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“¡Llegó el día!” Se dijo a sí mismo Antoine, pues, ese día el 19 de noviembre viajaba rumbo a Qatar, debía encontrarse a tempranas horas con su amigo Phill porque juntos viajaban a ver el mundial de fútbol, así que se levantó rápido de cama, se dió un baño y tomó un uber. Al llegar a casa de su amigo, quien le recibe es Vic, la hermana de Phill. Ella le comenta que su hermano en horas de la noche había sufrido un accidente de auto, y se encontraba en la clínica, al parecer nada grave, pero tenía que estar bajo observación. Vic, le dice a Antoine, que Phill le había dejado un mensaje con ella: “Dile a Antoine que vaya sin mí, que no se prive de viajar”, pero sucede que no pensaba viajar sin por lo menos ver a su amigo, así que sin dudarlo fue a verlo.

Al llegar, no lo podía creer, ver a su amigo acostado, conectado a la máquina que medía sus signos vitales. Tenían meses organizando el viaje y ahora Phill se encontraba impedido. Conversan un poco, y se ríen, el sueño de viajar juntos no se iba a poder dar, pero Phill insistió que no cancelara todo por eso, que fuera y que él lo esperaba con ansias, lo hizo prometer que al llegar le contaría todo con sumo detalle.

Luego de despedirse, Antoine se dirige al aeropuerto, y un par de horas después sale su vuelo, ahora era cuestión de tiempo para llegar a Qatar. El vuelo iba de lo más normal cuando de pronto faltando 3 horas de vuelo, justo a mitad de camino el avión al atravesar una formación de nubes presentó una severa turbulencia y aunque no fue muy extensa si lo suficiente como para asustar al más experto piloto.

Al llegar a Qatar, todo normal el país estaba en fiesta por recibir a millones de visitantes. Antoine disfrutó cada partido al que asistió, y grabó videos, tomó cientos de fotos, y se los enviaba a su amigo, al principio Phill respondía los mensajes, pero pasados unos días ya Phill no respondió más, y eso preocupó a Antoine. Llamaba a su hermana y esta tampoco respondía y aunque no quería imaginar nada malo, le asustaba que le hubiera ocurrido algo a su amigo. Pasó el mundial, y aunque el equipo favorito de Antoine no quedó campeón, estaba feliz. Tenía miedo de regresar y encontrarse con lo peor.

Al llegar de regreso a su ciudad, fue corriendo al hospital y no estaba su amigo, al preguntar a las enfermeras estas no sabían de quien hablaba, porque jamás había ingresado una persona según los datos y la información que Antoine facilitaba, y él les decía que era algo imposible porque un mes atrás el había hablado con él dentro del hospital.

Así que decidieron buscar en las cámaras de seguridad, y después de dos horas de revisar archivos de videos se encontraron con el video de seguridad que debía tener registrada la conversación entre los amigos, y fue indecible la sorpresa cuando en la grabación Antoine está solo en la habitación, no había nadie reclinado en la cama, él no podía creerlo recordaba de manera muy vívida la conversación con su amigo, una de las enfermeras comienza a mirar raro a Antoine y llama al departamento psiquiátrico.

Antoine, sale rápido del hospital, sin darse cuenta que un enfermero le seguía. Va a la casa de su amigo, y al llegar todo estaba muy diferente, toca el timbre y abre la puerta una chica que no reconocía, y le pregunta por Phill y Vic, y la señora le dice que ellos murieron hace años en un accidente de automóvil, Antoine no lo podía creer, y la señora al notar su cara de confusión busca la edición del periódico que reseñaba la noticia en su smartphone, le muestra a Antoine la crónica de lo sucedido y su cara de shock era indescriptible, pues acababa de leer que los hermanos habían muerto tras un impacto de un auto en la autopista, en el accidente solo había sobrevivido el conductor; “Antoine Valenzuela”.

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Hispaliterario 14 / Flying to Qatar

"The day has arrived!" Antoine said to himself, because that day, November 19, he was traveling to Qatar, he had to meet his friend Phill early in the morning because they were traveling together to watch the World Cup, so he got out of bed quickly, took a bath and took an uber. When he arrived at his friend's house, he was greeted by Vic, Phill's sister. She tells him that her brother had been in a car accident that night, and was in the clinic, apparently nothing serious, but he had to be under observation. Vic, tells Antoine, that Phill had left a message with her: "Tell Antoine to go without me, not to deprive himself of traveling", but it happens that he did not plan to travel without at least seeing his friend, so without hesitation he went to see him.

When he arrived in Qatar, the whole country was in celebration for receiving millions of visitors. Antoine enjoyed every game he attended, and recorded videos, took hundreds of pictures, and sent them to his friend, at first Phill answered the messages, but after a few days Phill didn't answer anymore, and that worried Antoine. He called his sister and she didn't answer either, and although he didn't want to imagine anything bad, he was afraid that something had happened to his friend. The World Cup passed, and although Antoine's favorite team was not the champion, he was happy. He was afraid to go back and find the worst.

After saying goodbye, Antoine heads to the airport, and a couple of hours later his flight leaves, now it was just a matter of time to get to Qatar. The flight was going as normal when suddenly, 3 hours into the flight, just halfway through the flight, the plane went through a cloud formation and suddenly there was severe turbulence and although it was not very extensive, it was enough to scare even the most experienced pilot.

Arriving in Qatar, the country was in full party mode to welcome millions of visitors. Antoine enjoyed every game he attended, and recorded videos, took hundreds of pictures, and sent them to his friend, at first Phill answered the messages, but after a few days Phill didn't answer anymore, and that worried Antoine. He called his sister and she didn't answer either, and although he didn't want to imagine anything bad, he was afraid that something had happened to his friend. The World Cup passed, and although Antoine's favorite team was champion, he was happy. He was afraid to go back and face the worst.

When he got back to his city, he rushed to the hospital and his friend was not there. When he asked the nurses, they did not know who he was talking about, because no one had ever been admitted according to the data and information that Antoine provided, and he told them that it was impossible because a month ago he had talked to him at the hospital.

So they decided to look in the security cameras, and after two hours of reviewing video files they found the security video that should have recorded the conversation between the friends, and it was unspeakable surprise when in the recording Antoine is alone in the room, there was no one reclining on the bed, he could not believe it, he remembered very vividly the conversation with his friend, one of the nurses begins to look strange to Antoine and calls the psychiatric department.

Antoine quickly leaves the hospital, not realizing that a nurse was following him. He goes to his friend's house, and when he arrives everything was very different, he rings the doorbell and a girl he didn't recognize opens the door, and asks him about Phill and Vic, and the lady tells him that they died years ago in a car accident, Antoine couldn't believe it, and the lady noticing his face of confusion looks for the edition of the newspaper that reviewed the news on her smartphone, she shows Antoine the chronicle of what happened and his face of shock was indescribable, because he had just read that the brothers had died after an impact of a car on the highway, in the accident only the driver had survived; "Antoine Valenzuela".

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