as the perspectives it provides. Bogotá, Colombia, November 29th 2017 Valentina and the writer had been long distanced from one another upon boarding the aircraft: he was assigned a seat in row seven, while she ended up at the far back, where

EPISODE III “Love is an excellent reason to cause things to fail.” Eclecticism: A way to proceed in which an assessment together with an appraisal are made to attain the Middle Path, moving away from extreme solutions but ...Read Morethe same time admitting their fairness. Valentina stayed more than a week in Bogota, whereas the Loser Titan, from the third to the twenty seventh of December 2017, remained in Rosario with his family. Cards had been laid out, the die was cast, Valentina and the Loser Titan were now geographically separated because of their trips, but via

EPISODE IV “If the Creator gives me a chance for this life to pick out, a partner of adventures, doubts would vanish, then, redeemed, they would revive in your chest.” Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum: If you are ...Read Morefor peace, be ready for war. Cali, Colombia, From December 28th 2017 to January 3rd

EPISODE V “But she was disappointed, because he only said: Let me express my appreciation to the photographer and to the lady he has photographed.” Pacta Sund Servanda; pacta quantumcumque nuda, servanda sund: Covenants are to be observed; ...Read Morenude pacts are to be observed. . Cali, Colombia, From January 4th to 14th 2018 Accompanied by her family and a close friend secretly in love with her, Valentina was celebrating the “Blancos y Negros Carnival” in Pasto, province of Nariño, lost amidst the human tide, watching the troupes in exhibition. Only when noise let her a chance and signal

EPISODE 6 “I have allergy, I can´t go fetch it.” Outrage: Abuse of the universal common sense. Valentina blamed the allergy attacks [she was having] on the exposure to long dancing nights at the Carnival; staying up ...Read Moregoing out to parties was something she was not used to. Because of her general health condition she got stranded at her parent´s home, undergoing a slow recovery process under the supervision of her mother, a stout sweet lady who was approaching her fifties. Her father had already called the Doctor, who failed to detect the cause of the allergy;

EPISODE VII “Look, Alba, what it´s happening to this rare bird is that he is deeply in love with your daughter. Balou’s blooming heart has been broken into million pieces. That´s all this is about. He has good intentions, ...Read Morea surplus of uncontrollable loving energy runs riots inside him.” Notepad: Private data record (likely to make it available to the public) where high priority information is grouped by field of work, for investigation purposes or otherwise. Nugaró, Colombia, January 19th 2018 Less than ten thousands inhabitants live in Valentina´s parent’s village of Nugaró. The first hints of activity

EPISODE VIII “Be sure I won´t. I´ll be back in the village for the presentation of the book, with a braille copy for you in my hands.” Guarantee: Surety given by one person to another, committed to keeping ...Read Morewhat is agreed. Cali, Colombia, January 19th 2018 After lunch and a short nap, The Loser Titan decided to wander around Nugaró. He walked out of the E.S.P.I., turned left, headed straight down the road up to the bridge that Sebastián Belalcázar, future founder of Cali, used to cross with his troops during the viceroyalty of Nueva Granada (territory of

EPISODE IX “It´s better for you to know that superior forces [compared to mine] have been compelling me to synchronise the encounter with Valentina. An encounter bound to be the consecration of my evolving path.” Mandatum in Rem ...Read MoreMandate or business which includes an element of self-interest Nugaró, Colombia, January 19th, 2018 The quintet was dragged into the family home by Valentina´s mother (Valentina in twenty years’ time), a Mistress that effusively greeted Balou by offering him the smile of expectant heirs. Valentina´s house was one of the average middle-class´ of Nugaró: nothing was lacking or

EPISODE X “Live hard, die young, and you will have a nice-looking corpse”. Will: Psychic energy capable of maintaining or imposing one´s opinion and the resolutions made over the others, in the context of surmounting obstacles of any ...Read More Nugaró, Colombia, January 19th 2018 The night was cool, street lights imposed themselves against the clear sky, full of tiny stars commanded by the ever-vigilant full moon. Screams waned except for the remaining night birds seated on the sidewalks. After bordering the public hospital René and Balou set foot on a wide street, undertaking a twenty minutes fast-paced

EPISODE XI “Now –Valentina lamented-, I will have to pay for my miscalculations”. Apostasy: The abandonment of the faith in God or Jesus Christ. Nugaró, Colombia, January 19th 2018 Gloria tried to make up her ...Read Morein the proper way. The feature of feminine curiosity thrived well above any other and pushed hard to express itself outwardly, irrespective of philosophic arguments. In front of her was the mysterious present, stuff that became an affair of state. Where and How could Gloria find the spiritual strength to wait till seven o clock in the evening, arranged time

EPISODE XII “Only he who has been condemned is entitled to make a judgement”. Dismissal of a case: Ceased and desisted lawsuit. Renouncement to any purpose or intent. Suspension of the summary trial until further notice. Nugaró, ...Read MoreJanuary 21th 2018 After a month staying out of the city, Valentina got back to her apartment in Cali. As soon as she walked in, she found a package on the floor, delivered on January third, with the label “Advanced Holy King´s present”. Another gift from Balou, which added to the one received in Nugaró, duly confiscated by her

EPISODE XIII “It´s better for you to keep off my daughter´s life, do you hear me?” Conservative Measures: A set of provisions whose aim is to cope with a tough situation, or to make way to a solution. ...Read MoreColombia, January 22th, 2018 Without consulting his daughter, René issued some unquestionable directives concerning the flight plan he had envisioned: 1) To the security guards of the condominium where Valentina lived, he instructed them not to let, on any excuse whatsoever, Balou in. If necessary they were authorised to tell Balou that Valentina had moved away, elsewhere, so to