Found By The Wolf

*** Marcela *** * I woke up to the rooster crowing, as usual, I get up and head towards the bathroom, my day only starts after taking my cold shower to wake me up completely. . I put on fresh, light clothes, as the sun is already burning with the heat. Our farm is far from the city, there are shops around the nearby farms, but there are things that we can only find in the city itself. . The day at the farm is quiet, usually my mom goes to the stable to look at the horses and mares to see if they need anything, once a week she checks them one by one for fleas or ticks which is rare but sometimes comes around or separate the horses and mares when they are in heat from those who are not, do the same with the oxen and cows, we currently have two pregnant cows, the filo and the generous, the mother chose that name because it gives more milk. Everything we consume here on the farm we produce ourselves, milk, eggs, wool and meat. Most of the time we also sell because of the large amount of stuff we produce. . With so many cattle, Mom and Dad decided to hire some peons who live in the neighboring town and 5 who live here with their wives at the back of the Farm. Our farm is so big that it passes through a park that flows into the waterfall of palm trees, just like Mr. Ferreira, our neighbor, and the farm on the other side still don't have an owner. . Today is going to be a busy day, I'm going to town with Dad to get my high school certificate and Vet Tec, best thing Mom and Dad did was put me and Michele in a tech school, I'm going out with A Vet Tech and Michele finish their Nursing Technician next year, our family has always been in the health area, mom is a veterinarian and takes care of all our cattle and dad is a general practitioner retired by the navy. . - Good morning mom, good morning dad, good morning little sister. - greeting everyone sitting at the table and already drinking the coffee that mom put in my lucky cup, actually the only one I like to drink coffee or drink anything. . - Good morning my princess ready for the busy day? - Dad asks taking his coffee. . - Why don't you take your sister too? - Mom answers, passing me the jam for me to put on the bread, before I answer Michele speaks. . - I don't know why all this excitement all this time in the morning, speak softly and mom you know I hate being stuck inside the car for too long, especially in this heat. -Michele has always been so moody and grumpy since then, as I'm older, I've always had to deal with this state of mind of hers, she looks like a 105 year old woman. . - You see why I don't call Mom, Michele is always complaining so much - I say and she gives me her tongue. . - But would my little sister go if we stopped at the waterfall, Dad? I ask winking at Michele. . - Can you be more convincing than Mom sometimes knew? - Michele answers and I put a smile on my face that is also stamped on my mother's. . - I have two beautiful daughters for them to hide at home - Mom answers getting up from the table and putting everything we dirty in the sink. . - I can't believe Mom is trying to get us a boyfriend - Dad makes a face at the mention of dating and Mom laughs like a steric person. . - Oh please, you're young, you finished school, there's nothing to stop you from getting a boyfriend, I'm getting old and I want to have grandchildren, Vera's daughter is already pregnant, did you know that? - Dad almost chokes, which makes Mom's steric laugh worse and even Michele cries from laughing so hard. . - Glad it's not my problem, although all the boys here and outside Paraíba behave worse than me, none of them are good for my sister - says Michele after recovering from laughter, despite being a little ambitious at times. Sometimes Michele is a great person and sister. . - Okay, okay! We're done with boyfriend here, I don't want to use this shotgun anytime soon - Dad grumbles getting up. . - When I think I've found the right person you'll be the first to know - I get up giving Mom a kiss and follow Dad to the car with Michele behind me. . I fully understand Michele's displeasure at being in the car too long, our car is a 2011 Fiat Doblo, it's not a bad car far from it, but the air conditioning doesn't work as well as when it was purchased and driving 40 minutes with the doors open that heat was asking to turn a roast chicken. Dad was aware of this deficiency, but I could never find time to fix the car, although retired Dad still takes care of some people from neighboring farms. . We live in Sapucaia, which is considered a Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, but all our neighboring cities are in the state of Minas Gerais, our school is in Paraíba, which is also where we go when we want to buy things that are not available here, so why influence of Minas Gerais cities I consider myself more from Minas Gerais than from Rio de Janeiro. . The trip goes by fast, Michele didn't have class today because the director called a general meeting, but the secretary was working normally, we went to the market to pick up some things Mom asked for, Michele and I also got some sweets and went back to the car. . - I'll take advantage that we did everything quickly, I'll drop you off at the waterfall and stop by Ferreira to check the car's air conditioning and then I'll come back to get you, okay? - Dad asks us as he puts away the shopping bags. . - Yesss - Michele and I answered together, Dad cracked a smile and we ran inside the car. -*- Even if daddy takes us to the smallest waterfall (since a neighbor almost drowned in the 3 falls waterfall, we never went there again) the water is perfect, cold at the right temperature, Michele looks like a little fish she dives so deep and I don't get out under the waterfall. . After feeling my fingers get wrinkled I decide to get out of the water, I extend the towel I brought and I see Michele who continues like a fish, despite the heat today the waterfall is completely empty, this is the closest waterfall to the cities and also to the road and it's usually the busiest, maybe it's empty because it's Wednesday, lots of people working and studying... Suddenly I start to feel a strange sensation as if I'm being watched. Despite being close to everything, the waterfall is a waterfall and we are surrounded by trees and woods. . - Michelle, Michelle! Come on, let's get out of here. - I keep screaming until she hears me and this strange feeling doesn't decrease, until I walk away from there.. . I look around and see a frightening image... A huge wolf behind some trees far from us as if watching us, I've never seen a wolf this size, or this breed around here, is it lost? I feel strangely mesmerized by this sight, until Michele comes out of the water and takes my hand. I take a step forward as if I want to go to him, but Michele pulls me back and shakes her head as if to say no.