Now I let you go

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She went downstairs to accompany her grandmother while she cooked. As soon as she felt his presence, she turned and gave her a warm smile followed by a "Hello heart". Sarah sat down in one of the chairs and her grandmother turned around, with her back to the stove as the soup cooked, so she could talk to Sarah. Thus began a pleasant conversation about this extraterrestrial civilization that, they said, had been living on Earth for a long time. Her grandmother said that it was impossible to inhabit this infinite universe and believe that we were the only living beings. This was a topic that fascinated Sarah, she had also read a lot of it, so they got so wrapped up in the conversation that the soup almost burned. After that, Sarah helped set the table and sat down to eat along with her grandparents. While they were eating, her grandparents began to tell her stories about how as a baby, Sarah had been a rebel who did not sit still, it seems that she loved to make mischief and on several occasions she gave them quite a few scares when they left her lying in the crib and when they returned Sarah was no longer there because she had crawled to the next room.

It was a good talk, accompanied by frozen yogurt popsicles for dessert. Once they finished, the conversation continued in the living room, her grandmother mentioned that when Sarah turned three years old, she became a pretty spoiled and tantrum girl because, being an only child, she was given everything she wanted and more, but fortunately Mr. and Mrs. Johnson realized in time and corrected her. That particular conversation wasn't Sarah's favourite, she was embarrassed to remember her three-year-old self throwing tantrums on the floor. Now she was a good girl and only had the typical tantrums of a teenager, but not of a spoiled child. She agreed with her grandmother that she had been a difficult child.

After a while her grandfather went up to sleep, leaving them alone in the living room. Then her grandmother asked her if she had already decided which university to go to, the first time she asked her that question Sarah did not know what to answer, but now she was sure and began to talk to her about her plans for the future. Her grandmother told her that she was sure that she would have no problem achieving everything she set out to do and that she would be happy to see her achieving all her dreams. Sarah thought it was a good time to bring up the other topic, so she asked him if he remembered the conversation they had a year ago at his 15th party, his grandmother told him that they had talked about many things that day, so he would have to refresh his memory. With a smile, Sarah returned to the subject of going to the doctor 1 time a year for tests.

On this occasion, her grandmother told her that she would have an appointment next month, but that blood tests were not necessary because she was only going to see her glucose levels. Before Sarah could answer anything else, her grandmother changed the subject and asked her more questions about the university she had chosen, so Sarah went on to show her some photos of her journey. When night fell, Sarah decided it was time to go back.

She came to her present feeling defeated. She didn't have many opportunities because, if she constantly repeated in the past to her grandmother to go to the doctor, there would come a point when she would get angry at so much insistence and, knowing her, the only thing that would cause her would be to ask her to stop insisting so much on the same subject. This feeling of defeat made him a little discouraged and he decided that it would be best to wait that week to recharge his energy, and he didn't want to demand so much from the clock.

As the days went by, Sarah realized that she had to put aside her hatred for calculus if she wanted to pass the subject, because so far her grades were not being too good and soon the exam season would come, so she decided to focus her attention on studying differentials. Going to painting classes also helped him relax, taking advantage of the fact that autumn had arrived he decided to paint a landscape of a forest, something similar to Bob Ross' paintings. She remembers that when she was little, she would sit down to watch her program with her grandmother, she liked the patience with which she explained everything and relaxed her voice.