The Tango of The Cursed | Mature

1°.| The offer

Eslabon Armondo- So Malo Pa' Ti
(Slowed & Reverb)

The Italic font is for when they are speaking Spanish since majority of this chapter will be in Marco's POV ( Colleen's dad )

Marco Beaumont

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The girl was long gone, and my wife too deep in her shit for me to have the energy to bother her and so after three beers I left the house only to see people gathered into one big mass three buildings away.

I wasn't nosy nor did I have the energy for their gossips so I voided them walking straight to the small hut where a few other men sat with their glasses of beer in front of the tv.

I ordered myself a glass of tequilla and sat down to a rather distant corner, away from the others yet staying close enough to have proper view of the emission as I drowned my shot going now for a cold beer.

'' Can you believe that?  1/2 million American dollars. ''

'' Aye brother, looks like luck is finally on our side! ''

'' Hmp, maybe we'll finally get a new tv here, some better chairs as well while we're at it. ''

The two men in front of me started laughing between themselves as they finished their drinks.

Like I said, I wasn't nosy. But if random bits of information floated into my ears, might as well be fully aware. 

'' And where the fuck would you randomly get that much money? '' My question came off more demanding than supposed but oh well, at least I had their attention.

One of the men looked at me before looking at his friend and then proceeded to answer my question as I took a long sip of my beer.

'' Some rich Americans made a donation to our village. We should be getting 500 000$ by the end of this month. '' The guy spat with a smirk on his face as if he had personally planned the sudden donation.

'' If you ask me it's just for the image those white folks sacrifice so much for as they 'help poor villages' like our's in the southern. '' An other guy laughed as he scratched his belly few other men in the room chuckling along.

'' I ain't complaining. Who cares if we have to look a little sad and miserable if it means that those Americans will send us money like that! '' A third man who was a little too drunk for an early morning like this, celebrated as more laughter broke.

'' Americans. '' Is all I said with a shake of my head as I drowned the rest of my beer with a light scoff of my own.

'' They always do stuff like this and make sure to film it to let the whole world know just how generous they are. The craziest part is that people actually buy that shit. '' The bartender joined in the conversation as he dried a glass in his hand with a cloth before the guy who had first spoken added. '' Exactly! Reminds me of that little orphan Annie movie, when those rich people took the girl in for fame and she ended up living with them ''

I set the drink from my lips down as I froze in thought.

The things those people really did for fame even going as far as taking random kids in.