The pact

Back in the time of the 1800s...in a small town in the plain, there was a young peasant named José, who worked in one of the many existing haciendas in the area; his family and he barely had to survive. José was tired of so much misery around him, because he longed to experience what it was like to eat until he was satisfied, without having to think that he should only eat a small portion because otherwise someone else would not taste a bite.

He wanted to go shopping and not worry about the price of anything, to have the pleasure of dressing like those gentlemen from the big city, to have a large farm and to have people working only for him, but above all he wanted to woo one of those fine ladies and be able to have a relationship with them, because I would have the power that only money gives; he wanted to know that he was feeling on that side was it too much to ask?

One day José went out to the mountain to do his usual job, harvest and take care of the boss's animals, in one of those at the heaviest hour of the afternoon, after eating what he could, he lay down under a large mango tree, exhausted by so much work he fell into a heavy sleep. When suddenly he saw himself in the same field but at night, alone with the company of fireflies nothing more, when he saw an elegantly dressed man appear out of nowhere along the highway, in all black, hat, pants, shirts and jacket.

He had never seen such an elegant character and less in those lands, the man approached him with a half smile on his lips, asking for a light for a cigarette that he had in his hands; José without flinching gave him a light and they started a strange conversation, it was as if they knew each other. That man told him without hesitation, if he still wanted to have great riches, José stared at him and said yes, that he still wanted to be rich at any cost, that he did not care how but he wanted money.

Then that man asked him:
_ Do you know who I am? I can give you everything you want, but that is if when it is time to charge me I will come for that payment, which of course will not be right now, but a long time later, you will be able to enjoy a lot! _ That man exclaimed at the same time that he smiled with a faint mischievous smile.

José, realizing who he was, he had already heard several stories on the way, from some old people of the town, proceeded to tell him:
_ What can I have, that you could want? I'm just a poor peasant, with nothing more than this body and this spirit that you see here. But if you want to grant me riches, so be it, you'll come when I have to collect yours..._ José told him without the slightest awareness of anything.

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That man only replied:
_ Whenever that time is, I will come to charge me, don't worry about it, now you enjoy. When you wake up, in the tree where you sleep, just where you are, dig and there you will find what you want, that is if you make sure that no one sees you, because everything will be lost and I will come before; Another thing you can't get everything at once, only what you need and always at the same time of night 3 in the morning.

José woke up startled, it was already very late at night, it was 3 in the morning, how could he sleep so much? instantly he remembered what he had dreamed of and without thinking about it, he began to dig where he remembered he had been told, but not before making sure that there was no one around. To his surprise, he got a jar full of some very old gold morocotas. He remembered the instructions and only took the ones that morning that would help him buy a house and perhaps a farm. He happily went to his ranch with his treasure in his hand-woven bag.

From that day José was prospering by leaps and bounds, his family only knew that he had found a treasure and that only he knew where it was, they had instructions never to follow him or ask questions, if they wanted to enjoy part of these riches with him. Thus the years passed, his wealth seemed to have no end, he had several children and with different women from the town, he dedicated himself to living his life with total waste. Only every once in a while he lost himself to everyone in total mystery...

Until one night of many, being with one of his women on duty, he wanted to fire her without much hesitation, he wanted to be alone, this woman already alerted by the rumors of the town pretended to leave and hid outside the stables waiting for your departure. When he left, this woman came after him and José did not notice her presence until it was too late...

He proceeded to uncover his hiding place and take out more morocotas, when he felt the crack of some branches right behind him, it was this curious woman, who was hiding in the dark seeing everything. At that moment José remembered the words of that strange man in black and panicked. He wanted to kill that woman, but it was already too late.

This man made an appearance instantly laughing in gloomy laughter, saying:

_ I came ahead of time as agreed, you did not know how to keep our secret and now I come to take what is mine, your time is up José, it was a pleasure doing business with you! _ he yelled at him, while all that inexhaustible treasure proceeded to disappear. José like crazy tried to keep some morocotas but they disappeared in his hands. When the woman saw that Dantesque scene, she suffered a heart attack, falling dead at the foot of that tree.

When José saw himself with nothing, he ran to his hacienda to see the morocotas that he still had in custody and he did not get them, only handfuls of salt in his place. José went crazy, his lands were lost one by one his relatives, they wanted to protect something, but they all died one by one, until only poor José was left wandering in the ruins of what was his house, dying like a homeless person, without sorrow nor glory, the pact had been collected.

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This time I join the September Contest of this beautiful community and I got down to work to share my creativity with you. I invite my friends @popurri and @evev to join us. Greetings!