Agustin camina tranquilamente por los pasillos de su universidad, preguntando qué haría con su vida a largo plazo, lo normal, Agustin desde tiempos inmemoriales cuestionando cosas que los demás no pierden el tiempo planteándose.

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Luego de seguir dándole vueltas al asunto, Agustin decide salir de la Universidad y caminar hasta su departamento.

Es un departamento pequeño realmente, con apenas espacio suficiente para vivir una persona, y eso está bien para Agustin, una sola persona no necesita tanto espacio.

Mientras camina se pregunta si debería llevar flores para su cita de mañana, Winona no es una mujer que exige demasiados detalles, pero de todas formas no está demás hacerla sonreír con un regalito.

Mientras va caminando, escucha algo que le hiela la sangre.

Un llanto desesperado, como si alguien estuviese intentando liberarse pero no lo logra, una risa maliciosa. Algo no está bien, para nada.

Agustin gira su cabeza en dirección de esos perturbadores sonidos, y lo que ve lo deja helado: se trata de una mujer, aparentemente joven, siendo apuñalada por un sujeto grande pero difícil de identificar. El tipo esta usando una mordaza, enteramente vestido de negro, y sus zapatos son negros tambien. No hay manera de identificarlo así.

Agustin se queda pensando que hacer, no todos los días uno presencia un crimen como para saber exactamente qué hacer. Esta es una situación para la que Agustin jamás se preparó.

Tal vez debería ir a ayudarla, o tal vez… aprovechando que el criminal aparente no se ha percatado de su presencia, Agustin sigue de largo y abandona la escena.

Intentar ayudarla podría empeorar las cosas, él también podría acabar muerto. Es mejor dejar las cosas así.

Agustin entra en su departamento, pensativo por lo que acaba de suceder, lo que acababa de permitir, para finalmente dormir después de darle tantas vueltas.

…

Dos días pasaron desde que ocurrió lo del incidente, y Agustin no dejaba de preguntarse sobre eso. Tanta es su preocupación por el tema, que no se da cuenta de que uno de sus compañeros de trabajo de la pizzería está intentando decirle algo.

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–¡Agustín!–escucha a su amiga del trabajo, Jessica, gritar su nombre con el fin de llamar su atención.

–Perdón, ¿dijiste algo?

–Hoy estás más distraído de lo normal, ¿te pasa algo?

–Estoy bien, gracias.–Agustín lo piensa un momento–¿De casualidad sabes algo de un crimen que se cometió hace poco?

Jessica se queda pensando–Ahora que lo dices, si, hace poco hubo un asesinato, James Sandler asesino brutalmente a una joven mujer llamada Barbie McCall.

Jason traga duro.

–Pobre chica, ¿atraparon al tipo en cuestión?

–Afortunadamente si, la policía logró ubicarlo gracias a un testigo, y ahora mismo lo están interrogando.

–Hay que agradecer que al menos esa pesadilla acabó.

–Agustin, hay otra cosa que no te he contado: parece que también violaron a la chica.

Agustin se queda mudo al escuchar esas palabras, y tarda unos segundos en reaccionar–¿Que?

–Parece que el muy maldito no se conformó con asesinarla.

En eso llega un cliente, llevandose la atención de Jessica mientras Agustin se queda pasmado pensando en lo que acaba de suceder.

…

Agustin no ha logrado conciliar el sueño y ya son casi las 2:00 a.m.

Lo que Jessica le reveló no lo deja dormir y la culpa lo carcome. Violaron a Jessica… y él pudo evitar que sucediera.

Mientras se retuerce en la cama de la inquietud, Agustin siente una extraña respiración que le pone los pelos de punta.

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Asustado, Agustin se voltea a ver de quien o que se pueda tratar, y se lleva una desagradable sorpresa: era la chica, Barbie McCall, con la cara descompuesta, destrozada como si la hubiesen apuñalado salvajemente, luciendo una macabra sonrisa que a Agustin no le gusta nada.

–¿Por qué no me ayudaste, Agustin?–antes de que Agustin pueda siquiera pensar una respuesta, Barbie se lanza encima de él, arrancándole parte de las mejillas con los dientes. Para luego proceder a taparle la boca con fuerza.

–No gritaras para pedir ayuda, así como yo tampoco pude hacerlo.

