Mauritius' secrets.

When he started in his car he did not imagine what awaited him, a strange noise in the wheels made him stop before going very far. All four tires had been blown out, but how was this possible? In the university parking lot,was surprised. He was one of the most beloved professors at the university, so he doubted it had been one of his students. He talked to the security people in charge of the parking lot and was able to solve the tire problem.

He arrived home very late that day, it took him a long time to find a solution. At home he and his younger brother, who had moved a few months ago to start his studies in the city, lived alone. They had a good relationship and Mauricio was helping him financially.

-How was your day, little brother? - Mauricio asked his young brother.

-Very well, I went to my classes and came home to study. I left you some food in the oven - answered the boy.

Mauricio stared at him, days before they had agreed that his brother would no longer drink coffee, his consumption levels were no longer healthy. To help him Mauricio had hidden his brother's coffee, when he asked him about it the boy seemed convinced to give it up, he even thanked him.

-How are you doing with the coffee? - Mauricio asked, trying to sound uninterested.

-Very well brother, I haven't even thought about it all day - answered the quiet boy.

Mauricio went to sleep, he didn't mention anything about the tires to his brother so as not to worry him. The next day he got up very early to go to work, but he couldn't find his phone, he didn't remember if he had it with him the night before. After looking for it all over the house and in the car, he concluded that maybe he had thrown it away by accident with the hustle and bustle of the previous day.

That was a long day, Mauricio could not concentrate, the students noticed it, because he was always very assertive, but that day he seemed absent. The truth was that he was worried about the tires and the telephone. Who could hate him so much to do that to him? Now, as a consequence of that bad deed, he was also without a telephone. At that moment something frightened him, he remembered that in his phone he kept some improper things, those were his darkest secrets, he felt panic imagining that the phone would fall into the wrong hands.

When he left work he went to get a few beers, he arrived home a little late, he was out of sorts. He found his brother studying, when they saw each other the boy noticed immediately that something was wrong with Mauricio.

-Mauricio, is everything all right? I don't see you calm. It seems that you were the one who was giving up his addiction - asked the boy.

He felt defeated so he sat down with his brother and told him everything, omitting the secrets he was hiding in his phone. For his part the boy was moved by his brother's grief, he encouraged him and told him to count on his support, that everything would pass and in a few days he would be as well as ever. Mauricio went to bed a little calmer, his little brother was already a mature man, capable of giving him advice.

The next day Mauricio felt in better spirits, he went to work with the best disposition, but when he arrived there was another surprise waiting for him. The students were crowded at the entrance, there were a few police cars, Mauricio was worried, he went inside, but when the students saw him they began to yell at him, some of them hit him. Mauricio did not understand anything, until a couple of policemen grabbed him by the arms and took him to the rector's office. When he entered the place, he met the stinging gaze of some of his coworkers. One of the teachers looked at him with disgust and whispered: How could you?

The rector spoke to him bluntly, that morning photos and videos of him performing improper acts with several of the students had been disseminated in all the social networks of the university. The images and videos had also been sent to all the numbers in the school's directory, including students and their families. But that was not the worst of it, some of the girls were minors, so the offense was not only ethical but also criminal, that's why the police were there to take him away.

Mauricio was in shock, that was his secret, the person who had found his phone had discovered and exposed him, he was lost. He stopped hearing the rector's voice, and the image of his lips moving began to blur more and more. The policemen grabbed him by the arms to take him away, practically dragging him away, they crossed the university gate among the crowd of kids who were shouting hatreds against him.

He saw his brother among the other youths, who ran towards him shouting that he was the brother of the detainee. The police let him approach before putting him in the car, the boy approached Mauricio's ear and pronounced a few brief words:

-You should never have hidden my coffee.

Mauricio looked at him while he felt himself freezing inside. He cleared his eyes as the policemen put him in the car and he understood everything. His little brother was holding a cup of coffee in one hand, the lost cell phone in the other. He smiled wryly at him as the car drove away.

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