Chapter 52

Eight months later...

I’m tired, I feel old.

And I am alone.

The d**g shipments still go out as usual, but I don’t feel the same anymore. I feel old. Every shipment is a headache. I control the logistics, and with Juan Luis by my side, I feel free not to be so on top of every step of the process. I ride a lot. I have found that riding a horse relaxes me. I always have two men with me who don’t approach me or talk to me, but I know they are there, and that makes me uncomfortable. I missed that time when I had some privacy. But now I’m someone important and, at least, I don’t have any problems. Since Mireya’s escape and Braulio’s death, it was not difficult to make the world see that I, Don Oscar, was the lord and master of Colombia.

This may seem like a lot, but being so alone, it’s nothing. I haven’t let anyone near me again. It’s all exclusively work, and that’s the way it should be. The only one there is Clara, my little princess. Looking at her hurts, she