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Valentina had been going to school with broken shoes for months. The soles were very loose, and when it rained, all her little feet would get wet. The laces weren't laces anymore, they were more like threads. Every Monday, her teacher would ask her if she had any others, and she would shrug and lower her gaze. Her stepfather said there was no money, that things were tough, and that she should get used to it, but she never lacked enough for beers, cigarettes, and yelling. One day, her best friend gave her a bag and said, "Here, okay... they're mine, but they don't fit me anymore." Inside was a pair of pink and gray shoes, worn, but almost new. For Valentina, it was as if she had been given a treasure she had longed for. That afternoon, she arrived home with her shoes on, very happy and eager to tell her mom about her new treasure, but her stepfather saw her from the couch and, holding a beer, asked her in a huffy tone and with a frown: So what? I have new shoes, she replied, in a soft voice but without lowering her gaze. He jumped up, as if he'd been kicked in the pride,
and almost shouted at her: Now you think you're better than me? Who gave you that? And your good-for-nothing mom lets you take crumbs? Valentina took a step back and stared at him, with a fear that paralyzed her instantly, and he, a big, fat man, emboldened by a 12-year-old girl, came toward her with every intention of yelling at her, or maybe something worse. But before he knew it, Valentina's mother, tiny but determined, stepped in between him and pushed him so hard that he fell onto the couch. It's over, she told him. No more abuse. Her voice trembled, not from fear, but from pent-up rage. You leave and never come back. He looked at her as if he didn't recognize her, with a face as if he understood that his power had ended there. Valentina looked at her mother and they hugged in silence, because they knew that that afternoon, the new shoes weren't just shoes... They were freedom. If you want to participate in this content I invite: @alicia2022 @lazzvi @ungrancuento