Monday and Thursday check my mailbox. Outside the bank statements, bills, gas and telephone, advertising only find Home Depot and restaurants serving sushi and cake smothered at home. Nothing important ... that's why I was so surprised when I found a handwritten note with a beautiful calligraphy addressed to me, my first name. "Dear Aurora: Buy Barbie ASAP Snapshot. This doll will give a message that will change your life ". signed "One who loves you" . That was it, no name or any clue about who delivered it.
The little note made me curious because I had never heard of a toy instant, so do not give importance beyond the surprise and put it in my drawer Payable Documents, until I forgot it to pay the phone and renewed interest in the message ...
Consideré que nada perdía con buscar tal muñeca, así que me dirigí a Plaza del Sol a investigar si era verdad que existía La Instantánea . En el almacén más grande del centro comercial, un chico muy planchadito me respondió:
—Se agotaron, Señorita, pero puedo investigar en el sistema si usted gusta; quizá queden algunas en otra sucursal…
—Claro, te espero…— dije con el afán de ver ese prodigio el mismo día.
—Quedan dos en Plaza Country, but I tell you about the price, you may not want to turn around up there.
"Please, how much can cost a toy of these, do not be overstated ..." I thought with a contemptuous smile.
- What's the price?
"It's a doll face, Stock ...
- Oh, yeah? How much is that Barbie? I asked urgently: it was more my desire to go from there to know the real cost.
-seven thousand dollars, VAT included.
I raised an eyebrow, I was surprised. I did not expect that a doll was so expensive. With more reason should see it. I gave him a quick "Thanks" and ran for it. As a child I had many Barbies, what could make this different? I thought you sell an instant wrist was a silly little trick for girls, but my curiosity had exceeded limits. Sure, I'm not stupid ...
Finally in my hands ... The package measuring no more than 20 cm. high with a circumference of about 35 to 40 cm. PET blister contained only a residue of white powder and bright-and diamond-selling their corresponding labels and detailed instructions to assemble the doll. Within the package there was also a 100 ml bottle. a special liquid that would trigger the chemical reaction with dust. It seemed an absurd price for a product that at first it was boring, but so deep was already in the case which took the Gold Visa and took one of the two boxes that remained, not only in the store, but throughout the city, as I said the clerk. I had no idea how this Barbie unusual could change my life, but I would find out that night. As soon as my finances were depleted, but finally had it in my power.
a couple of times I read the instructions, not wanting to spoil my little toy. Was heated in a microwave the bottle with amber liquid and pour it in the dust with a fine jet, once it began to react, is expected to form the wrist, according to the manufacturer, no more than 15 minutes. When he appeared on their feet, should be separated by the dotted line cover PET blister to remove and ready. I arranged everything in the kitchen table and began, following the instructions carefully.
When I added the hot solution, dust, foam, came to the mouth of the container and shined, throwing glitter hypnotized me. Watched dumbfounded, I was so for several minutes, until he appeared wearing a beautiful Barbie bride had a veil edged with silver lace, a necklace and pearl earrings, and a small tiara with Swarovski crystals. His appearance frightened me as it seemed, more than a toy, a real woman built to scale. Stunned Twist and pull hard on the top of the PET vial carefully remove the bride. Do not know then what I faced.
Touching his shoulder felt a bolt of frost hurt my back and lost my breath. His skin was warm and soft texture and a human! Placed it on the table and watched as every detail of the body, accessories and clothing, touched her blond hair with suspicion and his skin is hot, perhaps by the force of water. Unhappy me.
I seemed to see her smile when she started singing La Llorona Gradually, as he advanced, his white suit coco-before-it was staining of gray becoming darker, reaching absolute black. His eyes glittered like the eyes of the dog in the night. The terror came over me and crying with fear took the wrist furiously to get rid of it. The bitch reacted like a dying animal fighting for his life ... With hands bleeding from his scratches subjected to beatings on the table, and pushed into the bottle and shouts of the two. I covered with a thick book-not to have more on hand-to contain it and, reaching the tea poured boiling water over the monster, making sure to remove the book does not strike again. A shriek rose as downloading cloudy transformer and the beautiful doll became a fetid black pasta soaked blood.
I put doll, bottle, packaging, wrappers, ticket and voucher in a plastic bag and left flooded with adrenaline in search of a vacant lot, the most distant from house to kill the damn monster.
I stopped at a park to calm down a bit after having achieved the goal. I looked at my hands in amazement, scratches were gone, but the pain persisted. I cried alone, while supplies last and so struck twelve. I went home when I remembered the note he had caused this horrific scene: still in the same place ... But before the ink-black-was diluted, there was hardly a pool of blood. The fire burned in the stove and ran to the bed, just wanted to forget, sleep and rest.
That was ten months ago now ... It's just that at night, every night, my body creaks painfully, and inevitably I hum La Llorona to relieve pain. And so I toss between sleep and wakefulness, anxiety and dreams filled with black-until the morning comes to rescue.
now wandering around with purple circles no makeup can cover and the ditty of the La Llorona surfing the edge of my tongue without podérmela boot. No longer think of toys, just think about how to end this curse that brought me my boundless curiosity ...
Lupita Rios Mayorga.
