Maria Monologue

I remember it like it was just yesterday. Maria and I sat together on blankets beneath the large willow tree in the park. The sun shone through the leaves, highlighting her natural features. She was a beautiful woman. She had long dark hair with natural light streaks of gold. The nurse steps out of a room carrying my file. The memory fades, and I find myself sitting in the hallway of a hospital.
“Would you like to begin therapy, Mr. Diaz?” the nurse asked.
“Sure.”
I walked inside the small room and sat in the metal chair that sat in the center of the room. It was cold. The nurse came up to me carrying many wires which would hook to me. She used wipes that smelled of alcohol to clean off my forehead. One by one, the wires were stuck to my skull.

It doesn’t work that way.” He said. I sat silenced as they argued on each side of me. You could smell the liquor on Hectors breath and even his clothing. They could never get along, especially when it had something to do with me. I thought to myself that this is why Maria had left. My life had been destroyed by Carmen and Hector. “Enough!” I shouted.
Hector and Carmen stood in shock. This had been the first time I had ever stood up to them. Their eyes grew wide and I saw a hot tear roll down Carmen’s cheek.
“I’m sorry Carmen, I didn’t mean to-“
“It’s okay sweetie,” she said wiping away the tears.
“Carmen why do you always have to be the one to try and make everything okay when it isn’t? You’re giving him false hope.” Hector said.
“I’m not giving him false hope. That’s a misunderstanding.”
“He needs to just do it. He’s a coward! Each day he’s losing more and more of his man hood.”
My eyes watched them as they talked. I looked over at hector and then back to Carmen. “Don’t say that!” She leaned over the bed even more and hugged me. “Please don’t listen to what he says Antonio. You know it’s not true.” She whispered into my