In the House Page #4

To me, it makes me nervous.

When I saw him in front of the

watercolours, he seemed crazy.

I'm sick of him here every night.

I will tell Rafa not to invite him anymore.

(To be continued..)

- You know who remembers your student?

- Who?

My cousin, Andrew.

At a marriage or a baptism,

he enjoys telling family gossip.

There are people who are like that:

Peering through the keyholes.

It diminishes the surprise. You seem

like a cousin telling family gossip.

If I put myself in the place of someone

reading this in a novel...

Someone else read my stories?

Not at all. Isnt good enough yet.

Ive not shown it to anyone.

- Dont publish them theyre not good enough.

- Dont show them to anyone!

Im only saying, if someone were to read

this in a novel, I think youre missing...

conflicts...

Come on inside.

A character, needs something...

...but finds obstacles,

in his path.

On the way, there are rivals,

adversaries...

Ulysses... wants to go home,

but the Cyclops wants to kill him...

Sirens... hypnotize him,

the Maga kidnaps him.

Sometimes the conflict isnt between

the hero and someone else...

...But with himself.

Dont speak of conflict as:

"redecorating the living room"...

... "what to do with conservatory", or

traffic jams in China.

I'm talking about the character infighting.

Achilles! Achilles!

"I'm going to war against Troy,

or I'll take my sweet Deidamia?"

Heres something that engages the reader?

You wonder how...

The hero... will overcome these

difficulties, to achieve his objectives?

It's the million-dollar question. The one to

capture to the imagination of the reader:..

... "What will happen?"

To write a detective novel,

or a Shakespearean drama...

...There is only one question: "how do

Isolve the problem of what will happen?"

You must give the reader no respite,

he must be under pressure...

..its the equivalent of the

Sultan in Sheherazade:...

..."If I get bored, I'll

cut off your head!"...

...But with a good story,

the Sultan gives his heart.

The Sultan is the same as anyone.

People need to be told stories.

- Life is worth nothing without stories.

- Bravo Maestro!

Dont call me" Master "!

I dont know if I can keep writing.

- Why?

- On Thursday, there is a test, Rafa is going to fail...

and if he fails... his mother will

hire a professional tutor.

- So what?

- If you want me to continue going there...

...And to continue writing.

I dont know if you understand. You're

asking me to steal the maths test?

I didnt say that. But Rafa doesnt

understand a thing about numbers...

Sorry... and I feel that his

mother doesnt want me there.

To write, you dont have to go to this house.

Use your imagination..

I tried but I cant.

I need to see them, to be with them.

Go, go.

Hello Bernard!

Tell me, don't you have problems

with the 2nd years C average?

No, not particularly.

Rafael Artol, is not too bad

in mathematics?

Very patchy, but he tries.

- When is the next test?

- Thursday.

I guess you know

what Im going to ask.

Sorry, but since when does

mathematics interest you?

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Wait a second.

Come, come.

- You didnt come to give me a text yesterday?

- No.

- What is it?

- I said if I cant go to them, I cant write.

Go sit.

"Entry forbidden to students."

- What's next?

- Those of average 3rd D.

- Germain, you coming?

- No, I have a job to do.

Okay, see you later.

Goodbye.

- We have 10 minutes.

- No!

An 18! An 18 in maths!

- You see what you can do when you want!

- Sure.

- And you, Claude, what did you get?

- A 16.5.

My work with Rafa is beginning

to get results...

... and look at me now as a

possible member of your team.

Hostess leaves the kitchen

and comes with us, cloth in hand.

- Congratulations Rafa!

- Thanks Mom.

Esther...

Thanks Claude,

for helping Rafa.

Claude, you want to play basketball

with us on Saturday?

We play every Saturday,

at the municipal stadium, from 18h to 20h.

The others are very good players,

you'll love it.

- Do you know basketball...

- Never mind that you dont play well!

The important thing is to participate!

We have a drink after the game,

argue with the referee.

- This is basketball!

- Say yes, we will play gently.

Thanks, but Saturday

I dont know if I'm available.

I have other plans for Saturday,

but I feel that I disappointed Rafa...

... and take the risk of not being

his best friend.

- Hey, 18 with a 14 average is 16!

- Oh yeah?

- See you tomorrow.

- See you tomorrow.

You know that he speaks more and more

about your relationship with Germain?

- Do you stay with him after class.

- So what?

He helps me in French and I was never good.

- He gave you the maths test?

- Why do you say that?

Care is rare. It seems that his wife

has a shop selling pornography.

I can explain why

we appear in this story?

I have no idea, is wrong.

You have nothing to do

with this maths test?

- No way!

- What?

- I gave them the exam?

- It was on a table in the staff room.

You realize what you did?

Youre a professor, not a criminal!

I know it's not right, but it was the only

way Claude could continue to go to Rafas.

- In order to give you his voyeuristic stories?

- Yes, and so what?

- What you become bored!

- Germain!

I admit it was dangerous,

but no will ever know about it!

It happened once,

it wont happen again!

Saturday, 17.30. I'm in the park

where I looked at them last summer.

The way is clear. Touch the bell

which of course is in bad taste.

The door opens and shes there.

Good day, Claude.

Esther, the most boring woman

in the world.

They went to play basketball.

You want to call back?

Just passing because

yesterday I forgot my book.

It happened because now

we are going to find me.

Finally alone with Esther.

Yn the house.

Strange, I cant find it.

Of course, the book isnt here

I have it at home.

My mother had almost the same rings.

I say, pointing.

She left when I was 9.

I couldnt stand my father.

I think he only just put

up with me as well.

My words will come.

It never fails.

The story of my mother,

attracts the sympathy of all.

- Want a drink?

- Yes.

A link is established.

I want to be protected.

You want to be my mother.

She serves me a Coke, we talk about Rafa,

basketball, mathematics...

I left school early,

to look after Rafa.

Now that hes grown up, I'd like to go back

to study architecture or art...

I'm fine with it.

I feel that she wanted to talk.

Time passes and I think I will have to go

back next Saturday, to be alone with her.

The curtains, wallpaper, pictures...

- Dress watercolours?

- Yes.

- They're cute, right?

- Very nice.

Come, let's look at them.

"Rettung", "Unterbrechung", "Hoffnung".

- These angels are frightening.

- Are angels frightening for you?

I hadnt thought of that.

As both Rafa,

not speak German, of course.

Not know what you have in your home,

theyre only for decoration.

When you change the colour of the wall,

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