Agradezco a Blas por acompañar mi camino, A Blas, León y Elia por iluminarlo y a mi madre, por crearlo.
Rocío Mendoza Pliscoff
A mi querida compañera Yoyo, a mis hijos María y Pedro, a mis padres Nora y Sergio, y a mi hermanos Johann y Simón.
Fabián Todorovic KarmelicAgradecemos a Miguel, Ianka y Claudia por confiar en nuestro trabajo y seguir apoyándonos hasta el final de nuestra primera publicación.
Te agradecemos a ti lector por tener este libro en tus manos.
This letter is to inform you of the various procedures aimed at obtaining authorization for the cremation or burial of the deceased person
The delivery of the body will be made at the time indicated by the Service and personal effects will be returned
Att.
Mr Severino Huerta, La Posada rd. Tocopilla
Your presence is necessary, given the conditions of the case.
About death registration: You must do it in the office of the civil registry that corresponds to the place of concurrence of the death.
You must concur with the following documentation: Valid Identity Card Identity card or birth certificate for processing of the deceased
If there is a distance of two hundred kilometers or more from the place of the survey,
The Legal Medical Service has the embalming service for mortal remains
The cost for the applicant is $262.53 per embalming within the country.
Are you sure you want to go to Santiago, Don Severino?
it’s about fifteen hours of travel.
i was a driver for more than twenty years and I know the street were you are going. it’s sad, that’s where the living meet the dead.
Look, the city swallow you it and it is very difficult itspits you out. i will leave you at the Terminal, there you have to take the bus.
You have to get off at the Cerro Blanco metro station. You just have to ask , there will always be a good samaritan to help you.
Look at the old man, lighting a cigarette, ji, ji.
Dude!
Good morning, sir. Are you talking to me?
Didn’t you saw the sign?
Anyone else here, smoking?
Damned!
You! Can’t you read?
Mr. Severino Huerta? Come in, please? Did you bring me the forms?
Do you want a glass of water? Our business here won’t be easy, you know?
¡¡Al
it was very difficult for us to locate you. It was a friend of the deceased who gave us your address
rrrrico MOOOOOTE, CHIQUIIIILLOS!! * *street vendor shout
My granddaughter didn’t have anyone else? How will I be the only one who comes to see her?
Sir!, Can I help you?
Good afternoon
Good morning. Is not noon yet.
I’m looking for my daughter’s apartment. Ana Huerta
I imagine how difficult it must be for you, but it is the only relative.
The poor old man!
Push here… see? And you get to the 12th
For us it is important to respect that things are done in the best possible way. You understand me. We know it is delicate.
Here I give you all the belongings: the keys, your documents and other objects of the deceased
I just need a mate(*) (*)A type of tea
Well... this will work!
Where is the kettle? Where the
¿timbre? ¿timbre otra veh?
Yes?
hell is the sugar?
And how do you turn this thing on?
Are you kidding me?!
Be quiet, we are going to enter. We have to follow all the protocol.
Damned children, doing Ding dong ditch. They will see when I get them.
Are you alright, Don Severino?
Woman, 25 years, 132 pounds, 1.66 height, hair color and brown eyes, without tattoos or other marks produced by pigmentation ...
The dental analysis yielded the following results. Don Severino, do you want me to continue?
They will get you some water
Marlene, your granddaughter’s friend, brought us some clothes. Do we call the funeral home or will you prefer the embalming process?
Don Severino!, I am Marlene, Ana’s friend. I called you.
Uy!, you scare me to death! Why didn’t you open the door? Are you busy?
I brought you something to eat, I imagined that Ana had nothing. I always happened to buy some small thing for us to share.
Can I ask you a question? I don’t want to look| like a snitch, I know
That is the kettle?
I would expect my whole family to be crying their hearts out at my funeral.
they didn’t even know each other...she told me.
The things we did here! Ana loved her apartment. Her nest as she told him. Shew flew and returned, flew and returned.
That is what you expects from life, isn’t it? Somebody to cry your death. Here.
But how does it really feel?
I mean, if something like this happened to me… UFFF.
It may sound weird, but you have to talk to someone.
It is always good to let off steam
.Ana was not very talkative, you know? but she always told me all her sorrows.
I listened to her as we are now, with a tea in our hands. Don’t you want to do the same?
Be careful with the railing. Watch out! What are you doing?
Don’t you see that you can crush down there? We will not get wings if we fall from here.
I am very good at listening even if you don’t know me. It does not matter. Leave me alone, lady. I’m not a child!
tenga cuidado con la baranda. The poor old man.If
Do not stay locked up here. Life is not fair, but you have to move on.
I know you are not a child, but you are not well. Don’t keep that grief inside. I also felt sorry for what happened.
“No, it is isn’t … Life is never fair”
If life were fair…
You could amend your mistakes
If life were fair...
... it would be enough just to say “sorry”
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