Chapter 38
Robert's Point of View
I knew very well that she would rebel on that stage; Julie is not the type to surrender to fate easily, but I never expected her rebellion to reach this degree of vigor.
She sang a song no one had ever dared to sing here; she challenged me with every letter, and every tone.
She fixed her gaze on me, hurlng words at my face like arrows, while I sat in my place, shackled by my silence, unable to answer her before this crowd.
I sat stunned, and for the first time in my life, I didn't care to monitor the reactions of the audience or test the pulse of the customers; I was watching only her as she lit the stage with unquenchable fires fires that were burning all the rules I had set for her.
She finally finished her song, and a heavy silence fell, a silence broken only by the applause of Carlos Mendoza.
