What is this?
She looked at me with tears in her eyes.
That box disappeared thirty years ago.
I picked it up and opened it.
Inside was an old photograph.
In it appeared my grandfather, my grandmother and a young man that I had never seen.
Behind the photograph was a phrase:
“If one day the peacock returns, it means that the truth can no longer remain hidden.”
Birds
I looked at my grandmother.
Who is this man?
She closed her eyes.
“He’s your father.
I felt like I was short of breath.
“My father?” But you always told me he died before I was born.
My grandmother started crying.
I lied to you.
Before I could ask you why, someone knocked on the door.
Toc. Toc. Toc.
My grandmother got up terrified.
“Don’t open.
I looked out the window.
A man in his sixties was standing in front of the house.
And he had in his hand a small medallion with the same symbol of the peacock.
Birds
My grandmother whispered:
“It’s him.
I opened the door.
The man looked at me for several seconds.
Then he said:
“You’ve grown a lot.
