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Il sole aveva lasciato l’ultima scia rossa nel cielo e la notte stava lentamente ricoprendo la città quando Maribel indossò una leggera mantella ed uscì nel giardino della sua casa.
Adorava quel momento del giorno, era il solo contatto che poteva avere con la luce del sole senza provare dolore e segnava l’inizio della sua giornata all’aria aperta.
Un amante della letteratura l’avrebbe definita un vampiro, in realtà aveva una rara malattia che le impediva di vivere come tutti gli altri. Era ancora in fasce quando i medici si accorsero di questa sua diversità, all’inizio fu davvero difficile per la sua famiglia gestire la cosa, per non parlare degli studi… Non poteva andare a scuola come gli altri bambini e fu obbligata a studiare da sola a casa. Tutta la sua vita sociale fu spostata nelle ore senza sole, mentre dormiva o faceva attività in casa quando il sole era alto. Se da piccola la cosa le pesava, ora che aveva lasciato la casa dei genitori e si era trasferita in campagna, aveva organizzato la sua vita solitaria trovando, nonostante tutto, una certa pace e serenità.
Maribel sospirò ricordando la sua infanzia, ma il suo viso s’illuminò in un enorme sorriso quando la sua gatta le venne vicino strofinandosi alle sue gambe. Era la sua sola compagnia e, soprattutto nelle notti di luna piena, sembrava che ci fosse qualcosa di umano dietro quegli strani occhi verdi. Moon, così l’aveva chiamata, era la sua famiglia. La prese tra le braccia carezzandole la testa tra le orecchie L’estate è ormai giunta al termine, quando scende il sole si sente l’aria fresca uscire dal bosco e avvolgere la casa. La sollevò portandola vicina al volto e fissandola negli occhi aggiunse Ti manca mai la città Moon? La gatta si divincolò cadendo elegantemente a terra, si allontanò da lei con un miagolio che sembrava tanto un no.
Il resto della notte trascorse come ogni notte precedente, un piccolo pasto sotto la luna, una lunga passeggiata sotto le stelle e alcune ore alla scrivania per completare una traduzione per lo studio notarile per cui lavorava. Si Maribel riusciva a lavorare come ogni altra persona. Lavorava da casa esattamente nello stesso modo in cui da bambina studiava. Le nuove tecnologie l’avevano aiutata molto e, grazie ai pesanti tendaggi messi nelle finestre a casa, riusciva a ricevere clienti o colleghi in orari diurni. L’alba la raggiunse mentre, in cucina, prendeva una tisana di erbe affacciata alla finestra. Era il momento di chiudere tutto e andare a dormire, esattamente come i vampiri!
Stava già dormendo da qualche ora quando sentì una mano che le sfiorava il volto. Aprì gli occhi di scatto sollevandosi sul letto e vide una donna che sorrideva in piedi vicino a lei. Aveva lunghissimi capelli neri striati di rosso e profondi occhi verdi. Osservandola bene aveva gli stessi colori di Moon, il suo gatto. Chi sei? La donna si mise un dito alla bocca facendole segno di fare silenzio e le chiese di seguirla. Maribel scese dal letto e la seguì. Non sembrava la sua casa, o meglio, non riusciva a capire dove fossero, era come se l’ambiente intorno a loro fosse sfuocato e senza una definizione. Poi un dolore al piede, qualcosa le stava bruciando la pelle. Maribel urlò e…
E’ stato solo un sogno! Si guardò il piede, un raggio di sole era riuscito a passare attraverso le tende e le aveva irritato la pelle. Mentre si alzava per chiudere la tenda con lo sguardo cercò Moon… Era acciambellata sul suo letto Tu ne sai qualcosa vero? E senza guardarla, la gatta prese a leccarsi delicatamente una zampa facendo finta di ignorarla.
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The sun had left its last red trail in the sky and night was slowly blanketing the city when Maribel donned a light cape and stepped out into the garden of her home.
She loved that time of day, it was the only contact she could have with the sunlight without feeling pain and it marked the beginning of her day outdoors.
A lover of literature would have called her a vampire, in reality she had a rare disease that prevented her from living like everyone else. She was still in diapers when the doctors noticed this difference, at the beginning it was really difficult for her family to manage it, not to mention the studies... She couldn't go to school like other children and was forced to study alone at home. Her entire social life was shifted to sunless hours, while she slept or did activities around the house when the sun was up. If it had weighed on her as a child, now that she had left her parents' home and moved to the country, she had organized her solitary life and found, in spite of everything, a certain peace and serenity.
Maribel sighed as she remembered her childhood, but her face lit up with a huge smile when her cat came up to her and rubbed against her legs. She was her only companion and, especially on moonlit nights, there seemed to be something human behind those strange green eyes. Moon, she called her, was her family. She took her in his arms caressing her head between his ears Summer is over, when the sun goes down you can feel the fresh air coming out of the woods and enveloping the house She lifted her up close to his face and staring into her eyes he added Do you ever miss the city Moon? The cat wriggled out of the way and fell elegantly to the ground, she walked away from her with a meow that sounded so much like a no.
The rest of the night passed as it had every night before, a small meal under the moon, a long walk under the stars, and a few hours at her desk completing a translation for the notary firm she worked for. Yes Maribel was able to work as well as anyone. She worked from home in exactly the same way that she had studied as a child. New technology had helped her a great deal and, thanks to the heavy curtains placed in the windows at home, she was able to receive clients or colleagues during daylight hours. The dawn came to her while, in the kitchen, she was taking a herbal tea looking out the window. It was time to close everything and go to sleep, just like vampires!
She was already sleeping for a few hours when she felt a hand touching her face. She opened her eyes as she lifted herself up on the bed and saw a smiling woman standing next to her. She had long black hair streaked with red and deep green eyes. Looking at her closely she had the same colors as Moon, her cat. Who are you? The woman put a finger to her mouth signaling her to be quiet and asked her to follow her. Maribel got out of bed and followed her. It didn't feel like her house, or rather, she couldn't tell where they were, it was as if the environment around them was blurry and without definition. Then a pain in her foot, something was burning her skin. Maribel screamed and...
It was just a dream! She looked at her foot, a ray of sunlight had managed to get through the curtains and irritated her skin. As she got up to close the curtain she looked for Moon... She was curled up on her bed You know something about this don't you? And without looking at her, the cat gently licked her paw pretending to ignore her.
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