Enrico's journey toward finding his true love

You can be wrong about someone you love

The very first time I was able to have a objective view of Granny's was when I met Esmeralda she was shipwrecked just off our little coast . I was the one who found her as she was thrown out of the ship in the violent storm that ensued after the heavy rains. Such a cold and windy day and I find this beautiful doll laying in the flotsom debre of a ship that is no more. She was so pale and as I turned her around I was shocked to see it's not a doll but a real person. She was barely breathing and I couldn't even find a pulse.

I lifted her up and turned her as I did so she coughed up a lot of salt water. I heard her splatter and felt the struggle as she tried to get loose from my grip. "Hi there I said to her but she must have been Spanish speaking or something like that as there was no response from her. It's so sad when we find bodies of people who drown off our coast but that day I was so elated when she survived and I could see her as she was going to become a great beauty. She was just as young as I was at that time.

The fear and anxiety of having more people in our little village was always there. Granny was our leader and she used to oversee everything that was happening in the village. I wanted to be close to Esmeralda and when I bathed her when she was delirious my heart beat so fast.

There is a pain that starts when you are in need of companionship and have to try to find someone else other than an older Granny type of person. I am in that place now as my hormones and running amok and sometimes when I stand up in the morning I have a great swelling problem. I was afraid at first and I couldn't talk to Granny. But Olaf has explained what it is. When he told me I had an erection I was so mortified with shame but he explained to me that men go through this and that it is a normal passage of getting older and that I am maturing and I should not be afraid of what is happening. The truth is we all grow up he said and sexuality is quiet normal.

The recovery of Esmeralda was just a week and she was able to sit up and eat. I looked after her as Granny had a strange attitude towards her. She wanted to do nothing for Esmeralda and I was forced to wash and feed her when she was sick. When she recovered it was even worse it was ad if she was angry because I was so invested in her progress.