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Agustin intenta gritar con desesperación, a ver si con eso alguien puede llegar en su rescate, pero el fuerte agarre de Barbara bloquea el sonido.

Mientras Agustin grita, llora de miedo y se retuerce intentando quitarse al cadáver que tiene encima, Barbara no pierde el tiempo y comienza a destrozar el vientre de Agustin con afiladas uñas, dejando expuestas sus vísceras y estómago.

Barbara sonríe divertida–Ahora lo pensarás dos veces antes de seguir de largo cuando tengas que ayudar a alguien.

###### English

Agustin walks quietly through the halls of his university, wondering what he would do with his life in the long run, the usual, Agustin since time immemorial questioning things that others do not waste time wondering about.

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After continuing to ponder the matter, Agustin decides to leave the university and walk to his apartment.

It's a small apartment really, with barely enough space for one person to live in, and that's fine with Agustin, a single person doesn't need that much space.

As he walks he wonders if he should bring flowers for his date tomorrow, Winona is not a woman who demands too many details, but anyway it's not out of place to make her smile with a little gift.

As she walks along, she hears something that chills her blood.

A desperate cry, as if someone was trying to break free but not succeeding, a malicious laugh. Something is not right, not at all.

Agustin turns his head in the direction of those disturbing sounds, and what he sees leaves him frozen: it is a woman, apparently young, being stabbed by a large but difficult to identify guy. The guy is wearing a gag, dressed entirely in black, and his shoes are black as well. There is no way to identify him like this.

Agustin is left wondering what to do, it's not every day you witness a crime that you know exactly what to do. This is a situation for which Agustin never prepared himself.

Maybe he should go to help her, or maybe... taking advantage of the fact that the criminal has apparently not noticed his presence, Agustin walks away and leaves the scene.

Trying to help her could make things worse, he could end up dead too. It is better to leave it at that.

Agustin enters his apartment, pensive about what just happened, what he had just allowed, to finally sleep after thinking about it so much.

...

Two days passed since the incident happened, and Agustin kept wondering about it. He was so worried about it that he did not realize that one of his co-workers at the pizzeria was trying to tell him something.

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-He hears his friend from work, Jessica, shouting his name to get his attention.

-I'm sorry, did you say something?

-You're more distracted than usual today, is something wrong?

-I'm fine, thank you," Agustin thinks for a moment, "Do you happen to know anything about a crime that was recently committed?

Jessica thinks about it- Now that you mention it, yes, there was a murder recently, James Sandler brutally murdered a young woman named Barbie McCall.

Jason swallows hard.

-Poor girl, did they catch the guy in question?

-Fortunately yes, the police managed to locate him thanks to a witness, and he's being questioned right now.

-We have to be thankful that at least that nightmare is over.

-Agustin, there's something else I haven't told you: it seems that the girl was also raped.

Agustin is speechless when he hears those words, and it takes him a few seconds to react -What?

-It seems that the bastard wasn't satisfied with just murdering her.

At that moment a customer arrives, taking Jessica's attention while Agustin is stunned thinking about what just happened.

...

Agustin has not been able to sleep and it is almost 2:00 am.

What Jessica revealed to him keeps him awake and the guilt eats away at him. Jessica was raped... and he was able to stop it from happening.

As he writhes in bed with uneasiness, Agustin feels a strange breathing that makes his hair stand on end.

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Frightened, Agustin turns to see who or what it might be, and gets an unpleasant surprise: it was the girl, Barbie McCall, with her face all messed up, mangled as if she had been savagely stabbed, wearing a macabre smile that Agustin doesn't like at all.

-Why didn't you help me, Agustin? Before Agustin can even think of an answer, Barbie throws herself on top of him, tearing off part of his cheeks with her teeth. She then proceeds to forcefully cover his mouth.

-You won't scream for help, just as I couldn't scream for help.

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Agustin tries to scream in desperation, to see if someone can come to his rescue, but Barbara's strong grip blocks the sound.

Barbara smiles in amusement-Now you will think twice before continuing to walk away when you have to help someone.

Imágenes sacadas de Pixabay: créditos a SvenKirsch, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pexels y Igor Saveliev

Images taken from Pixabay: credits to SvenKirsch, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pexels and Igor Saveliev.