A destructive ambition

Lisbeth, a young woman full of anger and resentment towards life for putting her in that miserable family, felt that she was wasting her beauty in that slum where she lived among so many dishevelled people, her family was very poor and everyone had to work to support themselves and even the children had to collaborate to make the burden lighter, the days when he had to sell the handkerchiefs and fabrics that his mother used to make with a lot of effort, she put her little brothers and sisters to ask for and sell everything they could, threatening them so that they would not tell their parents anything, keeping everything that was left and even taking everything that did not correspond to the sales and spending it on vanities, while her family struggled to live and support themselves.

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She did not have a work mentality nor did she want to learn any skills or profession for her future, she only envisioned a man who had enough to get her out of that life and she was 19 years old and still selling handkerchiefs and her brothers were older and it was not so easy to continue manipulating them, One day she was grumpy because she had to sell those miserable and horrible handkerchiefs and she walked to a very crowded area where there were many people who, in her opinion, were worthwhile to observe the women dressed beautifully and with those heels that she dreamed of having, sitting on a bench she saw a boy who was a little older than she was but not too old and she saw the opportunity to use the only good thing that had given her life in her favor.

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Lisbeth dressed her hair and put the bag of handkerchiefs in place, carrying it around as if it was heavier than it really was. She walked around the area where the young man was, and when she saw that he didn't look up, she looked as if he was going to fall out of the bushes and threw the handkerchiefs on the floor, lying down as if she were stumbling and scolding herself loudly for her clumsiness, The boy got up suddenly and when he saw her, he was impressed, paralyzed for a moment by the beauty of that girl, he shook his head to get out of his hypnotism and got ready to help her to stand up and pick up all the fallen handkerchiefs, "how clumsy I am" said Lisbeth, marking each word with an embarrassed tone that she pretended very well, "don't worry, it was an accident, are you okay, did you hurt yourself?"She asked him with frank concern, she felt triumphant on the inside but she grimaced and rubbed her knee, he chivalrously held her and took her to the bench where he was sitting before, "I'm a fool I didn't even see what I could trot with, thank you for helping me," he said in an innocent voice and smiled at her, "and what's my hero's name?"I ask with interest and staring at him, "I am Gabriel and what is your name?"I'm Lisbeth, thank you very much for helping me. I think my clumsiness is due to fatigue and I apologize I have to go to try to sell some of these handkerchiefs, I didn't do very well today," he said in a pitiful tone, looking down with regret and begging internally for that boy to fall for her, He got up with a sore face and took the handkerchiefs offering his hand to Gabriel as a thank you, he did not stop seeing her and asked her to stay a while longer, "you can't get up so fast if you hit yourself you have to wait a little, I'll make your first purchase don't worry" he said without letting go of his hand, Lisbeth saw him and showed him a wide and beautiful smile in which there was only one feeling, interest.

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From the day they met, they continued to see each other frequently and Gabriel felt more and more strongly the need to see her and above all to help her, that humble and beautiful person did not deserve to live like that, He asked her out and Lisbeth didn't fit in the excitement that day he tried to dress up as much as he could and with her beauty he didn't need much effort when he met Gabriel in that park. He recognized that he was very handsome but that day his mission was to investigate his life and his economic stability, he took her to see a movie and was surprised to learn that it was the first time that Lisbeth entered a shopping center and a cinema, I take her to eat at a restaurant that although it was not luxurious it was good enough without seeing any price she asked for what caught her attention and felt sated that day had been really productive and she knew that Gabriel was an excellent candidate was 24 years old and had just graduated from college as a telecommunications engineer, that's what I had told her and apparently she was doing well with investments she had made in something on the Internet that she had no idea and really didn't care about, she just had to fascinate him until he asked her to be by his side.