My child should never cry

Chapter 12 - When you remain alone with all your fights

Sam is driving, and two men are with him in his car.

He is thinking. He had the tests done. The world found out about his and his daughter's illness. One time when he wanted to shake hands with a colleague, the colleague did not extend his hand. All of his colleagues were afraid of Angel's illness. Once, his boss asked the cleaning woman to clean the chair where Sam sat. Everyone in the world is scared to work with him, to be near him.

"Come on, man," said Robert, Sam's work colleague, a handsome man about thirty years old, "everything is going to be fine. Don't get into any more trouble."

Sam was pensive, probably thinking about his problems.

"I was afraid . . . at the beginning, I was afraid even to stay in the same room with you. But now that we know you're good, that's good," Robert added.

"Yes, indeed. And Lory and Rita were scared too. You can't joke about such things. We thought you were ill, too," added John, another work colleague of Sam's.

"The best thing you did was have your tests done. Actually, the best thing you did was listen to me when I told you to have them done," added Robert.

"Cut the crap. I'm the one who was told what and how to do it. I told him to take the tests and to report the results to the doctor. So everyone knows now that Sam is healthy, thanks to me," John snapped at Robert.

Sam said nothing. He was careful while driving, plus he was thinking away, obviously not listening to the other two. He was not interested about their discussion anyway.

"I convinced Rita and Lory to come. Sammy, you know that Rita always asks about you. I think she likes you. Too bad you're married to a woman as beautiful as Mary," said John.

Sam said nothing.

"But you should know that even with a woman as beautiful as Mary, I would still take Rita and show her the kind of man I am. I would fuck her at least once for the sake of pleasure," added John.

"Yes, what to say to such a man like this Casanova, What happened with that Christine? She couldn't handle such a man?" Robert ironically asks, laughing.

"It was stupid. She left with that ugly, stupid pilot. She said she's loved him for some time," said John. After a brief silence, the man continues proudly, " Stupid! She really believed in love. That ugly guy was not only ugly, he was also ill. But if she wants love, then let her take his love. I do not need love, unless it is between a woman's legs."

John and Robert laugh, Sam does not say anything.

"Sammy, you hear what we say?" asks John.

"Yes, indeed, you're right. We are almost there," answers Sam, awake from his thoughts.

"I said I like the love that is between her legs," said John.

Sam was driving carefully and thinking about something else.

"Mary's legs," Robert said slowly. Sam's two friends laughed at the joke they had made and continued to drink from the bottle they had.

***

"Come on, Sam, drink something with us. I don't want to see you like this. You should be happier. You're fine," Robert to Sam, as they sit inside a night club. Then looking toward a blonde girl, he continues. "Rita, you're disappointing me."

The woman is wearing a dress that lets her nipples show. She gets up from her seat, approaches Sam, and sits in his lap.

"I'm not in the mood," Sam says to Rita.