Obsession

8.

          The brunette packed her bags, the other wagons moved slowly up the mountain away from Encanto and from the tragedy that struck them a couple of days before. It was a sense of ease as the horse gallop slowly on the horizon, from the distance she saw Camilo approaching, she stops her leg on the wagon step.

She didn't have a chance to talk with the curly-haired boy in a while, depression lead her into laziness and almost swallowed her alive in fear. Why wouldn't it? She lost her manager, the man who discovered her and gave her a life in the lights of fame, a family figure, and a boyfriend in the same week. Even if Camilo did try to talk with her she just asked him politely to leave her be, which he gladly oblige saying that he understands the situation.

Antonio was a different story, he was by her side almost all the time, with his creepy capibara, and told her all about the Madrigals. All of their gifts and talents and so on, they were truly amazing people! She would lie if she says that she didn't envy them. After all, she was normal, a nobody...

She was just a fake with tarot and nothing but an ordinary dancer. Another reason to leave Encanto behind, hide her inability. Antonio didn't say much of Camilo, except that he was an amazing big brother, he seem to like to stay with Mirabel more, like more than the rest of the family.

Which was probably because they lived together in the nursery? She couldn't tell, but then again it wasn't her business what other people were doing. She didn't know much about Camilo, as they talked rarely, but she wasn't expecting his visit. He was mostly shy, just staring at her or into the air daydreaming and almost all the time thinking. He probably didn't like her in his house, and she got that, she really did. They were a big family, privacy was probably a luxury with so manny people around. Nevertheless, there wasn't even a goodbye between the two so why was he here now?

" You are leaving mi vida?" he questions on a seemingly angry voice but he was all smiling Yes, I am done packing up. I should hurry since I am far behind them-..." she tried to get in her cart.

" Don't go!" Camilo cut her off pulling her hand dragging her off the chart. " Stay with me in Encanto! You must stay!" he almost begs, one thing in his voice, pleading in desperation.

She sighed, she already had this discussion with Dolores. Even if Camilo's insistence were more than rude, near-violent she pulled her hand away replying calmly.

" I already told you I won't stay in this place, Camilo.  I am an artist, I belong to the world! I will go where fame awaits me " she pointed her arms in the air like his request was the most ridiculous thing she ever heard. And that made him furious, he felt the blood rushing in his veins as he unnerved squeezed his hands.

Camilo got frantic, his eyes blazing a flame he had never shown before. With an incredible speed, he tackled Lola to the ground wrapping his hands around her neck. He slammed her to the grougrouptting one foot on each side of her waist, immoimmobilizing,  squeezing her neck until she was out of breath, she was screaming until all the oxygen left her lungs completely and black dots formed in her eyes.

" No! You belong to me, Lola! I won't let you leave me, mi vida! You are mine! All mine! Just mine! You will carry my children whether you like it or not! I won't let you leave! I don't want to do this to you but you give me no choice!"

" Camilo stop!" she chocks trying to inhale some more air into her burning lungs but to no use, he was strangling her too hard " Are you crazy?!"

" I won't let you leave me! You are mine! Don't you forget that!"He tightened his grip on her thin neck until he felt that she was no longer struggling or fighting back. He looked at her lightly, checking her neck to see if she was still alive, and what a relief she was, then he carried her back into the house. He wipes the horse sending him on his way, making sure that the circus suspects nothing, and went on his path back to casita. Luckily for him, everyone was sleeping except Julieta, who was waiting for Isabella to return.