Marta decides to take two days off. Is frustrated at his inability to promotion he expected. No justice (say, airy), no justice. So is there in the park Gualeguaychú. The river looks. The branches of the willows play disheveled. Is too angry to see it. A mosquito's bite. Upset, gets into his car and heads for the city. Want to bend in one corner but can not. Crossed the street, a relatively young man, he shuts off, shouting unintelligible words and punches the air. This guy is drunk, drugged or both (think). Determined not to take over other people's problems, go back and follow the street you came, toward the hotel.
After dinner, go to the casino. Win me lift the mood (they say). Park the car on the curb in front, parallel to the boardwalk. A guard is watching carefully. His work is to avoid that customers have problems. Marta cross the street. About to enter the casino when he hears screams. Is surprising: the side of his car is the same man he saw at noon, within a circle formed by the neon light. The stranger, sometimes insulting and threatening someone who is not (or themselves), others kneeling, crying and blesses people who are not (or do). The guard reassures. Do not worry, it's harmless (and still says), it does not hurt anyone and the car, if that's what worries her. It is Jesus, a former soldier in the Falklands, the war left it.
At the home of Jesus, Mary and Joseph are concerned that their child does not arrive. It always comes to dinner and sleep early. A meal is not enough, always wants more, to reach the fill and only then goes to bed. Placed in a fetal position and cover to the head. Sometimes I listen to mourn. After midnight they decide to look at the pier, where it is always in the evening, staring at the river water. The casino and its surroundings, at night, become the most enlightened of the city. Today Jesus has lost track of time, but soon realizes that night has fallen. Dreads the darkness, so he has been against the casino. Parents find it. He refuses to leave, as if not recognition. Marta observes the scene for half an hour. Mary and Joseph finally convince him. Are lost, huddled in the shadows of the night. Jesus in the middle, with his cross. The Painful cries.
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