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Every end is a new beginning
- October 2001
War is over,
Claude saved Maria from his crazy ex-girlfriend Catalina, as they were walking away from the dead bodies Claude held her hand, he was thinking of Catalina, all feelings for her are now dead, his love to her is dead a long time ago, but now he has officially put an end to everything by killing her. ,,Did we won?” – Thought Claude excitedly, ,,Is this an end?” – Claude’s inner voice asked himself.
Maria was in shock, yes she has been a wife to extremely rich and old mafia boss but she never saw so much blood in one place, she could die today but luckily Claude saved her, to be honest she didn’t think that she was going to be saved, she thought that Catalina was going to kill her by slowly putting gun on her head and that she would pull the trigger with her crazy smile, ,,What If Claude wasn’t there to save me? – I would be dead by now, does he really love me or he just wanted to get revenge on his ex-girlfriend?” – Thought Maria, she knew that she couldn’t get an answer from Claude because he won’t speak, and even if he did, he wouldn’t tell her.
They both walked in the silence, full of thoughts, They walked for hours still in shock, Maria was never that quiet in her life, and one thought was spinning in her head all over and over - ,,Is he serious about us?, Does he have feelings for her even if he killed her?, Does he really love me?”.
Claude was different he thought of new life, he was feeling free again, he no longer felt weight on his chest, he was feeling good about his life, he was feeling awesome… Only thing that bothered him was loyalty, Catalina betrayed him after 9 years of relationship, will Maria do the same? – Claude thought, he could trust no one except him, he only trusted himself but the only person he can count on is him, isn’t that a bit sad? He risked his life for Maria and he didn’t know if he could trust her. Maria seems like much better person than Catalina, Maria wasn’t dangerous like Catalina, she didn’t know how to hold a gun, she wasn’t brave enough like Catalina was, Catalina had all connections in the criminal underground of Liberty City but Maria was afraid of getting along with wrong people, That is the main difference between them…
An hour passed by, Maria finally broke her silence saying - ,, Baby, I think its time to come home, If we can call that home, do we even have one? ” – Said Maria, her voice was tired and worried, but Claude just raised a hand and stopped taxi.
After 20 minute ride they finally got in front of Claude’s apartment, He pressed a button for elevator like usually, Maria stood by him and she slowly leaned on his shoulder because she was tired and she felt sleepy, a few floors later they were in front of his apartment door, he got his keys out of his bloody leather jacket and he finally opened his apartment door.
Apartment looked clean, Claude was not in that apartment very often because he was busy working for big people in Libery City, mafia leaders and much more… They didn’t even take their shoes off, they just threw themselves on the bed, and Maria fell asleep in Claude’s arms, cute isn’t it ?.
Claude opened his eyes in the early morning, he was afraid to move because if he moves he can wake Maria up, He just turned his head to the other side to see outside the window. It was early in the morning he could tell by the sunrise, but he just turned his head back to Maria and he fell asleep again, In that moment he loved her, he didn’t want to but he did, he thought that love was painful, pointless and overrated, he could tell by his now dead ex-girlfriend but he promised himself that he will try to love again.
Every end is a new beginning, isn’t it?.